Local social notes and movements around Bluffton
Bluffton residents and guests attend gatherings and visits including Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Kapp, Mrs. Henry Colerick, and Miss Ella Baughman. Parties plan moves to Chicago Bloomington San Antonio and Huntington while court sessions and railroad ticket sales appear in town reports. A marriage, centennial visits, and notable art movement at the Gem club are noted along with a farewell painting return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Kapp
Bluffton
R. G. Thompson
Henry Colerick
F. W. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Ella Baughman
Albion
Winnie Johnston
West Main Street
David Creighton
Chicago
M. Barron
Kendallville
L. W. Barron
Griffith Street
James Wild
Abba Gallit
Illinois
Ophelia English
Nellie Bowen
Jackson
Mich
Maggie
Nellie Buckley
Laura Sawyer
Bertha Yates
Lydia Teeters
Auburn
White's Range
Joseph Russell
Clara B. Miles
Huntington
Frederick Woods
John Kline
C. B. Garrett
Fort Wayne
George Felts
J. K. Creighton
James Wilding
Gen
A. Wayne
A. F. Sehoch
Main Street
Nat Coons
Abe Fredensberg
Goring
Huntington Democrat
Warsaw
Gus
Rabus
Mesdames Rosenstadt
Shields
Lones
Bunyan
Erwin
Reed and Chapman
A. B Crowe
Anover
Ind
Crowe
Anthony Wayne
Gem Club
Delphos Herald
Indiana
Diphtheria Alarm Grips City Amid Outbreak
A city faces more than 40 diphtheria cases with rapid spread in the east end and south side. Infections trace to a Liberty street funeral and many households ignore quarantine rules, while a single sanitary policeman struggles to enforce health regulations during concurrent funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
South Side
Liberty Street
Market prices in Fort Wayne daily roundup
Corrected daily by Bush and Co Wheat 65 67c oats 28 30c corn 45 48c rye 48c barley 45c butter 14 15c eggs 10c beeswax 25c Ib oil meal 31 25e ws potatoes 50c bu feathers live geese Ort 3d to 26th inclusive Les LE
The Sphinx Makes Grand Boston Return At Temple Theater
The Egyptian comic opera The Sphinx by Browne and Thompson comes to the Temple theater October 22 in a major season event. It originally played eight weeks in Boston and five weeks in New York, then 108 nights at Tremont Theater with standing room only. The plot follows The Sphinx awakening after 10,000 years and falling for a Harvard professor, thwarted by a villainous magician. Marie Millard leads a 60-member company with Edwin Stevens Oscar Girard and others, praised for beautiful music and a grand production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browne and Thompson
Temple Theater
Boston
Casino
New York
Tremont Theater
Chicago
Egypt
the Sphinx
Harvard
Sam
Thouart
Hess
Sphinx
Mr. Thompson
Marie Millard
Edwin Stevens
Oscar Girard
Minnie de Rue
Posy Miles
Tallmadge
Baldwin
Venezuela Crisis Looms Over Gold Concessions Fight
New York reports sign that Venezuela faces possible resistance to British moves as Venezuela arms itself with ten Maxim guns ordered from Britain. The Orinoco company plans to push development of its concessions along the Ima taca mountains and Barema gold fields despite British claims, asserting clear title to the lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Venezuela
United States
Great Britain
William N. Stafford
Orinoco Company
Imataca Mountains
Schomburgh
Robert Schomburgh
Point Barema
Schomburgh Line
Guainia
Paraman
Barema
Imminent Frontiers Clash in Venezuela Guiana Row
The St James Gazette reports Chamberlain guiding imperial policy toward Venezuela and British Guiana with dispatches urging two Maxim guns and frontier defense. Guatemala and the Guatemala Central Railway clash over sale rights, hinting at potential international friction with an American company stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpox
St. James
Venezuela
Republic
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Guiana
Executive Council
British Guiana
Charles Cameron Lees
Uruan
London
Guatemala
Government of
Guatemala Central Railway Company
California
C. P. Huntington
Nanne
Blaine
Salvador
Mexico
Central Railway
Gives Hope for the Future in World Trade Outlook
Nunn Co of New York reports upbeat global trade signals as of October 19, with R. G. Dun and Company noting improving conditions. The bulletin highlights cautious optimism for forthcoming commerce and markets worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nunn & Co
New York
R. G.dun & Co
Church Unity and Rome The Pope on Congresses
Washington Oct 19 high ecclesiastics discuss the pope's letter urging Catholics to avoid promiscuous religious congresses. They see it as affecting Christian unity beyond the sectarian school issue, contrasting a rigid Rome centered plan with broader liberal views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
England
Cardinal Gibbons
Chicago
Mgr. Satolli
Rome
Illinois Sells Brick Ship Ilinois Sparks Navy Concerns
Washington reports the navy department is troubled by Illinois authorities selling the brick ship Ilinois and keeping the proceeds. State naval militia property from the national government is usually loaned in trust and returned when no longer used. Navy officials question Illinois legal rights and will pursue federal remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Illinois
State Treasury
Ilinois
Town About Wiped Out in Blanchester Fire
Fire swept through Burke's livery stable area in Blanchester Ohio igniting at 1 30 pm and raging until 7 pm destroying thirty seven stores twelve homes two churches two secret society lodges and the post office with losses estimated from 150 000 to 250 000. Fire crews from Loveland Lynchburg and Hillsboro were hampered by lack of cisterns and water. Police were sworn in to guard salvage as insurance details remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
Blanchester
Burke
Broadway
Center
Short
Grove
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Loveland
Lynchburg
Hillsboro
Deaths and Funerals Delights Winters and Lewis
Mattie May Winters aged 3 years died at home from lung fever at 18 North Harrison Street. Funeral set for Monday morning. Miss Rissa Lewis aged 40 died of consumption at her father Jonathan Lewis’s home 142 West Main Street. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Winters
North
Harrison Street
Mattie May Winters
Marriage Licenses Listed for John Seelig and Katie Smith
Marriage licenses issued include John Seelig to Katie Smith and Solomon W. Sullinger to Nettie Sears. Additional entries show William P. Heine and Josephine Vor as applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Seelig
Katie Smith
Solomon W. Sullinger
Nettie
William‘p. ‘Heine and
Josephine Vor
Partisan Chiefs Debate Nicholson Law in Indiana Conference
Indiana Republicans at a state conference and county meetings debated the Nicholson temperance law. Nicholson defended the law amid party criticism, other leaders urged postponing reorganizing until January, with plans for district conventions in December and January. Several figures including Newby and Fairbanks absent from the broader talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Alexander Black
Greenfield
Frank M. Dice
Crawfordsville
Hardy
L. Taylor
S. E. Nicholson
Nicholson
State Committee
General Conference
William D. Owen
L. P. Newby
Knightstown
Harrison
Charles W Fairbanks
W. R. McKeen
Daniel W. Voorhees
Indiana
Three Men Killed In Indiana Grand Rapids Train Wreck
Decatur reports that on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railway a pay car was struck by a fast train after a switch was left open by bridge workers. Killed: John Malott James Gilson and William Brown all residents of Decatur. Several others seriously injured, wrecking both the pay car and engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Grand Rapids
Decatur
Ceylon
Here
Grand Rapids and
John Malott
James Gilson
William Brown
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Chicago Record
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