Man narrowly escapes as horse struck by train at crossing
Jacob B. Wogoman, an elderly retiree, crossed the Lake Shore tracks at Wilkinson Street ahead of east bound train No. 1. The horse was hurled into the air and killed. Wogoman was shocked but uninjured after the wagon and horse crash, with witnesses noting the crossing is dangerous and the train was moving fast.
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Jacob B. Wogoman
North
Flint Street
Lake Shore
Wilkinson Street
Slkhart
Mr. Wogeman
Main Street
Rock Run
Wogomen
Wogoman
Geo. Beck
Bilcrossings
Wogomar
Westbrook recaptured after jail escape near Jones
Estebrook bound over on petit larceny, escaped Turnkey Hole Woods, recaptured by Sheriff Elliott at a farmer's house near Jones. Westbrook to be brought to Bristol. deputy clerk Kinney notified. Also notes on local nominations and various civil cases including divorce action for Lorena Streck-Pettit and other court proceedings.
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Peter Westbrook
Elkhart
Turnkey Hole Woods
Elliott
Jones
Mid
Westbrook
Goshen
Bristol
Kinney
Dausman Gateshall Tour Ends In Bristol Fallout
Dausman and Gateshall ended their joint tour amid a poor Bristol reception. A failed act by Catt impersonations sparked an exodus, leaving less than half the crowd. The partnership dissolves and they plan 20 more dates. Bristol Republicans seek steadier speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Dausman
Joshua Blattshall
Bristol
Cattaball
Dausman
Narrow Escape on Lincoln Avenue Tracks Involving Hackman Clark
Hackman Jacob Clark narrowly avoided death while crossing Lake Shore tracks on Lincoln Avenue. An east gate was lifted for a farmer driving a creche, and Clark drove onto the tracks expecting both gates raised. The freight engine approached but no accident occurred as the horse remained calm.
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Hackman
Jacob Clark
Lake Shore
Lincoln Avenue
Clark
Fire alarm at Mercer and Ninth deemed a false call
At 7 39 last evening the fire department was sent to the Mercer avenue and Ninth street corner after a box 52 alarm. No fire was found and officials suspect a mischievous boy triggered the excitement. Fire Chief Srobarger reported the incident.
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Olock
Mercer Avenue
Ninth Street
Srobarger
Pensions Advice Warns Veterans Against Parades
Sam Poorman cautions veterans to avoid participating in Democratic parades lest pensions be jeopardized if Bryan wins. He notes McKinley’s pension commissioner H. Clay Evans of Tennessee is a familiar figure in pension matters.
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Sam Poorman
Bryan
Pooorman
McKinley
H. Clay Evans
Tennessee
Goshen City Band to Play at Prohibition Rally
The Goshen city band has been engaged to furnish music for the prohibition rally on October 1. A false report claimed members would disband and Director Steinmetz would relocate to South Bend.
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Goshen City
Steinmetz
South Bend
Chicago Record Confirms Missionary Mrs Cooper Safe
A Chicago Record report about the murder of Mrs. Cooper, a missionary in China, alarms friends of Miss Effa Cooper here, but officials say Mrs. Cooper is safe and unhurt.
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Chicago Record
Typhoid Fever Spreads Through Goshen City
Typhoid fever is gaining a strong hold in Goshen with many cases reported across the city. Doctors are kept busy as experts point to impure water as the common cause of infection.
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Goshen
Goshen Clerk Oscar Miller in Ogden Hospital with Typhoid
Oscar Miller a former Goshen post office clerk and brother of Dr. D. L. Miller and W. E. Miller is reported in a hospital at Ogden Utah afflicted with typhoid fever. Daah and Deah have sold the Slusser property on North Third street to L t Nusbaum who will occupy the residence with his family.
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Oscar Miller
Goshen
D. L. Miller
W. E. Miller
Ogden
Utah
Daah
Deah
Slusser
North Third Street
Lt. Nusbaum
Mr. Nusbeam
Clinton Township Club Forms as Democratic Group
A Clinton Center schoolhouse meeting saw a Bryan and Stevenson club organized with large Democratic support. Officers elected include President Levi Wortinger and vice presidents Jacob Zollinger Anan Viery Secretary E H McGary Treasurer Henry Gouker. Willard E Miller aided in organizing and a speech planned Sept 28 at Brown's schoolhouse.
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Clinton Center
Bryan and Stevenson Club
Fish Lake
Clinton
Miller
Brown's School House
Debtor Fled After South Bend Horse Show Ends
Creditor forces chase a man posing as Col Horton of Washington D C after a three day race meet and horse show in South Bend ends. He escaped by driving away in a Michigan license car, leaving the livery rig at Niles. Natives describe him as Hatch and resembling Bryan in appearance. Authorities seized gae receipts and other property while creditors swarm. Creditors gather in Quincy Cedar Rapids and other towns including the Commercial Club.
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South Bend
H. V. Horton
Washington, D. C
Citzana
Horton
Michigan
Niles
Quincy
Cedar Rapids
Commercial Club
Hatch
Bryan
Republican speeches eyed at Cornell school house
The Middlebury Independent notes E A Dausman and Dal Sherwin will give Republican speeches at the Cornell school house next Friday night. Locals want Cal to explain the Nicholson affair and how to vote, while farmers angered by past denouncements may welcome his guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarusa Tribune
C. D. Saperwin
Middlebury
West Side grocer cleared by 75 in fire controversy
Frank Baker, a West Side grocer, receives a signed affidavit from 75 residents testifying to his good character and exonerating him from blame in two West Side fires. Baker claims the first blaze was spontaneous combustion and the second the act of an incendiary aiming to run the grocery out of the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Baker
West Side
Eenda T¢ Tuk Democrat
Baker
Galveston Firm Donates to Relief Fund via Hawks Furniture
Kauffasa Meyers Co of Galveston Texas acknowledges receipt of a donation from Hawks Furniture Co and its workers. The amount is turned over to the relief fund treasury. The letter notes that only half of the Galveston disaster’s impact has been revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kauffasa, Meyers & Co
Galveston
Tex
Hawks Furniture Co
G -Shop
Harvest Thanksgiving Service at First Reformed Church
A harvest thanksgiving service will be held at the First Reformed church tomorrow morning. The pastor will preach a sermon for the occasion. The church will be decorated with fruits, flowers and grains. All members are urged to attend and a liberal offering is requested. All are welcome.
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First Reformed Church
Samaritan Ball For Galveston Sufferers at Mc Naughton Hall
On September 27 the Golhen Congress Modern Samaritans of the World will host a ball at Mc Naughton Hall to aid Galveston sufferers and invite all interested to attend and contribute to the fund.
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Golhen Congress
Modern Samaritans
McNaughton Hall
Galveston
Tithe Talk At Fifth Avenue M E Church Tomorrow
At the Fifth avenue M E church tomorrow at 10 30 am the pastor A G McKee will take up again the subject of tithe paying as requested Let all the membership be present and a cordial welcome to the general public A new politician has sprung up in the republican party with mushroom like growth He is Jon Mick and he promises to develop into a political wonder Mick should be sent on a speech making tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue M. E
A G. McKee
Republican Party
Jon
Mick
Clinton township meeting to address democrats at Millersburg
Saturday evening September 29 Mayor Deahl and Dr. Fr. M. Lbrig of Goshen will address the democrats of Clinton township at Millersburg. The meeting is expected to be large. Communion services will be held next Sabbath at 10 30 o'clock in Wells Memorial Lutheran church with Alex MacLeughlin as pastor.
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Deahl
Fr. M. Lbrig
Goshen
Clinton Township
Millersburg
Wells Memorial Lutheran Church
Alex. MacLeughlin
Mr Brick in Washington Faces Trust Debate Criticism
Abrah am Lincoln Brick scheduled to speak at the McKinley club in Washington next Wednesday on trusts. He distributes Chas Littlefield’s trust speech while critics question his Porto Rican tax stance and loyalty to constituents in the Thirteenth district.
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Abraham Lincoln Brick
McKinley Club
Chas. E. Littlefield
Maine
Congress
Brick
Mr. Littlefield
South Bend
Littlefield
Chas. 5
Littlfield
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Thirteenth
Ooxard
McKinley
Hanna
Thirteenth Congressional District
Sugar Trust
The
Elkhart Review
Kent
Republican Party
Opening of the Republican campaign in Middlebury
The Independent notes Vernon Varfleet and E A Daueman spoke to a well attended Middlebury audience. Varfleet’s address was shallow with little applause and urged votes for the prohibition ticket. Daueman kept attention but failed to generate enthusiasm, as the public showed limited interest in the year’s political issues. Ladies, prohibitionists, and Democrats attended.
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Middlebury
Vernon Varflzet
E A. Daueman
Varfleet
Prohibition
Dausman
Franklin Miles Returns to Elkhart Purchases Eber Darling Home
Dr. Franklin Miles, once a successful Elkhart patent medicine maker, will return to Elkhart after purchasing the Eber Darling home for 15000. The property will be further improved. A union service tomorrow at First Methodist Church will be preached by Rev. N B Mathes with high attendance expected. The note urges delaying Air Tight stoves until seeing The Gawke Hardware Co's line.
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Franklin Miles
Elkhart
Chicago
Eber Darling
Gawke Hardware Co
Armory Dedication in Warsaw and Early May Events
The M. Third regiment of the Indiana National Guard opened a new armory in Warsaw with a grand ball. Workmen near Chal mers unearthed six well preserved skeletons in a single grave, likely white men. Arthur Hobson, from four miles southeast of South Bend, was confined for insanity, blamed on politics. The state fair shows a large deficit as rain reduced Thursday attendance. John McIntyre was found dead in LaPorte after marrying Lena Glick the night before, with simultaneous funeral rites by Rev. D. C. Sheirk. Three hoboes attacked in Kendallville. one man was injured and fled to Dr Teal.
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Indiana National Guard
Warsaw
Raub Pit
Chalmers
Arthur H. Hobson
South Bend
John McIntyre
LaPorte
Lena Glick
McIntyre
D. C. Sheirk
Lake Shore
Deaths of Mrs Anna G Banta and Joseph Willard Bickel
Mrs Anna G Banta aged 62 widow of Frederick Banta died after a brief illness in Goshen with sons Charles E Banta of Chicago and Will A Banta of Rochester at her side. Joseph Willard Bickel 17 died after four weeks of typhoid fever, son of Mr and Mrs Peter R Bickel of 203 Mill street with one sister and four brothers. Funeral for Bickel Monday at 2 pm at the house, Rev Laughlin officiating. Burial at Oak Ridge.
Pomeroy sells rights to When Day’s Shadow Lengthen
L B Pomeroy sells the copyright of When Day’s Shadow Lengthen to Novello Emer Publishing of New York. The song is dedicated to Miss Maude Romaine and will be sung by her at the October musical. The item also notes unrelated local property listings and purchases, including a dog sale and theater costumes tied to Robert B Mantell’s play A Prince Lance.
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L. B. Pomeroy
Day
Novello-Emer Publishing Company
New York City
Maude Romaine
Pomeroy
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Ekhart
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Oive
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