Train Stop Throws Brakeman In Bristol Mishap
Thomas Moreland a Lake Shore brakeman was badly injured when freight No 96 stopped with a sharp jerk at Bristol throwing him from the caboose. He suffered a scalp laceration and chest trauma, was treated at Bristol and Elkhart, and is resting but unable to return home to Toledo for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moreland
Lake Shore
Bristol
Moreland
Elkhart
Clark Hospital
Toledo
Shoub
Real Estate Transfers Across Indiana Towns
A list of real estate transfers shows several transfers in Middlebury Elkhart Goshen Harrison Clinton Filkhart Concord and Jefferson with prices ranging from 1 to 6507.90. Notable exchanges include James A Thompson to Joseph Keck in Elkhart for 300 and Frances Myers to Samuel Pletcher in Harrison for 6507.90. Other pairs include Benjamin F Gardner and Anna M Hattel in Jefferson and Elkhart transfers among Dixon family members in Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Kauffman
David D. Kauffman
Middlebury
James A. Thompson
Joseph Kecklet
Elkhart
Anna M. Hattel
Benj. F. Gardner
Jefferson
Daniel S. Hoover
Noah H. Hoover
Frances Myers
Samuel Pletcher
Harrison
Mira B. Shafer
Albert R. Beardsley
Clarence B. Swihart
Harriet E. Gardner
Goshen
Albert D. Neterer
Henry Newcomer
James Herrick
Della Strong
Albert Johns
R. J. Bula
Samuel Kauffman
Wm. H. Miller
Clinton
Andrew J. Stoner
Henry Gilman
Filkhart
Eliza Walch
Chas. A .Riggle
Mary Ann Carpenter
Otto Taskeland
Concord
Jane Dixon
Geo. W. Dixon
Chas. D. Dixon
Fastest on Record on the Wabash and Marion Run
Claimants say an Elkhart Indianapolis accommodation set a record by covering twenty miles between Wabash and Marion in twenty minutes. The train, a baggage car and coach, was delayed four hours at Goshen due to a wreck before reaching the main track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moisiaip Obsiquipw
Elkhart
Plucky Milford Woman Rides Out Runaway Horse
Mrs. H. J. Rose of Milford clung to reins and cleverly guided a horse driven by fear past Harrison and Main streets toward Vistula. The horse, owned by H. P. Kurtz of Goshen, was stopped near High Street after Mrs. Rose asked a bystander to hold the animal for a rest, with eye witnesses crediting her calm handling as preventing disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Rose
Milford
Harrison Street
Main Street
Mrs. Rose
Grocer W L Curtis Closes South Main Store
W L Curtis closed his South Main street grocery shop after purchasing it from C T Green who started the business in 1863. Green sold six months ago and is now retired. Curtis plans to sell out stock and has not decided his future line of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Curtis
South Main Street
Two Elkhart Pioneers Die Within Hours of Each Other
John Moore 81 an early Elkhart County settler dies at Franklin street and Indiana avenue after a long life beginning in New York and moving to Olive township. John S Russell 51 dies at 115 West Jackson street after six weeks of illness with gangrene. Russell moved from Erie to Schoolcraft and later Elkhart, leaving a wife Alice E. and children Hattie and Charles H. Funeral services for Russell in Knights of Pythias hands at 2 30 Monday at 115 Jackson street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
John S. Russell
Elkhart
Hikhart County
Franklin Street
Indiana Avenue
New York
Olive Township
Julia Compton
John C. Moore
Chas. H. Moore
A. T. Mitchell
Moreland
Kansas
Samuel Rowell
Goshen
Lamar Gillette
That City
West Jackson Street
Russell
Bennington
Vit
Erie
Schoolcraft
Mich
H. A. Fink
South Bend
D. W. White
Chicago
Emma Moore
Italy
Susan Root
Master
The
Evangelical Church
Simpson
Shaum
S. T. Hall
Hall
Alice E
Miss Hattie
Charles H
Chas. H. Russell
Toledo
Ohio
Knights of Pythias
Jackson Street
Wife of James Reed Tries to Buy Saw at Goshen Jewelry
A Goshen jewelry store reported a woman, wife of James Reed the bank robber, tried to buy a saw on Thursday. She was detected handing the saws to Reed, drawing swift officer action. Reed faces jail, with officers in expectation of outside aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reed
Elkhart
Goshen
Reed
Mystery baby found on Kendallville doorstep in early evening
A five week old girl was left at the Smith home by an unknown well-dressed woman who stayed at a local hotel and left by an east bound train. A later arrival from Waterloo claimed the child as hers and took it away after a lengthy tale of theft. she said La Grange county was her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
K. EB. Smith
Smith
Waterloo
la Grange County
Sunday School Canvass Report For Indiana State Association
The canvass of 2644 city families visited 2428 with 15 refusing. Enrollment from visited families was 10480 with 4002 under 21. 3847 church members. 3470 active in Sunday school. 1078 with church preference only. 80 with membership elsewhere. Rev. N B Mathes of Goshen spoke on current work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Sunday School Association
Presbyterian Church
Second Street
N. B. Mathes
Goshen
Dunlaps Eventful Week With Elocution at Schoolhouse
Henry Shupert husks corn with his corn husker amid favorable weather and strong yields. A Sunday school gathering at the Evangelical church Wednesday evening October 28 drew large attendance with speakers Mr. Reader and T. J. Juday of Elkhart. An elocutionary entertainment is planned at the Dunlaps schoolhouse Friday evening October 25 with admission ten and fifteen cents. Misses Stutsman Crine and Luce spent Sunday at Foraker. Monday evening two young people were noted in uncertain circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shupert
Evangelical Church
Reader
T. J. Juday
Elkhart
Dunlaps
Stutsman
Crine
Luce
Foraker
Young
Trustee Wins Suit in Bankruptcy Case In Goshen
Albert G. Harlin as trustee for Nadel & Kempner sued Jacob Goldberg in Goshen before Judge Ferrall. A verdict favored the trustee after Goldberg forwarded a $3200 note to the St Joseph County Bank to settle a $2700 claim. The judge ruled the entire transaction a preferred claim and set it aside, a victory for the trustee. Anderson, DuChane & Crace appeared for the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Beardsley Gets Contracts for Three Timber Dams
Beardsley Gravity Dam & Construction Company secures contracts to build three timber dams: two on the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville, North Carolina, and one in Cairo, Michigan. The Cape Fear structures will be eight and fourteen feet high, each 200 feet long and 16 feet high. R. C. Beardsley departs Tuesday for Utica, New York to explore another dam contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardsley Gravity Dam & Construction Company
Cape Fear
Cairo
Mich
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Cape Fear River
R. C. Beardsley
Utica
New York
Horses Found Running Loose Near Bunker Hill
A farmer reported three horses walking the road near Bunker Hill school house three miles southwest of the city. Officer Miller contacted headquarters and Supt. Silvers had cards for stolen horses matching the description. It was learned the horses belonged to the St. Joe Ice company and had strayed from their stables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Miller
Supt. Silvers
St. Joe Ice Company
No Tuberculosis Found in Goshen Cattle
Deputy state veterinary surgeon Craig and Goshen health officer H O Cook with two Goshen veterinarians examined Noah Graybill’s farm two miles east of town for tuberculosis in cattle. No traces were found. The health officer says convulsions in cattle do not make milk or butter harmful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Goshen
H. O. Cook
Noah Graybill
City set to form bridge construction company
Prominent local capitalists engineers and a leading contractor plan to organize a bridge construction company. Though no definite plan exists yet, city citizens can be assured the venture will succeed given the energy brains and capital of those involved.
Death of John Christopher at 79 A Pioneer Farmer
John Christopher a wealthy Harrison township farmer died at his home near Southwest on the Plymouth road from heart apoplexy. He died suddenly while with a grandson after unloading firewood. He leaves a wife, six children, two siblings and several step-relatives. Funeral at his house Sunday at 10 with interment Yellow Creek cemetery.
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John Christopher
Harrison Township
Plymouth Road
Elkhart County
Lienhart
Wakarusa
Hisenbeiss
Attorney Baker
Allegheny County
Mennonite Church
Noah Christopel
Pittsburg
Jonas
Jacob Christophel
Harriet Blosser
Union Township
Hannah Smith
Sarah Christophel
Peter Christopher
Columbiana County
Ohio
Joel
Henry
Daniel
Joseph
Kansas
Elizabeth
Susan
Yellow Creek Cemetery
Theft reported of Roy Winchel pony in Kalamazoo
Stolen pony belong to Roy Winchel Kalamazoo Michigan. Animal described tan weight 9800 pounds with white legs face mane tail and a white spot by left eye. Suspect is a young man under twenty with smooth face black hair plush cap light brown army leggings old shoes and a black coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvers
Kalamazoo
Mich
Roy Winchel
Fire roars through Market Street, deadly blaze at Hunt Wilkinson
A furniture and upholstery shop fire in Philadelphia on Market Street between Twelfth and Thirteenth destroys two buildings. Eleven victims were taken to the morgue and many more are believed trapped as wind-driven flames spread across Market Street. Several people jumped from windows and were maimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Hunt, Wilkinson & Co
Market
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Market Street
Prisoner involved in Goshen police case reported by News Times
In Goshen a prisoner linked to a police case is reported by the News Times. Details on the wife of Reid and the attempted safe blower are unclear in the fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen ‘News-Times
Reid
Blower
Indiana to erect Shiloh battlefield monuments
Shiloh Battlefield Monument Commission meets at the State House to award a contract for about twenty Indiana stone monuments honoring regiments and batteries that fought at Shiloh. Nearly twenty firms bid as the panel decides plain substantial designs bearing Indiana seals and regiment names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Shiloh
Indiana
Shiloh Battlefield Monument
State House
Thomas B. Wood
Franklin
J. F. Wildman
Muncie
J. S. Wright
Rockport
George E. Gardner
Bluffton
B. M. Hutchins
Columbus
Nicholas Ensley
Ohio
Illinois
National
New Pastor Chosen for First Christian Church
At a congregational meeting the First Christian church on Lexington Avenue elected Rev. W. W. Denham of Mishawaka as pastor after Rev. Samuel Tomlinson's resignation. A South Bend pastor will lead Sunday services and Sunday school at noon, with Denham to assume duties soon and receive a warm welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Lexington Avenue
W. W. Denham
Mishawaka
Samuel Tomlinson
Irvington
Ind
South Bend
Denham
Rixey Reports McKinley Case Details and Progress
Washington October 28 The official Navy statement by Dr Presley M Rixey medical inspector outlines the wounding illness and death of President McKinley. The report reads like a ship’s log recording the patient’s condition minute by minute with every medication and treatment noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Leon F Czolgosz
Surgeon-General of the Navy
Presley M. Rixey
McKinley
Questioning in Schley court to span two days
Washington report outlines plan for the Schley court of inquiry to examine the applicant under Mr. Rayner and to push cross examination of Schley. Navy aims to show hints of prior knowledge of the Spanish squadron and to defend Schley's maneuvers, with rebuttals to follow and potential witnesses later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schley Court of Inquiry
Rayner
Schley
Santiago
Admiral Benham
Navy Department
Jell O New Dessert Pleases Family at Grocers
A vintage ad promotes Jell O as the new dessert enjoyed by families. It offers four flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry and advertises availability at grocers for ten cents.
Ferry Collides With Steamer in Hell Gate Crash
The College Point ferry was rammed by the Horatio Hall in Hell Gate causing passengers to panic while looking for life preservers. The ferry sustained heavy damage but the crew moved gear to the sound side and tied up, averting further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
College Point
Horatio Hall
Hell Gate
Point
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Jimmy Reed
Harry Black
Indiana Railway Company
H. Ashenfelter
Indiana Railway Co
L. Carpenter
Wabash
Many Assembly
Brooklyn
L. L. Carpenter
U. S
Christian Church
Kay
B. J. Kay
Rev
RIXEY
M’kinley
Thomas
Navy
Department
Long
Cook
Clark
Oregon
Schrey
Louisville
Lewisville
Weaver
Marion E. Yagyter
Board of Trade
Clarence Dallam
Srcial Club
Admiral Schley
Hamilton Club
Knights Templar
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