Dr G C Bower Nominated by Elkhart County Democrats
The Thirteenth district Democrats met at Pigwouts Indiana to nominate Dr C C Bower of Elkhart for Congress opposing A L Hinck. John W Kern of Indianapolis spoke, Emmerman withdrew his name, and Bower was acclaimed by the convention amid enthusiastic support. Prohibitionists in Suipsuewana yet to name a judicial candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigwouts
Ind
Thirteenth Congressions
A. L. Hinck
Kansas City
Bryan
Stevenson
B. F. Shively
South Hend
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Kern
Stevensen
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Starke
Pulaski
Marshall
Fulton
Kosciusko
George Burson
Pulaski County
James Fletcher
Starke County
C. C. Bower
Ekhart
Fulton County
Valentine Immerman
Bower
Elxhart County Central Committee
Cleveland
Prohbibitioniste
Thirty-Fourth Judicial Circuit
Shipshewans
Prohibition
Elxhart County
LaGrange
Elkhart Items Court News and City Notes
This Elkhart roundup reports William Phillips, a Chicago cigar maker, arriving after a freight-train escape, seeking funds for trousers. Sheriff and police consider thefts, forgers Ernest and Ellen Keith detained in Goshen, and local court actions on cases, fines, and notary bids. Also notes arrests, a vaudeville actor in jail, and Hose Co. No. 3 meeting.
Fire destroys home. mother saves daughter in Foraker area
Fire at the home of Lsyman Stoll in Benton Harpor Michigan on July 12 caused $2,000 in losses. Mrs Stoll woke to smoke and saved her daughter by throwing her from a window. Alien A Brolin and wife transfer lot in Foraker to William Wagner for $120.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harpor
Mich
Lsyman Stoll
Brolin
William Wagner
Foraker
Political maneuvering stirs Elkhart county race chatter
An Elkhart lawyer says Henry Clay Dodge gains strength for the nomination while Capt. O T Chamberlain’s supporters grow anxious. Rumors place Henry Clay at a Shipshewana mass convention and hint at a chartered train. Perry L Turner and Lou W Vail discussed consolidation. Vail seen as best prospect though unlikely nominee. Prohibition nominates a judge candidate at Shipshewana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Henry Clay Dodge
O. T. Chamberlain
Mr. Dodge
Henry Clay
Shipshewans
LaGrange County
Goshen
Perry L. Turner
C. G Sims
Prosecutor
Circuit
Asmed
Shipshewana
J. D. Farrell
J.8
Drake
J. H. State
Mr. Farrell
Moonlight Picnic for Grace Stockwell In Goshen
Last evening Misa Winnie Snoberger hosted a moon light picnic at Miller Park in compliment to Grace Stockwell of South Bend. A luncheon was served at five o clock before the party returned to Goshen by nine or ten and spent the rest of the evening at Miss Snobarger's home on West Pike Street with Grace Morningstar acting as chaperone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Winnie Snoberger
Miller Park
Grace Stockwell
South Bend
Goshen
Miss Snobarger
West Pike Street
Grace Morningstar
Muesser Brewing to Open Saloon in Emmons Building
The Muesser Brewing Company of South Bend will open a saloon in the Emmons building vacated by C W Kerstetter. It is not yet known who will manage the new place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muesser Brewing Company
South Bend
Emmons
C.W. Kerstetter
Beall Hospitalized After Saloon Keeper Brawl
Lieut. Norman Beall of Co B 157th Ind Vols lies at Union Hospital Englewood with serious injuries after a fight with Chicago saloonkeeper C Kamally who is under arrest awaiting possible murder charges. Marcius Eustace seen in Goshen court on creditable bail status. James Batchelor nearly killed by a misread warning as a freight car door struck him, leaving a bad scalp wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Norman Beall
Co. B
C. Kamally
Chicago
Beall
Union Hospital
Englewood
Kamally
Goshen
Co.e
James Hatchelor
Niles
Western Union Telegraph Co
Batchelor
Windsor track races lure crowds with fast pacers
Detroit Tribune reports Blue Ribbon pace horses wow Windsor crowds next week at the Detroit Driving Club track. Bonnie Direct wins the 2:14 pace, Cobbett clocks 2:12 in 2:21 heats, with a field of ten in the Tex Queen purse. A 2:09 trot ends unfinished amid charges of deliberate noncompetition. Red Arthur and Jimmy Flashlight post fast heats as Delma and others start for a $600 purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Tribune
Windsor
Detroit
Bonnie Direct
Cobbett
Direct
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Queen
Knap" McCarthy
Lord McDonald
Mc. Henry
McCarthy
Delma
Joe H. Lesh
Red Arthur
Jimmy Flashlight
Henri
Mabel G
Marique
Keller
Heel Plate
Vivette
Jeasie Winkfield
Bessie M
Walter Kinne
Local notices from Nappanee report accidents and civic notes
A Nappanee round of brief items includes Frank Copenhaven burning his face with a firecracker, Emmett Richmond breaking a wrist, John Hessel mangling fingers at the Creamery Pecking Co. mill, and a runaway collision injuring two Misses Wagner party. Hazel May dies. H E Bosbrugh opens a tavern July 5. Major Cobb sells wheat, Goshen Milling sets old and new wheat prices, and Lake Shore runs but the new double track between Wauseon and Pettisville begins trial runs after 2 30 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Richmond
Byron Richmond
Boomershire
Emmett
John Hessel
Creamery Pecking Company
Wm Hatfield
North Dakota
McKinley
J. B. Cobb
Goshen Milling Co
Mrs. James Case Dies at Millersburg Area Home
Mortuary record notes Mrs. James Case died July 4 near Millersburg from chronic stomach and liver troubles. She was about 47, with immediate death from intractable vomiting. Survived by two daughters Mrs. Homer Harting and Mrs. Samuel Chiddister, an adopted son, and a husband.
H L Johnson For Bryan
Democratic managers celebrate the conversion of Henry A Johnson once of the Sixth Indiana district to the party He criticized the war and expansion ideas but will vote the Democratic ticket this year Johnson writes to Kern and Minor endorsing other issues while opposing Bryan on finances
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len G. Brooks
Wilson Roose
Henry A. Johnson
Brooks
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
St. Louis
Mesars
Roose
Indiana
Congress
House
John W. Kern
John Minor
Bryan
Goshen Life Insurance Sums Questioned by Press
The Insurance Press underestimates Goshen life insurance payments for 1899. It credits only $4,500, while actual total reached $25,000 with Major Heatwole’s policies alone at $12,500. The piece urges careful attention to details for reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Heatwole
Bryan and Stevenson Nominated in Kansas City Democratic Rally
Several city papers from Toledo to Shipshewana echo Bryan and Stevenson’s Kansas City ticket. Editors stress party unity, predict victory, and note cross-endorsements and diverse newspaper reactions across major papers and local weeklies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nappanee News
Kansas City
Aged Man Suffering From Severe Attack Found by James Maloney
Last evening James Maloney found an aged man in pain from a severe attack while a family traveling in a wagon rested on Oak Ridge avenue. No disturbance occurred overnight as the party continued toward Wabash this morning. The family was en route from Dowagiac, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Maloney
Oak Ridge Avenue
Wabash
Dowagiac
Mich
Morrison fix bail for murder arson held for grand jury
In a preliminary examination Morrison the South Bend hotel man charged with murder and arson was held for the grand jury, bail set at 5000. The case evidence is described as not very strong. Frank Stump of Gravelton injured July 4 at Lake Wawasese by a revolver discharge causing lockjaw. doctors have given him up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
South Bend
Frank Stump
Gravelton
Lake Wawasese
Ohio Stave Lumber plant at Millersburg resumes work
The Ohio Stave & Lumber Co plant in Millersburg began operations on Monday for the first time since the April explosion. The firm holds enough logs in the yard to run several weeks and receives additional timber daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Stave & Lumber Co
Millersburg
Epworth League Ninth Biennial Conference Opens in South Bend
The Indiana Epworth League holds its ninth biennial conference in South Bend starting at 3 PM today and runs through Sunday night at 10 30. An expected large attendance includes about 500 visiting delegates from across the state. Sessions Friday and Saturday occur at First Methodist Church at Main and Jefferson, with Sunday night at the Auditorium on South Michigan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Organization of the Epworth League
South Bend
Flist Methodist Church
Main and
Jefferson Streets
South Michigan Street
Grace Van Studdiford Reinstated as Primadonna at St Louis Opera
Grace Van Studdiford, who had informed the summer opera management she would not be superseded by Nellie Braggin, is reinstated as prims donna. Manager MecNeary softened his stance as she planned to retire, and she will finish the season. Also, John Moore of Milford suffered a leg fracture after a calf rope accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace van Studdiford
St. Louis
Nellie Braggins
Prims Donna
MecNeary
van Studdiford
John Moore
Milford
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. C. Bower
Elkhart County
Zimmerman
Rochester
Adam Wise
Plymouth
Henry A. Barnhart
Wm. Conrad
Warsaw
M. M
Hathaway
Winamsac
Emmer
Man
Suipsuewana
Prohibitionists
Temple of Justices
William Phillips
Windy City
Lake Shore
Maloney
Phillipa
Billy Tracey
Bobo
Logansport
Elliott
Silas Morgan
Baena
Vucicue
Marebal
Ernest
Ellen Keith
Keith
Keitha
Warren Sheffer
East Goshen
Justice Young
Mons Victor
Benton Harbor
New Paris
Victor
Bis
William Dalton
Justice Farrell
James Hess
Geo. B Ayers
Levi Spahr
Albert Edward Peveritt
Aliss
Canada Whitey
Richland
C. F. Coleman
Kalamazoo
A. P. Klinger
E. R. Niles
Wilcoo
Utis V. Wheeler
Jones, Mich
Alice Harvey
Jones
Dennett
Taz Czewocsar
Mise Cooper Mesce
Mies Effie Cooper
J. L. Cooper
John Fowler
United States
Chefoo
Tung-Chow
Hose Co. No. 3
Frank B. Defrees
Baker
John H. Baker
Supreme Bench
Jim Dodge
Bakers
Beavers
Dr. Irwin
Jake Cornell
G. O P
Deahl
L. W. Rouse
Brick
Maeonlight Picnis
Will
C. Kanally
Marcius Eustece
James Batchelor
Eustace
Marcius Eustace
Dodge
J. S. Dodge
Chas. Waltz
Jude Dodge
Nappanee
Frank Copenhaven
Uriah Copenhaven
David W. Bechtel
Union Township
Wagner
Miss Stouder
Wm. Wagner
Hazel
John May
H. E. Bosbrugh
Wauseon
Pettisville
Mortuary Record
H. L. Johnson
Insurance Press In Error
Toledo Bee
United Democratic Party
Democratic Party
New York
Democratic
Chicago Chronicle
Louisville Times
Fort Wayne Staais-Zeitung
Winamac Democrat-Journail
Peru Sentinel
Louisville Courier
Ligonier
John C. Robinson
Palmer and Buckner
Judge Robinson
Geo. Ford
St. Louis Republic
Democratic National Committee
Stevanson
Towne
Republic
Lincoln
Shipshewana Tribune
William J. Bryan
Fias the
State Convention
Mrs. van Studdiford
Losa—Roocse& Liat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!