The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 3, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 May 1935 — Page 1

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STREAM LINE TRAIN TO BE HERE SUNDAY New B. & O. Fast Model To Stop 10 Minutes For Inspection. The “Abraham Lincoln,” the new stream line train of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will make a 10 minute stop in Syracuse, Sunday, for anyone Interested, to inspect the train. It is scheduled to arrive here at IT minutes after noon, CST, on its Chicago-Detroit trip. Thia is but one of the stops for public inspection which the train will make. It was built by the American Car and Foundry al St. Charles, Mo., and has received its final test preparatory to a series of public exhibitions, after which it will enter regular service on the Alton Railroad, the B. 4 O. line beween Chicago and St. Louis. One of the engines of this tram made a speed test along this route through Syracuse a week''of a» ago. The power is steam and the train is. easily capable of 100 mile# an hour, with full train. Royal Blue in color, the train restores to the rails a colorful era in which the B. & O. once achieved fam* with its so called “Royal Blue Line" between New York and Washington. Steam in Stream Line. The day of the steam locomotives is not past, in the opinion of Daniel Willard, president of the B. & O. R. R. Co*, for he believes that it can perform as well and efficiently as other forms of motive power. Therefore the present train will be drawn by two new, steam locomotives, bearing the names of Lord Baltimore and Lady Baltimore. The cars of th# "Abraham Lincoln” are only slightly more than half the weight of the present type car, and are actually wider. The train is built of Cur-Tea steel, which is much stronger than ordinary coppet «beannu steel generally used in railroad construction. Among the new features on the train is the Tomlinson tight-lock coupler. No longer, when cars are coupled, must men go between them to hook up steam pipes, air hose and signal cords, for the new coupler carries all these devices in one container, and when the cars slide gently together, protected from shock by Duryea cushion underframe and Duryea draft gear, the automatic coupling simultaneously connects all of the apparatus. Lunch Counter. Os special interest to passengers, is the combined dining and lunch counter car, with a kitchen amidships, for quick service to patrons at either end—whether at tables or sitting at the lunch counter where more economical meals will be provided. Other features include double plate glass windows- a shatterproof glass augumented by an outer pane built flush with the sides of the car to reduce wind-resistance. Revolving seats in coaches; diffused lighting throughout the train; rigid vestibules which avert the slightest jerk in starting because there will be no “slack” in the train, a curv-ed-end observation car, are some of the features of this modern means of transportation. The entire train will seat 283 passengers i n each of the three coaches, 29 in each parlor car, 33 in the observation, while 42 persona may eat at the same time in the dining car. To Try Diesel Engine. In order to test the relative efficiency of steam versus Diesel engines, the second train now being built for the B. A 0., a counterpart of the first, will be propelled by a Diesel engine. Both types will be capable of maintaining, high speeds with six to eight car train*. ■ With all of the cars air-condition-ed with the system in which the B. & 0. pioneered, the passenger has no need to be concerned with dust, dirt, cinders or smoke, in the “Abraham Lincoln”, steam driven. H. W. Buchholz, Syracuse agent of the B. aO. states that all interested are invited to inspect the new train when it makes its 10 minute stop here, Sunday at 12:17 p. m. SUFFERS STROKE Tom Culler, who loft here 10 days ago, after spending the winter with his mother, suffered a stroke, yesterday. at Dixon, 111. His brother, Harry Culler started there at once, yesterday afternoon, on laarwfag of lily condition

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I COUNTY NEWS | j. 1 A farm hand, John Haginaw, shot and killed William A. Lent of Bucyrus, 0., and shot and wounded Mrs. Charles Schell of Nappanee, and then committed suicide; Sunday afternoon at the Loy Harmon farm near Atwood. A large group of relatives had assembled for a family reunion that day, when, apparently temporarily insane, Haginaw commenced shooting. The first bullet struck Mrs. Schell, cutting a 14 inch wound in her abdomen. Haginaw then fired two shots at Lent and killed him. When officers arrived they found Haginaw in the gtanary where he had shot himself. Patsy Schubert, aged 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schubert of North Manchester, was drowned, and Donald Smith of Ft. Wayne also died in an attempt to rescue the little girl who fell into the Eel River at Liberty Mills, near Sidney, Saturday afternoon. The girl was on a Sunday school picnic when she fell into the water. Cries of her playmates caused Smith, who with his three sons were fishing nearby, to jump into the water inan attempt to save her. His body was recovered about 30 minutes later but the child’s body has not yet been recovered. Defiance to both state and national NRA automobile codes was publicly announced Saturday in an advertisement printed in- daily papers, by four Warsaw, One Pierceton and one Mentone auto dealers. They announce they will not abide by price fixing trade-in values fixed by the code, claiming that since the state enforcement went into effect April Ist their sales have dropped off 50 per cent. Attorneys for the automobile code authority indicated that they would bring action in court. When V. Mock, receiver of the defunct Indiana State Bank and Trust company of Warsaw, filed a petition for a rehearing, after Judge Rob R. McNagny of Whitley circuit court allowed Attorney Gochenour and Graham of Warsaw the. sum of 312,000 for their services in bring-ing-a suit to force stockholders to pay . their assessment, Mock was severely reprimanded by the court, the court stating that Mock should have made his dissatisfaction known first to the court; and that by virtue of his appointment as receiver by the court, he could be removed the same way. Depositors in the defunct bank feel there will not be much left if $12,000 is paid in attorney fees for the case which ended in stockholders being ordered to pay the assessment which all knew would have to be paid. A petition of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis railroad for permission to change its agency station at Sidney to a non-agency station waa denied by the public service commission. Mrs. Margaret Hathaway, 86, widow of S. D. Hathaway, died at her home in Warsaw, Saturday morning: The new bridge over the Tippecanoe river between Oswego and Leesburg, costing about $2,500 will be open to traffic about May 28, according to road supervisor S. R. Laughlin. Many new principals will be in charge of schools of the county, when school opens next fall. The position ha* not yet been filled at Atwood, Dewey Dudgen, formerly an instructor becomes principal at Burket, succeeding Frank C. Sanders; Glen Longenecker, Atwood instructor, succeeds JohnSHcSberry at Beaver Dam; Frank C.. Sanders of Burket succeeds Byford B. Cox as principal at Claypool; Foe K. Heiser, an instructor will succeed L. B. Ehereneman at Milford; Glen Whitehead, formerly principal at Atwood will succeed Charles Gross at North Webster; George W. Davis instructor, will succeed Homer A. Lucas as principal at Silver Lake. A divorce was granted Charlee Weimer, North Webster, Friday, from Ruby Weimer. They were married July 29, 1927. Sheriff Virgil Yeager and Police Officer Raymond Neff attended school for police, which is being held at Indianapolis this week. Yeager and Neff were gone on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday a °d Thursday, Officers Ivan Ginn and Jud Pittenger of Warsaw and Deputy Sheriff Burton Foulke attended. Merl Pound, secretary of the County Wheat Production Control assoc iation has set dates for the vote by townships as to whether or not the wheat growers of this county favor another wheat reduction program. AH elections will be held at 7:30 p. m., and that of Tippecanoe lownsmp wui oe ai tne Iwortn We>

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SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY MAY 14, 1935.

MISHAWAKA WINS GOLF TOURNAMENT Kroll of Riley High, So. Bend Had Low Score of Players, 75; Syracuse 3rd From Low. Thirteen teams, including Syracuse, played in the third annual golf tournament for High schools of Northern Indiana, on the South Shore Golf course, Saturday, and Mishawaka’s team won with a total score of 346 for the four players. Low score man in the day’s play, was Walter Kroll of Riley High, South Bend, who turned in a 75. R. Peters of Michigan City was second with an 82 and George Redmon, of Peru, third, with an 83. Kroll also won the drive, his distance being 210 yards. Next came Simpson of Central high, South Bend with 209 yards. Palmer of Mishawaka won the putting with a 5. A plaque was presented the winning school, and medals given players who were winners. Last year Riley Hgh won the tournament with a much lower score than this year —324, and Mishawaka had a 338. Kroll also made a 75 last year. Winners this year and scores according to schools, each represented by four players, whose scores were totalled for the 18 holes are: Mishawaka, 346; South Side, Fort Wayne 349; Michigan City, 350; Riley High and Peru High school, 353 each; Elmhurst High, Fort Wayne, 356;. Central High, South Bend, 359; Rochester, 367; Huntington, 374; Bluffton, 377; Syracuse, 393; Milford, 399; Plymouth, 418. Court Slabaugh, principal of the school here, Bruce Wilcox, pro at the South Shore course, and Clyde Ballou officiated at the tournament. Q COURT RULES THAT CASE CAN BE TRIED Action Taken by Judge in Elkhart Court, on Lowering Water Level , In Webster Lake. In Elkhart circuit at Goshen, Monday, Judge Simpson opened the way for proceeding with the trial of the action of Joseph S. Campfield of Warsaw, against Edith A. O’Donnell of Webster Lake, to determine whether or not the defendant, owner of a mill on the southwest side of the lake has * right to raise and lower the water level of Webster lake. It is claimed the lake’s level is lower than it has been in 75 years. It is pointed out that in 1850 there were a series of small lakes in the territory and that the building of the dam created Webster lake. This suit is of interest to all property owners on the lake as it effects the property of each one. On Tuesday, Judge Simpson overruled a demurrer to the complaint which was originally filed in Kosciusko circuit court, and paved the way for a trial of the case. Residents of Webster Lake in November, 1931, brought action against Edith A. O’Donnell, owner of the mill at the outlet of the lake. 0 KILLED IN ACCIDENT Claire S. Wineland, 36, died in the hospital in Columbia City, early Friday morning, of injuries he received the night before when he either jumped or fell from the running board of the car driven Ay Game Warden Jacob Marrs, after Marrs had arrested him at Tri Lakes for illegally spearing bluegills and bass. Wineland had been arrested, and the game warden, with Wineland as passenger in his car waa attempting to stop the machine driven by Wineland’s two fishing companions, Bert Herrick and Arnie Egolf, when Wineland opened the door and either jumped out, er slipped and fell outMilt Wysong went to Columbia City as soon as he learned of the tragic accident, because Game Warden Marrs felt so badly about the accidental death of a man he had known so well, end was surprised at having to arrest him for illegally spearing game fish. o DISPLAY POND COMPLETED The display pond that has been constructed in the discharge ditch between Lake Papakeetchie and Wawasee has been completd, and the display fish are expected to be put into the pond by next week. Farley said, Tuesday, that three big buffalo fish and some carp, which have been caught will be placed in the display pond. Many varieties of fish will be I kpph in Bonds this snynmer. t WWW , These ponds were constructed by I the ECW. The pond* are lined with I chips of different colored bonMer* to’

60 MEN WILL TAKE PART IN THIS WEDDING “Womanless Wedding” To Be Presented in High School. Practice this week, under the direction of Miss Woodard, has progressed, for the “Womanless Wedding,” to be presented tonight and Friday night, in the High School auditorium. It is sponsored by the Men’s Brotherhood of the Methodist church. Lloyd Disher is to be “the bride.” The groom is—Guess Who, accord-, ing to the programs. One of the features of the evening, which has ’roused the neighborhood during practice, is the singing of “GalliCurci.” And among those present will be “Mae West” and “Charlie Chaplin” who it is feared may bring down the house. Others of the cast who will appear in charming feminine array, are: Butler John Harley Punch Girls Don Perry Junior Jones Present Girlsßoss Anderson Ralph Thornburg, Jr. Bride’s Weeping Mother John Grieger Bride’s Comforting Father Nelson Miles Bride’s Bad Little Brothers E. O. Dunn and Hallie Holloway Old Maid Aunt W. G. Connolly Bride’s Grandmother John McGarrity Bride's Grandfather F. W. Greene Charlie Chaplin Franklin Rhode Uncle of Groom from Milford Junction Fred Self Aunt of Groom from Milford Junction A. A. Pfingst Mae West. Carl Tuttle Twin Sisters of the Bride Clarence Snyder, Chester Workman Mary PickfordMerrit Richhart Sis Hopkins Everett Fetters Groom’s Haughty Mother ’ j Melburn Rapp Groom’s Haughty Father | Noble Blocker The Fashion Plate JBill Smith Sir Harry Lauder. Emeral Callender Kentucky ColonelD. L. Gibson Kentucky Lady Ray Foster Countnr Cousin , Barney Davis Bing Crosby -Victor Sawallash Long Lost Brother of the Bride Harry Porter President Roosevelt W. C. Gants Mrs. RooseveltH. E. Blue Pat O’Grady Pell Clayton Rosie O’GradyErnest Richards Henpecked Husband Vernon Beckman Devoted Wifeßert Whitehead Annie Laurie Rev. J. S. Pritchard Negro Mammy- Orbra Bobeck Baby Sister James Butt Rastus Orval Snobarger SamboPaul Bushong Madame Galli Curci . Walter Smith Village School Marm Dr. Garnett Latham Vamp from Hollywood Robert Strieby Lawrence Tibbett — Mark Schrock BRIDAL PARTY Bishop Burton Howe Best Manßev._ Travb Purdy Groom’s Men —— A. L. Miller G. H. Johnson Richard Isbell James Stuckey Bride’s MaidaChester Langston Ross Anderson Burris Sharp Matron of Honor — Harry Culler Maid of Honorßoy Schleeter Flower Girl* A- W. Geyer R. W. Osborn Bride Lloyd Disher GroomGUESS WHO? 77 Train Bearer A. W. Emerson Ring Bearer Dave Brown Accompanist Ned Harley Director -Miss Edith Mary Woodard ■ o SMALL FISH PUT INTO BOTH LAKES 4M,«M Small Fish Placed te Lakes; 2se.ee* in Wawasee, 2»*,*M In Syracuse Lake. Four hundred thousand tiny fish were placed in Wawasee and Syracuse lakes this week. Monday, 200,000 yellow perch from the Tri Lake* hatchery were placed on the east side of Lake Wawasee. Tuesday, 200,000 wall-eyed pike were placed in Syracuse lake, on the north shore. Both kinds of fish were hatched in jars, the wall eyes coming from the Wawasee State Fish Hatchery. The egg* for the wall eyed pike cum Cram the federal hatchery at Put-In-Bay on Lake Erie. According to Tony Farley, in charge,of the Wawasee Hatchery, the fish started “coming off” in the jars, Saturday evening. A9O per cent hatch from the 3 million eggs ivvCiYlnl We vucu parley.

TO VOTE ON OPEN SEASON, MONDAY Meeting Called Here to Send Delegate to County Meet, to State Views on Open Fishing Season Do you want an open fishing season, with staked off breeding grounds on the lakes? Do you want an open season on hunting pheasants in this district? If you do come to the specially called meeting of the Wawasee Conservation Club, in the library Monday evening at 7 o’clock and everyone is urged to be there at that time, so that the club’s vote can be obtained, and a delegate elected to go to the county meeting to be held in Warsaw, in the courthouse, that same evening, at 8 o’clock. The meeting is open to everyone. It is not necessary that one attending belongs to & conservation club to come to this meeting. The state conservation department desires to know the sentiment as to whether or not there should be an open season on pheasant shooting and fishing in this district. The recent legislature passed a law permitting an open <v jeason of four days, for the hunting of cock pheasants. The legislature also passed a law giving the conservation department power to open or close the season on any game, or fish, in any area. So the state conservation department now wishes to know the sentiment in this area regarding hunting of pheasants. Everyone interested is requested to be at this meeting and express his views. 0 HOME-COMING DAY TO BE AT CHURCH Sunday’s Service to Celebrate Reopening Five Years Ago, of Dunkard Church. There will be a Homecoming Anniversary service all day next Sunday, May 19, in the Church of the Brethren, with basket dinner at noon. Rev. E. C. Swihart will deliver the principal address, following the Sunday school, which will convene at 10 a. m. C.S.T. He will speak again at 2 p. m. This service will be a celebration of the completion of five years work under the present organisation of this church with Rev. Jarboe as pastor. This is the old church which was built 48 years ago and was commonly known as “The Dunkard” church. It had been closed for a number of years until five years ago in May, 1930, when the present pastor, the Rev. Jarboe and wife came here and opened up the old church with a successful revival meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Jarboe were then persuaded to remain and take charge of the work, and they are still on the job. They have conducted all their own evangelistic meetings in these five years with success, until the church has grown to be among the largest church organisations in Kosciusko County. During the past three years they have had an average attendance of over 200 at,all Sunday morning services. Since the organisation five year* ago many improvement* have been made on the building and grounds. One year ago several Sunday school rooms, a balcony and a ladies' rest room were added. This week they are completing painting, varnishing, papering and redecorating the entire interior. All the improvements, as well as all current expenses are taken care of by freewill offerings. The church, under the present organisation has never been in debt a dollar. At the present time all bills are paid and a nice balance in the treasury. Guy Symensma is superintendent of the Adult Sunday school and Mrs. Helen Shock of the Elementary Sunday school. Everybody, who at any time ha* bad any connections with the church in the past 48 years, as well as any others are invited to bring their dinner and stay all day, Sunday. o BIRTH ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Loren Eyer are announcing the birth of a eon in the Goshen hospital, Monday afternoon. Mrs. Eyer underwent a Caeserian operation. The baby weighed 4M pounds and ha* been named Gary Lamar. and Mrs. Manford Mishler of New Paris are announcing the birth of a son, Donald Gene, born at the Goehen hospital, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Mishler and little son are at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Darr.

DO YOU REMEMBER— Syracuse Journal—May 13, 1999 James Henderson, aged 18, was struck and killed as was the team he jtfas driving, when struck by a fast train. Mrs. Eugene Desjardins, wife of of the vice president of the Advance Radiator of this place, who had been in ill health for some time, - cpmmitted suicide by hanging herself in the attic of her Lake Wawasee home. The Syracuse Journal has completed its first year of existance. Ira and J. W. Rothenberger have bought a fine black horse hearse team for their driving in Syracuse and North Webster. While working for Wilmot Jones on his dredge near Alexandria, Ind. this week, Harry Grisamer had his thumb caught in the machinery and it was crushed so that is was necessary to amputate it at the first joint. ’ 0 ON LAKE WAWASEE! Mrs. Maude Griffin, 57, wife of William M. Griffin, Fort Wayne and Lake Wawasee, died suddenly at noon Saturday, at the Miami Beach, Fla. hospital, where she was recovering from a broken leg she received in a fall four weeks before, when she was walking and turned around suddenly at the Surf Club. Mr. Griffin was with her at the time of her death, having gone south to bring her home, on Sunday. He had been in Florida with her but had made a business trip north during her stay in the hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Griffin were held Tuesday morning, in Fort Wayne. It will be recalled that Mr. and Mrs. Griffin established a memorial scholarship in Yale university in memory of their son Jack, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident at the university in the spring of 1925. Benjamin Blumberg of Terre Haute, who with his family spent last summer in the Hooper cottage, have bought the Sudlow estate on the Vawter Park road. E A. Hardin of Indianapolis, Lake Wawasee summer visitor for the past 40 years, known to old friends as “Chip” Hardin, died in St. Vincents’ hospital in Indianapolis, Friday, after suffering with cancer for many months. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Ellis Gregg of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrsl Hardin own a summer home next to Charles Rusch’s in Vawter Park. It will be recalled that when Mrs. Hardin was Hattie Woodbury, she and E. A. Hardin eloped from Lake Wawasee and were married. Ira Gants, who then carried mail from Leesburg to Lake Wawasee, took them to Leesburg, and “stood up” with them. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steffen, of Indianapolis, who recently purchased the Sinclair property on the north side of Wawasee, arrived there, yesterday, to spend the remainder of the week there. They plan to move to their summer home, June Ist, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Neer man, managers of hte Oakwood Park j Hotel and their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Urbauer returned to Oakwood Park, Friday, from Florida, where they have spent the winter. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long of Chicago spent the week end at their home on Kale Island. The Chinese house on the island at the rear of Mr. Long’s property, which was covered ail winter and resembled a snake, has been uncovered and is again in view, in all its colors and handicraft. *1“ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis »and daughter of Chicago are spending several daps at the Hubbel cottage on the north shore. Mrs. H. Shultz of Mishawaka and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shulz of Elkhart were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Elliott, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rusch of Indianapolis moved to their home in Vawter Park, Sunday, for the season. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Schrader of Indianapolis spent the week end in the Horst cottage. George Gass returned to Indianapolis, Tuesday, after spending several day* at the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Putman of Fort Wayne have rented the Ewing cottage for the season and have moved there. Mr. and Mrs. Art Merrill of Goshen spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kinnear of Logansport spent the week end at

HOUSEROBBED WITH OWNERS AT CHURCH $95 and Roast Chicken Stolen From Farm i of Raleigh Neff. 7 ■ — While Rev. and Mrs. Raleigh Neff were attending services at the Bethany church, Sunday morning, their home, about a quarter of a mile north of Road 6, was robbed of $95 and a roast chicken. Footprints of three men were found on the dirt road, which was softened by the rain that morning, and finger prints of the men were found on the glass window pane of the kitchen door, and were photographed by Elkhart county officers, Sheriff Bourke and Deputy Logan. Mrs. Neff said the door was not locked, and when they returned home from church, her husband commenced to feed the chickens, while Mrs. Neff started to get dinner ready. She said she first noticed some crumbs on the kitchen table and thought that funny, as she had cleaned up the kitchen before leaving. Then she found crumbs throughout the rooms downstairs. That made her suspicious that someone had been in the house. She was saving to complete payments on an oil stove and had $5 in what had been an Epsom Salts tin container. This container was placed in the kitchen cabinet among the other tins which contained spices. In addition to her $5, the tin contained S9O belonging to her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Vorhis of Goshen. , Trailing cracker crumbs which the thieves had evidently dined upon, she found chicken bones. She found that they had taken the chicken from the roaster. After calling Mr. Neff and after hj commenced trailing the thieves down the road he found more discarded chicken bones. Mr. and Mrs. Neff own a policecollie dog and the dog’s tracks were shown on the porch a* though the dog had followed the men to the door. ; Tracks of men in the mud were traced—one man went down the road leading east from Neff’s, and the other two men went back to road 6. It is thought the man who went east may have found their parked car and come back to Road 6 to pick up the other two men. I Officers believe that the robbery was work of residents of that vicinity, some one who knew where the money was, as they found it so easily without disturbing anything else—except the chicken dinner. | The money was in $lO bilb except Mrs. Neff’s $5. As well as the glass of the door, the lid of the roaster was covered with finger prints so that many were available for officers investigating. Mrs. Neff said money saved for taxes had just been taken from that can, and taxes paid, or the thieves would have received more. —o ADMINISTRATRIX SUES ( FOR MONEY CLAIMS IS DUE A suit for a judgment for money due has been filed in circuit covert by Mrs. Mamie Houston, administratrix of the estate of Mrs. ’Patience Winsor. The sum involved is $2,332; of which $2,000 was a postal savings bond properly endorsed and cashed by the postmaster at Syracuse, and $322 in cash which was on the person of Mrs. Winsor when she died at the home of a relative in Cromwell, May 11, 1925. The complaint alleges that the defendants have refused to surrender this money to the administratrix, who claims that this money is due the estate. > Defendants in this action are Eugene N. Houston and Mabel Miller, of Syracuse; Meredith Winsor, Maurice Winsor and Rose Winsor of Indianapolis. n CLAIMS SETTLED « BY AGREEMENT Four disallowed claims were settled today by agreement between the parties of the cases. A claim of $187.50 was allowed both Hasel Gants and Sally Lewallen against the estate of Elizabeth Lewalien and claims of $187.50 were allowed to each against the estate of David Lewallen. a BANK OF SYRACUSE GIVEN JUDGMENT, In circuit court before Special Judge Edward Headley the Bank of Syracuse waa granted a judgment against Dora Mock for $2,241. The suit waa for the foreclosure of a mortgage.

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