Wayne Wood Heights lots offer city view and growth
Real estate pitch touts 10 acre park nearby, 65 feet above the Court House, shade trees, and 44 to 50 foot lots with building restrictions. No interest til 1913 and no taxes til 1914 with easy terms. Proclaims sewer water gas and lights coming via city petition before the Common Council. Prices from 275 to 375, projected values 600 to 800.
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Court House
Wildwood Avenue
Wayne Wood Heights
Fort Wayne
Zabi Anes
Whitley County Auditor Completes 1912 Report
Whitley County Auditor O E Kiser and deputies finished the 1912 distribution sheet in Columbia City on June 21 exposing a total of 91064.71 distributed to townships and city treasurers for the coming year. Detailed township allocations include Cleveland, Richland, Troy, Hins, Washington, and Union with funds for tuition, special school, road, and sinking accounts. Columbia City and Churubusco figures appear for tuition and corporation sums, while Amith and other townships show mixed allocations. An unrelated medical ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills is included at the end.
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Columbia City
Ind
O. E. Kiser
Treasmere
Cleveland
South Whitley
Auttion
Richland
Troy
Hins
Washington
Columbia
Aitking
Columbia—Township Fund
Sehool
Thorncrack
Om Jefferson
Union
Amith
Dich
Churubusco—Tultion
Corporation
Deaf couple wed in Bluffton marriage license
Bluffton Indiana notes a double deaf mute marriage license for Adalya Wandel and Linian Oliver, first listed for deaf spouses. Town reports a Bluffton Sunday school union excursion planned for August 8 to avoid July Chautauqua, plus multiple local fright incidents as a prowler targets young women. County tax and road funds issues surface as W.J. Dustman seeks court order for $18,000 delinquent taxes, while state forester Charles Deam coordinates ash block study with Purdue. An arrest in Bluffton linked to a theft of harness near Gwen Bower, with Holderbaum bound for circuit court. a saloonkeeper assists police.
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Bluffton
Ind
Cink Adalya
Iittle
Jack the Hugger
Minnis Crum
G. . Mossman
Thora
Thomas Honan
Lock County
WW. J. Dustman
Cook
Bluntington
7. C. Curtis
Charles C. Deam
Buck and Gate- Mus
Liv
Tity
Purdue ‘University
Van Wert Couple Wed in Quiet Methodist Ceremony
Walter Britson and Mrs. Wibble VT McConahy married at 6 pm by Rev. Jessa Swank at the bride's George street home in a small immediate-family ceremony. Mrs. David Scott of Marion returns home after visiting her daughter Mrs. W. EF Ireland. A Cincinnati Northern Railroad personal injury verdict awarded $12,990 to George Dillon, who suffered a crushed arm after an incident near Cemant City, Michigan. Misy Mable Files returns from Angola Indiana. Mrs J H Hackett and daughter Helen of Akron visiting Mrs D A Johna on South Avenue. Rev Swank delivers Wiltshire township Patterson graduates address at commencement. fourteen on the roll. Mrs John Greenswald and children travel to Port Wayne to visit her father William Donally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemant City
Mich
Misy Mable Files
Angola
Ind
J. H. Hackett
Misa Helen
Akron
D. A. Johna
South Avenue
Jease Swank
Wiltshire Township
Patterson
Willahire
John Greenswald
Port Wayne
William Donally
Hobo Exchange Sparks Palm Reading Jest
A brief dialogue shows two hobos trading lines about hand reading and name calling. One quips about a palm, the other retorts that the name is mud, illustrating street humor in a fleeting street scene.
City News Flash Highlights Local Incidents and Sales
In New York business trip notes, an office records stray items from visitors to the courthouse custodian. A bicycle thief left only the frame near a drug store after a late Thursday theft. A Molita Hoagland quarrel ends with police but no charges. A wife, repeatedly distressed, faced a past suicide attempt amid a family dispute. Also promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for skin troubles, sold at local drug stores.
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C. Burode, Jr
New York
Frank Joly
Court House
Bullrin
EB. Bennett
South Calhoun Street
Sonny
Atfelder
Molita Street
Hoagland Avenue
Rundell
Kelly
Affelder
Nord
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Calhoun Street
Rudisill Avenue
Rey
Aed
Whitley
Dreler Drug
Calhoun
Brack~enridge Streets
Columbia Streets
Bluffton News
van Wert
Clent Holderbaum
Gwen Bower
Halderbaum
Chiskena
Ohio City
Decatur
Chattangoogs
Ohio
T Holderbaum
Holderbaum
Monkey
W Wells-Fargo Express Company
Wabash
Ex- Regs
Garag
Kerr Murray Manufacturing Co
Charles Sable
Cook Street
Baidwater
N. Yusaya
Foley
Sabie
Isreet
Foley Kidney
O, & N. Pharmacy
City News
Famaue Staga Beauti
Dreier Drug Co
Brackenridge
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