Gravel pit collapse injures Jamestown youth
Clarence Moore, about 20, son of Bentley Moore of Jamestown, was badly injured when a gravel bank caved in at a St Joe river pit two miles west of town. His right leg suffered a dislocated patella, fractured femur, and torn ligaments. He was treated by Dr. I W Short and taken home by buggy.
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Clarence Moore
Bentley Moore
Jamestown
St. Joe
Young Moore
I. W. Short
Short
Moore
Elkhart Contractors Win Temporary Ditch Battle
The Grand Trunk Western Railroad agreed to let Fred Keller J A Brumbaugh continue a Warren township ditch from Chain Lakes to Grapevine Creek. The railroad demanded 700 dollars damages for crossing its culvert and kept an engine on the culvert for two weeks. Work resumed this morning and the ditch is near completion.
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Elkhart
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
Fred Keller
J. A. Brumbaugh
Warren Township
Chain Lakes
Grapevine Creek
South Bend Tribune
P. du Comb
Grand Trunk
Crumstown
Grapevine
Probate matters and divorce actions in Harrison Township
One of the county’s largest estates, that of the late John Bechtel, was opened with George Culp named administrator and a $34 000 bond for personal property. Ollie Israel sues for divorce from Arthur Israel for cruel treatment and failure to provide. married July 28 1900 and separated December 17 that year. The divorce case of Ida K E Folker against Henry Folker was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bechtel
Harrison Township
George Culp
Ollie Israel
Arthur Israel
J. L. Harman
Theodore Zalasko
Tullar J. Woodard
Zalasko
Mishawaka
Hmma Swarm
Henry Swarm
Nora Miller
Willard E. Miller
Rev. McKee
John Baumgardner
Baumgardner
Lovina Shriver
Thomas A. Davis
Malinda Miller
Elia Vance
Ida KE. Folker
Henry Folker
Treasurer Seeks Nine Thousand From County for State
State Treasurer demands $9,000 tax money from County Treasurer Wood ahead of the December settlement. Receipts rise daily as the deadline for the last installment of 1900 taxes without penalty nears. The due date is November 4.
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Wood
Michigan Game Season Opens Next Sunday
Indiana sport fans plan hunts with dogs and guns as Michigan season begins next Sunday. Indiana will open on November 10 with local sportsmen eager for field time and game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Indiana
Real Estate Transfers Filed with Recorder Including Mortgages and Releases
Seven mortgages and three releases are listed, along with transfers of real estate. Joseph A. Cripe and wife transfer to Constant and Rebecca Grove Lot in Goshen for 250 dollars. Chas Elliott and wife transfer to John Yontz Lot in Middlebury for 650 dollars.
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Peddycor
Joseph A. Cripe
Constant
Rebecca
Grove Lot
Goshen
Elliott
John Yontz
Middlebury
Miraculous Escape After Big Four Wreck at Goshen
A defective switch caused a wreck on the Big Four near the Ariel Dyke works in Goshen last night. All twenty five passengers escaped with injuries, and the train separated with the engine on one track and the two coaches on another. Conductor Charles Black and crew survived with cuts and bruises as wreckage was cleared by morning.
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Goshen
Charles Black
Jeffersonville
William Hayden
Benton Harbor
H. G. Smatt
Elkhart
D. W. Crainard
Robert McCauley
Black
Franchises For Electric Roads In Elkhart County
Perry Turner county advisor drafts a simple binding order to grant electric railway franchises while requiring a 1000 dollar forfeit after 30 days to insure good faith. Forfeits return only if the road opens. Turner aims to deter speculators and limit unbuilt projects. Several Elkhart residents attended a meeting and others discuss officer appointments in local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Turner
Turner
Stonex
Elkhart County
Goshen District Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Convention
The Goshen District Woman's Foreign Missionary Society held a convention yesterday in Mishawaka. Miss Roberta Stahr of this city delivered an address on The Responsibility of the Individual Mem.
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Foreign’ Missionary Society
Goshen
Woman’s. Foreign. Missionary
Mishawaka
Millionaire Astor Lifts The Throttle For A Fast Mail Ride
Colonel John Jacob Astor of New York once famed as a millionaire piloted the Lake Shore fast mail train from New York to Chicago, sitting in the locomotive cab in blue jeans and buckskin gloves. He rode the engine after missing a private car, powering at speeds near eighty miles an hour to keep his Chicago appointment.
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Millionaire
John Jacob Astor
New York
Astor’s Battery
Lake Shore Road
Colonel Astor
Chicago
Stuyvestant Fish
Illinois Central Road
Birkhart
Colonel Astor Drives New Engineer on Twenty Mile Run
From South Bend to La Porte the new engineer covered twenty miles in just under twenty minutes. Colonel Astor is familiar with locomotives and can assemble one from the ground up. He said he enjoys engines and the trip was not remarkable.
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South Bend
la Porte
Astor
Minnie Simmons Seeks Divorce From Artie Simmons
Minnie Simmons applies for divorce from Artie Simmons. Married in 1887 separated in 1898 with two children. Simmons currently travels between Indianapolis and Ohio after formerly living in this city.
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Minnie Simmons
Artie Simmons
Simmons
Indianapolis
Ohio
West Michigan Traction Co Sells 2.5 Million Bonds
Benton Harbor Mich Oct 21 The West Michigan Traction Company reports sale of its 2 500 000 bonds and a trust deed to Knickerbocker Trust Co of New York will be executed Monday filed with the register of deeds in St Joseph and recorded in five counties. The company now has 106 cars of rails on track in this city, plus ties and other material, and operates a boat between Benton Harbor and Chicago.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
West Michigan Traction Company
Knickerbocker Trust Company
New York City
Register of Deeds
St. Joseph
Chicago
Man Marries Fourteenth Wife After Divorce
Barbourville Ky Oct 21 James Meridy aged 40 known for resembling Buffalo Bill proves bad luck not linked to numbers by marrying his fourteenth wife an hour after divorcing his thirteenth. Four wives are dead and nine have been divorced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbourville
James Meridy
Meridy
Buffalo Bill
Football player dies after injuries in Michigamme game
Oct 21 Hugo Sil, a member of the Michigamme football team, died at a local hospital from injuries received yesterday. Two other Michigamme players were hurt in the same incident.
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Sil
Hugo
Michigamme
Farmer John R. Dale Found Dead in Cornfield
John R. Dale a prosperous farmer living northwest of Elkhart Indiana was found dead in a cornfield yesterday by his wife. Coroner's inquest concluded heart trouble caused his death. He was born 1850 in Daleville Delaware and moved to Wabash and Kosciusko counties before purchasing the Straub farm in April. He leaves relatives in Daleville North Manchester and elsewhere.
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John R. Dale
Elkhart
Edwardsburg
Mr. Frank
Peter Krichbaum
Mr. Krichbaum
Dale
Frank Harris
Michigan State Line
Messrs
Gawner
Gail
Thornton
Deihl
Oliver
Murphy
Marks
Frank
Hisenbeiss
Stephens & Sons
Daleville
Delaware County
Ind
Wabash County
Kosinsko County
Straub
Mr. Dale
Washington Huffman
Nora Huffman
North Manchester
Joseph Dale
Death of Mrs Samuel Crowl in LaGrange obituary
Mrs Clara Crowl wife of Samuel Crowl of Elkhart died at 6 o clock Wednesday morning at the home of the bereaved husband in LaGrange She was 46 and had lived in LaGrange and Elkhart for years The funeral and burial will be in Elkhart after a short service at the LaGrange home Her brother resides in Montana and she was daughter of the late Marcellus Smith She leaves several LaGrange relatives including Mrs Brady Mrs B F Lutz Mrs James Bell and Mrs Mary Street The disease that claimed her life baffled physicians and her husband shared constant care and sympathy from the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Crowl
LaGrange Standard
Clara Crowl
Elkhart
Eirkhart
Sunday School Work Announcement and Conference
Indiana Sunday School work calls superintendents and pastors to announce special services for next week. W. C. Pearce will deliver the Tuesday evening address in Goshen at 2 30 p m October 22d. Districts should canvas thoroughly and report by Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
W. C. Pearce
Illinois
Goshen
M. EB
Federal move cuts second class mail for select publications
Assistant Postmaster General Madden issued orders implementing early exclusions from second-class mail under amended regulations. The first list targets publications deemed outside the revised Section 276 criteria and cites Postmaster Van Cott of New York City as empowered to cancel their entry certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madden
van Cott
New York City
Post office mailing rates for newspapers and agents
Back numbers and future issues published for mailing at any post office fall under the third class rate. The charge is 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
Detective Lard Objects in Rufus Hulwick Murder Case
Detective James Lard of the Lake Shore railway told the sheriff’s office he believes Goshen papers unjustly accuse him regarding the Hulwick murder. He asserts he was present at the body’s examination and no money was found, offers clues to identify guilt, and would help pay the reward if needed. He urges separating east and west end detectives at Hilk hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lard
Lake Shore Railway
Sheriff’s Office
Lard
Goshen
Rufus Hulwick
Hulwick
Lake Shore
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Filed with Peddycard
Five mortgages and ten releases accompany transfers filed with eRcorder Peddycard. M A Lambert acquires 70 acres in York from W A Lambert for 635 dollars. First National Bank White Pigeon transfers 80 acres in York to M A Lambert for 725 dollars. A B Bemenderfer transfers a Goshen lot to Grace Beach for 500 dollars. G O Newell and others sell 12 acres in Washington to S W Zigler for 360 dollars. Cc O Caton transfers 29 acres in Washington to G O Newell for 600 dollars. John Price sells to John Harper and Im Benton for 200 dollars. W E Fancher sells a Goshen lot to A P Brownell for 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eRcorder Peddycard
M. A. Lambert
W. A. Lambert
York
First National Bank
M A. Lambert
A. B. Bemenderfer
Grace Beach
Goshen
G. O. Newell
Washington
John Price
John Harper
Im. Benton
W. E. Fancher
A. P. Brownell
Will Tour the State by Earle and Bravy
Deputy game wardens will tour the state to explain the game law to farmers. Counties are divided into three districts where farmers gain power to arrest hunters for illegal shooting. Farmers will be gathered at school houses to receive instruction and commissions from Mr Barle. Enforcement of game laws will be strictly pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EE. E. Earle
Game and Fisheries
Bravy
Barle
Chicago printer fined in Hammond injunction case
In Indianapolis on October 19 Judge Baker fined Edward Bessette of Chicago $250 for violating the Hammond injunction. Other cases were continued.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Baker
Edward Bessette
Chicago
Licensed to Wed Elkhart Couple Sealed
Iva Deaner of Elkhart and a partner named Wed were licensed to marry. The records show the couple obtained the license in a local clerk’s office as part of the official marriage process.
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Iva Deaner
Elkhart
Inarry
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Bank
Lier
John Dale
Detective Lard
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