Alderman Honored at Lone Moose Club Banquet
Mayor-Elect George F. Alderman was toasted at a Goshen banquet hosted by the Lone Moose Club at Hotel Hascall. Guests from Elkhart and South Bend joined local Elks for an evening of speeches songs and humor highlighting community fraternal ties and Alderman’s forthcoming administration.
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George F. Alderman
Lone Moose Club
Hotel Hascall
Alderman
Elk’s Lodge
South Bend
Elkhart
Indiana
Hascall Hotel
E. A. Dausman
Goshen
Dausman
James A. Arthur
F. de la Claire
Messie
Smith
Jackson
Gaffney
Worrell
Weatbury
Rose and Bastian
Collins
Bidwell, Corns and Hoetger Bros
Elkhart _en
Wabash
Downing
Tolo
Lodge of Elks
Judge Wilson Retires From Law Practice in Goshen
Judge Henry D. Wilson former Elkhart circuit court judge and longtime Goshen resident has announced retirement from law. He sold his furniture to Oscar Jay and may leave the Barth street home. Once Goshen mayor he later pursued politics with flips in party allegiance and a circuit court judgeship.
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Henry D. Wilson
Elkhart
Goshen
Oscar Jay
Barth Street
Wilson
Democrate
Teaac P. Gray
Osborne
Congress
Faculty team tops local nine at Tona wanda Park
Yesterday the Faculty team from the high school defeated the local nine 4 to 1 at Tona wanda Park. Joseph Pulse, former DePauw pitcher, struck out fifteen, while changes including Hedgepeth in right field Ran dall at short Pearce behind the plate and Pulee pitching formed a strong lineup. The locals lament the defeat as they could not explain the heavy challenge they faced from the stronger Faculty squad.
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Tonawanda Park
Joseph Pulse
DePauw
Hedgepeth
Randall
Pearce
Pulee
Pulse
Old Fashioned Belling at Sherwins Home
Mr and Mrs Chauncey D Sherwin returned from Indianapolis and hosted serenading visitors on South Seventh Street. Neighbors kept the South part of town awake until late as the couple greeted crowds and accepted ice cream sodas. The Big Four train paused at Madison Street to allow Postmaster Sherwin and his bride to alight away from the crowd.
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Chauncey D. Sherwin
Indianapolis
South Seventh Street
Madison Street
C. D. Sherwin
Local Obituaries from Goshen Area Mourn Losses
MeEssick Cephas Messick age about 26 dies at home after two week illness. Funeral at St John Catholic church with interment in Oak Ridge cemetery. Harrington Mrs Walter Harrington dies near Wakarusa after four weeks illness. Lulu Ethel Hayes of Nappanee dies at her mother's home aged 16.
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Joseph Smith
Detroit
Edward Collins
Elkhart
Lillian Angel
Martin Angel
Goshen
Messick
St. John’s Catholic Church
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Harrington
Walter Harrington
Wakarusa
Wm. Border
Hayes
Lulu Ethel Hayes
John
Nappanee
Bremen well disappointment ends local gas experiments
A drilled bore at Bremen, believed to yield gas, was shot but produced no gas or odor. This result ends the neighborhood’s experiments and dashed hopes for a gas well in that area.
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Bremen
Louis Bimon Co to Open Carmien Room Store Tomorrow
Louis Bimon & Co announce a new estore opening tomorrow in the Carmien room, South Main street. The shop will stock clothing, furnishing goods and shoes with assistants Hal Peters and Wilson Bowser ready to serve.
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Louis Bimon & Co
Carmien
South Main Street
Hal Peters
Wilson Bowser
Dr A H Smith Sets Up Practice in Nevada Mills
Located in Steuben County Angela Magnet reports Dr A H Smith physician and surgeon formerly of Goshen has located in Nevada Mills to practice. The article notes he is a young man with pleasant address and has flattering recommendations.
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Angela Magnet
A. H. Smith
Goshen
Nevada
Millis
Judge Ferrall Ill Forces Circuit Court Move to Goshen
Judge J. D. Ferrall has been seriously ill at his LaGrange home with pneumonia symptoms and cannot preside. Court will convene in Goshen on May 26.
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Ferrall
J. D. Ferrall
LaGrange
Goshen
Alumni Association Meet Sets Goshen Banquet Plans
The Goshen High School Alumni Association executive committee will meet tonight at the home of Mrs. Ethel Croop to decide on this year’s alumni banquet arrangements.
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Goshen High School
Mies Ethel Croop
Thieves Loot Home of Lynn Hottel During Election Day
Sometime on election day thieves entered the house of Lynn Hottel while the family was away and stole seven dollars. Hottel worked at the Rule drug store. No suspects or crew are mentioned.
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Lynn Hottel
Atole
Mr. Hottela
Rule Drug Store
Not a Candidate for City Attorney Says Burris
Lloyd L. Burris declares he is not a candidate for city attorney and that his name was mentioned in connection with the post without his consent or authority. City Clerk Beck is noted in the notice.
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Lloyd L. Burris
South Bend Watch Co. Formed To Battle Watch Combines
A new firm led by Clement Studebaker Jr with $1,000,000 capital is formed in Chicago to manufacture studebaker watches in South Bend. The plant will employ about 1,000, with Chicago as the distributing hub to challenge Elgin and Waltham price controls alleged in a February agreement.
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Elgin National
Waltham
South Bend Watch Company
Chicago
Indiana
South Bend
Studebaker
Elgin and
Marshall Field & Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
E. A. Bazzette
Clement Studebaker, Jr
Studebaker Wagon Company
Frederick Lavarus
Charles W. Halgay
Albert O. Glock
Auditorium Hotel
Mr. Bazzett
Howard H. Gross
J. M. Studebaker
M. W. Berger
Vehicle Trust
William P. Williams
George Studebaker
H. M. Kauffman
Banquet Honors Judge Baker In Chicago Gathering
The Chicago Bar Association hosted a Grand Pacific Hotel banquet for Judge Francis E. Baker of Goshen newly appointed U S circuit judge of the seventh circuit. About 150 guests attended including several women. Speakers included Judge Groescup Attorney General Taylor and Judge Baker who delivered a humorous rant on law and trusts concluding the dinner without remarks on his duties.
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Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Trusta
Chicago Bar Association
Francis E. Baker
Goshen
United States Circuit
Seventh Circuit
William A. Woods
Edwin M. Ashcroft
W. A. Redding
New York
Henrys. Towle
M. V. Berger
Mishawaka
Ind
George R. Peck
W. H. Seaman
Milwaukee
P. 8. Grosscup
W. L. Taylor
Indiana
F. E. Baker
J. H. Gillette
Hammond
B. D. Magruder
H. Bethea
Edmund J. James
Ashcraft
Groescup
Taylor
Kohlaaat
8. P. Shope
Baker
Philippine
Isthmus Canal
Illinois
Wisconsin
Shope
Judge Baker
Chicago Chronicle
Home Quarantine Orders After Illness in Thompson Household
Dr I J Becknell quarantines the North Ninth Street home of Mr and Mrs Horace Thompson after their six year old daughter Georgis falls ill. Diphtheria feared earlier but last evening scarlet fever developed and the house is closed. The child remains not seriously ill.
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I. J. Becknell
Horace Thompson
North Ninth Street
Georgis
Whetten Signs Glidden Sisters for Goshen Vaudeville Tour
F. D. Whetten yesterday signed contracts with the Glidden Sisters, noted musical artists, to perform in his vaudeville act starting a Goshen tour about September 1. Pauline Glidden, a cornetist of renown, joins the act with a weekly salary of 40 dollars. Whetten aims to engage all his talent soon.
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F. D. Whetten
Glidden
Goshen
Pauline Glidden
Change of Venus Case Brought for Replevin
The case of H. A. Beers versus Sol T. Kurtz and Isaac Sutton replevin has been brought from the LaGrange circuit to this court.
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Venus
H. A. Beers
Sol T. Kurtz
Isaac Sutton
LaGrange
Independence Day Committee Formed for Benton Harbor
Will Parfitt of the Business Men's Protective Association will name a 20 member committee for the Independence Day celebration with two factory workers and two business men from each of five wards. The panel will appoint sub committees to handle details and aims for a big Fourth in Golden. A Benton Harbor Chautauqua company with 25000 capital will be formed to establish an assembly at Eastman Springs park the last week of July and first two weeks of August.
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Will Parfitt
Business Men’s Protective Association
Gooden
Benton Harbor
8. C. Dickey
Indianapolis
E. A. Hoffman
George 8. Avery
N. A. Herring
William Rupp
J. M. Klock
Eastman Springs Park
Goshen Votes Democrat Alderman In Mayor Race
News-Times reports Goshen elected George F Alderman as mayor, defeating Republican candidate Zook after a strong campaign by the paper. Also noted: long serving Noble County clerk Thomas Prickett dies at 69 in Ligonier after a long illness. He leaves a wife four daughters and two sons. Civil War veteran owned Benton township farm. A five pound fifteen ounce black bass weighed nearly six pounds when caught at Wolf Lake. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union holds county institute at Wakarusa with Y M C A members and Mrs Arvilia Vail on program. Mayor Deahl to address Middlebury graduation tonight.
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Goshen
Deabl
George F. Alderman
News-Times
Zook
Thomas Prickett
Noble County
Ligonier
Nimrod Prickett
J. P. Prickett
Milford Mail
Benton Township
County Institute
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Wakarusa
Y’s
Arvilia Vail
Turner’s Head to Come Off and Fish Stocked at Simonton Lake
Walter Brown, Elkhart Republican boss, decrees Vernon Vanfleet to replace Perry L. Turner as city attorney amid Brown faction power struggles. Simonton Lake receives 500000 fine fish with Perry Turner credited for stocking efforts. Damages suit filed by Arthur E. Darling against St Joe Ice Co. over garnishment costs. Ex and current spouses clash at Grace Lawn Cemetery. police arrest the jealous wife. Elkhart Egg Case Co plans to stay out of the trust despite overtures.
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Walter Brown
Concord Township
Elkhart
Vernon Vanfleet
Perry L. Turner
Mr. Vanfleet
Alaska
Mr. Turner
Brown
Dodge
Saes
Arthur E. Darling
Edward Smith
Lake Shore
St. Joe Ice Co
Blake's Court
Ice Company
Smith
Chicago
Thomas Brown
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Elkhart Egg Case Co
Straw Board
Big Trust
Snid
Misunderstanding With Electric Railway Weighs on New York Officials
In LaGrange last week New York electric railway officials failed to arrive as planned. J. F. Shaman travels to the city to seek settlement amid rumors of abandonment and sale to Lake Shore railway. Local gossip says officials have faltered, but the Standard finds no authority for those claims and urges patience while the issue is resolved.
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New York
LaGrange Standard
LaGrange
J. F. Shaman
Lake Shore Railway
Standard
Disfranchises A Drunkard By Court Order
Judge Tuthill in LaPorte Superior Court condemns William Henke to 30 days in the county jail and a $100 fine plus a three year disfranchisement for drinking. The judge calls it a drastic reform, noting Henke is sober and a good citizen when not drinking.
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Tuthill
LaPorte
William Henke
Henke
People celebrate Alderman victory in Goshen mayoral race
The Goshen community applauds George F. Alderman after a clean win in the mayoral election. The piece condemns the opposition’s tactics and commends fair play amid ongoing political tensions. It also notes the nationwide circus season opening with many shows and transportation scales for major troupes.
Indictments Return In Perjury Case Against Tilleys
The St. Joe grand jury filed its report in the circuit court and was discharged for the term. Indictments for perjury were returned against Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tilley for false statements about property to secure a $200 loan from Peter Slough. Tilley also faces embezzlement charges from Libby, McNeil & Libby of Chicago. The Tilleys are well known in Goshen, with Mr. Tilley once Libby McNeil & Libby’s representative.
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St. Joe
Harry Tilley
Peter Slough
Tilley
Funda
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Chicago
Tilleys
Goshen
Libby
McNeal
Nappanee Gun Club to Host First Annual Shoot
The Nappanee Gun Club announces its first annual tournament this Friday May 80th on the Fourth ward field. Organizers offer loan money and aim to attract local marksmen led by Lante Brows.
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Nappanee
Change Of Time For Big Four Spring Schedule
About May 16 the Big Four plans a new spring timetable and the Sunday train to Indianapolis is expected to start then. Goshen residents who travel to Lake Wawasee in summer welcome the daily service allowing an early departure and late return. The train last season paid well.
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Big Four
Indianapolis
Lake Wawasee
Union Depot planned at LaOtto by two railways
Officials of Grand Rapids and Indiana and Vandalia decide to combine the LaOtto station into a union depot and repurpose the former Vandalia depot as a transfer house with improvements to begin. The first trackless trolley line in America will operate in Franklin New Hampshire this summer after the city council allowed poles and wires. A macadam road will support the trolley system. The Big Four plans a new time card likely in a week. Changes on the Michigan division aim to aid fruit traffic from Benton Harbor. Wildflower gatherers and mushroom hunters report many snakes this spring, said to be more numerous and dangerous.
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Grand Rapids
Indiana
Vandalia
Grand Rapids and Indiana
LaOtto
Goon
America
Franklin
N. H
Big Four
Michigan
Benton Harbor
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