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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
5
Indiana towns compete for federal post office funds as a $70 009 appropriation advances Goshen ahead of a larger list of sites. A department representative will evaluate options after the bill passes, with possible expansion to 100 000. South Bend rebuilds a costly, too small office.
Mortuary notes report Hazel Artley age 12 of Bristol died after illness. Edward Kibbe 70 of Elkhart, once in grocery and drug trade, died last night after moving to Elkhart in 1865. The high school track team departs Saturday at 6 AM by auto to Elkhart for transfer to a special train to Hammond.
City Engineer Wittta is engaged in platting the new addition to Oak Ridge cemetery with lots soon to be sold. High water from heavy rains caused damage at Springbrook. Also noted are special plant sale items at Hawka Hardware Co. tomorrow only including cannas and elephant ears.
Fire destroyed Maroney's opera house in Chesterton Indiana on May 15. The lower floors housed John Carlson's general store and Harrigan and Co meat market. Estimated loss is about 12000 with unknown origin.
A Goshen College recital last night by the Philharmonic Chorus and John T. Read of Chicago is praised as an artistic success from start to finish. Read's voice and artistry are lauded, with the chorus’ varied program including The Venetian Song and challenging choral works. Martha Storer accompanied at the piano with skill, and the college earns congratulations for staging a musical feast.
Official figures show Elkhart county total down to 13,072 from 13,308 in 1907 a decrease of 236. Harrison township down 162 with some townships gains. Elkhart city gains 150 Goshen city 6 but Goshen City numbers reduced by 56.
Mrs A S Zook and Mrs William Nymeyer host a bridge whist afternoon at Mrs Zooks home on Thursday. The 1908 Alumni Association committee plans a June graduation party in K of P hall with details to follow. Each member may bring one guest and no invitations will be issued.
At a Commercial Exchange meeting the annual banquet was postponed due to lack of venue and many conflicts. Officials decided to wait until after the November election, planning for the fall or winter period amid numerous conventions and gatherings.
B W Butler bought a Sat erlee cement shingle machine and will manufacture them for trade in Goshen and vicinity. Cement shingles are new here but proven durable delivering a lifetime plus.
Goshen presents a robust urban profile with three steam roads two Interurban lines and streetcar service. Incandescent electric lighting city owned arc lights water from artesian wells 8 million gallons daily standpipe pajrd fire alarm system and Gamewell system plus good sewerage brick streets and forty manufacturing establishments. The city hosts two daily papers three hotels Goshen College Carnegie library eighteen churches high school and a federal court building amid shaded streets and broad sidewalks tax rate 1.12 per 100 dollars.
Police in Elkhart arrested several motorists for violations of state laws. Dr. Fleming was fined $11 for speeding. G. B. Kistner Pratt Spohn Geo Spohn and Delos N. Weaver each paid $11 for lacking license plate numbers on front and rear. C. B. Vallance faced trial on the same charge this afternoon.
Charles Burns, about 35, was struck by a Lake Shore passenger train at South Bend after stepping from a platform onto the track as an east bound train approached. He suffered severe head cuts but was not believed to be fatally hurt and was taken by ambulance to Epworth hospital. His home is in Cincinnati.
Reporter describes a Sunday trip from Goshen to east of Middlebury noting fruit trees at bloom. Apple peach plum and pear trees show heavy blossoms signaling good prospects for a fruitful season.
Isaac Ganger reports his 1908 National Dive bicycle missing or taken from his home in West Goshen. A liberal reward is left with Marshal Self for information leading to its return.
For Sale. Residence at 606 South Fifth Street offered cheap on terms to buyer. Mrs. N. Caminsky of 602 South Fifth Street requests inquiry. Sid Caton Funeral changed to Indian Creek church from Pleasant View at the original time.
The Grit reports a bank will be established at Millersburg with certainty. Anthony and B F Deahl are named as stockholders in the proposed venture.
The ad notes purchases of driving horses by F. Spohn and William Drinkard from Sears Gardner. It promotes a one day only sale at Hawks Hardware Co featuring Vaughan plants including cannas and elephant ears, with a plant sale tomorrow. Miss Helena Moensinger visits Miss Laura Beane in Clinton as the weekend social item.
Dr. I P Norton positively identified the lower jaw found in the Gunness house ruins as Mrs Gunness. Sheriff Smutzer started digging for more bodies and expects to find additional victims as 11 watches are recovered. Lamphere shows no confession while lawyers push the theory Mrs Gunness escaped. The state believes it can prove Lamphere’s guilt and that Gunness died in the fire.
A woman resembling Mrs Gunness caused Jimtown residents to panic last evening. She begged for help after being found enroute from an Illinois town to Cooksburg Pennsylvania and running out of cash.
Passenger representatives from eastern railroads debated cheap convention rates in Chicago. One line urged 14 1/2 cents per mile for conventions with 1000-plus attendees using a certificate plan, with delegates paying full fare if attendance drops below 1000. Other railroads want low rates only for meetings guaranteeing 1000 attendees.
Mrs B. Dustman, associate editor of The New Haven Register, collapsed with a sudden illness while playing the piano during an entertainment Saturday evening, rendering her unable to continue duties.
Miss Bessie Cramer residing with her parents three miles east of Churubusco was assaulted by a neighbor. An affidavit was filed but the accused Ray Harvey fled the area as the constable searched for him. The report notes continued danger in the community.
The Church of Christ at Angola plans a new church costing 30 000 dollars. Plymouth men John Kuhn Henry Ulrich and Adam Zumbaugh had pockets picked this week at the Gunness home in LaPorte losing 16 1 2 dollars. Rev. Thomas Younger installed as pastor at Ligonier with 520 dollar purse presented. Prisoners search reveals two hack saws for escape. Morrison Shalton of Wabash dies. Marion farmer Erastus Brewer commits suicide after a murder verdict. Elzo Cox escapes injury after fall at grandparents home. Bluffton judge upholds Jackson township remonstrance against saloon license.
Superior Court ruled in favor of Mrs Eva Chapman granting divorce from Frederick J Date and giving custody of daughters Mary Ethel age 10 and Helen age 7. She receives $25 monthly support until each turns 17. Cross complaint by husband was noted. Other items: will of David Mangold probated leaving property to wife Christiana and keepsakes to six children. executor O M Conley. Also listed: new cases, marriage licenses for Clarence Snyder Ida Neff and Jacob K Fisher Sarah Akins, and petit jury recall. Federal court session held in Elkhart for Fulton Market bankruptcy. Sick list notes pneumonia in a four year old and neuralgia in Mrs Yoder.
Saturday specials list carnations at 209 per dozen and roses at 250 per dozen from Goshen Floral Co located at 103 East Washington. Birth notice reports a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Curt Christman of Middlebury on Thursday. An ad note promotes Ma sury’s exterior paint claiming guaranteed purity. The Hawks Hardware Co. offers Velour kid and box calf men’s shoes at 108.
R Stanhope Easterday defends Christian Science against claims equating its teachings with Yoga. He asserts Christian Science derives solely from scripture, centers on God as Father, and that healing comes through Christ Mind in human consciousness through spiritual Truth and Love. Sincerely, R Stanhope Easterday.
The Republican Editorial Association plans a two day outing starting Saturday with two special cars leaving the Indianapolis Traction Terminal for Louisville at 10 a.m. Editors from northern Indiana ride to Louisville, southern editors go directly there. About 150 editors assemble in Louisville, dine at the Jeffersonville reform school, then take a steamboat to Cincinnati. They return to Louisville Sunday night and head home Monday morning.
Edward D. Peterman, now a South Bend drayman and former Benton Harbor police officer, learned yesterday of a 25 year old drowning rescue from Kenosha Wisconsin. The letter not only reconnected him with the event but also included a certified check for 3000 dollars. The surprise gift left him astonished and grateful.
Elsie Janis performs in The Hoyden at the Oliver Theatre South Bend tomorrow evening. A large Goshen audience is expected to attend. patrons are advised to telephone for seats as the house will fill.
The 1908 baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. Luther J. Smith at English Lutheran Church on Sunday May 24. The Goshen High School graduating class will attend in a body.
Enroute to Far West C H Rex and N C Taylor of Detroit Mich passed through Elkhart in a Reliance auto en route to Boulder Mont. They were three days in getting from Detroit to Elkhart.
On petition of H. W. Kantz John Boyer of Bristol was adjudged insane and George Milburn named as guardian with a $500 bond.
Names and movements appear in a cluttered South Bend area notice listing arrests in connection with thefts. Individuals include Grant Cockney and Vernon Coleman from Elkhart and South Bend, with unrelated social mentions of residents visiting, traveling, or staying in nearby towns such as Goshen Shipshewana LaPorte and Tol eds. The note references social visits, hospitality, and real estate activity among local residents.
Fragmentary note indicates plans to organize delegates and gain ward support for Miller in the upcoming congressional race with a state senatorship and convention following next Thursday.
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