Jury acquits Middlebury man in larceny case at Bontrager store
Charles Lehman Middlebury constable and school teacher is acquitted of larceny for the Bontrager store burglary. Jury verdict opened at 9 am followed by a sealed 10:10 pm verdict. State witnesses Shed Ecker and Ed Shaner face punishment for alleged pretrial conspiracy. Prosecution expected conviction but defense praised Lehman’s character and alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Lehman
Middlebury
Deahl
Lehman
Shed Ecker
Ed Shaner
Charles Lehman
Shaner
Ecker
Hile
Burris
Rhed Ecker
Leaner
Ferrall
Oprah
Noble county schools candidates narrowed after Keehn withdrawal
Prof Roy D Keehn withdraws as superintendent candidate for Noble county schools to continue studies at Chicago University. Remaining contenders are Prof W A Fox Albion Prof F H Hersh Avilla and Prof W A Beane Ligonier high principal. Nearby events include Neal Dow birthday observance at First M E church with Mrs Lillian M N Stevens and Miss Gordon.
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Roy D. Keehn
Noble County Schools
Chicago University
W. A. Fox
Albion
F. H. Hersh
Avilla
W. A. Beane
Ligonier High School
Miss Gordon to Lead Children’s Meeting at Local Church
Miss Gordon will conduct a children’s meeting in the lecture room of the First M E church this evening from 7 to 9. All children and young people of all ages are invited. Married by Justice Luther Linde yesterday, William H. Rigga of Lakeville Indiana wed Miss Laura Thorpe of South Bend. They will live at Lakeville. Eggs have fallen from 5% to 14 cents per dozen. Engineer Cook surveyed the Boozer Bros and Kilgore dam near Benton with $25 000 to be spent. Frank Hope named substitute for rural route No 4 and training with Carrier Kercher. The W C T U members also noted.
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Gordon
M. E
William H. Rigga
Lakeville
Ind
Laura Thorpe
Luther Lindebac
South Bend
Cook
Boozer Bros
Kilgore
Benton
C. H. Hackman
W. B. Loomis
D. A. Erwin
Goshen
Elkhart
Nappanee
Mishawaka
Lagrange
Congress
Society Notes Highlight Local Events In McNaughton Hall
The Ben Hur dance and card party drew strong attendance with Beverle and Wolf providing music. Mrs Susan Bechtel and Eli Wagner wed at the Bridges home in Wakarusa with Rev Swartz officiating. Master Hubert Knight marked his 12th birthday with a Fifth Avenue M E church Sunday class gathering and a musical program. The Warsaw Winona electric line power house site is chosen, cost over 125000, five motors and three trailers planned, with 25000 more for rolling stock. The Mount Memorial building contract for 60000 was awarded to J A Schumacher Co, three stories high of pressed brick, ready by September 1.
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E. J. Finney
First Avenue M. E
W. F. M. Society
Susan Bechtel
Eli Wagner
Bridges
Wakarusa
Swartz
Hubert Knight
Fifth Avenue M.E. Church
Chas. Crowell
Winona
Mount Memorial
Warsaw
J. A. Schumacher & Co
Indianapolis
Burns at tailor shop injures Samuel Trump in Elkhart
A gasoline clean up at the F E Trump tailoring establishment left Samuel Trump badly burned across his face and singed hair. Doctors say wounds cover most of the face but are not deep and he will stay at home for several days under care. The report also notes a Ligonier girl Bernice Herald injured from a fall, Chicago death of Mrs. Frank Kimball, and local business and family notices including a large dam mortgage filing and a family reunion plan near Elkhart on June 4.
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Goeden
Edna Sanger
Columbia City
Decatur Iil
T. P. Bowman
Easton
Mason County
Judge Smith
Decatur
Sapngers
Goshen
William Banger
Home Telephone Company
Sanger
Samuel Trump
Bernice Herald
Michigan Female Seminary
Kalamazoo
Miss Herald
Kendallville
Milton Herald
Will Wilden
Lake Shore inspection of Elkhart yards and new locomotives
Lake Shore officials led by W H Marshall and others inspected the Elkhart yards to assess enlargement plans, with a proposed freight cut off from the western entrance to Allendale or Yellow Creek. The Baldwin Locomotive Works will deliver 30 engines by August 1, including passenger and switch engines, and the 700 and 1000 series will have readiness adjustments. Mrs May Bird of Elkhart partially settles a $20,000 claim over a death at Sodus, Mish.
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Lake Shore
W. H. Marshall
H. 8. Storrs
E. A. Handy
J. R. Horgan
Jos. E. Derby
P. J. Dawson
Elkhart
Allendale
Yellow Creek
Goshen
Air Line
Toledo
Lake Shore Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
May Bird
Sodus
Mish
Mortuary Notice for Dill Harrizon Dill at 614 North Main
Dill Harrizon Dill aged 64 died at his home from complications of ailments. Survived by wife, two step-daughters, three brothers David C of the city Matthias of Gettysburg O and Lorenzo of Union City Ind. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 from the home with Rev Paschall officiating. Interment Oak Ridge cemetery.
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Dill
Harrizon Dill
North Main Street
David C
Mathias
Gettyburg
Lorenzo
Union City
Ind
Howell Post
Paschall
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Deiver Prevents Wreck On Lincoln Avenue
Ed Hatfield driving the baggage wagon west on Lincoln avenue avoided a collision when an unknown lady backed a car into his path. Hatfield vaulted to the ground, injuring himself lightly and preventing a wreck. Also notes on local electric railway plans, real estate purchases, and other Goshen items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hatfield
Hascall
Lincoln Avenue
Local items and notices from Kendallville area
Notes include a child ill with whooping cough, free mail delivery after July 1, a dining room addition on Sixth Street, a Bristol class confirmed, and staff changes at area mills. Also mentions a car purchase, warm March weather, financial trouble at Wi nona Ceres, and travel by Jefferson DeAngelis. Community events, advertising, and local business updates fill the page.
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Shaum
Honey Ves
Elkhart Loan and Trust Co
New Batt Grounds
Worster
Purl Street
Kelly Foundry and Machine Co
John
Charles Wurster
E. A. Skinner
Clara Rogers
Ira Rogers
Fay Rogers
Hughes & Arnold
Lydia Romig
Louisa J. Chapman
Whistler
John Petersohn
Henry M. Kolt
George R. Harper
William H. H. Kelly
Mary Ort
Ninth Street
Jacob Domer
Moses Domer
Jeremiah Bechtel
Frank Rinehart
Dorothea Beer
L. A. Dennert
Louis A. Dennert
Winona Ceres Co
Peter O'Neal
Michigan City
Keehn
Neal Dow's
Neal Dow
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Anna Gordon
M. E. Church
Miss Gordon
Mrs. Stevens
Denver Ed" Smith
E. V. Heaser
Valparaiso
South Hend Mas
Get Rich Concern
Charles F. Kurtz
Anna M. Gordon
Frank Hope
Kercher
McNaughton Hall
Beverle & Wolf
Chicago
Frank Kimball
Mamie Power
Andrew Power
Maurice
Charles
K. Simons
Alice Power
Indiana Photograpers
Indiana Photographers, Association
Indiana Daguerre Photographic Art Salon
St. Joseph
I. H. Simmons
South Eighth Street
Drs. Kauffman
Dreese
Cotake
Bimon Essig
Simon Essig
Jacob Cassler
Jefferson Township
Elkhart Yards
Mre
Mary Bird
Big Four
Sodus, Mich
Barney Driving Club
Racing Centon
Albert Alexander
Mary Shuey
Richmond
Ill
Stateman
P. Daily
Melvin Peoples
Laporte Argus-Bulletin
Burns
Chicago & South Shore
Peoples
En Opticon
Port Wayne Journal-Gazette
Pany
Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Company
Mortuary Record
Deiver
Hanan
John W. Hanan
Bristol
Shipshewana
Angola
Toledo & Western
H. E. Bucklen
Middlebury Hills
Flint
Angola Goshen
Anns Grover Kaufman
Jefferson Street
David Berkey
Eighth Street
Dr. Kaufman
James Paff
Frank LaCount
Miss Tice
Pasteur Institute
Benton Township
Allah Wiggins
J. C.wiggins
South Sixth Street
David Haram
Bucklen
Carpenter
DeLaClaire
Salinger Bros
Litman
LaGrange Mfg. Co
L. W. Litman
Rogers & Wilson
A. J. Ford
North
Were Beyerie
Wm. Classen
Frank Kelly
Sixth Street
Bishop White
Earl W.swartz
Aurora
Daniel Bowser
New Paris
South Main Street
Jefferson DeAngelis
Opera
Marion
Haines Egbert
Shing Bros
Mercury
Elkhart Review
Winona Ceres Company
Robert Miller
Las Vegas
N. M
Ft. Wayne
Columbia City Post
Frank Brumbaugh
Hawks Coal Co
Jones’ Furniture Store
Manville
H. W. John Manville Company
New York
Milwaukee
Wis
H. F. Dunham
B. N. Cornell
Solomon Strucker
W.C.I.A
A. McLaughlin
N. Main Street
Beckley
George Murphy
the Irwin
Homeville
N.Y
Haram
David