Beckman's ball bearing umbrellas line up in Kendallville ads
A jumble of local notices lists Beckman line of ball bearing umbrellas for ladies with new colors and quality claims. It also advertises rentals, a new branch manager, and various medical cures amid community notices and small town happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckman’s
W. E. Ogie
Fonte
Kendallville
Adiple
Alfred 4 Wholesaler
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beckman
Lightning's Close Call Hits Farm Workers
A two o'clock storm struck Will Cary's farm in Orange township as threshers took shelter under a separator. Lightning struck a straw stack and followed the blower to the separator causing severe shocks to Will Cary Eli Newman and Bert Smith who were briefly unconscious. All recovered though Cary remained weak into evening. The Waterloo Press notes a near catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Township
Will Cary
Dyer
Eli Newman
Bert Smith
Mr. Cary
Waterloo Press
Henry Wright
Steuben County
Wright
Monroe Wright
Salem Township
John Tritch
Pleasant Lake
Tritch
Moses Gonser
Gonser
Supreme Court
Fairy rings and trout tales from distant shores
Fairy rings in lawns are caused by a mushroom, noted in a LaGrange column as a curiosity tested by Dr. Rerick. Miss Martha Thompson reports a Michigan fishing trip aboard the steamer Juanita with Col. Judkins, catching eighty four trout and visiting Gould’s Landing. The entry lists Aug events from Aug 5 to Aug 14 with speakers and programs including Wallace Bruce and John G. Wooley at a temperance and G A R gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Thompson
Thompson
Ligonier Leader
Col
O. H. Judkins
Mullet Lake
Mich
Wallace Bruce
John G. Wooley
New Voice
Grand Army
Frank C. Bruner
Grand Army of the Republic
John C. Black
Local ads mix with notices and railway tragedy
A collage of notices and ads from a midwestern paper includes photography studio promotion, millinery, room for rent, second hand furniture, a case of fatal train tragedy, shoe sales, eye care visits, a university boast, and an ice cream social. The items span merchants G M Band Lang Ep Kent and Dr Joseph Burke while Leo Buckowski’s death is noted at Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hutt
L Beckman
Island Park
Main Street
Warsaw
G. M. Band
F.C. Hardy
Noble County
U. S. Express Office
Charles Jourdan
Lisbon
School House
Leo Buckowski
Michigan City
Madison Medicine Co
S. Rocky Mountain
G. H. Lohman & Co
Joseph Burke
South Michigan Street
South Bend
Kendallville
Reyher Hotel
Huntington (Ind.) Business University
Indiana
Wife confronts rival on interurban car in Elkhart
Tuesday night the wife of an Elkhart businessman found her husband beside a strange woman on an interurban car. In a fit of anger she threw pepper in the woman's face, causing a scene and a stir aboard the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Barn Fires and Storm Losses Across Town
The column notes residents urged to keep boys in school and away from idle streets to avoid moral decline. It reports lightning strikes damaging barns near Brusby Prairie and Milford township, with a horse killed. Gen Lew Wallace survived a near‑accident in an automobile incident and is expected to recover quickly. A bogey factory is planned at Auburn Junction seed.
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Here
Haskins
Brusby Prairie
Schees
Milford Township
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J. Keller @ Co
Wallace
Cawley & Cawley
A. J. Strauss
McCray RF. Co
Foley
Rocky Mountain Tee
G. H. Looman & Co
Edwin R. Niles
Longcliff Asylum
Chicago
LaPorte
Adrian
Goshen
Niles
Democrat
Geo.Gunn
South Milford
Perry Emerick
Noble County Mutual
Charley
Jane
Strand Theatre
London
Broughton
Maria
Sol Link
Northern Michigan
Island Park Assembly
Sullivan
O. K. Hawkins
Sanitarium
Rome City
Daily Eagle
Union City
Garrett Clipper
Drew, Siby and Company
Drew, Selby and Company
Conkin
Lew Wallace
Auburn Junction Seed
H. G. Misselhorn
D. H. Stinson
ASE
JLang @ Sons
Kodaks and
Kodak Supplies
Beckiman’s. Krupp
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