Indianapolis Fort Wayne $3 Round Trip Rate Set
Official announces a $3 round trip from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne for the G A R State encampment May 21 to 23. Tickets valid on any local or limited car and returnable to May 25, routed via Peru with no car change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Frank D. Norviel
Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Indiana
Indianapols
Fort Wayne
Indiana Union Traction Company
Peru
Wabash Valley
Grants Gas Franchise To A Fort Wayne Company
The Kendallville city council granted a 25 year artificial gas franchise to Wayne General Construction of Fort Wayne after thorough review. Plans to build a Kendallville gas plant were set, with initial rates at 1.25 and stepping down to 1.00 per thousand cubic feet. The move mirrors Auburn and Garrett operations, with officials Culbertson Beers McCulloch and Keegan among supporters.
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Kendallville
Wayne General Construction Company
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Company
Auburn and
Garrett
Auburn Junction
Auburn
Wayne Company
Endallville
F. W. Culbertson
G. W. Beers
Charles McCulloch
H. G. Keegan
Poe News Highlights Local Deaths and Community Notes
Rev Battenfield filled services in Poe Christian church. Funeral of Wilson Van Horn at Poe church with burial in Poe cemetery. 58 with seven children. Farewell reception for Rev Dougherty as he moves to Orland. Rev Newcomb to replace him. Local visits and births noted among families Mercer, Essig, Deel, Emrick, Heckber, Neireiter.
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Sentinel
Poe
Ind
Battenfield
Christian Church
Attwell Shearer
Robert Mercer
John Mercer
Verba Mercer
Russell Shearer
Fort Wayne
Wilson van Horn
van Horn
Blanche
Clyde
Bertha
Hildred
Clarence
Edwin
Glenwood
James Essig
Edward Colville
Hoagland
Florence Deel
Martha
Azola Emrick
John Essig
Archie Stiner
Rose
Frances Hekber
Geo
John Heckber
Dougherty
Orland
M. HB
Hoagland and
J. S. Newcomb
Mel Neireiter
Jureds Madden Severely Injured In City Buggy Crash
Curtis Arthur and Miss Bessie Madden of Churubusco were thrown from a buggy on Wells street about 9 o'clock Sunday night. An approaching automobile frightened the horse causing the crash. Madden was carried to Riverside hotel for treatment by Dr. Gordon. The large machine carried two men whose identities are unknown. Police opened an investigation.
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Curtis Arthur
Bessie Madden
Churubusco
Wells Street
Miss Madden
Riverside Hotel
Cracksmen Fizzle Attempt on Pioneer Coal Office
Sunday afternoon burglars tried to break into the Pioneer Coal company office at 241 Murray Street. They smashed a rear window and damaged the safe door knob but left without taking any cash or entering the strong box. Police investigated after staff found the damage at 4 p.m. Officials suspect amateurs or frightened intruders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Coal Company
Murray Street
Charles Moellering
Fort Wayne to Host Record Grand Army Encampment
In four weeks on May 22 the Indiana department Grand Army of the Republic will open a three day session in Fort Wayne. City crowds are expected to exceed previous records as posts report attendance forecasts and newspaper promotion ramps up preparation. The Muncie post cites 110 attendees with other posts predicting similar levels.
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Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Skelton
Grand Army
Muncie
Republican editors meet in Lafayette discusses 1908 outlook
The first district meeting of the State Republican Editorial association drew editors from twenty papers in the Tenth district. State Chairman James P. Goodrich and George B. Lockwood attended. Charley Strahm presided. They debated coordinating efforts on legislatures from a Republican view and adopted resolutions endorsing Charles W. Fairbanks for president in 1908.
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Lafayette
Ind
Republican
Tenth
James P. Goodrich
George B. Lockwood
Republican State Press Bureau
Charley Strahm
Kentland Enterprise
Heavy April Snow Hits Colorado Across State
Denver reports thirteen inches of snow in the past day the heaviest of the winter and the greatest April precipitation since 1885. The storm spread to Phillipsburg and Dodge City while Colorado Springs logged ten inches with fruit damage limited and farming prospects improved for eastern Colorado. Ranchers foresee large crops as moisture aids dry farms and overall agricultural prospects.
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Denver
Col
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Kan
Texas
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Half Million Bequest to Swedenborgian Society
Salem Mass resident Sarah Ropes left 500000 to Swedenborgian churches in Ohio. Of the sum, 100000 benefits the Ohio association of the New Jerusalem church and 400000 becomes an endowment for Urbana University in Urbana Ohio. Rev Thomas A King of the New Jerusalem church announced the information from the deceased’s estate administrators. Miss Ropes formerly resided in Cincinnati where her father was a wealthy manufacturer and prominent layman in the denomination.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. King
New Jerusalem Church
Sarah Ropes
Salem
Mass
Ohio
Urbana University
Urbana
Roosevelt to take early summer leave for Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt will depart Washington June 12 for his summer home at Oyster Bay. He expects a long rest and says public business is in good shape for this schedule. No speeches are planned until his Canton stop for the McKinley monument unveiling September 30. He will speak twice at the Jamestown exposition on Georgia day June 10. He returns to Washington after Canton, then proceeds to Oyster Bay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Loeb
Canton
McKinley Monument
Georgia
Georgia Building
National Editorial Association
Jamestown
German committee pushes delay on tariff deal with United States
Berlin reporters say a 30 member economic committee including agrarians and manufacturers favors delaying any extension of the tariff arrangement with the United States. They argue a long delay would signal hesitation, while acceptance is seen as likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Ministry of the Interior
United States
Germany
Man Arrested Over Weekend For Intoxication And Family Turmoil
Henry Fiegel was arrested Sunday night on intoxication charges and arraigned Monday. He allegedly drove his 16 year old daughter from the home at 1126 Barthold St and abused other family members. Witnesses and remonstrances were noted, case continued to Tuesday, bond set at 25 dollars. Edward Carr, drunk in public, was ordered to leave the city within an hour.
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Henry Fiegel
Barthold St
Fiegel
Edward Carr
Nationalists execute socialist suspect after lynch law rise
In Lodz Russia Poland authorities report nationalist mobs hanged a socialist prisoner after capturing him for the murder of a 15 year old girl. The week saw 23 killed and 57 wounded in clashes, most casualties among socialists.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Russian naphtha flotilla strike cripples Caspian industry
In St Petersburg on April 22 the sailors strike from the Caspian naphtha flotilla cripples industry as only ten tank steamers operate. Mazout stocks are exhausted and a panic grips the Kazan stock exchange while Baron Tabue fails to break the strike. M Golovin, president of the lower house, will meet the emperor at Tsarskoe Selo tomorrow.
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St. Petersburg
Caspian Sea
Baron Tabue
Russia
Kazan
M. Golovin
Tsarskoe-Selo
Commandant Transferred Amid Threats at Sebastopol
Sebastopol reports say General Nepuleff, commander here, is assigned to a Kavno fortress. the revolutionary committee warns the general will not leave Sebastopol alive, as petitions for transfer prompted the appointment.
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Sebastopol
Nepuleff
Kavno
Revolutionary Committee
Indiana grows temperance tide toward prohibition state
Theodore N Case of Fort Wayne reports strong temperance sentiment spreading in Indiana. He notes counties moving to abolish saloons and predicts the state may become practically prohibition. He cites law effects at a lake resort and mentions Judge Artman’s liquor license ruling printed as a senate document.
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Washington
Theodore N. Case
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Samuel R. Artman
Indiana Circuit Court
Senate
United States
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Thieves Loot Trunk. $1500 Cash Stolen in Covington Farm Theft
Covington Indiana April 22 thieves entered the John Hathaway farm residence on Silverwood road about 1030 PM Sunday and carried away a trunk with 1500 dollars in cash and 3600 in notes. The trunk was recovered several hundred yards from the house with cash missing. Bloodhounds have been sent for as authorities suspect local involvement and imminent arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Ind
John Hathaway
Silverwood Road
James Hathaway
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Kendallville to Host General Store Opening and Local News
Harry Gutelius and Ralp Miller of Bluffton plan to open a general store in Kendallville. Obituaries note William Treesch of DeKalb died at 76. Mrs. Lydia Gay of Goshen found dead at 70. May 6 graduation set for Churubusco High School with eight seniors listed.
Supreme Court holds liquor sellers liable for deaths tied to intoxication
Iowa Supreme Court rules widows or lawful heirs may sue liquor sellers for damages when a death is connected to intoxication. In the Webb case druggists were connected to William Bistine's death after he drank, reversing a lower court burden of proof. The decision creates a new action and presumes intoxication contributed to the harm.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Bar
William Bistine
Clay County
Webb
Bistine
Nine Baptisms as West Creighton Church Welcomes New Members
Nine persons were baptized and one confession received at Sunday evening service. The revival, led by State Evangelist P. J. Legg and pastor Rev. Shamhart, added twenty two members this week as attendance grew beyond capacity. Mr. Kohlmeyer sang impressively and tonight Legg will speak on The Process of Conversion while Mrs. Calvert sings The Old Fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creighton Avenue
Church of Christ
P. J. Legg
Shamhart
Kohlmeyer
Warrant Issued for Curtis Keck After Street Brawl
Lulu Mitchell reports that Curtis Keck knocked out two of her teeth during a street fight on East Superior Street Sunday. She sought criminal action as a result and demanded a punishment fitting an attack on an unoffending woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Keck
Lulu Mitchell
Keck
East Superior Street
Mrs. Mitchell
Acacta
Indiana
Ferry Archangelsk Disaster Claims Thirty Nine Lives
An Archangelsk ferry sank on the Neva Saturday night near St. Petersburg. Twenty four divers recovered several bodies this morning while most victims were carried by the current into the gulf.
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St. Petersburg
Archangelsk
Neva
Gulf
STARTS TROUBLE OF HIS OWN. Anarchist shoots at mine boss
Hazelton, April 22. Jan Bartula, who claimed anarchist links and a plot against President Roosevelt, went to Audenried and shot at Charles Krause, a mine foreman for Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal. The bullet hit Krause’s watch. he escaped unharmed. Bartula was detained. officials deem him likely demented.
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Hazelton
Jan Bartula
Newark
N. J
President Roosevelt
Audenried
Charles Krause
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Krause
Bartula
Noted Bridge Builder William Fife Dies in Indianapolis
William Fife head of Fife & Son, famed stone bridge builder in the central west, died at home after heart disease. Born March 3, 1831 in Edinburgh, Scotland, he came to America with parents at three months old. He led his firm from Indianapolis office at 901 North Hast street.
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Indianapolis
William Fife
Central West
Fife & Son
North Hast Street
Edinburg
Scotland
State teachers to take seven exams on April 27
Indianapolis April 19 Seven forms of teachers examinations will be held at county seats and in the State Superintendent Cotton office on Saturday April 27 The line up includes life state licenses for graduates and non graduates second a 36 month license third a state primary license fourth a state high school license fifth kindergarten license sixth supervision and drawing supervisor license The exams reflect new laws and cover subjects such as geometry rhetoric history English literature geography and sciences.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Cotton
Insurance Expert Visits Scene of Zanesville Robbery
Francis Reno an insurance adjuster from Chicago who carried Knight Bros. risk says the Zanesville robbery early Saturday appears professional in method and that the robbers left with cash before securing it due to fear. Sheriff Grice accompanied him at the scene on Sunday. No public clues have been released by authorities.
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Zanesville
Francis Reno
Chicago
Knight Bros
Grice
Reno
Robbery Breaks Window at Burgheim’s Jewelry Store
Indianapolis on April 22 thieves shattered a plate glass window in Burgheim's jewelry store located in the Park theater building and absconded with watches and jewelry valued by the owner between 400 and 500 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Burgheim
Park Theater
Supreme Court rules savings bank capital bonds tax exempt
The Supreme Court ruled that government bonds held as capital stock by savings banks are not taxable. In Des Moines cases, the decision was delivered by Justice Moody with the Home Savings Bank v. City of Des Moines cited as the test.
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Washington
Des Moines
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Moody
Home Savings Bank
Local Briefs and Obituaries from Adams County Region
Mrs John Stepp died at Keystone on Thursday one week after her husband was buried. Charles Kyler, resident of Cleveland township, died Thursday evening near South Whitley. Monroeville bans brick sidewalks. cement or stone required. David E Caruth of Auburn suffered a compound fracture when a wagon wheel ran over his left leg after a fall from a load of logs. Cliff Walter awarded contract to rebuild the Methodist Church at Altona in cement block. Arthur Keene, 26, janitor in Keystone schools, crushed both legs when struck by a freight train near Terre Haute while en route to Paris IH. Henry Hilderbrand, prominent Adams county farmer, died near Magley at 62. Knights of Pythias in Andrews buy house to convert to lodge. Val Brown opens new saw mill at Churubusco after rebuilding from a prior fire. Tom Peabody of North Manchester discovers two coffins in an old house, likely prepared by Joel Ohmart, tied to an old couple now in a Mexico home.
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Harry Gutelius
Ralp Miller
Bluffton
Kendallville
William Burdy
Decatur
Billy’ Burdy
William Treesch
DeKalb County
Richland Township
Pauline Wambaugh
Angola
South Dakota
Lydia Gay
C. O. Charlton
Goshen
Noble County Public Schools
Albion
Co. O. Merica
Warsaw
W. H. McIntyre
City National Bank
Auburn
May Houk
John Bender
Whitley
Cleveland Township
Huntington
Frank Little
Bay View Club
Lagrange
Mary Pratt
Mary Burritt
Rowena Rowe
Emma Morgan
Ellen Kern
Alice Livergood
Virgil A. Geiger
Churubusco Truth
Post Office
Willard Z. Smith
Harman Long
Elora Stewart
Russell Hotel
Liberty
Order of the Eastern Star
Avilla
Clement J. Kline
Jesse N. Kelsey
Notife
Lake Front Drive
Spring Beach
Rome City
Sylvan Lake
Marion Seif
Bank of Syracuse
Churubusco High School
Ethel M. Corbin
Charles J. Easley
Marvin H. Smith
Sidney E. Ort
Henry M. Turnbull
Oakley R. Jones
Herschel Heilopeter
Charles Hirl
John Stepp
Keystone
Charles
Kyler
South Whitley
Monroeville
David E. Caruth
Cliff Walter
Altona
Paris
Arthur Keene
Terre Haute
Henry Hilderbrand
Adams County
Magley
Kirkland Township
Knights of Pythias
Andrews
Val Brown
Churubusco
Tom Peabody
North
Manchester
Joel Ohmart
Ohmar
Mexico
Young Sisters Slain by Marion Traction Car At Crossing
Nora Macon aged 21 and Goldie Macon age 15 were struck and killed by a Marion Bluffton and Eastern Traction car at a crossing east of Marion Indiana. They were en route shopping from their home when they drove onto the crossing unaware of the speeding train. Edward Macon, a brother driving a delivery wagon, witnessed the crash.
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Marion
Ind
Nora
Goldie Macon
Alfred Macon
Marion, Bluffton and Eastern Traction
Edward
Pacific Mail Steamer Mongolia Runs Aground Near Nagato Japan
The Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia ran aground near Mayeda lighthouse in Nagato province after an attempted collision avoidance. The 13,639 ton twin screw vessel, built in 1904 in New York, lies with a 45 degree list close to shore and rescue is possible from all directions under Captain Hathaway.
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Tokio
Pacific Mail
Mongolia
Mayeda
Nagato
Japan
Tae Mongolia
New York
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Yokohama
Hathaway
Thaw House Said to Be Haunted by Ghost of Kin
Pittsburg reports a five year fear at Lyndhurst mansion as a ghost linked to a 1902 suicide is said to stalk the halls. Mrs William Thaw, mother of Harry K Thaw, has kept Lyndhurst unopened except for large gatherings and has begun selling the property.
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Pittsburg
Hag
Thaw
Lyndhurst
William Thaw
Kentucky
Lyndhurt
Harry K. Thaw
Harry Thaw
Harry
Kendallville Charity Ball Aids Orphans Home
Kendallville held a successful charity ball at the Commercial club rooms on Thursday to benefit the Mishawaka orphans' home. A wax doll floating in Rock Run creek near Goshen triggered a scare as locals mistook it for a drowning infant. Mrs. Laura N. Cretcher of Pierceton is described as mentally unbalanced with a belief her childhood sins burden the world.
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Kendallville
Commercial Club
Mishawaka
Rock Run Creek
Goshen
Laura N. Cretcher
Pierceton
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Indiana Traction Lines
Grants Gas
POE News
Arthur
Pioneer Office
Tenth District
Swedenborgian Society
German Economic Committee
Wen
Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company
Northern
West Creighton Avenue Church
Teachers of State
U. & Bonds
Nor-Va
Inter
Harry K
Lawn Grass Seed and Fertilizer
GANDY @ CO
Westreetty St.t. Wayne, Ind
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