Deserter Robert Olinger Leaves Family in Distress
The Goshen family of Robert Olinger faces destitution after he sold a bedroom set and two beds to buy clothing and medicine, then disappeared. His wife and children, including a sick baby, receive aid from Trustee Hess and local charity as neighbors discuss the case. The incident draws local sympathy and concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Olinger
Goshen
Olingers
Ohio
Olinger
Robert
Inger
Jacobs
Ovinger
Hess
Damages Case in Circuit Court Ends in Defendants' Favor
The Baxter versus Lusher damages case concluded after about five hours of deliberation with a verdict for the defendants. Baxter, injured remodelling a building, suffered permanent spinal injury and paralysis after a scaffold collapse. Damages sought were 5000. The day also covered a shade-tree damage suit by Phebe Dean against Elkhart’s Light Coke company over gas damage to a tree, with costs to be paid by Dean’s lawyers after the court halted the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Baxter
Frank Lusher
Baxter
Lusher Bros
Sol. R M. Johnson
Anthony Deahl
Perry L Furner
Wilson
Phebe Dean
Ekhart' S
Light « Coke Company
Dean
Elkhart
Hall & Beet
Perry L. Turner
Wison
Dean Wan
Demert Wil
John House
South Bend
Mary L. Studebaker
George M. Witwer
Hoose
Goring
Early Closing Movement Sees Most Stores Sign Pact
Clerk's Union reports all but one firm have signed an agreement to close at 8 pm with exceptions for Monday and Saturday evenings. The committee expects broad compliance soon and hopes stores will close at 5 pm by next week.
Stock sale at Ira Osborn farm yields strong bidding
The sale at the Ira Osborn farm yesterday was reasonably successful with several stock units selling well. An important purchase was made by George Evans the liveryman and Dr. W. J. Armour who bid in a four year old colt sired by Online out of Mamie Cace. The animal is bred for speed and may develop well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Osborn
George Evans
W. J. Armour
Online
Mamie Cace
New Manager Named for Central Union Exchange
H. W. Lilie, current manager of the Central Union telephone office, will leave for Bedford February 1 to take over the exchange there. He has served since May of last year. His successor is W. E. Bronson of Anderson, now in the city getting acquainted with duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Lilie
Central Union Telephone Office
Bedford
Lilie
W. E. Bronson
Anderson
Elkhart Delegates At Plymouth Convention Register In South Bend
Elkhart county delegates to the Plymouth convention entered the Oliver hotel in South Bend and registered. A clerk later asked where the Methodist conference was held, highlighting a peculiar scene among the travelers. Heatwole reports U S undertakers have moved from Havana to Cuban cemeteries to prepare fallen soldiers for shipment home. Major Heatwole’s remains are expected to arrive within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart County
Plymouth
Oliver Hotel
South Bend
Congressman Heatwole
Washington
Havana
U. S
Major Heatwole
Sewing circle social nets income from quilt raffle
The ladies of St John s Catholic sewing circle held a social at Christian Eogel s home on Third street. Miss Nellie Cooney of Indisusipolis won the quilt by ticket 48. About $110 will be raised from the quilt and the social. Remember the Woodmen dance Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
Arc
Christian Eogel
Third Street
Nellie Cooney
Indisusipolis
Minnich Property Sold In Anderson Transfer
The deal between F V Minnich and William H Tray of Anderson closes today. Minnich yields 15 building lots and Tray plans to run a boarding house and possibly a livery stable. Minnich may move to Cleveland and pursue real estate in Anderson, while Mr Gray moves to Gothen next month to occupy new property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F V. B. Minnich
William H. Tray
Anderson
Minnich
South Main Street
Tray
Cleveland
VLC
Mr. Gray
Gothen
Criterion Dance At McNaughton Hall Attracts Elkhart Society
Thirty two couples attended the Criterion dance at McNaughton hall last night. Miss Ethel B Croop presided at the piano in her accustomed excellent manner. A group of Elkhartans missed the trip due to their small car being run over the interurban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNaughton Hall
Elkhart Society
Ethel B Croop
Contested Case Seeks Jurisdiction Review by Greggs
The Greggs may challenge in city court over a justice court ruling. They allege lack of jurisdiction due to service by copy instead of publication since Mr Gregg resides outside the state. A transcript of the justice court case has been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greggs
Yates
Justice Court
Gregg
The
LaPorte Argus
Purse Recovered by Mrs. J C Brough in Elkhart
Mrs J C Brough visiting Elkhart yesterday lost a purse containing about seven dollars. She did not miss it until arriving home. Later she returned to Elkhart and recovered the property. Mrs Brough is a member of the L O T M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Brough
Elkhart
Early Newspapers of Goshen and White Pigeon Origins
A retrospective on 1830s Michigan and Indiana publishing ventures. From John and Joseph Defrees in South Bend and the St. Joseph Chronicle to White Pigeon’s Michigan Statesman, detailing early newspaper startups, almanacs, and the Goshen Express's 1837 founding, including key figures, locations, and shifts in ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen Express
Michigan Statesman and
St. Joseph Chronicle
White Pigeon
John D. Defrece
Joseph H. Defrees
South Bend
Pique
Ohio
Northwestern Pioneer
Fi Wayne
South Hend
St. Joseph
Nies
Edwardsburg
Cagsopolis
Diamond Lake
Flowerfield
Schoolcraft
Kalamazoo
Centreville
Three Rivers
Constantine
Adamsville
Elkhart
Anthony Defrees
Chicago
John
Suzon 8
Mud Hole
Detroit
Chicao
John H Barry
Michigan
Waite Pigeon
Michigan Statesman
Goshen
Horse Dashes After Locomotive Overturns Crescent Street Vehicle
Mrs. Adam Cripe and her daughter were tossed from their smashed buggy as a horse bolted after a passing Big Four locomotive on Crescent street. They escaped unharmed though the carriage was ruined. Parfitt's photograph gallery begins basement excavation for a modern engine. Frank Prough swears to seeing a garter snake January 15 and again last Monday. Police monitor suspicious town characters as tramp gangs are ordered from L S M S yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Cripe
Crescent Street
Parfitt
Parfitt & Son
Farm worker suffers severe thumb injury cutting hay
William Fiedeke senior, while cutting hay for his cow yesterday, saw his left thumb severed at the joint by a knife. The injury is very painful and will incapacitate him for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fiedeke, Sr
Mr. Fiedeke
Auditor and Deputy Ill Force Early Home
Auditor Berkey and his son Maurice the deputy are both ill with the grip. The auditor went home yesterday and Maurice left this afternoon. The New Benton Harbor opera house will be opened March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor Opera House
Asphalt Acceptance Delayed After Elkhart Review
Elkhart council heard Central Bermudez Asphalt Pavement Co conclude the fall pavement meets standards but many property owners oppose acceptance. A spring or summer test is planned before formal approval. The article also notes William Hawley Smith's lecture at Bucklen Opera House and a successful Presbyterian supper. The Samaritan fair continues with crowds and a dance, and Bucklen will host Arizona with a star-studded cast including Theodore Roberts and Lionel Barrymore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigeon Street
Elkhart
Conduett
Bermudez Asphalt Pavement Co
Bermudez Co
Mishawaka Grants Three I Road Franchise Extension
Mishawaka council approves franchise for the Three I road to extend from South Bend. Also reports show 100 alleged smallpox cases in Clay City linked to Kentucky. Julia Arthur sues Al Hayman and Will J. Davis for 25000 over a denied appearance in A Lady of Quality at Chicago’s Columbia theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka
South Bend
Clay City
Kentucky
Sait
Julia Arthur
al Hayman
Will J. Davis
Columbia Theatre
Chicago
Solomon Thornton
Pleasant Valley
Goshen Saloonkeeper Acquitted In Beer Sold To Minors Case
In Judge S Youngs court Abraham Peck of Goshen Liquor Co. was acquitted after witnesses testified he did not sell beer to minors. The affidavits had claimed two girls Minnie Gilbert and Nora Nelson secured beer on Jan 8 at the Goshen store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Young
Abraham Peck
Goshen Liquor Company
Killed in Louisiana Doe Dodge of Ligonier
J E Dodge a well known Ligonier resident in the lumber trade was killed on a railroad at a southern station about 100 miles from New Orleans. He was 60, leaves a wife and one child, and funeral will be in Ligonier Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E Dodge
Ligonier
New Orleans
Louisiana
Dodge
K. of P. Lodge
Tramps Loot North Side Home. Robbery Suspects Found at Store
Tramps visited John Adams's north side residence and took remaining provisions from a porch refrigerator, while causing kitchen disruption but taking nothing of evident value. Earlier, officers suspected robbers at W. H. Hawks & Co dry goods store after lights were left burning, triggering disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
W. H. Hawks & Co
Icy Sidewalks Make Walking Dangerous This Morning
Icy sidewalks this morning made walking difficult and caused several slips. No serious injuries were reported.
Land Transfers and County Feud On The Line
Property exchanges include Sarah and Malinda Culp to John Stnke in Locke for $1 and LM Havens to Robert Havens in Concord for $1. Several Benton and Go shen parcels swap hands for $1 and $100 respectively as part of terse transfers. On the County Line Road Willis Prough and Shoup clash. no arrests yet. Ice delays Elkhart and South Bend trains. local shop advertises shoes at $1.98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Wolf Lake
Noble County
Goshen
Piqua
Ohio
Charles L Murray
Main Street
Washington Street
Elkhart
James
Express
Ebenezer Brown
J.P. Hawks
Chauncy Haseall
E.W. H Ellis
Penn Yan
N. Y
Thomas Bassett
Gushen Democrat
Murray
Sarah and
Malinda Culp
John Stnke
Locke
LM Havens
Robert M Havens
Concord
JJ Burns
Henry Miller
Maryetta Juday
Mahala Long
Benton
Willis Prough
Shoup
Demoocrat
County Line Road
Prough
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Hamas
Lushers
Sheri Elliott
Sturgis
Frank Waite
Melcher Culp
Elias Williams
Charlies Russell
James Misener
Nora B Bickel
Petit Jury
Criterion Dance
A. Defrees
Northern
Indiana
Kolb
Henrietta Kolb
J. N. Beintzelman
Christian
Rosa Swart
George S. Kolb
Heintzelman & Swart
North Side
Frank Prough
Mr. Prough
Bermudez Company
Ferks
William Hawley Smith
Bucklen Opera House
Century Club
Hoffman's Hall
Arizona
Carpenter
Theodore Roberts
Vincent Serrano
George Nash
Lionel Barrymore
George O'Donnel
Eleanor Robson
Grace Henderson
Bere
Steve Novak
McHenry
Novak
Reform School
John Wyant
Oscar Adamson
Eau Claire
Wyant
Adamson
Vondman
H. J. Heinz Company
Williams Brothers & Charbonneau Company
Stillwell
LaPorte Company
LePorte
Heinz
the Heart of Maryland
David Belasco
Heart of Maryland
Mr. Helasco
Abkae
J. E. Dodge
South
K. of P. Hall
Trepemaux & Som
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