On the Way Grocery Burglary Reported After Break-In
Burglars forced in the back door of On the Way Grocery and rifled the cash drawer. They stole cigars and meats before fleeing, leaving frightened store staff shaken.
18 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
1
Burglars forced in the back door of On the Way Grocery and rifled the cash drawer. They stole cigars and meats before fleeing, leaving frightened store staff shaken.
Neighbors called police after unusual noises. burglars used a two wheel truck found behind the Charles W. Myers On the Way grocery at 304 East Lincoln to break in. About $2, cigars, and butter were taken. meats and produce targeted. No clues. locals suspect local culprits or traveling tramps.
Richard B F Richardson 64 of Elk hart area died at General hospital from cancer. Born May 17 1851 in this country he was a lumber man who spent most of his life near Elk hart. Survived by wife and two daughters.
Fred and Joe Bechtold of nine miles southeast of North Manchester have built a wireless telegraph station with an 80 foot tower. They daily receive messages from a 1400 mile radius, obtain weather reports and official time, and often communicate with ships at sea in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. They built the station themselves and foresee a bright future.
At DeFuniak Springs the Rogers orchestra led by G W Roscoe is now filling an engagement in DeFuniak Springs Florida. Unless another engagement is filled at Tallahassee the organization will return home about April 1. The south tour has been very successful.
Col A P Hord, long active here promoting an electric line never built, now advocates a traction line from Aurora Illinois. The colonel remains a forceful promoter in regional transit schemes.
A battle-scarred veteran snipe shooter attracted notice on the street today, operating within the busy business section and drawing curious eyes from passersby and onlookers.
Henry Kreager, who now spends all his time at Cromwell, has sold his farm near that place.
Milford figure Ziler Grove, a former town trustee, has organized two bands performing at Claypool. The event details and schedule remain to be announced with Grove leading coordination.
St. Mark's church announces a chicken pie supper for the evening of March 26 with a menu to be announced at the event.
Michael F. Laffan, an alleged creditor of Col. John Weir's estate, won revocation of letters of administration issued May 14, 1912. Surrogate Robert Ludlow Fowler revoked them without comment after long pending litigation among heirs. Weir was father of Harold M. Weir of Goshen Indiana, now in Cupertino California.
Four indictments returned by the Superior court grand jury accuse Charles Fowler president of the Indiana Harbor Trust and Savings bank of forging the signatures of bank directors to a bond securing a school fund deposit of 54000 dollars, the bank now in receivership for eighteen months.
Indianapolis march 18 several changes are expected in the state oil inspection department as well as in the deputy ships of the state fish and game department.
It is estimated Billy Sundays Philadelphia takings will aggregate $80,000. The report, filed from Philadelphia, notes the religious preacher's events and audience contributions are expected to reach the six figure range this season.
Miss Nina Foster sues William TI Russell head of St. Joe Ice Co. for 1500 damages in superior court. She says Russell's auto struck her on Sept 29 and alleges carelessness and violation of the Elkhart traffic ordinance in cutting a corner.
At Sturgis Michigan town marshal J R Montgomery seeks Francis Slabaugh wanted for stabbing an officer during a larceny arrest attempt. Police in Goshen and Elkhart alerted to watch for Slabaugh who is believed to have entered Indiana.
W R Wilt the grocer acting through the Harry C Dangler agency purchased the Eva Kahler Eisenour property at the northeast corner of Seventh and Purl streets for 2500. He plans immediate remodeling to use the house as a home.
Harry Miltenberger sells his 23 acre Goshen area farm three and a half miles southwest to Mrs E Rogers of north of Elkhart for 2500. The transfer was arranged through the H C Dangler agency and possession will be taken at once.
Alvin G. Stutsman letter carrier at 613 South Wighth street will resume duties next Monday after a bout of mumps illness. Frank Lethole is reported ill.
Lawrenceburg's former state auditor William H. O'Brien announces his bid for the 1916 Democratic nomination for governor. He frames the race as a drive for reform and party unity within the state.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Sowers on West Wilden avenue. Mr and Mrs Earl Zentz of Cosmo avenue are the parents of a son.
Irene Shieffer 18 was taken as a divertvant in South Bend and has been returned to her home in Warsaw.
A $35 overcoat belonging to South Bend City Judge Warner was stolen from his office. Police investigate the theft as a matter of public security and personal property.
A local notice invites diners to a fish fry on Saturday at the White Front Buffet. The event promises a simple meal option with seafood dishes and a casual community gathering. Proceeds may support a neighborhood cause.
The Goshen common council has not set pavement plans for the summer. Samuel Cripe heads the streets and alleys committee while petitions are studied. Seventh street paving may wait for sewer work. Proposals include Middlebury Street from Main to Seventh, Eighth Street from Purl to Goshen College, and possibly relaying Lincoln Avenue which has deteriorated since 1893.
Recorder Winterhoff notes the Davenport farm of 82 acres in Clinton township sold for 11000 to Frederick A. Green et al. Other transfers include Alonzo Holtzinger selling Clinton township land to Elton G. Lepnrd for 8500, John E. Lower selling Goshen property for 2560, Charles Kuehl selling Washington township land for 3000, George A. Manning selling Osolo township land to John A. Parsons for 300, and Charles O Wood selling Osolo township land for 100 to Abraham F. Schooley.
Special dispatches say authorities privately notified Germans in the Italian Riviera to depart Italian soil. In Petrograd reports Russians struck near Tilsit East Prussia and Slav forces crossed the Pruth advancing toward Czernowitz amid unconfirmed rumors of Outer Forts at Przemysl falling to Russians.
Township officials clarify that the Jackson township road will be gravel from the Elkhart township road end to New Paris. Through New Paris it will be paved with brick or concrete and from the town limits to mid township gravel only. Trustee Immel leads the movement and official details are affirmed.
Mrs L C Egbert aged about 55 was found dead in her room at home yesterday afternoon from a bullet wound. A maid, unable to reach her, climbed a ladder to a window and discovered the body. The widow of L C Egbert who died last November, she was a prominent local figure. Surviving are one son three sisters and two brothers. The cause of death by own action is not known.
This evening at 8 at the Chapman home 415 First street Fern Chapman will marry Carl Hopusch of Chicago with Rev J Tu Kimmel officiating. The couple will reside in Chicago where Hopusch is a salesman for the Chicago Detroit Bag Co. of this city.
Probate entries list Jacob C. Swihart as administrator reporting estate values of personal property 5520.04 and realty 11200 with inheritance tax appraisal pending. Judge Drake to set circuit cases tomorrow. petit jury to report Monday. Norman Leer arraigned for intoxication, fined 10.50. Anna Douglas sues for divorce from Harvey Douglass alleging cruelty and intoxication. they married Aug 1 1910 and separated last Monday. no children or alimony. Douglass jailed in Elkhart.
London dispatch notes a claim that outer fortifications of Przemysl fell to Russian forces, but the report is uncertain and unclear in scope and verification. The piece signals disputed battlefield developments and cautions readers about reliability.
London report states Austrian forces are mobilizing heavily in the Trentino district close to the Italian frontier as tensions rise. Special dispatch notes significant buildup along the border and intensified military activity.
On the night of the 13th the Ame thyst the Ocean and the Prince George with two trawlers tried to enter the Dardanelles. Twenty eight men on the British ships were killed and forty one wounded according to an official casualty list from the admiralty. This marks the first official British admission of reverses there.
Berlin reports eleven Anglo French ships towed to Lemnos after severe damage from Dardanelles forts. Constantinople notes slowing bombardment foreshadowing abandonment of the assault. Mines cleared twelve miles and bombardment continues at Chansk with torpedo station damage.
Lee Probst, 15, of Granger was found by police after leaving Notre Dame with a companion on a country trip from Elkhart. He was taken to South Bend, authorities notified his parents, and they later took him home.
The breach of promise case of Jas H Fort against Mrs Catherine B Williams was settled privately in Laporte. Fort, once an ardent suitor, is among the few men who sued women for rejection. terms remain undisclosed.
Charles A. Korbly of Indianapolis, former Seventh district congressman, receives a treasury department appointment at a salary of $5,000 annually. He previously drew $7,500 in congressional salary plus mileage.
John Lock of Elkhart was arrested in Columbia City for deserting his wife and babies. Sheriff Thomas plans to travel to Columbia City tomorrow to return the prisoner to this county.
James W. French once warden of Michigan City prison and influential Lafayette figure died in Austin Texas penniless. His career included leadership roles and local prominence before his death.
Miss Bertha Walter of Lagran ge is in a dying condition after shooting herself amid personal crisis. Shoup returned from Ft Wayne where he represented the L C T M camp of Goshen in the great camp.
A large attendance gathered for the Norman Sweveland sale held in the New Paris pavilion drawing broad interest from attendees and buyers.
S A Widner traveled from Miltersburg to Miltersburg today, appearing in the town for unspecified business or engagement.
Democrats from the 13th district gather in South Bend for speeches by Auditor of State Crittenberger of Anderson and other prominent figures.
A Kansas man visiting Millersburg was arrested for beating his board bill in Kansas but released after clarification and has returned home to Kansas.
Mrs. William Compton of near Niles seeks her runaway daughter Mary, 20, who is believed to have married.
Mrs Alice Crawford McLellan the first white person born within Elkhart city limits died at age S1. She lived in Laporte county 68 years. Parents Geo Crawford and wife settled just north of St Joseph river near Pikhart after moving to Laporte in 1847.
Frank Bair sues J. F. Beyer in Kosciusko circuit court for $1000 damages claiming a sharp nail protruded from a board in an alley by the Beyer packing house in War Saw on December 11 as he walked along the public thoroughfare.
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Loney of Warsaw were held this afternoon. She was foster mother of G. W. Dresser of Goshen and great grandmother of Gordon Jaques of Kansas City Missouri, formerly of Goshen. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery in Warsaw.
People with information on Margaret Long or Peples and Rosie Clear, believed to have left the Monterey neighborhood around 1863, are asked to notify James H. Clear at 206 West 9th Street, Peru.
Funeral services for F L Caton were conducted at 11 o'clock in the morning at Pleasant View church four miles north of Goshen. Rev J J Kimmel of the First Brethren church officiated and burial followed in Pleasant View cemetery.
Farmers north of Elkhart attended a Success Grange event where County Agent Coffeen spoke on soils and a debate favored the idea that depleted soils can regain fertility faster and cheaper with green manures and chemical fertilizers rather than livestock feeding.
More than 400 Grotto members attended in Elkhart with nearly 100 from South Bend as the Maa hi di Grotto of Elkhart inducted a class of 50. The Bucklen theatre hosted the ceremony after a parade through the business district led by the Toledo Grotto, about 100 strong, conducting the ritual work.
Under Street Commissioner Snobarger, 500 loads of gravel and cinders are being laid on West Lincoln Avenue and Indiana Avenue. The streets, a major entrance to Goshen, suffer heavy traffic and long-standing poor condition.
An 11 year old Elkhart newsboy named Filton Ritter was robbed at gunpoint on South Sixth Street by a stranger seeking money. The boy had no funds, and police have no clue. investigators think the suspect may be a local resident.
Mrs Elizabeth Kristi 58 a native of Germany and mother of Mrs William Yoder of Goshen died at her South Bend home Surviving are her husband five children her mother and one sister Funeral services will be held at the South Bend home Saturday at 2 30 p m
Leo Price died in a Valparaiso hospital from injuries after a motor car jumped the track on the Monon railroad near Wanatah. He formerly lived in Goshen and worked at the Goshen Buggy Top Co and came to the area from Anderson.
A telegram reports Mr. and Mrs. Myron Dow and daughter Elizabeth arriving in Los Angeles en route to the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Dow’s mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Dow, accompanies them for the trip.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Methodist church will meet tomorrow with Dr. E Geyer of 206 South Fifth Street. Mrs R C Neville will lead a program titled The Red Man and White Neighbor.
In Henry Swoveland et al. vs Harvey Swoveland et al. the commissioner reported the sale of Harrison township land to John Seaver for 3200 dollars and the sale was approved.
Goshen College will hold two debates tonight at the Ulery school house west of Goshen. A large attendance is expected as voters seek discussion on local issues.
Cistern cleaning service offers guaranteed work with contact number 789. Schedule before spring rains to ensure a clean cistern and reliable water supply.
Goshen saloonists yesterday gathered in South Bend as part of the district organization meeting to discuss matters of local trade and alignment within the group.
A carload of fresh salt arrives at Neidig's Lumber Yard on West Washington Street. The delivery boosts supplies for winter needs at the store serving local contractors and residents.
Mrs. E. E. Mummert of Goshen has been notified by the Good Housekeeping Institute that her vacuum cleaner dust bag, patented and manufactured by the Chicago-Detroit Bag company, has earned a certificate of merit after months of efficiency testing. The institute approved the bag and authorized one year of quoted approval to the manufacturer with a possible reissue. The award honors Mrs. Mummert for her invention.
Charles Schur of Indianapolis, arrested in South Bend after stealing a horse outfit from George H. Evans' livery here, pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was jailed. He seeks an Indianapolis lawyer. Judge Drake will set trial for next week. He had reportedly planned to plead guilty for a 3 to 15 year sentence in Jeffersonville reformatory.
Local contractors report an early start to the spring building season with strong remodeling and new home activity. Wallace Mehl's residence on Douglas Street between Seventh and Eighth Streets has begun construction.
Dr C F Bassler of Elkhart revived a three weeks old infant found apparently cold in death at John Jackson's home. After treatment the child showed definite animation and later recovered except for pneumonia symptoms. The case is described as unique in Elkhart medical annals.
The Winona Bible class concludes a profitable year led by Prof. Weaver of Goshen college. Next year he will teach The List of the Prophets. Officers elected: President Mrs. H. W. Eby, Vice President Mrs. J. A. Simon, Secretary Mrs. Frank Howert, Treasurer Mrs. Charles F. Black.
The International Harvester Co. distributes circulars for boys and girls clubs detailing seed corn testing for farm planting. Plans for home garden clubs are outlined and suggestions are offered on earning school credits for home work where applicable.
Miss Velma Bush foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Dewey of Clinton township was quarantined en route to Dexter Missouri after Mrs Dewey became ill with diphtheria.
William Miller, William Bodka and Nick Falowiech pleaded guilty to stealing coal from the New York Central yards in Elkhart.
Frank L. Bridges provides official report on joint maneuvers held August 16 to 25, 1914, by the Indiana National Guard. The document details participation, locations, and outcomes of the military exercises conducted to test readiness and coordination.
Charles Graves of Winchester became agitated while waiting for revival services in Decatur. The incident occurred inside a tabernacle during the scheduled gathering. Authorities were notified and allege no further danger to attendees.
Mrs Albert Neterer held a largely attended public sale today at her home east of the fair grounds. The event drew local residents and featured items from the household and surrounding property.
The 1916 state convention of the Maccabees will be held at Lafayette to discuss organization goals and activities for the year. Delegates from chapters statewide will attend the gathering.
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