Graduating Exercises for Goshen High School Class of 1906
The 1406 Goshen High School graduating class will hold exercises June 4 and 5 with class day May 4. A baccalaureate service is set for First Presbyterian on Monday, June 4, with addresses by Hon. Cow and Frank Miller. Diplomas will be presented Tuesday evening in the school assembly.
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Goshen High School
Fasti Sipvnrer
Fridsa Covening
Dune Dsr
Alimmni Association
Bauquen Amittance
Shudas
A. van Niy
Mabro
Indiate
Mornday
Frank Jo Miller
Chicago
Chicago University
Ed Sven
Alumni Association Sets Banquet Plans for Goshen
The Goshen alumni officers and executive committee met at Mrs P G Turner's home on South Fifth street. They scheduled the annual banquet for Friday evening June 1, with the venue to be announced. Officers include President T A Davis Vice President Mrs P G Turner Secretary Miss Ruth Newell Treasurer Monroe Tuageart
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Alumni Association of the Goshen With School
P. G Turner
South Fifth Street
T. A. Davis
P. G. Turner
Ruth Newell Treustrer
Monroe Tuageart
McMahon Declines 8000 Offer for Wawasee Resort
Johnny McMahon rejected an $8,000 bid from the Eel River conference committee for his Robert Epert resort at Lake Wawasee, bought for $5,000. He believes ties to Goshen and Fort Wayne by trolley will boost lake values and plans to keep his island retreat as a premier Wauwaser landmark.
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Johnny McMahon
Eel River Conference Committee
Robert Epert
Lake Wawasee
Mr. McMahon
Goshen
Fort Wayne
Wauwaser
Funeral for Susan Kine Gortner in Oak Ridge Cemetery
The funeral for Susan Kine Gortner will be held tomorrow afternoon at 19 volve k at the residence of Mr and Mrs HH V Gortner 242 South Sixth Street Rev EA Van Nuys officiating Burial in Oak Hinge cemetery
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Susan Kine Gortner
Volve
HH. V Gortner
South Sixth Street
Rev. EA. van Nuys
Oak Hinge Cemetery
Missouri Pacific official sent to Cotter for two months
FE. H. Shyrer, operator for the Missouri Pacific Railway at Nevada Missouri, is sent to Cotter Arkansas to stay for two months and help establish a new office. He has been very successful with the Missouri Pacific and holds a responsible position. Real estate loans abstracts of title George B R Harper Fred
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H. Shyrer
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Nevada, Mo
Cotter
Ark
Shyrer
Missouri Pacific
Traffic delays on new Goshen-Warsaw interurban line
The Winona company reports delays and rejected material for the Goshen-Warsaw interurban project. Only a portion of the 50 ties shipped locally was accepted, with orders returned as unsuitable, delaying formal opening beyond July 1. Steel has moved to the bridge site south of the river, and crossing work continues toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Company
Gosnen
Warsaw
Jupe
Trafic
Waren
Wioena
Oneun
City Tax Rates Vary Widely Across Indiana Jurisdictions
State statistician Snnbs reports total assessed values for Indiana cities and villages, detailing tax rates from low to high and listing values for cities such as Bend, Mishawaka, LaPorte, and Kendallville. The data show wide disparities in levy amounts tied to local assessed valuations.
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Petress
Indiana
Sistan
LaPorte
Mishawaka
Kendall Vilie
Settlement attempt in Coupin Gray damage case fails
Reliable sources report an attempt by an interested party to settle the Coupin Gray damage suit in federal court. The offer of 20 900 was rejected, and the original claim remains 30 000 as negotiations collapsed because principals could not agree.
Local Health Notes From the District
Tastor Brainard eight suffers pto maine poisoning from excess ice cream. Mrs Herendeen improved after heart trouble at A F Meinert home 424 South Sixth. Walter Ricketts critically ill with pneumonia at grandmother Mrs Sarah Ricketts home North Fifth. Mrs Swartz confined by mumps on First street. Mrs J B Gatshall ill with neuralgia of the face. Violet Shelton 12 daughter of James and Mrs Shelton Queen street. Dan Riggle at Davis lumber yard laid up with rheumatism threatened with pneumonia.
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Tastor Brainard
B. W. Brainard
South Eighth Street
Herendeen
A. F. Meinert
South Sixth Street
Walter Ricketts
Sarah Ricketts
North Fifth Street
Swartz
First Street
J. B. Gatshall
Violet Th
James Shelton
Queen Street
Dan Riggle
Davis Lumber Yard
Mother Arrested in Elkhart Over Child Dispute
Mrs. Samuel Jenks of Elkhart was arrested at her mother in Butler’s instigation and charged with assault after a fight over Jenks' child. A justice fined the defendant 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Jenks
Elkhart
J. Arentz
Butler
Indiana fish law restricts angling March to May
Debate surrounds the March 10 to May 15 no running streams clause aimed at protecting spawning fish. In LaPorte Albert F Hall from Kenneth Square Pa investigates a claimed adopted son of the Chandler family, asserting the boy is heir to 5000 dollars.
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Indiana
laPorte
Albert F. Hall
Kenneth Square
Chandler
Couple elopes to wed in Michigan after license denial
William DeMorrow and Louise Brown aged 17 married in Niles Michigan by Squire Beaver after being refused a license in St. Joseph county. Stella Lula involved in the Darrow Worden Pailbot disbarment case will face trial in Michigan City Superior Court.
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William DeMorrow
Louise Brown
St. Joseph County
Niles, Mich
Squire Beaver
Stella Lula
Darrow-Worden-Pailbot
Michigan City
Elk Hart friends push Davidson name for county assessor
J. B. Davidson’s supporters in Elk Hart organize a movement to urge him to allow his name to be a candidate for county assessor. Charles Bryner of Jefferson township seeks renomination.
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J. B. Davidson
Elkhart
Charles Bryner
Jefferson Township
Judge Ballou quits in Fort Wayne district race
Judge Otis J. Ballou of Lagrange withdraws from the Democratic congressional nomination in the Fort Wayne Twelfth district. In a letter to the Fort Wayne Sentinel he attacks former Congressman Robinson, while papers like the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette and Lagrange Standard report the move and critics react with political uproar.
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Otis J. Ballou
Lagrange
Ft. Warne É
Fort Wayne
Bridges Sinking Near Milfor Town
An early report from Milfor indicates the approach to the north end of the new interurban bridge over the sink is deteriorating noticeably and may need repairs in the abutments. Most residents say it will require continued effort for a considerable time before the span can be considered sound.
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Milfor
Obituary notices from Goshen and Middlebury townships
Mortuary records detail Perry Bound and Mrs Louis Wasson deaths from illness while listing survivors, burial plans, and funeral services. The Goshen note records interment at Oak Ridge cemetery and identifies surnames Bound and Biegs among mourners. The HOUK item notes Mrs Isaac Houk of Middlebury dying after a long illness with survivors including two sons and a daughter, ten grandchildren, and siblings. services at Pleasant Ridge church and Geissinger cemetery.
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Wolgner
Louis Wasson
Claudia
Jennie Chas
Chester
Bootaeys
Isaac Houk
Middlebury
Samuel Raefsnyder
Middlebury Township
Charles E. Houk
Jefferson Township
Frank Houk
Kirkland
W. E. Freyberg
Jacob Raefsnyder
Henry T. Burns
John Raefsnyder
Minneapolis
Kan
Isaac Martin
Emporia
Frank Raefsnyder
Democrat
Pleasant Ridge Church
H. D. Wright
Geissinger
51st St Marys academy commencement schedule announced
The exercises begin Sunday June 10 with high mass and the baccalaureate sermon by Rev J J Sullivan S J of St Louis MO. They close June 14 with degree conferrals and Rev D J Stafford of Washington DC will deliver the commencement oration.
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St. Mary's Academy
J. J. Sullivan
S. J
St. Louis
J Stafford
Washington, D. C
Local Groom Weds in Cleveland Arrives Home to Start Life
FE R Kelly the baggage man at the Big Four depot returns from Cleveland with wife Miss Daniels. They married May 8 and will set up home at 520 East Washington Street. Also, Charles Peck son of Dr Eva Peck Bruce is seriously ill in Detroit with diphtheria. a false death report circulated today as he received antitoxin in hospital. First class timers Barron and Mew.
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FE. R. Kelly
Big Four
Cleveland
Miss Daniels
East Washington Street
Charles Peck
Eva Peck- Bruce
Detroit
Cleveland Merchants Venture to Goshen on Trade Extension
The Wholesale Merchants Board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce arrives in Goshen for a sixteenth trade extension excursion, scheduled for tomorrow at 2:30 PM. A Lake Shore Pullman train carries the party with stops through Elyria Oberlin Kipton Wakeman Norwalk Monroeville Bellevue Clyde Fremont Lindsey Elmore Genoa Te Jey to Toledo, then returning toward Cleveland with plans to visit Elkhart and the Century club as hosts. Samuel R. Mason serves as transportation secretary.
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Wholesale Merchants’ Board
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Goshen
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Pullman
Jeff Cleveland
Samuel R. Mason
Elyria
Oberlin
Kipton
Wakeman
Norwalk
Monroeville
Bellevue
Clyde
Fremont
Lindsey
Elmore
Genoa
Te Jey
Toledo
Detta
Wauseon
Archibald
Stryker
Bryan
Edgerton
Butler
Waterloo
Century Club
Commercial Exchange
Tomoro
Cievelam
Elkbari
Suspect Elope Mentions Bartholomew Girl Missing
Suspect Flovi Bartholomew son of L E Bartholomew of Goshenan is linked to an elopement with 17 year old Mabel Rowe daughter of John R Rowe a La Grange stonemason Rowe seeks his daughter who left town with Bartholomew thought to have gone to Angola Bartholomew last seen in Goshen two weeks ago and recently in La Grange with plans for Montpelier Ohio Miss Rowe formerly worked in the Lagrange Democrat office The report notes a prior elopement by Bartholomew with 16 year old Mergie Strowbridge of Paw Paw Michigan and cites a chase before the marriage was said never to be annulled
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Flovi Bartholomew
L. E. Bartholomew
Goshenan
Lagrange
Mabel Rowe
John R. Rowe
Bartholomew
Angola
Goshen
Lagranz
Montpelier
Miss Rowe
Lagrange Democrat
Bartholomew Jas
Mergie Strowbridge
Paw Paw
Mich
Joseph
Winona Plans Fort Wayne Warsaw Line Subsidy Ask
The Winona assembly bid estimates a $1,000,000 cost to connect Warsaw with Port Wayne by trolley. Interest on bonds for the first two years totals about $100,000. Columbia City faces a $23,000 subsidy request if the Goshen Huntington line’s $25,000 is approved, while Winona presses for a provisional subsidy for the Fort Wayne Warsaw link in Columbia City.
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Winona Assembly
Warsaw
Port Wayne
Drst
Columbia City
Goshen-Huntingiond
Winona Company
Winona
Fort Wayne
South Bend Manufacturer Jonathan Mathews Dies at 65
Jonathan Mathews founder and treasurer of the Mathews Steam Boiler works is dead in South Bend at age 65. Born in Manchester England he trained as a ship builder and worked in major English shipyards including helping build the Confederate ship Alabama later sunk by the Kearsage. He immigrated to the United States in 1868 and settled in South Bend in 1872.
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South Bend
Jonathan Mathews
Mathews Steam Boiler Works
Manchester
England
Alabama
Kearsage
Mishawaka Woman Dies Suddenly at 43
Mrs. F. M. Russell of Mishawaka died suddenly at age 43 after dining out Sunday. She appeared well, then became ill around midnight and could not be saved by a physician summoned by her husband.
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F. M. Russell
Mishawaka
Girl Hurt In Fall On South Main Street
The 10 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J Rogers on the second floor of the Werner block was injured this morning while running on a South Main Street sidewalk. She toppled while pushing an old chair rocker, slammed by an obstruction, and was carried home in pain.
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Fa'l
Big Drainage Meeting Near Wheatfield to Drain Kankakee Swamp
One of the state's largest drainage meetings closed at Raums Bridge near Wheatfield. Officials discussed a feasible plan to drain the Kankakee swamp and construct a dredge ditch linking the LaPorte and Jasper county lines. A local ad promotes shoe polish at Gresso's with low prices.
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Raums Bridge
Wheatfield
Kankakee
LaPorte
Jasper County
Vaudeville at Irwin Hits 200th Show Milestone
The Irwin vaudeville house marks nearly 39 900 admissions across 174 performances since March 12 with nineteen shows weekly as May 2nd matinee celebrates the 200th performance. Notable acts include Elmer Griffin Florence Rasdell and the Coster Sisters with appearances by Charles Cowles Dorothy Alden and Paul J Quinn. Harrison J Wolfe dies of smallpox in Brooklyn and Ringling Bros circus plans a South Bend exhibit on June 20.
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Irwin
Elmer Grifith
Florence Rasdell
Beautiell
Jona
Carrie “Mack
Charles Cowles
Dorothy Alden
Jonathan
Cowles
Sherlock Holmes
Holmes
William
the Irwin
Lineman Survives 2200 Volt Contact After Fall
Leon Arthur a Mishawaka city electric station lineman faced a near deadly shock when a power line went live as he cut a wire. He hung from a line belt and survived a 25 foot drop before lowering himself to safety.
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Leon Arthur
Mishawaka City
Obituaries note deaths of two men with family ties to Elkhart
John Winegar ten year old son of Henry Winegar formerly of Elkhart died in Clinton Missouri. W W Baker forty died at St Francis hospital in Toledo. He formerly worked in the furniture trade with William Baker in Elkhart and asked to be returned there before his death.
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John Winegar
Henry Winegar
Elkhart
Clinton
W. W. Baker
St. Francis Hospital
Toledo
William Baker
Nappanee High School Holds Commencement for 12 Graduates
The Nappanee High School commencement exercises were held on Friday evening May 11 at the Auditorium. Twelve graduates received diplomas. Carl S Punsky, a La Porte merchant, filed a bankruptcy petition showing assets of 3038.15 and liabilities of 4231.46.
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Nappanee High School
Carl S. Punsky
la Porte
Ind
Charnley Aims for Board Seat in June Council Meeting
Incumbent George B. State retires next August after six years on the board of education. W. H. Charnley is the sole announced aspirant for the vacancy with a June council vote expected. Possible candidates include EA Dausman S C Hubbell James S Drake and EL Mummert as others considered. J H Lesh and Dr WO Wallert are party supporters on the board.
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George B. State
Board of Education
Witham HH. Charnley
Avowel
Slate
Moto
EA. Dausman
8. C. Hubbell
James
Personal notes from a morning in Wisconsin and Iowa towns
A jumble of personal notices lists residents traveling to Warsaw Des Moines Eau Claire and Mississipp to visit relatives attend church or conduct business. Names include John R Wontory Anderson Mrs A J Burnietiner Miss Plorenes Miss Anna Searece Charles E Freeland and many others with brief mentions of visits moves and social plans across several towns.
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Nusiaun
Warsaw
Plorenes Amnox
Chiea
Rion
Des Moines
A J Burnietiner
A J
Wuasamneton Streer
Rem
Sopnai
Jenford
Middlebury Township
Rmak
Dipayer Lemies
Sx Barts
Rave
Lemies
Pear
Lemiew
Lote
D. D Shroesx
South Eighth Street
North Trrove
End
Anna Searece
Missouri
Charles E. Freeland
Millersbuirg
Beisiness
Charle
Franchises Spark Elkhart Street Line Dispute
Elkhart City Council grants Valley Line a Main street franchise while Northern Indiana Co claims an exclusive right that expires in three years. Valley Line agrees to finance litigation to use the street without a formal agreement. Council aims to replace bridges with rails and bar freight handling on Marion street.
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Elkhart
Main Street
Northern Indiana Co
Valley Line
Northern Indiana Company
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Halves Rates to Boston
From May 61st to June 9th inclusive the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway will sell tickets to Boston and return at practically half rates. Tickets are valid for return until July 1st. Full details from agents or write to A J Smith G P A Cleveland Ohio.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry
Boston
Mass
A. J. Smith
G. P. A. Cleveland
Stranger falls from ladder near cigar store in Indiana
A man painting trolley poles in northern Indiana slipped two feet and fell in front of Burnstein’s cigar store. The ladder gave way but he landed on his feet unharmed. The scene sparked local chatter amid a string of ads and notices about products and a city official’s stance on circus licensing.
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Northern Indiana Company
Burnstein
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