Made a Cash for Liberty Eugene Scarlet Escapes from Constable Yates
An affidavit filed in Justice Young's court charges Eugene Scarlet of New Paris with paternity. A warrant issued, Constable Yates pursued Scarlet to Jackson Township and beyond, but he escaped capture amid an active manhunt. Reports say Scarlet was last seen on the Ekhbart river bridge at Baintertown and may have departed the state. Separately Samuel Bishop and companions came to witness a marriage to Miss Mary Washer, but she did not appear and the ceremony was canceled.
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Justice Young
Eugene Scarlet
New Paris
Scarlet
Yates
Jackson Township
Wabeno
Wis
Indiana Lumber Company
Tarr Dewvuckan
New Varis
E Khbart
Baintertown
Samuel Bishop
Livingstone
Mich
Mary Washer
St. Ju
Bishop
Heat Prompts Extra Firemen on Big Engines
Com plaints rise as very hot weather strains railroad service on multiple roads. The Central of New Jersey adds an extra fireman to each of its twelve wheel engines during heat, with plans to keep them on if temperatures stay high.
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Central of New Jersey
Assassination probe and ticket swindle caution
The Elkhart Review notes the Goebel assassination hunt tests civilization and condemns partisanship. It warns merchants about a Buffalo Bill show swindler selling bogus lithograph and colored pasteboard tickets and misusing the show's credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchante
Suit Aimed at Railway Over Horse Fatality
Mishawaka residents report a horse killed yesterday and owner Mr Waleesko plans to sue the Indiana Railway Co for damages. The council has repeatedly discussed speed ordinance violations and residents urge enforcement of the law.
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Waleesko
Mishawaka
Indiana Railway Co
Horse Injury At Barn Causes Arm Bone Break
Milo Berkey was kicked on the forearm by a horse while unloading near Kiner's church. One bone broke and the limb was dislocated as a storm approached. Seare Gardner sold a bay pacer to Samuel H. Whitmer, a valuable driver recently purchased by Gardner. Urges town sidewalk repairs to avoid damage suits.
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Milo Berkey
Kiner
Millersburg
Seare Gardner
Samuel H. Whitmer
Honorv
Mr. Gardner
Regular teachers' exam planned by Supt Ellis
The regular teachers examination will be conducted by Supt Ellis tomorrow. The last examination for the year will be the last Saturday in August. Town is quiet with many residents away at summer resorts and a low population.
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Supt Ellis
Goshen
Summr
Mrs Ruehl Dies After Runaway Horse Incident
Mrs Elisha F Ruehl aged 63 was thrown from a buggy and died of injuries after a runaway run. The horse she drove was frightened by an Indiana Electric Railway car near South Benn on July 27.
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South Benn
Elisha F. Ruehl
Indiana Electric Railway
Team Wild Run: Horses Fear Engine Run Loose Near Bristol
A team of horses owned by Royal Cathcart of a Bristol fruit farm bolted west on Lincoln avenue after being frightened near Lake Shore yards. Myron Henkel and Bert Browning, unloading berries, jumped clear and were bruised but unharmed. One horse fell at the Episcopal church as the harness broke and the wagon was damaged.
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Royal Cathcart
Bristol
Lake Shore
Lincoln Avenue
Myron Henkel
Bert Browning
Cathcart
Western Union
Epscopal Church
Arthur Is Chosen Representative for Supreme Palace Meeting
James A Arthur of Goshen was unanimously chosen to attend the Supreme Palace meeting in Detroit on Monday August 27 with James E McDonald of Ligonier named as alternate. A future D O K K meeting in Kendallville is planned with initiations, red fire, band music and a parade. The Milford Unions lost to Tonswands 1 to 12 and may play again soon after a noisy crowd disrupted the game.
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al Siba
K. K
Celanthe Division
U. BR. K
Supreme Palace
Detroit
James A Arthur
Goshen
James E. McDonald
Ligonier
Noor
Milford Unions
Tonswands Grounds
Sam Buropstein
Boxing Show at Kiknart Hosts Bouts at Commercial Club
A boxing show at the Commercial Club in Eikbart opens at 7 30 tonight under A E Wetherwax. The card features a six round bout Young Jack suc vs Tommy O'Brien at 140 pounds and a six round finale Ed Shannon of Elk hart against Billy McCleary of Jackson Mich. Referee Adam Seifert of South Bend.
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Eikbart
Axelock
A. E. Wetherwax
Young Jacksuc
Tommy O'Brien
Ed Shannon
Elkhart
Billy McCleary
Jackson
Mich
Adam Seifert
South Bend
Grocers Plan Northern Indiana Federation Meeting
City grocers met to arrange the Northern Indiana Grocers Federation gathering in the council chamber next Wednesday. W W Poyser Frank Foulks and J Crowe were named as executive board. a committee was appointed to prepare a post election supper.
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Indiana Grocers’ Federation
Council
W. W. Poyser
Frank Foulks
J. Crowe
S &O
Prohibition Speaker Wm Price Headlines Wakarusa Saga
The Wakarusa Tribune notes prohibitionist momentum after William Price of Ohio delivered two speeches on Wednesday night in the celebrated town saga. The speaker offered fair argument and refrained from abuse, making many strong points in support of the cause.
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Wakarusa Tribune
Price
Onio
Prohibition
Hewitt Charged With Murder In Rushville Killing
George Hewitt aged twenty eight was arrested yesterday at Rushville for the murder of a colored barber in South Bend. He is in jail awaiting the St. Joseph county sheriff as police had tracked him for some time.
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George Hewitt
Rushville
South Bend
Hewitt
Iail
St. Joseph County
Bicycle plants shift to automobile manufacture nationwide
The Ariel Cycle Co. weighs expanding into a new line but has not finalized plans. Across many cities bicycle plants are being converted to automobile production, signaling a broader industry shift.
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Ariel Cycle Co
Pony gift for Katherine Lesh arrives in Cleveland
Joseph H. Lesh bought a handsome Shetland pony in Cleveland and will present it to his young daughter Katherine. The pony arrived in the city this afternoon. A liberal reward is offered for the return of a horse stolen from Fred Pariah of Mount Jackson Indiana.
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Joseph H. Lesh
Cleveland
Katherine
City
Atolen
Fred Pariah
Mount Jackson
Ind
Elkhart Lad Fleees After Husbands Angry Welcome
A popular Elkhart youth visiting his sweetheart in Gosheao faced an angry reception from her father. After confrontation the youth left on an interurban car without coat or hat, alleged by the father to have been warned off, then reportedly chased to the streetcar station by the furious father who overturned a table in the home.
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Elkhart
Brosht
Hte
Gosheao
Ioad
Flitting of the Fire Fly
An Indiana man learns from a full blooded Indian at the Hotel Hascall that Wawasee means the Hitting of the fire fly in their language. The name was adopted after Syracuse Lake was renamed Wawasee by Lilly and others.
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Hascall
E. E. Mummert
Wall Support for Bryan by County Republican Leader
Michael Collins of Peetove Illinois a longtime Will county Republican leader and Citi zene bank owner declared for Bryan today. Collins a former state legislator and superintendent said he will vote for Bryan for president criticizing McKinley for abandoning independence and constitutional principles and opposing imperialism and colonial systems.
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Michael Collins
Citizene’ Bank
Peetove
Illinois
Will County
Bryan
Collins
McKinley
Six Companies Ride Three Special Trains Through Goshen
A night transit by three special trains carried six companies band and hospital corps of the Eighth United States regular infantry totaling 642 men. They arrived Sunday in New York from Cubs after Spanish-American War service and garrison duty.
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Eighth United States Regular Infantry
Goshen
Lake Shore
New York
Cubs
Lake Shore Worker Severely Injured By Heavy Weight
Axel Manguson, a Lake Shore shop employee in Elkhart, was crushed when a 1,000 pound weight fell during hoisting. The toe was amputated after medical arrival. Mrs. Merlin Best of Imlay City, 26, died at Harrison township while visiting. funeral plans incomplete. Stephen Hoddock, alias Haddock, captured for stealing Charles Smeltzer’s bicycle in Elkhart. arrested in Lawton, Mich. to be returned. hearings set for tomorrow morning.
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Axel Manguson
Lake Shore
Elkhart
Manguson
Merlin Best
Imlay City
Mich
Josephus Wallace
Harrison Township
Stephen Hoddock
Charles Smeltzer
Lawton
Haddock
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Kendallville
Frank M. Prickett
Albion
G. A. Mackintosh
Lake View
Carey C Fails to Win in Cleveland 2:21 Trot
Carey C finished last of eight as the 2:21 trot at Cleveland produced a tame field. Ooward Silver with Geers won the race for a $1,200 purse while Huffman moves to Logansport with his horses and Cobbett races Cleveland today with Lesh shipping to Columbus tonight.
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Carey C
Cleveland
Chicago Tribune
Geers
Ooward
Cobbett
Lesh
Columbus
Logansport Committee Probes Telephone Franchise Rates
Mayor McKee Councilmen Gife and Boyer Judge J C Nelson and J J Elliott formed a committee to study the telephone question for a possible Central Union franchise. They traveled to South Bend and Elkhart to learn what rates are fair and whether party line service with two four or more telephones on a line could be used, accompanied by John W Barnes for his paper.
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McKee
Gife and Boyer
J.C. Nelson
J. J. Elliott
Logansport
Truscott Boat Factory Lays Off Forty Workers
The Truscott boat factory of St Joseph gave notice this morning to forty employees. Many who lost jobs recently moved here from St Louis. The layoffs stem from seasonal dull times as demand drops in summer. The plant employs about one hundred men.
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Truscott Boat Factory
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Watermelon Love Feast Planned in Poseyville
Democrats in southern Indiana and the first district organize a watermelon love feast at Poseyville on August 11 Invitations go to David B. Hill of New York and Adlai E Stevenson Democratic vice presidential candidate Stevenson expects to attend Frozen watermelon will be served to crowds Farmers of Posey county will supply all melons needed
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Indiana
Poseyville
David B. Hill
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Posey County
Mystery woman arrives to aid Kalamazoo bank robber husband
Mrs. Tom Black wife of "Canadian Whitey" Richland bank robber and former Mishawaka resident flew into Kalamazoo early today to arrange a defense for her husband now jailed there. She refuses to discuss the case and remains a mysterious figure.
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Tom Black
Whitey
Richland
Mishawaka
Kalamazoo
Democrats of Elkhart Township Call Meeting for Bryan and Stevenson Club
Democrats in Elkhart Township are urged to attend a Friday evening meeting in the council chamber at o clock to organize a Bryan and Stevenson club. James Frev anv, chairman, expects a large attendance.
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Elkhart Township
Council Chamber
Bryan and Stevenson
James Freev
Goshen youths attend Dunlap park vaudeville evening
A trolley party from Goshen visited a Dunlap park vaudeville show last evening honoring Misses Lucile Herrington and Lucile Benham who are visiting the city. Capt Collins 80, a Mexican war veteran and ex marshal of Plymouth, attempted suicide amid paralysis. An excursion is planned August 18 by Lake Shore and National Machinista from Elkhart to St Joseph and Benton Harbor.
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Goshen
Dunlap's Park
Lucile Herrington
Lucile Benham
City
Capt. Collins
Plymouth
Lake Shore
The
National Machinista
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Political turmoil as Goshen Republicans clash over judicial race
The Goshen Republican setup for the 34th judicial circuit is split over Dodge and anti Dodge factions. Vail and Chamberlain withdrawals are debated while leaders Miller Turner Drake State and Cornell jockey for influence. The field narrows as dissidents fear party control of the bench and the convention delays decisive action.
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Messrs
Vail
Chamberlain
Henry Clay Dodge
34Th Judicial Circuit
Dodge
C. W. Miller
Jake Cornell
Tommy Gilmore
Perry L. Turner
J. S Drake
Mr. Miller
James H. State
Elkhart
Miller
Turner
State
Goshen
H. C. Dodge
Charley Miller
Perry L Turner
Elxhart
W. J. Davis
Davis
Demented Woman Aboard Lake Shore Train At LaPorte
A disoriented female passenger traveling from Maine to St. Louis on the Lake Shore train near LaPorte attracted attention by attempting to leap from the car window. She had no ticket, but a St. Louis ticket and $3.60 in change were found on her. She was unaccompanied and had boarded at Elkhart.
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Lake Shore
LaPorte
Plymouth man named to Indiana Masonic Foreign Correspondence post
Daniel McDonald of Plymouth is appointed by Grand Master Hollo way to chair the committee on Foreign Correspondence of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Indiana. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Thomas B. Long of Terre Haute. The role is highly important and accepted as a significant compliment by the recipient.
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Daniel McDonald
Plymouth
Holloway
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Thomas B. Long
Terre Haute
Grand Lodge
City seeks Rock Run land for park and tree planting
Joel H. Austin argues in favor of city acquisition of Rock Run land for a public park. He claims every North Side property owner would vote for the improvement while supporting grading of Rock Run school park and planting 0 additional trees.
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Joel H. Austin
Austin
Rock Run School Park
Melon rust cripples Benton Harbor district crop
The Benton Harbor district faces heavy losses as weeks of rain and cool nights trigger melon rust. Millions of half ripened melons are drying on vines, threatening th e largest central states melon belt near the town. Growers and fruit solicitors fear substantial revenue losses from this season.
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Benton Harbor
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