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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
1
President WilkenJed as vetoed the bill repealing daylight saving, stating he acted with reluctance due to inconveniences for farmers while prioritizing industrial production. The veto marks a second rejection of repeal, keeping clocks forward from March to the last Sunday in September as law.
Clarence W. Replogle, recently given a suspended sentence for wife desertion, was arrested in Elkhart on a horse theft charge tied to Danket from American Railway Express. The 1918 incident involved an attempted theft of a blanket and a missing shipment while Replogle was employed as a driver.
A secret indictment charging violation of the Valentine anti trust law was returned today by the Greek Why? county grand jury investigating Cleveland food conditions against William E F A Bigalow Harry J Bigalow and Albert Blair officials of the Consolidated Fruit Association of Cleveland.
The fire department was called twice yesterday with unclear origins. The first incident involved a possible stove fire on Daewer Avenue while residents were away. A second call referenced a warehouse area near the Standard Oil station but details were not fully clear.
The Prince of Wales tour suffered a mishap when a motor vehicle struck a man in Saint John New Brunswick shortly after 4 00 Thursday. The injured motorist, Bowers of Partridge Goat, was treated for a left ankle injury with six stitches after the collision with a Dodge driven by Dr. Dronard of Tacrarge Bowers was reported badly hurt and the voyage continued as weather delays affected the program.
Rioting erupts during a steel car strike in Butler Pennsylvania as the tenth strike of its kind enters its tenth week. Police and state authorities suppress disturbances while crowd action and threats gather around the Standard Steel Car plant and nearby streets.
The nearshore Journal reports that the marl taken from nearby fakes is claimed to be needed for fertilizer. Local authorities note the move to use it as lime.
Local women mobilize in a campaign against H. C. L. in a community fight highlighted by organized meetings and petitions. The movement aims to influence policy and curb perceived local issues within the neighborhood.
Federal agents in Chicago seize hundreds of tubs of butter and two adiabetic bombs in a raid. The seizure targets wartime price and shortage schemes as authorities move to enforce rationing and curb illicit activity.
Two Holy Cross brothers, Exapere and Texsephus, who spent years in the United States, will depart Notre Dame in September to join a Holy Cross governed institute in Angers, France. The school, long closed by the French government, will reopen under Holy Cross oversight.
Property records show a transfer from Mais abdise toot to Dot tied to Veneer Co. transferring to Art Neavelt Co Ebxaart Treland. S22 000 was involved in the transfer.
Government authorities rule that sugar must not be sold for more than 11 cents per pound, establishing a strict price ceiling. The decision aims to curb price gouging and ensure affordable access.
The United States army recruiting office formerly in Laporte will be relocated to Michigan City, increasing access for local recruits and aligning with regional recruitment operations.
Ada Ward of London headlines the Chautauqua program with humor and a musical lineup. Evening features include the Grand Concert Mine Augusta Leuska the Russian prima donna and the Great Lakes String Quartet with admission at 77 cents plus war tax and reduced child rates.
English comedian Ada Ward a London native, spoke at the eighth annual Redpath chautauqua in Goshen. She mixed humor with moving anecdotes from France 1915 16 and illustrated on a blackboard. Samuel F Blackwood opened the program with Orchestral sextette performances. The event runs through next Thursday night at Chandler school grounds.
The civil service examination for the selection of a postmaster to succeed G. W. Zinky at South Bend Indiana will be held there on September 16 conducted by the civil service commission under Sen. Watson.
Jacob Spahr 62 a Clinton township farmer died at Goshen hospital from injuries from an auto overturn last Monday near the W. W. Showalter farm. He was brought by Culp ambulance after the wreck in which his wife and her mother were injured. He leaves Louise his wife three brothers Isaac John and Joe and three sisters Mrs Andrew Keyser Mrs Jacob Sunebarger and Mrs George Berger. Funeral Monday at 10 from Berkey church Clinton township with Revs Berkey and Deeter officiating.
Two South Bend residents died yesterday as despondency was cited as the cause. Stanley Sterniak, 25, shot himself after expressing fatigue over being called a spy. His wife Mary cited bolshevism worries. George Schug, 65, was found in a rear shed with a throat cut, a bloodstained razor nearby. a prior sunstroke on June 9th was noted by his wife.
Allied governments inform Vienna it will answer for Bela Kun the Hungarian communist leader and his delivery for trial before an allied tribunal Bela Kun is to be tried for hanging and shooting Hungarians during his Budapest rule according to Innsbruck dispatch.
Arthur Romig of Constantine Michigan was badly hurt this morning when leading a pig to market from Ed Butts farm northeast of town. The pig caused a tangle with a rope, throwing him and breaking a hip area of the leg. He was taken to Goshen hospital where Drs Hollingsworth and Yoder reduced the fracture.
The Syracuse Flouring Mills, owned by EH Jenkins of Syracuse, were sold yesterday to Columbus Fisher who resides south of the town. The deal is understood to be about 310000 in consideration.
The abandoned Concrete Silo plant on West Madison Street burned Wednesday night and will not be rebuilt. Fire origin unknown as the idle plant adds to the loss estimated around 250 dollars. owners I. W. Miller and Edw Rimpler carried no insurance.
Miami County school teachers petition for increased salaries citing rising living costs under the current pay schedule. They argue the present terms fail to meet basic living expenses and seek adjustments.
Growers report tassin yield in Nenpanee with prices around Pesimiet SUL per pound. Farmers expect fair returns as output data highlight market demand and regional supply dynamics.
The Kelly Motor Co. reports a new Ford sedan sold to BL A Butterfield of Gusben.
To end September 1, canteen service at Fort Wayne will cease. The report notes a Democrat rate of 12 cents per week.
William Lowery, an honor convict at the Michigan City prison farm near New Carlisle, was struck and killed by lightning while hurrying to seek shelter. He had been sentenced from Sullivan County for one to eight years for petit larceny.
Della Henry, 19, daughter of William Henry of Peru, tried to end her life by ingesting carbolic acid after a quarrel with her lover.
More than 20 Republican senators favor quick ratification with reservations, with up to 80 Republicans backing the general line. Senator Hitchcock, Democrat Leader of Nebraska, meets President Wilson to discuss the Senate situation as witnesses and debate loom. Stenographic records will be kept at the White House conference with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Five hundred trainmen walked out on the Ohio Electric Interurban railroad causing a total halt across nearly all divisions. The strike, demanded for higher wages, stopped traffic in Ohio and eastern Indiana as the company announced it would not run cars until a settlement is reached.
Thoms Collier aged 59 formerly of Noble county hanged himself in a barn at his Pierceton home, found by tenant Thome Cowman. He was Kosciusk9 county's tallest resident at six feet three inches in stocking feet. Collier was an uncle of J. B. Kuhns of Noble township.
Co. T. Clark, once a clerk at I. E. Michael hardware, arrived home today after service with the 12th Field Artillery. He had been in Germany since June and now resumes civilian life.
New York August 15 Theatrical Producing Managers association will not compromise in the Actors Equity strike. Mediation offers from George Ade and Irving Cobb were refused by Arthur Hopkins. Taft and Hughes offered mediation, declined. Noted personalities attend strike fund benefit. New Amsterdam and Maxine Elliott theatres dark as walkout closes 13 houses.
Assumption Day services were held at St John’s Carriwoke church this morning with high Mass at 5:50. A large turnout of summer visitors from Lake Wawasee attended. The Feast of the Assumption on August 15 influences Sunday observances. Father Hoftenroth left for St Mary’s to attend services.
James M. Searfoss completed sixteen months in France. George Snyder former editor of the Syracuse Journal returned from overseas duty in the quartermaster corps after one and a half years. Millard Hentzell served two years in the signal corps in France before returning to Syracuse.
Elkhart County farmers plan a one day picnic at City Park on Tuesday August 1. A basket dinner is served at noon. Lewis Tacher, secretary of the State Federation of Farmers, will address the crowd on Federation and its Benefits.
Mortuary records show two obituaries in Elkhart County. George H Demisel of Harrison township died this morning at his home from complications. he was a native of Concord township and survived by two brothers and two sisters. Roswell Preacher Roswell aged 59, long time NYCT paymaster, died at his farm near Elkhart from complications. he is survived by his wife and one sister.
The Milford substation of the Winona Interurban railway suffered heavy damage after an electrical failure. Operator Harry Stiffer of Milford narrowly escaped injury when power was restored to high tension lines after action near Warsaw, leaving the station partially wrecked.
Noble Croop, a former conductor of the Central Drug Store in Goshen and son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Croop, arrived home this morning after seven and a half months in Germany with the 12th Field Artillery band.
Government food sale to start here next Monday with orders to be taken at Goshen Post Office.
The Goshen post office will begin a government fixed price food sale by parcel post from Chicago Monday. Partial lists show 2600 twelve pound cans of bacon and other items including foemateer pineapple soup toilet soap baked beans and corned beef. Shipments limited to 125 pounds with five cents per first pound and one cent for each additional pound.
Gov ernment supplies arrangement promises relief for Goshen when two carloads reach the city from Chicago. An order totals 60 000 pounds of sugar and a carload of mixed commodities including bacon ham salt canned fruits corn and peas.
Washington August 15 Action on amendments to the food control act urged by Attorney General Palmer as a means to curb the high cost of living was blocked in the senate agriculture committee today. Chairman Gronna hopes the committee will act finally Tuesday.
Dozens of railroads in the region end embargoes on freight shipments as the shopmen strike subsides, resuming normal cargo movement and signaling easing transportation constraints.
By September 1 1920 Warsaw plans a pure water supply after years of drawing impure water from Center Lake. The project coincides with municipal efforts to improve public health and services. Local officials emphasize progress toward a safer municipal water source.
Farmers report grasshopper outbreaks across parts of Indiana with machinery deployed to combat the pests. The article notes widespread damage and mentions a dry millwood Brooks being offered for sale.
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