Local Club Meetings and Church Notices Update
S J Club meets with Miss JuMa Calvert of West High street Friday afternoon. W H M S of Trinity M E church moves to 3 PM Friday due to Andrew Hay funeral. Missionary and Woman’s groups hold joint meetings Friday afternoon with special offerings and a public supper at 5 PM. Dettweiler funeral time changed to 8 AM Sunday. Elshart Commandery holds 7 30 PM conclave tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Club
Elshart Commandery
No. 31
E. T
Trinity M. E. Church
Andrew Hay
Woman's Missionary Society
Y. We M. S
The
Presbyterian Church
Herman Compton
W. Jefferson Street
Social news from Shackue assembly and forthcoming weddings
Twenty couples attended Louis J. Shackue's assembly last evening. Edward H. Bostwick and Miss Julia Howland will be married this evening. Mrs Myra Shafer hosts young lady clerks of Ziesel Bros. at her West Franklin street home tonight. Mrs Warl Darling entertained friends at West Jackson street home with music games and birthday gifts. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Shackue
Edward H. Bostwick
Julia Howland
Myra Shafer
Ziesel Bros
West Franklin Street
Guild of the Blessed Sacrament Formed at St John’s
A group of young men communicants at St. John’s Episcopal Church met in the chapel and organized the Guild of the Blessed Sacrament. Its aims are to assist the rector in mission work, increase membership, and promote social and spiritual welfare of the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Guild of the Blessed Sacrament
Banquet Honors Epworth Hospital Nursing Graduates
Dr and Mrs C W Frink hosted Velk hart guests at the Oliver Hotel in South Bend for a banquet honoring Epworth Hospital Training School graduates. Mayo Fogarty and other prominent figures attended after a reception and program of toasts. The Epworth training school is noted for its high standards and in demand graduates.
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C. W. Frink
Velkhart
South Bend
Oliver Hotel
Epworth Hospital
Mayo Fogarty
Fits
Lulu Mae Bowsher Engaged to Wayne Moulton at Home Announcement
At 1702 South Main Miss Lulu Mae Bowsher announced her engagement to Wayne Thomas Moulton in front of several young ladies. Bowsher worked in Hill's domestic department for years while Moulton is a machinist and the son of Mr and Mrs H B Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Poyser
South Main Street
Lulu Mae Bowsher
Wayne Thomas Moulton
Hill's
Moulton
B. Moulton
Progress Club Meeting Plans Bay View Magazine Course
Sixteen members gathered at the home of Dr. I W Short for a Progress Club afternoon. The year’s work includes the Bay View Magazine course with topics Tingland's Capital and The Royal Family of England led by Mrs. J B Martin and Mrs. C D Wall. Next meeting at Mrs. J B Martin's home on Oct 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress Club
I.W. Short
Bay ‘View Magazine
Tingland
Royal Family of
England
J.B. Martin
C. D. Wall
Young People’s Christian Association Benefit at 1606 Hester Street
Mr and Mrs Sylvester Johnson hosted fifty Y P C A members at their home on Hester Street. Parlor games and a music program filled the evening. An auction sale for the association followed, after which refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Johnson
Young People’s Christian Association
Hester Street
Elkhart Woman's Club Meets for Readings and Refreshments
The Elkhart Woman's Club met yesterday afternoon at Mrs Avery Brown 705 River Avenue with eighteen members responding to the roll. Quotations from favorite authors were shared and vacation notes read. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting is scheduled for November 7 at Mrs J W Thliss 143 North Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart “Woman's Club
Avery Brown
River Avenue
J. W. Thliss
North Sixth Street
Hutchins-Wedding Report From Mishawaka Note
Mishawaka correspondence reports Hutchins of Hutchins city and Miss Alema'i Ranch of Lakeville Indiana married at four o clock this afternoon at Elkh Was Pel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka
Erwin
Hutchins
Alema
Lakeville
Ind
Elkh
Pel
Miles Weather Record for Wichart
Weather conditions for Wic hart over the 24 hours ending at 2 today show a high of 74 and a low of 62. Rainfall measured 0.02 inches with winds at 10 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichart
Lang & Co. figure popular in city and Eagles member
The text notes a person linked to Lang & Co. is well liked locally and holds membership in the Eagles in South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Lang & Co
The
Eagles
South Bend
Local Society Notes From Goshen and Nearby Towns
Personal items report visits and travel among Goshen residents and guests. Names include Miss Tillie Wines, Miss Anna Traynor, Mrs EB Cod dington, A M Gordon family, J D Hooker, Mrs EB Davis, Miss Andrie Lake, Mrs France Finn, Mrs James Bigelow, Ticket Agent Gotwalt family, Mrs Della Neaisburg, Mrs Rupert Horton and Dorothy, F Cartwright, Rev Father Boecklemann, Mrs Twomey, Mr and Mrs Twoney, Mrs F M Baker, Vida and Mary Secoles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillie. Wines
Goshen
Anna Traynor
LaPorte Argus-Bulletin
Coddington
Elkhart
A. M. Gordon
Garfield Avenue
J. D. Hooker
Dayton
EB. Davis
Benton Harbor
Velma Yendes
Andrie Lake
Manchester
France Finn
James Bigelow
Columbia City
Gotwalt
Della Neaisburg
Chicago
W. M. McClure
South Second Street
Rupert Horton
Fraternal Meeting in Elkhart Distributes Samaritan Checks
At a joint meeting of the two Elkhart forester courts G. S. Boice distributed Samaritan beneficiaries checks. A social session followed with Mrs Swartzel leading the Samaritan drill and instrumental selections by Mrs Nila Hasbrook Carlotta Zelinar and Martin. Twelve attendees came from Goshen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forester Courts
Elkhart
G. S. Boice
Swartzel
Nila
Hasbrook
Carlotta
Zelinar
Martin
Goshen
Pythians Elect Officers at 18th Annual Session
Petri of Terre Haute elected grand outer guard of the state lodge of Pythians. Officers other than grand lodge trustees advance to next higher offices. The grand temple degree was conferred on more than 300 delegates at the 18th annual session. Rathbone Sisters gathering at Roberts Park church featured officer elections led by Laura Sinclair of Waterloo as grand chief and several other named officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petri
Terre “Haute
State Lodge of Pythians
Order
Grand Lodge
Rathbone Sisters
Roberts Park
Laura Sinclair
Waterloo
Lizzie Coleman
Bedford
Lucia Kine
New Boston
Lola Calvert
Mabel Teague
Indianapolis
Accident injures Lake Shore brakeman at Chesterton
Fred Williams a Lake Shore brakeman was cut on the left cheek when a chunk of coal fell from a passing passenger train at Chesterton yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Lake Shore
Chesterton
Brant Severely Cut by Press at Lake Shore Shop
C O Brant of the Lake Shore machine shop was caught in a press yesterday and sustained a deep cut to one finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Brant
Lake Shore
Laborer Suffers Pinched Hand in Roundhouse Incident
Laborer A. F. Henrickson of the roundhouse had his hand pinched between a coupler and tank today. He was treated at the scene and reported in stable condition.
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A. F. Henrickson
The
Roundhouse
Worker Struck by Falling Plank at Paxon Feed Store Repairs
Teamster Isaac Wlickinger was hit on the head by a falling plank at the Paxon Feed Store during repairs. He was knocked from the wagon and remained unconscious for a period before help arrived.
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Paxon Feed Store
Isaac ‘Wlickinger
Elkhart Residents Noted in Local Exchanges
Niles Star notes Will Kiser of Elkhart visiting here yesterday. Kendallville Sun reports Libbie Weil returning to Elkhart after a week with Mrs. Charles Bickell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles
Will Kiser
Elkhart
Kendallville Sun
Libbie Weil
Charles Bickell
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Elects New Officers
With new officers in charge a meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was held yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Lamb, of 109 Sycamore Street, presided. Most of the session was devoted to routine business. Portland, Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s ‘Christian Temperance’ “Union
Lamb
Sycamore
Street
Busiat
Portland
Ind
Asset figures dispute in water company review
In a lengthy communication Sam J. Bell argues the Water Co assets were misreported. He states the $286 738.00 reflects total cost of items including land adjacent to the plant not a property value. Bell says the Elkhart contract proposal deserves little weight and promises Truth extracts tomorrow showing consumer prices would rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Co
Elkhart’ Co
Sam
Jamm
A. Bell
Water Co. statement challenges Elkhart Water income figures
The Elkhart Water Co denounces a Board of Public Works report as inaccurate and misleading. It argues income never matched the stated amounts, calls for fair consideration of a proposed new contract that would lower public and private rates, and demands an impartial tribunal review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water.co
Board of Public Works
Elkhart.Water Co
Elkhart Water Co
60th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated by Bougher Family
Mrs. Thomas Bougher of Bluffton died Sunday after a brief illness. The Valley notes the Jones family observance near Preble Adams county where Mr and Mrs John Rup right celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with about 100 guests, including seven children, 42 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas, Bougher
Bluffton
Jan Gillhross
Mabel Dague
Roanoke
Ands
John ‘R Upright
Preble
Adams County
Whitley County Man Elias Kissinger Dies at 52
Elias Kissinger aged 52 and a well known Whitley County resident died Monday at his home east of South Whitley from typhoid fever. Survived by family and friends, his passing ends a longtime local presence in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Kissinger
Whitley County
South
Whitley
McGraw Seized in Toledo for Pleasant Lake Saloon Death
John McGraw, accused of fatally assaulting Frederick Griffin in a Pleasant Lake saloon on September 18, is held at Angola awaiting trial. Deputy Sheriff Benjamin McGrew, his cousin, captured him in Toledo.
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John McGraw
Frederick Griffin
Pleasant Lake
Angola
Toledo
Benjamin McGrew
Housekeeping Magazine Seek Representatives Travel Offers
Publishers of Good Housekeeping advertise positions for local and distant representatives. They offer liberal commissions and large cash prizes for terms and reference letters. Agency connections listed with Dent and Seppneied Mass. site 0.
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Good Housekeeping
Want
Ito Good
Housekeeping
Dent
Seppneied Mass
Marriage Licenses Reported in Goshen and Elkhart
Marriage licenses issued today include Frank Hascall, 30, and Edith Clark, 20, of Goshen. Also licensed were L Wood Drinker, 31, and Mary Sparklin, 27, of Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Noble Hascall
Goshen
Edith Clark
L. Wood Drinker
Elkhart
Mary Sparklin
Sixty Likely Dead in Pocahontas Mine Fire
In Bluefield West Virginia on October 4 a Pocahontas coal mine fire trapped sixty or more workers. Rescue attempts were hampered by gas as two parties of twenty were overcome. Coffins were readied and families waited at the mine mouth amid cries of grief.
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Bluefield
Ws Va
Pocahontas
Shipping voyage stuns with rope feats and wild horses
The St Andrew carried a million dollar shipment of Percheron horses to western stock farms amid a stampede at night August 3. A deck hand sprained a wrist, while an officer lowered and hoisted a 150 foot iron ball from the mainmast on July 30 after a wager. Reported sea serpent sightings on a typewriter add color to this strange voyage.
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Missouri
St. Andrew
Munchausen
Spies
Cummings
Legend of gold river at center of Vancouver Island
Chief Good of the Nanaimo tribe describes a long standing legend of a gold bearing stream near the island’s center. He says a basin in the water catches golden grains and that a solid gold rush lies at the falls. Indians once cut away lines for bullets to hunt. Two Frenchmen hunted the Midas stream in 1862 and returned with gold but warned against future trips.
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Good
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Vistoria
Midas
Golden River
Harvard and Yale Football Results and National Highlights
Harvard defeated Bowdoin while Yale cruised past Wesleyan 21 to 0 in the opening football game. The article notes a Navy armoured cruiser leaving San Francisco for its trial and reports on political nominations in New Jersey and New York, Republican campaigning led by Beveridge, and Typhus and famine conditions in the Valga district. It also covers Postmaster General Hitchock exempting 1,700 assistant postmasters from timekeeping rules, rural free delivery progress, and other international and military notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Bowdoin
Brownson
Phalerum Bay
Yale
Wesleyan
New Jersey
James H. Martine
Plainfield
New York
William H. Ryan
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
Congress
W.J. Bryan
Ira W. Wood
Trenton
United States
Beveridge
Des Moines
Silico
Bay
Moko
Silicon
Kentucky
Lexington
California
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Springfield
Valga
Hitchcock
Posen
Prussia
Fez
Algeciras
Morocco
Howard
Vincent
Aid de Camp
Edward, VII
England
Atlantic
N. G
Queen’s Westminster Volunteers of
London
Which Did He Take Dr Woodrow Wilson Meets A Graduated Youth
Dr Woodrow Wilson encounters a poor yet brilliant graduate and asks which path he will choose. The youth mentions two offers including a secretaryship for five dollars weekly and a baseball contract worth five thousand dollars per season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Russell Sage Explained In Harpers Weekly
The piece narrates a parable where a man questions the value of wealth to Uncle Russell Sage asking if money brings comfort or sustenance. The dialogue probes whether accumulated riches serve practical needs or pleasures like marble games and daily meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
Harper’s
Weekly
Mr. Sage
Russell
Three Die and Seventeen Hurt in Cleveland Trolley Crash
In Cleveland on October 4 three persons died and 17 were injured when a street car jumped the rack at a curve north of Windermere. The accident occurred Wednesday night involving a trolley car with passengers hurt as a result.
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Cleveland
Windermere
Markets in Chicago and New York: grain and butter rates
Chicago markets show flour steady with special spring wheat at 4.70 and export bag prices. wheat quiet with December at 74% to 75 cents and May 78 1/2 to 79 cents. Corn easy with September 46 3/4 to 47 cents and May around 43 to 43 1/4 cents. Butter steady 19 28 cents per pound. eggs higher with fresh at 11 to 18 cents per dozen. live poultry steady with turkeys 12 cents per pound and chickens 16 cents. New York markets report flour dull to steady. wheat spot steady at 79 cents No. 2 red. corn spot easy at 56 cents No. 2. oats spot easy at 87 cents mixed to 40 cents natural white. rye firmer.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Nana
New York
Duluth
Chicago cattle market prices from Oct 3 sale
The report lists cattle trade in Chicago on October 3 with price ranges for fancy to good steers from 5.50 to 7.00, common steers 4.40 to 4.75, cows and heifers 2.40 to 3.25, western range steers 3.75 to 9.50, yearlings up to 4.50 to 6.00, and feeders 3.50 to 5.00.
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Chicago
Prohibition Movement Declines at Main and Pratt Corner
A small audience gathered this forenoon at the Main and Pratt streets corner to hear the prohibition movement discuss its services and aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Pratt Streets
Successful Smoker at Century Club Delights Members
Vaudeville entertainment by Crystal circuit artists pleased 120 Century Club members at the monthly smoker. Acts included Har ry Newmen McKey Van Bison City Trio Haley and Harry Flora Mac Gowan and moving pictures. Manager Lawrie received compliments for the program and refreshments were well received.
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Crystal
Century Club
Harry Newmen
McKey
Van
Percy Williams
Bison City
Goshen
Haley
Harry
Soubrette
Policeman
Miss
Flora
MacGowan
the Crystal
Lawrie
Platt’s Wife Declines to Talk in New York
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Mrs. Platt, wife of Senator Platt, declines to talk in New York during a period in October. The readable text is incomplete, but centers on a media or political interaction involving the senator’s spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Platt
New York
Elkhart Republican Club Discusses Local Issues
At a meeting of the Elkhart Republican Club in the Central Labor Union building last night, members debated past expenditures. They questioned $280 paid for Oeaia blocks, noting blocks cost about $30 a case at the time and now quoted under $10 in catalogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
Elkhart Republican Club
Shertremia
Molten Fox
Colored people plan to organize church in Elkheart
About 20 colored residents met at Grant Courtney's home last evening to discuss forming a Methodist church in Elkheart. They plan another meeting Sunday to further the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Grant’ ‘Courney
DINEHART DEAD NATIVE AID FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY
A fragmented obituary note reports the death of a 62 year old man named DINEHART, a member of a local group and ally in a community organization.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
A. A. Elliott
Jefferson Street
Iriday
Social News
Miles
Fraternal News
Woman’s Clubs
Stc. Joe
Télis
Price Glakihng Powder O& Ghicagg
H. Helfrick & Son
Stern & Son
H. Helfrick.& Son
Gents
Opera House
Bessie
Dinehart
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