Milford Protective Assn and county telephones plan
Milford Protective Association filed articles of incorporation to last 50 years with 24 signers to stop horse stealing. County council to allocate 168 for telephone rental 382 for tolls and 24 annual per phone cost for seven courthouse lines plus one jail line and one at the county farm. Additional funds sought 300 for ventilating the courtroom and 500 for prosecuting criminals ongoing trials include Bungay liquor case and Fowlers vs Dwight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Auditor
Recorder’s
Somene
Elkhart Man Claimed Old Double Murder Tale
Mather, an Elkhart telegraph operator committed to Longcliff asylum, claims in 1875 he killed a Swede named Peter Olson near Big Rapids Michigan and then killed himself. Muskegon police have no records due to a 1891 fire but seek details from Elkhart attorney Orin M Conley.
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James 8. Mather
Elkhart
Longcliff Asylum
Big Rapida
Mich
Mather
Orin M. Conley
Silvers
Geraghty
Muskegon
Big Rapids
Peter Olson
Conley
Bristol Peddler Accused of Short Weight and Swindling
A Bristol man traveling to Goshen sold apples and a barrel of country barns claiming full weight. He also peddled Chicago picnic hams at a false four cent discount, selling a ten pound ham of eight pounds with a Chicago packing stamp. Residents vow a harsh reception if he returns.
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Bristol
Goshen
Chicago
South Sixth Street
Mortuary Notices From Elkhart and Middlebury
Obituary notices report Mrs. Charles Newell of Elkhart aged 70, widow of Charles Newell and mother-in-law to A P Kent, died yesterday after months of illness. Edith Hess Smith, 24, daughter of Amanda Heas of 166 Water street, died after a week of lung trouble stemming from catarrhal fever. Jane Brown, 82, died at daughter Lydia Burridge’s home on North Third Street of pneumonia. prayer Tuesday at 1 30 and mineral services at granddaughter Mrs. Geo Mather’s Middlebury home Saturday with interment in Middlebury cemetery.
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Newell
Charles Newell
Elkhart
A. P. Kent
The
Review
Smith
Edith Hess Smith
Amanda Heas
Water Street
Brown
Jane Brown
Lydia Burridge
North Third Street
Geo. Mather
Middlebury
Morrison A. Morrison Dies in Pasadena
Samuel A. Morrison longtime assistant cashier at Fletcher National Bank in Indianapolis and president of Hamilton-Dynes Lumber Co died in Pasadena California after a yearlong illness. He was born in LaPorte where his father a banker and lumber merchant was influential. He married Alice Woods later divorced. His mother remarried a Plymouth banker who has since died and lives in LaPorte.
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Samuel A. Morrison
Fletcher National Bank
Indianapolis
Hamilton-Dynes Lumber Company
Pasadena
Cal
LaPorte
Alice Woods
Judge Woods
Plymouth
Buck
Lake Shore and Rock Island Move Chicago Depot
Next Sunday the Lake Shore and the Rock Island will abandon the Chicago station at Twenty second street and open the new one at Thirty first street. The latter cost about $50,000 and has been fitted up to answer all purposes of a through depot.
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Dausman
Harper
Elkhart
Hile
Strine
James 8. Dodge
Anthony Deahl
Whisler
Aaron Kryder
Dunlaps
Jacob Chryspyn
Costa
Kryder
Clemnie Best
Madison
Isaac Best
Nappanee
Mary McVitty
Sanders & Egbert Co
Middlebury
Lake Shore
Rock Island
Chicago
Twenty-second Street
Thirtyfirst
Santry Leonard Bout Set for February 10 at Springbrook
Joseph Leonard of South Bend has accepted Eddie Santry of Chicago in a 10 to 20 round bout. The fight is scheduled for February 10 at Springbrook Casino under the Interurban Athletic club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Santry
Chicago
Joseph Leonard
South Bend
Springbrook Casino
Interurban Athletic Club
Goshen Singer Stars With Castle Square Opera at Studebaker
Mrs. Ben McGahen of Goshen sang with the Castle Square Opera company at the Studebaker in Chicago in Cavalleria Rusticana and reportedly made a very favorable impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben McGahen
Goshen
Castle Square Opera Company
Studebaker
Chicago
Cavalleria Rusticana
McGahen
Nappanee Man Named Color Guard for 20th Indiana Monument
Chas J Swezey of Nappanee is named one of nine color guards for the 20th Indiana regiment for the Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedication in Indianapolis planned for May. Pease Engine Co installs a 12 hp gas engine behind Johnson & Son’s warehouse on South Main. Michael Tobias of the Dowagiac Tobias family, recently declared bankrupt, has pur...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. J. Swezey
Nappanee
20Th Indiana
Indianapolis
Pease Engine Company
Johnson & Son
South Main Street
Revival Services Attract Crowds In City Churches
Large audiences attended three revival meetings at the Reformed and Methodist churches as Rev. Biederwolf preached on The Essential of Prayer in Saving Souls. Cottage prayer groups were listed citywide with dozens of hosts inviting participation through Friday morning sessions.
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Reformed Church
Biederwolf
Earth
B. F. Boyer
Eighth
Purl
Emily R. Chandler
Reynolds
Seventh
Madison Streets
Cookingham
J. F. Drake
Mercer Avenue
Drake
D. J. Troyer
East Garden Street
J. W. Paschall
A. J. Lambert
Crescent Street
Lambert
Jacob Ulery
Weat Side
Ulery
Mra. Fuller
Second Street
Philip Rogers
Edwin Hawks
South Sixth Street
Rev
H. L. Vannuys
David Bechtel
South Third Street
Mra. Loomis
Alice Poorbaugh
North Sixth Street
Mra. Clark
A. A. Meyers
North Eighth Street
Mra. Lehman
A. Lutz
North Main Street
Lutz
Frank
Mary Bech
Tel
Lazarus
Martha
Jesus
Mary
Christ
Interurban Bowling League Team Standings
The Interurban Bowling League reports team standings with current records and positions. Details include wins losses and ranking order among the competing clubs.
Political maneuvering and local race talk across Indiana
The piece surveys Republican activity with J N Heintzleman pursuing the city clerk nomination and Francis E Berlin seeking auditor. It notes shifts in Indiana party leadership, potential alignments for state offices, and a Kendallville convention date for Democrats. Also mentions Goshen Elkhart routes, Elkhart county clerk race bets, and a Goshen basketball schedule with a three-game series at Regulation alleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Leonard
Leonard
C. W. Miller
Allen County
Elkhart
Goshen
Ollie Sweitzer
Charles Silvers
James D. Braden
Elmer Manning
Kit McKean
Martin H. Kinney
Twelfth
Kendallville
James E. McDonald
The
Ligonier Banner
James M. Robinson
Fort Wayne
Robinson
W. J. Davis
Davis
Dwight H. Hawks
W. A. Willhide
All Stars
New Route Could Cut Transcontinental Mail Time
Officers of the Lake Shore and Burlington Roads study a plan to run mail cars from New York to San Francisco via Lake Shore to South Bend Indiana, then over Indiana Illinois and Iowa to Zealand Illinois for a Burlington connection. The route would avoid Chicago, claiming three hours saved.
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Lake Shore
Burlington
Mississippi River
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
South Bend
Indiana, Illinois
Towa Road
Zealand
Ill
Accidents Near Nappanee Injure Two Elderly Residents
Katherine Hepler age eighty fell and fractured both bones of her right forearm four miles southwest of Nappanee. Samuel D Young age seventy four fractured both bones of his right forearm while working at a farm east of Nappanee. his son says he is recovering well.
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Nappanee
Katherine Hepler
Samuel D. Young
Missing fox terrier prompts contact from owner on Cottage Avenue
A Fox terrier owned by John Henry on Cottage Avenue disappeared yesterday. The owner requests any information about the dog's whereabouts. National G A R Encampment Adjutant-General Smock has traveled to Washington to arrange accommodations for the Indiana delegation attending the encampment next fall. A store remodeling and building work on Ecoroxy are noted.
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John Henry
Cottage Avenue
Smock
Washington
Indiana
Delirious patient dies after Epworth incident in South Bend
Mrs Arthur Johnson fell from a hospital window during delirium at Epworth hospital in South Bend broke both arms and wandered in a snow storm in her night dress before being found and died Tuesday night without regaining consciousness. Washington dispatch notes Rep Watson introduced a bill declaring the St Joseph river non navigable, Rep Brick withholding due to local controversy.
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Arthur Johnson
Epworth Hospital
South Bend
Washington
Indianapolis News
Watson
St. Joseph River
Brick
Rose Taylor to confess in Flint blackmail case details
Rose Taylor, a principal in the Flint Michigan blackmail case, plans a complete confession revealing how wealthy Saginaw brewer was fleeced of $3,000. All dress goods stock now on sale at a fiat 88 percent discount at Toe Economy.
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Rose Taylor
Flint, Mich
sDoc
White
Saginaw
Fiat
Wreck blocks Lake Shore tracks. no injuries reported
East bound freight No 72 derailed two and a half miles east of Ligonier at 10 30 a m. Several cars demolished. tracks blocked two and a half hours. Initial death rumor proved false. Westbound passengers delayed. crew shaken but safe. Changes included Elkhart to Elk hart work and cigars for engineers. local school graduation plans and peach bud frost damage in Bristol hills noted later.
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Goshen
Ligonier
Elkhart
The Telephone Girl thrills in spirited musical comedy
A rollicking musical comedy at New York Casino tonight features Frank Blair as Hans Nix and Mabel Hite in leading roles. Estella Queen of the Telephone and the team Douglas and Ford headline a large cast with a superior all female chorus and costly production values.
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Frank Blair
Hans Nix
Mabel Hite
Estella
New York
Indiana towns vie for Knights of Pythias orphans home
Lively competition has grown among Alexandria Columbus Frankfort Martinsville Danville Scottaville Warsaw and Noblesville for the Knights of Pythias and Rathbone orphans home. More towns consider bids. Offers must be in by April 1 to secure favorable terms.
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Indiana
Knights of Pythias and Rathbone Sisters
Alexandria
Columbus
Frankfort
Martinsville
Danville
Scottaville
Warsaw
Noblesville
Band Master Stack Leads Big Sullivan & Brown Show
The amusement committee chaired by Band Master Stack lands Sullivan and Brown for a three night Memorial Hall engagement starting Monday evening before a packed crowd. The act pleases veterans with strong specialties and top moving pictures, praised as the best on the home grounds. Casey Cox, ex-Hays House Warsaw, succeeds John B. Menier as second clerk at the Oliver hotel South Bend. Chinaware discounted 20 and 25 percent in rebuilding sale. Tax Economy.
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Stack
Sullivan & Brown
Memorial Hall
Casey Cox
Hays House
Warsaw
John B. Menier
Oliver Hotel
South Bend
Engineer Hovey Dies After Long Railway Accident Injury
Henry Hovey, 57, dies in Toledo from injuries suffered in 1896 when his Lake Shore limited locomotive struck a freight car. He was a trusted, popular engineer with the line since 1865, and leaves a widow, a daughter, father, four sisters including Mrs. Charles Phillip, and two brothers. He served in the Civil War and began as a fireman on the Lake Shore.
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Hovey
Henry Hovey
Toledo
The
Bee
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Germany
Twelfth
Indiana Volunteers
Charles Phillip
Martin
George Hovey
Local Business Updates and Community Notices
News nuggets report new delivery wagon in service by G. W. Hattle & Son and two furnaces planned by Hawks Hardware for the Economy store. Genealogical notes include illness of Juday siblings, praise and quips about Dr Hurry, and a district chair appointment for Floyd A Woods. Community groups mark meetings and fundraisers, while regional farm and social notes cover Elkhart and Flint fire impacts, a misstep at Elis meeting, and a gymnasium accident.
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Bungay
Milford Protective Association
Best
Mailison County
Fowlers
Wm. Dwight
George R. Bungay
Herbert Richmond
Justice Young
Deahl
Elkhart County Medical
Elkhart County Medical Association
D.L. Miller
D. L. Miller
C. GC. Bower
GC. W. Frink
Hoppengardner
Teeters
Michigan
Gity
Tmes
Elilisg
Mortuary Record
A. Morrison
Santry
Michael Tobias
Tobiases
Dowagiac
Re Cay Nee Bankrupts
Has Pure
Cottage Prayer Meeting
J. N. Heintzleman
Francis E. Berlin
Recorder
Indianapolis Sentinel
Fairbanks
Republican
Beveridge
Sooth Bend
Walter Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Con
Great
Washington Dispatch
Francis E. Baker
Judiciary Committee
Ecoroxy
Will
Ali
Franklin Miles
Bucklen Opera House
Miles
M. B. Shea
Frank Rose
Shea
Rose
Elkhart Grammar School
Milburn
George Milburn
Bristol Hills
Mr. Milburn
Dan Sullivan
Marlon Chronicle
G. W. Hattle & Son
Hawks Hardware Company
Schaffer
Hugh and Dale
Jesse Juday
South Eighth Street
A. J. Irwin
Floyd A. Woods
William A. Woods
Indianapolis Republicane
Rensselaer Republican
Hurry
State Board of Health
American Federation Labor Union
East
Lincoln Avenue
Albert Erwin
Noble County
Strausa Broas
Little Fairy Plumb
Cornell
Humpty Dumpty Company
A. L. Place
Asher
Preston
Wayne Street
M. E
T the Methodist Church
Flint
Steuben County
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Elis
Fred Zigier
Goehen
Short
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