Christmas price drops and closings at Goshen shops
News nuggets from Goshen dated Wednesday December 14 1916 mention a closing out sale by J B Andrews and J H Lott jewelry retirements. Listings include Ira C Noels bicycle shop piano sales Ulery Oaken photos Parfitt Gilbert Goshen photographer and Hanson Millinery offering winter stock at cost. A middle aged woman seeks housework and care for a two year old.John H Lott plans to retire after four decades in jewelry business at 1128 Main Street.
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John H. Lott
Main Street
Carnegie Plans Universal Peace Gift of 10 Million
Andrew Carnegie to announce a 10 million dollar gift for world peace within days. A board of trustees led by Elihu Root and Nicholas Murray Butler will manage the funds, with about twenty other distinguished members possibly international. Income at least 500 thousand annually will fund global peace projects and sustain existing efforts.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
United States
Elihu Root
America
Delirious Man Escapes Hospital Then Returns Home
Charles Seara, wounded by a revolver shot, fled Hazleton hospital in near zero cold wearing only night clothes. He ran a mile home where his son found him at the door and he collapsed unconscious. He is in critical condition and not expected to recover.
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Wilkesbarre
Charles Seara
Hazleton
Weather forecast for Tinos Indiana and Wisconsin
Fair and warmer today and tomorrow with southwesterly winds. Temperatures rise across Tinos Indiana and Wisconsin as residents anticipate milder weather.
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Tinos
Indiana
Wisconsin
NAMES NEW POSTMASTERS INDIANA LIST APPROVED
Senator Beveridge has sent six Indiana postmaster recommendations to the White House. The names include A A Holmes at Sullivan Frankton John Sharp Andrews D L Snowden Milford William H Burris Dana Roy B Turner New Haven Willard Lucas. Hammond postmaster nominee Richard Schaaf aims to clear confirmation obstacles.
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Beveridge
White House
Indiana
Sulivan
A. A. Holmes
Frankton
John Sharp
Andrews
D. L. Snowden
Milford
William H. Burris
Dana
Roy B. Turner
New Haven
Willard Lucas
Sullivan
Richard Schaaf
Hammond
Hubby Refused To Buy Chair Sparks Indiana Divorce
Lula Boer Miller of Wabash Indiana won a divorce in Evansville from Charles G. Miller a former Wabash resident now a local real estate dealer. The couple married three years ago after meeting as DePauw University students. The decree cites cruel treatment including a denied rocking chair request and blocking her from accompanying him on a business trip to Ohio.
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Evaneville
Ind
Ohio
Lula Boer Miller
Wabash
Charles G. Miller
de Pauw University
Maintains Joint Orphans Home In Spiceland
Henry and Rush counties agreed at Spiceland to continue the joint home for orphans cared for by Mrs. Ella Bundy who died last week. Henry county will buy Bundy heirs home for 8300 dollars and Rush county will maintain orphans there at 35 cents per day as before.
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Newcastle
Ind
Henry
Rush Counties
Spiceland
Ella Bundy
Henry County
Wool Eyes of Bank's Guard
Richmond Indiana December 14 robbers entered the store of F M Jones Company Milton and obtained $75 after a Farmers Bank safe had been blown two days earlier County officials say the robberies are connected and local people are believed responsible
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Richmond
Ind
Farmers’ Bank
F. M. Jones & Co
Milton
Wealthy Indiana farmer ends life amid despair
Manning Rogers, a 53 year old wealthy farmer of Elkhart, Indiana, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the temple after two prior suicide attempts in ten days. Despair over addiction to alcoholic stimulants is listed as the only known cause.
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Elkhart
Ind
Manning
Rogers
Centenarian Dies Praying in Kokomo
Mrs. Claria sa Truitt, 100, died with a prayer on her lips in Kokomo Indiana. A longtime Methodist member for over eighty years she recalled a childhood vision of the Savior during a walk in Maryland.
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Kokomo
Ind
Clariasa Truitt
Methodist Church
Maryland
Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep Across Cities
Chicago live stock receipts hogs 34 000 with light to heavy offerings priced from 7 50 to 7 75. Cattle 12 000 with steers 7 00 to 7 25 cows and heifers 3 85 to 5 60, veal calves 8 25 to 9 00. Sheep 30 000 with lambs 5 50 to 6 50 and wethers 4 10 to 4 35. ewes 3 85 to 4 15. Omaha cattle 7 300 head with natives 4 25 to 6 75. hogs 9 500 head, 7 25 to 7 50. sheep 6 200 head, lambs 5 25 to 6 25. East Buffalo loads show dull cattle, steady hogs at 8 00 to 8 10, best lambs 6 50 to 6 40, calves 4 00 to 10 56.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Weiders
Owen
Tia
Tramp Struck Down After Snowbound Ride
An unidentified tramp carrying $600 was killed in Elkhart Indiana when he attempted to cross switch tracks during a heavy snowstorm after riding a freight train. He did not see an oncoming Lake Shore train and was struck and killed.
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Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore
Alaska Lawyer Seeks Heirs For 1909 Indiana Prospector
Wiseman Alaska attorneys write Sheriff Barnes in Evanaville Indiana asking about heirs of John G McGaughey a gold prospector who died there in March 1909 leaving a large estate. Mutineers imprisoned at Villegagnon fortress Rio de Janeiro crews of warships Paulo Geraes Deodora and Bahia held in the fortress in the bay.
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Alaska
Barnes
Heira
John G. McGaughey
Indiana
Mutineere
Rio de Janeiro
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Ninas Geraes
Deodora
Bahia
Villegagnon
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