The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 12, Number 17, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 August 1919 — Page 1

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PARAGRAPHIC HITS ABOUT HOME FOLKS Notes of the Week on the Coming and Going of People You Know. Glen A. Gordy spent Saturday in Toledo on business. The Cable reunion was held yesterday at Buttermilk Point. The Rentfrow reunion was held yesterday at Oakwood Park. Have you been reading about the HARMON-O-GRAPH? 7311 Vernon Beckman will leave September 1 for business college at Fort Wayne. See Quality Hardware Store for Sulky Plows and Grain Drills. 8143 Mrs. Verd Shaffer of Millersburg spent over Sunday with Mrs. Oscar Masters. , Orville Klink, Hubert Hire and Wilbur Statler visited in South Bend Sunday. It may save you a great deal of money to read the HARMON-O-GRAPH ad. 731 f Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Colwell spent the week end camping at Michigan lake. Mr. and Mrs. Dilbone of Ohio City, 0. are here visiting at the Chas. Schults home. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Kennedy of Elkhart spent Sunday at the Wm Hartlieb home. Mrs. Nora Wilcox took her two children to Sbuth Bend Tuesday to have their tonsils removed. Mrs Wm. Ward went to Chicago last Saturday to spend a week with her sons, Charles and Wilbur. Let us get your hemstitching and plaiting of all kinds done for you. We give quick service. A. W. Strieby. 814 f Miss Rebecca Snyder, residing north of Goshen, has been engaged as a fourth grade teacher in the Syracuse schools. Mrs. Wm. Hartlieb and daughter Eda left yesterday to spend two weeks at Champaign, Springfield, and Shelbyville, 111. Arnold A. Pfingst is leaving with his family today by automobile to spend a vacation of a week visiting near Jackson, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carlson and Mr and Mrs. Emory Kindig and son Prentice motored to Rome City Sunday. Mrs. Oscar Masters and son Lester, Irene and Flora Shaffer visited over Sunday with their parents at Millersburg. Miss Olga Beckman spent Sunday at Middlebury visiting with Miss Viola Messner, a student friend from Wittenberg college. WANTED —Good men, at good wages and steady employment Western Rubber Co., Goshen, Indiana. ’ 8211 Mrs. Clinton Baker has been very ill the past week with pneumonia. She is recovering slowly. The W. C. T. U. met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. John Richards. The next meeting will be held August 27 at the home of Mrs. M. A. Benner. Don’t stand in front of the — hey, boy, stop that fellow with the pea-green necktie and tell him to come to Syracuse on Home Coming Day, Sept. 10. S. C., Lepper was presented last week with a fine gold Masonic emblem ring by Floyd Middleton, Henry Carlson, Ocal Craft and Jesse Shock, employes at the Lepper garage. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sprague of Pleasant Lake came Saturday evening to visit at the P. R. Sprague home. On Sunday both families went to Winona Lake to hear the Rev. Billy Sunday.

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Major C. L. Marriott left Monday evening for West Point where he has been assigned as an instructor of English. Mrs. Marriott and daughter Margaret will remain here a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. P. H. Miles. Harry, Robert and Donovan Riddle left Friday afternoon for Joplin, Montana, to visit a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ross. On their return they will be accompanied by their sister Kathleen, who has spent the summer there. Have you been reading about the HARMON-O-GRAPH? 731 f The eigth annual Strieby reunion will be held next Thursday, August 28, at the Charles Roher cottage at Oakwood Park. o fELEPHONES THEN AND NOW The Syracuse Home Telephone company was organized as a company in 1902 —seventeen years igo. At that time service wps riven’during the day, but only important calls were answered luring the night; for several Sours on Sundays or holidays service was not given. There ire no records available as to the luality of the service that was given then. From time to time improvements have been added to the olant and new methods of operating Jiave been installed. At the present time service is being given continuously, days, nights and Sundays—the office is never losed. Once last year, at Thanksgiving, the office was closed for an hour, the only time it had been closed in a period of five years. The aim of the present management is to give the best possible telephone service at all tiniest During the past seventeen years, however, while improvements were being installed in the plant and great expenditures were being made to improve the service, prices have been steadily increasing, although the rates have not increased. Following is a list of the increases in the prices of articles used in the operation of a telephone plant: Batteries 300 percent Wire 250 to 300 Poles 50 to 100 Hardware 100 to 200 Telephones and parts 50 to 100 Cable 30 Cross arms 100 Insulators 200 Pins 50 Brackets 50 Labor .100 Everything else in proportion. The present rates of the local telephone company are the same as those of seventeen years ago. It is obvious to every one that no business can endure now at + he prices established seventeen years ago. 8211 oNORTH WEBSTER Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver and Frank Richcreek made an eight day trip to Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Gaskell have moved into the little house recently vacated by the Lewis Kaiser family. They sold their property out by the mill to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fiddler recently. The latter will move some time this fall. The Tippecanoe township '•chools will open September 15. The names of the teachers have npt been announced yet. The Weber reunion will be held att. the Sam Miller home Saturday, August 23. « o NOTICE Landowners are reminded that this is* the season of the year for cutting weeds and brush alongside the road. The law compels landowners to keep roadsides and roads passing along farm properties free from weeds and brush so that the edge of the road can be plainly seen by people in passing vehicles. Stephen Freeman, Trustee.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919

SYRACUSE FLOURING MILL TO t DISHER Columbus Disher has purchased the Syracuse Flour Mills of Jenkins & Son. The transaction was negotiated Tuesday of last week and the new owner was given possession on Thursday. Jenkins & Son will continue at the mill for a period of two weeks to assist Mr. Disher in assuming charge of the various activities. The present operators of the mill, E. A. Jenkins and F. A. Jenkins, father and son, are expert millers and are producing a quality of flour that is readily selling in the surrounding communities in competition with other brands. Their flour was capable of passing the rigid high reouicements of the government, and several orders were filled for overseas shipment. The son, F. A. Jenkins, early enlisted for army service in the quartermasters corps, and most of his service was given to overseas duty until his return home recently. During his absence his father operated the plant alone. W A WASKE AGENT KILLED Bert Trost, 55, signal man employed by the B. & O. railroad at Wawasee station, was fatally injured at six o’clock Monday evening of last week when a speeder which he was propelling was struck by a switch engine, just east of Kimmell. His back was broken, and he died at midnight. He was a resident of Kimmell, and leaves a wife and two sons. Mr. Trost has served the B. & O. for thirty years, the last three of which he has been at Wawasee. —, —o PAGEANT WORTH SEEING Probably the best drawing card on the program of the Epworth league convention at Oakwood last week was the pageant given Friday evening, j It proved to be very good, especially in view of the fact that so little time could be taken for its preparation. The convention as a whole was well attended, those present numbering about four hundred. It was voted to hold the institute at Oakwood again next year. o INDIAN VILLAGE Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stough and Mrs. Ella Wolf of Syracuse, and Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Koher of Cromwell spent Sunday at the | Brent Koher home. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Clingerman, Mr. and Mrs. John Lohr, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bouse, Mr. and Mrs. John Beck and daughter Lois spent Sunday at Winona to hear Billy Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown of near Syracuse spent Sunday with Roy Coy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Iden and family, Rev. Fred Wild of Huntington and Miss Pearl Kunce spent Tuesday at Winona. o TAX LEVY The trustee of Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, proposes for the yearly tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting to be held on the 2nd day of September, 1919, the following levies for the said year: For Township Fund, 3 cents on the one hundred dollars. For Road Fund, 12 cents on the one hundred dollars. For Special School Fund, 9 cents on the one hundred dollars, and 50 cents on each poll. For Tuition Fund, 9 cents on the one hundred dollars, and 25 cents on each poll. For Library Fund, 2 cents on the one hundred dollars. Total of all levies, 35 cents on the one hundred dollars, and 75 cents on each taxable poll. 2t Stephen Freeman, Trustee.

Here is a Product of Lake Wawasee Wk fl ■WSImT jl r£*f WX Mill I To convince the doubting Thomases of the present a*nd the future the above photograph is published of the big sturgeon captured a few days ago in Lake Wawasee near Greider’s point. This big fellow weighed more than 135 pounds and was over seven feet long. His skin has been turned over to a taxidermist for mounting and will be kept at the lake for further proof.

DEATH SUMMONS i MORE RESIDENTS Moses B. Wyland, aged 78, died suddenly at his home here at 7 o’clock Saturday morning. Death was due to neuralgia of j the heart, with which he became sick at about two o’clock in the morning. j Mr. Wyland moved to Syracuse 1 from Milford Junction about a year ago He was a highly respected citizen and the last of j the pioneers who were residents on the Milford-Syracuse road in the early days.' He has been a Kosciusko county farmer the major portion of his life: He is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. John Neff and Mrs. Alec McKane, both of this place, and Mrs. Ida Treesch of Goshen. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at two o’clock. I Mrs. Verley Lung, who beeh suffering with gall stones, died Saturday morning at the General hospital in Elkhart. She had been taken to .Elkhart on Friday night to undergo an i operation. She is survived by her husband, two daughters and her j mother, as well as many other relatives and friends. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 1:30 in the Evangelical church, the sefmon being ! delivered by Rev. L. E. Smith. Interment was made in Kimmell. o OBITUARY Mrs. Margaret Swank (nee Malcom) was born Mar. 11, 1870, and passed away Aug. 12, 1919, at her home near Syracuse, Ind., having been confined to her sick bed* for a number of weeks previous. She has been a resident of this community since the days of her childhood. i On Mar. 8, 1886, she was united in marriage to John Swank, and to this union were born eight children, six of whom living, namely, Bert Swank, Mrs. Bertha McKibbin, Mrs. Clara Harris, Joseph, Emery and Wilma Swank, besides she leaves her husband, two sisters, three brothers, four grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn their loss in her untimely death. She was converted and united

with the Zion U. B. church in which she held membership and was a faithful worker for some time. She professed peace with God at the time of her death. She was a kind and loving wife and affectionate mother, and their loss will be keenly felt by the loved ones and others. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. God in his wisdom has recalled The boon his love had given, And though the body slumbers here. The soul is safe in Heaven. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Fred R. Wild at the Zion U. B. church. Interment was made in the Union cemetery. Sarah Woods Juday was born Dec. 2, 1844, and died at her home in Syracuse Aug. 12, 1918, aged 74 years, 8 months and 10 days. August 21, 1864, she was married to Adam Juday, who preceded her in death 19 years ago. To this union was born one son, James M. Mrs. Juday was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for 26 years. She will be missed in the church and in the Sunday school. She was loyal to their interests and faithful in attendance at the services. ' She will be. missed by her friends and neighbors, but will be more greatly missed in the home. Her life’s work is ended and she is at rest. Cora Esther, daughter of Mr. anci Mrs. Beniamin F. Jones, was born in Avilla, Ind., April 9th, 1882. Oct. 4th, 1899, she was united in marriage to Verley Lung, with whom life’s responsibilities were shared until her departure in the earlyfnYbrning of Aug. 16, 1919. For a number of years she was a member of the Evangelical church of Syracuse, Ind., where divine services were attended as often as circumstances would permit. In leaving the scenes of earth she leaves besides the devoted husband, a mother and two daughters, also many other relatives and friends. One son and one daughter have preceded her in. death.

•THEY KNOW HOW” I Commercial Department of TriState College Sends Out No Half-Trained Students. “What impresses me most.” said a young woman after visiting the commercial department of Tri-State College, at Angola, Indiana, the other day, “is the fact that you are so very thorough in your method of teaching typewriting. There seems to be nothing half-way about it.’’ “That is our idea exactly,” replied Professor Burton Handy, head of the commercial department. “Wo plan to teach —really teach —typewriting to our students: not give them a book and watch them work, but work with them all the time. And that will he our policy in all our subjects—shorthand. bookkeeping, accountancy everything that we do.” Indeed, as Mr. Handv and his assistant, Mr. Boggs, explain the method they will use, it seems impossible that anyone could fail to become a good typist if he does his part. The plan used has been worked out through vears of actual experience bv three of the leading teachers of commercial subjects in the country, including Mr. Boggs, who will give the students his personal attention. The fall term of the college opens on September 30. Alread many have applied for entrance •nto the commercial department. By writing to Prof. L. M. Sniff, president of Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana, full information as to tuition, living expenses, transportation, and any other matters of interest to you may be secured. 8211 — o NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on Saturday, the 23rd day of Avgust, 1919, at 2 o’clock p. m., at my office in the State Bank of Syracuse, I will receive bids for the cleaning and repairing of the Bentz ditch, located in sections 11, 12 and 13, in Turkey Creek township, Kosciusko county. Specifications will be furnished to interested persons on application. The usual rights of judgement are reserved in accepting or rejecting bids. 2t Stephen Freeman, Trustee. o CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our most sincere thanks to those who assisted us during the sad bereavement of our dear husband and father. Mrs. M. B. Wyland and Family. o CARD OF THANKS We wish in this way to express our appreciation and sincere thanks to those who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother. John Swank and family. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our most sincere thanks and appreciation to those who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved mother, also for the beautiful floral offerings. James Juday and wife. o • FARM FOR SALE One of the very best 160 acre farms in Kosciusko county, Indiana. Fine Frame Dwelling, bank barn, and other out buildings. Clay loam soil on pike road, three miles from good town with railway and interurban stations. Address T. J. Prickett and Son, Nappanee, Ind. 8212 o— • RECOVERS CAR Raleigh Neff returned home Monday evening at nine o’clock from Chicago with his Ford touring car that was stolen a few. weeks ago in that place.

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FIHST CONCRETE ■ ROAD IS FINISHED The half mile of concrete has ; been laid on the Miller road I joining the foot of Main street j and running north. The concrete i work was completed Thursday; | the burms have not yet been i made. 4 The county engineer was on the ground as the work was j nearing completion and made the statement that it is one of the best pieces of road work in the county. The contract was handled by McClintic, Colwell & Gerd/. Several days will be required for seasoning the concrete before ihe road is opened for traffic. (> THE OUTLET DAM The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Syracuse Water Power company held the last of July failed to contain a quorum and accordingly was continued to September 2. Important business is before the company at the present time in the nature of a proposal to replace the present dam for a new one located the Huntington street bridge. The proposal is made by the new state conservation commission on the claim that there is need of maintaining the water level of the lake. The new dam being projected would probably maintain the level higher than the present dam; to do this would necessitate overflowing some low portions of the shore line. CROMWELL Mr. and <Mrs. William Fitzpatrick came last Thursday from Los Angeles, Calif., to spend the remainder of the summer with the latter’s father, Thomas DeSee Quality Hardware Store for Sulky Plows and Grain Drills. * 8143 Vault, and other relatives. Roscoe Lecoun’t and family have returned home after enjoying a vacation of two weeks at the Sheepwash. It has been announced the Dull reunion will be held at the Kendallville fair grounds this fall. Don’t forget the “home coming day” at Cromwell on Labor day. Everybody invited. Mrs. John Long and children Returned, to her home in Goshen after visiting relatives and friends here. Miss Nellie Jones spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Tom Jones. Millard Lecount and Miss Elva DeVault visited Saturday night and Sunday with the latter’s cousin, Miss Beulah Juday of Goshen. On Sunday evening Beulah Juday, Russell Leedy, Madge Overholt and Russell Myers accompanied them home to spend the evening. o BIG WHEAT YIELD C. H. Rookstool reports a yield of seventy bushels of wheat from one and three-fourths acres of a portion of his field. The wheat was sowejj the Bth day of last October. ! —o BLACK HORSE TROOP The Culver black, horse troop of 90 men and four instructors was in South Bend last Thursday; on the invitation of the chamber of commerce of that city they stopped over there, on their ten day tour of northern Indiana and southern Michigan. LAKE VIEW SOLD The Wawasee Amusement company, operating the Waco dancing pavilion, has purchased the Lake View hotel of Mrs. M. K. Boland. The dancing pavilion and the hotel will be run in connection with each other. The new owners are planning to enlarge the hotel for next season.

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