Decatur Lady Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Sarah Smith widow of Peter M Smith died at 6:00 am at her son William Smith’s home on South Seventh Street after a ten years illness with a complication of diseases. Born April 1 185, she was fifty seven years eleven months and twenty three days old. She lived in Decatur twenty years after farming near Monroeville in girlhood. Survived by sons William and Dinner and several grandchildren. two sons died in infancy. one brother Dan McGirk of Fort Wayne. Funeral Saturday at 10 from United Brethren Church with Rev L A Stangle. burial in Monroeville Cemetery.
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Decatur
Ind
Sarah FE. Smith
Peter M. Smntty
William Smith
South Seventh Street
Monroeville
Peter MM. Smith
William
Dinner
Dan McGirk
Tort Wayne
Adams County Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Kist News Bureau reports four marriage licenses issued in Adams County. Albert J. Neuhauser, 24, stockholder and clerk, Berne, to Della T. Soldner, 26, Wabash township. Albert Minger, 26, laborer, Berne, to Gertrude M. Eckrote, 19, Linn Grove. Temperance Day noted in Milford with churches planning observance and a White attire suggestion for participants.
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Kist
Albert J. Neuhauser
People’s Eters
Berne
Tolm
Christena
Neuhauser
Della T. Soldner
Wabash
Township
Samuel
Sarah Soldner
Albert Minger
Postum Suggested Over Coffee For Children
A reader warns that coffee stunts growth in children due to caffeine and endorses Postum as a safe table beverage made from clean hard wheat. When served hot with cream and sugar, the drink is described as delicious and healthful, highlighting Postum’s lack of coffee and its phosphorus content.
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Postum
Gold Medal Flour Endorsed by World’s Best Millers
A promotional interlude extols Gold Medal flour as the finest, asserting that 10,000,000 bread eaters rely on it. The speaker praises the millers behind the product and urges readers to recognize its quality.
Gold Medal Flour For Sale by Grocers
Local grocers advertise Gold Medal Flour available for purchase. The notices emphasize steady supply and competitive pricing to attract bakers and households.
Crosman Delivers Peggy in The Country Girl at Majestic
Henrietta Crosman headlines a clean entertainment edition of The Country Girl as Peggy at the Majestic. The performance showcases Crosman’s deft touch in a long standing standard, revived to audience acclaim, echoing the classic Wycherley period and Garrick’s 1766 rendition.
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Idebrietta
Crowman
Peggy
Augustine Dair
Miss Crosman
David Garrick
Drury Lance
Dan Burkes School Girls headline Temple matinee show
The Temple will stage a school children matinee today headlined by Dan Burkes School Girls. Haigh and Thomas appear next week in vaudeville with musical comedy favorites. The VIP act features a long running character from Charles R. Haighs past productions.
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Dan Burke
Utage
Ranix Garrick Forest Macready
Charles R. Haigh
Mr. Match
Haigh
Malek
Thom
Aga de
Jerit
Mr. Haigh
Pani
Forty Second Annual Indiana Scottish Rite Reunion in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Scottish Rite Masons plan close with officer elections led by Thomas Thames as president elect. Other officers elected include Mulray Wilson as vice president and HW Mie Orne as secretary, with a class of Fort Wayne candidates and several names from nearby towns listed.
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Indiana
Scottish Rite Masons
Fort Wayne
Albert E ‘Thames
Indianapolis
Mr. Thomas
Mulray
Wilson
Borden
Secretaey
Rent HW
Mie Orne
Evansville
John W. Spencer
Avanavilly
Charles Z. Bonil
Autonretth
Jolwart
Astton
Charles
Charnel Kennedy Plusswell
Wallace D.sy Dawald E. Brucciener
Burchard Ke. Denny
Edward We Dotoz
Pred Bekart
FW. Edmunds
William D. Dilton
Imara J. Kline
Cyrus J. Love
Homer
Mones
Daniel B. Nelson
Chester GQ
Schirter
CG. le Schottler
Arthur B. Smith
Byron
Somers
Willian W. Specht
James W. Squires
John G. Thieme
Albert E Thomay
John &. Welten
Ernest C. Kituk
Robert D. Ramsey
Anghla
Bert Eheldout
Geneva
Claudina N. Ben Cully
Garrett
William C. Gandy
Churubuave
Contract Is Signed 4 (Continued from Page one)
Narration describes a debated contract signing with remarks on error, duty, and sincerity. Mayor Hosey responds that all have done their duty conscientiously and to the best of their ability, expressing confidence in the outcome.
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Mr. Paul
Hosey
Fort Wayne Otis Company and City Gas Agreement Amendment
Contract dated March 27 1908 between Fort Wayne Indiana through its board of public works and Fort Wayne Otis Company to amend section 16 of an 1868 ordinance granting gas piping rights. It permits artificial gas manufacture and delivery via existing pipes, sets minimum heating value and pressure, requires pipe connections, and fixes a charge of ninety cents.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Board of Public Works
Fort Wayne Otis Company
Indiana
Common Council
Sallmonic Mining and Gas Company
Sail City
Salimonie Mining and Gas Company
Ann Penper
Sala
Sald
Add
Nopention
New Case In Decatur Juvenile Court
A juvenile case arrives from Berne court as a boy faces charges of stealing ten dozen writing tablets from multiple residents. Since the offender is under sixteen, the matter shifts to the Decatur Juvenile Court where Probation Officer Henry Lankenau will oversee supervision. Names of juveniles are not to be published.
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Giacomo Pureint
Puccini
Kist News Surean
Dhcatio
Ind
Joel Liddy
Berne
Henri Yranz
Hey
Albert N
Levi A. Sprunger
Christian @ Stauffer
Konis Habegger
Albert CG
Hirschey
Henry Lankenau
Silver Tale High Among Certified Schools
Silver Lake Indiana March 17 Silver Tale high school has been placed on the list of certified high schools as have Syracuse and Mentone high schools.
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Kist News Bureau
Silver Lake
Ind
Silver Tale High School
Syracuse
Mentone
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