Proposed Electric Line Gains Local Support Across Townships
The electric line proposal sparks wide interest in Lake and Clay townships with strong backing for a subsidy. Supporters cite five miles of track plus potential expansion to Peru Akron, local passenger freight service, lower rates, and broader markets boosting laborers merchants farmers and property values. A Goshen Indiana letter from Benson Rager endorses interurban rail benefits and tax contributions if subsidies pass.
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Lake
Clay
Peru-Akron
Michigan City Teachers Marry in Months Though Vacancies Fill
Within a few months twelve of the sixty teachers at Michigan City have been married, but the reputation of the positions in this respect is so generally known that there is no trouble to fill vacancies.
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Michigan City
Stork arrival sparks unnamed family dispute
A garbled verse fragment hints at a family scene involving a stork, a newborn, and a disputed gift or recognition. The jagged text suggests a tense exchange about a son named Billy and an implied transfer or denial of paternity or responsibility.
Heber Hare Arrested for Attacks on Mrs. Hower
Heber Hare was captured in Wabash and jailed on a $1000 bond to await trial for the attacks on Mrs. Henry Hower of North Manchester on November 10 and December 5. Mrs. Hower briefly spoke with Hare and he confessed to the assaults claiming intoxication. Hare promised not to molest her again, but was later detained after a warrant was issued by the Hower family.
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Henry Hower
Manchester
Hower
Reeser’s Hardware Store Changes Hands
After a preliminary hearing before Justice Noftzger, Hare protested his innocence in the attack on Mrs Hower. Bound over to court for trial in $1,000 bail, he is jailed in Wabash awaiting proceedings amid mixed local opinion and matching suspect descriptions.
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Noftzger
Hower
Assaiant
Tme
Hare
Manchester
Christmas candy at Swiharts and new hardware owners take over
The notice discusses telephone etiquette and fair service, reports Hayman Brothers of Middlebury as new hardware proprietors succeeding Reeser Hardware in St. Joe county Michigan near White Pigeon, with Mell Hayman as supervisor and Dell Hayman to run the shop temporarily. It praises the Reeser family and welcomes the new owners while warning against abuses that could disrupt service.
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Reeser
Hayman Bro’s
Middlebury
Ind
St. Joe
Michigan
White Pigeon
Indiana Line
Mell Hayman
Dell
Oklahoma
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Lake Township
Goshen
Indiana
Messrs
Burusa & Hanson
Silver Lake
Y. Benson Rager
A.h.bowen
Bowen & Colbert
Colbert
Billy
Aloysius Doll
Billy Blue
Heber Hare
Wabash
Swiharts
SSS
Wheeler & Wilson
Demorest
Eldridge
Household
Burdge & Gresso
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