Misrepresentations Stir in Recorp Office
The piece defends Recorp management against claims by a dismissed youth who claimed authority and attempted to split the staff. It asserts the young man was incompetent and insolent, overestimating himself, and that improvements at Recorp prove the paper’s progress. It also rejects allegations against Mr. Chas. KE Rhodes, noting his departure was due to ill health and he remains highly respected by the Bucorn staff.
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Recorps
Iman
Recorp
Arcorp
Ife
Nature
Chas. KE. Rhodes
Recor
Bucorn Staff
Very Vicious Vituperative Virago Near Silver Lake
A couple near Silver Lake reportedly fights daily in front of their children using knives forks pans and other utensils while exchanging vile epithets. The husband dodges missiles as the wife hurls a torrent of oaths and abuse prompting calls for authorities to intervene.
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Silver Lake
Electric Railway Link Aims Between Marion and Goshen
The Wabash Times reports local officials granted franchises for an electric railway from the north line of Wabash County to North Manchester and onward toward Wabash and the Grant county line. Franchises also extend Goshen to Kosciusko County, with lines already in operation Marion to Indianapolis and Goshen to South Bend. Officials anticipate construction soon to connect Goshen and Marion.
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Aercorp
Anderson & Marion
Manchester
Wabash
Grant County
Elkhart County
Goshen
iXosciusko
Board of Commissioners of
Kosciusko
Marion
Indianapolis
South Bend
Look Out for the Octopus in North Manchester
A telephone war unfolds as Central Union seeks a toll line exchange franchise in North Manchester. Home party lines, once profitable with 50 to 60 subscribers, fear loss of control if the new company gains streets access. Current rates are 1.50 and 3 dollars monthly. free service may arrive if Central Union wins, risking higher rentals.
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North Manchester
Central Union
Friends of the Home Company
Earnest Man Secures $400,000 Beet Sugar Factory
Jacob Keller of North Judson in Starke county has tirelessly championed beet sugar as a promising industry. After years of writing columns and letters to promote the cause, the factory's location marks the realization of his long stake in the industry.
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North Judson
Starke County
Jacob Keller
Five Banks Targeted in Northern Indiana Bank Robberies
The Goshen Democrat reports a group of five men linked to bank safe break attempts across a twenty mile radius. They allegedly failed at New Paris but succeeded at Silver Lake, netting about $3500 and injuring a citizen, with prior attempts at Shipshewana and Wakarusa banks and pressure mounting for detectives.
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Goshen Democrat
Warsaw
Elkhart
New Paris
Silver Lake
Milford
Shipshewanna
Wakarusa Bank
Finnish labor arrival snub shocks American railroads
The passenger department of Pennsylvania Lines reports that foreign railway representatives notified 55 000 Finns will migrate to the United States next spring and summer to work on Northwestern State and Western British American railroads. Shipping companies have already secured contracts to transport the workers.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Northwestern States
British America
Warren Sebring Nears Centennial in Indiana Life
Kosciusko county’s oldest resident Warren Addison Sebring, born March 7, 1800 in New Brunswick New Jersey, will turn 100 on March 7. He has lived near Silver Lake since 1815, has eight children, and never drank whisky though he has used tobacco for 83 years.
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Warren Addison Sebring
Kosciusko County
Arcorp
Mr. Sebring
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Butler County
Ohio
Indiana
Wabash County
Sebring
Silver Lake
James A
Waverly
Ind
Value of the Sugar Beet in Benton Harbor Season
The Wolverine beet sugar factory at Benton Harbor produced 1,509,537 pounds of sugar this season and paid out more than $40,000 for sugar beets.
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Wolverine Beet
Benton Harbor
Golden Wedding Celebrated By Captain McCutcheon Kin
Mr Charles Wiltrout and family attended the fiftieth anniversary of Captain McCutcheon's marriage in Chicago. Lieutenant Haines officiated the ceremony and vows were renewed as in youth. Professor Cook addressed the groom and Haines spoke for the bride. About eighty guests and thirteen grandchildren attended a photographer’s group portrait.
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Charles Wiltrout
Edna
Ralph
Fred Wiltrout
Chicago
Captain McCutcheon
Haines
Cook
He Should Sign the Pledge on Umbrella Lights
The editor jokes about peering through an umbrella to see nine little electric bulbs arranged like a checkerboard. He describes how spinning the umbrella creates a revolving firework spin wheel effect, suggesting borrowed umbrellas work as well as one’s own.
Record Awaits Arrival of Subscription Wood
The Record signals anticipation as a subscription of wood arrives, noting readiness for distribution and use within the newsroom or printing operations.
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Wood
Dispute Over Timber Lands In Starke County Indiana
Indiana pauses timber trespass action while ownership of meander lands in Starke county is resolved. The question is whether the lands belong to Indiana or the United States and whether federal cession included them. Governor Mount sought to halt cutting as officials review original plats and records in a lengthy ownership determination.
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Indiana
Starke County
United States
Mount
Spirit Visitor Delivers Mission to Christianize Land
A town resident recounts meeting a spectral missionary on Penn road near Noble's mill who claims to be from beyond the seas. The ghost describes a buried fortune in an iron box, urges building a Christian nation and a mansion of betterment, and warns to harvest souls before death ends the task. The message emphasizes spreading the gospel and finishing a divine mission.
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Penn Road
Noble’s Mill
Christ
America
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