William Gross Dies in Goshen After Heart Trouble
William Gross a long time Goshen resident and former bakery and grocery partner of Henry Kolb died suddenly at 211 South Third street after a heart ailment. Born October 31 1832 in Cadelburg Switzerland he served in the 21st Indiana battery and sat on the Goshen council 1883 to 1887. Surviving are his wife and two daughters Mrs Frank Evans of Goshen and Mrs Louis Smith of Chicago. Funeral services to be announced with Masonic rites.
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William Gross
Goshen
South Third Street
Mr. Gross
Henry Kolb
South Bend
Phoenix Bakery
Beck's Drug Store
C. B. Grosspitech
Mr. Kolb
Gross
David Plaut
Frank Evans
Louis Smith
Chicago
Masonic Order
Hanly Defends Elkhart Speech on State Rights
Gov. Hanly answers critics of his Elkhart address advocating state rights over centralization. He notes nationwide reactions and southern papers quoting the speech to bolster Confederacy related views.
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Hanly
Elkhart
South
Picnic honor guests at Fetters farm south of city
Society notes say a picnic will be given tonight at the Fetters farm south of the city by Messrs Win Zellers Arthur Himebaugh Bert Throckmorton and Frank Noble. Guests include Miss Mildred Frazer of Chicago and Frances Tapp of Indianapolis who have been guests of Miss Nelle Tiedeman.
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Fetters Farm
City
Messrs
Win Zellers
Arthur Himebaugh
Bert Throckmorton
Frank Noble
Mildred Frazer
Chicago
Frances Tapp
Indianapolis
Nelle Tiedeman
Freight Conductor Ernest M. Jewett Hurt in Coupling Accident
Freight conductor Ernest M. Jewett of Elkhart was seriously injured at Wall near LaPorte when caught between two cars during coupling. He was taken to a LaPorte hospital, then home to Elkhart. physician reports no complications.
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Ernest M. Jewett
Elkhart
Wall
LaPorte
Mr. Jewett
Niles Mayor Issues Cards for Two Suspected Killers
Mayor B F Barr of Niles Michigan has issued lookout cards to area sheriffs for two moulders suspected of killing an officer in Niles last week. One suspect is said to be from Youngstown Ohio with a union card.
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B. F. Barr
Niles
Mich
Youngstown, O
Tommy Y Colts to Race at Wolf Lake Meet
Joe Wysong owner of Tommy Y confirms four colts will race at Wolf Lake. The runners are owned by Jeff Pinchon Dr J W Luckey Frank Haney and Theodore Egolf.
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Joe Wysong
Tommy Y
Wolf Lake
Jeff Pinchon
J. W. Luckey
Frank Haney
Theodore Egolf
Willhide Couple Now At Atlantic City
Mr and Mrs W A Willhide are reported to be in Atlantic City New Jersey enjoying leisure time and visiting local sights during a seaside outing.
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W. A. Willhide
Atlantic City
N. J
New Interurban Service Starts Between South Bend and Warsaw
A through interurban service between South Bend and Warsaw on the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana and Winona lines begins today. Travel time is about 2 hours 35 minutes with a 52 mile one way distance and a round trip fare of 1.70. Through cars depart South Bend at 9 30 a m and 11 a m 2 35 p m 5 0 0 p m and 11 00 p m with Goshen as pass point.
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South Bend
Warsaw
Chicago
Goshen
Winona
Telegraphers strike could halt elevators nationwide
Telegraphers’ strike disrupts reports from grain centers making quotations impossible. Elevator owners risk large daily losses as wires remain tied up and national pricing could not be kept in touch with larger cities.
Schumann-Heink To Return For Winona Engagement Next June
Re-engaged for Winona. Madam Ernestine Schumann-Heink will sing at Winona again next June. She will leave in July for Germany and expects to take Miss Bertha Chapman of Winona with her. The coming winter Mme. Schumann-Heink will sing in grand opera. In private life Mme. Schumann-Heink is Mrs. William Rapp. She married her manager.
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Winona
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Germany
Bertha Chapman
Mme
Schumann-Heink
William Rapp
Kosciusko County Officials Deny Funds Stolen
W. H. Blodgett reports in the Indianapolis News Warsaw that the Kosciusko county shortage claim is bosh and no money was stolen. He blames rotten politics and notes Republicans had long controlled the county.
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W. H. Blodgett
Indianapolis News
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Mr. Blodgett
Niles and Johnson Married at Goshen First Baptist Parsonage
Leonard Niles of Syracuse and Lil lian J Johnson of Goshen wed at the First Baptist parsonage in Goshen Saturday night. Rev J Y Fradenburg performed the ceremony and the couple will reside in Goshen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Leonard Niles
Syracuse
Lillian J. Johnson
First Baptist Parsonage
J. Y. Fradenburg
Sick List Details Mary Ann Spahr Ill at Home
Mrs. Mary Ann Spahr longtime county resident is seriously ill at her residence east of the city. Her condition prompted friends and family to rally support and expect further updates from local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Spahr
Monsma Couple Welcome 12-Pound Son
Birth notice reports Mr and Mrs W B Monsma of East Goshen welcomed a 12 pound son this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Monsma
East Goshen
Miss Matel Grant Appointed Clerk in the Economy
Miss Matel Grant accepted a clerk position and began duties today in the Economy department. She assumes responsibilities in the local office, marking a staffing change announced by officials.
Purl Street Pavement Assessments Spark Street Lawsuit Talk
Property owners along Purl Street refuse to approve the final pavement assessment, signaling anticipated litigation over a law they deem illegal. Sixth Street owners also express dissatisfaction and prepare to challenge the method that makes abutting landowners bear most costs.
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Purl Street
Sixth Street
Zenor boom and Shively bid for Indiana offices
An Indianapolis dispatch reports a boom for ex Congressman William T. Zenor as Democratic governor candidate. Another dispatch notes Indiana Democratic headquarters stating B. F. Shively will run for Congress in the Thirteenth district next year, with Brick described as politically weakened.
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Indianapolis
William T. Zenor
Indiana
Democratic
B. F. Shively
Congress
Thirteenth
Reilly
Brick
Shively
William Showalter Dies at 52 in Clinton Township
Clinton township farmer William Showalter died at his home at 3 this morning aged 52 from Brights disease after a yearlong illness. He leaves his wife, five children, and a sister Mrs. P. M. Stiver of West Millersburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Showalter
William Showalter
Clinton Township
Berkey Church
Bright
P. M. Stiver
West Millersburg
Funeral Services for Harry E. Fletcher Held at Home
The funeral for Harry Earl Fletcher will begin with a short service at the South Main Street home conducted by Rev. Fradenburg of the First Baptist church. The procession will ride on Winona cars to New Paris for services at the Evangelical church led by Rev. Spangler. Interment follows at New Paris Cemetery. People planning to attend should meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the South Main Street home.
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Harry Earl Fletcher
Fradenburg
First Baptist Church
South Main Street
New Paris
Evangelical Church
Spangler
Stiver Reunion at Joseph Stiver Farm Grove
The Stiver reunion will be held in the grove on the late Joseph Stiver farm 114 miles east of Benton on Thursday August 29. Relatives are invited with friends and baskets to share for a pleasant day together.
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Stiver
Joseph Stiver
Benton
Stivers
Slashing at LaPorte Bar Leaves Owner Wounded
Charles Kipphut owner of a LaPorte saloon is hospitalized with knife wounds to the chest and abdomen. John Johnson, 35, a Black man, is jailed on a charge of slashing him.
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Charles Kipphut
LaPorte
Holy Family
John Johnson
Telegraphers Strike Rests with Limited Messages
Strike remains largely unchanged with few messages routed from Goshen to Toledo or Chicago. Service to Indianapolis is reported as satisfactory.
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Goshen
Toledo
Chicago
Indianapolis
Western Construction Co to Start Sixth Street Contract
The Western Construction Company of Lafayette writes The Democrat it will at once begin the work on the Sixth Street contract here and that it will require but a short time to finish it.
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Western Construction Company of
Lafayette
The
Democrat
Sixth Street
Elkhart Couple Seek Help After Gas Leak
Mrs. Harvey Wambaugh of Elkhart was slightly overcome by ammonia gas while her husband, proprietor of a milk depot, repaired a leakage in a pipe at his artificial ice plant.
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Harvey Wambaugh
Elkhart
Amonia Gas
Wambaugh
Mrs Mate Weston Guests With Mrs M Albright
Mrs Mate Weston of Chicago is visiting as a guest of Mrs M Albright, according to social notes.
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Mate. Weston
Chicago
City approves partial paving cost relief for Purl street
At a regular council meeting the city cut pavement assessments on Purl street east of Fifth to 20 cents per running foot and west to 10 cents, lowering charges from 4.04 to 3.84 dollars east and 2.00 to 1.90 dollars west. The Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway Co. will be assessed for benefits at Eighth and Purl. The measure passed with four yes votes after objections from Deahl and Newell.
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Common Council
Fifth Street
Fifth
B. F. Deahi
Charles R. Newell
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Co
Eighth
Purl Streets
Kohler
Marshal Self
Finance and Claims Committee
W. W. Hatch & Sons
Parls Street
Goshen Gas Company
Corporation
Big Four Railway Company
Lincoln Avenue
Rock Run
Freeman
Fifth and Garden Streets
North Side
Rimpler
American Bonding Company
Baltimore
W. H. Smith
South Fifth Street
John Aust
West Side
Sadewalk
Purl Street
B. F. Deahl
C. R. Newell
Fifth Streets
C. S. B. & N. I. Company
Part
Eighth Streets
Messrs
Menaugh
Rhoads
McGarvey
Smith
Greene
Gotham
Reichenstein Makes Suicide Attempts on Train
Isaac Reichenstein, a Russian youth, caused excitement in Elkhart on August 7 by slashing his throat with a pocket knife and leaping from a toilet-room window aboard a rapidly moving Lake Shore rail car. He later attempted suicide using gas in both third and fourth efforts.
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Isaac Reichenstein
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Reichenstein
Cosmo Butter Milk Soap Firm Expands in Goshen
J. G. Miller of the Cosmo Butter Milk Soap company departed for Fort Wayne and other Indiana points on business. The firm, employing fourteen canvassers, reports large sales in Fort Wayne and rapid growth, signaling promise as a leading Goshen industry.
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J. G. Miller
Cosmo Buttermilk Soap Company
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Cosmo Company
Goshen
Crowd Packs Hagenbeck-W Wallace Circus in Warsaw
Large crowd attends Hagenbeck-Wallace show in Warsaw yesterday. The circus runs daily closing time 6 PM except Saturdays and Mondays. The Hawks: Hardware Co. is noted in the text.
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Warsaw
Tags Concert To Support Rogers Goshen Band
A tag concert will be held in Court Park on Friday at 7 30 p m to back Rogers Goshen band In a full program of popular music all Goshen residents are urged to wear tags costing ten cents or more If missing tags attendees may be marked as dead and the event aims to show public appreciation and support for the band and local merchants.
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Court Park
Rogers’ Goshen
Goshen
Counterfeiter Caught After Clay Molds Found
Martin Woelfel of South Bend is jailed on a charge of abusing his family and held on a harsher accusation. Police seized two clay molds at the station, one for counterfeit dollars and one for half dollars, described as the best dies Chief McWeeny has seen. Woelfel says the molds were an experiment with no counterfeit intent.
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Martin Woelfel
South Bend
Woelfel
McWeeny
Three Governorship Candidates Speak at Marion County Old Settlers Reunion
Three aspirants to the governorship will address old settlers at the Marion County Old Settlers' Association annual reunion in White City. James E. Watson Charles W. Miller and William L. Taylor are on the program for speeches in a daily order.
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Marion County
Marion County Old Settlers’ Association
White City
James E.watson
Charles W. Miller
William L. Taylor
Warsaw Girls Rescued After Winona Lake Boat Capsize
Vera and Ella Hughes and Lottie Stoner three Warsaw girls boating on Winona Lake narrowly escaped drowning when their craft capsized near land. The trio were swept into the swift canal and rescued with difficulty. Miss Stoner fainted and was unconscious for about half an hour before being dressed and returned home.
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Vera
Ella Hughes
Lottie Stoner
Warsaw
Winona Lake
Miss Stoner
General Fry Dies During Coxey Army March
Gen Fry, aide to Coxey, dies at Brice Missouri after leading 3800 men as Pacific coast division head in the 1894 Coxey march from San Francisco to Washington. Survived by widow and daughter. Fry once passed Goshen during the march.
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Fry
Coxey
Brice
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Washington
Goshen
Results Show Split Passes in State and County Licenses
At the last teachers exam five of ten applicants passed for the state license and five of eighteen for the county license. The high county failure rate suggests a lax grading system may have existed previously.
Husband attempts chloroform suicide after wife’s death
John Saliger of South Bend, after learning his wife had died by her own hand, went to St. Joseph, Michigan and swallowed chloroform. He was saved by doctors in a close call, and said he had no desire to live since his wife was dead.
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John Saliger
South Bend
St. Joseph
Mich
Saliger
Purchased Business by CoE Miller Kinney
CoE Miller and M H Kinney of the People's Coal Co today purchased the coal lime and cement business of Ulery and Beaver.
Reichenstein Declared Insane. Will Seek Longcliff Admission
I G Reichenstein, a non resident of Indiana, was declared insane by a commission during an Elkhart inquest. He has made multiple suicide attempts and is housed at Clark hospital, which cannot accommodate him. Authorities aim to admit him to Longcliff asylum in Logansport, but non residents are currently barred due to overcrowding. He says he has no reason to live and remains determined to end his life.
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I. G. Reichenstein
Elkhart
Longcliff Asylum
Logansport
Indiana
Reichenstein
Clark Hospital
Court notes and arrests at White county courthouse
Justice Whisler fines Joseph McDowell eleven dollars for intoxication and he plans to pay. Sheriff Grissom and Melvin McCleary, with no details on McCleary’s forgery case, depart for Carmi. Grover Hash, jailed on a $100 bond for an assault on conductor Leehlin, cannot post bail. Hash faces hard trial given prior record and a noted altercation with Santschi. Clerk Fleming and staff organize county records in a new vault to ease future reference.
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Grover Hash
Martin Leehliner
Kash
Lechlitner
Bush
Wakarusa
Hash
Santshi
Summer Resort Fire Totals Loss at Midway
A fire of incendiary origin destroyed the summer resort at Midway near LaPorte on the Murdock line. The property owned by former legislator Thomas Herrold includes a pavilion and multiple buildings. losses run to several thousands of dollars with no insurance.
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Midway
LaPorte
Murdock Electric
Thomas Herrold
Chautauqua Building Cost Inquiry in Elk Hart
The Board of Public Works seeks cost data on chautauqua buildings from other cities. Officials will tour Dixon Illinois to verify assembly building costs as part of a potential Elk Hart project.
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Board of Public Works
Elkhart
Chautauqua
Freeport
Hisenbeiss
Wilson Roose
Assembly
Dixon
Ill
Dances to Feature Music by Beyerle and Kelly at Lake View
Goshen musicians Will H. Beyerle and Leon Kelly hired by Landlord Waldo to provide music for dances at the Lake View hotel at Wawasee on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Will H. Beyerle
Leon Kelly
Goshen
Waldo
Lake View
Wawasee
Court House Reconstruction Delayed by Material Shortage
Structural material for the Goshen court house reconstruction has not arrived, delaying the project and causing contract disruption and inconvenience.
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Court House
Goshen
Garland gas stoves touted for low gas use
Hawks Hardware Co promotes Garland gas stoves claiming lower gas consumption than rival stoves. The Aid Society of the Wells Memorial Lutheran Church will be entertained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Gresso, 219 Queen streets.
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Garland
The
Hawks Hardware Co
Aid Society of the
Wells ‘Memorial Lutheran Cbarch
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Hart
Forrest Murray
Charles Simmons
Samuel Snavely
Goshen City Line
Abraham Miller
C. C. Albers
E.L. Ratliffe
Goshen City
Quincey Spangle
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Company
Second
Main Streets
Mishawaka
ZENOR
Mortuary Record
Fletcher
Hawks
Hardware Co
Roscoe Cornell
F. E. C. Hawks
Mabel Enyart
Momence
Rev. Mathes
Scott
Harold Austin
Emory Austin
Orrin Evans
W. H. Evans
Aaron Cohen
Kendallville
A. J. Quinn
Helen
Three Rivers
Roscoe Smith
Granger
Ind
Chas Ister
Crissie Snobarger
Geo. Lewis
David Snapp
Pierceton
J. A. Snapp
C. A. Smith
G. A. Whippy
Columbus
Anna Jamison
Claypool
Alice Bivins
Milwaukee
Mildred Stonex
Pearl Toms
Anna Seymour
Michigan City
Chas. Seymour
John Brookmeyer
Lancaster
Jacob Gumbiner
Julius Lyons
Lona. Schreiver
Piqua, O
H. F. Redden
Carrie Gailor
DeGraff, O
E C. Wilson
E. G. Condon
Grand Rapids
Homer Simmons
Hugh Naylor
Blue Lake
Ont
John Plannett
Amarillo
Tex
Charles Sturgis
Nellie Albright
Hudson
L. H. Highley
Butler Record
Deloit
Mendon
Will E. Hyde
Clarence Hyde
C. L. Butts
Blanche Davis
Grace Steffey
Newcastle
Chas. W. Foulks
Texas
Middlebury
Abe Kreeger and Sons
GC. W. Merrill
Madame Mcliver
Burlington
Col
C. A. Dreese
Ruth
Lake Michigan
Emma Stuck
C. B. Silver
Wilma Whippy
Rosa
Arvilla Blough
Harrison Township
Guy Boulton
Mary Ellis
Bernis Hale
Vida Myers
A. J. Hoover
Bretz
Nevis
Ruth Larimer
Arden Bretz
Iowa
Fanny Storer
J. Leslie Montgomery
Storer
Topeka
Kan
Lemans
Winchester
Valparaiso
C. A. Harper
Rev.Sémans
M. E
Clara Semans
J. G. Reichenstine
Longcliff
State of In
Diana
Fleming
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