Guilty verdict handed down in Caiger petit larceny case
Jacob Caiger found guilty of petit larceny for stealing sheep from William Milner and George Milner. Judge Wilson set sentencing for Monday with possible jail term or fine. Caiger previously admitted to a similar offense and faces potential prison time. Separately the Keiths Ernest Barbolds and Anna Lorning face possible guilty pleas in May as Sheriff Williams gathers evidence and allies from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
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Jacob Caiger
Milner
Jefferson Township
Wilson
Caiger
Wm. Milner
George Milner
William Schreyer
William Milner
Skipper Smeltzer
Keiths
Elliott
Herbert B. Williams
Marshall
Mich
Democraty
Williams
Keith
Ernest Barbolds
Minneapolis
Anna Lorning
Sheriff Williams
Superior
Wis
West Superior
Duluth
Michigan
Elkhart
County awards officers supplies contract to Burt-Terry and News firms
County commissioners awarded the county officers supplies contract after reviewing bids. Burt-Terry of LaFayette and News Printing of Goshen submitted joint bids on blanks and books with no competition. For miscellaneous, Burt-Terry News and Times Publishing were finalists. award expected to Burt-Terry News despite earlier delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt-Terry Company
LaFayette
News Printing Company
Goshen
New Printing Company
Times Publishing Company
Burt- Terry
News Companies
Burt-Terry and News Companies
Cold Wave Brings Severe Weather and Political Meeting
A record cold snap lowers the temperature from 10 above to 9 below zero, freezing water pipes and causing fuel shortages. The St Patrick's Day chill disrupts rail schedules while Democrats plan a council chamber meeting at 8 PM to reorganize the city committee and elect officers and precinct committeemen. Cr Landgreaver departs for Montrose, Arkansas Tuesday.
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St. Patrick's
Cr. Landgreaver
Montrose
Ark
Rum Den Under Scrutiny In South End
Police investigate a south end establishment where minors buy whiskey and beer and gamble. A 17 year old lost 750 dollars at the den watched by youths ages 12 to 20. Authorities anticipate possible arrests.
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One
Local church to stage Bible drama by parishioners
Rev. Father King of St. John's Catholic church plans a drama produced by local talent from the congregation. The play, likely drawn from biblical themes, mirrors a former Episcopalian production and is expected to draw good interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father King
St. John’s Catholic Church
Triangular Track Meet Challenge At South Bend
Elkhart Goshen high schools face South Bend High School Athletic association for a triangular meet at South Bend on Saturday May 1st. Events align with the Collegiate Union program. Goshen plans to reorganize and accept the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Goshen
South Bend High School Athletic Association
South Bend
Collegiate Union
Secretary Learing Plans Republican County Convention Setup
Secretary Learing has arranged preliminaries for the county convention next Thursday. Ushers are employed and the seating plan assigns sections to different delegations. The gallery will be reserved for spectators.
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Learing
Train No 22 Delayed After Cylinder Head Blowout
Northbound Big Foar No 22 was over an hour late after a cylinder head blew out at North Manchester yesterday. The engine of the local hauled the train to Benton Harbor.
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North Manchester
Benton Harbor
Severe snowstorms delay Lake Shore west bound trains
West bound trains on the Lake Shore line, including the mail train due at 4 43 am, faced multi hour delays from east coast snow storms. The 14 car, two engine consist was among delayed trains. Heary Cattle owners Daniel A Sanders and Ben Ganger claim a top local herd of 33 cattle averaging over 1500 pounds. A self feeder is used in the crabe. A Catholic social this evening features a musical program at Patrick Glattery s home on Second street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Daniel A. Sanders
Ben Ganger
Patrick Glattery
Second Strest
St Patrick events fill Elkhart with dances and games
Last evening Miss Christine Snobarger hosted a fudge party at West Pike street. Knights and Ladies of Columbia held a 35-couple progressive pedro night at Hyde hall with prizes to Mrs. Clarence E. Kerring and John Baum gardner. St Patrick celebrations included a McNaughton hall dance by Woodmen of the World and a St Patrick's luncheon at Henry Stamers on South Sixth street. 125 ladies attended a Daughters of Rebekah banquet in Elkhart with new members initiated.
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Pas Me Laclub
Christine Snobarger
West Pike Street
Pedro
Knights and Ladies of Columbia
Hyde Hall
Clarence E. Kerring
John Baumgardner
Lodge
Winons Reading Circle
St. Patrick's
Henry Stamers
South Sixth Street
McNaughton Hall
The
Woodmen of the World
Case
Alice Poyser
Main and
Madison Streets
Elizabeth Hedrick
Harbor Springs
Mich
Thomas A. Foster
Jos. W. Knox
Thomas A. Davis
Louis B. Noble
D. of R Lodge
Elkhart
Graham Clew Is False Fire Destroys A Dwelling
A series of local woes report a false arrest tale linking Graham Clew to a Canada escape, a suspicious gun mishap injuring Frank Marchesseau at Heaton Lake, and a dwelling on Aldeline Avenue in Elkhart burned. Lake Shore depot plans for Elkhart are delayed to 1901 or 1902, prompting city leaders to push officials for a summer station.
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Graham
A. R. Beardsley
Elkhart
Canada
Major Braden
Toronto
Braden
Frank Marchesseau
Marchesseau
Aldeline Avenue
Cramer
Mia
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Century Club
Lake Shore
Elkhert
Police Stop Fights at Mishawaka Boxing Contests
Mishawaka police halted a six round slugfest in a ten round bout between Ford and Houseman of South Bend. Clyde Boyd and Patrick Kenneally followed with brutal action before police intervention in the fifth, and the Hart versus Wolcott match ended in a referee declared draw after six rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka
Chicago
South Bend
Ford
Houseman
Clyde Boyd
Patrick Kenneally
Indiana
Boyd
Sig Hart
Young
Infant and 29 year old woman die in local area
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs John Skinner dies at four in the afternoon five miles southwest of the city. Mrs Della Maude Kelly aged 29 wife of H B Kelly dies at her South Seventh street home last evening. She leaves her husband infant daughter father J H Fennimore of West Unity Ohio and sister Mrs W A Held of West Unity. Funeral for Mrs Kelly set for tomorrow at 730 PM from her residence with interment at Oak Ridge cemetery.
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Skinner
John Skinner
Della Maude Kelly
H. B. Kelly
South Seventh Street
J. H. Fennimore
West Unity
Ohio
W. A. Held
Weat Unity
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Bristol Banner
Rosa Hildreth
Hiram Hildreth
J. W. Bowen
Oak Ridge
French Residents in Indiana Gas Belt Face Possible Draft
French residents in the Indiana gas belt are warned by Paris to be ready for military service. Many workers are naturalized, with some citizens receiving notices. A separate item notes Noble township proposals for a $20,000 electric line project between Wabash and Peru, including a midline park, subject to county commission elections.
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Indiana Gas Belt
Department of War
Paris
France
England
Wabash County
Noble Township
Wabash
Peru
Kokomo
Wabash & Northern
Shadows of London play to direct Methodist address
A play titled The Shadows of London is staged in an opera house and portrays scenes from a millionaire home a fashionable church and a Christian settlement in the slums. It will inspire an address at the First Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow evening. Mica Leida Kaufman plays violin and Sadie Marshan sings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeeus
Sheldon
Chicago
London
Ips
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mica Leida Kaufman
Sadie Marshan
Voosl Aclo
Ariel Athletic Club Travels to South Bend for Indoor Baseball
The Ariel Athletic club journeyed to South Bend to play the South Bend indoor baseball team at Carroll ball this morning. Several Goshen team members are high school pupils. Abe Berger plans to open a new cigar factory above Cornell's grocery next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel Athletic Club
South Bend
Carroll Ball
Goshen
Abe Berger
Cornell
Chicago
Twenty Five Years Ago In Goshen Area Local Notes
Community news recalls flood and snow events twenty five years ago. Obituaries report Mrs Rosa Hildreth death and Henry Aikins sudden passing. Locals see mining firm Goshen interests, weddings in Detroit, Elkhart students at Elkhart Normal, and a Homoeopathic Association meeting set for April 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Prairie
D. Kreps
James Blaine
N. I. and
8. M. Homoeopathic Medical Association
Elkhart
Five McDonald descendants noted for height and weight in Ohio gathering
The five male descendants of Elder William McDonald of Greene township Ohio average the height of their father with heights from 6 ft 4 in to 6 ft 6 in and weights ranging 240 to 360 pounds. The two sisters weighed 110 and 120 pounds. The article also reports on lawsuits, local industry, deaths, and other regional notes.
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William McDonald
Greene Township
St. Joe County
Virginia
Ohio
Michigan Central Railroad
John Busse
Valparaiso
Frank Springer
Springer
Cheaterton
Argus
Laporte
Wadsworth Company
Joshua Chaney
H. E. Wadsworth
D. B. Wadsworth
The
J. B. Stoll
South Bend Times
Thresher Trust
M. Rum
Catherine Dewey
Harold Dewey
Admiral Dewey
LaPorte County
Dewey
Michigan
Bay City
America
South Bend
Timothy
Roy Waggoner
Warsaw
Pierceton
Wm. Rafter
Local Property Transfers and Church Sermon Notice
Multiple land transfers in Elkhart Clinton Concord and Nappanee with listed sums including Joseph Ebie and Indiana Paper Co. and others. A sermon by Pastor Pearce of the Baptist church tomorrow evening addresses fast young men and prompts for questions after, with no seating during prayer or scripture reading. Indiana Railway plans to extend tracks along Michigan Street next season, details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Ebie
Indiana Paper Co
Elkhart
Harry E. Dinehart
Benjamin F. Sailor
Clinton
Concord
John L. Paterbaugh
Amsey
Paterbaugh
Edwin Seeley
Ernest Rnolan
John A. Seeley
Osolo
St. Joseph Valley Bank
Charlee G. Conn
Jesee Lake
Mary A. Winder
Nappanee
Emilie Ellis
Albert Dibbent
Union Building
Ass’n
Adolph Koobernik
Pearce
the Baptist Church
South Bend
Indiana Railway Company
Michigan Street
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Marshall, Mick
Ernest
Minsecapolis
Benjamin G. Schaefer
Joel W. Kellogg
Edwina P. Kellogg
BH. D. Wilson
W J. Davis
Anderson
Sherman Parsley
Wral Penwell
Geo. Ambrose
Chas. Everson
Edward Pugh
Moore
Russell
Molly J. Barney
Mandena Gilman
Laura Stoner
John D. Comstock
Todsey
Harley Morrell
Viola May Dunlap
Dennett
W. H. 3. Banke
Grand Junction
Fleming
Esid
Ellis
Society Note
E. M. Albright
Estella Albright
St. Patrick’s
St. John’s Catholic School
Harry Leaming
M. M. Latta
F. B. Leaming
Lincoln Avenue
Graham Clew
Prenk
Mortuary Record
John Drew
Powers’ Theater
Drew
Mr. Drew
Samuel Techopp
Wakarusa Hoop Factory
Mr. Techopp
Charles H. Brooks
Elkhart Township
Avon
Mr. Land
Louis Kiopfenstein
Democrat
B. F. Hattel
W. Pease
Bristol
Episcopal Aid Society
A. W. Whitaker
Presbyterian Church
Haccall’s Hall
M. B. Halscn
C W. Bateman
Ben Crary
Edeonoster
A. A. Hickox
Little Son
Goshen Mining and Investment Co
LaPorte Herald
Newton County
Missouri
Joplin
Clark Bruce
John” Sullivan
Dan
Jack Sullivan
Manila
Lennox
John
Portland
Ore
Philippines
Hilo
Hawaii
Borneo
Henry Aikins
Adamsville
Mr. Aikins
Elxhart Normal School and Business Institute
H. LeRoy Himebaugh
Charles L. Peck
N. E
Guy M. Rieth
Sarah Gephart
Hello King
Cora Pickrell
Edna Sehrock
Abbie Scott
Cecilia Straub
Ollie E. Lambert
Harry Blackburn
O. N. Lambert
Detroit
Justice B. Young
Harley‘Morrel
Viols May Dunlap
Reais Matace
Tvaes Acca
Township Trustes, Ag
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