Canvassing Board Reports County Wet Dry Totals
The canvassing board completed county vote totals from 60 precincts for the local option election. North Union reported 85 wets and 103 drys. overall wet majority 718. Concord township led wet results with 706, South Ohio 19, and several precincts show varying dry majorities, with Union and Middlebury among the largest. Adjournment postponed to Monday as North Union papers were delayed.
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North Union
Elkhard County
Democrat
Samuel Whisler
Concord Township
Osolo
Concord
Ohoio
Elkhart Township
Goshen
Union
Middlebury
Clinton
Locke
Jackson
Harrison
Olive
Elkhart
Washington
York
Benton
Jefferson
Cleveland
Bango
West Union
West Middlebury
North Clinton
East Middlebury
North Winton
Clintoff
Qosolo
Washington York
Night watchman J N Trump resigns after 28 years in Goshen
Jerry N. Trump, Goshen night watch for 28 years, resigned. David Murphy may fill the vacancy as he negotiates with merchants over salary. The city currently has two night policemen. Trump will devote full time to his nursery business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry N. Trump
Goshen
David Murphy
Trump
Divorce Granted in St Joseph Circuit Court South Bend
In St Joseph circuit court at South Bend Mrs Howard Haines was divorced from Howard L Haines of Goshen with about $200 awarded for expenses. Also Justice Whisler's Court reported J Shanahan arrested for intoxication, paying $12 in fines and costs. A stump blown by dynamite drew a crowd before being moved to Longcliff. Sheriff Ziesel departed for Logansport to place George Abbott of Elkhart in the asylum. Real estate transfers listed: Solomon Yoder to Jeremiah Bechtel in Locke township for $5,000. John Clem to Grace J Westfall in Elkhart for $50. Moses Dausman to David Dausman in Jackson township for $1,100. Jonas Q Hoover to Frank Randolph in Concord township for $600. Andrew Roy Shoup to Lovina Shoup in Elkhart township for $100. Louisa Shoup to Edward Yeager in Elkhart township for $400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
South Bend
Howard Haines
Howard L. Haines
Goshen
Oncord
Andrew Roy Shoup
Lovina Shoup
Elkhart
Louisa Shoup
Edward Yeager
May Close Bridge Over Elkhart River
The East Jackson street bridge in Elkhart may be closed as the east embankment is badly deteriorated and the roadway sinks. The county council has appropriated $15,000 for a new bridge and the county commissioners will be urged to approve the contract quickly. Closure seems likely soon due to heavy traffic.
Policy insurers refuse saloon risks under Indiana option
Goshen insurance agencies yesterday informed that a policy adopted when local option became effective in Indiana would see them decline to insure saloon properties and seek cancellations on existing policies. The order is understood to be statewide where option elections have occurred or are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen Insurance
Indiana
Clayton Charged With Fraud In Box Company Suit
Frank B. Clayton secretary and manager of South Bend Healy Box Co is accused of fraud. The petition seeks $3000 damages in South Bend superior court. The Union Trust Co as receiver and the box company are named defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Clayton
South Bend Healy Box Co
South Bend
Box Company
Union Trust ’Company
Clayton
Winter Term Nears Opening at Goshen College
The Goshen college closed yesterday and will reopen Tuesday for the spring term. During the winter term the college had 180 students, with several new ones expected to join for the spring session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Stoll to Speak on Politics at South Bend YMCA
J. B. Stoll, editor of the South Bend Bent Times, will speak Sunday afternoon at the YMCA on the topic Politics Clean and Dirty. The event highlights the editor’s view on public discourse and civic responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Stoll
J. Be ‘Stoll
South
Bent Times
Will
Speak
Elks Plan Attendance at Los Angeles Grand Lodge
A note indicates Goshen Elks plan to attend the grand lodge meeting in Los Angeles California from July 10 to 17. Members are arranging travel and lodging for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Los ‘Angeles
Goshen
Grand
Cal
Missing Rev. Rand Wanders After Warsaw Disappearance
May Caraway, sister of Rev. Albert C Rand missing from Warsaw since March 4, denies reports of $5000 being left behind. She testifies he had only $24 in his pocket on departure to the Big Four station. Relatives suspect temporary mental imbalance and discuss possible brain blood clot causing the wander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Rand
Warsaw
May Caraway
Illinois
Chicago
Rand
Caraway
Elkhart Drugstore Declares No Liquor Sales
The Goldman drug store in Elkhart states it will not stock or sell any intoxicating liquors. The ad notes public prohibition in Elkhart County and counters rumors that drug stores profit from illegal liquor traffic, asserting they will refrain from carrying intoxicants under any conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldman Drug Store
Elkhart
Fitkhart
Elkhart County
Prohibition
Miss Myrtle Miller Hosts Surprise Social With Mock Wedding
Miss Myrtle Miller at 512 Wilden avenue North Side welcomed 30 Elk hart friends for a social evening featuring pedro and a mock wedding. Guests departed on the last interurban car. Miss Irene Mangold hosted the G. C. club at her South Tenth street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Miller
Wilden Avenue
North Side
Elkhart
Pedro
Irene Mangold
G. C. Club
South Tenth Street
Kidnapping Suspect Tied to South Bend Worker
In South Bend plumbing shop proprietor C H Pavey suspects James Boyle, jailed for kidnapping Billy Whitla in Sharon Pennsylvania, worked as a bookkeeper from November 1907 to July 1908. Landlady at 448 Vistula Avenue recalls Boyle and his wife living there she doubts the wife resembles him. Boyle listed at 448 Vistula in the latest city directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
C. H. Pavey
James Boyle
Billy Whitla
Sharon
Vistula Avenue
Boyle
Vistula Ave
Medical Society Meets In Elk hart At Century Club
Elkhart yesterday hosted the Elkhart County Medical Society at the Century club with a banquet at six and a night session. Goshen physicians attended. Dr. Frank Clark of Chicago, a nerve specialist, delivered the principal paper on mind treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Society
Elkhart County
Century Club
Elkhart
Goshen
Frank Clark
Chicago
Requests on Barnhart receive daily letters on tariffs
Representative Barnhart is receiving stacks of letters each day asking him to vote and work for free lumber and free hides in the tariff bill. Nearly all the Indiana congressmen are receiving similar requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnhart
Indiana
Lima wins debate and Lima wins declamation and Topeka oration
Judge at Topeka Prof N E Byers of Goshen College presided over a last night debate between Lima and Topeka schools. Lima won the debate and the declamation while Topeka won the oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
N. E. Byers
Goshen College
Lima
Elkhart Board of Public Works Seeks Briggs Successor
Rumor says Frank Marches Seau of Elkhart will succeed George A. Briggs, a Democrat, as a member of the Elkhart board of public works. The position pays 1000 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
Frank. Marchesseau
Elkhart
Will
George A. _Briggs
Endorsement for Dr Winegardner as Veterinary Surgeon
A notice expresses gratitude for services rendered and sincerely endorses Dr Winegardner as a veterinary surgeon. The brief message implies formal appreciation and professional recommendation by BD and DALKA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winegardner
Dalka
May Attack Option Election Ballot Form
Irregularities in canvassing the returns spark a liquor forces challenge to Elkhart county local option election. Lawyers from Indianapolis examine ballot wording to prove the act illegal for lacking importers of where prohibition applies. Canvass adjourned again. inspector Wisler faces potential fines as controversy grows. George Ferry seeks a license, backed by brewers, to contest the option law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Elkhart County
Indianapolis
Goshen
Michigan
Illinois
Wisler
George Ferry
Syracuse search uncovers alleged wet goods with tense exchange
Constable Cory led searches of private homes and a business in Syracuse for illicit liquor. At one house the resident warned of a whiskey bottle on the dining table but insisted the officer should not seize it, prompting the constable to declare his duty or resign before leaving without taking anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Cory
Beuscher Mrs F August Beuscher Dies at 51
Mortuary record notes the death of Mrs F August Beuscher aged 51 wife of the Beuscher Band Instrument Co president of Elkhart. Complications caused her demise. She leaves her husband and one daughter Mrs Carl Beirman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beuscher
F. August Beuscher
Beuscher Band Instrument Co
Elkhart
Carl Beirman
Pupils of Ulery school praised for perfect month
The Ulery school lists pupils who were neither tardy nor absent for the month ending March 26, 190$. Bernice Cripe Ethel Cripe Florence Cripe Lowell Ulery Winnie Cripe Bessie Trimmer Leta Ulery Maxwell Snavely Hosea Lear Russell Trimmer Ralph Logan Doris Snavely John Bainter George Bainter Miriam Hess Ward Hamilton Raburn Clark Mabel Bainter Joe Snavely MATIN SCRANAGE Teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulery School
Bernice Cripe
Ethel Cripe
Florence Cripe
Lowell ‘Ulery
Elkhart Pastor LiA Beeks Expected to Leave
Rev LiA Beeks of Trinity M Be Church in Elkhart is slated to leave the city. He expects to be assigned to a new charge by the conference which meets at Greenfield next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lia. Beeks
Trinity. M
Elkhart
Cat Greenfield
Hawks Power Company Incorporation Noted
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a power company incorporation related to the Hawks. It references hydraulic properties and reconstruction, with unclear names and dates. The readable fragments indicate ownership and property notes from 1868 era but lack coherent events or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawks
has_ incorporated
Pullt
Local option election prep drives temperance forces
In St. Joseph county a convention is planned for Saturday April 5 to organize for a local option vote. Widespread interest spans Elkhart and neighboring counties as South Bend papers weigh neutrality or leaning favoring the drys. Other cities including Indianapolis and Fort Wayne are noted for anticipated editorial support or stance shifts regarding local option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph County
Elkhart County
South Bend
the Times
Tribune
Wabash Plain Dealer
Fort Wayne News
Allen County
Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Marion County
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Star
The
Indianapolis News
News
Republican State Machine
Star
Local Wheat Climbs Five Cents Amid Market Slump
Bluffton traders report wheat at 1.20 a bushel after a five cent rise on Thursday. Local news notes Davenport obituary in Auburn, Dine named captain of Warsaw baseball nine, and contest over Bluffton portmastership between Spivey and Roush. Additional items: Grant County Historical Society meets in Marion, Democratic primaries set for April 8 in Bluffton, and plans for minstrel shows, county meetings, and civic actions across Noble, Whitley, Wells, and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
L. E. Davenport
Auburn
Joe Dine
Warsaw
J. R. Spivey
L. E. Roush
Grant County Historical Society
Marion
Lagrange County
Hig
Lagrange
Garrett, Expansion Club
Noble County W. Cc. T. U
Kendallville
Whitley County Civic League
Burnside Clapham
Decatur
Post Office Department
Metz
Angola
St. Joseph Valley
Wells County
Richmond
W. B. Yingling
Dr. Snearly
Wrigley
Columbia City
Edward Barger
Indianapolis
A.C. Rand
Tippecanoe River
Chicago
Pierceton
John B. Patten
Wabash
Wabash Yundry Company
Sreby
Fragmentary verse item hints at embroidery charter
A fragmented OCR reading mentions a pillow and embroidery, with stray phrases suggesting a charter or dedication. Core terms are unclear, but indicate a decorative textile item and possible archival note.
W C T Institute at St Marks M E Church March 29 30
The county institute of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held at St Mark's M E Church on Monday and Tuesday March 29 and 30. The program lists sessions with devotions addresses and readings by speakers Mrs Retta Jones of Alexandria and Mr B F Deahl of Goshen with openings Monday 2:30 and 7:30 p m and noontide prayers Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marks M. E
County Institute of the
St.’ Mark’s. B
Reta
Jones
Alexandria
B. F. Deahl
Goshen
Milton Wertz
M. &. McCaskey
Retta Jones
Cure for Tape Worm in Three-Year-Old at Foraker
Wakarisa Tribune reports a three year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walter near Foraker, troubled by tape worms. After several doctor visits and a tobacco ingestion that sickened her, a large tape worm passed from the child and she has been well since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarisa Tribune
W. H. Walter
Near Foraker
Elkhart Packing Co to Close After Months in Market
The Elkhart Packing Co an Elkhart concern which opened a market in the Louis Leidner building on South Main Street several months ago will close permanently Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Packing. Co
Elkhart
Louis Leidner
South Main Street
Fifth Operation Performed On Mrs Crowell Today
The fifth operation was performed on Mrs Charles H Crowell today. She is in Presbyterian hospital in Chicago with medical care continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H.crowell
Crowell
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Death at Syracuse Claims Ira Bunger at 40
Ira Bunger aged 40 is dead in Syracuse. Surviving beside his wife is a single daughter who resides in California. Sole agents for the case are not specified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Ira Bunger
California
Local society notes and movements across Goshen area
A long list of residents and visitors are noted in Goshen and surrounding towns. Dr Baughman is in Greesburg Indiana while Mrs Harry Luke is in Warsaw. Several guests travel between Milford Elkhart and Chicago. The Winona Railway Co charges 40 cents per kilowatt. Deputy Assessor Eli Davis recalls 50 years in his Goshen home built 1859. Various illnesses and visits to relatives are recorded, with familiar local names appearing throughout.
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Baughman
Greesbureg
Harry Luke
Warsaw
Ira Copenhaver
Southwest
Bhi Bushong
Syracuse
Jacob Lichtenwalter
W. O. Elliott
Milford
William Jessup
Irene Prennett
J.A. Simon
Fannie Stauffer
Pheebe Yeackley
Goshen College
Chenoa
Til
F. E. Bade
Cincinnati
Eugene Swigart
Raymond Greig
Marie
Chicago
Ella Swihart
North Webster
J. B. Swihart
Ada Bobesk
Roann
J. A. Simon
M. E. Miller
Noble Rhodes
Goshen
Seattle
Wash
Lincoln
Neb
Manuel Paulus
Tocak
Elkhart
Eli Davis
Eli
Noble county indicts O. B. Guiley for murder
A Noble County grand jury indicted O. B. Guiley for second degree murder after the death of Edwin Wright at Rome City on February 1 following a family quarrel. Wright attacked Guiley’s wife and Wright was struck twice in the head during a scuffle. Wright’s widow and Guiley’s elderly mother are both ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble County Grand Jury
O. B. Guiley
Stanley
Prisomoner
Albion
Guiley
Edwin Wright
Rome City
Peb
Wright
Rev Bailey's Last Year at St Marks Church
Tomorrow marks the close of the Conference Year for Rev J F Bailey at St Marks church. During the year he faced obstacles that were partly or entirely removed, and a small but brave congregation achieved notable successes in real strength. If he moves to another church, he will recall the church's accomplishments this year.
Donation Request From LaPorte Y M C A Leader
The LaPorte Y M C A seeks to obtain twenty thousand dollars from Mrs. David, former Chicago mayor and Miss Julia Liebenstein of LaPorte. The funds come from Miss Mary Garden, who loaned the money for her musical education and social activities, with repayment suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Chicago
Julia Liebenstein
Laporte
Mary Garden
Negotiating for Room Bartered at North Main Street Venue
Fragmentary notes show a dispute or negotiation over a room at a saloon on North Main Street. Individuals named include John McMahon and Peter Bonfield. The text hints at a bargaining scene tied to a saloon setting with unclear outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bonfield
Deaser
Ulé Bléck
North Main “Street
John’ McMahon
Goshen Property Sold in Auction Notice
Auction notice indicates property in Goshen transferred to new owner Jillam Ackerman for eighty shillings. Details read as fragmented sale record with partial names and values remaining unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jillam
Oh Ackerman
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Rev. Roberts
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