Court House News Items From Corridors and Offices
A compact round up of courtroom and county office buzz, highlighting notable filings, schedule adjustments, and official actions observed around the courthouse corridors and administrative wings.
15 May 1902
Page 1
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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
1
A compact round up of courtroom and county office buzz, highlighting notable filings, schedule adjustments, and official actions observed around the courthouse corridors and administrative wings.
The Commissioners and Probate Court awarded contracts to Tehart Bridge Co for the Galbreath bridge in Washington township at 210, the Shirey bridge in Morrison township at 779, and the Dames bridge in Tippecancoe township at 8099. Abutment work was issued to Elba Cochran with sums 225 for Galbreath, 27 for Shirey, and 2752 for Dames, plus 1885 to George W. McCarter for Ludlow bridge abutments. Theron L. Barber and others filed a petition for a joint road along the Kesciusko Fulton county line.
The Kosciusko Abstract and Title Guaranty records detail transfers including Fredarick Leifer to William’s born and wife S E I 1 23 Wayne Up 1222. Jasper Cress to Sophia Alypaugh land at Silver Lake 550. Mary Scott to Wm Thorn in Milford. numerous parcels in Turkey Creek Harrison Wayne and Turkey Creek additions. Parties include James F Young Cora Ko Butt Margaret A Disher John W Weber Simon J Straus Columbus Diaher W R McNeil Grant Richardson Samuel Gross Bertha B Merrick A L Young Adda C Cole and others. Totals in the thousands with multiple easements and lot transfers in Warsaw Mentone Syracuse and Milford.
A series of deed transfers are listed for Lansdale, Waccaw, Monroe and Clay townships with buyers and amounts including 883.33 4800 700 and 350, plus multiple mentions of properties in Syracuse and Van Buren. The Death Record details Mrs Elizabeth Bush wife of Dr J M Bush dying suddenly from heart paralysis after a long family history in the county, with survivors and services set at 2 pm Wednesday at the family home, interment Oakwood cemetery.
A Republican councilman elect praised an aerial sewer as unique and worthy of a photograph for Scientific American. A respected resident noted trestle work on Market street sewer, arguing the project’s enormous cost is justified by its novelty for Warsaw and should be paid cheerfully despite the burden.
Historical society aims to preserve data relics and records on Kosciusko County. Membership from helpers. officers elected annually at Warsaw courthouse December meeting. Duties assigned for president vice president secretary and custodian with specifics on records, property, and attendance.
A report condemns a Sunday crowd that serenaded Rev. F M Stone after a city election. It calls the crowds unchristian and notes they later visited saloons and appeared intoxicated, framing the event as a peculiar start to the new Republican administration.
The piece critiques Republican misrule and applauds Democratic gains in various cities including South Bend and Ligonier. It highlights elected figures like Harlan Gibson and Fo garty, praises figures Cushman and Robinson, and condemns mall order reliance on Chicago firms, urging local patronage and political accountability.
In Warsaw the Democratic party, a hopeless minority, nominated F. E. Bowser for mayor. Republicans, fearing Bowser’s election due to heavy city expenditures, pushed to expand support and won by a beggarly majority of 108. The result was noted as a high compliment to Bowser despite not being elected.
The column defends sewers cost estimates for Goshen as based on Republican authority and city records. It notes main street assessments, depths of sewers, and rebuts a Times claim about street paving. The piece confirms erred guessing by The Times and asserts Tax Union figures rely on official records. It also mentions Bub Estep acquiring the Syracuse hotel furniture and business, with June closure.
Notes praise Daniel W Voorhees as Indiana's premier orator and defender of republican government. The reviewer extols Forty Years of Oratory, citing readings on The Holy Sepulchre and a Johnson home defense, then reflects on Payne's funeral tribute and the nation’s reverence for eloquence. The piece shifts to agriculture urging timely fruit tree spraying and reflects on the joy of country life and the call to appreciate nature.
About 50 neighbors gathered on a Wednesday evening at Columbia street to surprise Mr and Mrs Chas Heroth with a house warming in their new elegant home. The guests enjoyed social chat and dainty refreshments, the evening passing pleasantly and informally.
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