Appointments Made After Indiana Evangelical Conference
The fifty fifth annual Indiana conference of the Evangelical association ended with Sunday services and the ordination of clergy. Bishop Breyfogel announced next year’s session at Huntingburg and named pastors for districts including Fort Wayne Louisville Indianapolis and Elkhart. Fort Wayne’s Bethel church gains Rev. E Q Landeman age 37, previously Rochester pastor, with three children. Rev. D E Zechiel moves to Grace church Indianapolis after leading Fort Wayne church.
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Bethel Church
Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association
Breyfogel
Huntingburg
Ind
Fort Wayne
D. E. Martz
E. Q. Landeman
Kendallville
J. W. Metzner
Wolcottville
EH. Greiner
Waterloo
Hicksville
D. O. Wise
Eden
W. H. Freshley
Scott
D. Rainey
Linn Grove
J. L. Buyer
van Wert
W. H. Mygrant
Celina
J. M. Lantz
Portland
F. S. Erne
Fort Recovery
J. Rees
Bippus
G. F. Zuber
Denance
Kroft
Webster
D. R. Heil
Huntington
C. D. Rerey
Markle
Carmi
B. E. Koenig
Olney
N. W. Sunderman
Marshall
Brazil
E. J. Nitsche
Camp Creek
Altamont
J. W. Feller
Baker
Mt. Carmel
C. P. Maas
Terreaute
E. C. Ewald
Elberfield
J. A. Jedt
Lancaster
F. Reutepoehier
Indianapolis
Rochester
L. Newman
Akron
A. A. Knepper
San Pierre
G. F. Winter
Leiter’s
Mr. Laudemann
Northwestern College
D. BE. Zechiel
Grace Church
Conference opens in Fort Wayne for first time in history
The Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association convened at Bethel Church on DeWald and Clinton streets. Bishop S. Breyfogel of Reading, Pa. presided in the opening session on Thursday morning marking a historic gathering in Fort Wayne.
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Indiana
Communion Opening Service at Conference
Bishop Breyfogel called the conference to order at nine o clock. The business of the conference followed the celebration of the Lord s supper with the bishop substituting this service for the customary annual address to the pastors in connection.
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Breyfogel
Evang. Association Conference Meets in Fort Wayne
The Bethel church choir performed several anthems and the conference heard the octette “Come Spirit Come.” Rev. J. H. Evans of Dayton was named secretary with Rev. A. B Haist as assistant and reporters appointed for daily press. Standing committees were announced and officers chosen. Bishop Breyfogel and Rev. Lamb spoke on the conference’s aims as the Evangelical Association notes its second century and extensive publishing activity in Cleveland. New licenses and orders were granted as the session elected presiding elders for Elkhart Fort Wayne Indianapolis and Louisville districts.
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Bethel Church
J. H. Evans
Dayton
A. 3. Haist
Decatur
C B. Kimmel
E. Q. Landeman
M. W. Lunderman
C. H. Burgener
M. L. Schiechler
P. L. Brown
J. Rees
S. J. Luehring
J. W. Feller
C. D. Rarey
J. W. Metzner
J. H. Rilling
W. H. Freshley
F. Hartman
D. B. Raley
C. P. Ma
F. Rausch
South Bend
General Board of Missions
D. BE. Martz
Waterloo
S. H. Baumgartner
Elkhart
The
Sunday School and Tract Union Society
D. B. Koenig
Wabash
M. W. Sunderman
Olney
Berne
Breyfogel
S. C. Breyfogel
D. D
Reading
Evangelical Association
Pennsylvania
Jacob Albright
United States
Canada
Germany
Switzerland
China
Japan
South Africa
Cleveland
Ohio
J. W. Lamb
America
Indiana
Indianapolis
Arene
Indiana church votes to extend pastors time limit
After lengthy discussion, the conference adopts a motion to extend the pastors time limit from four years. Delegates to Milwaukee are instructed to push for extension. Most ministers oppose full removal of the limit, with opinions split between five or six years. Missionary offerings reach $7,544.46.
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Indiana
Milwaukee
F. Rausch
Lay Delegates Elected and Financial Report Shown
Expenditures totaled 7 189 73 with a surplus of 354 78. Lay delegates were elected as the afternoon session opened with a report on the morning ballot for the lay election.
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Ot Lay Oan
Burke’s Age Secures Ten Day Jail Suspension
Burke a 20 year old waiter pleaded guilty to being in the company of a woman at a road house. Judge Skelton suspended the ten day jail term due to his age, with a $10 fine and costs for the offense. The woman paid the same, Luce absent.
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Billie
Burke
Skelton
Liberty
Mabel Moore
H. O. Luce
George Brown
Luce
Alvin Reed
Harry Overly
Frank Fitzgerald
Harbor
Fitzgerald
Reed
Rose Seward
William Dial
Speer
Canse Pastors Simpson M E Church Reports Growth
The year’s work of Rev. J. M. Canse as pastor closed Sunday morning with 69 additions to the church. He conducted 22 funerals officiated 15 weddings and made over 1 800 pastoral calls. The church raised its largest benevolent sum yet and the official board invites him to a third Fort Wayne year as construction of a new church proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Canse
Simpson M. E
District Knights of Pythias Meet Aims For Fifteen Hundred Attendees
Elaborate preparations are under way in this city for the Knights of Pythias district meeting on April 16. Some fifteen hundred members are expected to attend with a Tuesday night planning session. Colonel Jones from Kendallville is invited with his regiment of the uniformed rank to attend. The afternoon and evening sessions will be at the Majestic theater.
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Knights of Pythias
Jones
Kendallville
Majestic Theater
Eggs Hit Fort Wayne Peak Receipts Last Saturday
James B. White of the White Fruit House reports Fort Wayne saw the heaviest egg receipts in history on Saturday with nearly 15 000 dozen eggs received valued at about 2500 dollars. Farmers from across the county delivered eggs reflecting a week’s industry.
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Fort Wayne
James B. White
White Fruit House
Church Crisis Coming and One Religion for All Men
Professor Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell predicts a coming religious crisis and a new universal faith. He argues religion will unite ethical content, honor reason, and respect all prophets while growing with science, culture, and social progress.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Nathaniel Schmidt
Cornell
Schmidt
Poe News from Poe Indiana Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Special correspondence reports cancer patient John J Essig has cancer removed after two weeks at a Lebanon Ohio sanitarium and returned home healed. The piece lists many local residents visiting relatives, attending concerts, and participating in quilting and sewing gatherings, with notes on school, church, and community activities and a Jamestown exposition guard appointment.
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The
Sentinel
Poe
Ind
John J. Essig
Lebanon
Ohio
Ellis Shookman
Everett Hubler
Nora Flaugh
Hoagland
Marion
Normal College
Russell Sherer
Alberta McKeeman
Fort Wayne
D. J. Mercer
Robert Mercer
Verba
John Essig
James Essig
Third Presbyterian Church
Wabash College
Elsie
John Linker
John Lahrman
George Lahrman
Ossian
Emma Deel
Lucius Somers
South Bend
Marion Shookman
Marion Normal College
Marion Small
Katie
Homer Brown
James Deel
Clark Essig
Wendell
Violet Roberts
Conie Sieman
Charles Springer
Alva Hoadley
M. BE
John T. Sterling
Barbara Carville
Elsworth Ruhl
Magette Carville
George Adair
George Shockman
Nettie Hubler
Julia Meriam
Fred Drage
Hoppe
Salem Adair
Sarah Miller
Roehner
Ada Ruhl
Lidie Gresley
Clean Food Is Best Nourisher for Health and Energy
An advertisement extols Malta Vita as a superior food delivering nourishment from pre digested whole wheat with malt extract. It claims it builds brain and body, aids muscles nerves and bones, improves complexion and vigor, and suits every family member including children and workers. It ends noting all grocers sell it.
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Malta
Elks plan lodge in Bluffton amid town events
In Kendallville and nearby towns the scene reflects a busy period with Elks planning a Bluffton lodge, a new city directory listing thirty one Smiths in Kendallville, aging resident Peter Fields in Goshen, and various local civic moves including church anniversaries, school graduations, and hospital entries.
Death of William Duddemeyer in Germany
Mrs. Henry Winkelmeyer of Superior Street received a telegram Friday announcing the death of her father William Duddemeyer at his home in Germany. He was 81 years old and visited Fort Wayne about fifteen years ago, making several friends in the city.
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Henry Winkelmeyer
Superior Street
William Duddemeyer
Germany
Duddemeyer
Fort Wayne
John H. Shoup
Warsaw
Warsaw Reading Club
Columbia City
John Wigent
South Bend
Electrician Burned Eyes in Short Circuit Test at Spy Run Plant
Irvine Toye, an electrician at the new power station on Spy Run avenue, was confined to his Madison street home after a flash from a short circuit blinded his eyes. He was testing a large star when the accident occurred and no dangerous lasting injuries are believed to follow.
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Irvine Toy
Spy Run Avenue
Madison Street
Toye
North Indiana Methodist Conference Meets in Logansport
The sixty fourth session of the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal church conference will convene in Logansport on April 10. Presiding bishop William F. McDowell of Chicago will lead proceedings with district presiding elders C A Wade T M Guild H W Bennett HE L Lemans L J Naftzger and H N Herrick listed among officials.
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Logansport
Ind
North Indiana Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
William F. McDowell
Chicago
Fort Wayne
C. A. Wade
Richmond
T. M. Guild
Pioneer Allen County Settler William Butt Dead Near Peru
William Butt aged 77 years 10 months 22 days a pioneer of Allen County died March 31 at his home near Peru. Born May 10 1829 in Pickaway County Ohio he came to Allen County in 1832 and lived on farms later known as Colerich and Ox-bow. He married twice and leaves children James F Butt Mary Ellen died in infancy Effie Daniels and Rose Holmes. He witnessed early hardship and helped shape local history with family ties across Peru Woodburn and Maumee Township.
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William Butt
Allen County
James F. Butt
Woodburn
Peru
Alen County
Mr. Butt
Darby Creek
Pickaway County
St. Joseph Township
Goeglein
Ridge Road
Colerich
Miami County
Butt
New Haven
Maumee Township
Elizabeth Lesher
Rose C. Holmes
Elias Butt
A. A. Butt
Mary Rector
Nebraska
S. A. Butt
Lakeside
Fort Wayne
Daniel
William Butt, Jr
Fort Wayne Sentinel
Farmer Injured in Hanna Street Runaway
Rudolph Beckman a farmer ten miles south of town was injured in a runaway on Hanna street. His horses reared at a street car, he lost control, was dragged along the pavement and later treated by Dr. Morgan.
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Rudolph Beckman
Hanna Street
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Bethel Evangelical Church
Baumgartner
Hansing
Fort Way
Clyde E. Boyer
Eugene Gilman
Mishawaka
George Uhastis
W. S. Tracy
Noblesville
Akron, O
E. C. Miller
Phillipsburg
G. C. Luttman
G. A. Stierle
William Yost
Cleveland, O
General Missionary Society
H. Baumgartner
C. F. Hansing
Fisher
Louisville
D, D. Speicher
D. E. Zechiel
General Conference of the Church
Messrs. L. S. Fisher
J. O. Mosier
D. D. Speicher
J. H. Breish
Messrs. Braeckley
A. S. Fisher
Scheidler
Simpson M. E. Church
K. of P
POE News
North Hoagland News
Elizabeth Brower
Barbara Quandt
Michael Flaugh
Fred Hoffman
Clem
Sylvester
Edward Minnich
Jacob and
Clark Flaugh
Lemna Mock
Marquadt Church
West
Clarence Frye
Clarence Frye Was A Guest of Messrs
August
Charles Brower
Charles Tribolet
Bluffton
Powhatan Guards
Jamestown Exposton
Northern Indional
Elks
Smiths
Peter Fields
Goshen
Deltan LaFevere
Baptist Church
Louis Gappinger
Colorado
Aliqa
National Association of Newsboys
Edwin Hollis
Angola
McCray Company
North Carolina
Montana
New York
Garrett
Monroe Shrock
Leona Mager
Francis Heinlan
Richard Heinlan
Lucille Shrock
Charlies Noonan
Mary J. McCarthy
Louise Mies
Karl Penzine
Penzine
William Hafferman
W. M. Self
Syracuse
Indianapolis, Huntington, Columbia City and Northern Traction Company
Sampson Little
Mr. Little
Bright
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Wabash and Wells
Henry S. Wismer
J. C. Wearley
Joseph R. Souers
James D. Goodin
Wells County
Elder Hoch
Philip Sell
Wabash County
L. E. Summers
Huntington County
Ossian High School
Virgie Hatfield
Forest Wilson
New American
North Indiana
M. E
Farmer
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