Loomis case rejected in liquor suit Hulwick found guilty
A long Elkhart trial over a damage claim by Harry Loomis against Indiana Basilway Company ended with a jury verdict for the defendant. Loomis, hurt in an interurban car collision, faces no monetary award. In a separate case, Rufus Hulwick was convicted of selling liquor to minors with a fine around 40 to 50 dollars including costs.
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Harry M. Loomis
Elkhart
Indiana Basilway Company
Loomis
P L Turner
Mr. Loomis
C. C. Black
C. W. Miller
Mishawaka
Rufus Hulwick
Ferral
E. A. Dausman
Hulwick
Sims
Chae, Mangold
Benton Township
Hapner
Smallpox exposure prompts school exclusion for pupil
Dr. Herbert O. Statler informs Henry Swartz to keep his son Howard Swartz home from North Fifth Street School after a report that a smallpox patient, an employee of Schiller Bros. and Orr circus, was in a railroad car with the boy. Dr. D. L. Miller will investigate the incident. The Swartz family lives on the North Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fifth Street
Herbert O. Statler
City Board of Health
Henry Swartz
Howard Swartz
D. L. Miller
Board of Education
Schiller Bros
Orr Circus
Statler
Swartz
Poor resort business dampens hopes for season
Weather fronts late in the season depress hotel and amusement operators at lakeside resorts. Wawasee typically opens in May but business has barely started by June. warmer October weather could salvage profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wawasee
Death of Mrs Stan B Frazier in Warsaw Indiana
Mrs Stan B Frazier aged 43 dies after a two week illness in Warsaw Indiana She was the only daughter of Read Williams editor of the Warsaw Daily Times and Northern Indiana man She died of brain congestion. The death shortens a family once with many children all grown. Vaccination and school enforcement appear in other items with legal rulings and local safety concerns.
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Warsaw
Ind
Stan B. Frazier
Read Williams
Warsaw Daily Times
Northern Indiaman
Eiz
Interest Now Payable at Year End for School Loans
A state decision affects more than 12 million in school fund loans by shifting interest payment to year end. Borrowers preexisting loans must be renewed to apply the new law, as officials emphasize. Auditor Berkey notes strong interest in the ruling.
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Jones
Baylor
Berkey
Obituaries of Oscar O Anderson and Domer Domer
Oscar O Anderson aged 20 dies at home in Elkhart after a two week typhoid illness. He is survived by parents three brothers and one sister. Domer Domer aged 79 dies at home in Harrison township after a long illness of dropsy. He is survived by his wife three sons and two daughters. Funeral services for Oscar will be Thursday at 10 am at Yellow Creek Dunkard church with friends leaving the home an hour earlier. Interment at Inbody cemetery.
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Anderson
Oscar O. Anderson
Elkhart
Domer
Moses Domer
Harrison Township
Yellow Creek Dunkard
Inbody Cemetery
May Recital and City Band Open Air Concert Highlight Local Arts
The Woman's Musical club held its regular May recital at the First M. E. church with Verdi works, Chopin solos, readings from Elbert Hubbard and a vocal duet. The Goshen City Band planned its first open air concert at Main and Lincoln, featuring March and Chattaway pieces. Also notes on Indianapolis mail clerks predicting electric interurban lines boosting mail service, Razor acquittal, and Rev. Wm. Pearman to preach in Milleraburg.
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Main Street
Lincoln Avenue
Woman’s Musical Club
M. E
Goshen City
Main
Eleventh Annual Indiana Health Officers Conference Opens
In Indianapolis yesterday the eleventh annual Indiana State Health Officers conference opened with strong turnout of county health officers from across the state. The meeting is conducted under the State Board of Health and continues today. The Flint Michigan blackmail case involving Dr. Bonewell, arrested here, resumed yesterday morning. Purchased Laundry in Ligonier changes hands as William Freyberg and sons acquire the Banner laundry and Harry Freyberg assumes management.
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Indiana State Health Officers
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Flint, Mich
Bonewell
William Freyberg
Ligonier
Harry Freyberg
Subsidies Carry in LaGrange County Elections for Electric Line
Elections in LaGrange County vote subsidies for Goshen and Northern Indiana Traction Co to build an electric line from Goshen to Angola and on to Toledo. Majorities are shown in Millgrove and Jamstown townships with mixed results and plans for a June 8 special election. Subtotal: $60,000 voted so far to support the project and promoters express optimism. The Kosmos Bay View Reading Circle met with officers elected and talks on Scott and Burns, with next meeting planned at Miss Freshour’s home.
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LaGrange County
Goshen and Northern Indiana Traction Company
Goshen
Angola
Toledo
Jamstown
Comummissioners’ Court
Goshen and Northern Indiana Traction Co
Kosmos Bay View
Sophie Brownell
North Main Street
Emma Millington
Bertha Conrad
Walter Scott
George D. Pearce
Robert Burns
Scott
Lucy Freeland
Atta Larimer
Amy Brown
Sophie Browner
Clara Fresnour
Chas. Crowell
Mise Freshour
Wilkinson and
Second Streets
Memorial services in Millersburg mark Decoration Sunday
Mayor Deahl and George Mutschler attended Millersburg Memorial services where G A R speaker failed to appear. Mayor Deshi delivered an address to an appreciative crowd. Later the funeral of Chauncey W Stevens was held after his remains arrived from Eaton Rapids Michigan and were interred at Oak Ridge. Fred Stevens and Will Stevens visited from Lake Forest University and Lansing Michigan. The Michigan Indiana Retail Coal Dealers Association plans a meeting in South Bend with a decorated wagon greeting delegation arriving at the Oliver Hotel.
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Deahl
George Mutschler
Millersburg
Ins
G. A. R. Post
Deshi
Chauncey W. Stevens
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Oak Ridge
Fred Stevens
Lake Forrest University
Will Stevens
Lansing, Mich
Michigan-Indiana Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
South Bend
Oliver Hotel
Annual meeting and transit notices in Indiana town
The Pennsylvania society will hold its annual meeting in Elkhart on Saturday in August. I. P. Hughes of Elkhart will deliver one address. Interurban service will run special cars and Lake Shore and Big Four lines will offer rates from nearby towns. Capt. C. E. Reese of Fort Wayne is to be appointed lieutenant in the regular army. He served in the 15th during the Spanish War and later in the Philippines. he was a Republican candidate for Fort Wayne mayor. Inter-City Chicken Fight near South Bend featured Elkhart birds taking ten battles and South Bend money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Marshal Seifsi
Roberta
South Bend
Roberts
Indianapolis
Fay
Indianapolia
Pennsylvania Society
Ekhart
I. P. Hughes
Lake Shore
LaPorte
Kendallville
Warsaw
Benton Harbor
C. E. Reese
Fort Wayne
Philippines
Elkhart
Elkhhart
Ground broken for public library site this morning
Reports say excavation began at the public library lot with a crew permitting workers to haul dirt. The note cautions buyers to choose flour manufactured locally, praising the "GEE BELLE" brand and Per fection Bread as reliable for housekeepers during baking days.
Counterfeit money caught in South Bend poles
A string of stories from Indiana communities notes arrests and incidents including South Bend Poles passing counterfeit money, a hail storm on Joseph Emrick's 75 acre rye field in St. Joseph County, and missing child Howard Vitzen of Waterford LaPorte County last seen May 20 while fishing. The item also covers social and legal notes from local figures and the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Joseph Emrick
St. Joe County
Mary Mannering Opens South Bend Auditorium Season
Mary Mannering's initial South Bend appearance in Janice Meredith drew a large audience from Gorden and nearby towns. Critics praised her charm and the production, noting the superb balance with Robert Drouet and a season hailed as the auditorium’s most successful yet. Weather and local notices follow, including an Eckhart man’s trouble, Hessian fly damage, and a local bicycle firm sale promotion.
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Mary Mannering
South Band Auditorium
Janice Meredith
Gorden
Kendallville
Miss Mennering
South Bend
Janice
Comediennes
Robert Drouet
Mise Mannering
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Mary &. Miller
Michael P. Miller
A Dausman
Court House
Lou Morgan
Farrell
Yorgan Resort
Morgan
Daisy Deardoff
North
Misa Morgan
Morgan Place
Justice Ferrall
James Blake
Richard Howard
Ros
Doe
Leni Watson
Ferrall
Petit Jury
LaGrange
Albert Yates
Freddie Kime
Kime
Yates
Peters
Mr. Yates
United States
Waterford
Graves
Canton Bridge Co
Gso. W. Farrell
Seaver
Rarick
Mr. Farrell
Simonton
Lawrence Waller
Minnie Bickel
Alice Simonton
Freak Brumbaugh
Drs
J. Mc. M. Smith
The
Indiana Railway Co
Messick Property
D. W. Neidig
State Bank Today
Messick
Rebecca and
Bert I. Smith
Smiths
South Third Street
Light
Carl
Will Deutech
South Eighth Street
J. W. Replogle
Gow
Pike Street
Supreme Court
Deputy Roberts
South Bend Mat Tespect Steam
Indigha
League of American Sportsmen
Frank L. Littleton
Indiana
Porter Turner
F. L. Marchesseau
J. Goldman
R. C. Barney
C. H. Hilbert
Emil Rieman
George W. Greene
Great Bend
Kansas
George M. Swank
Greene
Kirtley House
Clifton House
Birkhart
Russell Morton
Julian
Buffalo
Massachusetts
Wilbur L. Stonex
William H. Stretch
Cassopolis
Mortuary Record
Verdi
Alice Nusbaum Mummert
Chopin
Cee Eee Verdi
Kayte Boyd Schwin
Sweatland
Berceuse
Brenda Fischer
Kate O. Lippa
Bickel
Helen Barlow England
Bertha Snyder Burridge
Elizabeth Cunningham
Jennie Butler
Elizabeth Jackson Latta
Kate Boyd Sedwin
Susie Ogle Croop
Marion Spitler Learning
Teddy
White
Electric Car Mail
Razor
Anthony Deabl
Wm. Pearman
Ohio
Lutheran Church
Milleraburg
County Health Officers
Millgrove Township
Ramee Ee
Club
Pleasant Township
Lagrange Township
Greenfield Township
Aseaee
Jamestown
W. Stevens
Kere
Joshua F. Scott
Kosciusko County
LaPorte County
Frederick Lesley
Knox, Chesterton
Crown Point
Order of Railway Conductors
St. Paul
McDowell, Stocker, & Co
McCormick
L. Porte
Baker
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
Howard Vitzen
Albert Vitzen
Brill
Simon Wile
Grand Jury
Wile
Ethel Costello
Kalamazoo
Moon
Kalamazo
Wabash Plain Dealer
Owen Stauffer
W. J. Vigne
Eikhart
Frank McQuade
O’brien
Johnson
Cobb's
Ariel Cycle Bre. Co
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