B. J. Shively Named Convention At Plymouth
A large Plymouth convention convened at 1:30 pm with Frank E. Hering presiding. C P Drummond nominated B F Shively of South Bend by acclamation, the sole candidate, amid strong support that Congressman Brick will retire this fall. Shively spoke to the delegates at 3:30 pm as Elbel and Plymouth bands provided music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Stevens
Frank E. Hering
South Bend
Congress
C. P. Drummond
St. Joseph County
B. F. Shively
Brick
Elbel
Shively
Goshen Family’s Plight Leads to Police Chapter
Detroit dispatch reports James Nisely and Goshen Indiana family wrongly harassed by Jackson, Michigan residents who mistook them for Russian refugees due to their Dunkard garb. Nisely, an American born citizen, says he was en route to Hillsdale to visit relatives and possessed full passage rights amid police clearance.
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Detroit
Mich
Jackson
James Nisely
Goshen
Nisely
Hillsdale, Mich
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Hoover John Hoover dies at 38 in Middlebury
John Hoover died after a long illness in Middlebury at 1 30 this morning aged 38 He lived with his mother Mrs Elizabeth Hoover He is survived by one brother Samuel Hoover of York township three sisters Mrs Hattie Cripe Mrs Daniel Bollinger and Mrs Eli Schrock His father the late Joseph Hoover was a German Baptist minister The funeral will be held Saturday with friends meeting at the house at 10 o clock and at Pleasant Valley church in York township at 2 Rev J H Fike will conduct services Interment in Pleasant Valley cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
John Hoover
Middlebury
Elizabeth Hoover
Samuel Hoover
York Township
Hattie Cripe
Daniel Bollinger
Eli Schrock
Joseph Hoover
Friends
Pleasant Valley Church
J. H. Fike
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Misihawaka and South Bend Masons Initiate 50 Members
Victor Camp of W O W led the initiation of a class of 50 new members last night. The Mishawaka team counted 24 with participants from South Bend Hik hart Mishawaka and Millersburg. After the ceremony a banquet followed. Deputy Perry Hulwick organized the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Camp
Mishawaka
South Bend
Hikhart
Millersburg
Perry Hulwick
Samuel Snagely Resigns Goshen Rubber for Indiana Railway
Samuel Snagely, recently relocated from Syracuse to join Goshen Rubber Co., resigns and accepts a moorman position with the Northern Indiana Railway Co. He is assigned to the Elkhart city service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Snagely
Syracuse
Goshen Rubber Co
Northern Indiana Railway Company
Elkhart
Dowagiac Merchant Seeks Damages Over False Representation
Marcus Oppenheim a prominent Dowagiac merchant also known in Goshen sues Patrick Yore of Benton Harbor for 5000 dollars alleging false representation in a property sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Oppenheim
Dowagiac
Mich
Goshen
Patrick Yore
Benton Harbor
Summer Christian Science Services at Lake Wawasee
Among the summer visitors at Lake Wawasee this season are 11 adherents of the Christian Science faith. With courtesy of landlord Wiggins they conducted services at the fan last Sunday.
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Lake Wawasee
Wiggins
Doctor relives boyhood at old Medina homestead
Dr M K Kreiders enjoys a nostalgic visit to the River Styx area near Wadsworth Medina county, recalling wild gooseberries Rochester apples and his mother's bread as he relives his childhood. He walks the woods, contemplates barefoot days, and plans to share stories with fellow doctors after long evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Kreiders
Wadsworth
Medina County
Mrs. Michael Egan Dies After Move to Columbia City
Mrs. Michael Egan aged about 50 died in Columbia City yesterday, less than 24 hours after being moved from Longeeliff to her sister's home. A Go shen resident for years, she wished her remains laid beside her son John Egan in Oak Ridge cemetery. her husband will carry out the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Egan
Longeeliff
Columbia City
Egan
Goshen
Oak Ridge Cemetery
John Egan
Aerie of Eagles Organizing in Goshen
Efforts to form a Goshen chapter of the Order of Eagles progress as 43 of 50 required members sign the charter. Last year fraud by deputy organizer Turk Theis from Elkhart caused initial funds loss. this time a trusted officer will manage finances, raising optimism that the venture will succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Order of Eagles
Turk” Theis
Elkhart
Sick List and Ills Reach Local Residents
Miss Bessie Kauffman once with Home Telephone lies ill at her parents Elkhart prairie home and death is expected soon. J S Kryder, age 78, four miles southwest, is very ill. Mrs W H Boulton suffers poison ivy exposure from a Sunday school picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Kauffman
Levi Kauffman
Elkhart Prairie
J. S. Kryder
W. H. Boulton
English Lutheran Sunday School
Railway crews begin work on Main and Clinton Y loop
The Northern Indiana Railway Co. placed forty men on a Y shaped track at Main and Clinton for the Indiana Co. baggage car and Winona Interurban Co. to turn their cars. No definite date for the loop’s completion is known as the Eighth street line awaits ballast and trolley wire stringing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Indiana Railway Co
Main
Clinton Streets
Indiana Co
Winona Interurban Co
Eighth Street
Soldiers Reunion at Bremen by 29th Indians
The 29th Indiana to hold a reunion at Bremen today with attendees including Eli Albright D B Hutchinson and William Stover of this city D P Croop of Waterford and C Hess of Springfield among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Eli Albright
D. B. Hutchinson
William Stover
City
D. P. Croop
Waterford
C. Hess
Springfield
First Depositors at Elkhart County Trust Co
The Elkhart County Trust Co opened in its new quarters this morning with Samuel D. Stutsman named as the first depositor and Mrs. Nettle Harter as the first woman to make a deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart County Trust Co
Samuel D. Stutsman
Nettle Harter
Sale of Kaatz Stock Receives Spirited Bidding in South Bend
The A Kaatz clothing stock will be sold to the highest bidder at Referee Lambert's office in South Bend at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Elkhart County Trust Co. as trustee expects to realize handsomely from the sale as bidding has been lively and a $6,600 offer is under the two thirds appraisal limit. Local clothing men hope for out of town buyers, but a sale to outsiders seems unlikely. The sale may lead to a continued examination of Mr Kaatz, with Charles Myers, Robert Myers and Samuel Myers also scheduled to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kaatz
Kaatz
Mr. Kaatz
Charles Myers
Robert Myers
Samuel Myers
Officers Seek Suspect in Dynes Murder Case Near Galien
Michigan and railway police, aided by Detroit authorities, probe the murder of Floyd Dynes the Michigan Central operator killed on duty near Galien. They pursue a former Galien employee who moved to South Bend and a lover of Dynes’ companion, with a park fight in Palmer Park cited as a possible link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Hynes
Berrien County
Michigan
Michigan Central Railway
South Bend
Floyd Dynes
Michigan Central
Galien
Mich
Dynes
Ita
Leavi Galien
Detroit
Palmer Park
Third annual reunion of Martin Stauffer descendants
The third annual reunion was held on Elkhart Island Tuesday with 68 attendees across four generations. Survivors include Isaac Stauffer, 74. Bessie Metzler, 70. Lydia Hamling, 64. Officers: Emanuel Stauffer, president. Edgar Hazmling, secretary. Jacob Metzler, treasurer. Next meeting set for last Thursday in August 1906 at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Stauffer
Elkhart
Isaac Stauffer
Bessie Metzler
Wakarusa
Lydia Hamling
Mishawaka
Menno Stauffer
C. K. Stauffer
Goshen
Charles Smith
Texas
Metzler
Hoover
E. Hamling
Emanuel Stauffer
Edgar Hazmling
Jacob Metzler
Trial Aims At Damages In Factory Accident Case
Attorney J B Gatt represents United States Heater Co of Detroit in a suit against Frank Le bole a Washington Street plumber alleging damages from a New Factory car crash that injured G Stettler foreman and mashed his toe while unloading machinery at the National Dairy Machine Co unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Gattshall
United States Heater Co
Michigan
Detroits
Frank le’ Bole
Washington Street
New Factory
G. Stettler
National Dairy Machine Co
Nominee Harley Holben for Representative in Elkhart County
Harley Holben a Democratic candidate for representative was born in Osceola in 1876 the son of Solomon Holben. A longtime Baugo township farmer and teacher he studied at the Indiana State Normal School Terre Haute and has taught in Baugo Olive and Keystone Wells County. Holben combines farming experience with education expertise and is married to Laura Bowers living on a farm in Baugo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Holben
Osceola
St. Joseph County
Solomon Holben
Bango Township
Indiana State Normal School
Keystone
Wells County
Baugo
Olive
Baugo Township
Terre Haute
Mr. Holden
Elkhart County
Laura Bowers
Young Women Conference Opens at Winona Lake
A YWCA conference for students opens at Winona Lake tomorrow and runs to September 10. Attendees include several hundred young women from Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, Southern Ohio, and Michigan with state and national committee members, teachers, and others. Misa Bertha Conde leads as senior student secretary and Mrs N W Campbell of Chicago serves as president.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Winona Lake
Indiana
Wisconsin
Illinois
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Misa Bertha Conde
American Committee
N. W. Campbell
Chicago
Rose Fife Found In Jackson Slum Ten Years After Idolized Bride
Rose Fife once a leading Jackson Michigan beauty and First Congregational church worker is found dying of an incurable disease in a shack in the tenderloin district. Her wealthy husband died years ago of a broken heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Fife
Jackson, Mich
First Congregational Church
Tenderloin
Professor Lough Addresses Vice History at Meeting
The Historical Society program featured Prof Lough speaking on Legalized Vice and its threats to nationa l life, claiming debauchery rivals finance in harming the country and critiquing liquor revenue, followed by Aaron Work recounting Mitchell township memories from 1842 and a tour of pioneer life and local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lough
America
Uncle Sam
Rockefeller
Mr. Lough
Sam
Historical Society
Prof. Bremer
Long-lived Indiana matriarch dies at 97 in Kosciusko county
Susan Kuhn aged 97 years 4 months 17 days died at her son Isaiah Kuhn’s home near Kuhn's Landing after living in Kosciusko county since age 40. Born near Conemaugh Pa she traced Ancestry to Mack parents among early settlers. She married John Kuhn in 1824 and raised 14 children, 52 grandchildren, 93 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren. The couple moved to Indiana in 1849 near North Webster. he died in 1860 leaving her widow for 47 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Kuhn
Isaiah Kuhn
Allegheny Mountains
Tuscarawas County
Bolivar
John Kuhn
Indiana
North Webster
Prohibition party ticket and obituary notes from Elkhart county
The article lists an election slate with names for county offices including Representatives James S. Martin and Henry O. Eldridge and other posts, followed by the obituary of Daniel Hostettler Jr born April 9 1854 in Elkhart county who died August 25 1906 after locomotor ataxia. It mentions a large family and funeral attendance, plus a family reunion trip by the Hess and Rensberger families to Winona. The section closes with a note on Gordon Gilbert's new stage comedy Hans and Nix and its reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Martin
Henry O. Eldridge
James L. Earnest
Nappanee
John Hess
A. B. Hess
E. J. Hess
Samuel Rensberger
Winona
Hess
Rensberger
Elkhart Prairie
Twin City Wholesale Grocer Organizes in Elkhart
Article of incorporation filed in Elkhart announces the Twin City Wholesale Grocer company with 40000 dollars capital, 50000 life, 10000 preferred option. J H Simmons Goshen J W Fieldhouse M L Robbins G C Underhill A R Beardsley Herman Borneman Jr Edward Zigler J C Thaners Benj Linkenhelt Geo Zinacco L J Fourthworth Plymouth named as incorporators. Headquarters set for Elkhart with traveling sales force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
Various local notices and personal items from Geneva region
A collection of short notes reports and announcements including P A Macklin's severe blood poisoning from a rusty nail. Auburn Junction gas plant contract awarded to Picker Bros Auburn. water analysis by Dr J N Hurty says Columbia City mains supply is good. Survivors of the First Indiana Heavy Artillery to reunite at Rome City Sept 6 and 4. Mrs Mitchell Baker near Huntington dies at 22. Mr and Mrs Davis of Whitley County journey to Ohio at ages 91 and 83. Siblings D G Linville and Susan Winters meet after 40 years. Winters, 8T, visiting Columbia City for winter with sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Macklin
Geneva
Auburn-Garrett
Auburn Junction
Picker Bros
Auburn
Columbia City
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Indiana Heavy Artillery
Rome City
Mitchell Baker
Huntington
Eureka
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. J. Shively
Congressman Brick
Mortuary Record
Longcliff
Aerie OF
Stauffer Reunion
Baugoe Townships
Professor Lough
E. A. Dausman
Oak Barrens
Mikels
Bremer
Humke
Ellis
Susan Kuhn Kosciusko
Prohibition
N. A. Lehman
Jesse Ringenburg
Locke Township
Jesse Weaver
Willis
Yarian
Olive Township
Payton L. Nusbaum
Middleburg Township
anLfso
Edwin N Thornton
Cleveland Township
Harvey Hoover
Jefferson Township
John W. Everingham
Washington Township
C. P.yoder
Elkhart Township
Jacob S. Walters
Union
Collins Pindell
Concord
Chas. H. Hewitt
Isaac Lace
Clinton
John W. Shiffer
Wikhart
Anthony Yoder
Olave
Isaiah M. Clack
Daniel Hostettler, Jr
Kansas
Isaac
Charles
William
Cephas
Levi
Aaron
Tiffen Bowser
Lydia Hostettler
Mary Hostettler
Hans and Nix
Gordon & Gilbert
THE
Twin City Grocer
Simmons
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