Court Will Declare Hitching Ordinance Illegal
City of Goshen seeks to enforce a hitching ordinance, but Acting Judge Deahl indicates the law may be invalid as city councils lack power to criminalize leaving horses hitched. Probable voiding hinges on insufficient punishment provisions for smaller cities. The case proceeds to a Saturday ruling as both sides compile authorities.
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Goshen
John Landgreaver
Deahl
Troyer
L. L. Burris
Landgreaver
Obituary and Banquet Attendance Noted Amid Strikes
Hoopen Thomas D Hooper aged about 50 died in Elkhart yesterday after living there 27 years. He worked for the Lake Shore railway. His wife and mother survive him. Due to a street railway strike only eight Lady Samaritans from Grishen could attend a banquet in Elkhart with the local lodge members traveling by Lake Shore.
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Hoopen
Thomas D. Hooper
Elkhart
Lake Shore Company
Lady Samaritans Lodge
Grishen
Elkhart Lodge of
Lady Samaritans
H. Daika
Win. Beales
F. Manning
Rosa Scott
J. Codlins
Eva Garmin
Belle Bowser
Myrtle Grate
Lake Shore
Local News Briefs from LaGrange and Nearby Areas
Joseph Eldridge of this city now in Chicago with acute pneumonia at Cook County Hospital, not expected to survive the day. Ira Myers of Clinton township and her husband left for Chicago last evening. LaGrange treats Griffith as a tragedian more highly than Goshen, with Macbeth praised in LaGrange and Auburn, while Sturgis verdicts align. Thunder startled city at 2 am with heavy rain. Weather hints warmer days if the old sign holds. David Garringer of this city injured his right hand at Snyder-Doran saw mills in Athens, Michigan. Social services at the church grow with two public declarations for Christ nightly. public invited at 2330. Sheriff Roberts of South Bend took BP. K. Compton to the Northern Prison for cattle larceny from Notre Dame farm. he resides in Elkhart county. Arlene McClure, 92, builder of LaPorte county’s first courthouse, found dead. born in Vermont in 1835, moved to Indiana in 1835. Catholics statewide urged to sign remonstrance against state text book provision for public schools. Dr. F Dela Claire treated a rusty nail wound in the left foot. Dr. E E Ash dressed the injury. Fire at First M E parsonage caused by ashes in a wooden pail.
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Joseph Eldridge
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Elkhart Strike Drama and Mass Meeting Draw Crowds
Drunk man John M Dorsey arrested at Elkhart station as 300 protesters riot. Central Labor Union holds mass meeting with Clinton Simonton of Benton Harbor denouncing socialist leanings. Rezin Orr of Detroit urges moderation and predicts strike victory amid ongoing rail disruption and limited interurban service.
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South Bend
Goshen
Elkhart
John M. Dorsey
Miller
Dorsey
Central Labor Union
Clinton Simonton
Benton Harbor
Rezin Orr
Detroit
Union of
Big Four
Lake Shore
Chas. Hassler
L. F
National Guard to be in federal service. Indiana rifle range bill
The army bill making National Guard units part of the U S Army has been signed. Congressman Brick introduced a bill to establish a rifle range in every Indiana congressional district under a regular army officer for National Guard drill and marksmanship.
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Army
National Guard
States
United States Army
Brick
Indiana
Indiana National Guard
Red Men District Meeting Set for Goshen
District gathering of the Red Men announced by Thomas E. Harrison chief of the order. Tonawanda Tribe I. O. R. M. will arrange the program with prominent speakers. No parade planned. Last district meeting was in Warsaw. Expected turnout over 100 visitors.
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Thomas E. Harrison
Indianapolis
The
Red Men
Goshen
Tonawanda Tribe I. O. R. M
Warsaw
Odd Fellows District Meeting Tonight with Banquet
The district meeting of the Odd Fellows will be held at the local lodge rooms this evening with Grand Master Pryor of Martinsville arriving at noon to address the gathering and assist in degree work. Afterward attendees will go to a banquet in the K of P hall. Mrs. Sarah E Roy of Shelbyville spoke today on the Daughters of Rebekah. Clarence E. Eddy of Idaho, Salt Lake City visitor, sends a poetry book and is noted as Beane’s stepson and a key discoverer of a new Idaho camp.
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Castleball
Merrill E. Wilson
Wileon
Supreme Lodge
Detroit
Wilson
Order of Odd Fellows
Pryor
Martinsville
Ind
K. of P. Hall
Sarah E Roy
Shelbyville
Daughters of Revekah
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Frank W. Beane
Salt Lake City
Parpassius
Ty Clarence E. Eddy
Idaho
James H Beane
Benton
Oregon
Mr. Eddy
Loon Creek
Train Collision Damages Granger Depot. Injuries Reported
Yesterday at Granger an east bound Grand Trunk passenger train struck the rear coach of a south bound Big Four train near the depot. The coach was wrecked and partly demolished. Dispatcher W W Kennedy and pastors S A Beeman and B Willoughby suffered slight injuries. The Big Four train was delayed about half an hour.
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Granger
Grand Trunk
W.W. Kennedy
Wabash
S.A. Beeman
Elkhart
B. Willoughby
Goshen News Nuggets Show Local Happenings
Multiple brief items report local events including mail delivery aid by Alvin G. Stutsman, sale of towels at Newell Bros, no Goshen to South Bend cars after 7 pm, a cheap hair cut at the Hattle hotel, and Judge Biggs returning from Battle Creek sanitarium. Also noted are public sales by Charles Shroyer, an Irwin event with Newell Mire Wanamake and Noble Kreider, and a murder suspect alert from Pittsburg.
Safe blowers hit Leesburg post office and store
Safe blowers raided the Kemper and Thomas post office and general store in Leesburg last night. They took about 40 dollars in cash 50 in stamps and two rings worth total around 110 dollars. No suspect identified though local residents point to possible insiders and sheriff's office was notified. D L Kemper is postmaster and co owner of the store.
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Leesburg
Kemper & Thomas
Local residents arrive and visit in Goshen area
Personal notes list J Clint Beck leaving for Chicago and many visitors from Ligonier Elkhart South Bend and Chicago. Names include Edith Berkey Caroline Thomas E C Wilson J A Diley Freeman Poyser Ada Goldberg F A Graham Wm Hart and others visiting friends relatives or transacting business across Goshen Elkhart and South Bend.
Local Colorful Sagas From South Bend And Culver
Ernest Hupp of South Bend is said to have gone insane over a coal famine and fears intruders around his chin. Henry Peterson of St Joseph contracts smallpox while at a crowded store and waiting in a doctor’s office. Joseph Busart, a Culver area farmer, dies of heart failure and is eaten by hogs after collapsing near a pen. he was 65, with six children and a long family history on the Lake Maxenkuckee farm.
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Ernest Hupp
South Bend
Henry Peterson
St. Joseph
Plymouth
Joseph Busart
Culver
Joseph
New Style U S Postage Stamps List
The article lists upcoming U S stamps with face values from one cent to five dollars in varied colors and portraits. Names include Franklin Washington Jackson Grant Lincoln Garfield Harrison Jefferson Farragut Madison Marshall and others.
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Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
A. S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Magneta
James A. Garfield
Martha Washington
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
D. G. Farragut
James Madison
Jubo Marshall
Marriage of Mrs. Alice G. Shultz to Geo Method
At a_angle at the home of Alice G. Shultz a wedding was held with Edith Holdeman playing the march. The bride wore blue sabcle and pink white carnations while Geo Method appeared in black. The ceremony used a ring rite officiated by Rev. L A Brangle. A reception followed for about fifty guests from Goshen Bristol Millersburg Milford and New Paris.
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W. H. Holdeman
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John Grise
Charles Wyland
Peters
Chas Wyland
Grise
Hamtertown
Whhl
Ferrall
Lagrange
Deahi
Probate
Israel Jmmel
Sarah McCoy
O S. Ritchie
Charles D. Rushton
Rushton
Mr. Ritchie
Samuel J. Chapp
Bristol
Barbara D. Miller
John
Whitmore
Nappanee
Jennie C. Yoder
Geo
Wo Sowarty
John Pontius
Corpelius Pontius
Concord Township
Oliver H. Sweitzer
David H. Anglemeyer
Milton Mishler
Union Tp
Solomon Mier
Jacob F. Baker
Jackson Tp
Eli D. Wousouer
Emanuel H. Yoder
Hetzler
Minnote K. Wilden
Mamie van- der Haas
Rand
Missa Page
Misa Verna Page
Woman's Musical
Irwin
William McKinley
William H. Wert
P. Lodge
Samaritans
JIE
John Grifith
Macbeth
Auburn
Sturgis
Griffith
Tland Eajaredd
David Garringer
Snyder- Doran
Athens
Mich
Cgarringer
First Christian Church
Christ
Compton
Roberteoo
BP. K. Compton
Notre Dame
Elkhart County
Arlene McClure
LaPorte County
Vermont
M. E
Orr
Council Chamber
Servea Notics
Indiana Railway Company
National Guards
Davids. Weir
Cassopolis
Victor Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Ladies’ Aid Society of
First Presbyterian Church
Mesdames Elmer Newell
F. B. Leaming
Zook
John Gortner
Wm. Lewis
Mary E. Lesh
Eugene Stutz
Geo. H. Cregier
Geo. Sibbee
J.S. Drake
Libbie Burnahaw
Lake Ene, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
W. C. Brown
C. D. Rushton
Taylor Fenton
Odd Fellows
K. of P. Ball
Alvin G. Stutsman
Newell Bros
Hattle Hotel
F. M. Kline
Biggs
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Charles Shroyer
Mire
Anna Newcomb-Wanamake
Noble Kreider
the Irwin
Timex
Bartholomew
Union
Marshal Vesey
Pittsburg
Jlockout
Frank Gaher
Frank Miller
Woman's Musical Club
Niles
Mies Belle Quimby
That City
Harry Cook
New York
the Daughters of Rebekah
Anna Newcomb Wanamaker
Schuyler Wolford
Henry Buss
First Street
Sixte
Orses Caliberte
Rob
J. Clint Beck
J. M. Emmitt
Ligonier
Edith Berkey
Caroline Thomas
Elkehart
E. C. Wilson
J. A. Diley
Freeman Poyser
QO. F. Gerber
Amaca Hoovens
Wakarusa
Jacob Tobias
Wargaw
Chance Bonner
Milford
A. J. Parks
Nate Salinger
J. M. Smith
Minnie Unger
M. A Goldberg
L. F. Case
Henry W. Pease
L. B. Hughes
Ira Shively
S. F. Brubaker
Charles Peck
St. Louis
W. Stover
Millersburg
Vern Miller
Grace Weatherhead
F .A. Graham
Middlebury
Wm. Young
Frank Twiford
G. M. Thomas
Mr. White
Goshen Specialty Company
M. Clifford
Wm. Twoomey
George McNight
Charles McNight
J. V. Vanderbusch and Son
Max Hascall
Kendallville
South
Louise John
Warren E. Byrne
Joseph H. Lesh
Adrian
Toledo
Mesdames
W. H. Middleton
Edgar Lehman
Mise Bessie Petere
Three Rivers, Mich
J. B. Miller
Benjamin F. Desh
Marie Hoffman
Mary Miles
Charlotte Wolfe
Clint Tiedeman
Anna Newcomb
Cleveland, Ohio
Della Newcomb
South Seventh Street
Burt Shookman
Jennie Swartz
Hoffman Hall
J. Baker
Parks
Ashley, Olive
Benj. F. Lickey
Aappanee
Anna Q. Kaufman
Ward Garman
Mr. Garman
F. W. Gherey
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