Various Indiana Local News Items From March
An arm injury in Columbia City ends a saw mill worker’s day. Lagrange County holds its annual reunion. Surveyors eye a Marion to Logansport trolley route. Elkhart records three deaths in five days. Barbara Calvert dies at 72 in Warsaw. Kenneth Neptune breaks a leg after a St Marys River attempt. Peru resident Clare Fish jailed in Los Angeles on embezzlement charges. George Lowe dies from scalding in Hartford City. Huntington County reports no smallpox deaths after 114 cases. Knots of poison ivy afflict C B Matoon at Winona Lake. Della Keiser suffers heart ailment at Columbia City but expected to recover. Owen Shaffer, North Manchester teacher, goes insane and is captured. Albert Spurlock, 91, found entangled in barbed wire near Warsaw. Blue Grass Creamery near Churubusco to reopen under new North Manchester ownership with stockholders paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Davis
Columbia City
Lagrange County
Lagrange
Marion
Logansport
Elkhart
Barbara Calvert
Warsaw
Jesse Calvert
Kenneth Neptune
Decatur
St. Mary's River
Clare K. Fish
Peru
Los Angeles
Cal
George Lowe
Fred Lowe
Hartford City
Huntington County
Huntington
C. B. Matoon
Knights Templar
Winona Lake
Della Keiser
Manchester
Qwen Shaffer
Joseph Shaffer
Shaffer
Albert Spurlock
Churubusco
North Manchester
Bridge setting and repair bids invited in Elkhart County
Elkhart County Indiana Board of County Commissioners invites sealed proposals for bridge No 7 on North Main Street Elkhart over the St Joe River. Bids due July 1908 with bonds affidavits as required by law. Plans and specs in Auditor's office Goshen. Board may reject any or all bids. D O Batchelor Auditor. June 18-26
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Elkhart County
Indiana
St. Joe River
North Main Street
City of Elkhart
Gosfhen
Dd. O. Batchelor
Probate notes and guardianships in Kendallville court
Probate Court records show petitions for maintenance funds for Margaret Bughman and other estates. Guardianships for minor heirs George Straub Elmer Mabel and George McDowell discharged. Balances and inventories noted, alongside a dealer ad for Masury’s paint and a report of doubled water rentals at Kendallville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bughman
Ananias Bughman
David Snively
Margaret Bughman
Samuel Y. Zonk
Victor D. Smith
Rudolph J. Weith
Christana R. Weith
George Straub
Mary Straub
Hiram Pontius
Elmer
Mabel
George McDowell
Oliver McDowell
Geo. McDowell
Ward George
Indicted Again in $1,250,000 Bank Funds Misuse Case
A New York grand jury charges Alfred H. Curtis and Charles W. Morse, presidents of the National Bank of North America, with false reports to the comptroller and misapplication of about $1.25 million. They appeared in court with not guilty pleas and await further action as prior indictments proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Alfred H. Curtis
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Curtis
Morse
Llough
United States
Chemit
National Bank of North American
American Ice Securities Company
Worl Consolidated Steamship Dines
Mercantie National
New Amsterdam National
Kadekerbocker Trust Coipiany
Morse and
Hve
Armerican Fee Securities Company
Milwaukee Test Of Eight Hour Law Hits Supreme Court
A Milwaukee test case involves a railroad company fined 7000 dollars plus 500 dollars costs for overtime work by a telegrapher at a way station. Warren D. Parrenton filed the motion, with Attorney General Gilbert pursuing the action. The case goes to the state supreme court, then to U S courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Foer
Supreme Court
United States
Democratic delegates chosen at Nashville convention
The state Democratic convention completed its work and adjourned with delegates instructed to vote for Bryan at the national convention in Denver. The report includes scattered notes on divorce cases in Jackson Mississippi and ongoing anti-Japanese boycott actions in Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Denver
Bryan
Jackson
Miss
Une
Hong Kong
Personal notices from Elkhart area residents
A long list of local residents travel, visit relatives, attend meetings, and handle business across Indiana and nearby states. Highlights include Hubert Whitmer returning from Yale, several trips to Chicago and Indianapolis, and a fatal suicide case near Lafayette involving Grover Gagen and his wife.
Suit Filed Over Fatal Team Incident in South Bend
James Cook, among three drivers with a Southern Michigan cart in South Bend, sued a company for damages after two horses were killed and one injured while the buggy team faced the accident. The suit cites Colfax Avenue and North Michigan Street as the crash site with occupants escaping with minor injuries. The article also mentions local political notes and ads from Hawks Hardware Co and other local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cook
South Bend
Colfay Avenue
North
Michigan Street
The Value of a Healthy Stomach
An article extols stomach health and warns belching and sour stomach as serious disorders. It promotes Prosene Prescription from Cooper Pharmacal and instructs mixing with Cinchona tincture and sherry wine for a premeal and bedtime dose to transform the sufferer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Pharmacal Company of
Chicago
O. J. Beeson
Smith-Clark Co Home Outfit opens evening sale
The millinery shop of Mrs. Sadie Kubb announces evening hours during a closing out sale. A matinee is planned for July 4 and the Elkhart County Fair and Agricultural Association will showcase its new grounds and buildings with a Saturday matinee featuring six races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Kubb
Elkhart County Fair and Agricultural Association
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Indianapolis
VIA
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Mich
Southern
Hollingsworth
E. Lincoln
Lome
Benton Harbor
Big Four
Colo
Peoria
Louisville
California
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Hi. J. Rhein
Gen. Pass
Cincinnati
Ohio
Goshen Gas
Twomey
Cornitch
Eddie Collins
Gosken
Masury’s
the Hawks Hardware Co
Kendallville
Good
Mation
A. Po
Eatrica
Beloit College
Pern
Belodi
Wis
Schaal ‘Pietensrees
St. Botersburg
Kokovsol
Ford Case
Hubert Whitmer
Yale
Rosa Berry
Alexandria
Louise Beane
Joyce Langlois
Sycamore
John M. Hoover
Samuel Rensberger
Syracuse
A. R. Bemenderfer
Winona
J. D. Hebert
Lester Blough
Daniel J. Troyer
Brimfield
Albion
Mabel Hoffman
Newark
George W. Wehneyer
Chicago Synod
Robert Jones
Julia Raglan
William Drinkard
South Seventh Street
E. W. Walker
Tippecanoe Lake
James Hollar
Milford
Michigan
Harry Forney
Claypool
Frank Kauffman
Bellefontaine
C. O. Dobson
Brownsburg
Ind
Stankard
Terre Haute
Roy Latta
Latta
C. C. Latta
St. Louis
Retta Hess
Miss Curtis
Hammond High School
Niagara Falls
S. W. Kline
George Rule
W. Hel. Sims
Christian Science Association
Lamar Gillette
S. F. Spohn
Bonham
E. E. Mummert
Maurice
Boston
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Whitehead
Messrs
George
Chas
Daniel Riggle
Myron J. Miller
Ira Shively
Daniel Bowser
Ben Hartzog
Sanford Frame
F. J.eedy
Jacob Hattle
Arthur Michael
Ashland
Mollie ,Chessler
Virginia Hodges
Dr. Rinehart
Mr. Fisher
Goshen
H. N. Jetiner
Chessler and Hodges
Grover
Gagen
Lafayette
Cook Sues Railway Co
Warsaw Times
Perry Smith
Republican Central Committee
Koseiusko County
The
Times
Hawks Hardware Co
Bayville Gymnasium
Smith-Clark Co.—Undertakers
G. P. Rowell
the Smith-Clark Co.Home Outfitters
Hollister
George W. Rule
Chichester
Oswego N. Y
Jenner's Drug Store
J. E. Beverstine Office
E. Washington St
Newell Bros
Sol
India
Arnold’s
Toile-du
Searsaker
Newell Bro
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