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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
1
A compact collection of brief notes from courthouse corridors and office chatter. Snippets cover ongoing cases, filings, and procedural updates shaping local judicial activity.
Commissioners court reviews petitions for road and ditch projects in Wayne Prairie Harrison Jefferson and Turkey Creek townships appoints viewers and sets arches including Botkin Blough Haney and Wolf arches. Probate passes estates and real estate transfers list shows multiple property deeds and sales in Kosciusko County. Local German Baptist conference at Bellefontaine drew large crowds with 28000 at Sunday meeting and record offering. A tax receipt from 1843 found in an old trunk will be preserved by the Historical Society.
Brief report from Harrison Township notes graduates from Metab home held a preliminary commencement last Thursday evening. Teachers and parents attended as a number of graduates were recognized for completing their studies.
W J Woodward gave a brief address praising an innovation by Mr Rowe that changed the tradition of graduates handing essays to the trustee for examination. The change to allow trustees to review essays is seen as a beneficial improvement and expected to be widely adopted.
County commencement exercises were held at Winona park with Milford band performing. Prof Harlan delivered recitations and a welcome address was planned by Dr Chapman but not present. Dr Nathan C Schaeffer spoke on education's value and diplomas were awarded before a sudden heavy rain ended the day.
Me and Mrs Samual Halves celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home three miles northwest of Warsaw on Tuesday June 2 with Si guests. A banquet followed by music from grandchildren and gift presentation by Rev C W Lynch marked the day. The couple married in Franklin County Ohio on June 2 1850 and moved to Roseltene Indiana in 1856. Two sons and three daughters survive along with four grandchildren. Calvin Babcock of Pierceton has been granted a pension of 2 a month.
Town ship trustees in Kosciusko County faced a tainted selection process for county superintendent of schools. Democratic nominee Prof. Richard Vanderveer faced partisan pressure, treachery, and a Republican twist led by trustee Edson R. Sarber, amid accusations of betrayal and loyalty to party over schools.
Nine township trustees faced criticism as voters backed George W. Ellis for county superintendent despite protests from Decent citizens. The ballot drew outrage over alleged school fund defalcations and a questionable exam sale tied to a state scandal. Local papers split, Goshen News Times defending the outcome while others condemn the choice.
Mantser received a telegram stating that his brother George Warren of Edmond Oklahoma is not expected to live. George, long employed at Hit Smith's blacksmith shop, has purchased a shop at Tiosa and plans to move there soon.
Miss Hattie Elder daughter of Mr and Mrs William Elder living east of Warsaw died Sunday at 3 pm aged 22 after a week of illness. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 am at St Palestine with Rev Edward Owens conducting. Interment in Palestine cemetery. The piece notes a local ban on bicycles on sidewalks and mentions a motor cycle ridden on Center street sidewalks.
The article surveys presidential burial sites across the United States, noting many presidents lie outside Washington. It cites locations such as Quincy Massachusetts, Richmond Virginia, Monticello Virginia, Montpelier Vermont, and other sites in Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois, with anecdotes about Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.
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