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NEWSPAPER EXCERPTS
Source: Newburyport Herald (Newburyport, MA)
Vol: XLV Issue: 13 Page: 2
Dated: Friday, May 7, 1841
The Mishawaka Toesin of the 22d
ult. mentions a report of the death of the Hon. Henry S.
Lane, member of the last Congress from the 7th district
of Indiana, and a candidate for re-election. |
Source: Cincinnati Daily Enquirer (Cincinnati,
OH) Vol. XXX Issue: 241 Page 5
Dated: Friday, Sept. 6, 1872
FIRES.
DESTRUCTION OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA.
MISHAWAKA, IND., Sept. 5. - At a quarter past eight o'clock
this evening a fire broke out in a barn near the business
portion of this town, and rapidly spread, and is burning at
this hour - half past nine o'clock. Nearly twenty
buildings, with much of their contents, have been burned.
The people are bravely at work saving all that they can,
possibly. No cause is yet assigned, though some early
at the fire plainly smelled burning kerosene. The wind
is blowing strongly form the south-west.
Among the buildings burned is the Presbyterian Church.
The insurance is light on the burned buildings. The
fire is now sweeping to the river, and it is now feared that
some of the larger manufacturing establishments on the river
will have to go. Help from South Bend and Elkhart has
been telegraphed for, and steamers are momentarily expected.
LATER, The fire is still raging. A number of
valuable brick buildings have been burned, and the loss is
estimated thus far at $150,000. A large number of
dwellings and tenement-houses are gone, and many more are in
imminent danger. The streets are full of goods of
every description, many of which are now being removed to
escape renewed danger. One building has been blown up.
Many families are thrown upon the streets, and are at the
mercy of those more fortunate. They are mainly of the
poorer class. The insurance on what is burnt is mainly
in the Home, Underwriters and Continental, of New York,
Hartford and Phoenix, of Hartford, the North America, of
Philadelphia; Andes, of Cincinnati, Home, of Columbus, and
Imperial of London, and is estimated in gross at about
$40,000. Two steamers have arrived and are doing good
work, and it is hoped that the fire will soon be under
control. The wind still continues strong.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 5 - A fire this afternoon damaged the
tin shop of the Yonce Brothers to the amount of
$5,000 and stock $3,000. Insurance, $2000 in the
Western Financial. |
Source: San Francisco Bulletin (San Francisco,
CA) Vol.: XXXVI Issue: 144 Page: 1
Dated: Sept. 23, 1873
The Mishawaka, Indiana
Enterprise contains a diagram and full description of
the rapid progress made in building up that place since the
destructive fire just a year ago. Mishawaka is one of
the handsomest and thriftiest cities of its size in the
State, and its rapid recuperation should be a matter of
pride to Indianians. |
Source: State (Columbia, SC) Page: 1
Dated: Thursday, Aug. 29, 1895
AND NO WONDER! Horrible Cause of Deadly
Eidemics in an Indiana Town Discovered.
South Bend, Ind., Au. 28. - For several years
Mishawaka, a small place three miles east of South Bend, has
been visited annually by contagious diseases, causing many
deaths. About three months ago an epidemic of
Diphtheria broke out which quickly spread over the entire
village with many fatal cases. Workmen engaged on an
electric plant shut off the water to drain the large pit, or
reservoir, from which the water mains of Mishawaka are
supplied. The bed of the pit was covered with dead
fish, snakes, dogs, cats and other dead animals.
Workmen who attempted to clean the pit were overcome.
All of the water used in Mishawaka was drawn through this
mass of decaying animal matter. |
Source: Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)
Vol: XXIV Issue: 366 Page: 5
Dated: Tuesday, Mar. 24, 1896
Rev. B.A. Kemp Married
South bend, Ind., March 23 -
Special Telegram - Rev. B. A. Kemp, for four years pastor
of the First M. E. Church at Mishawaka, this county, was
married at 2 o'clock this afternoon to Mrs. Sarah Poor
of Warsaw, Ind. After a short wedding tour to Indiana
points they will return to Mishawaka. |
Source: Indiana State Journal (Indianapolis,
IN) Vol: LXXIX Issue: 13 Page: 1
Dated: Wednesday, Mar. 25, 1896
Among other things:
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Mar. 17. - Mrs. Appalonia Pecher,
of Mishawaka, this county, is probably the oldest person in
this part of Indiana, having celebrated her one hundred and
first birthday anniversary today. She was born in
Adams county, Pennsylvania and her father, who died at the
age of sixty-four, served in the revolutionary war, under
George Washington. She was married in 1813, had
ten children and forty grandchildren. One son,
Stephen Joseph, who is now her guest, is eighty-one
years old and resides in Tiffin, O. A daughter,
Mrs. Madalena Welter, of Mishawaka, is sixty-six years
old. Bishop Carroll, the first Roman Catholic
bishop in America, administered the sacrament of
confirmation to Mrs. Pecher, when she was very young.
Her faculties, except her sight, are very good, but she has
been blind for seven years. Among other things which
she relates is the passage of George Washington and
several officers before her home when she was but a small
child. |
Source: Kalamazoo Gazete (Kalamazoo, MI)
Page: 2
Dated: Friday, Oct. 22, 1897
Bank Robbery in Indiana.
Mishawaka, Ind., Oct. 21 - The Exchange bank of
Wakarusa, a town southeast of here, was robbed at 4 o'clock
in the morning. Considerable money and a lot of
valuable papers were taken. Two armed sentinels
watched outside and prevented an officer and one citizen
from interfering. The trio then stole a team of horses
and a surrey and escaped. The officers are on their
trail and a capture is expected. |
Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
Issue: 54 Page: 7
Dated, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1899
STOLE SHEEP TO WIN A BRIDE.
Indiana Man Had No Money to Pay Marriage Expenses.
MISHAWAKA, Ind., Feb. 22 - Sheriff Hall of Ripley
took to the Indiana reformatory Henry C. Cardwill who
will serve a two years' sentence for larceny.
Cardwell is twenty-two years of age, and
recently stole seventeen sheep from a farmer's fold, later
sold the same and used the money thus realized for
purchasing a marriage license and for other expenses
incidental to the wedding day. He said he could not
disappoint his bride, had no money and in order to carry out
arrangements stole the sheep, intending to make restitution
afterward. |
Source: Fair Play (Fort Scott, KS) Vol: I
Issue: 50 Page: 4
Dated: Friday, Feb. 17, 1899
A Diminutive Indiana Infant
MISHAWAKA, Ind., Feb. 3 - There was born to the wife of
Noble Austin, in this city, the smallest infant ever
reported in Northern Indiana. The child is about the
size of an incandescent electric light globe and weights one
pound. The physician, an old practitioner says it will
live. |
Source: Fort Worth Morning Register (Fort
Worth, TX) Vol. III Issue: 297 Page: 8
Dated: Friday, Sept. 22, 1899
James Olliver, of South Bend, who recently
celebrated his 76th birthday worked for a Mishawaka foundry
for 50 cents a day when he came to Indiana a young man.
He now owns the largest plow factory in the world. |
Source: Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, MI)
Vol: 18 Issue: 300 Page: 7
Dated: Sunday, Oct. 15, 1899
HEAVIEST MAN.
In Indiana Was Walker - Had to Have a Special Coffin.
Mishawaka, Ind., Oct. 13 - George Washington Walker,
who died a few days ago at the home of his parents, in the
village of Wawaka, was the heaviest man in Indiana. He
was 37 years of age and about 10 years ago began to grow
corpulent. This process continued until his weight
increased from 150 to 565 pounds. Mr. Walker
received numerous calls from managers of museums and circus
companies to appear with them, but declined.
A special coffin had to be constructed for him, none in
the stocks of the home undertaker nor in that of the
wholesale funeral supply houses being sufficiently large to
accommodate his remains. Much difficulty was also
experienced in conveying the body from the house to the
cemetery. The deceased was ill but a short time, yet
this sickness caused his weight to decrease 75 pounds. |
Source: Recorder (Indianapolis, IN) Page 2
Dated: Saturday, Jan. 27, 1900
E. G. Siggers, Patent
Lawyer, Washington, D. C. reports the following patents
granted to Inventors in the State of Indiana. Dec. 1,
99. He will mail copy of specification ___ drawing of
any patent for 10 cents in stamps
J. A. Becher, Mishawaka, Screw cutting machine;
F. Burger, Ft. Wayne, Fluid clutch; J. D. Cullen,
Sitka, Traction wheel; L. Holland, Letz, Crown Point,
Corn husking and stalk cutting machine; C. E. Keel,
Indianapolis, Automatic computing machine; C. L. Leonard,
Veedersburg, Calendar; T. E. Ross and N. B.
Volz, Indianapolis, Gas burner; S. Watson,
Dublin, Wirefence machine; F. A. Wilke, Richmond,
Register. |
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, MI)
Page 2
Dated: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1902
DOUBLE MYSTERY IN INDIANA
Railway Man's Daughter Vanishes as Did Son Six Years Ago.
MISHAWAKA, Ind., Nov. 4 -
Rosa, the pretty 17-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Tompkins, has disappeared, and during the five
days of her absence every effort made to locate her has been
fruitless. She left home with the statement that she
intended to visit a friend on a farm several miles south of
the city, but never reached her destination and has
not been seen anywhere since. Six years ago her
brother, then 14 years old, vanished as mysteriously as she
did this week. Search was made over the entire
country, but not a trace of the youth could be obtained.
The girl's parents are inconsolable over their second loss.
Her father is connected with the Lake Shore railroad. |
Source: Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, AZ)
Vol: XXXVIII Issue: 140 Page: Three
Dated: Wednesday, Apr. 1, 1903
MARITAL TANGLES OF AN INDIANA WOMAN
She is Seeking a Divorce From the Three Men at the Same Time
and the Case Puzzles the Court.
MISHAWAKA, Ind., Apr. 1, - With three applications
for a separation from three different men pending in the St.
Joseph Circuit Court, Mrs. Hannah Meade - Kenneman -
Fischer appears as the plaintiff in the most unique and
sensational legal tangle ever submitted to an Indiana court
for solution.
Miss Hannah Miller, the descendant of a
distinguished Colonial family, and the daughter of parents
who left much wealth to their children, was at one time a
social favorite here. She was pretty well educated and
had numerous admirers. She finally married Alonzo
A. Smyser, a railroad man now located in Central
Indiana. He secured a divorce from her and the second
object of her affection was A. Clay Kenneman, a St.
Louis man of means.
While living with the latter there was recorded a
mysterious disappearance and Kennemanat last believed
his wife was dead. She had returned to this city,
however, and Kinneman married again. Recently
Kinneman discovered that his first wife was alive and
had come into possession of valuable property here.
Immediately he applied for a divorce from his second
wife on the ground that he was a bigamist, and that his
marriage to the woman had been illegal, not intentionally
so, but because he had believed himself free.
William Meade, of Rock Island, Ill., was the
third husband of the Mishawaka belle. There soon
followed the Mishawaka belle. There soon followed a
separation, but no legal writ, and a year later Meade
forwarded a document to his wife here asking her to sign the
same and convey to him the real estate she held in her own
name in the Illinois city. The woman complied, because
Meade agreed to secure a divorce on the charge of
abandonment if she would assign her holdings. There is
no record, however, of any such action on the part of
Husband No. 3, who cannot be located.
The plaintiff in the triple divorce suite next went to
Chicago, invested in real estate, and met William P.
Fischer, and they were married.
She declares the ceremony was performed by a justice of
the peace on State street in the Windy City, but the Cook
county records show no returns of such marriage having been
performed.
Mrs. Fischer affixed her name to documents nad
thereby forfeited her title to every penny's worth of
property she possessed in Illinois. The affidavit
filed with the local legal firm which is seeking to solve
the enigma and establish for the client a legal name,
declares that a dangerous drug was administered instead of
medicine which made her unconscious for days and later
resulted in her mental collapse. the unfortunate woman
has but recently been discharged from an insane asylum,
where she was confined for four years.
The case is the most remarkable ever offered to an
Indiana judge, and the outcome is problematical.
Inasmuch as she applies for a divorce from three men.
In the eyes of the law she stands a self-convicted bigamist,
and she may be sentenced as such. If the court sees
fit to divorce her from Kinnemanthe other nuptial
contracts will be declared void. If opposition is
offered, she must face a charge of bigamy. Her triple
application is considered itself illegal. |
Source: Jackson Citizen (Jackson, MI) Page: 1
Dated: Friday, June. 12, 1903
INDIANA MERCHANT BURNS HIS TOBACCO STOCK.
Heavenly Messenger Warned Him Users and Dealers Cannot
Obtain Salvation.
Mishawaka, Ind., June 11 - Swayed by influence
which he asserts was imparted through divine revelation,
J. Fred Hollister, Mishawaka's wealthiest merchant,
startled the city with an order to his employes yesterday
that all tobacco and cigars in his big store must be burned.
The stock was the largest carried by any local
establishment, but the owner would neither sell nor give it
away.
Mr. Hollister avows that spirit messages
impelled him to destroy the stock, besides informing him
that now person using or selling tobacco can obtain
salvation. He himself used it until two days ago.
The tidings came to Hollister at the same time that his wife
was cured at a religious camp-meeting. She was at the
point of death from consumption, but arose suddenly after
local and Chicago specialists had pronounced her case
hopeless, and walked from the tent, and seems now to be a
strong and healthy woman. She attributes her cure to
supernatural force.
Hollister is a member of the board of education,
owns large tracts of valuable land in the county, and is
among the most substantial businessmen in MIshawaka. |
Source: Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, AZ)
Vol: XXXXI Issue: 20 Page: One
Dated: Thursday, May 12, 1904
Indiana Methodist Women Bar Hats in Church
MISHAWAKA, Ind., May 12. - Millinery will henceforth be
on display no more in the local Methodist Episcopal church,
the largest house of worship in Mishawaka. The ladies
of this fashionable congregation last night voted to remove
their hats upon entering the church, just as is being done
in the theaters. The movement comes as a surprise and
Mishawaka ladies are the first in northern Indiana cities to
adopt the plan, which carries with it for their sex so much
inconvenience and robs them of the satisfaction of placing
swell headgear on display. It is probable that women
of other churches will follow the example of their Methodist
sisters. |
Source: Morning Olympian (Olympia, WA) Vol. 17
Issue: 195 Page: 1
Dated: Saturday, Jan. 13, 1906
Mrs. George H. Uhler has received the sad
intelligence of the death of her mother, Mrs. George
Berykett, at Mishawaka, Indiana. The news came in
a brief telegram from her brother. |
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, MI)
Page: 1
Dated: Thursday, August 31, 1911
KALAMAZOO OFFICERS SCOURING INDIANA FOR ALLEGED HORSE
THIEF.
UNDERSHERIFF CHAPMAN AND DEPUTY THAYER ON TRAIL OF A. McABEE.
Undersheriff Ralph Chapman
and Deputy Charles Thayer are scouring northern
Indiana in search of A. McAbee, wanted for taking a
horse belonging to Mrs. Anna Allen of Portage.
The horse was located yesterday morning at Moorepark, it
being left at the home of Mentonthol. Sheriff
Campbell was notified of the recovery early yesterday
morning. McAbee is said to have taken the train
at Moorepark for Bristol, Indiana.
The two Kalamazoo deputies yesterday traced the man
through Elkhart, South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana.
They telephoned Kalamazoo last night from Mishawaka and will
continue the search today.
During the last month a large number of horses have
been stolen in the vicinity of Kalamazoo. Four were
taken from Battle Creek livery barns during the past month.
All have been recovered but the thieves are still at large
and it is the belief of Kalamazoo officers that an organized
band with headquarters in Indiana is doing the work.
The sorrel team which was stolen from a livery barn at
Battle Creek, Aug. 22, was located yesterday morning in
Grand Rapids. It was reported in Kalamazoo last night
that the thieves had been located at Ludington, Michigan.
Sheriff Fonda of Calhoun county is in Ludington but
confirmation of the story that the arrests had been made
could not be made last night. |
Source: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)
Section: First Page: Two
Dated: Sunday, Dec. 29, 1912
CONVICT CUTS OFF HAND
Indiana man Serving Time for Robbery Mains Self in Michigan
Prison.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 28 -
Fourteen years ago Albert Pavarette sat in the rear
room of a Mishawaka saloon with four other men and while
wine danced through his head he listened to the luring song
of gold, easy gold, that was ready to be seized in a
Michigan bank.
Peverette listened
while the dazzling gold was pictured to him together with
the ease with which it could be obtained Young
Prevette joined the gang of yeggs. He became known
as Whitey Black because of his gray hair. The
men spent most of the time in daylight in Mishawaka.
They wore good clothes and lived a life of ease. All
went well with them until one day Whitey was nabbed
on suspicion of robbing a bank at Richmond, Mich.
He was tried, convicted and sentenced to fourteen years
in the Jackson (Mich.) prison.
The young man had lost two fingers off one hand, and
was not able to make fifty-eight pairs of overalls a day, as
was required at Marquette. Try as he might he could
only make fifty-four. Floggings followed daily for the
prisoner, until finally he cut off his hand as a last
resort, he said. |
Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, MI)
Page: 1
Dated: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1915
MILLIONAIRE SLAYS SELF ON SON'S GRAVE.
Indiana Philanthropist Despondent Over Son's Death in Auto
Accident.
South Bend, Ind., Aug. 18 - E. G. Eberhart,
aged 49 years, millionaire philanthropist, vice president
and general manager of the Mishawaka Woolen Company,
Mishawaka, Ind., committed suicide on the son's grave in the
Mishawaka city cemetery at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
He shot himself twice through the heart.
Grief over the death of his son, Harris,
in an automobile accident in 1909 is believed to have caused
the financier to take his life.
Mr. Eberhart left a note sealed in an envelope,
which ahs not yet been opened. On the envelope was
written:
"Do not call house, but call Fred Grimes at the
woolen works."
Mr. Grimes is a nephew of the financier. |
Source: Fort Wayne News Sentinel (Fort Wayne,
IN) Page 7
Dated: Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1918
INDIANA SOLDIER SLAIN AT HATTIESBURG CAMP
_rivate _ancamp, Mishawaka, Fatally Prodded by Corporal's
Bayonet.
(By Associated Press.)
HATTIESBURG, Miss., Feb. 27 - Private Julius Vancamp,
of Mishawaka, Ind., died at the base hospital Sunday night
from bayonet wounds said to have been inflicted by a
corporal because Vancamp refused to do extra duty.
Ordered by officers to make the man work, the corporal
prodded Vancamp with his bayonet. The private
resented that and turned upon the corporal who is reported
to have then stabbed him with a bayonet. |
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