Elkhart Chautauqua Sees Strong Finish and Future Debate
A 4 o’clock Century Club meeting will hear Supt. Wagner discuss continuing the Chautauqua. Attendance neared 20 000 with receipts about 4000 and 174 on Bryan Day, 612 45 on Elkhart Day, and a total above 4000. Wagner pledges a next year plan if local support grows.
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Elkhart
Century Club
C. L. Wagner
Gov. LaFollette
Bryan
Sam Jones
Wagner
McCutcheon
Lyceum
St. Joseph
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
HE. C. Bickel
Chautauqua Association
Slayton Bureau
St. Joseph Valley Chautauqua Association
Francis Clement Kelley
Highland Park Chautauqua Plan eyed for city auditorium
An Elkhart meeting at the Century club adopted a plan to convey Highland Park land to the city and erect a 4000 to 5000 seat auditorium for Chautauqua and conventions. A financing group pledged support, with J W Fieldhouse offering funds at 5 percent over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
Elkhart
W. F. Stanton
Highland Park
St. Joseph
J. W. Fieldhouse
Herbert BE. Graham
John McNaughton
Thomas Anderson
Board of Works
Herbert B. Graham
Charles J. Wagner
Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Chicago
Pontiac
Ill
Mr. Wagner
Aurora
Stanton
C. Bickel
Highland Park Real Estate Association
McNaughton
Elkhart Guards Invited to Goshen Stag Party
Elkhart soldiers from Co. E National Guard are invited to attend a stag party in Goshen tonight hosted by Co. G. The event honors a member who returned from Sea Girt New Jersey where he competed in shooting contests as a state team member. Co. E members should wear blue uniforms and meet at the hall at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Goshen
Co. E. National Guards
Co. G
Sea Girl
N. J
Co. E
Elkhart Samaritans to Attend South Bend Meeting
A number of prominent Elkhart Samaritans will travel to South Bend tonight to join a meeting promoting the annual Field Day at Springbrook Park next Saturday. E. C. Arms will speak on Fraternity at the gathering by special invitation from the South Bend lodge.
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Elkhart Samaritans
South Bend
Springbrook Park
E. C. Arms
False Alarm Calls Triggered Twice Nightly From Washington Main
Fire crews responded to a second false alarm within 24 hours at the Washington and Main streets site. A woman telephoned the alarm making a shrill voice discernible. A $50 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone sending in false alarms.
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Washington
Main Streets
Two New School Buildings Hurry to Ready for Opening
Work on two new school buildings is rushed to be ready for next Monday opening. Repairs and cleaning leave rooms in excellent condition for next year. Enrollment is expected to rise, but the new buildings will offset growth and relieve prior cramped conditions.
Health officials protest harsh school stairs for children
Parents, doctors and officials inspect Central school to stop six and seven year olds from climbing 79 steps daily. Fire safety, ventilation and heating are criticized as inadequate with a single fire escape. Remonstrances circulate as health expert warns excessive stair climbing may cause spinal issues and St Vitus dance.
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Board of Health
The
Humane Society
Board of Education
Board of Health and Humane Society
M. J. Demarest
Short
Board considers canceling fire hose contract
The Board of Public Works tested sampled firehose by pressure pump and found it unsatisfactory. The 500 feet ordered from Elkhart Brass Co. at sixty cents per foot may be cancelled if a higher quality hose cannot be supplied. The city needs about 1,500 feet for two new fire stations.
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Board of Public Works
Elkhart Brass Co
Manhattan Co
Obituary for Josiah Kreider
Josiah Kreider of four miles west of the city died at 11 30 last night at age 48. He is survived by his wife Sarah Kreider three sons Willis Floyd and Raymond one sister Susanna and three brothers Jerry Isaiah and Frank. Funeral from the house Thursday at 1 pm and from the California church at 2 pm with Rev A B Yoder officiating.
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Josiah Kreider
Sarah Kreider
Willis
Floyd
Raymond
Susanna Kreider
Jerry
Chicago
Isaiah
Nappanee
Frank
California
A. B. Yoder
Valley Cars to Run More Often on Local Line
Strafford Maxon received a letter from Engineer Swinehart of LaGrange stating a trial of new axles yesterday and that if satisfactory the motor would be put in service today. A new timetable also went into effect with cars running the full length of the road into Middlebury and three round trips daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bickel
Chautauqua
Indiana Railway Co
McM. Smith
ElIkhart
Chautauqua Association
Judge van Fleet
Elkhart
W. F. Stanton
J. W. Fieldhouse
John McNaughton
W. J. Frazer
C. E
Mrs Bacon Recovers After Sudden Illness At Hotel
Mrs W P Bacon was taken ill Saturday night at the Merchants Hotel and transported to Clark Hospital. Doctors say her illness resulted from a recurrence of past sickness, not poison. Mr Bacon, informed by phone, later arranged for a nurse and paid expenses. the couple have been separated four months. She had previously gone to Detroit for work but returned due to health concerns.
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W. P. Bacon
Merchants Hotel
Clark Hospital
Clarke Hospital
Bacon
Shotly
Detroit
Wagon and Street Car Collision Causes Fruit Pileup
A farmer's wagon collided with a northbound city street car near Main and Marion streets this forenoon scattering watermelons cucumbers tomatoes and other vegetables. The driver EH Pickerel escaped unharmed. Motorman Wolf claimed he rang the bell. The wagon and horse were on the track in the car's path. the wagon was badly damaged.
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Main
Marion
EH. Pickerel
Wolf
Committee forms natatorium cost group at Century Club
At the Century Club Board meeting last night a committee was appointed to determine the cost of a natatorium and to confer with building owner H. E. Bucklen. The panel includes F. K. Fernald C. H. Winchester A. H. Beardsley R. C. Barney and M. A. Demarest.
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Century Club
H. E. Bucklen
C. H. Winchester
A. H. Beardsley
R. C. Barney
M. A. Demarest
Court at LaGrange Opens September Term
The September term of the circuit court convened yesterday at La Grange with Judge James B. Dodge on the bench. A four week session is planned, after which the judge will convene court in Goshen.
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LaGrange
James
Dodge
Goshen
Raffles Mystery Solved At Island Park Labor Day Hunt
A large Labor Day crowd at Island Park watched Patrolman W J Stamp win a $25 prize for finding the mysterious Mr Raffles. The suspect, Stanley Hodson of South Bend, previously played the role, with Stamp also earning $5 as a Truth subscriber.
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Island Park
Keene & Foster
South Bend
Mr. Raffles
W. J. Stamp
Leonard & Bentz
Wall’s
Horton & Co
Stamp
Brusman
Raffles
Arthur Keene
Mr. Stamp
Daniel Ford
Stanley Hodson
Minnie Swartz
Rolland Smith
Keefe Kelly
Ed Bowen
Fred Bubeck
Frank Little
John E. Conine
Squirrels Released In Elkhart Trees By Dr Miles
Dr Franklin Miles released two gray squirrels purchased last spring in Fiile Pa to populate Elkhart trees. He asks residents not to shoot the tame animals as they breed quickly and may eat from hands. Squirrels stay near the Miles home at Fourth and Franklin streets and return there at night.
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Franklin Miles
Fiie
Elkhart
Tr Miles
Miles
Fourth
Franklin Streets
Local man touts giant Lexington tomatoes
John Minnich of Lexington Avenue claims the largest and finest city tomatoes. He says he picked a specimen weighing one pound eight ounces, describing it as the biggest yet grown in the area.
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John Minnich
Lexington Avenue
County Council in Session Appropriations Plan Debated
The county council held its annual meeting in the auditor's office to discuss the coming year's appropriations. Officials indicated a plan to determine spending and allocations during the session.
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Eaton
Supt. Wagner
Father Kelley
Col. Ingersoll
Mr. Stanton
Father Kelsey
Geo. E. Clarke
Clarke
St. Joseph Valley
McClary
Thomas McClary
Slayton Jubilee Singers
Ager Fev
Wallace Bruce Ambury
Pearson
Elias Day
Day
Slayton
Dixon
Frank Dixon
Parents, Health Board, Fire Chief
and Humane Society
Central School
Daily
Mrs. Bacon
Dr. Miles
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