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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
5
Circuit Court rules against demurrer in Willhide et al vs City of Goshen, finding contract review exceeded debt limits and bidding rules violated for the $40,000 municipal light plant rebuild. Case may be dropped. jury still deliberating in Hulwick Stauffer case as court proceedings continue.
Sick Liar Mrs Elizabeth Noble is seriously ill in St Paul. Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Shoup is reported quite ill. Mrs W K Jacobs of South Eighth street has been ill for several days and is improved. The little daughter of Mr and Mrs Jonas Whisler five miles NW of the city is very ill with bowel trouble.
Lake Shore officials praise best trains travel while noting western patronage is liberal yet local travel shows depression. No change to Twentieth Century Limited schedule. Bell Telephone to provide free election returns on Nov 3. Wires reach party HQs in Elkhart. Cyrus Cline and Benton J Bloom spoke at Ligonier. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs George Niederauer. Don K Hitchcock, formerly of Goshen now in Kendallville, herding sheep in Wyoming.
An appellate court rules county auditors may not charge cities for creating tax duplicates. It awards $460 to Samuel M. Kerr, former Monroe county auditor, to cover costs for Bloomington duplicates from 1901 to 1904. The decision implies Goshen would be charged while Elkhart County would see free duplicates.
Wilson L. Collins of Elkhart, recently released from Fort Leavenworth, testified in the Perry L. Turner receiver vs Elkhart Hydraulic Co. suit. The case, reversed and sent back for retrial, was continued to Monday, Nov. 9. Collins now works at Sidway Mercantile and faces past reverses with optimism.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Sherman Simmons of Millersburg died yesterday at 138 weeks. Frank Gorsuch son of Mr and Mrs David H Gorsuch died after a week long illness near Goshen at age 15, a Goshen High School senior. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm West Goshen church conducted by Rev Calvin Huber. Burial in West Goshen cemetery.
Dispatches report Secretary Taft may trim his Indiana tour due to a bad voice. He might limit appearances to Indianapolis and Evansville with only a five minute speech possible in Goshen next Saturday afternoon remains uncertain.
City workers began dredging the Elkhart river near the Pike street bridge to improve conditions at Rogers Goshen band park. The river is at its lowest level in many years, perhaps in its history, enabling favorable dredging conditions.
An evening collision in Ligonter occurred when Simon J. Straus driving a White steamer hit Frank Zimmerman’s machine at right angles. Mrs Zimmerman was thrown from the car and bruised while the other occupant escaped injury. Roy Rensberger and Charles Hulwick left by train to attend Miss Edith Cover’s funeral in La Junta Colorado. Friends contributed to a floral offering in her memory.
The Goshen Mfg Co on East Reynolds Street has completed installation of a new electric lighting plant in its factory. This upgrade aims to improve efficiency and safety and marks a modernization effort by the company this year.
The Warsaw common council in a brief session approved a one block sewer on South Seventh Street and heard a heated discussion on Fifth Street pavement assessments. City Engineer Witt noted reductions for several property owners and officials debated whether to rebalance the entire project.
The council votes to refer the assessment back to the streets and alleys committee the attorney and the engineer and likely to re assess to equalize charges. A resolution of necessity was passed for a ten inch sewer on Seventh street from Douglas south of Plymouth to connect with a nearby sewer. Objections will be heard at the November 2 meeting as the council adjourns at 8 PM.
Mrs John Ganger of West Goshen is ill with appendicitis symptoms. Mrs Jesse S Cripe, 138 Crescent Street, improved from serious illness. Edward W Kurtz, once critically ill with bowel ailment, is much improved and now eats squid food. Century mail service begins on New York Central lines using baggage car. no extra mail car for clerks. Edward Williams, former Merchants Hotel proprietor, allegedly failed and removed furniture piece by piece. Charles Shoup sustains broken nose in Leopard Mohawk game at Elkhart Driving Park.
Willis Nusbaum is named the undisputed billiards champion of Indianapolis and possibly the entire state after a lengthy article in today’s Star detailing his remarkable play and dominance with no clear rival.
Receiver Light is now in charge of all Bacon Furniture stores and is authorized to remain open for collections only, with no goods to be sold.
The Imperial Orchestra has been engaged to play for Tom Marshall’s rally at the Auditorium in Nappanee on Friday afternoon October 20. M. C. Bhrock serves as host or contact for the event and related coal and feed matters.
Indiana Republicans defend James E Watson as Auditor Billheimer is accused of unauthorized extra pay and bloated staff costs. The article notes broader fears for Watson’s campaign, mentions Beveridge’s rail tour and Bryan’s strong Indiana lead. karşı
The report notes Mr Kern’s week spanning Indiana with Mr Bryan, and Mr Marshall expanding his canvass with a thousand democratic speeches daily as the whirlwind pace of the campaign persists.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hon Thomas R Marshall will speak in Elk Hart on Oct 28 with additional appearances listed in Decatur Elk Hart Rochester Ut ington Nappanee South Bend Lagrange Fort Wayne and Columbia City. Campaigns conclude with possible Goshen visit next week as Democrats seek final momentum.
Mrs Oliver Greenwood will entertain the Pythian Sisters Thimble club tomorrow afternoon at her home 321 South Ninth street. Mrs William J Latta Mrs J M Latta and Mrs Mary E Lesh this afternoon received at the home of the first named 114 West Clinton street.
About 11 30 Monday, a freight train partially wrecked a mile west of Kendallville. Four coke cars left the rails, tearing up 100 feet of track. No injuries occurred as air hose broke, buckling cars and delaying Train No 19 by 90 minutes and Trains Nos 2 and 4 by 45 minutes. A wreck train from Elkhart aided clearing the line.
Vint Knapp leaves the Economy meat market after eight and a half years of service to move with his family to Denver Colorado due to his wife’s health. He sold his North Fifth street property to John Hess.
Mr and Mrs William Baeb and their infant child were near a cremation incident in which they narrowly avoided harm. The report notes the family’s proximity to a fatal outcome and describes the surrounding events with restrained wording.
The article describes Leslie Stephenson and Amos Foraker locating and detaining a suspect, believed to be 23, who attacked a girl at a farm near Goshen. The assailant, unnamed, fled to a Bowser farm before being taken into custody, while Stephenson declined to comment.
Word leaked at Winona Normal that C. H. Lutz of Wakarusa secretly wed. A student celebration in Warsaw featured Lutz riding a rickety buckboard pulled by ropes, with singing and dancing for over two hours. He faintly recovered after the wild sendoff, becoming a popular figure at the school. Special wires planned to post election returns from Jefferson theatre precincts. A woman seeks her husband missing since July 25, last believed to be in brain trouble.
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