County approves multiple road projects and bridge plans
County commissioners order three new roads and macadamizing of another. Viewers and reviewers appointed for several township petitions including Kankakee and Dewey. Plans reviewed for the Long Island bridge shared with Laporte and St Joseph counties. Pabst Brewing license fee return debated for East La Porte saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brown
Michigan Township
Prairie Township
Charles Tuesberg
C. M. Mille
Wille
Lincoln
F. W. Keller
William Replogle
Clemens Dick
J. P. Dunsmore
Kankakee Township
William Hecker
D. P. Fair
Homer Dacker
Edward Anderson
Henry Werner
George Brown
Union Township
B S. Fall
James Busch
George Francis
John Pratt
John Matthews
Thomas Wilson
Dewey Township
Fred Arndt
Long Island
St. Joseph
Laporte
Laporte County
St. Joseph County
Pabst Brewing Company
Attorney General Fights To Save Anti-Cigarette Law
Attorney General Miller begins appeal steps in the John Lewis Madison case arguing the anti-cigarette bill does not violate the federal constitution. He claims the state has a vital interest in health and morals and that the bill falls under police power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
John Lewis
Madison
Supreme Court
Prisoner Colin Store Narrates Rex Randall Fire Incident
Rex Randall a county jail inmate alleged to have dementia attempted self immolation Sunday by grabbing a match and igniting his mattress. Sheriff Smutzer restrained him with a straight jacket Saturday and again Sunday. A reported $15,000 fortune awaits Randall at age 21, though officials doubt his true age and mental state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Randall
Randall
Avoid kidney trouble with Foley's Kidney Cure sale
Avoid serious kidney or bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kidney Cure. For sale by E. T. Scott, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
E. T. Scott
Improvement of the Human Race and Rearing Children
California horticulturist Luther Burbank advocates applying plant science to human development to achieve physical moral and spiritual perfection. He cites experiments with environment and reaction similar to plants and compares his aims with Bernardo's London work on raising 60 000 waifs. Dr Gertrude Bodfish supports systematic child rearing as essential to preventing crime and achieving perfect marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
California
Burbank
James W. Lee
St. Louis
Thos. J. Bernardo
London
Bernardo
Gertrude Bodfish
Ladies Physiological Institute
Case Goes to South Bend in Darrow Disbarment Case
LaPorte Indiana September 11 court convened this afternoon Senator Parker Plymouth special counsel for Attorney Talbott moved for a change of venue sending the case to St Joseph county for trial. The defendant was given ten days to perfect appeal. The change removes Special Judge Mc Clure Anderson and places the case before Judge Funk South Bend. No attack on the jury and no other proceedings beyond the venue change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPorte
Ind
Senator Parker
Plymouth
John W. Talbott
Darrow
St. Joseph County
McClure
Anderson
Funk
South Bend
Peppermint Industry Expands as Local Distiller Distills 2000 Lbs Oil
The Steuben Republican notes Calmer Webb of Nevada Mills has distilled over 2000 pounds of peppermint oil this season. With oil selling slightly above two dollars per pound, local producers in the area have earned a tidy sum from a crop that requires minimal care and easy harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmer Webb
Nevada Mills
Steuben Republican
Methodist Church Services Cancelled Sunday
Annual Conference in session leads to no preaching at the Methodist church this Sunday The Sunday School will meet at 10 a.m Everyone is invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seasion
Deafness Cure Promoted by Constitutional Remedies
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only cure for deafness caused by inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. Claims nine of ten deafness cases arise from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by the remedy. Includes address J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and price 75 cents from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Prisons to Open Binder Twine Plant in Indiana
The state board approves a non competitive binder twine factory at the Northern Prison to employ about 100 convicts, costing 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. Production will begin by January 15 with sales on the open market, aiming to benefit farmers and reduce private convict labor contracts. The plan follows visits to Minnesota and Kansas plants and faces some labor opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Indiana
Reid
Minnesota State
Stillwater
Hanly
Minnesota
Kansas State
Lansing
Kan
Free piano offered to lodges and societies in Valparaiso
W Huntington of 202 E Main Street Valparaiso Indiana offers a full size piano free to any lodge church school or society that collects twenty five tuning orders. The instrument will be given once the orders are turned in and a receipt issued. Work done by Huntington at standard rates with satisfaction guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Huntington
Main Street
Valparaiso
Ind
Da Wolf Hopper in Happyland Opens New Gag Fund
The performer Da Wolf Hopper under Shuberts presents Happyland with new anecdotes about his niece Eileen. A mother bakes angel cake and Eileen questions where angels come from, leading to a joke about a doll filled with breakfast food after a ripped seam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da Wolf Hopper
Messrs. Shuberts
Happyland
Frederic Ranken
Reginald de Koven
Eileen
Mr. Hopper
Are You Engaged Electric Bitters Story
A Bennettsville South Carolina man recalls his wife suffering from long term dyspepsia and torpid liver until Electric Bitters revived her strength and health. E T Scott druggist sells and guarantees them at 50 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Brown
Bennettaville
S. C
E. T. Scott
Hobart Man Accused by Mother of Wife Murder for Insurance
A Hobart farmer Adolph P Wilhelm is jailed in Hammond after his elderly mother accuses him of murdering his wife for a $1000 life policy. She says he bragged of smothering her with a pillow and notes prior assaults on him and suspicions by the coroner’s heart failure ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Hammond
Wilhelm
Lodge of Maccabees
W. W.W. McMahan
Wilhelms
Maccabees
George Hopkins
Obituary James Walsh Dies From Lake Shore Fall Injuries
Obituary details James Walsh alias O'Brien who fell from a Lake Shore trestle at Hudson Lake last Monday and died later at the county house from injuries. Aged fifty two, he survived the fall with a broken back and was said to be from a good Schenectady family with disposition of remains pending from there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Walsh
O’brien
Hudson Lake
Schenectady
N. Y
Tolleston Gun Club Lands Face Transformation to Farms
After years of conflict between farmers and watchmen, Lake county ditch commissioners plan to reclaim Tolleston Gun Club preserves in Lake county. Wild rice marshes and waterfowl habitat would be converted to cultivated fields and gardens, initiating a likely legal battle with Chicagoan gun club members resisting surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolleston
Feet Swelling Recounts Kidney Cure Revival Tale
J. J. Cox of Valley View Kentucky says kidney trouble left him bedbound with feet swollen to immense size before Foley's Kidney Cure eased his condition. He credits the remedy with making him well, and notes it is sold by E. T. Scott, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Cox
Valley View
Foley
E. T. Scott
Westville Social Notes Include Visits and News
Mr and Mrs Emil Pumres ski welcomed a son on September 10. Rev and Mrs Paulzein returned from a visit in Michigan. Mrs Lowe and children visited Lafayette. Frank Boza and family from Michigan City joined Mr and Mrs Solner. Della Stump hosted guests from Brookston. Rumor mentions a local engagement. Compton family from New Carlisle visited Vogler home. Helen Schirr of Michigan City staying here. Maggie Moore of Rolling Prairie called on friends. Bardur couple spent time in Michigan City. J G Mohr hosted a Pedro party with friends. Curran travelled to LaPorte on business. Alice Compton of New Carlisle visiting sister Mrs Vogler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Pumresski
Paulzein
Michigan
Lowe
Lafayette
Frank Boza
Michigan City
Solner
Della Stump
Brookston
Ind
Westville
Helen Schirr
Maggie Moore
Rolling Prairie
Frank Bardur
J. G. Mohr
Pedro
Arraignments Encounter Maternal Refusal in Court
In court the mother called to arraign her son refused to confirm her former story. The prosecution faltered as she stood as the sole witness, leaving the case without a solid key testimony.
Finding Health Like Money From Coughs and Colds
A Sandy Level Virginia man claims Dr King's New Discovery cured his chest trouble after smoke and coal dust irritation. The ad touts the medicine as the greatest cough and lung remedy in the world, sold at E. T. Scotts drug store for 50 cents and 1 dollar with a trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Barber
Sandy Level
Dr. King
E. T. Scott's
Got Off Cheap Health Claim for King’s New Life Pills
An advertising snippet promotes Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant cure for headache and constipation. It asserts the remedy restores health after digestive discomfort and offers 25 cents at E. T. Scott’s drug store with a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
E. T. Scott
Try My Chicken Cholera Remedy Cure Guaranteed
H. B. Hercold claims a guaranteed cure for chicken cholera with his remedy. The note urges readers to try the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Hercold
Monon State Fair Ticket Sale to Indianapolis
Monon agents sell round trip tickets to Indianapolis for the State Fair from Sept 9 to 15 with a return limit of Sept 18. Fare is 4.50. Agent T. T. Stites authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Monon
T. T. Stites, Agt
Funeral of Mrs. Mary A. H. Ayer at Rolling Prairie
The funeral for Mrs. Mary A. H. Ayer, age 71, was held at Rolling Prairie on Sunday after a long illness. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Christian Dale formerly of Laporte and is survived by a sister Mrs Elizabeth Frazer of Brooklyn and three brothers E M Dale, Chas F Dale, and Samuel B Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. H. Ayer
Rolling Prairie
Christian Dale
Laporte
Elizabeth Frazer
Brooklyn
N. Y
E. M. Dale
Deadwood
Dakota
Samuel B. Dale
Bloomington, Ill
Death of Aloys Jergens in Michigan City at 37
Aloys Jergens aged 37 died Monday morning at St. Anthony’s hospital Michigan City after a two week illness. Born in St. John Lake county he had lived in Michigan City seventeen years. Wife Agnes Timm and two children Arthur 11 and Margaret 7 survive with his aged father four brothers and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloys Jergens
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Michigan City
St. John
Lake County
Agnes Timm
Arthur
Margaret
Henry Siegman Dies in Chicago After Yearlong Illness
Henry Siegman aged 31 dies in Chicago after a yearlong illness from heart trouble. He worked in flour and feed on West 4th Street. Survived by widow, a young daughter, brother Otto Siegman, and sisters Mrs. W. M. Joesting and Miss Clara Siegman of Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Siegman
Chicago
West 4Th Street
Otto Siegman
W. M. Joesting
Clara Siegman
Michigan City
Tragic death of 21-year-old brakeman in Chicago
John Elchenser, son of Valparaiso residents, was killed Monday evening in Chicago after being knocked from a car by a viaduct as a Michigan Central Railroad freight train passed. His body was ground to pieces. He was 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Elchenser
Valparaiso
Chicago
Michigan Central R. A
Mrs Catherine Kreidler Dies in Laporte After Illness
Mrs Catherine Kreidler died in Laporte Monday night from a complication of ailments. Born in Germany on June 13, 1831, she leaves five sons William and Louis of South Bend, Charles Fred and John of Laporte, another son Mathias preceded her in death a few months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kreidler
Laporte
Kreidler
Germany
William
Louis
South Bend
Charles
Fred
John
Mathias
Mrs Yachitske Dies at 27 in Otis of Consumption
Mrs. George Yachitske of Otis died September 6 from consumption at age 27. She left a husband and two sons aged 5 and 2, a father John Wrobeleski, five sisters, and seven brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Yachitske
Otis
John Wrobeleski
Mrs Sonnenberg, 31, Dies in Michigan City Hospital
Mrs. C. A. Sonnenberg aged 31 died at a Michigan City hospital after a two week illness. Her husband survives along with six children ages eight months to 11 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Sonnenberg
Michigan City
Mrs Mary Gillen Dies in LaPorte at 70
Mrs Mary Gillen died in LaPorte Monday evening at age 70. Surviving children include two sons Jacob and Peter and two daughters Mrs Mary Carr of Chicago and Miss Anna Gillen of LaPorte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gillen
Laporte
Jacob
Peter
Mary Carr
Chicago
Anna Gillen
Wanatah Woman Found Dead In Bed At Home
Miss Nettie Sherman aged 45 was found dead in her Wanatah home Saturday morning. Police are investigating the unexpected death at the residence of Sherman and awaiting autopsy results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Sherman
Wanatah
Travel Rates to Pacific Coast by Train Lines
Daily excursions from Chicago on the Chicago Asian Pacific and North-Western Line to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle and Tacoma with low round trip fares to Helena Butte Spokane Ogden and Salt Lake City. Pullman tourist sleeping cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland through without change double berth 87.00. For particulars contact A H Waggener Trav Agt 22 Fifth Ave Chicago Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Asian Pacific & North-Western Line
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Pacific Coast
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Ozden
Salt Lake City
Pullman
A. H. Waggener
Trav. Agt
Fifth Ave
Chicago, Ill
Nations refuse to allow Panama workers as talks stall
Italy, China and Japan have all refused to let their subjects work at Panama. There is mention they may have consulted with engineer Wallace amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
China
Japan
Panama
Wallace
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Colin
Case
M.E. Church Services
J.cheney & CO
Toledo, O. Wr
Northern
Alice Compton
New Carlisle
F. B. Vogler
Scott's
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