Fourth dynamiting suspect arrested; Lung admits guilt in tower bombings

Feb. 4, 1905: “The Beth-El association has closed a contract with Hon. Schuyler Colfax and Mrs. Ellen Colfax for the property at the southwest corner of LaSalle avenue and Taylor street. The consideration was $2,200 cash.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 5, 1912: “R. S. Sharp, chief post office inspector, says that in the past year the American public has contributed $77,000,000 to “get rich quick” projects. This amount represents the income of crooks who have been caught and so the total of contributions would run much higher.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 6, 1927: “Richard Dean, president of the Berrien Springs Ski association, has announced that the ski meet scheduled to be held in Berrien Springs at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon will take place as advertised unless further rainfall to-day makes it impossible. At present, 15 entrants from Berrien Springs have registered for the contest.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 7, 1935: “The Pennsylvania Railroad company has named a newly constructed Pullman car after SouthBend’s late distinguished citizen and manufacturer, Joseph D. Oliver who passed away Aug. 6, 1933. The car is still in the Pullman shops where it will be inspected next Monday by members of Mr. Oliver’s family and railroad officials.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 8, 1940: “While attorneys tried desperately this morning to free John A. Marks, aged 36, of Michigan City, Ind., implicated by unsigned statements in the bombing of Indiana & Michigan Electric company towers in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, police were busy trying to obtain a signed statement from Parrish E. Freeman, 31, of Joliet, Ill., who made a confession involving Marks and two other men. Freeman told Joliet and South Bend police that the next spot to be attacked was the Hen Island dam at the Twin Branch power plant east of Mishawaka. Destruction of the dam, it is believed, would have flooded half of Mishawaka and put much of South Bend under water.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 9, 1950: “Coal shortages may force a shutdown of some South Bend schools within the next 10 days, the decision hinging on national developments. As the effects of the miners’ walkout encroached in many communities throughout the country, spokesmen here catalogued the local situation as better than average, especially in industry. But short stock piles of school coal and coals for domestic use has stirred action on several fronts.” — The South Bend Tribune

Feb. 10, 1963: “A biology course designed to present science as a logical process rather than a series of mysterious conclusions has been adopted for the South Bend Community School System. The course is based on the proposition that the student best learns the scientific process by conducting and analyzing his own laboratory experiments.” — The South Bend Tribune

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