The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 52, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 25 April 1912 — Page 1

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ITEMS FROM ALL OMERJHE STATE Items of More or Less Interest to Our Readers, gathered From Our Exchanges. Jesse Knepper, aged a Lake Shore engineer and an Elkhart resident, died at Longcliff asylum,where he was taken after become insane and tried to kill his wife, Officer Cooley and himself. Knepper’s condition was brought on by long continued kidney ailment. While playing with matches and paper, Page Lowery, 5 years old, set fire to his clothing and was burned to death Monday noon at Laporte. Amos G. Sarber, the grandfather and deputy county treasurer, in an endeavor to extinguish the flames, was so badly burned his recovery is not expected. Latest estimates place the death f list in the Indiana-Illinois tornado I of Sunday evening at, 36 persons. Nine of the number met death at Morocco, Ind. The storm was quite general throughout the two states. Morocco was the north line of the severe tornado and Murphysville, 111., was the south line. Wm, Eddleman, a pioneer resident of Elkhart county, was brutally murdered at his home in Con-

BRAINARD’S Deoartm't Store If you buy it here it’s Cheaper Special for Saturday, April 27 ; MUSLIN UNDERWEAR—Ladies’ Muslin Gowns, 65c I and 75c grades, Saturday for 43c. Corset Covers, 25c and 35c grades, Saturday for 21c. STATIONERY—AII 5c Tablets 3c; 10c Tablets for 7c. ; Boys’ Shirts in light and dark colors, at 50c each. I Boys’ Blouse Waists in light and dark colors, at 25c. > Children’s Dresses in gingham and percale, at 59c, > 75c, SI.OO and $1.50. J Children’s and Infant’s White Dresses 59c, 69c, 75c. I Aluminum Ware, new line—Dippers 25c. Basting I Spoons 20c. Table Spoons 10c each. T. A. BRAINARD <£ CO. IIIMMMMMMMMMMIIMI | state Bank oi Syracuse We pay 3 per cent. Interest on Certil . ficates of Deposit This bank is under the management of conservative > business men, and your money, when on deposit with • us, you can rest assured is rightly placed and safely ; deposited. ON GUARD / • against impure food. You prove your vigilance when you , insist upon GERBELLE or NEVER FAIL Flour, made by iwjF) Goshen Mimno Go. A - , Goshen, Indiana

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cord township last Friday. He must have made a heroic effort in defence of his life, as evidenced by his tom clothes and battered body. Robbery was probably the motive, though the perpetrators of the murder overlooked $41.20 afterwards found on the body of the murdered man. About 250 acres of hemp is being cultivated around Nappanee. This is the first attempt to raise hemp on such a scale. The crop is sown with a drill and receives no more care than other crops sown in a similar manner, the kind of soil and its preparation being most essential. The crop is cut about September with a mower or binder but is not bound up. Leaving a number of friends who had called to spend the afternoon at her home in Lafayette and with whom she had been chatting gayly Mrs. Frank Abbot, 49, stepped into an adjoining room and drank carbolic acid, from which she died within an hour. After drinking the acid the woman called her husband who summoned aid, but too late to save her life. No cause was given.

Fertilizer! Fertilizer! I have just received a carload of “Horseshoe” brand commercial fertilizer for potatoes, onions, oats, etc. If you are in need of for any purpose, you will do well to see me atjthe elevator in Syracuse. Frank Bushong.

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Elizabeth Angeline Snavely. Elizabeth Angeline Wagner was born June 11, 1846; died a April 17, 1912, aged 65 years, 10 months and 6 days. She was united in marriage to John A. Snavely, August 23, 1865, and to this union was bom one daughter, Mrs. E. McPherson, of this city. Sister Snavely united with the Evangelical church at the age of 14 years and remained a faithful Christian up to her death. In her early life and up to the time of her affliction, her home was ever open to the pastors of her church, and many were welcomed at her door. She was a kind wife and affectionate mother; always administering to the wants of her family and those of her neighbors and friends. Her affliction was long and serious, extending over a period of eighteenmonths, and was borne with Christian fortitude. A husband, one daughter, three grandchildren, two great-grandchil-dren, one sister, one brother and many friends and neighbors mourn her departure. The funeral was held Monday April 22, at 11 o’clock, from the Evangelical church, conducted by Rev. C. A. Wright, of Rochester. Interment was made in Syracuse cemetery.

Card of Thanks. I desire to extend thanks to my neighbors and friends for their kindness during the illness and death of my wife. John A. Snavely. Was Given a Surprise. Glenn Darr was kindly remembered and pleasantly surprised last Monday evening on the occasion of his birthday. While he was called to a neighbor’s, about twenty of his neighbors gathered at his home two miles west of Wooster. The guests were entertained with music and served with ice cream and cake. This being leap year the young ladies had the pleasure of choosing their partners, a privilege most highly appreciated. The evening was greatly enjoyed.—Pierceton Recrod. Every housewife of experience in this vicinity knows that GERBELLE FLOUR is always reliable, always uniform and always reasonable in price, and that she can get better results on baking day than from any other brand. Ask your grocer for GERBELLE and if he does not have it, send his name to THE GOSHEN MILLING CO. . a . Goshen, Ind The Journal, One Dollar a year. %

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1912.

An Old Document. Mr. Lewis A. Neff presented to the library museum an original warranty deed fm* forty acres of land, executed by Lewis Lock and Mary Lock, both of whom signed “by mark,” to James Rentfrow, December 23rd, 1835. The deed was drawn and acknowledged by Matthew Rippey, a justice of the peace at that date and who subsequently represented Elkhart county in the state legislature in the days when men were chosen because of their sterling worth an-i strong sense ofright and a real interest in the public welfare. The form employed is far more extended and verbose than the simple one of today and will prove of much interest to the youths and students who visit the library. The blank was printed by T. Tigar, Printer, Fort Wayne, and is a neat, clean-cut job of presswork. Freight Cars Derailed. A broken axle on east bound freight train No. 94, on the B. &O. Railroad, caused the derailment of two cars and tearing up several hundred feet of track at Pickwick Park, just east of Syracuse, last Friday morning at about 1:45. Jesse Beitman, formerly of this place, was a brakeman on the train. No one was hurt The wreck train was called from Garrett and cleared the track. Traffic was delayed about five hours. Company Has Incorporated. The Northern Indiana Improvement Co., of Wawasee, has incorporated, with a capital stock of SIOO,000. Lake Pappakeechie will be made a resort. The incorporated organization has accomplished something in the way of building dams. The incorporators areC. A. Naney and Wm. B. Sudlow of Indianapolis. The directors are the following: C. A. Sudlow, EUiottt Durand, L. D. Ballou, W. B. Sudlow, John Hazen White and James R. Frazer.—Goshen Democrat. / Wanted—Carpets and rugs to dean and wash. Other washing and house cleaning. W. Keim.

WITHOUT narcotics FOLEY’S HONEY and TAR COMPOUND STOPS COUGHS ■ CUBES COLDS For CROUP, BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING COUGH, LA GRIPPE COUGHS, HOARSENESS .and ALL COUGHS and COLDS. It is BEST and SAFEST for CHILDREN and for GROWN PERSONS. •The Genuins h in a Yellow Package F. L. HOCH

Syracuse Flouring Mill. The dtizens of Syracuse and the farmers of our community will be more than pleased to know that the Syracuse Flouring Mills, formerly owned by Wingard & Rapp, have been just recently disposed of to Mr. Eli A. Jenkins of Elkhart, and that the mills will at once be put in operation. Mr. Jenkins has been in the milling business all his life and in fact is unacquainted with any other line of work. Being a middleaged man his experience therefore is of a very wide variety in this character of work. Syracuse has been rather unfortunate in not having had its flouring industry taken care of for the past few. years, for it has caused many farmers to go to neighboring towns to mill. We are glad that we can now take care of this business here in Syracuse, which we have heretofore lost, for the patrons of the Syracuse Flouring Mills will not only receive a cordial welcome at the hands of Mr. Jenkins, but will also recieve entire satisfaction in all dealings had with him. We understand that the mill will have the personal supervision of Mr. Jenkins, in which his son will also give his assistance. What to Forget If you would increase your happiness and prolong your life, forget your neighbors’ faults. Forget the fault-finding, and only remember the good points which make you so fond of them. Forget all personal quarrels of histories you may have heard by accident, and which if repeated, would seem a thousand times worse than they really are. Blot out as far as possible, all the disagreeableness of life; they will come, but will grow larger when you remember them. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yesterday, start out with a clean sheet today, and write upon it for sweet memory’s sake only things which are lovely and lovable.

For Sale. Two gasoline tanks, one 260 gallon capacity and one 125. Also 3 2-burner gasoline chandeliers with globes, shades and generating outfit, all in good condition. Will sell cheap for cash. The Vawter Park Department Store. s> G. W. Elliott, of Warsaw, installs the best know system of Acetylene lights. Satisfaction guaranteed. See him before investing. 12-ts Make your selection of rugs now, as the variety is complete at present at Beckman’s store.

Prohibition County Convention. The Prohibitionists of Kosciusko county held their county nomination convention in Warsaw Saturday. * County Chairman William Sanders called the convention to order at 10 o’clock a. m. and Rev. J. A. Kek offered prayer. Rev. B. H. Truman, pastor of the Baptist church at Warsaw, was selected as chairman of the convention. Following is the platform: In convention assembled at Warsaw, Ind, Saturday, April 20, 1912, we, the Prohibition party of Kosciusko county, expressing our faith in the immediate moral awakening of all patriotic citizens, in the triumphant truth, and in the justice of God, do maintain and proclaim the following principles: , 1. The initiative, the recall, and the referendum. 2. Election of U. S. Senators by direct vote of the people. 3. Equal suffrage qualified on the basis of intelligence. 4. A more satisfactory and economic registration law. 5. The preservation of natural resources. 6. Economic administration of government. 7. An equitable graduated inheritance and income tax. 8. The immediate and positive prohibition of the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors and drugs for immoral purposes.

3 Get Ready to Do Your SPRAYING f ' We have the Lime and Sulphur solution for spraying all kinds of fruit trees, 0 vines, plants, etc., and Arsenate of Lead for spraying. Step in and get a book of Instructions for Spraying of fruit trees. F. L. HOCH Phone 18 h»MM IM 111111 M SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 27th With 25c worth of Galvanic Soap we will give you a 10c cake of Palmolive Soap If you have never tried it you can have no idea how it will soften and freshen the skin and improve the complexion. IT WILL PLEASE YOU SEIDER & BURGENER.

9. That local option is a failure and the scapegoat of liquor license parties’ use for the purpose of evading moral issues and to defeat prohibition—a proposition at par with the infamous “Squator Sovereignty’’ and “States Rights” so nobly denounced and prohibited by Abra" ham Lincoln in his time. 10. That the only voice which will influence moral legislation is a majonty vote for principles of truth. 11. That this platform and the Prohibition party will not recieve the suppert of one single liquor vote; therefore, in the light of justice and reason we appeal to the manhood of all temperance voters to do their duty in voting, not with liquor men but against the license system, by casting their ballots for Prohibition. The following ticket was then nominated: For state representative, Wm. Gray Lohr, Warsaw; prosecuting attorney, Capt. S. J. North, Milford; sheriff, Joseph Everly, Harrison township; treasurer, Adam Grisso, Sidney; surveyor, Rev. B. H. Truman, Warsaw; commissioner of northern district, Andrew Om, Milford: commissioner of southern district Elias Parker, Burket. The following delegates were chosen for the state convention to be held at Indianapolis May 28 and 29: E. A. Blue, Jonathon Wyland, William Loehr, Capt. S. J. North, H. C. Goshert, Jacob R. Johnson, Rev. E. Q. Laudaman, Theo. Parker, Milton B. Groves, Enoch Goshert, J. W. Miller, S. C. Breeding, Jacob Dilsaver and A. S. Scott.

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