Robbery at Cassopolis Depot Stolen Cash and Escape
Two thieves robbed the Grand Trunk depot at Cassopolis Michigan yesterday afternoon with a revolver. They stole $1700 and fled after a pursuit. one thief was captured with half the money on him. A description of the escaped man is circulated. authorities believe the same gang active in Bristol earlier today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk
Cassope
Lis, Mich
Bristol
Durbin
Indiana
Plymouth Colony
Washington
United States
Indianapolis
Winfield T. Durbin
Union B. Hunt
Local couple wed in Elkhart with 100 guests
Miss Carrie E Fieldhouse and Alfred E Mathias married at the bride’s home in a ceremony conducted by Rev. William rater of the Presbyterian church. The reception featured Mendelssohn and Bratton music, white chrysanthemums, pink and white decor, and a departure by Lake Shore Limited to New York. The couple plan visits to Washington and Atlantic City before settling at Lexington Avenue after January 1 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Presbyterian Church
Carrie E
Alfred E. Mathias
Messrs. Rusk
Long and
Spillman
Pretty Fieldhouse
Mendelssohn
Pauline Groat—Dunwell
Lyons
New York
Miss Fieldhouse
Victor Clay Cramer
Frazer
Luder
Bratton
Hill
Interlaken
Switzerland
Miss Dunwell
Lake Shore
Washington
Atlantic City
Mathias
Elkhart
Lexington Avenue
Fieldhouse
Elkhart High School
Wells College
Boyle & Brown
B. F. Fieldhouse
White Pigeon
B. F. Stockford
William Stockford
Henry Sandhovel
Ora Sandhovel
Nellie Taggart
Leni Meyers
South Bend
Leo Flash
Wakarusa
G. F. Rogers
Chicago
Mary Zook
Wm. Nymeyer
Goshen
Delight Gage
Cleveland
C. A. Paquette
Indianapolis
M. M. Clark
Mishawaka
Congregational Church
Congregational
Dunlaps Tale of Local News and Travel
Mrs Harry Snyder was pleasantly surprised by Elkhart Goshen and Dunlaps studies Tuesday. Mr Shupert night engineer Osceola power station was in Dunlaps yesterday visiting friends. Indiana Railway company sent the street sweeper and snow plow from South Bend and ready for service if needed. Sims Miller conductor on the interurban line is suffering with a severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlaps
Harry Snyder
Elkhart
Goshen
Shupert
Osceola
Indiana Railway Company
South Bend
Sims Miller
Terre Haute Woman Obtains Warrant for Husband’s Arrest
Mrs. Percy Pierce files for arrest of her husband, a picture agent, accusing him of stealing a gold watch and $135 after eight months of marriage. She claims he was a model husband at first then deserted her and squandered her remaining money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Percy Pierce
Pierce
Wabash DeWitt C Wing Named Editor of Farmers Guide
Wabash Dean DeWitt C Wing begins duties as editor of the Huntington farm publication Farmers Guide. He arrives from Illinois State Agricultural College at Champaign to oversee the agricultural paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
DeWitt C. Wing
Farmer’s Guide
Huntington
Mr. Wing
Illinois State Agricultural College
Champaign
City Officials Halted By Sewer Work On Electric Rail Line
City commissioner ordered blocks on tracks to flush a sewer. two lines of hose were cut by passing cars. The clash ended when the commissioner agreed to uncouple and restore peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Electric Street Railway Company
Wisconsin Hotel Fire Destroys Park Hotel at Lake Mills
The Park Hotel in Lake Mills Wisconsin burned down in the early hours of November 13 trapping guests and staff who barely escaped. Proprietor RE Davis estimates losses at 10000 with 5000-year insurance coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Lake Mills
Wis
Park Hotel
RE. W. Davis
Mining Town Is Wiped Out by Fire in West Virginia
Thomas, West Virginia, along the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh line, suffered near total destruction when a blaze broke out under Gersberger's hotel. With no fire protection, wooden structures fell to the flames, consuming twenty business houses and seventy dwellings.
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Cumberland
Thomas
W. Va
West Virginia Central & Pittsburg
Gersberger
Fire destroys Cleveland office building. 100 displaced
A major blaze in Cleveland on November 13 leveled a large office building. About 100 occupants faced danger, with many leaping to life nets or escaping via telephone wires. One woman died and six were injured. property loss estimated at $500,000.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Burns Prove Fatal to Woman in Chicago Store Blast
Mrs. Etta Shoke, 20, died at St. Elizabeth's hospital from burns after a gasoline explosion at the rear of her husband’s drug store. The husband, also burned, is being treated at the same hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Etta Shoke
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Mining suit over Colorado property valued at $1 million resumes
In Council Bluffs on November 13 the Doyle Burns mining case restarts before Judge Macey. Senator Patterson leads Burns side with J Hughes Jr Scott Ashton and ex Gov Thomas among Colorado lawyers and about fifty witnesses arrive for the proceedings.
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Council Bluffs
Doyle-Burns
Colorado
Macey
United States
Patterson
Burns
Co. J. Hughes, Jr
Scott Ashton
Thomas
Professor dies after fall from window at Columbia
Professor Richard Mayo-Smith, chair of political economy at Columbia University, fell from a fourth story window on West 27th Street and died. Police consider the death accidental after initial inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Mayo-Smith
Columbia University
West 27Th Street
Linotype Operator Crushes World Speed Record in Des Moines
Dan Tew of the Morganthaler linotype in the Capital office set 3 344 lines in eight hours of nonpareil type, equal to 86 944 cms. He touched the keyboard an estimated 217 360 times with two and a half touches per cm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dan Tew
Morganthaler
Capital
Vitriol Attack Mars Fort Dodge Woman in Omaha
Mrs. George Wadsley of Fort Dodge Iowa suffered severe facial burns when a woman named Julia Moorehouse threw vitriol in her face in Omaha. The victim raised her arm to ward off the spray and saved her sight but will be permanently disfigured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
George Wadsley
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Julia Moorehouse
Death of Lady Jane Carew at 104 in Waterford
Lady Catherine Jane Carew grandmother of the present Baron Carew died at Woodstown Waterford aged 104. She attended the famed Brussels ball on the eve of Waterloo and was a noted beauty at the court of Louis Philippe.
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Jane Carew
London
Catherine Jane Carew
Baron’ Carew
Woodstown
Waterford
Brussels
Louis Phillippe
Wabash-Lewis Hyman Son of Noted Local Resident
Wabash Lewis Hyman is identified as the son of a prominent local resident. The item notes wealth and social standing in the community context. Further details are limited in the fragment.
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Wabash
Lewis Hyman
Deceased or Mild History Noted in Fragmentary Text
A garbled OCR fragment references an elderly man about 77 years old, mentions returning home in September, and notes that he has built another house in the country and remains well and hearty today.
Wisconsin Lady Re Stores Health After Twenty Five Years
Evansville Wisconsin reports a woman cured of catarrh after twenty five years using Peruna. The tale spurs local demand with letters from C R Harden praising the remedy and noting its cure of his wife and son. Dr Hartman of Columbus Ohio invites readers to request free literature.
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Wisconsin
Peruna
Evansville
Wis
C. R. Harden
Mr. Harden
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Startling Recoveries Reported From Three States
Reports from Willard Kentucky Elgin Illinois and Manchester New Hampshire describe remarkable recoveries from chronic catarrh and associated ailments. Elizabeth Prater credits Peruna with twenty five years of suffering ending after treatment. Arthur Ernest Kidd of Elgin says he regained health after seven bottles. Blanche L Rundlett of Manchester reports complete recovery from head catarrh and running ears.
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Kentucky
Illinois
New Hampshire
Willard, KY
Elizabeth Prater
Peruna
Elgin, III
Arthur Ernest Kidd
Hamilton Ave
Manchester
N. H
Blanche L. Rundlett
Perrina
Miss Blanche I. Randleit
Real Estate Transfers filed with Recorder Peddycard
Real estate transfers list seven mortgages five releases and numerous transfers. Notable entries include Union Building Association to Milo Platz in Elkhart and G. O. Newell to Cora and John Caton in Concord. Several Jefferson and Union land transfers detail sums from 1 to 5120 dollars, with multiple heirs and guardians shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder Peddycard
Union Building Association
Milo Platz
Elkhart
Amos Ulery
W. W. Hatch
Goshen
Annette Kinney
Edgar L. Hatch
Annie Gilman
A. J. Stoner
G. O. Newell
Cora
John D. Caton
Concord
John Cook
John McNaughton
Bango
Jefferson
W .E
J. S. Dodge, Jr
F. R. Huff
Wm. Overholt
Folkert Koull
Union
Aaron B
Elmer Overholt
Samuel. Overholt
John Culp
Peter Culp
Frederick Culp
Mary .Allen
A. J. Knepp
Middelbury
Wm. Lewis
Nettie M. Harter
Cyrus
Wirt
Cora B. Hoover
Osolo
Renown Doctor’s Nerve Pills Endorsed Locally in Elkhart
Elkhart residents attest to Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills inHome evidence stating personal use improved nerve strength and health. Mrs L A Danforth of 217 North Main Street says she bought a box at Houseworth Bros. drug store after hearing of the medicine.
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A. W. Chase
Elkhart
A. W Chase
L. A. Danforth
North Main Street
Ind
Houseworth Bros
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Jasper
Frank Olding
Ferdinand, Itte
Appleton
Henry Stark
Stark
UK Hardei
Evansville, Wis
A. HE. Kidd
Caton’s
Eaton’s
Lillinery
McFarren
Sailor School
Roy Kinney
Mabel Hilbish
L. H. Weller
Thiai ‘Union
F Cronpoline Co
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