Social Gatherings and Marriages sketches from Dawkins area
A Country Party near Dawkins welcomed Mr and Mrs Daniel Rothgeb as they plan a spring move to Virginia. The piece notes numerous guests and a tone of reunion wishes. Other items list multiple weddings including Fonner Souers, Baker and Steinke, Newton Johnson, and Bradbury Van Buskirk with local attendees and reception details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Rothgeb
Dawkins
Slack ‘Leonard
John Rorick
Pat Ryan
Seul Rothgeb
H. F. Bieber
iMr
Arlen Bieber
iMra
My Bieber
Sheldon ‘Dawkins
Earl Lowery
Mike
Aaron
Warren
Chester
Walter
Homer
Harold ‘Rothgeb
Ralph
Herald
Elmer Bieber
Henry Petro
George
Frank
Adrien Dawkins
Russell Dunton
Golda
Hazel
Edna
Nacy Leonard
Hattie Dawkins
Blanche
Lottie Bieber
Ida Rothgeb
Eilen Johnson
Fonner—Souers
Homer M. Fonner
Estella Marie Souers
Grace Isnogle
Anna Hoover
Edith McCague
Harriet Hower
Velma
Winnie Crowl
Anna
May Her‘ezick
Pearl Ruby
Lydia Heckley
Selma
Mary Graft
John Isnogle
Christy
Otto Graft
Robert Hoover
Ira Beckner
Earl Miller
Dallas ‘Archbold
Raymond Shoe
Virgil Kreigh
Writer Clyde St. Clair Announces Opal of Taotl
Mrs. Joseph T. Hanna of 517 Washington Blvd East plans a book of verse titled The Opal of Taotl to be issued by Fort Wayne Printing. She has long published under Sue Vesta Hanna and later Clyde St. Clair, a name honoring two girlhood friends. She also excels in china painting and is the daughter of Luke Towsley of Whitley county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Hanna
Fort Wayne Printing Company
Washington Boulevard East
Sue Vesta Hanna
Clyde St. Clair
Hanna
Luke Towsley
Whitley County
Ronald Purman Ill With Scarlet Fever
Ronald Purman, of Jamaica Plains New York, is very ill with scarlet fever at home. He has been ill for several days. initial diagnosis suggested tonsillitis. A consultation of physicians last night confirmed scarlet fever. A. A. Purman is at the bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Purman
Jamaica Plains
N. Y
Purman
A. A. Purman
Lemon pie filling and varied old fashioned dishes
A read through a housekeeper’s kitchen guide offers lemon pie filling with lemon rind and juice, and multiple recipes. It lists stuffed beef steak with oysters or savory filling, bacon fritters, mutton croquets, cream cornmeal puffs, Southern rice bread, polenta with cheese, baked bananas, brown bread, liver patties, and oranges in jelly.
Schweoeder couple marks fifty years of marriage at Marion township
Mr and Mrs William Schroeder of Marion township celebrate fifty years of marriage with a large family gathering. He born March 13 1837 in Westphalen Koe nig-Reich and came to Indiana as a child. She born in Buecheburg Germany and came at sixteen. They have twelve children sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schroeder
Marion Township
Schoeder
Germany
Mr. Schroeder
Westphalen Koenig-Reich
Preussen
America
Schroeder
Indiana
Caroline Herrmann
August
Marton Township
Edward Schroeder
Wayne Township
Oratory Contest Initiates Union Youth Programs
A local union of young people's societies plans an oratorical contest among member churches in April with an inter-society final in May. Easter evening features a union mass meeting at First Baptist Church with Rev. S. L. Roberts delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Societies
The
Baptist
Grace Reformed
Crescent Avenue Church
Bethany Presbyterian
United Brethren
West Jefferson Street Church of Christ
Bethel Evangelical
Church of God
Plymouth Congregational
West Creighton Avenue Church
Third Presbyterian
First Baptist Church
Union
S. L. Roberts
D. D
Franklin College
Franklin
Ind
Rev. Roberts
Baptist Church
Rescue Home Hosts Annual Meeting in Fort Wayne
The Fort Wayne Rescue Home and Mission held its annual meeting at 118 East Columbia Street with President A. G. Barry presiding. Four new directors were elected and officers named, detailing finances, membership, jail services, and meals provided, highlighting the mission’s charitable work and its reach into the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Mission Home
Cooper
Barry
J. F. Vichert
W. T. Lori
H. S. Morrison
Mr. Lehman
Lima
Mr. Beach
Mother Roux
Sharp
Emma Kettler
Nellie Gates
Sage
John M. Stewart
Re Upholster Your Furniture for a Fresh Lease
A local upholstering department promises new life for worn pieces. They guarantee durability equal to the original frame and materials, with skilled workmen and a full spring fabric line on display. They invite you to try reupholstery to see the claims firsthand.
Easter Hats and Bonnets for the Kiddies
New season bonnets and small hats in Tuscan and fancy straw braid with rosettes and pink rosebuds. Swiss Bonnets for the littlest babies feature fine embroidery and tucks. Moderately priced from 50 cents to 10 dollars.
Charming spring wallpaper display at third floor
Display features exquisite bedroom and living room papers with trailing vines and nosegays. Includes wide range of foreign and American makes, all moderately priced, plus cretories to match for coordinated room furnishings.
Hartman worker burned at Southside glass factory
Hartford City Indiana April 11 Emil Molle suffered severe burns over his left arm when molten glass spilled from a tank at the Southside factory. In the same report Ernest Egley was injured on the South Side diamond when a hard grounder struck his left hand, splitting a finger from tip to second knuckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Emil Molle
Southside
Ernest Egley
South Side
Committees Named by Commercial Club President
Standing committees for the new year were named by President G. W. Beers at a Saturday afternoon directors meeting. Appointments cover Arrangements, Railroad and Transportation, Manufacturers and Commerce, Assemblages, House, Boulevards and Streets, Health, City Interests, Finance, Press and Printing, Membership, Waterways, Laws and Ordinances, plus a Special Committee handling the Fort Wayne relocation of the Retail Clerks headquarters. A subpanel will negotiate with labor leaders and Fort Wayne officials. Congressman Cline seeks a Fort Wayne customs subport with support from Secretary Biederwolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Beers
A. E. Carroll
C. A. Dunkelberg
H. G. Hogan
Fred E. Hoffman
EB. R. Yarnelle
F. J. Thieme
W. Rastetter
O. O. Thwing
W. M. Wardrop
S. K. Blair
Manufacturers and Commerce
van B. Perrine
W. F. Graeter
C. B. Fitch
H. C. Rockhill
M. J. Kehoe
W. M. Griffin
R- B. Hanna
G. H. van Arnam
J. R. McCulloch
S. B. Fleming
Myron Downing
J. M. Landenberger
F. L. Smock
O. N. Guldlin
A. 8. Bond
S. E. Mulholland
H. C. Offutt
E. H. Merritt
A. F. Hall
G. M. Leslie
J. A Cru
C. F. Bicknell
C. J. Sheiman
B. Paul Mossman
S. M. Foster
C. H. Worden
L. P. Dray
A. D. Cressles
W. L. Wilt
W. E. Doud
H. P. Fletcher
John Wilding
C. R. Lane
Frank Bohn
J. L. Sessler
W. E. Cook
G. H. Heine
P. A. Randall
C. S. Bush
Maurice Niezer
S. F. Bowser
T. E. Ellison
J. M. Barrett
W. H. Shambaugh
F. R. Dulin
W. N. Ballou
Dick M. Vesey
Denver
Fort Wayne
J. Ross McCulloch
L. D. Redding
Popular Teacher Irma Foster Dies in North Manchester
Miss Irma Foster longtime Chester township teacher dies at her parents home in North Manchester after a three week illness of typhoid fever. She was 22 or older, with service noted in local schools and community. Publication locates the death in North Manchester on Monday forenoon, April 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Manchester
Ind
Irma Foster
Chester
Fort Wayne Area Farms Offered by McKinnie Realty
Real estate listing from McKinnie Realty describes a 230 acre farm south of Fort Wayne with interurban station and timber, 70 head cattle and 30 horses capacity, hog and sheep ranges, 10 acre orchard, timber creek, mixed bottom and upland, plus a 140 acre farm six miles east of Fort Wayne with tiled land and a seven room house. Also notes 15 acre soil near New Haven and investor farms in Whitley, Lake and Jackson counties with possible trade for city property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
New Havin
Alten
South
Whitley
Lake
Jackson
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F. H. Meyer
Mies
Irene
Euls Allman
Martin Hofmann
W. Schwartz
F. Well- Man
J. Carter
Trade Mark Title Company
Oakley Street
Baker
Pennsylvania
Johnson—Newton
Anna Newton
Charles H. Newton
George Johnson
Des Moines
St. Louis
James Wilding
West Wayne Street
Newton
Johnson
Milwaukee
Mr. Johnson
Bradbury—Van Buskirk
Lillie van Buskirk
Clarence W. Bradbury
Nine Mile
J. Logan Powers
Etna Green
United Brethren Church
Bradbury
L. Rastetter & Son
OUR Culinary Department
Lemon Pie
Eggleas Spice Cake
Mrs
Caroline Schroeder
Marion
Antioch Church
Antioch Lutheran Church
C. F. Hubler
Hoagland
Simon Somers
Poe
Lucius Somers
O. A. Hadley
Mumma
Hearland
Elzie
Ossian
Salvation Army
Messaline
Sentinel
Beers
Commercial Club
F. J. Rahe
T. F. Thieme
F. & Hunting
Finance
Q. N. Heaton
W. E. Russell
Paul F. Kuhne
C. BE. Bond
Theo. Wentz
McKinnie Realty Co
Harrison Street
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