Indiana Northern Traction seeks fair right of way for town line
Lake township residents hear of a modest proposal from the Indiana Northern Traction Company to extend its Marion to Wabash line north toward North Manchester with no subsidies. Landowners are urged to consider deeds and negotiate fair compensation while the company will not pay exorbitant prices. Deeds already executed as officials move to close the transaction promptly.
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Lake Township
Indiana Northern Traction Company
Marion
Wabash
North
Manchester
Warsaw
W. J. Fitton
Mail Boxes to Be Green Across the Nation
A government commission selects green as the uniform color for all city letter boxes and rural collection boxes with white lettering. The iron posts will also be repainted. The government provides paint and postmasters may seek bids for painting labor where needed.
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Postotice Department
United States
Library move to Trustee hall announced
High School Library will be moved into the Trustee’s building. Readers may borrow books to take home for a short time at the Trustee’s on Friday afternoon and evening each week. C. Leroy Leonard.
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C. Leroy Leonard
Summer at Winona Lake Draws Distinguished Guests
The 1905 Year Book for Winona Assembly details the Summer Assembly opening July 3 and seven weeks of lectures by Prof Leon Vincent Dr W A Colledge and others. The Bible Conference led by Dr J Wilbur Chapman features Dr Frances Patton and William Jennings Bryan among speakers. Summer Schools run six weeks with Prof Stanley Coulter and a Bible School by Dr W W White.
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Winona
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona Assembly
Assembly
Indiana
Leon Vincent
W. A. Colledge
Armour Institute
Prof
Blanchard
University of Chicago
Frederick Warde
Bertha Kunz Baker
S. C. Schmucker
President McCormick
University of Western Pennsylvania
Mark Guy Pearse
G. A. Johnston Ross
London
R. S. MacArthur
Samuel Fallows
Robert W. Rogers
Opie Read
Charles Eugene Banks
Leland Powers
Fred Emerson Brooks
S. Parkes Cadman
Jack Crawford
S. A. Long
D. W. Robertson
Nat M. Brigham
Marin French Military Band
New York
Mme. Shotwell Piper
Francis Archemvault
Rogers
Gamble Concert Company
Rheinberger Quartette
Roney
Boston
Maud Ballington Booth
W. E. Lougee
Young Men’s Christian Association
M. Linn Bruce
John Willis Baer
John H. Converse
Philadelphia
William Jennings Bryan
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
Cean
W. W. White
New York City
H. M. Hamill
Nashville, Tenn
Saw Mill Machinery Arrives for Local Timber Operation
James Shoemaker has arranged to set up and operate a saw mill at the former mill site near the stock yards at the railroad. The machinery has arrived and will begin operation soon to cut timber for A. S. Sprigey who holds large contracts needing prompt handling.
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James Shoemaker
A. S. Sprigey
Fred Pritchard Heads North for Summer Tour
Fred Pritchard departed Tuesday for Rochester on a regular summer tour. His itinerary will pass through Illinois and Wisconsin visiting Northwestern towns and resorts. He does not expect to return until September or October. We wish him success on the trip.
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Fred Pritchard
Rochester
Illinois
Wisconsin
Fashion Hoop Skirts Return In Ladie's Dresses
A column notes hoop skirts are returning as a fashion trend for women. The piece mocks critics while praising the style as divine and elegant, describing how the look resembles a long wooden clothespin and evokes voyage imagery.
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Ladie
Local Happenings Noted By Names In City Guests
A reminder urges residents to ensure visiting guests are named in the local paper. The note stresses that guests feel slighted if omitted and suggests readers actively provide names so editors can include them.
Miss Orpha McClure Returns from California Visit
Miss Orpha McClure has returned from a trip to California arriving in Goshen on Tuesday of last week. She stayed with her sister Mrs. Benson Rager and family until Saturday when she went home.
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Orpha McClure
California
Goshen
Mrs. Benson Rager
Harley Rager to Return Home This Friday Evening
Harley Rager, a student in Indianapolis, will arrive home this Friday evening and stay through Monday with his parents, visiting for the weekend.
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Harley Rager
Indianapolis
One Dozen Club Entertains Younger Crowd
The One Dozen Club hosted a younger crowd at Will Bussard's commodious rooms on Monday. Miss Edna Wiltrout chaperoned. W G Bussard and Floyd Zimmerman served as hosts. Lert Lukens, the honored guest, departed Tuesday for the western states after a farewell program. The evening featured music games and social activities with carnation decorations. each guest received a carnation as a souvenir. The gathering ended with toasts and recitations, praised as the club's most successful entertainment.
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Will Bussard
Edna Wiltrout
W.G. Bussard
Floyd Zimmerman
Lert Lukens
Lert
Michigan Non-Resident Fishing License Law
Michigan enacts a retaliatory non-resident fishing license requiring 325 to fish in Michigan streams and lakes. Kosciusko County in Indiana, with thirty seven lakes including Wa wasee, may see more summer visitors and anglers as a result.
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Michigan
Indiana
Kosciusko County
Wawasee
Sign Removal Ordered at Cemetery Entrance by Lodge
The trespass sign on the cemetery arch, in place for years, has been ordered removed by the K of P lodge. It was deemed misleading in character and originally meant for the rear fence to prevent tampering with the premises.
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K of P Lodge
Cemetery fund seeks help to improve Lakeview grounds
A town newspaper urges residents and non residents with ties to Lakeview cemetery to donate 1.00 to a fund. The goal is to hire a person to maintain the grounds through the summer, noting lodge influence does not cover the entire cemetery and many plots are poorly kept.
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Lakeveiw Cemetery
Kot P Lodge
Lakeview Cemetery
Fearful Rain Storm Deluges Town
A rare storm overwhelmed the area during two hours of heavy rain and wind with small hail. Flooding and high winds disrupted daily life as press time approached.
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Press
Five Year Old Slips with Lawn Mower Injures Finger
Vernon area reports a child of Mr and Mrs D V Bechtelheimer aged five suffered the end of a finger on his right hand severed while playing with a lawn mower last week.
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Vernon
D. V. Bechtelheimer
Miss Stella Amiss Installed as Regular Clerk at Cash Store
Has Now Taken the Position Miss Stella Amiss of Disko has been installed as the regular clerk at the Cash Store. She was engaged at opening but could not begin work then, and Miss Mary Homman filled the place until Miss Amiss could start. Hommen will assist on Saturdays.
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Stella Amiss
Disko
Mary Homman
Miss Amiss
Miss Hommen
Two Sides To It In Catalogue House Trade
The piece argues that catalogue houses dominate pricing and force farmers to shop by ad circulars. Local merchants fail to advertise and lose trade as farmers compare weekly papers with catalogue quotes instead of in town offers.
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Chicago
Point E
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