Fort Wayne District Duroc Breeders Federation Formed
A seven county district federation for Duroc breeders was organized Saturday in the courthouse assembly room. The Fort Wayne district includes Adams, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, Decatur, and Churubusée counties with about 150 breeders. Officers elected include John Nidlinger of Decatur as president and John H. Rust of Churubusée as vice president. Otto C. Greener of Allen county was named secretary treasurer. Dues are 10 per year per county association. The federation plans a June 26 meeting in Fort Wayne and will base its headquarters there.
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Fort Wayne
Fort Weyne
Memorial services for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Plymouth Congregational church filled for memorial services honoring departed Trainmen members. Rev. Arthur J. Folsom spoke on Great Days, Independence Day, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and Decoration Day. Names read aloud as lilies placed. tears flowed as flowers honored the deceased.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Brotherhood of Railroad
Arthur.j. Folsom
Rev. Folsom
Ruth‘ Gumpper
Milford News Briefs and Local Notices
Milford News item roundup includes residents planning moves to Fore Wayne and West Deanauer stores, new job in alteration dept, social visits among Hartmonds and Charters families, Kuert Construction chief in Cincinnati, expectant daughter for Hattie Ireland, Cedar Rapids student Ueland, local guests from Kimmel and Gophen, visits with the Avery and Groves families, and community group meetings. Also mentions land purchase by Merl Wyland andWoman’s Home Missionary Society activities at Zone Troup home.
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Milford
Tad
Tune
Mre van Awken
Fore Wayne
Veo Apkep
West & Deanauera Department
Don and Gorden Hartmond
Mra Charters W. Harittsut
Johns Kuert
Kuert Construction Company
Jamred Orn
Edward Avery
Milera- Durg
Mrr
Conrad Alleys
Salem
Wilbur D. Groves
Dorothea
Robert
Avery M. Groves
Ste
Mere
Albert M. Lentz
North Main Street
Walter Kitvech
Woman's Home
Mra
WW .D.' Scott
T. J. Tohrer
F. J. Young
M. Mac Bailth
Merl Wyland
Amanna Messick
Notorious Bergdoll Escapes After Service Delay
The American Legion urges ex servicemen to apply for War Risk Insurance and mail forms to Washington. Bergdoll, the infamous draft dodger, has escaped after a long pursuit and legal wrangling, drawing sharp criticism for his dishonor and the government’s handling. A long piece notes the reaction, quotes The American Legion Weekly, and recounts related anecdotes from wartime life and a Dreamland event.
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American Legion
Bureau
War Insurance
Washington
D. C
Scouts Attend Indiana Legion Convention in Vincennes
Commander J H Gilpin and Vice Commander Robert Gaskill will attend the Indiana state convention of the American Legion at Vincennes this month.
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J. H. Gilpin
Robert Gaskill
Indiana
Armistice Day Scout Troops Explained by Fort Wayne Legion
The American Legion Fort Wayne post explains Boy Scout work to parents and youths in a November 11 Armistice Day context. It stresses reading the handbook with a boy twelve or older, choosing a troop leader, and forming troops organized through churches and industrial groups with a three to five member troop committee.
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Legion
Fort Wayne
Matron Apprehends Degenerate Soldier at Courthouse Station
Emma Escaree, matron of the courthouse square comfort station, nabbed W. Bushman a recently discharged soldier after a month of vigilance. Bushman from West Berry street and once in a sanitarium for degeneracy faced police, while another arrest followed as Owen Somers drank and tried to raid the Reich bar. Margaret Kintz and Mandy Dedm were caught wading in the St Joe river and jailed for loitering.
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Emma Escaree
Courthouse
W. Bushman
Bushman
West Berry Street
General Electric Works
Kirkpatrick
Margaret Kintz
Mandy Deadm
St. Joe River
Fred ‘Fry
What Does It Cost to Run a Scout Troop
The Fort Wayne council of the Boy Scouts of America explains annual registration fees of twenty five cents per boy and weekly dues of five to ten cents. Funds support a central scout headquarters, executive salaries, printing, postage, scout awards, and field days, all essential to the advancement and instruction of the boys. Leadership is highlighted as vital for the organization’s prosperity.
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Fort Wayne
Boy Scouts of America
McDevitt Removed to Residence After Drinking Incident
James McDevitt of 2111 Brackenridge Street recovered from the effects of drinking what is believed to be wood alcohol on Saturday evening and was moved to his home yesterday morning. He spoke little about the affair, and details of how the poisoning occurred remain unclear.
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James McDevitt
Brackenridge Street
McRevitt
Bluebeard’s modern madness and the women who married him
A provocative column questions whether a man with twenty eight wives arrested for murder could be sane. It argues dementia courts would have altered outcomes, notes his aunt’s asylum, and suggests the lure for women was a home and a car rather than character or stability. It profiles the wives as varying, drawn to a promised life rather than truth.
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Bluebeard
Sister Anne
Paoto
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Durog Breeders
Plymouth Church
Ladies Auxiliary
Kendallville
Ind
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Avilla
Fairfield Center
Aug. Gerken
Monroeville
Canada
H. B. Kohlmeter
New Haven
Journal-Gazette
United States of America
Draft Dodger
Bergdoll
United States
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Frederic L. Walters
American Legion Weekly
Peter C. “Harris
Paris
Smith
Beredell
Jay
Ralph Markey
First & Hamilton’ National Bank
Big Boy
Flanagan
The
Countty
Jackson
Jack
Dreamland
B. Z
Legionnaires
Brest
Africa
American Legion Week
BOY Scouts
Armerican Legion
Past 47
Ladies
Old Offender Buck
Owen Somers
Relch
J. Smith Company
JO Main ST
L. M. Lebensburger
Clinton Street
Ft. Wayne
McDevit
Winifred
Seaffoid
Elass
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