Family Reunion News From Wells County Repository
A detailed account of the Kleinknight family reunion near Toc sin in Wells County recounts the arrival of John M Kleinknight and Anna Gen in 1848 and the growth to hundreds. The event featured prayers, a dinner, addresses by W A Kunkel C S High and Rev J W Borkert, and the election of officers with records of attendees from Ohio. the next gathering is planned for Oct 4 1904 at Wm M Kleinknight's residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M
Anna
Gen) Kleinknight
Wells County
Tocstn
Bluffton
John M. Heckley
Samuel J. Kunkel
Mammoth
W. A. Kunkel
C.S. High
Wm. F. Kile Inknight
W. A. High
J. W. Borkert
Singing of America
Joan M. Kleinknight
Ivan O. Kleinknight
Wm. F. Kileinknight
Lipkey & Lipkey
Ohio
Edna Kershner
Galion
Lydia Steady
Erler
S. M. Smith
Fostoria
Mary E. Buraison
Belle Wise
Steuben
Ivan Kleink
Pugney Area Hints at Local Family News and Movements
Local notes report births and illnesses including Albert Trollender's baby girl and Mrs. Frank Kleinknight recovering from malaria. Family visits, moves to Pleasant Mills and Tocsin, and travels by residents such as Rev. Hutchinson and Mrs. Lash fill the social items. Neighborly updates and upcoming church meetings complete the roundup.
REIFFSBURG FARMERS REPORT SOWING AND HARVEST NOTES
Most farmers have finished sowing wheat and cutting corn. Mrs. Jacob Bower is sick. H. B. Williams attended a Montpelier carnival. Adam Ting hauls for the Kenyon lease west of town. William Smith adds a house extension. Omer Williams drives for the Yers Bros hay baler. S. King and family spent Saturday in Berne. Sam Valentine involved in Sori Krimmel’s project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bower
H. B. Williams
Montpelier
Adam Ting
Kenyon Lease
Wiliam Smiths
Omer Williams
Yers Bros
King
Sam Valentine
Sorim Krimmel
Pany
Farm life and social notes from the neighborhood
Farmers near completion of corn cutting and wheat sowing. Box social at Lindsey school house last Wednesday raised 52.70 from boxes and voting contest won by Mamie Gottschalk. Y P A and Sunday school rallies in Salem noted with good turnout. Local visits include John Romey, A Garboden and others at Bluffton. many relatives visiting or staying with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Joury
Sank Bros
Vera Cruz
Lindsey
Mamie Gottschalk
Salem
John Romey
A. Garboden
Bluffton
Fry
Massilion
Ohio
Fred Rohrer
Berne Witness
Dan Tschantz
Abe Speheger
John Green
Domestic
Maggie Geatis
H. H. Deam
EF. L. Bierne
P. M. Brown
Markle
L. A. Swigerl
Nottingham
Ind
Gentis
Uncalled Letters at Bluffton Post Office Week Ending Oct 6 1903
The Bluffton post office lists uncalled letters for the week ending October 6 1903 including J H Brickley F E Bright Mrs E L Clark George Davenport and others. Several named residents and families are noted as recipients with sobering lines about a missing escapee’s children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton Post Office
J. H. Brickley
F. E. Bright
E. L. Clark
George Davenport
Maggie Girod
Geo. M. Horner
J. M. Hogelton
Chads Moyer
Clifford Mee- Matt
S. H. Taylor
Alma Trapp
J. D. Stevens
Maggie Gratz
A. EB. Saanve
P.M
Local notes from town last Sunday to winter prep
Rev Wilson preached at this place last Sunday and Sunday evening. Farmers busy cutting corn sowing wheat and preparing for winter. Several attended the carnival at Montpelier last week. T B Clampitt and wife returned from Kansas visiting relatives. Onsree Bilby has placed a third chair in his shop. QO P Biley remodeled his barn. John Carnes moved back to his property. People gathering hickory nuts. George Huffman hauling dirt and improving property. Geo Galser moved to his farm. H S Cloud will have a law office in town this winter and handle the interurban line case. Gravel road case dismissed. Reed and Henrietta installing power on Beaty lease. Black Oil Co putting in gas engine on Stibbens lease with further drilling planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carnes
George Huffman
Geo. Galser
Cloud
Reed
Henrietta
Black Oil Company
Stibbens
Osborn farm oil drilling begins in Kingsland
Local notes report Osborn farm drills for oil underway. Updates include social calls from Bluffton and Huntington residents, the Kleinknight reunion near Pugney with nearly two hundred attendees, and Corn cutting plus hickory nutting as daily chores.
Wells County Commission Approves Licenses and Rail Crossing Franchise
The Wells County Commissioners met with all members except George W. Lechner present. Amon Gilbert's gin license was delayed after a large protest. W F Ewing received a license to operate his own place. A CG B QC railroad crossing franchise was granted to permit highway crossings. Walter Baumgardner earned a Purdue scholarship, with the board maintaining two students there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells County Commissioners
George W. Lechner
Lechner
Amon Gilbert
Dillman
W. F. Ewing
Vera Cruz
Ewing
John Lobsciger
Walter Baumgardner
Purdue
Court Notes Foreclosure Complaint Filed and Dismissals
The case Oldfather vs Scott was filed today as a note foreclosure complaint. Stuy dabaker bank filed a similar suit against Ormsby et al. Weil vs Van Every was dismissed. Court adjourned as special judge Hall hunted hickory nuts. Commissioner Joseph Stahl and wife left for Preston Minnesota to visit his uncle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldfather
Scott
Stuydabaker Bank
Ormsby Et al
Weil
van Every
Hall
Joseph Stahl
Preston
Minnesota
Mr. Stahl
March Elope gone wrong in Centerport tale
Sarah Goodheart aims to elope with Joe Saunders after a romantic rescue in Centerport. A series of mishaps from a runaway sleigh to a broken buggy derail their plans, ending with the lovers abandoning the scheme and returning home in a frostbitten mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Joe
Joseph Saunders
Tomfoot Chevalier
Marek
Jos
The Case for Mastery of English Language
The Saturday Evening Post argues that native English literacy is essential alongside foreign language study. It contends many will not need German or Spanish, but all will read, write, and speak English, valuing pronunciation, understanding, and a broad vocabulary as signs of superior intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perton
Saturday Evening Post
A Very Curious Drug and Maxim Gorky’s Dinner Event
A curiously described European drug called vinard allegedly induces an obsession with arithmetic, driving sufferers to write long columns of figures in search of correct sums. The piece also recounts a Gorky anecdote about vegetarian dining ending with a sharp remark.
County approves low pressure heating system bid for jail
Regular session last Tuesday awarded the jail heating project to Barrett & Frazier of Huntington with a low bid of 1303.62. Bidder names include William Kerfoot 1663.71 and Theodore Scheid 1640.00. work to start at once and finish by December first. News notes mention M H & Ft W interurban cars possibly serving Poneto and Keystone weekends. local social items list visits and guests in Keystones, Uniondale, Markle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Barlett & Frazier
Huntington
William Kerfoot
Application for Liquor License in Keystone Indiana
Thomas J. Rhen submits a 1994 notice to Wells County Indiana Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in Keystone Chester township. The premises sit on a lot near the public highway in Blaffton city and include a ground floor unit in a two story structure. The applicant seeks sale of intoxicating liquor with on premises consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Chester Township
Wells County
State of Indiana
J. Rhen
Board of Commissioners of
Walls County
Indiana
Court House
Blaffton
Keystone
Chester Township
Gard House
Shld
Culd
Sid Anpiicant
Sulling Inne
Pi Thomas J
Rua
Application for Liquor License in Bluffton Ward
A resident of Harrison township Wells county Indiana applies at the November term 193 for a license to sell and permit on premises intoxicating liquors under 4 quarts, at Lot 85 Bluffton. The front room on Markets Street will be used for sale with glass frontage and access to the public. The description lists exact measurements and location starting at the northeast corner of the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Enid Lot
Booth
Nmquors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pugney
Albert Trollender
Frank Kleinknight
Fred
Charles Howard
Christley Myers
T. J. Sowards
Rev. Hutchinson
North Judson
Tabor
Pleasant Mills
Tocsin
Hutchinson
Daisy Lash
Mercer County
Lydia Shady
Sarah Davenport
Robert Gavin
Poneto
Davenport
Blue
John Sowards
Samuel Kreigh
John Heckley
Josiah Beck
Emmaus
Jim Kleinknight
Lash
Adam Ashcroft
Homer
Lancaster Chapel
Charley Leist
Dundee
Henry Leist
Fort Wayne
Theodore King
Cora King
Berne
Earl
Rosell Johns
John Catlet
Reiffsburg
Ereps
Ellen Burnelson
Gallon
Martha Smith
Clara Heckley
Andrew Kleinknight
Edna Hershner
Sarah Lash
Aecapeintenlant
Jaffeneh
Kingsland
Osborn Farm
Elijah Disbong
J. M. Kleinknight
Kleinknight
C. Kunkle
Jennie Trenary
Inez Brickley
A. H. Frisinger
Lewis Miller
A. J. Brickley
L. E. Thurber
C. L. Haney
Hartford City
Frank Kilney
Nora Brickley
Francis
Ella Ear
Ohio and
Ossian
Commissioners’ Court
T. C
McClure
Sarah Goodheart
Old Deacon Goodheart
Centerport
Squire Johnson
Kelly
oLtill
Joe Saunders
Mareh
Chevalier
Maxim Gorky
Gorky
Salda
M. ,H., & Ft. W. Interurban Company
Herald
Eaton
Mary Starr
Keystones
Bessie Haflich
Uniondale
Eva Haflich
Lena Harshman
Ulrich McAfee
Orva Lantis
Bluffton Markets
Webern
Rene
Vraneae Teverersee
Eee
Ene
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