Routepre Lease of Lakes Trains in Eastern Division
Rail service outlines hourly departures to Elkhart Mishawaka and South Bend from early morning to late night with limited trains at specific times. Express and freight trains run daily except Sunday with morning and afternoon slots. Connections at South Bend link to Southern Michigan Railway toward Niles Berrien Springs and St Joseph.
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Elkhart
Mishawaka
South Bend
LaPorte
Michigan City
Southern Michigan Railway
Niles
Berrien Springs
St. Joseph
Train and boat connections from South Bend station
South Bend LaPorte and Michigan City cars depart South Bend hourly and half from 5:00 a m to 11:15 p m with stops at La Porte and Michigan City and connections at Michigan City with Indiana Transportation Company boats to Chicago.
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South Bend
LaPorte
Michigan City
Indiana Transportation Company
Chicago
Taxpayers Notice on Expenditures and Levies for 1910
The Clinton township Advisory Board in Elkhart County Indiana proposes expenditures and levies for 1910 at the trustee's office. Items include Township $1 025 and 8 cents per hundred, Local Tuition $2 450 and 19 cents, Special school $1 150 and 9 cents, Road tax $3 225 and 25 cents, Additional road $1 000 and 10 cents, Poor $250 and 2 cents. Total expenditures $9 100 and total tax 1 cent per dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Elkhart County
Indiana
Notice to Taxpayers Expenditures and Levies for 1910
York township Indiana trustees propose expenditures and taxes for 1910 at the Advisory Board meeting on Sept 7 1909 at the schoolhouse No 2 district. Totals: expenditures 3200 tax rate 105 cents per hundred with specific lines for township local tuition special school and road taxes. Tempest and Sunshine dramatization gains notice in ad.
Pardon Ends Embezzler's Case as He Dies in Toronto
Samuel Francis Smith former Davenport mayor dies in a Toronto hospital while en route to Newton Center Mass after five years apart and release from Anamosa. He had served seven of eleven years for embezzling trust funds and was discharged to join his family. His sentence was suspended due to old age.
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Davenport
Carrall
Des Moines
Aug
Samuel Francis Smith
America
Toronto
Can
Newton Center
Mass
Anamosa
Carroll
Smith
Girl Shoves Man. Fatal Fall From Dance Hall Window
Toledo Aug 9 Joseph Polziewski aged 22 died instantly after being shoved from a dance hall window by Helen Lawaszawski 20. He fell backward fracturing his skull and twisting his spine. The girl was arrested.
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Toledo
Joseph Polzxewski
Helen Lawaszawski
Riflemen at Camp Perry Begin Four Week Tourney
Twelve hundred men are in camp at Camp Perry Ohio for a four week rifle tourney. The Ohio National Guard, Department of the Lakes Rifle Association, Ohio Rifle Association and National Rifle Association will hold weekly matches starting with the opening competition. Two hundred thirty six targets are in use.
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Perry
Teddy
Camp Perry
Ohio National Guard
Department of the Lakes Rifle Association
Ohio Rife Association
National Rifle Association
Porter’s Error Costs Life in Train Collision
Memphis August 9 a porter named Arthur Bell caused a switch error leading to a southbound Louisville and Nashville passenger train colliding with a northbound train. Engineer Joe Lewis died instantly and fireman John Lewis, his nephew, was badly crushed and likely to die. In Pueblo Colorado the Missouri Pacific No 2 train derailed with five injured after the chair car and smoker ditched at Avondale.
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Memphis
Arthur Bell
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Joe Lewis
John Lewis
Pueblo
Col
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Avondale
Mutiny Rumors Ripple Sweden Timber District
Swedish troops in the north mutinied with two regiments at Falun and Solleften reaffect. They are confined to barracks where labor unrest began in the timber trade. The Swedish union executive committee plans to call out printers nationwide.
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Stockholm
Falun
Solleften
Swedish Union
Girl Crushed to Death by Train in Mexico Mo
A freight train in Mexico Missouri plowed into a farmer's wagon killing fourteen year old Belle Dudley. The accident occurred on August 9 and left the community stunned by the fatality.
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Mexico
Belle Dudley
Five Successful Flights by Young New Yorker in Society Machine
New Yorker Charles Foster Willard completed five flights in an aeroplane at Mineola near Long Island. Distances ranged from seven tenths of a mile to two miles as he demonstrated early aviation skill. A separate report notes Roger Sommers wrecking his machine at Chaions Sur Marre after a flight of 2 hours 20 minutes 57 seconds. he was uninjured.
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Mary J. Holmes
Lem B. Parker
W. F. Mann
Tempest
Sunsine
New York
Charles Foster Willard
Goldeniver
New York Aeronautic Society
Mineola
Lenz Island
Sommer
Chaions-Sur-Marre
Roger Sommers
Boon for Traction Company in Marquette
Marquette city council amends the Marquette City and Presque Isle Railway franchise to allow charging a straight five cent fare after revealing the system operates at a loss. The traction line has run for twenty years without paying a dividend.
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Marquette
Mich
Marquette, Mich
Common Council
Marquette City and Presque Isle’ Railway
Two Killed as Auto Plunges Off 75-Foot Cliff
In Turners Falls Massachusetts on August 9 George Van Dyke, known as the lumber king of New England, and his chauffeur Frederick B. Hogdon died when their automobile plunged over a seventy five foot cliff into the Connecticut River after the chauffeur touched the wrong lever.
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Turners ‘Falls
Massr
George van Dyke
Frederick B. Hogdon
Connecticut River
van Dyke
Lumber King
New England
Infant dies in shallow water at Green Lake
The two and a half year old son of T. W. Bell, son in law of Chicago Captain O H Morgan, fell from an embankment at Morgan's summer home in Green Lake Wisconsin. He was drowned in four inches of water and authorities believe a head injury from rocks rendered him unconscious.
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Chicago
Green Lake
Wis
T. W. Bellhouse
O. H. Morgan
Lucky Draw Opens Land Lottery for Coeur d'Alene Lands
In Spokane on August 9 a public drawing began to select 105000 envelopes for land entry on the Coeur d'Alene reservation. Envelopes were mixed on a platform and the first 100 names chosen by Helen Hamilton of Coeur d'Alene. Subsequent drawings for the Flathead and Spokane reservations are scheduled for August 13 and August 16 respectively, conducted by Miss Christina Donlan of Missoula and Miss Harriet Post of Spokane.
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Spokane
Thom
Coeur d'Alene
Helen Hamilton
Flnthead
Christina Donlan
Missoula
Mont
Harriet Post
Burglar in a Death Trap and Other Naval Notes
Patrick Healey was found at the bottom of an air shaft after police pursued him for attempting to pick locks. He vanished during a roof chase, and authorities believe he escaped. Robert Bacon named ambassador to France replacing Henry White. Foob Higgins dies in convulsions after seeing water at a local Pasteur Institute in New Orleans.
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New York
Patrick Healey
New Orleans
Higgins
Pasteur
Weather Forecast Summary By State
Illinois cloudy with showers possible in the north today and fair tomorrow Indiana generally fair today and tomorrow Michigan cloudy with showers in the north today and fair tomorrow Wisconsin cloudy today with showers projected
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Mlinois
Indiana
Tiower
Michigan
Rise of State Fair Promises New Era in Indiana
Indiana State Fair at Indianapolis opens the week of Sept 6 with updated travel access by trolley and rail. Officials expect a premium total of 75,350 dollars and a panel of esteemed judges to award top prizes across cattle, dairy, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, arts, and farm products.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
United States
Fair Gates
Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Indiana Grounds
State Board of Agriculture
State Board ‘of Agriculture
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C. H. Walter
Dist Pass
R. W. Reynolds
Big Four
ST. L. RY
Benton Harbor
W. R. Coverston
Charles W. Haywood, M.D
Monger Block
Elkhart, Ind
Fr. Thiers
South Main Street
Ghickester
Biamonts
Srugests
York Township
Hikhart County
Meath
Silver’s
Main
Stisher
Porter
Sweden
Boon
Lucky
Coeur d’Alene Reservation
Union
Inent
Kranich & Back
Ivers & Pond
J. & C. Fischer
Crown
Hobart M. Cable
Pease, Sterling
Kingsbury
Regent
Concord
Rogers & Wilson
Append-Form Co
U.S. A
Goshen
Michigan ‘Lands
Balyeat
Cedar Point
Lake Shore
R’y
Gost
IEN Gas
Newell Bros
Dimities Toile du Nord
Gloria
Russia
Wee Bec
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