Storm Hits Christiana Resort Area Ripping Trees Down
A violent storm near Christiana Lake north of Elkhart drove resorters to shelter, toppled trees across highways, struck buildings with lightning, and caused extensive damage. Stones fell near Adamsville Michigan, and two drivers nearly drowned crossing flooded streams. Local showers followed in Goshen area later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana Lake
Elkhart
Adamsville
Mich
Manning Rogers
Wade Barney
Christiana
Goshen
Social Club Picnic Guests Honor Mrs. Hattel In New Paris
Society notes recount a Friday picnic at Miss Della Whitehead’s home in New Paris honoring Mrs. Chas. E. Hattel of Fort Madison. Guests included several local couples and Misses, with praise for the evening’s features. Also reported are recent marriages and engagements of local residents and a June 16 1907 wedding in Lincoln Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Whitehead
New Paris
Chas. E. Hattel
Fort Madison
Charles Garvin
E. L. Harper
Jennie Kelly
J. W. Fradenburg
Alice Clutter
Mary Faxon
Anna Hattel
Hattie Kreps
Birdie Hattel
Dora Teeters
Emma Rickets
Air Line suit sought dismissal over jurisdiction
Attorney Ira C. Woods for the Chicago New York Air Line Co. appeared before Judge Windes in Chicago and filed a petition to drop the lawsuit brought by Theodore Nemeyer and others against the corporation and its officers on the grounds of no jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Line
Ira C. Woods
Chicago-New York Air Line Co
Windes
Chicago
Theodore Nemeyer
Hanly to Back Next Republican Governor Nominee
Indianapolis June 22 Special Gov Hanly plans to influence the selection of Indiana's next Republican gubernatorial nominee. A trusted lieutenant says the governor will back a current candidate or promote an as yet unnamed challenger to ensure his policies are carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hanly
Plan to block Sunday baseball in Goshen faces opposition
The Goshen Ministerial Association moves to defeat a plan for Sunday baseball at the Tonawanda diamond. Supporters say games would avoid admission fees by selling score cards and passing the hat to cover expenses. They argue Goshen needs Sunday baseball to keep residents from going out of town for Sabbath recreation. Elkhart already hosts Sunday games and a Keely ground park plan may advance with support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonawanda
Goshen
Elkhart
Keely Ground
Clerk Opens Office for Superior Court in Elkhart
County Clerk Fleming opened room 425 in the Monger building Elkhart for superior court business. Mr. Monger donates the room until permanent quarters are secured. The first probate in the superior court was Albert N. Chamberlain’s will dated Oct 16 1905 probated. Witnesses were Otto B. Deal and Pearl R. Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Elkhhart
Fleming
Monger
Elkhart
Albert N. Chamberlain
Otto BE. Deal
Pearl R. Lancaster
Eliza Rodibaugh Butler Dies at 78 in Ohio Area
Mortuary record reports the death of Mrs. Eliza Rodibaugh Butler widow of John W. B. Butler at her home east of New Paris. She leaves five children including William F. Butler of New Paris and Mrs. Fred Miller of San Francisco Cal. Seven grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 Sunday at her home with Jackson cemetery interment. Nephews serve as pall bearers.
Steamer Tourist Sold To William W. Preston
William W. Preston purchased the steamer Tourist and will run it on the St. Joe river between St. Joseph and Benton Harbor and King's Landing and Somerleyton.
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Steamer Tourist
William W. Preston
St. Joe River
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
King's Landing
Somerleyton
English Lutheran Church Services and Programs
English Lutheran church holds morning services at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 80 p m Bible school meets at 11 45 a m and Luther League gathers at 6 30 p m Rev Luther Smith serves as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Lutheran Church
Luther League
Luther Smith
Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church
E. Gerfen
Gibsonburg
Concert Cancelled by Weather and Power Failure
The band concert planned for the court park pavilion was not held last evening due to heavy weather and a fire problem that burned out the pavilion lights.
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Court Park Pavilion
Wingate Injured in Elevator Shaft Fall
State Tax Commissioner John C. Wingate of Wingate Indiana suffered serious injuries after a fall down an elevator shaft at the Barnett house in Logansport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Wingate
John C. Wingate
Wingate, Ind
Barnett
Logansport
Sick List: Naomi Reasoner Ill With Rheumatism
Naomi, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Reasoner, is reported ill with inflammatory rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi
H. T. Reasoner
Carbor undum display extended at Hawks Hardware Co
Two more days of the Carbor undum display are planned at Hawks Hardware Co. Drop in tonight to get acquainted with the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawks Hardware Co
Record of Peterson Case for Costs in Kosciusko Suit
County Clerk Razor finished a 12 page record in Martin Peterson vs Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Co tried in Kosciusko county on change of venue from Elkhart. Supreme Court ordered over $600 costs to be paid by Peterson. Since Henry Dodge, Peterson’s attorney, died, the railroad seeks costs from the Dodge estate in the supreme court. The Kosciusko record is needed as evidence. the case comes up next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Razor
Warsaw
Martin Peterson
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern By. Co
Kosciusko County
Elkhart County
Supreme Court
Henry Dodge
Peterson
Dodge
Ex-Senator Lucien Baker Dies in Leavenworth
Ex United States Senator Lucien Baker died in Leavenworth Kansas. Born in Fulton county Ohio in 1846 he served as a Republican in the Senate from 1895 to 1901. He was wounded in 1871 in an accidental shooting two blocks from Col. D R Anthony during a street brawl and never recovered fully. He was brother to Judge John H Baker of Goshen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lucien Baker
Leavenworth
Kaw
Fulton County
United States Senate
D. R. Anthony
Senator Baker
John H. Baker
Goshen
Search for Prof Harshal Eaglebarger’s Body Abandoned
Police end search for the drowned professor in the St. Joe river near South Bend. A seine across the river east of the Three I railway bridge was used to recover a body if it drifted with the current after last Sunday’s drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harshal Eaglebarger
St. Joe
South Bend
Three I Railway Bridge
Lagrange Man Stabbed by Rival Gang
John McKibben of Lagrange long employed by a telephone company at Anderson Indiana was stabbed in that town by a rival gang member. The blade barely missed the heart, severed one rib and punctured the left lung. doctors fear he cannot recover.
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Lagrange
John McKibben
Anderson
Ind
Weldy Family Reunion at Wak Arusa
The Abraham Weldy family gathered at Wak Arusa for a reunion. In the business session all old officers were re elected with Levi Weldy as president L Weldy as secretary and treasurer and Mesdames John Henry and Joseph Weldy serving on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Weldy
Wakarusa
Levi Weldy
L. Weldy
John, Henry and
Joseph Weldy
Warsaw Couple Reconcile in McLaughlin Divorce Case
The pending divorce case of Monterey Mershon McLaughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Mershon Warsaw against T F McLaughlin of St Louis has been settled with the parties reconciled according to a statement by Mrs Mershon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey Mershon McLaughlin
W. H. Mershon
Warsaw
T. F. MccLaughlin
St. Louis
Prof Jacobs Buys Andrews Property On Seventh Street
Prof W K Jacobs of the Elkhart County Trust Co has purchased the J B Andrews property on North Seventh street near Lincoln avenue. The dwelling now occupied by J W Bremer will remain in use. Bremer will continue to occupy the property as an investment.
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Andrews
W. K. Jacobs
Elkhart County Trust Co
J. B. Andrews
North Seventh Street
Lincoln Avenue
J. W. Bremer
Prof. Bremer
Postal workers in South Bend get pay raise
First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock raises salaries for 23 South Bend letter carriers from 850 to 900 dollars, effective July 1. Goshen will receive six similar increases and Michigan City eight.
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Hitchcock
South Bend
Goshen
Michigan City
Valuable dog presented to Will Schadt by dog fancier
Will Schadt received a valuable registered Scotch Collie puppy as a present from B. H. Guy of Lagrange. The pup’s size recently sold for 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Schadt
B. H. Guy
Lagrange
Re-elected Mayor Bliss of Pensacola Florida
Charles H. Bliss, a former northern Indiana newspaper man, has been re elected mayor of Pensacola Florida where he has resided for the past ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Charles H. Bliss
Indiana
Florida
New Paris Farmer Loses 65 in Goshen Gamble
A New Paris farmer reported losing 65 dollars at a Goshen gambling house and recovered the amount after threatening to expose the establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Paris
Goshen
Funeral of Rev. Noah Metzler Held in Nappanee
The funeral for the late Rev. Noah Metzler drew perhaps the largest crowd ever seen in Nappanee, marking a historic farewell for the local religious figure. Strong community attendance reflected Metzler’s prominence and impact in the area.
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Noah Metzler
Nappanee
Warsaw Man Taken For Smallpox In Business District
Charles Roath of Warsaw was picked up in the business district suffering with smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Roath
Warsaw
Wanted Men Learn Glove Cutting at Boreal Mfg Co
Help wanted for glove cutting at Boreal Manufacturing Co located at 128 North Main Street. Steady work offered and applicants should apply in person.
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Boreal, Mfg.,Co
North Main Street
Long Summer Vacation Asks to Go Along With Husband Taken
Mrs Howland applies to go along when her husband is sent to Jeffersonville reformatory by Sheriff Ziesel next week. She plans to stay near Jeffersonville while the Elkhart circuit court adjourns and the fall term opens September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Superior Court
Circuit Court
McClellan- Rinehart
Howland-Carroll
Goshen
Ziesel
Wieming
Samuel B. Romaine
Sarah GC
Romaine
John Smeltzer
Nappanee
Whisler
George W. Weyburn
Smeltzer
Frank Howland
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Jeffersonville
John M. Blocher
Admr
Thos. Clay
Albert S. Menaugh
Sarah Hartzler
John W. Pletcher
Walter and
Talmer Pletcher
Michael Mitschelen
Walter
Talmer
Virgil T. Weatherhead
Pssie Funk
Darkwood
Myers
Albert F. Nims
State superintendents elect new officers in Indianapolis
The state superintendents association met in Indianapolis and elected officers. Samuel C. Farrell of Porter County was chosen president. John F. Haines of Hamilton County became vice president. William Melchoir of Dubois County was named secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendents Association
Indianapolis
Samuel CC. Farrell
Porter County
John F. Haines
Hamilton County
Wm. Melchoir
Dubois County
New Wool and Seed Store Opens on Jefferson Alley
C A Harper announces a wool and seed business now located on Jefferson alley just south of Washington street. He advertises paying the highest market price for wool seeds and grains. Also notes Danglers watermelon and Rockford muskmelons available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Alley
Washington Street
Push to Completion of Syracuse and Milford Ry Progress
Officials of the Syracuse and Milford Railway Company report rapid progress with over half the grading done, fencing crews at both ends, near completion of culverts, and preparations to lay ties and rails. The eastern terminus will be set after property disposition of the Huntington, Columbia City & Northwestern Ry, with 2000 oak ties on site and seven miles of rails ready. Engines and car equipment expected within ten days to connect with the Big Four near Leesburg and open for traffic this rush season. Meanwhile lakes launch safety concerns rise as lights are ignored and calls for enforcement increase. The company also plans a saw mill at Kern woods and projects cutting about 5,000 good ties. Locals include visits by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kitson and residents Violet and Vera Odell journeying to Angola and Kilborne to visit relatives and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Register
Syracuse and
Milford Ry. Co
Edmunds
Huntington, Columbia City & Northwestern Ry
Big Four
Leesburg
Two Lakes
Syracuse and Milford Railroad Company
Sunday church notices spotlight Rev Kearns Korea work
Special announcements announce Rev Charles E Kearns from Korea will speak at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning about mission work and baptisms while evening sermons cover Recreation and Young People's Problems. Trinity Lutheran and St Mark's also schedule services and events with a congregational meeting and children's day program.
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Presbyterian Church
Charles E Kearns
Korea
Kearn
Kearns
St. Mark’s Church
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
State Pharmaceutical Association Elects Tepe President
At Wawasee the State Pharmaceutical Association closed with Louis Tepe of Evansville chosen as president. Next year’s meeting will be at Lake Wawasee with time set later by the executive committee. Officers named include 1st Vice President Fred J. Goldman Elkhart. 2nd Vice President Fred J. Miller Fort Wayne. 3rd Vice President John H. Miller Vincennes. Secretary A Timberlake Indianapolis. Treasurer F H Carter Indianapolis. Executive Committee M P Schwartz Indianapolis C L Hackett Roanoke F F Meissner LaPorte.
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State Pharmaceutical Association
Evansville
Louis Tepe
Lake Wawasee
Association
Fred J. Goldman
Elkhart
Fred J. Miller
Fort Wayne
John H. Miller
Vincennes
A. Timberlake
Indianapolis
F. H. Carter
Disputed Assessments Raise Question of Increase Sufficiency
Assessor Kintzel notes differing opinions on whether this year's increase on the Winona property is sufficient compared with four years ago. He states that land values on largely unplatted lots have risen from 100 to 300 percent, especially where the land remains similar to nearby farmland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kintzel
Winona
Smallest Noble County Colt Born at Geo Gaby Farm
Duchess the Shetland pony delivered a 25 pound colt at 21 inches tall and 18 inches long. The newborn is described as lively as a cricket and likely the smallest living colt on record in Noble County and possibly the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble County
Geo. Gaby
Standard Hotel Changes Hands in Elkhart
W B Titus buys The Standard hotel from L D Tracy who plans retirement. Titus formerly ran properties in South Bend including the Oliver Reynolds and Sheridan. James Geyer stays on as manager. Titus comes from Kokomo.
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Sells
Standard
Elkhart
W. B. Titus
Oliver, Reynolds and Sheridan
South Bend
L. D. Tracy
James Geyer
Mr. Titus
Kokomo
Notice on garbage can rules for street and alley
People with garbage cans must keep out tin cans glass ashes grass and carcasses of dead animals and all rubbish that is not garbage. at Street and Alley Comm.
Subscribed Money Declared for Chicago to Goshen Air Line
At a LaPorte banquet last night it was declared that sufficient money had been subscribed to build the Chicago New York Air Line from Chicago to Goshen. The announcement signals support for major air route development in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPorte
Chi Cago
Goshen
Elkhart Grocer E E Myers Files Creditors Assignment
Elkhart grocer E E Myers filed in the superior court a voluntary assignment for the benefit of his creditors. A R Kesler of Elkhart is named as trustee. No estimate of liabilities or assets has been made.
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E. E. Myers
Elkhart
A. R. Kesler
Heavy Core Falls at Kelly Foundry Injures Elkhart Foreman
James Leavy of Elkhart, foreman at the Kelly foundry, suffered two fractures to his right leg when a heavy 800 to 1,000 pound core fell while he and coworker Troyer were under it. The core tipped as it hung three feet above the floor, leaving Leavy likely to be lame for life due to limb shortening. He married Bessie Trainor of Goshen.
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James Leavy
Elkhart
Kelly Foundry
Leavy
Troyer
Longest Day of the Year Marks Summer Start 1907
The article notes the longest day of 1907 with fourteen hours and fifty two minutes of daylight, confirming summer begins today. It compares to last year’s longest day span from June 19 to June 30 and explains this year the sun rises one minute later and sets one minute earlier, starting Sunday.
Mrs. J. Wilbur Chapman in gravest condition
Mrs. J. Wilbur Chapman worsens after another relapse. A sinking spell and hard chill left her in a grave state. Dr. McDonald has had little hope of recovery from the start, and those at the Chapman home are greatly discouraged.
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J. W. Chapman
J. Wilbur Chapman
McDonald
Chapman
Judge Miller Delivers Address To Steuben DeKalb Bar
Hon. Charles W. Miller spoke last night after returning from Auburn where he addressed the Thirty-fifth judicial district bar association of Steuben and DeKalb counties. The meeting at 10:30 a.m. in the circuit court room drew nearly all local attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Miller
Auburn
Thirty-fifth Judicial District Bar Association
Steuben
DeKalb
Circuit Court
de Kalb
Stansifer Works on South Line Project Progress
W D Stansifer of the Winona Interurban Railway reports progress on the Hag line between Peru and Warsaw. The company believes the route may open to traffic by November, but more likely January as work proceeds to get everything in good order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Stansifer
Winona Interurban Railway
Peru
Warsaw
Novist
Elkhart Saloonmen Fight Remonstrances Ahead of July Court
Elkhart saloonkeepers fear a plan by Louis M. Simpson to drive them from business as a blanket remonstrance against Third ward liquor retailers advances. A July commissioner's court session will decide actions against Frank Wickwire Krumpetz Clyde Weaver Dotson Bros and Potts Smith and the separate attack on Clyde Weaver’s Blue Front. The group vows to block Simpson from gaining a majority of ward voters. failure could end saloon operations for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Third Ward
Lexington Avenue
Marion Street
Main
Frank Wickwire
Krumpetz
Clyde Weaver
Dotson Bros
Potts & Smith
Louis M. Simpson
Barney
Mr. Simpson
Weaver
Commissioners’ Court
Simpson
Fourth at Winona Plans Safe and Sane Fourth Parade
Winona Lake will host a Fourth of July celebration featuring a parade of automobiles along the lake front. Invitations have gone to autoists across Northern Indiana, with editors and their wives invited. The Rogers' band will perform, fireworks will light the sky, and Nicola the magician will entertain in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Winona
Indiana
Rogers
Nicola
Next Week at the Irwin Show Features Variety Acts
A bill promised for next week at the Irwin promises abundant refined comedy. Edwin H. and Katheryn Deagan present The Dutch Girl and the Hall Room Boy with humor and song. Louie Haydn offers What’s All the Worry with illustrations. Thurston Gray perform novelty singing and talking with a burlesque posing exhibition. Campbell and Cully present singing and dancing acts likely to draw crowds. Kinodrome showcases Fun in a Photograph Gallery and Picturesque Moonlight Effects at Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Irwin
Edwin H
Katheryn Deagan
Louie Haydn
Thurston & Gray
Campbell & Cully
Kinodrome
Man Reappears After Illini Trip. Finds Work in South Bend
Billy Ornt returns home after a disappearance scare in Elkhart his wife believed he may not return. He had traveled to Indianapolis Kankakee Chicago and South Bend and says he secured work in a South Bend steel range plant. Alfred Smead, once with Chicago Telephone Supply Co., was reported missing and traveled with Ornt to Kankakee where they separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ornt
Elkhart
Indianapolis
Kankakee
Chicago
South Bend
Alfred Smead
Chicago Telephone Supply Co
Ornt
Ill
Carborundum Made At Niagara Falls In Huge Electric Furnace
Niagara Falls produces carborundum by heating sawdust salt sand and coke to 7000 degrees in the world’s largest electric furnace. The resulting crystals are ground and compressed into sharpening stones. The Hawks Hardware Co invites customers to view the exhibit and learn more about the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Hawks Hardware. Co
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Society News
Arthur Estes
Tom Mew
Clyde Niswander
Charles Foulks
Virginia Dreese
Ruby Dean
Earl Smith
Otis J. Beeson
Charles Augustus Straub
Arvilla Elizabeth Wimple
Ligonier
Iris Marie Andrews
Kenton, O
W. N. Miller
Detroit
Kenton
H. D. Rough
A. Weatherhead
Bessie Funk
Beeks
Chester Owen Wisler
Inez Luella Foster
B. F. Whelan
Lincoln
Neb
Moore
Miss Foster
E. L. D. Foster
Thomas Foster
Jas
A. Riley
Gov. Hanly
Mortuary Record
Baker
Weldy
Commissioner of Fisheries and Game
Marion
C. A. Harper
Rockford
Goshen’s
Sun
Wawasee
Druggists’ Association
Lis
M. P. Schwartz
C. L. Hackett
Roanoke
F. F. Meissner
Lake
Billy
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