Kring Held as Insane After Escape Near Goshen
Henry Bingham Kring, 27, son of Emanuel Kring, a farmer near Nappanee, is jailed as a raving insane patient after an escape en route to Goshen. Declared insane May 15 1908, he has violent episodes, resistive acts in jail, and religious delusions, with a possible transfer to Logansport asylum once space frees.
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Henry Bingham Kring
Emanuel Kring
Nappanee
Stalter
Kring
McEntaffer
Price
Rogers
Lapecliff Asylum
Logansport Asylum
Union Township
Longcliff
Goshen
Charles
Marehall County
Old Residents Dead Lydia Hoover and Anna Iffert Pass Away
Two elderly residents of Elkhart county die within days. Lydia Hoover age 79, widow of Henry Hoover, dies at her son Levi’s home after seven weeks of paralysis. funeral Friday at 9 30 at home and at Yellow Creek church. Anna Elizabeth Iffert, 36 years two months seven days, dies of paralysis at Union township home after eight years since immigration from Germany. funeral tomorrow at Union Center church at 10 a m.
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Lydia Hoover
Henry Hoover
Levi Hoover
Goshen
Hoover
Wayne County
Ohio
Elkhart County
Middlebury
Yellow Creek Church
Abraham
Levi
Anna Elizabeth Iffert
Martin Iffert
Union Township
Hesbu Kaeael
Germany
America
John Martin
Lewis
Christian
Daniel
Edward Iffert
Catherine Yoder
Regina Smith
Christian Iffert
Union Center Church
Turner sues Indiana Railway for 5000 damages
Perry L. Turner files suit for 5000 against the Indiana Railway company on behalf of Benjamin J. Arisman of Elkhart. Arisman alleges a confrontation with a conductor after boarding with Dennis McCarty, resulting in a black eye and nosebleeds lasting weeks. The defense cites passenger provocation and conductor restraint. Local Goshen attendees heard Creature's band in Winona with many residents present.
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Perry L. Turner
Benjamin J. Arisman
Elkhart
Indiana Railway Company
Artsman
Dennis McCarty
Twin Branch
Arisman
McCarty
Goshenites
Winona
Creature
Messrs
Mesdames
C.D. Tiedemann
Clark Bruce
8. F. Spohn
Charles Pooley
Ora Stoutenour
Adam Yoder
A. P. Boyer
C. L. Dreese
J. B. Gattsball
Burt Lukens
G. F. Alderman
Harvey Banta
Mamie Ellis
Mabel Schadt
No. 15
Lake Phore
Farm barn fire sparks prompt insurance loss near Goshen
A barn owned by E. F. Laisimer of Goshen burned yesterday afternoon after a spark from a threshing engine ignited hay. Loss about 2000 with insurance. Several farm outputs and tools damaged across multiple properties. A near New Paris saw mill fire destroyed all machinery.
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E. F. Laisimer
Goshen
Middlebury
C. A. Strive
Millereburg
I. N. McCann
Millersburg
Charles Christman
Frank Stoner
George Nockey
New Paris
E D Currier Dead A Goshen Resident Succumbs After Long Illness
Edgar D. Currier 49 a longtime Goshen resident died this afternoon at 711 South Third street after a prolonged illness and several surgeries He was born in Buffalo NY a carriage painter by trade active in local politics a Democrat and former 1902 councilman candidate Surviving are his wife a son William and a half sister Mrs QO Knepper of Toledo Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Goshen
Edgar D. Currier
South Third Street
Mr. Currier
Buffalo
N.Y
E. W. Walker
Currier
Fifth Ward
Democrats
William E. Currier
QO. M. Knepper
Toledo
W. R. McGarvey
Grace Wheeler
Virginia Dreese
George M. Butterfield
R. A. Randall
Plymouth
Tippecanoe Lake
Sears Gardner
Guilford
Clerk Charged With Theft in Elkhart Case
Elkhart clothier Samuel Crown has arrested Ernest Zinn a month into his clerkship alleging theft of clothing valued at forty dollars and cash totaling eighty three dollars. Zinn from Peru Ind will post bond and contest the charge. Neighbors follow Peru horse thief case of Samuel Bauer awaiting Miami circuit court in Goshen.
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Agnes B. Webster
Elijah Sink
Russell Sink
St. Joseph County
Sink
South Bend
Wilbert Ward
Martha
Ernest
Willis J. Mehl
Raymer
Elkhart
Hile
Samuel Hauer
Peru
Samuel Crown
Ernest Zinn
Crow
Zion
Ind
Zinn
Samuel Bauer
Miami
Bauer
Indiana
Wedding Tonight Links Estella Boulton and J W Jones
Miss Estella Boulton and Mr. John Wesley Jones of Chicago unite in a quiet home wedding at the bride’s parents home in Mishawaka officiated by Rev. Merrill E. Boulton. Attending guests include relatives from Warsaw Silver Lake Mishawaka Goodhue and Chicago. A dinner party follows at Miss Ruby Carnéein’s South Sixth Street home.
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Meesie
Joe Williams
Charles Garringer
Frank Merrill
Constantine
Mich
Guy Boulton
Misa Mable Hoover
Wawasee
Keith Cottage
C. O. Brady
J. C. Mosier
Elkhart
Vanwert
Ohio
Estella Boulton
W. H. Boulton
John Wesley Jones
Chicago
Merrill E. Boulton
Mishawaka
T. R. Boulton
A. J. Baer
Warsaw
W. F. Everett
Silver Lake
M. E. Boulton
Helma Carlson
Goodhue, Miun
Willa Boulton
Ruby Carnééin
South Sixth Street
Charles Bretz
Butler
Detroit
Brett
Joseph Senolascino
Pehnsylvania
Hoffman Lake
Atwood
John C. Weller
Michael Sweeney
Plymouth
Weller
Wurzer Considered for Indiana Republican Secretaryship
South Bend lawyer F H Wurzer is among talked about candidates for the Indiana Republican State Committee secretaryship. Previously private secretary to Congressman A L Brick, he left to practice law in South Bend and had been in contention for the codification commission clerk post won by George Shirte. Other nominees include Frank Bowers of Indianapolis and Senator C C Lyone of Fairmount, but insiders doubt any will secure the job.
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F. H. Wurzer
South Bend
Republican State Committee
Wurzer
A. L. Brick
George Shirte
Noblesville
Frank Bowers
Indianapolis
Knights of Pythias
C. C. Lyone
Fairmount
Winona Fight Over Post Office Fortunes Draws National Interest
Special dispatch from Winona Wisconsin details a high stakes dispute involving the Winona Assembly backed by wealthy backers from Warsaw Winona Lake Kosciusko County. Cary D Chapman the post master at Bass Lake village defends the case as the Post Office Department acts as referee with presidential interest.
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Winona
Starke County
Chicago Record- Herald
Winons Corporation
United States
Post Office Department
Warsaw
Winona Lake
Kosciusko County
Cary D. Chapman
Bass Lake
Barnum and Bailey Offer to Replace Killed Wallace Crew
After the Durand Michigan wreck, Barnum and Bailey wired to supply boss canvasmen to replace the killed crew. Ben Wallace accepted. Wallace agents scour the territory buying horses as circus animals suffer injuries from the Grand Trunk disaster.
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Barnum and Bailey
Wallace
Durand
Mich
Ben Wallace
Stoning disrupts Interurban car 105 near Prairie Street
Interurban car No. 105 bound from Elkhart to Goshen on the 2 oclock run was stoned Monday night near Prairie street. Conductor Roy Schubert and Motorman John Benedict halted the car to inspect but found no assailants or damage beyond a slight dent in an iron brace above a window.
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Interurban
Elkhart
Goshen
Prairie Street
Roy Schupert
John Benedict
Brokers Harass Buffalo Rail Lines With Scalper Exports
Brokers at Niagara Falls have profited greatly from scalping trips to Buffalo and Lake Shore routes. They ride to Cleveland on excursion trains and buy all available goods, forcing detectives to guard trains as passenger holds ups occur on scalpers tickets.
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Buffalo
Lake Shore
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Baughman Located After South Dakota Letter
William Baughman, missing from his Waterloo home for weeks and believed victim of foul play, has written to his parents from South Dakota claiming he left after a quarrel with his wife. He says he found a good position and plans to stay.
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Baughman
William Baughman
Waterloo
South Dakota
Postoffice Inspector Lawrence L Leatherman Transferred
Lawrence L Leatherman long associated with Valparaiso and Goshen is now stationed in Washington after a recent transfer He is a familiar figure in Goshen circles and has gained recognition in postal service circles across Indiana and New England
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Postoffice
Lawrence L. Leatherman
Valparaimo
Boston
Goshen
Washington
Annie Oakley Remembered in Goshen Amid Downward Turn
The Goshen community recalls Annie Oakley the famed marksman once with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Now described as a wreck from drug use she was sentenced in Chicago to 25 days in Bridewell for theft after lodging with an elderly man whose complaint spurred the larceny case. Her rise and fall are noted with sadness.
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Goshen
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Miss Oakley
Chicago
Funeral Services for Mrs John Vander Veer Tomorrow
The funeral of Mrs John Vander Veer, noted in yesterday's Democrat, will be held tomorrow forenoon. Friends meet at 10 at the house, then proceed to Whitehead Church for services. Interment to follow at Whitehead Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vanderveer
Friends
Whitehead Church
Whitehead
Big matinee at Barney driving park in Elkhart
Preparations for a Saturday matinee feature a 2:30 trot 2:40 pace and a 100 yard dash plus a possible four round boxing exhibition. Other races include a gentleman's road race. Schedule to be finalized soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Driving Park
Elkhart
Presbyterians to Dedicate Decatur Church in October
The new Presbyterian church at Decatur will be dedicated on October 4. Obituary notes report Virgil Young, 80, a Decatur pioneer, dying of cancer. Frederick Kruger, 67, a well known farmer near Auburn, also dies.
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New Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Virgil Young
Frederick Kruger
Auburn
Going Abroad
Mrs. Amy Lehman- Wolcott of Chicago arrived here and will depart Saturday for New York to join her husband. They sail for Europe August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Lehman- Wolcott
Chicago
New York City
Europe
Death of Mrs. Baker in Huntington
Mrs. Emily Baker aged 78 died in Huntington on Sunday. She was mother of Mrs. Mary McDonald of Nappanee. The remains arrived in Nappanee yesterday. A new election will be held due to Judge F. E. Baker not being notified of Western Rubber Company officers' election.
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Baker
Emily Baker
Mary McDonald
Nappanee
Huntington
F. E. Baker
Western Rubber Company
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C. E. Bender
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Goshen College
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H. M. Barron
Blixhart
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Deadwood
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Rev. J. Cost
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George Mutschler Jr
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J. A. Sumwalt
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Lagrange
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