Man Hit by Lake Shore Train Near Goshen
William Carter 26, unmarried and son of farmer Albert F. Carter, was struck by Lake Shore eastbound No. 156 near Cottage Avenue at about 4 30 AM Sunday. He lies in Ash Hospital with a head wound and possible spinal injuries. doctors expect recovery unless complications arise. Local officials note he may have been intoxicated. a companion who returned without him Saturday night is mentioned.
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William Carter
Albert F. Carter
Goshen
Elkhart
Middlebury Road
Lake Shore
Toledo
Cottage Avenue
Ash Hospital
Ash
Carter
Boyer Factory
Brown House
South Ninth Street
Damage from Sunday Storm Strikes Local Homes and Businesses
A Sunday afternoon storm caused scattered damage around Goshen with awnings blown at Jenner’s drug store and the D M Curtis hardware store. A silo at the Frank Cline place, damage to Lee Grady’s house, and a windmill blown from Nusbaum farm were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenner
D. M. Curtis Hardware
Frank Cline
Goshen
Middlebury
J. F. Stutsman
Guy Reith
H.S. K. Bartholomew
Mrs. Kuhns Defends Husband Amid Desperado Label
Mrs. Marvin Kuhns asserts her husband was not the desperado depicted in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. The public may recall him as a villainous figure, though.
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Marvin Kuhns
Fort Wayne Journal- Gazette
Man in South End Threatened with Prosecution
A south end resident who attacked his wife is threatened with prosecution. He reportedly attempted self harm as his troubles overwhelmed him.
Improvements Underway on Local Railway Line
The C S B and N I Ry Company is building a turnout west of the city on the Charles J Vlery land. Ballasting the track between Goshen and Elkhart is completed with many other improvements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Vlery
Goshen
Elkhart
Wheel ing Defeats South Bend 7 to 1 at Springbrook Park
In a rain soaked Sunday game at Springbrook Park Wheel ing beat South Bend 7 to 1. Ches an Anda, the erratic pitcher, appeared for South Bend in his first outing yesterday.
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Springbrook Park
Wheeling
South Bend
Chesan Anda
Delayed Goshen Building Projects Reported
Numerous showers delay Goshen construction projects causing significant schedule slippage and advancing costs as crews push to complete work despite wet weather.
Weather Worries Grow Over Heavy Rain and Flood Fears
Readable fragments describe heavy rainfall alarming residents. References to possible flood risk, greeady alarms, and a waterfall effect near small corn crops. Officials cautioned communities as water levels rise and damage potential grows.
Smallpox Cases Rise in City Quarantine Expanded
Two additional smallpox cases are under city health department control. Joseph Beck, known as Pennsylvania Dutch, and a 17 year old daughter of Christian Hess on the North Side are quarantined. Beck was moved to a makeshift pest house at a former veneer office. a guard monitors the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Beck
Beck
Goshen Veneer Company
Dawson Plate
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Berth
George A. Beck
Firestone
Christian Hess
Yoder
Five Smallpox Cases In Waterford Family
Five members of the Croop family in Waterford are ill with smallpox. Mrs Croop and four children are infected while Mr Croop and five other children are not yet sick. All are under quarantine and the disease is described as light. Mrs Croop attended church last night, exposing many others. County Health Officer Becknell oversees the case.
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Andy Croop
Waterford
Two Men Start Terms At Jeffersonville Reformatory
Charles Falcone and Frank Howland begin prison terms after being sent to Jeffersonville. Falcone, the Elkhart brass theft convict, faces two to 14 years. Howland, found guilty of assault with intent to commit manslaughter, also receives a two to 14 year sentence. Mrs Howland accompanies her husband.
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Charles Falcone
Frank Howland
Sheriff Ziesel
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Charlies Falcone
Hlkhart
Lake Shore Railway Company
Elkhart
Charles Carroll
Jeffersonville
Local Births Reported for Three Goshen Families
A daughter was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs Harry Wynes. A son was born Saturday night to Mr and Mrs Oscar Popke of South Main street. A son was born this morning to Mr and Mrs William Gouker of one and a half miles east of Goshen.
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Harry Wynes
Oscar Popke
South Main Street
William Gouker
Goshen
Warsaw Aims for Amusement Resort and Driving Park
Mayor Rigdon of Warsaw seeks to build an amusement resort a driving park and ball ground. Ringling praises Warsaw as the best circus town of its size in the country and the Hagenbeck-Wallace show will exhibit there.
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Rigdon
Warsaw
Warsaw Union
Ringling
Tan shoes gain popularity and strain supply
Tan shoes are more popular this year than in a long time and local dealers report difficulty meeting demand. The shortage is pronounced for women's styles, with higher interest limiting stock.
Lake Shore shops to employ 1800 to 2000 men in Elkhart
Local confidence centers on the Lake Shore shops planned for Elkhart. Workers estimate the project will bring 1800 to 2000 men to employment, with the prospective population gain reaching 5000 to 8000 residents if completed.
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Elkhart
Lake Shore
Teacher Miss Emy Ricketts Moves for Special Instruction
Miss Emy Ricketts, a Goshen teacher, has gone to Ypsilanti Michigan to enroll in the State Normal School for special instruction. The move emphasizes advancing teaching methods at the state normal college.
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Michigan
Emy.'Ricketts
Goshen Cig
Ypsilanti, Mic
Michan “State
Monument Unveiled at Oak Ridge Cemetery by Woodmen of the World
The Abraham Wilden Jr monument was unveiled at Oak Ridge cemetery. Dudley Shively of South Bend delivered the address. Elkhart lodge No. 30 and other Northern lodges participated, with a parade from McNaughton hall to the cemetery and back to the hall. About two hundred attended.
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Abraham Wilden Jr
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Woodmen of the World
Dudley Shively
South Bend
Shively
St. Joseph County
Order
Elkhart Lodge No. 30
McNaughton Hall
Rogers’ Goshen
Helen England
Sarah Manahan
W. K Jacobs
John Blough
Dr. Ihrig
Express service to run Warsaw Goshen after July 1
A contract signed in Warsaw between United States Express and Winona Interurban Railway will have the latter carry express between Warsaw and Goshen after July 1, when U S Express loses the Lake Shore route. It may extend from Goshen to South Bend and eventually to other Indiana interurban lines. Terms of the agreement were not released.
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Winona
U. S
Warsaw
United States Express Company
Winona Interurban Railway Company
Goshen
U. S. Co
Lake Shore
South Bend
Indiana
Financing to Goshen Lines Up New York Chicago Electric
The New York Chicago ten hour electric line is financed from Chicago to Goshen and will start operation as soon as possible. Surveyors stationed south of here have departed after laying several lines. Chicago papers noted stock price to rise to 50 dollars per share. Construction activity remains active in LaPorte.
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New York
Squirrel hunting season opens July 1 under new law
The fish and game commission prepares for rush of business as hunting opens July 1 and runs to October 1. Reports indicate a large crop of young squirrels statewide.
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Office of Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game
Passion Play at the Vaudette in Oberammergau style
The Vaudette presents an exact reproduction of the Oberammergau Passion Play in two parts. Part I runs Wednesday and Thursday, Part II Friday and Saturday. Matinees at 2 30 each afternoon with an experienced lecturer for each subject.
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Christ
Oberammergau
Bavaria
City orders halt on firecracker and firearm shooting
Police chief Kohler and Mayor issue a citywide ban on shooting firecrackers and firearms until July 8, warning arrests for violations. The order, read Saturday night, directs the police department to arrest anyone breaking the ordinance.
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Kohler
Court records report Geo Chapman arrested for public intoxication
Marshal Sele arrested a well known man Geo Chapman Saturday afternoon for public intoxication. He was assessed 12 dollars and arranged to pay.
Boys punished at juvenile court for brass thefts in Millersburg
Three Elkhart and Goshen youths Willis Senseney Glenn Parkhurst and Cornelius Joseph Sullivan pleaded guilty to stealing brass from William C. Mummert mill. Sullivan sent to Plainfield school until 21, Senseney given suspended sentence with parental neglect warning. Parkhurst given school sentence. all admitted railroad bum life. Hedgepeth divorce and other civil matters follow.
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Willis Senseney
Glenn Parkhurst
Elkhart
Cornelius
Joseph)Sullivan
Goshen
Judge Dodge
William C. Mummert
Millersburg
James Bigelow
Sullivan
Plainfield School
Joseph
Roger Dean
Charles Senseney
Hedgepeth
Blanche Hedgepeth
W. W. B. Hedgepeth
Fort Wayne Gas Talks End Without Agreement
After nearly two hours of discussion involving Fort Wayne city officials and representatives of the Fort Wayne Gas Co., no agreement was reached as every aspect of the gas situation was reviewed but no settlement was achieved.
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Fort Wayne City
Fort Wayne
Kosciusko men arrested for fish spears and nets
Deputies Rigney Fleming and Van derford arrested Adam Hill Roy Parkinson Claude Hyle and Walter Gray of Kosciusko for possessing fish spears and nets. The arrests followed a search or stop by local law enforcement.
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Adam Hill
Roy Parkinson
Claude Hyle
Walter Gray
Kosciusko
Rigney
Fleming
Vanderford
Delayed Draggoo Divorce Case Postponed to October
A divorce case involving Draggoo was postponed with no trial until October. The sale scheduled for tomorrow was also deferred as the proceedings await further action.
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Draggoo
Death of Ex-State Senator and Kendallville Editor Conlogue
Joseph Conlogue editor of the Kendallville Standard and Sun and former Civil War soldier died at his Kendallville home Saturday evening after years of ill health. Born June 30, 1843 he was the city’s oldest native and a veteran journalist legislator and businessman. His death ends a long career as editor and public servant and he leaves a widow and two daughters Harriet Virginia and Zella Ruth Reeves.
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Joseph $. Conlogue
Kendallville
Standard and Sun
Indiana
Conlogue
South
Uge
Company
142 Vol. Inf
Harriet
Virginia
Zella Ruth Reeves
Boy killed as train hits wagon on South Bend tracks
Little Andrew Gergatz was killed when a Lake Shore train struck a Studebaker wagon on a flat car at the Taylor street crossing in South Bend. He and Joe Benko with other youths had been playing on the wagon when Benko and Gergatz lost balance and were thrown onto the rails.
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Andrew Gergatz
Lake Shore
Taylor Street
South Bend
Joe Benko
Studebaker
Benko
Garatz
Farmer Grant Wolfinger killed in Cromwell accident
Noble county farmer Grant Wolfinger died aboard the Baltimore and Ohio train at Cromwell on Sunday morning. The accident details are unknown but rumors claim he was intoxicated. Coroner Black of Ligoniér was summoned to hold the inquest. Wolfinger had a brother who once lived in Goshen.
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Grant Wolfinger
Noble County
Baltimore & Ohio
Cromwell
Black
Ligoniér
Wolfinger
Goshen
Here
Local Central league team sold to Hendricks and Varnell
A Springfield report says the Central league team was sold to manager Jack Hendricks and Claude Varnell an investment broker from Wheeling West Virginia. Principal owners include John T. Bushnell son of the late Guv Bushnell and David F. Snyder.
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Indianapolis Star
Springfield
Jack Hendricks
Claude Varnell
Wheeling
W. Va
John T. Bushnell
Guv. Bushnell
David F. Snyder
Officials complete trial run on Logansport extension
Fort Wayne and Warsaw Valley Traction officials return from a trial trip over the Logansport Lafayette extension. They rode from Logansport to Delphi and Lafayette on one car, crossing an unfinished bridge with electric power used throughout. Mrs Haven offers for sale household goods this week including tables chairs gas stove refrigerator tubs sewing machine baby buggy.
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Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Logansport
Lafayette
Delphi
Robert Haven
South Sixth Street
Loss settlement after lightning strike at Goshen home
A Goshen home damaged by a lightning strike was insured by Equitable Fire and Marine and settled for 153 dollars this week. The loss was adjusted this morning and the building, located in East Peter Blackport, was reported as secured.
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Peter’ Blackport
Goshen
Equitable Fire and’ Marine-Ins. Co
Briscoe Opens Optometry Practice in Ligonier
Dr. Lee C. Briscoe begins practice and residence in Ligonier as an optometrist. He establishes a local office to serve residents with eye care services and vision examinations.
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Lenate
Ligonier
Rejeét
Grays Triumph Over Albion at Tarnowanda Grounds
The Grays defeated Albion Saturday afternoon at Tarnowanda Grounds 9 to 3 in a water soaked field. Wagner held Albion to six hits with four walks and four strikeouts, while Ames led the Grays with two doubles and three singles in five at bats. Weber umpired solidly as about 150 fans saw Albion threaten in the sixth before Wagner and the defense closed the game.
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Grays
Tonawanda Grounds
Albion
Wagner
Williamson
Ames
Capt. Kelly
R. B. Kelly
Beecher
Stone
Auspaugh
Hackman
Elkhart
I. Kelly
Auspaugh L. Kelly
Kerring Ames
Koch R. B. Kelly
Stone Hutchinson
Greene Beecher
Brunswick Pratt
McNair Starbuck
Hubbard Wagner
Infirmary Patient Relates Stanford White Threat Claim
May Wyand, an infirmary patient, writes the Elkhart Truth from Bristol alleging a chorus girl named Geraldine told her in New York that Stanford White planned to kill Evelyn Nesbit and Harry Thaw. Wyand recounts travel from New York, loss of money in a confectionery business, and apoplexy leading to admission. authorities deem her possibly insane.
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Stanford White
May Wyand
Elkhart
Geraldine
Evelyn Nesbit
Wyand
New York
White
Miss Nesbit
Thaw
Bristol
Summey Family Reunion Held at Elie Hart County Home
Descendants of Frederick and Rachael Summey gathered for their annual reunion last Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs 8 B Blue in this city. Attendees from Topeka Warsaw Leesburg Atwood and Syracuse shared baskets and memories as officers were elected for the coming year with Mrs Ann Juday named president and Mrs Angeline Powell secretary treasurer.
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Summey
Frederick
Rachael Summey
Eliehart County
8. B. Blue
William Fisher
Topeka
Mel Sumamey
Warsaw
Chas. Wray
Laura
Atwood
Warren. McBride
Millersburg
John M. Juday
Syracuse
Frances and
Edna McBride
Isaac ‘Powell
Leesburg
Edith Hildebrand
John Stephens
Daughter
Charles Summey
Beulah
Sylvester McBride
Ann Juday
Angeline Powell
Woman Seriously Handicapped Speaks None in Transit MixUp
A South Bend interurban traveler unable to speak English carried much baggage yesterday and struggled to convey needs. She sought a transfer to the Winona car but could not be informed there was no Sunday service. This morning she searched the city for someone who could converse in Yiddish.
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Bend
Winona
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Chicago
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O. R. Bodkins
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Michigan City
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Kalamazoo
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Milford
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Hammond
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Charles Gill and Son
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Mexico
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Frank P. Abbott
Lake Wawasee
Charles Straub
S. L. Gantz
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Will Gillette
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Myrtle Kelly
Baldwin’s Lake
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Forest Trump
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Cleveland
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