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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
5
A condemnation action for a post office site may be initiated in Goshen in the near future. Officials reviewed property needs and the project could involve negotiations with affected landowners and potential compensation terms.
Washington office seeks additional details on Goshen site needs and future building size after $70 000 appropriation. Condemnation could follow if proposed land values prove unsuitable. other sites and a Wabash purchase set a price benchmark while Major Bracket’s inspection informs immediate action. Calanthe Lodge No. 41 K of P elected new officers including Hal Blue and C MacDougall.
In Calgary Alberta Daniel T Kauffman reports a letter from his son in law Richard Fidler detailing delightful fall weather. Construction flourishes with street paving and new brick and stone buildings rising. Southern Alberta winter wheat averages about 40 bushels per acre.
Mrs. Ida M. Rice and her children from Pullman Illinois were eating at an Elkhart restaurant when a thief stole their suit case with clothing. The thief later dumped the bag on W. D. Hazelton’s Riverside porch where it was found. the Rice family was traveling from Pullman to Ligonier.
After investigating charges the Dunkard church council at Wa karusa released Rev S N Eversole from the ministry but allowed him to remain a church member.
A First National Bank of LaPorte check ordering $25 to John F. Noel with forged signature of Lemuel Darrow passed through the clearing house into the LaPorte institution.
Harvey Yoder, 38, a self described medicine man from Goshen, was taken into custody in South Bend on a carrying concealed weapons charge. A Watchnight service at Bt. Mark's church was announced but has been called off. The rest of the text appears garbled and unreadable.
The Witching Hour by Augustus Thomas attracted a near full Jefferson Theatre crowd despite heavy rain. Howard Gould Edward Lee Eleanor Barry Charles H Mailes led a polished ensemble in a mystery play about occult mind transmission with strong audience reception and town visitors applauding after act three.
Elkhart physicians scoff at Rev. M. B. Bachman sermon condemning vaccination at the Methodist Protestant church. They argue vaccination has been thoroughly discussed and shown to prevent smallpox, dismissing opponents as undeserving of consideration.
A head on collision between two Big Four locomotives at nightstown, land killed Ray Anson of Warsaw a fireman and two other men. Big Four officials are making every effort to cover up facts suggesting the company may bear responsibility for the accident.
Fort Wayne will host a large waterways convention in the coming months, drawing national attention and backing for a Toledo to Chicago ship canal via Meri Warne. The Ladies Ald Society of the Reformed Church will entertain Thursday afternoon December 1 at Mrs Bretts 525 South Third Street and elect officers. The City Medical Society and wives enjoyed The Witching Hour at the Jefferson last evening. Willard Biddle has moved to the old Poorbaugh house at Golinton and Fifth. Undertaking equipment by The Smith Tark Co phone 674 residential 71.
Noble county will soon hold a local option election under the new law. The petition requires 1200 signatures, with reports from Ligonier that 1500 have signed, though the petition has not yet been filed in the auditor's office.
A theatre car en route from Goshen to Warsaw collided with a south bound train near Substation No. 2 between Milford and Leesburg at midnight. The north bound car remained on rails. the siding car derailed into a ditch. Conductor Winebrenner and Motorman Gunter of Warsaw led the north bound unit. the south bound crew was Conductor Culbertson and Motorman Densel of Warsaw. Passengers including H Frazer and family escaped unharmed.
Society notes describe a large reception hosted by Judge and Mrs. John H. Baker celebrating their 50 years of marriage. Attendees included out of town guests from Chicago Warsaw Middlebury and Elkhart with family members assisting in the afternoon and evening. Several marriages anniversary observances and social events are listed, including a theater party and guest compliments.
Lawrence and Wabash counties in Indiana voted dry yesterday under the new option law. Wabash city favored prohibition by 18 votes, while the county overall tipped dry by about 900. Lawrence county also went dry by 1 709 with 17 saloons forced to close.
Harry J. Congdon died in a South Bend hospital at age 38. He formerly wed in Elkhart and married a daughter of J. M. Lounsbenry of that city. The Rochester Sentinel notes a holiday gift to Col. I. W. Brown from Miss Helen Gould a Tiffany mounted reading glass in pearl and gold.
Mrs Johanna Weybright widow of John Weybright died at her son's home three miles northwest of Syracuse in Jackson township aged 92 years 3 months 20 days. Born Johanna Linderman in Baden Germany she came to America in 1825 and to Elkhart county in 1827. The Weybrights accumulated a 900 acre farming fortune and held yearly family reunions on the Fourth of July. Funeral at Bonnerstown Church with interment in the church cemetery.
A reader asks whether an elderly soldier named George Karn died and is buried in Defiance about two years ago. The writer invites any Democrat readers to contact the secretary or members of the W R C with information.
Peter A. Young private secretary to Henry A. Barnhart congressman from the Thirteenth district was here today. He was accompanied by J. A. Herzog of Mishawaka. Next week Young travels to Washington to assume his new duties.
Jay Wareham a 22 year old Bremen youth was crushed when he was dragged under the wheels while attempting to board a moving train at Lapaz Junction last Monday. The incident left his left leg crushed and he was severely injured.
Members of the First English Lutheran Sunday School hold their annual meeting tonight. Church leaders urge attendance to review year activities and plan future programs.
Morris R. Dean of Chicago, a first class passenger on the Lake Shore Limited No 22, allegedly fired a revolver aboard the train between Elkhart and Kendallville after demanding liquor. He was arrested in Kendallville at 9 15 PM and fined for intoxication in Mayor James Gravescourt.
Shookman and Son grocers and meat dealers will occupy the Mitchell Charnley room vacated by Judson Peasley Co. They have bought a new refrigerator and other furniture and expect to establish one of the finest places in the city.
Obituaries for Mary Louise Maclne Malone age 61. Mrs John Smeltzer 62. Bernard Neu 85. Charles Parish 1832 birth. Joseph B Ganger 12 typhoid. Survivors include spouses children and siblings. Funeral details and burial sites listed for Oak Ridge South Union West Goshen cemeteries.
Pat Maloney slipped on an icy sidewalk in front of the Gunning hamlet on South Main Street and was carried into Brownell's second hand store. A physician was summoned and X rays showed a fracture of the thigh. Bought Auton. Chas Lamb and EBdy purchased Buick automotive.
Lewis Simon faces arraignment in South Bend City Court on a technical profanity charge after sending a telegraph to lure Julia Whitmaker to the city under false pretenses about her dying mother. The plan involved her father M. C. Whitmaker of Benton Harbor and prompted a station meeting and subsequent warrant. Simon was briefly jailed then released on bail.
Court notices report jury commissioners removing names from tax duplicates and others to place in a box. Josiah Culp and Mollie Plummer, both of Olive township, aged 71 and 66, will marry in Wakarusa tonight. Will of Laura M. Melcher filed for probate naming Nelle A. Melcher executrix and gifts to Harry E. Melcher. Paul Freed seeks divorce from Eva after alleged desertion. County surveyor vacates office and moves to Jefferson building.
The firm thanks customers for friendship and trade at year end and promises continued service in drug and sundry lines with best treatment and satisfaction. They state they must have continued patronage.
Notice to water users states water rents are due January 1 1909. It notes duplicate bills for all flat rate consumers and metered water. The payer must settle amounts during January 1909.
An OCR fragment describes arson attempts at a home and a fire that destroyed a residence. It mentions a mayor’s court in Peru over Christmas issues, charges pressed by Mrs Day, a jail sentence for Milo Kline, and various thefts at local depots and shops. References to the B and O railroad, a guard, and local officials appear amid disrupted events and political notes on a local option election and potato bread rumors.
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