The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 March 1921 — Page 1

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HEWS H EMS FROM OUR SORROUNDINGS Contributed Notes on the Hap* penings in Nearby Communities. Gilberts Mrs. Bertha Douglas of Logansport spent the week end at the home of her parents, Mr. and J. W. Rowdabaugh. Bert Dausman and family of Shakespeare spent Sunday with Frank Morehouse an 0. C. Cooper spent the week end near Bristol with John Heber and family. Mrs. Curtis Rarick spent the week end in Goshen at the home of William Ogle helping to care for Waymon Rarick, who is confined to his bed by illness. Jacob Weybright spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Claude Nites. .. ... A number of the pupils of the Jackson township school were spnt home from school on account of illness. ~ Mps. William Sheffield is confipgd to her home by illness. Ms. and Mrs. J. C. Metz, whc Ijaye been ill are much improved. Mrs. Edwin Berkey, who has bpen very ill, is slowly ingMr. and Mrs. Milt Rensberger cajleld on Charles Lutes and family Monday afternoon. White Oak Eapl Hammond and family Spent Sunday at the Burton spwe hpjne. * Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whitehead and Mr. and Mrs. James Dewart gpjoyed Sunday dinner with Mr. and MpS. Lawrence Dewart of pear Jfli|for(L Legta Stiffler spent from Thursday tiU Saturday in Syrawith hgr sister, Mrs. Rook stool: Emeral Jones and family anc Frank gushpng and family spent sunsay gt the Guy Fisher home. ‘ Coy spent Spftd§¥ f 9 rmer ’ s br0 ‘ Irvte an s Mr. and Mrs. James Dewart spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. Walker. Roy Ross and family spent Saturday morning at the Ggy Fisher home. - Jacob Bucher and ghHjiren, Huntington and Rev. Henry Kloppstein of Tipton, Ohio, were entertained at dinner Sunday at the Jas. Dewart home. Mrs. Ellen Wyland and Mrs. Arvesta Shephard and two childfUj v ‘BF are spending a Rgy. Lgpp W«ts a caller at the Ernest Mathews home Sunday evening. Pleasant Ridge Mrs. Walter Ott spent one daylast week at the Dave Price home. Roy S. Robinson of MishcllKe S Wdj(Uay to (figt at C sfi E||en home in Syracuse. She expects to go to Leesburg this week to visit with her grandparents. Roy S. Robinson spent Saturday night and Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Ellen Robinson. * y° m Coy- Emmett Weaver, George s}ey Miller helped Dave Price move Thursday. Mrs. Ralph Vail and Mrs. Arthur Brown spent Thursday with Emmett Weaver. Mrs. Bert CMPS palled on Mrs. Vernon Slater Sunday afterneoa, Mrs. Raymond Kettring and children spent Sunday afternoon with her mother, Mrs. Ellen Robinson, Roland Ringer and family, Ralph Vail and family and and Mrs. Arthur Brown spent Sunday with the Emmet Weaver family. ' 1

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I Mrs. Vernon Slater was. on the sick list last week. Four Corners Mr. and / Mrs. Tom Darr of Syracuse took Thursday dinner at the Crist Darr home. Mrs. Viola Cory and son Noble of Milford and Mrs. Mary Ulery spent Saturday night and Sunday at the home of Clinton ■. Callander. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darr and two children of Mishawaka called at the home of Crist Darr. They spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jarr in Syracuse. Clinton Callander was a Nappanee visitor Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloy ;pent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grove of near Leesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Dubbs ff Milford, Amos Gawthrope and amily of near Salem, Mrs. Laura ’tutsman, Elias Wright and \rtie Geyer and family were Sunday visitors at the Clarence Snyder home. Earl Darr spent Sunday at the home of Joe Bushong of near Syracuse. Geo. Tarman of New Paris •ailed at the Darr home Friday. Frank Maloy and Crist and Carl Darr were at New Paris Saturday on business. Mrs. Wm. Baird is op thp sick ist. Her sister, Mrs. Maloy, Is ipending a few days with her. Ben Coy and daughter were loshen shoppers one clay last week. Mrs. Wm. Fackler of neap Syracuse spent one clay with hey nother, Mrs. Wm. Baircl Mr. Gall shipped spree fw logs and cattle Saturday. Cedar Square Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harper and on took dinner Sunday with Mr. •nd Mrs. Wilmet Jongs and lyMrs. Manford Morris spent Saturday and Sunday in Syracuse vith her mother, Mr§, Sqjpqh ’loan. (Continued on stage WfC: TTP, Next Wednesday afternoon, March 9, at 2:30, the W. C. I*. U. vill. meet at the home of Mrs. John McCloughan. This is an mportant meeting and will celebrate the birthday of our nation.l preisdent, Lillian N- J|t£phgq§, md review shaj xas done in legislature for the velfare of Indiana children and vomen in industry. o BROTHERHOOD SUPPER The Methodist numbers esjgye| ier in |hg Os the ■hurch last Thursday evening, following the supper was an nstructive program, and the evening was pleasantly spent. o CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my appreNation of. gs $ my mapy srienc|s who me of my sisty-gjgfeth birthday last Saturday with greetings by losteards, letters and telegrams, md by calling. If all the good wishes of my friends could come true I would never grow old. John T. Riddle - o SEE An Eagterp editor $0 ft man out West got himself into trouble by marrying two wives. A Western editor replied by assuring his contemporary that a good many men in that section have done "the same by marrying one, A Northern editor reports that quite a number of his acquaintances found trouble by merely | promising to marry, without I going any further. A Southern editor says that a friend of his was bothered enough by simply being in com-. .pany of another man’s wife. |

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: MRS. A. J. GALLAGHLIi DEAD i Mrs. Rebecca Gallagher, 74 i years old, wife of Andrew J. Gallagher, died at 6 o’clock Monday morning of heart trouble. She had been in poor health for ' the past few months. | Funeral services were conducted at the Gallagher residence in south Main street at 10:30 Wedj nesday morning. The sermon I was preached by the pastor of the Goshen Brethren church. Burial was made in the Syracuse cemetery. She is surviveff by her husband, and one brother, Jesse Coy. Her mother preceded her in death a year ago. PHONE OFFICE CHANGED Changes for improvement have been made in the offices of the Syracuse Home Telephone ccrmpanc located on the second floor of the Neff building. The operating room equipment has traded place with the manager’s office equipment. The changing of the switchboard required the cutting and re-connecting of all the lines being served by the company, a process consuming considerable time, The cut was made about 10 o’clock Saturday night and complete service was re-estab-lished about 1:30 Sunday afternoon. The time was chosen to cause the least inconvenience to subscribers, —a — NVfII’IUSE PARTY A few of the ladies near Tippecanoe end Crooked Corners gave Mrs.. Bertha Poppenfoose a pleasant surprise last Thursday. Those present were Mrs. L. N. House, Mrs. Wm. Gilbert and daughter Ina, Greeley Y(h der, Mrs, Thos, Nine, Mrs, Geo. Krieger, Mrs, Ercil Wright, Mrs, Chas. Grissom, Mrs. Frank Mock, Mrs, Andrew Miller, Mrs. Quill Lewallen and Mrs, Clint Cox. Mrs, House furnished the conveyance, their Ford truck. Mrs. Miller was the assistant driver and mechanic, They will report an enjoyable time until they started home. They cranked for a considerable time, but Henry refused to go. Another truck approached from the opposite direction. All the women marked in line flagged who proved to Th in a hurry to meet a train in North Webster. He quickly looked the stalled truck over and found it to be flooded with gas. A short cow chain was ed of Mrs. H & L garage at North Wefster. Th© garage expert found that the switch had never’been turned on, and with this corrected the ladies were able to arrive home at a late hour. o CHANGE SALE DATE big §al<4 of the. Syracuse Sale Company has besn changed from March 10th, to Wednesday, March 9th at l.*oo o’clock. A good attractive list is being made up for this sale, which will be held in the Huntington street pavilion, rain or shine. DJon’t forget—next Wednesday, March 9, at 1 TRUNK GQES mW?® Astray in Europe seven years-, a trunk belonging to B. Far-, quhar, a York, Pa., manufacturer is home at last. It was lost in 1914 while Mr. Farquhar was traveling in Bulgaria. Among ita other adventures, a tracer showed, it had been through a shipwreck in the Black Sea. I-ts Icontents were intact. I ... o The C. I. Beery home at the corner of Harrison and Pearl streets is being improved by eq. ; larging the kitchen and adding |an outside cellar way.

> .MYSTERIES OF OLD t SLOAN HOUSE WERE 1 BASED UPON FACTS Brave Local Citizen Investigated and is Qualified to Explain. In T,he Journal of two weeks ago appeared the reprint from the Northern Indianian of 1872 of a ghost contributed by Wilks Micawber, Esq. The story | was about the ghostly mysteries , surrounding the John Sloan house two miles north of cuse. Following the issue of The Journal -in which the -reprint appeared, Mr. Benj. F. Kitson called upon the editor and related the sequel to the story. Now, Mr. Kitson is a man whose word is not to be doubted; moreover, his father and later he himself owned and lived upon the farm in question. Day after day, month in and month out, for years he lived in the haunted house. Spirit visitations that would have driven many a timid man to distraction merely prodded Mr. Kitson’s curiosity and prompted him to investigate. We have endeavored to report his story as accurately as he related it to us: — Ghost Story Sequel Sometime in the late 60’s John Sloan married Mrs. Sallie Tully for his second wife. She took with her to the Sloan farm two half grown sorts, Aleck and John Wesley Tully. And shortly the ghostly manifestations reappeared. Sloan had four young daughters at home, and they began to see and ’ hear strange sights and sounds. Often upon retiring the girls would find cedar boughs and burrs concealed in the bed. At one time they saw the clothes horse, which was covered with freshly ironed clothes, dancing about the hall, bobbing up and down. They continued in a nervous fright over this episode until they learned that their step-brother had been concealed under the clothes horse. At another time the late Reuben Davis, Alphonso Odell and myself took the tjiyge girfs tq Syracuse te When we murned and earn© in front of the Sloan house one of the girls exclaimed: 1 “Oh, look there!" We looked and saw a strange sight. Blue and yellow lights were running up and dQVt'B |hg walls and the geiling, ac= by smothered sounds and awful groans. We immediately ran back up the hill. The Sloan girls declared it was the ghost again. Finally Mr. Davis offered to stay with the girls while Mr. Odell and I returned to the house to interview fhg w ? 19 this, and mus= Vvi’ing all o«r courage we cautiously approached the house. As we got near the (foor the sounds from within became much louder and the lights continued to flicker. We almost lost courage and we both stood staring, our fists clenched and muscles taut, ready to break and run. FortUftately neither of us sneezed- ThUfi we stood o,nr- ground and slowly gained sufficient control of ourselves —Odell knocked loudly on the d OO ! 1Flashes of red and yellow light! Bang, thud, rumble, crackle, splinter, rend, bumpbump!—like a mad bull turned loose in a hardware store —like the crash Samson caused in the temple, ‘ Odell whirled to: run; but I caught his arm and stayed him. “Listen!” I whispered, “somebody is coming toward the door!” There was fumbling at the latch. The door opened. John ■ Wesley Tully appeared. | “What do you want?" he asked I sleepily as he stood there, rubj bing his right hand against his

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left shoulder and his left hand over his hip. J By questioning him we learned ithat he had been out late and 1 had returned with cold feet. He . had swung back the door of the [ old fashioned drum stove, puffed ;ou t the stove plate, and was sitting there warming his feet. Hfe had fallen asleep, and it must 1 have been his snoring which we ’ mistook for smothered sounds ■ and awful groans. When Odell - knocked he had fallen off his .' chair, throwing the stove plate Jon the floor and making quite a racket. Incidentally, he was not in the best of humor. We went back up the hill ! where we had left Davis and the : girls and were able to convince 1 them that the ghost was human. : Several years later John Sloan died suddenly; in April, 1872, 11 think. No one lived on the farm that summer and the grounds around the house and barn were overgrown with weeds, giving the place a rather ghostly appearance. Late one summer evening, at! the time of dusk when objects in the landscape are none too distinct, Frank Bunger started toward Syracuse to visit his best girl. Now, it was no secret in the neighborhood- that Frank was not over confident when ■ spirits were concerned, and that i some of his greatest speed re- i cords had been achieved along i the portion of the road immediately in front of the Sloan house. It was not known definitely, however, that anything more than his own sense of caution had ever spurred him to make haste past the place. But on this particular evening Frank got proved to him the full ghostliness of the haunted house. ; As he came down the road and approached the place he heard clattering and banging like the unloading of long pieces of lumber. Gradually the sounds grew louder—and just as gradually Frank’s courage grew less. When the don and din reached the pro- i portions of continued thunder, clapping, Frank could control his legs no longer and he tore back up the road from whence he had come, But ke stopped to consider, Hew eould he explain matters to his best girl if he abandoned his trip to town? Too, the sounds had now subsided, and there was a chance that they would not start up again if he walked lively, not ran, and whistled a carefree tune-’sf he indicated to thg ghpgl thftt hg was not afraid. • Se, with a firm grip on himself, he started past the house again. Apparently the ghost was not i convinced. When Frank came in front of the haunted house large stones fell from heaven and landed at his feet- He whirled and ran back up the rQed, rc- - treating this tim© for good. later reported that he had found Mr. Sloan stacking up | lumber and that he had been , stoned away by him. The late . Jacob Wolf and his chum, John Miller, had bought the chickens at the Sloan sale. One evening after they had quit work they decided to go oyor to the Sloan place wi catch their chickens.. While they were at . this they eaught sight of Frank i afar off as he came down the i road, and they hid behind the > clapboard chicken house to await his approach. With loosened slabs they slapped against; the side of the building, and were [ able to create an awfully ghostly.: racket. At Frank’s second at- { tempt to pass the house they! threw stones at him. My father bought the farm .and .moved there in.. October,. 1872. But to my knowledge.no ghost ever bothered him or his during twenty-nine years he owned e the place. .•- - . .; | I bought and moved onto, the c arm the first of October, 1901. After several months the ghost appeared three or four nights in succession, but in milder form . thi. tta». .1

LIBRARY COMPLETED The Carnegie library has been completed and a t date has been set for the formal opening on March 15. The secretary of the state library commission, William Hamilton, will be the principal speaker at the opening exercises. Interest in the public library has been widespread and wholesome throughout the months of construction. It is the property of the town and the township, and, for this reason those who have the affairs in charge are expecting a good attendance at the opening ceremonies. The full details of the ever-! cises will be published in next week’s issue of The Journal. j--” — q. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE While Mr. and Mrs. Eston Kline were at North Webster on Friday evening many *of their friends gathered at their home in honor of Mrs. Kline’s birth- ! day. When they reached home Mrs. Kline entered the house through . the rear door, and upon striking a match she saw her house filled with people. They had brought home made candy, popcorn, apples and some very useful gifts. Those present were: Mr. I Richards Guy and son i Emory, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Dewart, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Whitehead, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Niles, Floyd Brower and family,Earl Culver and family, Lee Henwood and family, Dewitt Disher and family, and Eston Clayton and family. The guests departed at a late hour, and all expressed their enjoyment of thd evening and wished Mrs. Kline' many happy returns of the day.’ • ■ o .. — ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE Union church meeting in the Evangelical church Sunday even- . ing at 7:30; services conducted ! by Rev, Smith; congregational ' singing led by Rev. Kessinger. ; Speaker from State Anti-Saloon ’ League will be present and give address. THE NEW CABINET The new cabinet as selected by President-elect Harding, will be: Secretary of State—Charles Evans Hughes, New York. Secretary of the Treasury—Andrew Mellon, of Pennsylvania. Secretary of War —John W. ‘ Weeks, of Massachusetts. i Attorney General—Harry M. Daugherty, of Ohio. I Postmaster General—Will H. Hays, of Indiana. Secretary of the Navy—Edwin Denby, of Michigan. i' Secretary of the Interior—A. i B. Fall, of New Mexico. I Secretary of Agriculture— Henry Wallace, of lowa. | Secretary of Commerce—Her- ■ bert Hoover, of California. I Secretary of Labor—James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania. —o « WILL SERVE SUPPER Circle No. 1 of the M. E. aid society will give a supper in the church basement March 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. j Menu: Creamed Chicken, Mash- ' ed Potatoes, Gravy, Hot Biscuits, Bread and Butter, Jelly, Apple Sauce, Pie and Coffee. Price 50c. ♦ / p My wife was awakened in the Knight by the sound of children | running up and down the cellar ' steps in bare feet. Then there was a tap, tapping in the cellar; occasionally a loud bang, like a . falling board. After listening to these sounds a few -nights she informed me of what she heard and we investigated. We found.' I the ghost was only rats looking for something to eat. They had been trying to lift the lids off the milk crocks. After getting rid of the rats we had no more ghosts as long

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IHAHAhHAfttIU BITS ABOUT mt FOLKS Notes of* the Week on the Coming and Going of People Von Know. | . i-' - ■ Michael Rck)kstool is slowly ! improving at writing. Nelson spent Thursday in Soutn Bend on business. Some people are so slow they would not make good pall bearer. The Wednesday,Afternoon club met yesterday with Mrs. F. H. Cremean. The two principal “ kinds of time are standard and wrist watch. Mr. and Mrs. Vick Niles spent Sunday with Fordie Grissamer and family. Floyd Price and family of Goshen spent Sunday with John Price and family. The market report says thbt-i coffee is weak. Why not let it percolate a little longer? If it were not for the weather, some people would never be able to break into conversation. Love comes like a cobweb floating in the breeze and leaves like a piafio mover falling downstairs. Daniel Mishler, genial proprietor of the Grand Hotel, spent a few days last week at Orland, Ind., on business. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Heerman are the proud parents of a baby girl, Fances Marie, born Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Daniel Mishler has been improving during the past" week md is now able to be oh duty at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. Jesse" Mitchell and three children of Nappanee spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Ella Wolfe. A few of the neighbors gave Orrie Shannon and family a surprise party Monday evening before moving to the farm. Frank Darr and family of South Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Darr spent Sunday with Jesse Darr and family. Orrie Shannon is moving his family from the Kitson property in Boston street to the Kitson farm on Stringtown road. One. of the scientists has found out that eating boiled cabbage orolongs life. But why prolong life if one must eat boiled cabbage? • • ■ Mrs. Irvine Treesh and little daughter Hilda Marie of South Bend visited several days of last week with her sister, Mrs. L. T. Heerman. William Brenhizer, accompanied by his fiance, of Fort Wayne, came Friday to spend a few days here at the home of his sister, Mrs. F. H. Cremean. Robert Thomas Searfoss celebrated his fourth birthday Wednesday evening of last week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Searfoss. Night Marshal Albert Stuard reports that the city jail is badly in need of more bed covers. Perhaps some kind hearted citizens will be interested in making a donation. - Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Ward drove through from East Chicago last Wednesday and remained here until Monday afternoon. Mr. Ward has charge of a garage there. Rev. F. H. Cremean left Monday for Kendallville, to attend the three-day~ conference being held there for the pastors of the Goshen district of the Methodist Episcopal c.hurch. A long horned B. & O. bull was in Syracuse last Wednesday night, and as a consequence two South Side citizehs were locked up in the city jail charged with • : ■'

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