Horse Thief in Jail After Edgerton Man Confesses
Ray Long of Edgerton admits stealing Dr. Crow’s $300 buggy from Elkhart County, fetched at Lima, Ohio, after a statewide chase. He faces 2 to 14 years in Jeffersonville reform school. details include prior penitentiary time and a failed prior escape.
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Ray Long
Edgerton
Elkhart County
Dr. Crow
Effeets
Eighbart
Long
Manning
Lake Shore
Loog
Lima
Crow
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wolverine
Elkhart
Greehen
Kendallville
Chatten
Columbus, O
Barrix
Jeffersonville
Panic at Bull Fight in Spain Kills Twelve
At Maparip Spain during a bull fight spectators were crushed and swept into the arena as bulls charged. Twelve people died and fifty were injured in the disaster reported May 18. Earlier, a Chicago dispatch notes a May 15 strike with 2,500 workers seeking a 15 percent wage rise in Kobisaat bakeries and metal trades.
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Maparip
Spain
Elkhart Institute Move to Goshen Could Reach Deal Tonight
Commercial Exchange members meet tonight to finalize a contract for relocating the Elkhart Institute to Goshen. A $9,000 subscription is partly in real estate and labor, with the college seeking $10,000 and a $25,000 building planned in Parkside. About 150 students enrolled, and prospects look bright.
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Commercial Exchange
Elkhart Institute
Elkhart
Goshen
Parkside
Mishawaka Boy Survives Creek Rescue Near Fifth Street Dam
Sunday afternoon Walter Niles and his young son walked along Rock Run creek when the child slipped into four feet of water. The father found only a rubber‑ribboned straw hat, then rescued the boy after a three hour medical effort at J. M. White’s home. The boy recovered.
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Walter Niles
Mishawaka
Rock Run Creek
Fifth Street
Present Street
Uncalled For Scare Over Smallpox Not Found in Gentry Show
City Health Officer McNamara reports Plymouth health authorities found no smallpox among Gentry show employees after a rigid examination in South Bend. The show continued without quarantine.
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McNamara
South Bend
Plymouth
Leo D. Williams
Elkhart
Chicago
SouthBend
Proposed New Water Well Costs and Water Quality Debate
The council plans to discuss a proposed new well with estimated costs between four and five thousand dollars plus an additional one thousand for Heefner lowlands. While Swibart Bros. test wells show ample water, no final analysis is complete. Officials argue for careful appraisal to ensure safe drinking water while avoiding waste on a costly, risky project. Rock Run creek currently supplies water with high pressure for sprinkling.
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Heefner
Swibart Bros
Rock Run Creek
Kronk
Water Works and Light Committee
Supt. Dill
Jurors Chosen For May Term Court Opens Next Monday
Jury commissioners named grand and petit jurors for the May term. The grand jury includes Kitson, Stiver, Thornton, Best, Ipe, Oaks, and Sargent among others. the petit jury will report June 1. Deputy AG Harrison discussed the LaGrange clerk’s defalcation of up to $2,500 as Morgab assumes the office. Also noted were a dog abuse incident, new American Express agent Pendle, chicken thefts, opposition to check reins by vets, and a land sale in Elkhart township.
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Benjamin F. Kitson
Benton
P. M. Stlver
Clinton
Levi B. Thornton
Cleveland
George W. Best
Concord
Arcenus Ipe
Locke
F.oaks
Harrison
LaGrange
Fred Mastep
Rupe
Masten
Morgab
Lafrange Standard
P.P. Pendle
Elkhart
American Express Company
O. C. Ramesdell
Marion
Two Die In Freight Yard Accident Near Burdick Ind
Walter Holler a former Lake Shore telegraph operator riding on the pilot of a pusher engine was killed when a hose parted and a freight section crashed into the pusher near Burdick Indiana. Conductor Murray and Butler Schaner escaped by jumping. Holler was to marry Misa Minnie Bedenkop of Elkhart. Andrew J. Scott aged 73 and Mary Elizabeth Hull aged 64 died Sunday. Boxing carnival tonight by Elkhart Athletic Club features local talent.
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Walter Holler
Lake Shore
Burdick
Ind
Heller
Butler Schaner
Murray
Holler
Misa Minnie Bedenkop
Elkhart
Andrew J. Scott
Mary Elizabeth Hull
Goshen Dominates Fort Wayne 9–0 on Tonawanda Diamond
Goshen scores nine runs on eight Fort Wayne errors and nine strikeouts by Becknell as Donovan Nymeyer and Gripe power the offense. Fort Wayne pitcher Bush fanned eight but received little support. game called in the eighth after a Goldstein catch. Purdue baseball falls to Notre Dame at Carterfield. Charles Witt finishes five innings for Purdue before rejoining team.
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Goshen
Fort Wayne
Tonawanda
G. H
Goldstein
H. Wellman
E. L. Harper
Becknell
Bush
Donovan
Nymeyer
Gripe
Nusbaum
Schultz
Hecknell
Leaming
Purdue University
Carterfield
Notre Dame
Sto. Charles Witt
Entertainments Highlight Elks Hall and Valley Socials
A series of late May social events described include the Junior High hosting the High School faculty at the Elks lodge with Rogers orchestra and a banquet, about 75 attendees. Mr and Mrs David Smoker entertaining ~50 children on the Elkhart prairie with chaperone Mrs W W Stem. the 1903 Dancing Club to hold a dance at McNaughton hall with Beverle Wolfe music. Maude Drake marking her tenth birthday with a party and dam visit. a Pochoptas lodge surprise for Mrs Della Grove on South Ninth. Eloise Rutoea hosting a reception for ~30 young ladies on South Seventh. a Goshen high school track meet preview and a Goshen Elkhart dual meet at Lesh farm May 29. Pathfinders lodge plans in Marion June 10 with Fort Wayne Senator Ulrey as speaker and Goshen delegates. Louisville Mayor Marsh unveils 14 new Lake Wabasee lots, plat prepared by Engineer Cook.
Rail yard wrecks and excursion plans unfold
A wrecked flat car in the yards split in two and blocked the west bound track. A Lake Shore freight delayed by a broken coupling near Worster siding. Excursions set for June 7 to St Joseph and an Indianapolis trip from Goshen at 4:28 am with a $1.50 round trip fare.
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Lake Shore
No. 15
Worster
Indianapolis
Big Four
Goshen
Big Hen Island Power Dam Nears Completion
Rapid progress on the Hen Island dam aims to supply South Bend with power by September 1. Piles are driven and across the river. water will be diverted to the artificial channel within 10 days. North abutment masonry proceeds. full completion in 60 days followed by machinery installation. The dam is expected to deliver 5000 to 10,000 horsepower to spur regional manufacturing. A large workforce and many visitors remain at the site.
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Hen Island
South Bend
Granger Oil Well Brings Excitement Near Granger Farm
Early Saturday workers sinking a well for Granger Oil and Gas on the Alford farm near Granger struck a gas pocket. The 70 foot well shows water mixed with oil and residents flocked to the site amid strong gas odor. Investors could not buy stock Saturday as excitement grew.
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Granger Oil and Gas Company
Alford
Granger
T the
Body found in river hidden in box near Warsaw
Fishermen Clyde Kyle and Frank Miller discovered a mutilated partly naked man’s body in Tippecanoe River near Wareaw in a wooden box with its lid washed away. The head and arms lay in the water, the box in shallow shore water. Police and coroner suspect the body was mailed from a large city and dumped here. No identification. Memorial Day address by Prof Frank Hering of Notre Dame to be given at Syracuse.
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Tippecanoe
Warsaw
Clyde Kyle
Frank Miller
Wareaw
Frank Hering
Notre Dame
Syracuse
Kosciusko County
A. L. Brick
Rochester
Hering
South Bend Times
Fruit outlook improves in Bristol. strawberries need rain
A Democrat representative visits Bristol and hears fruit growers report cherries hurt with small yield while plums peaches and apples look fair. Strawberries need rain. if rain does not come the crop could fail. Frank and Gib Cathcart irrigate acres and expect a good strawberry crop. Also notes a Graham Carriage factory arson in Ligonier with a demand letter. investigation to find suspects. Philip Bowser of East Goshen, 70, is critically ill and not expected to survive the night, father of Dr. Bowner of Syracuse.
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The
Democrat
Bristol
Messrs
Frank
Gib Cathcart
Graham
Ligonier
Kendallville Sun
Philip Bowser
East Goshen
Bowner
Syracuse
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Elkhart County Loan & Trust Company
C. Stutz & Son
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Henry W. Hixon
Alice (. Stutz
Henry H. Nusbaum
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Joseph D. Mather
Alice C. Stutz
el A. Dausmap
Alice C. Stuy
Zook & Jay
Joseph J. Mather
D.J. Troyer
Kinney
Boone Case
Medvin Boope
Groveryman
John M. Shoousman
St. Joseph
South Berd
Anthony Deabi
Boane
Poo
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A. Higuexy
Tidianaj Iis
Italban
Federal Court
Unie
Aatecapt
Mary A Gert
Eal Wannuys
First Presbyterian Church
Vannaye
Princeton Theological Seminary
Jev
At. J. Vannuys
King
Cyrus C. Schafer
Mennonite College
Fellin Rock Run Creek
May
Randall
Edwin Jacobs
Fostoria
Oilo
W. W.C. Hedgepell
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Fleiss
J.P. Boyts
Lavina Butts
Eunice Clark
Mary Schamerhorn
Shipshewana
Geo. W. Farrell
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Pennsylvania Light Artillery
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J. H. Cooper
East Run
Clark Keily
Wawasee
Elckhart
Frank Spangler
Emanuel Cripe
Edith Myers
E. A. Campbell
I. O. Wood
Grand Jury
John W. Brown
Union Two
David B. Cox
Washington
Jonas Deardorff
Teiah Violet
William H. Pfeiffer
Ed E. Tiedeman
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Jefferson
John Miller
Union
George ‘Wv. Sargent
Tra Hostetter
Conrad Smith
Petit Jurors
Peath of
Justice W.T. Hall
Bi’ Hall
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Col
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New York Dramatic Mirror
Marshal Vesey
Lucy P. Beman
Elkhart Township
Catherine Leer
Sonoday
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Cornell
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Charles Egenroad
A. Simmons
M. Shookman
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Ornell
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McCormick
Oi Schultz
Leach
Lukeus
Elks’ Hall
Clase
Elk Lodge
Rogers’ Orchestra
Tin Country
David Smoker
Elkhart Prairie
Smoker
W. W. Stem
Club
McNaughton Hall
Beverle & Wolfe
Pocahoptas Lodge
Della Grove
South Ninth Street
Eloise Rutoea
South Seventh Street
Lincoln Avenue
Drayman Buck
Snyder
Goshen High School
Lesh Farm
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Pathfinders Lodge
Ulrey
Mayor Marsh
Louisville
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