Bids on Lafayette Street school exceed estimates
The school board reviewed six bids for the Lafayette street general contract, with the lowest at 48,599 not including heating and wiring. One bid was rejected for lacking a certified check. others ranged up to 54,682. Heating and electrical work to be bid separately next week, possibly prompting plan changes to fit the 125,000 bond total. The board will decide whether to reject all bids or modify specifications, and had planned to issue a stack contract for the high school's manual training department.
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Lafayette Street
Wehrenberg & Busching
B. Borkenstein
John Suelzer
B. F. Liebman
Hilgeman Bros
Irmscher & Westhoff
Tom Snook
Bradley and Allen
West Jefferson Street
West Side
Hanna-Brackenridge Company
Doghead and Goon In Trouble
Bourbon Indiana June 12 Fred Snyder alias Doghead and Samuel Mortinez alias Coon near teens are fugitives from justice. They are accused of stealing wool and flour from local merchants and selling the loot in neighboring towns. Warrants issued for their arrest.
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Bourbon
Ind
Fred Snyder
Prof Hottel Accepts Argos School Superintendent Post
Special to the Journal-Gazette Columbia City June 42 Prof Craven Lynn Hottel has been offered and accepted the superintendent post for Argos schools Indiana after seven years leading Columbia City schools His daughter Laura Hottel who taught in Churubusco is set for Argos primary joining her father with resignation likely approved Local board names Prof J C Sanders a graduate of Ada University to succeed Hottel in Columbia City.
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Journal-Gazette
Columbia City
Int
Craven Lynn Hottel
Argos
Ind
Laura Hottel
Churubusco
Jrrof
J. C. Sanders
Ada (O.), University
Prof
Hlottel
Fort Wayne Interurban Buys Right of Way
Fort Wayne interurban begins paying for the right of way between Fort Wayne and Bluffton and takes deeds. J. Th. Keefer and W. H. Upright bought options weeks earlier. Keefer now pays cash for land. A betting offer of 100 on cars by September 1906 reflects progress and grading preparations for Ossian.
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Fort Wayne
Bluffton
J. TH. Keefer
W. H. R Upright
Keefer
Directors Pledge Loyalty To South Bend Plant Amid Bell Rumor
A rumor that the Bell Telephone company sought to acquire the Home Telephon plant in South Bend sparked a rapid directors and major stockholders meeting. They denied any negotiations to sell their stock and pledged to keep the company’s interests united. Thorward asserted expansion plans, while officials dismissed the Elkhart sale as false, noting no Bell contact and ongoing growth milestones.
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Journal-Gazette
Bell Telephone Company
South Bend
South Bend Exchange
Bell
South Bend Company
First National Bank
W. J. Vesey
Angola
Charles H. Worden
M. Foster
BE. W. Cook
W.E. Mossman
C. F. Pfeiffer
George W. Pixley
Theodore F. Thorward
Thorward
St. Joseph County
Elkhart
Roanoke Man Seeks Damages From Hoops Factory
In Miami circuit court Judge Tillet presiding Charles Base of Roanoke was awarded 6580 in damages against Mort Wayne Cooper company Over an accident last August a colt was frightened by steam from the engine room ran away causing injuries to Base He originally sued for 20900 and the case now heads to the supreme court The trial lasted about a week with two interrogatories decided by the jury.
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Spedial
Journal-Gazette
Peru
Ind
Miami
Budge Tillet
Charles Base
Roanoke
Mort Wayne Cooper. Nee Company
Colt
Ite
Huntington
Miami County
Supreme Court
Branyan & Feightner
Lesh & Lesh
Cele & Bailey
Penu
Vesey of Vesey
Fort Wayne
J. Fred Crance
Waveland & Loveland
Cuban House Approves 100000 Aid for General Gomes
In Havana the House of Representatives unanimously appropriates 100000 for General Maxime Gomes. Doctors report the situation worsens as gangrene spreads, despite efforts to halt it.
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Havana
Dones
House of Representatives
Maxime Gomes
General Gomes
Impure Vaccination Sparks Lockjaw Alarm in Hourdon
In Hourdon Indiana on June 12, Clarenes Sellers is ill with lockjaw from impure vaccination. Physicians from Warsaw have been called to advise local attendants on the patient’s care and treatment.
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Hourdon
Ind
Warsaw
Trains Set Speed Records Across Continent
Pennsylvania special ran 1273 miles per hour between Cressfice and Fort Wayne. Trains made famous dashes to New York and Chicago ahead of schedule with a fifteen hour east west prediction.
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Pennsylvania
Cressfice
World speed records on Fort Wayne train run
Pennsylvanian east and west bound Specials smashed world speed marks on an eighteen hour schedule between New York and Chicago. Trains covered lines at record pace Crestline to Fort Wayne in eighty five seconds for three miles and a coast to coast mile in thirty three seconds. Samuel Moody noted potential sixteen hour runs between New York and Chicago.
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Pennsylvania
Seacoast
Lake City
Crestline
Fort Wayne
New York
Chicago
Samuel Moody
Jersey City
Fastest Vestibuled Train Hints at 15 Hour NYC Run
New Pennsylvania Railroad vestibuled express No 28 from Chicago reached New York in about fifteen hours, a trial showing 905 miles in 15 hours and discussing speeds of up to 104 mph on short sections. Passengers praised the ride as safe comfortable and emblematic of the Chicago spirit.
Winona Assembly Forms Winona Railway to Build Northern Indiana Interurbans
The Winona assembly association filed articles of incorporation for the Winona railway company with $500,000 capital. Directors include Thomas Kane and J. M. Studebaker. The firm aims to link Warsaw, Columbia City, Plymouth, Valparaiso, Logansport, Rochester, Huntington, Syracuse and Nasvanee with interurban lines radiating from Warsaw. The company may operate street car systems in these cities.
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Indianapolis
Warsaw
Winona Assembly Association
Winona Railway Company
Folowing
Winona Assembly
Thomas Kane
Wm. M. Kamp
H. J. Heintz
E. F
Columbia City
Plymouth
Valparaiso
Logansport
Rochester
Huntington
Syracuse
Nasvanee
Ryan the New King of Finance Plans Consolidated Trust
June 12 New York report describes Thomas E. Ryans plan to acquire Equitable Life stock from James H. Hyde and fuse Equitable Trust, Mercantile Trust, and Morton Trust into Consolidated Trust Company. Proposed deposits reach 169 million with 7 million capital and 22.5 million surplus. Former President Cleveland assumes leadership role.
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New York
United States
Thomas E. Ryan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James H. Hyde
Ryan
Equitable Trust Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Morton Trust Company
National City Bank
Consolidated Trust Company
Cleveland
Lincoln National Life plans additional stock issue to Fort Wayne
Lincoln National Life Insurance directors met at the Commercial club to authorize selling $15,069 extra stock beyond $100,000 already subscribed. The plan aims to broaden local ownership, offering shares to 100 or 250 subscribers as a Made in Fort Wayne venture. The company anticipates strong business and begins policy writing July 1.
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Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Commercial Club
M. Foster
A. F. Hall
Hubert Berghoff
W. B. Paul
Robert Millard
D. B. Ninde
B. Paul Mossman
F. K. Safford
F. L. Jones
Fort Wayne
Lincoln National Life
Rail car sanitation rules adopted in state health meeting
In Indianapolis on June 12 a joint session of the state board of health and rail representatives approved sanitation regulations for railway coaches dining and sleeping cars interurban cars and street railways. The rules will be promulgated this week.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
State House
Royal Arcanum Rates Increased in Readjustment Plan
Chicago June 12 Royal Arcanum members were informed of a readjustment that lowers many insurance protections as rates rise Oct 1 The executive committee reported at Atlantic City and the supreme council approved the plan Offering options A B C and PD the latter a constant term rate Protection ends at the sixty fifth birthday and aging members may become social members if they skip fees The surplus cash and emergency fund are exhausted and three options were considered including using the emergency fund
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Chicago
Royal Arcanum
Supreme Council
Atlantic City
Fort Wayne and South Bend Traction Line Officers Elected
Elwood Ind June 12 stock holders of the Fort Wayne and South Bend Traction company met at Milford and elected officers. A J Behymer of Elwood was named president and general manager. Daniel Cook of Nappanee is first vice president. R A Miller of Indianapolis is second vice president. A R Cornelius of Syracuse is secretary. Jacob E Kilgore of Syracuse is treasurer. John A Shafer of Indianapolis is chief engineer.
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Elwood
Ind
Fort Wayne and
South Bend Traction Company
Milford
A. J. Behymer
Daniel Cook
Nappanee
R. A. Miller
Indianapolis
A. R. Cornelius
Syracuse
Jacob E. Kilgore
John A. Shafer
Three Candidates for School Trustee to Face City Council
Three hopeful candidates for school trustee, E. W. Cook T. N. Hall and C. B. Stemen, prepare to appear before the city council this evening. Pfeiffer failed to marshal a caucus, leaving a Republican lineup of independent voters and differing opinions with no outside dictates. Hall predicts victory, Cook cites pledged support, and Siemen remains noncommittal as the contest hinges on council votes.
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E. W. Cook
T. N. Hall
C. B. Stemen
John N. Pfeiffer
Hall
Siemen
Pfeiffer
Elmer Leonard
Sam
Dr. Siemen
Smallpox Epidemic Closes Grand Rapids Schools
Grand Rapids Mich reports a smallpox epidemic prompting a ten day school and church closure per the Board of Health. Commencement exercises and related entertainments will be omitted. Seventy five city cases exist, with forty four new in the last three days and seven more Sunday, spreading widely.
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Board of Hearth
Miami
Board of Death
Peace Conference Nears as Roosevelt Mediates
Washington June 12 official word from Count Cassini that Russia accepts the president's peace proposal for Russia and Japan to meet plenipotentiaries to discuss terms. The exact meeting place is still being settled with Tokyo and St Petersburg signaling willingness to negotiate under Roosevelt's mediation.
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Russia
Japan
White House
Count Cassini
Nicholas
Cassini
Roosevelt
Kovoro Takahira
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Meyer
Takahira
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