Wireless expansion planned by United for eastern stations
The eastern division of United Wireless Telegraph orders 250 complete wireless instrument sets for stations east of the Mississippi. The project, costing over 500000, aims to prepare small and large capacity stations enabling 100 to 200 mile ranges, with long distance and marine service up to 2000 miles on land and 3000 on water. Goshen Indiana will host a station among many others.
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New York
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Mississippi Liver
Earthquake Death Toll in Southern Italy Hits 75000
The latest estimates place the death total from the southern Italy and eastern Sicily quake at 75,000. Mt Etna shows further signs of activity. No issue of the Daily Democrat on Friday Jan 1, 1969 due to holiday observance. readers wished a Happy New Year.
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New York
Italy
Sicily
Mt Etna
Daily Democrat
the Democrat
Distinguished Career of Judge Baker
Hon. and Mrs. John H. Baker celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at their home 491 South Fifth Street with a two day reception. Baker was appointed U S district judge in 1892 by President Harrison serving ten years, later retiring in 1902. Their son, Judge Francis E. Baker of the U S circuit court, is known to Goshen citizens.
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John H. Baker
South Fifth Street
United States District Court
Harrison
William A. Woods
Cfficult
Baker
Francis E. Baker
United States Circuit Court
Goshen
Little River
James H. Sullivan
Geneva
G. R. & I. Railroad
Guy Moore
Robert Moore
Whitley County
Waterloo
Opera House
Boyd Park
Wabash
William Oppy
Marion
Here and There local notices recount deaths and appointments
Kendallville pioneer G W Ross died at 68. Rex R Drake named postmaster at Collamer Whitley after Emory Shutt. Mrs Annal L Anderson of Lafayette died from blood poisoning after a fever blister. W F Woodmansee became son in law by marrying his ex wife's widow. W E Tuney of Logansport gave the Home for Friendless 6000 in 5 percent gold bonds. Corunna merchants switch to cash basis January 1, extending no credit. Panl Reagan Huntington involved in a separate item.
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G. W. Ross
Kendallville
Rex R. Drake
Collamer
Whitley County
Emory Shutt
Annal L. Anderson
Lafayette
W. F. Woodmansee
Sarah Goff
Hartford City
W. E. Tiuney
Loganeport
Corunna
Panl Reagan
Huntington Plung
Blizzard Forecast Signals Sudden Weather Reversal
A weather bulletin predicts a quick shift from springlike warmth to severe winter conditions by week’s end, with intense cold and heavy snow. Forecasters caution that changes may still occur, despite prior doubts from storm prophets.
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Weather Bureau
Infant Dora Wilson Dies of Pneumonia at One Year
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Wilson of Elkhart road near Dunlaps died at 3 80 this morning from pneumonia aged one year and 12 days. Survived by her parents and a twin brother. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm at home and 2 pm at West Side German Baptist church. Herr Herr protest over county supplies contract to Harry Matthews for 400. Finishing touches continue on courtyard improvements with shrubs planted weeks ago. South Bend council dispute over payment of physician services.
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Wilson
Dora
Isaac Wilson
Elkhart Road
Dunlaps
Ita
West Side
German Baptist Church
New Year Holiday Observe in Goshen
New Year's Day 1909 will be a holiday in Goshen with many lines of business closed. No daily papers, banks, and public offices will shut. post office follows holiday schedule. Social events mark the year with a big dance at KX of Phall and Annie MackBerlein in Father Vaughn's play A Woman of the West at the Jefferson.
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Goshen
KX of Phall
Jefferson
Annie Mack Berlein
Father Vaughan
Indianapolis
Commissioners Announce Annual Poor Doctor Appointments
County commissioners named the year’s poor doctors with designated townships and fees. Physicians listed include G S Hoppingarner Elkhart Center Osolo Cleveland and Barbour Bristol Washington, plus Farrer Middlebury Kirby Kyler Shick Lemon Sensenich Holdeman and Price pairings across multiple townships with varied stipends.
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Hoppingarner
Elkhart Bange
Osolo
Cleveland
Barbour
Bristol
Washington
York
Farrer
Middlebury
G. W. Kirby
Millersburg
Clinton
W. B. Kyler
Benton—Benton
E. D. Shick
New Paris
Jackson
H. K. Lemon
Goshen
Elkhart
Harrison
East
A. S. Sensenich
Wakarusa
West
Society notes recount gatherings and teas
Miss Ruth Fredeke will entertain the G C club at her East Washington street home tomorrow evening. Miss Ruth Stemm hosted a four o'clock tea yesterday for guest Miss Magee of Fort Wayne with about 40 guests in attendance.
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Ruth Fredeke
G. C. Clib
East
Washington Street
Ruth Stemm
Magee
Fort Wayne
Aged Lady Hurt After Fall at Lincoln Avenue Home
Mrs. Belle Miller, about 65, fell at 4 a.m. on Lincoln Avenue, striking her head and shoulder. She suffered a head wound, severe bruising, and a shock so deep the heart nearly stopped. doctors revived her, with recovery hoped but still doubtful.
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Lincoln Avenue
Belle Miller
Miller
Liberal League Attends Wabash County Election Hearing
In a court bid to halt the local option vote, Liberal League counsel sought a restraining order to block ballot inspectors. Judge Plun met refused the request as the election proceeded today despite the appeal.
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Wabash County
Liberal League
Plunmet
Council Declines In Warsaw Freight Controversy
The city county at Wirsaw voted unanimously to take no part in the dispute between Big Four Co and the Indiana Railway Commission over ordered car load shipments with the Winona Interurban. Also reports that Orble Cripe lost a $75 pocketbook at Ed Rummel's saloon are denied. No injuries are found in Cripe's legs as previously stated.
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Wirsaw
Big Four Co
Indiana Railway Commission
Winona Interurban Company
Warsaw
Rummel
Orble Cripe
Ed Rummel
Mr. Cripe
County Council approves several 1908 fund adjustments
The county council met in session with all members present except Mr. Hire whose father died. They approved about 1500 to cover 1908 deficiencies and carried over the court house decorations contract. Township poor appropriations shift from township to county with multiple totals listed for each township. The county farm contract for next quarter went to Chicago Fair J G Oppenheim firm for classes one to three, Louis Simon & Co. won class four. Jury names were selected. Decorator activity damaged court house offices forcing temporary quarters for the treasurer.
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Hire
Court House
Bango
Benton
Concord
J Clinton
Wes
Cleveland i
Elkhart
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Locke
Middleburr
Oley Pe
Ben Hob Blache
Union
Washington
Yorkscapes
J. G. Oppenheim & Son
Harris Oppenheim
Louis Simon & Co
Chicago
Miller to be Released From Michigan City Prison
Harry C. Miller of Goshen, son of Lud Miller, has been granted parole and will be released Thursday from Michigan City prison after serving part of his term. The parole board acted favorably in his case.
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Harry C. Miller
Lud Miller
Goshen
Michigan Citys Prison
Mr. Miller
Erroneous report on Benton township residents
The Democrat corrected yesterday's report misidentifying Tilghman Miller's death and the Benton township residents. It clarifies Irvin Berkeypi is not the Benton resident and Willum Blue is the actual inhabitant aged about 55.
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Tilghmai mWler
Irvin
Berkeypi
Benton Towneslin
Willum Blue
Benton
Elkhart Boys Arrested in Chicago
Two Elkhart youths were arrested in Chicago on suspicion of being runaway boys. Telegram to Elkhart police identified as Fr. f Tompson of 406 Hickory street and Fret Barry of 802 Indiana avenue. Residences showed they gave correct addresses but false names.
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Elkhart
Chicago
F Tompson
Hickory Street
Barry
Indiana Avenue
Hanly Reappoints Brown to Deaf School Board
Gov. Hanly reappoints Henry B. Brown president of Valparaiso University to the Indiana State School for the Deaf board for four years starting January 1, 1909.
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Hanly
Henry B. Brown
Valparaiso University
Indiana State School For the Deaf
John L Cooper Opens Office After Jan Retirement
John L Cooper retires January 1 as county surveyor and opens a new office on the second floor of the Jefferson building.
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John L. Cooper
Jefferson Building
Teachers in Session at B5th Annual Convention
Report indicates teachers gather for the fifth annual convention of the Railroad Basiliene improving program. Delegates discuss aims, sessions, and future training efforts across districts.
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Railroad
Basiliene
Wedding of John H. Baker to Hattie Detrees in December 1839
The fragment recounts the Baker Detrees wedding at J. J. Detrees's home on December 29. It traces John H. Baker's life from Monroe County New York to Fulton County Ohio, his law career in Goshen, and his long Republican political runs and partnerships with Capt. J. A. S. Mitchell. Additional items note local accidents and charity events in Indiana communities.
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Democrat
Earl & Heath
J. J. Detrees
John 5. DeMotte
John H. Baker
Hattie E. Detrees
Hibernia
Baker
Monroe County
N.Y
Suillan
Fulton County
J. A. S. Mitchell
Fim
Baker & Mitchell
Indiana
Mitchbell
Indiana Supreme Court
Congress
Freemion Kelly
Dekalb County
J. B. Stoll
The Dunn Case and its Expensive Prospects
The Fort Wayne News argues the Dunn murder trial is unlikely to recur. It states a conviction seems unattainable and continuing is a waste of time and money. The editorial calls the case a fruitless controversy with expert disagreement over the evidence.
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Dunn
Fort Wayne News
United Wireless Plans New Station Locations Jersey City
The United Wireless Telegraph Co of Jersey City announces a plan to locate new stations for the reception of AGPORTAMA in the area. Specific sites and timelines are to be announced as the project progresses.
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United Wireless Telegraph Co
Jersey City
Reminiscences From 1883 in The Democrat Notices
Items of interest from the 1883 files include obituaries for Dr. L A Alford and others aged 70 to 95, marriages such as Davenport with Cripe and Myers with Reynolds, licenses issued for couples like Cripe Grimes and Schofield Cassel, plus regional updates from Goshen Elkhart and Syracuse.
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Democrat
L. A. Alford
Elkhart
Logansport
Arthur Hart
Cincinnati
O. F. Dewey
J. B. Walk
Henry
Robert J. Davenport
Mary J. Cripe
Daniel 8. Cripe
Syracuse
A. N. Chamberlain
George F. Alderman
Bryan House
Bryan
C. B
James Elsen
Benton
Milo S. Myers
Frank A. Reynolds
Bristol
Mr. Myers
David Myers
Goshen
Mary Mercer
John Kitson
Dr. Alford
Judge Beebe
Brush
Elk
Dr Ora Daniel Gray to Lead Elkhart Revival in April
Dr Ora Daniel Gray of Amherst College, a noted evangelist, will come to Elkhart in April for a four week revival. Charles A. Allen, singing evangelist from Winona, visited Elkhart to arrange the engagement. Gray is a close associate of Dr J Wilbur Chapman.
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Amherst
Elkhart
Ora Daniel Gray
Amherst College
Charles A. Allen
Winona
Gray
J. Wilbur Chapman
Hotel Clerk Frank Walters Disappears From Elk Hart
Frank Walters, night clerk at the Standard Hotel in Elk Hart, left his post Saturday morning between 4 and 7 o clock. He reportedly took the hotel night receipts and several personal articles from guests, and it is believed he caught an early train out of town.
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Frank Walters
Standard Hotel
Elkhart
Walters
Chinatown Charlie cited in confession of hotel robberies
Edward Burkhardt alias Chas Schultz known to Chicago police as Chinatown Charlie and to LaPortians as Teegarden and Croup Bros. hotel robber robberies attributes his downfall and current confinement in the Jeffersonville penitentiary.
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Edward Burkhardt
Chas. Schultz
Chicago
LaPorteans
Teegarden
Croup Bros
Jeffersonville
Bond Forfeiture Ordered in Fake Wrestling Match Case
Judge Wanifleet in South Bend forfeited the $5,000 bond of William Fleming charged with banco steering in a fake wrestling match case. W. J. Springborn of Cleveland claimed he was defrauded of $16,004. The surety company may avoid payment if Fleming is brought to trial before the current term ends.
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Wanifleet
South Bend
William Fleming
Banco Steering
W. J. Springborn
Cleveland
Fleming
Conger Asked to Resign as Indiana Governor Sees Change
Rumors in political circles say Sid W. Conger will resign as Indiana state oil inspector once Thomas R. Marshall takes over governorship duties. The reports imply a smooth transition pending Marshall's assumption of office.
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Conger
Sid W. Conger
Thomas R. Marshall
Indijana
Gama Fame Claims Trojan Roots By Hempl
Dr. George Hempl former LaPorte High School principal from 1882 to 1884 asserts that Etrusans and Romans share a common origin with the Trojans. He places the claim in a daring historical theory likely to spark debate among scholars.
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Gama Fame
George Hempl
LaPorte High School
Indiana Political Rumors Stir In Indianapolis Race
Reported jockeying for speaker and senatorial posts in Indianapolis includes Judge Garrard linked to the speaker race, Shively’s bid for the senatorship, and talks of endorsements from Bendman and other local figures. The scene features factions, caucus chatter, and a volatile balance as ballots loom.
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Indianapolis
Ranningly
Garrard
H Shively
Shively
Heme Awcessor
Thirteenth District
Heis
Bendman
Amongo
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