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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
2
A Fort Wayne fragment mentions the Democratic ticket with Allen and Adams counties and Judson Harmon as a gubernatorial candidate. The piece critiques Cannon resolution opponents, tax delinquency blame, and remarks on newspaper trust policy and public sentiment amid economic depression.
The piece surveys a heated Indiana political scene amid Speaker Cannon style leadership, brewer influence rumors, and reactions from the Ananias League of Republican newspapers. It contrasts attorney general Bingham’s stance with Brewer interests, notes county and township option positions, and calls for honest discussion of liquor policy ahead of the election.
Personal items from Pleasant Lake Indiana list Mra J A Davis in Waoad hospital Angela awaiting funeral Saturday. Miss Pearl Hardy of Decatur visiting for school commencement. Clarence Brooks from Hanover Mich. to take local position. Thad Miller and wife from Angola visiting. May Joxe Dill of Ann Arbor visiting for commencement. Wertha Weaver visiting Ansola. Mary Campbell of Anderson visiting for commencement. Fern Ledsure to Detroit for summer work. Quarantine at James McGrew home and family lifted Thursday.
Accomplished under local laws, proposed town option and ward option measures would empower people to enforce views and extend city control where a majority of voters supports it. They reinforce Moore and Nicholson statutes to aid temperance in communities with saloons and promote honest, wholesale abstinence better than county or state prohibition.
A chaotic compilation from the Journal Gazette shows multiple Democratic figures announcing candidacies for county and state offices in Allen County. Names include Wills Wells, Allen Qut Aubiently, Nelson Whittere, Thomas J. O’Connell, A. Roggen, Williass Watson, Harvey C. Grabilge, Henry F. Budgrm, Ospr F. Getz, Aar on M Reichelderfer, Bens A. Esler, Von derau, Joseph Township, Romubert Eb. Killy, John A. Buifman, Edwin W. Miller, and others. The notices request party primary consideration and reflect various offices from sheriff to recorder to treasurer.
Sheriff, local officials and residents are noted in Hamilton Indiana on April 24. Officials visit, bids and housing improvements are reported along with a Republican caucus set for May 2 at the Owse soa Center schoolhouse to nominate trustees assessors constables and a justice. A bid for county surveyor and plans for a new two story cement block building with an opera hall are also described.
Fremont Ind April 24. Local briefs mention candidates for township trustee positions in Wayne and Adams townships subject to Democratic primaries. Also notes several community stories including marriages, a funeral, and a sheriff election bid. Major Melntyra funeral scheduled at East Gilead Congregational church.
Local items from Whitley County include Rabbi Ettelson teaching Sabbath school in Columbia City with a class planned for confirmation in June. Mrs Samuel Fearson of Kent visits. The grand jury adjourned until next Tuesday. Thirteen bids were received for a mail messenger position between the post office and Vandalia and Pennsylvania stations. Xten C W Stephenson of Montpelier arrives to head electric light and water works. John Sherwood from Thorncreek ill and under doctor care. A penny picture studio opens April 30 above Farmers' State park in South Whitley. Ads list live lobsters soft shell crabs and black bass. The Hot Bray. Vote for Joseph F Getz.
Lieut Lauren S. Wills of the United States Marine Corps passed through Kendallville en route from Fort Wayne to South Bend and administered oath of allegiance to detachments awaiting orders for Washington. A. Russell injured his left index finger while at the Shin office. Funeral attendance centered on John t at Fort Wayne. Henriette Niswander traveled to Albion for a teacher’s examination. passing will enable district teaching. I W Smith shipped a bantam rooster to Otto Bluhs of Low Moor Iowa as part of expanding a poultry business. Mrs. J A Banta hosted friends in honor of Mrs. EB Carpenter of Macedona. L Jones resigned from Pollard’s grocery to move to Grant Michigan to run a general store. Maude Humphrey returned from Indianapolis to Huntington to visit friends after attending grand lodge events.
In Ligonier Indiana April 24 Rev Marty Miller, former well known here and last five years a minister in Illinois, resigns his pulpit to enter civil service and will teach in the Philippines starting June 1. The presiding minister Taylor has sold his residence on East Street. Mrs Arthur Wanamaker of Badgerton Ohio reports her mother Mrs John Inks is seriously ill. Miss Reda Wising and Miss Pratt Stutsman of Goshen are guests of Miss Freda Lynn. Nathaniel Griffin marries at Angola. A wedding was held Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Kratz on Last Broad Street with Mr Neshantel Griffin of near Hamilton as the groom.
Agnes Cook later of Kewank Ind and John Kratz preside as master of ceremonies for a Pleasant and convenient wedding. Rev M B Marble officiates his first ceremony since joining the local Methodist church. Guests include Mr and Mrs Clay Lemman and the Bratz hosts. The Griffin couple plan a homecoming near Hamilton with a community supper.
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