Died Riding In Buggy Thomas Mallen Enroute Home
Thomas Mallen of Coldwater Michigan a 35 year old tailor died last evening unexpectedly from delirium tremens while enroute from Syracuse to Warsaw in a buggy. He arrived in Syracuse from Coldwater days ago and had been employed by Scott the tailor. He died about ten minutes after leaving Syracuse near Leesburg. His body will be shipped to Coldwater for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mallen
Syracuse
Warsaw
Mallen
Coldwater
Mich
Scott
Grisamere
Rothenberger
Leesburg
Wateaw
Latta Party Plans Neenah Milwaukee Auto Trip
Mr and Mrs W Jack Latta plan a trip by auto to Neenah Wisconsin tomorrow with Mesers George J A Riley and Gordon Latta. They will join a party of twenty four cars and proceed to Milwaukee to see auto and horse races next week. Return is expected Thursday or Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Latta
Neenah
Wis
George JA. Riley
Gordon Latta
Pneenah
Milwaukee
Birth certificate and family ties tie to Clinton township
William Long preserves a 111 year old birth certificate of Barbara Vance of Clinton township. It notes she is mother of Adam Vance of Castalia Iowa and Felty Vance and grandmother of Mrs. Long. Current le Turned On. The interurban line to Niles saw electric current turned on yesterday and a work train will run today. Projectors aim to start passenger service by July 27. Damaged Wheat. Michigan Division Big Four reports wheat burned near locomotive exhaust and fields guarded by patrols. Gen Nes. Gen. E R Niles is cousin of Auburn Courier editor James A Barns who denies statements printed in city papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nives, Mica
Lydia Peak
William H. Peak
Peak Bell Ringers
William Long
Barbara Vance
Clinton Township
Niles
Michigan Division
Big Four
Courke
E. R. Niles
James A. Barns
The
Auburn Courier
Local Firms Plan Elevator and New Store Openings
Berne Grain and Hay Co of Berne Indiana will build an elevator at LaGrange and trade in grains hay wool and farm goods. Goshen Fruit Co opens wholesale and retail in the Stenex room on North Main Street this morning. Fort Wayne to host a railroad carnival for one week starting July 28. Community raises 2500 to purchase two old locomotives for a collision exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne Grain and Hay Co
Berne
Ind
LaGrange
Goshen Fruit Company
Stenex
North Main Street
Fort Wayne
F B Pratt Dead Pioneer Resident of Elkhart
Frederick B. Pratt aged about 80 and a 45 year resident of Elkhart died at 6 this morning after a year long illness. He leaves a widow and two sons William B. Pratt and George B. Pratt punchy manufacturers. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 pm at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick B. Pratt
Elkhart
William B. Pratt
George B. Pratt
Puggy
Stutsman Named Regular Carrier in Goshen News
Alvin G. Stutsman becomes regular carrier at the Goshen office succeeding Jay Cutter who left for California for health. Charles Simpson remains senior substitute. Cutter will serve as substitute letter carrier in Los Angeles. At a dinner party Miss Elsie Wood announced her engagement to T. M. Hatch of Parkside. wedding planned for early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin G. Stutsman
Goshen
Jay Cutter
California
Charles Simpson
Mr. Cutter
Los Angeles
Cal
Elsie Wood
I. O. Wood
South Seventh Street
Wood
T. M. Hatch
W. W. Hatch
South Eighth Street
Parkside
Engagement Ring Lost at Lake Wawasee Social
Mrs. Luther E. Swinehart of this city lost her valuable engagement ring while bathing at Lake Wawasee near the Abbott cottage. She attended a social event at the Abbott cottage hosted by the missionary society of the First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wawasee
Abbott Cottage
Luther E. Swinehart
Mrs Brown Returns From Visit Amid Riot Context
Mrs Brown a colored domestic in Postmaster Sherwins home returns from a southern state visit. She is not sister to Lee Brown the black man whose crime sparked the Evansville riot. Her brother is jailed in Kentucky for shooting a colored man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Brown
Sherwin
Lee Brown
Evansville
Kentucky
Zook to Lecture in Six States This Fall and Winter
Agron 3 Zook of this city has completed arrangements to lecture in six states the coming fall and winter. He will fill engagements in New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin. Mr Zook has become very well known in the lecture field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agron 3
Zook
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
New Divorce and Foreclosure Suits Filed
Dodge & Dodge filed a divorce case by number. Harmon & Zigler represent Harley M. Kingeley and Orrin McManus, who have brought suit against James Monahan to foreclose a mechanic's lien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge & Dodge
Death of Geo O Gridley’s mother in Brook Indiana
Telegram received announces the death of Geo O Gridley’s mother at Brook Indiana. Mr Gridley resides on the James O Smith farm east of Goshen. Mrs Gridley was described as an aged lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. O. Gridley
Brook, Ind
Gridley
James O. Smith
Goshen
Missing Stella Spade Sought by Father in Elkhart Case
Mrs Stella Spade is believed kidnapped by her ex husband from Chicago. John Gushwa of LaGrange searches for his daughter and fears she may be mentally unstable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spade
John Gushwa
Lagrange
Stella Spade
Elkhart
Chicago
Girls in the Home telephone exchange in Elkhart threaten strike
Female workers at the Elkhart home telephone exchange threaten to strike over favoritism shown to two Kentucky importations named Jennie Gentry and Fannie Finley amid management concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Jennie Gentry
Fannie Finley
Kentucky
Marriage Licences and Local Notices
Arthur E. Tobias of Nappsnee and Agnes Walters of Wakarusa wed. John H. Oplinger of Elkhart and Maude E. Chamberlain of Elkhart also married. David Cutter, previously missing, has returned home citing mental aberration. The Lady Samaritans plan an ice cream social at C. W. Bale residence on Wilden Avenue this Saturday evening. Gordon Latta delivered 125 tons of Timothy hay yesterday. Jim to the barns at Fairlawn, all cat, this year.
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Arthur E. Tobias
Nappsnee
Agnes Walters
Wakarusa
John H. Oplinger
Elkhart
Maude E. Chamberlain
Lady Samaritans
Mr. C. W. Bale
Wilden Avenue
Gordon
Latta
Timothy Hay
Jim
Fairlawn
American Shovel and Stamp Co Seeks Location in Goshen
Representatives from the American Shovel and Stamping Co of Lorain Ohio seek a new site. They inquire through J M Ober Big Four agent about freight rates water taxes and related matters. The rolling mill firm does about 300000 in business and employs 200 to 500 people. It is described as the kind of factory Goshen needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Shovel and Stamping Co
Loraine
Ohio
J. M. Ober
Big Four
Commercial Exchange
Goshen
Young Ladies F M circle hosts delightful Lake Wa wasee gathering
The Young Ladies F M circle and guests enjoyed a July meeting at Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Loomis cottage on Lake Wa wasee. Twenty five couples from M W of A lodge and friends were entertained at Mr. and Mrs. S Neterer home as a surprise in honor of Mr. Neterer. Social conversation and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Circle
Neterer
Trustee Griner Announces Teachers For Ensuing Year
Middlebury township trustee Griner lists teachers by district for the coming year. Districts 1 through 10 name Simon Yoder, Julian Walter, Newton Nusbaum, Ernest Mehl, J H Fike, Pearl Lake, W W Artley, Della Sherck. District 7 Reafenyder will be abandoned with pupils merged to other schools. Three holdovers from last year remain.
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Griner
Middlebury Township
Simon
Yoder
Julian Walter
Newton Nusbaum
Ernest Mehl
J. H. Fike
Pearl Lake
W. W. Artley
Della Sherck
Reafenyder
Comparative Tax Assessments in Elkhart and LaGrange Counties
The LaGrange Standard notes Elkhart County total assessment at about twice LaGrange's. Average wealth per poll is $2,753 in Elkhart and $3,986 in LaGrange. LaGrange poll value exceeds Elkhart by $1,233. Elkhart total assessment reported by the board of review is $20,253,535 with 7,392 polls. LaGrange total is $9,718,635 with 2,439 polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
Elkhart County
La-Grange
LaGrange County
Board of Review
la Grange County
Alternating Currents Skewers Elkhart Boyraiser Quip
In the Chicago Record Herald column Alternating Currents a fictitious Elkhart inquiry mocks a boy whose acts lower neighborhood real estate values. The conductor offers a sharp, satirical remedy that eclipses corporal punishment in its severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Elkhart
Renowned Indiana Journalist Blodgett Visits Thirteenth District
William H. Blodgett, a leading Indiana newspaper man and Indianapolis News staff correspondent, arrived in the city to survey the Thirteenth district’s political scene. He traveled from South Bend and Elkhart and departed this afternoon on the 2:58 Big Four train to Wabash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Blodgett
Indiana
Indianapolis News
South Bend
Elkhart
Wabash
Prison Population at Michigan City Reaches 750
The Count is Large. There are now over 750 prisoners in the Michigan City prison. No effort will be made to contract labor for more than 400 of them. Many of the other prisoners are unfit for work, and the rest of those who can labor are needed to perform work in the gardens and about the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Reconteur
Chicago Examiner
Goshen
Higgins
Examiner
Chicago Journal of
Indianapolis News
Beveridge
Thomas R. Shipp
Michigan City
Storm Damages Crops Near Middlebury and Clinton Township
The night storm wrecked fields south of the city with corn and oats leveled by heavy rain and wind. In Clinton township Rev. Samuel Honderich, a recent Elkhart Institute graduate, will preach to Mennonites at Prescott in Middlebury Sunday at 11 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Honderich
Clinton Township
Elkhart Institute
Prescott
Middlebury
Rumored Marriage Between Montgomery and Ford Debunked
The tale of a marriage between William Montgomery and Miss Zadie Ford at St Joseph proved unfounded. Information for this paper came from Llewellyn Ogle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Montgomery
Zadie Ford
St. Joseph
Llewellyn Ogle
Sela Hillsdale Property Transfer Report
Bechtel agency handled a sale in Hillsdale Michigan from Mary A Henry and Sylvester Henry of Goshen to Collins A Brown of Hillsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bechtel
Mary A
Sylvester Henry
Goshen
Hillsdale, Mich
Collins A. Brown
Local residents purchase horse buggy and summer residence
Rev. Father James B. Fitzpatrick of St. John's Catholic church bought a sorrel driving horse near Gardner. Prof and Madame L A Sage-Dieu formerly of Goshen have moved to a summer residence at West End New Jersey. Mr and Mrs Jonas Rentfrew were in Elkhart on a business account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Fitzpatrick
St. John’s Catholic Church
Gardner
Prof
Madame L. A. Sage-Dieu
Goshen
West End
New Jersey
Jonas
Elkhart A. Om
Oldfield Set to Break Record at Elkhart Auto Races
About 100 fans attended at Barney Driving Park in Elkhart under Elks auspices for a five mile event featuring Barney Oldfield and E A Houseman. Oldfield aimed to beat his mile record 56.25 seconds after clipping two fifths of a second off the mark at Jackson Mich yesterday. Rain did not hinder the fast track and officials Sears Gardner and James A Arthur from Goshen prepared for a likely record run this afternoon.
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Barney Driving Park
Elkhart
Elks
Indiana Railway Company
Goshen
Barney Oldfield
E. A. Houseman
Hartford
Conn
Chaffeurs
Oldfield
Houseman
Jackson
Mich
Barney
Gay
Sears Gardner
James A. Arthur
Attempted Burglary On South Fifth Street Reported
Night time incident on South Fifth Street where unknown parties tried to enter Mrs W H Sims residence around 1 a m last Thursday. Mr Smith and others startled burglars who fled after the telephone ruckus interrupted the attempt through a downstairs window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Sims
South Fifth Street
Smith
Sims
Sime
Hermann Goldstein
Benton Harbor Stop Hits St Joseph Excursion Line
St Joseph Michigan trains via the Big Four will now stop at Benton Harbor instead of crossing the river. Benton Harbor merchants complain loss of business, while Col Bean a streetcar magnate linked to the line is said to have persuaded Big Four officials to reroute, a move that would bring him large revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Mich
Big Four
Benton Harbor
Col. Bean
Twin Cities
Death by Own Action Ends Life of Local Official
Joseph Clark sixty seven year old former Whitley County treasurer and Columbia City school board president shot himself with a rifle in his bed chamber at 1 pm after weeks of deliberation. He had refused to sign away his last eighty acres of land in Whitley County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitley County
Joseph Clark
Lake Shore plans heavier rails between Grand Rapids and Elkhart
Rumors state Lake Shore will lay heavier rails on the Grand Rapids to Elkhart division to accommodate the system’s largest engines. The project will cost a large sum and the public is not fully informed on its purpose or impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore Company
Grand Rapids
Elkhart
Detroit Woman Sells South Bend Property for 4009
Mrs. Mary A. Campan of Detroit sells the northwest corner lot at Michigan and Washington streets in South Bend for 4009, with a new bank to be established at the site. The item notes related local interest and business developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Campan
Detroit
South Bend
Michigan and
Washington Streets
Church Services and Sermons Ahead on Sunday
A roster of morning and evening sermons across local churches. The Brethren, First Christian, Fifth Avenue Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist Brethren, First Methodist, First English Lutheran outline topics and times with pastors' names and Sunday school schedules. Services invite all neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brethren Church
C. E. Society
G. W. Rench
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Givorgis Shimoon
Yamia
Persia
Baptist Brethern Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church
God
Epworth League
M.J. Magor
English Lutheran Church
Geo
P. Kabele
Property transfers involving Burris Hoetger Poole and Eby
Wm. Miller deeds Goshen property to Lloyd L. Burris for 700 dollars. Andrew Mumaw sells North Side residence to Henry Hoetger for 300 dollars. George W. Michael records Devor property at Lincoln avenue and Seventh street transferring to John Poole for 16,000 dollars. Abner E. Holderman sells 80 acre farm in Olive township to John W. Eby for 4,200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Miller
Lloyd L. Burris
Goshen
Andrew Mumaw
Henry Hoetger
North Side
George W. Michael
Devor
Lincoln Avenue
Seventh Street
John Poole
Abner E. Holderman
Olive Township
John W. Eby
Acreage decline and harvest notes from Nappanee and Warsaw
Reports show onion acreage 450 to 475 acres, down about 250 from last season, reds and yellows split evenly. Seed germination poor, stand thin, about two weeks late. Chorubuesco Truth lists five dead-head subscribers who refuse to pay, including a woman. Forepaugh Sells circus workers in South Dakota leave to harvest fields, crippling the show due at Plymouth July 30. Nusbaum, once of Goshen, drives a fast state car. Beyer Bros. solve cracked egg problem by freezing eggs before shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nappanee
Warsaw
South Dakota
Tion
Plymouth
Twenty five years ago items of interest from 1878
Die at home in Union township aged 73. Marriages: Charles Locks and Emma Shick. William Wintera and Frank Wagner at Mottville. Elder Brenneman preparing Gospel Banner. John Kaylor dies aged 76. Millinery shop opened under The Democrat office. Baptist social held at Mrs Hattle’s home. Democratic county central committee calls for convention August 10. Orris Pratt dies July 20 aged 20. Hose Co No 3 and Goshen Silver band attend funeral. Local letters and travels noted. various residents visit or travel to and from towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Landis
Union Township
Charles Locks
Emma Shick
Brenneman
The
Gospel Banner
John Kaylor
D. Poorbaugh
John Kline
8.E. Little
Gertie Feasenden
Democrat
Orris Pratt
Hose Co. No. 3
Goshen Silver Band
Cornerstone slated for Winchester church on July 23
Various local notices report plans for a $25,000 Presbyterian church in Winchester with cornerstone laying on July 23. Other items note Adams county ditches petitioned, Decatur hospital plans, and gas rate changes in Bluffton and Logansport areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Adams County
Decatur
Elxhart boxer Ed Shannon to headline upcoming wind-up
Ed Shannon, one of Elxhart's top boxers, has been secured by the Commercial Athletic Club to appear in the exhibition wind-up in that city next Tuesday evening. Warsaw forms two new baseball teams with strong material for a good squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Shannon
Elxhart
Commercial Athletic Club
Warsaw
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F. B. Pratt
Brown
Slater
David Cutter
American Shovel and Stamp Company
H. Blodgett
Sela Hillsdale Property
Rix
Barney Course
Columbia City
New South Bend Bank
Keowna Sibbart
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Winnipeg
Manitoba
New Buckeye
G. R. Hammond
Mary G. Rheabottom
Wakarues
Chorubuesco Truth
Auburn
Beyer Bros
William Wintera
Frank Wagner
Mottville, Mich
Jacob Hattle
North Fifth Street
F. Jackson
Ph. M. Henkel
Democratic County Central Committee
Benton
Joel Fessenden
Will Gortner
LaPorte
Charles Perkins
Frank Finney
Mt. Vernon
Charles
N. Benjamin
Alexandria
GU. W. Weston
A. R. Ward
Charles Krotz
Forbes
Uncle
Tom
A. Blunt
Maine
County
Decatur Commercial Club
W. H. Hawking
Portland
Joseph Journay
John Hoham
Germany
America
Marshall County
Bluffton
Peru
Logansport
Peter Surprise
Cedar Creek Township
Crown Point
Surprise
S ‘‘Picter
Bryant
Robert Hunt
Antisaloon League
North
Manchester
Sporting News
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