Fort Wayne Hailed Health Plan For City Progress
Dr. J N Hurty Indiana health secretary urged Fort Wayne business leaders to adopt the science of hygiene to cut preventable deaths and disease. He warned the city loses millions from preventable deaths and urged a five man Commercial Club committee study. Dr Alice Hamilton of Hull House to speak on Occupational Diseases at Library Hall. Fort Wayne’s health program aims to lower death and sickness rates, improve the city’s wealth and beauty, and transform Fort Wayne into a still greater city through health investments.
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Fort Wayne
J. N. Hurty
Indiana Board of Health
Library Hall
Harty
Commercial Club
Hamilton
Alice Hamilton
Hullhouse
Chicago
C. M. Dawson
Woman's League of the City
M.F. Porter
State of
Indiana
Health Board
Court House
James H. Smart
Hercules
Chicken thieves steal fifteen chickens near Bluffton
Bluffton Indiana residents report fifteen fine chickens stolen from the coops of Benjamin William son west of the city on Monday night. The theft was not discovered until Tuesday morning and local officers have been alerted to apprehend the thief or thieves.
CHURUBUSCO VOTES ON WET SPOT SALOON ISSUE
Election update shows CHURUBUSCO as the sole wet spot with six of seven units voting Wednesday. The community accepted the ban with a clear No to saloon opening.
Wednesday Voting in Allen and Nearby Counties
Fragmented OCR listing places and townships including Perry Hartford Smith Wingate New Richmond Ladoga and numbers 139 120 106 65 33 suggesting polling or results. Limited context. describes dry or wet voting in Adams Montgomery Whitley counties and townships.
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Smith Township
Montgomery County
Perry township ends saloon era with dry majority vote
Perry township including Huntertown held Allen county s first local option poll. Dry 162 wet 142 as three Huntertown saloons must close within ninety days and no new licenses can be issued. The vote ended a hotly contested, low disturbance campaign with both sides claiming victory at times.
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Perry Township
Huntertown
Allen County
Wet majority in Churubusco local option vote
Churubusco Indiana on March 30 reports a 32 vote wet majority in the local option election with 492 total ballots cast. Both Churubusco precincts voted wet while the rural west precinct chose dry. Precinct results: North dry 82 wet 106, South dry 79 wet 122, West dry 69 wet 34.
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Churubusco
Ind
Smith Township
Hartford Township Day Temperance Victory in Adams County
In Hartford township Adams County Indiana the local option election passed by 17 votes. North precinct Dry 71 Wet 92. South precinct Dry 68 Wet 30. The election passed off quietly.
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Adams County Temperance Forces
Decatur
Ind
Hartford Township
Crawfordsville Votes Dry in Proctor Law Elections
In Crawfordsville Indiana and surrounding Montgomery county, temperance forces won decisive margins under the Proctor option law. Crawfordsville led with 138 dry majority, Coal Creek township 226, Clark township 65, while the wet side carried one ward in the city. Precinct results show Wingate and New Richmond voting dry in Coal Creek township, and Clark township precincts splitting. A disfranchised man was blocked at the polls and a dry reward was offered for vote-buying convictions. Moses FE Jones was arrested on illegal voting charges.
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Montgomery County
Crawfordsville
Ind
Coal Creek Township
Clark Township
New Richmond
Ladoga
James Shelton
Moses FE. Jones
Terre Haute
Jones
Pupils Test Weather Bureau Predictions at Hoagland School
The Hoagland school pupils tracked 99 days of government weather bureau forecasts. Results show 62 predictions correct for Fort Wayne, 12 partly correct, and 25 entirely wrong, according to the students’ tally.
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Hoagland School
Government Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Fort Wayne
Man Fined For Beating Wife Over Illusionary "Shooting Can"
George W. Mikesell was fined ten dollars and jailed sixty days for beating his wife who testified he claimed she was "shooting the can" and neglected household duties. They live at Lafayette and Madison, with the wife showing a bruised neck when officers viewed her injuries. She testified of two years of frequent abuse, averaging twice weekly.
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George W. Mikesell
Pat McDermott
Joe Murphy
Lake Shore
Auburn Junction
McDermott
Bill Hicks
Jack McCarthy
Albert Kirchner
Relief ship has reached China
The US transport Buford, carrying relief supplies for starving China, arrived at Shanghai and will unload at Nanking and Chinkiang. Reports from Shanghai and Nanking describe dire suffering, with starving crowds, bare feet, freezing days, and a man who bit dirt in his final moments.
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Washington
United States
Buford
China
Shanghai
American Red Cross
Nanking
Chinkiang
State Department
Bostick
Pochow
Mr. Bostick
Long Strike Ends at Butterick Plant With Union Pact
J L Sessler of Typographical Union No 78 received a letter from James M Lynch, international president, declaring the four year dispute with Butterick Publishing settled amicably. The eight hour day rule caused the walkout and the plant had stayed on the unfair list until now. The boycott is lifted and union printers are back on the job.
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J. L. Sessler
Typographical Union No
James M. Lynch
Butterick Publishing Company
Butterick
Lynch
Federal court initiates involuntary bankruptcy against Garrett Paper Mills
Four Fort Wayne concerns Na tional Mill Supply Kerr Murray Manufacturing Fort Wayne Foundry and Machine and William Busching Supply file in federal court in Fort Wayne on Wednesday alleging Garrett Paper Mills is insolvent and seeking a receiver appointment in DeKalb circuit court.
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Garrett Paper Mills
Fort Wayne
National Mill Supply Company
Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company
Fort Wayne Foundry and Machine, Company
William Busching Supply Company
Paper Mills, Mass
DeKalb
North China Mules Compared to Missouri and Kentucky Stock
In Pekin mules are noted as high quality, rivaling Missouri and Kentucky stock. The finest animals are employed by Chinese officers and wealthy men to draw Pekin carts, showcasing strong equine suitability and value.
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North
China
Middle Kingdom
Missouri
Kentucky
Bucket shops ruled lawful in DC district court decision
Justice Wright rules bucket shopping a lawful occupation in the District of Columbia, citing unconstitutional restraints on liberty of contract. Edward Artemus, Louis A, Anglo Cella and 26 others faced indictments. six pled guilty with fines totaling 8100, while others contest the case amid government raids. The U S intends to appeal.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Wright
Edward Artemus
Jersey City
Louis A
Anglo Cella
Standard Stock and Grain Company
Wickersham
Denver
Prosecution of Bucket Shop Operators Unchanged by DC ruling
Chicago leaders say federal cases proceed under the old mail fraud statute, not DC bucket shop laws. United States District Attorney Edwin M. Sims notes DC ruling should not affect prosecutions outside the district, where evidence rests on use of the mails to defraud.
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Chicago
Justice Wright
District of Columbia Supreme Court
United States
Edwin M. Sims
District of Columbia
Pardon Granted to a Murderess in Indiana
Indianapolis March 30 Mrs Minerva Williams sentenced for life in Vanderburgh county for a Warrick county murder was unconditionally pardoned by Governor Marshall on a board recommendation citing her likely death if kept. Her husband was paroled last June and son remains in the state prison ingane ward. Williams has tuberculosis after five years’ confinement. Today two more murder cases appear before the board including Robert Futrell and Levi Kissler with other hearings listed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Minerva Williams
Vanderburgh
Warrick County
Marshall
Emily Rhodes
State Prison Board
Ingane
Williams
Board of Pardons
Robert Futrell
Allen County
Levi Kissler
Merlin’s rise from Fort Wayne to Baker University president
The article traces L Merlin a former Meth odist college student and early Epworth League leader in Fort Wayne Part of his career includes teaching at Baker University Baldwin Kan and a possible succession to the fallen president of the Boston Methodist Theological Seminary The piece also recounts Merlin’s youth work with the Berry Street church and his pivotal Epworth League founding speech in 1887 88 In Fort Wayne he helped name the Epworth League and served as its first president The Fort Wayne Epworth League later joined the national organization as its constitution was revised
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Old Methodist College
L. Merlin
Kansas
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
Merlin
Methodist Theological University
Boston
Mass
Methodist Advocate
West
Berry Street M. BE
Fort Wayne
Epworth League
the Sentinel
The
Cleveland
Young People's Societies
Methodist Episcopal Church
Young People's Methodist Alliance
Oxford League
Young People’s Christian League
Methodist Young People's Union
Ohio
Berry Street
Mertin
Epworth
John Wesley
England
League
Christian Workers
Dar
J. C. Williard
D. C. Wool
Christian Endeavor Society
Plymouth Congregational Church
J. C. Cromer
Young People’s
Woman Buyer of Horses in City
Miss Helen Needham of Connecticut has bought about five thousand dollars worth of horses in Fort Wayne and shipped them east. She travels to California to continue purchases, and is described as the lone American woman active in horse buying and a skilled judge of horseflesh. Wife of a wealthy eastern dealer, she has led the business after her husband’s health declined. Most Fort Wayne purchases were from Loewenstein Bros.
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Fort Wayne
Helen Needham
Connecticut
California
Needham
Loewenstein Bros
France Death Duties in 1909 Public Stats Report
Official statistics show French death duties collected in 1909 totaled 52,236,395 dollars. Estates involved numbered 379,418 with a combined net value of 1,107,904,218 dollars, averaging about 2,900 dollars per estate.
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France
Deputy Sheriff Pursues Webb Kaufman on Assault Case
Deputy Sheriff Barney Schoenefeld served a warrant in Sheldon for Webb Kaufman charged with assault and battery on Sidney Middaugh with intent to kill. Middaugh claims he struck first with a pitchfork and threatened to kill. Ed Schmutzler is wanted for grand larceny. Courdleney pursues him after Mrs. Mercer accuses him of removing furniture from her rented house.
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Barney Schoenefeld
Sheldon
Webb Kaufman
Sidney Middaugh
Middaugh
Ed Schmutzler
Courdleney
Couple Rewed After Brief Separation in Logansport
In Logansport Indiana Peter G Richardson 83 and Nancy Richardson 69 were divorced then remarried after two months apart. They had long lived near New Waverly ten miles east. Mrs Richardson moved to stay with her daughter in Logansport. the husband refused to live there citing local saloons prize fights and Sunday baseball crowds. He was said to have been arrested for wife desertion before the divorce.
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Logansport
Ind
Peter G. Richardson
Nancy Richardson
New Waverly
Here
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Wells
East Berry Street
D&m. Carr
Sporting Goods
F. M. Smith & Co
Perry
Hunter
Adams County
Hartford
Whitley County
Wingate
Mikesell
Printers and Butterick Company
Federal Court
District of Columbia Court
Futrell
Sentinel
Epworth League OF Methodism
L. H. Merlin
Uni
Pitchfork
Cass County
Klaehn & Melching
West Main
Te En Roy T
Consult
Dr. Wenger
Nowey
Diledder
Gundey Ptates Om
Peer
Wayne
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