Teens of Fort Wayne NAHB Elkhart Board to Demand Pure Milk
In Elkhart Indiana the health board led by Dr G B Hoppingarner vows to enforce pure milk standards this summer. Inspectors will check all dairies wagons and cans for cleanliness while delivery uniforms must be spotless. Officials cite prior typhoid and illness links to impure milk and promise strict enforcement.
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Elkhart
Ind
G. B. Hoppingarner
Focal Health Board
Dro M. V. Aldrich
Accident Injures Aubrera Theater Worker Near Highth and Cedar
Sylvester Shoemaker of Aubrera Indiana was severely injured Saturday while unloading trunks for The Passing of the Third Floor Back. A load shifted causing the front axle to collapse and a trunk to strike him, tearing scalp and crushing arm muscles as the wagon ran over a leg. He lay in the road until help arrived and is in a serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrera
Ind
Sylvester Shoemaker
Citvw
Highth
Cedar Streets
Mr. Shoemaker
Henry Clay
Shoemaker
Mediaa Assistaner
Lina
Irs
Jiiner & Times
Por Cinistnyer Cneweer Alia
Secan
Saw Mill Accident Near Majenica Then Thumb Lost
Huntington Ind April 21 After sixteen years without injury RR Walters lost part of his right thumb at Helvie saw mill near Majenica The slab from a sawed piece snagged his hand and severed the thumb He kept working until urged to seek a doctor The wound was dressed and he expected to resume work today Walters lives four miles southwest of Huntington at the James Coolman home.
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Huntington
Ind
Oc. Walters
Helvie
Majenica
Walters
Mr. Walters
James Coolman
City teamster injured by frightened horse on Main Street
James Cramer of Columbia City was hurt Saturday afternoon when his team spooked by a passing motorcycle. He suffered a fractured right collar bone and a dislocated shoulder but kept hold of the reins and avoided others. Dr. C L Souder set the fracture.
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Columbia City
Ind
James Cramer
F. H. Foust
North Main Street
Cramer
C. L. Souder
Greeks to Have Easter in Bluffton Indiana
Bluffton Indiana residents of Greek origin prepare for Easter Sunday April 23, aligning Greek calendar with American Easter. Community celebrations include distinct customs at local homes and shops as families observe the holiday in a shared yet culturally specific manner.
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Bluffton
Ind
Falling under monster truck horsemanship hazards in Huntington
Henry Zell, a Huntington blacksmith, was kicked by a horse and knocked under a Barrett truck in an alley between Washington and Market streets. The wagon wheel passed over him, inflicting numerous injuries and causing unconsciousness before a recovery began as witnesses reported.
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Huntington
Ind
Barrett
Henry Zell
Zell
Miller Saloon
Washington
Market Streets
Death After Horse Kick Fatal For Huntington Man
Huntington Ind April 21 Jacob Eckman died at his home on the Warren road after peritonitis developed from a kick by a horse. He was born September 23 1860 and died at age 50 years 6 months and 27 days. He leaves sisters Mina Laura and Mrs Samuel Funderburg two brothers W H Eckman and Marion W Eckman and other relatives. The Church of the Brethren member will be buried in Lancaster cemetery after funeral at Lancaster church led by Rev Otha Wig ner.
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Huntington
Ind
Jacob Eckman
Warren Road
Mr. Eckman
Jonathan Bekman
Mina
Laura
Bekman
Samuel Funderburg
W. H. Eckman
Marion W. Eckman
Church of the Brethren
Lancaster
Otha Wigner
North
Manchester
Odd Fellows Plan Big Anniversary Meeting at Montpelier
Blackford County Odd Fellows in Montpelier Ind host regional lodges for a Wednesday night gathering commemorating the second anniversary of the order in the United States. A banquet will precede observances with Hartford City and other lodges sending large delegations for the county wide event.
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Blackford County Odd Fellows
Montpelier
Ind
Odd Fellows
United States
Hartford City Lodge
Churubusco High Plans Graduation Events
Twelve students form the graduating class of Churubusco High School with activities set for April 27 at the U B church for commencement address by Dr I G Herbert. Class day events occur April 21 at the same church and the baccalaureate sermon follows April 21 at the M F E church by Rev F A Reichelderfer. Class members include Jesse Henry Brunton Arthur T Hendrickson Maxie A Chapman Judson Crabill Grace I Falk Lucy I Long Cleveland K Sefton Lewis F Maloney Margaret Madden Lily Elinor Mead Rheua B Parks Lucy F Summers.
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Churubusco
Ind
U. B
I. G. Herbert
M. FE
F. A. Reichelderfer
Jesse Henry Brunton
Arthur T. Hendrickson
Maxie A. Chapman
Judson Crabill
Grace I. Falk
Lucy I. Long
Treas
Cleveland
K. Sefton
Lewis F. Maloney
Margaret .Madden
Lily Elinor ~ Mead
Rheua B. Parks
Lucy F. Summers
Bluffton angler nets record Wabash carp catch
Cal Deam of Bluffton Indiana caught a 19 point 25 pound carp from the Wabash River near Studabaker grove while fishing with an ordinary hook and line. The fish stands as the site record and is unlikely to be surpassed.
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Bluffton
Ind
Cal Deam
Studabaker Grove
Deam
Ladies to Appeal to City Council for Weeklong Cleanup
Huntington plan advances after the Ladies Civic Improvement League calls for a week of cleanup in May. A committee will meet the council to secure cooperation, with Dr R F Frost and Street Commissioner Edward Smith already working when possible. Alleys and home surroundings are targeted for a brighter city.
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Huntington
Ind
Old Town
Ladies’ Civic Improvement League
R. F. Frost
Board of Health
Edward Smith
Dentists Lose Gold in Clever Burglaries
Kendallville Indiana reports two dentists Bunyan and Bower robbed Tuesday noon of about 50 dollars in gold. The thief gained entry by a unlocked front door and manipulated a desk drawer lock. A gold bridge and equipment valued around thirty five dollars plus about fifteen dollars in other items were taken. Bower had been burgled before but kept most valuables secure.
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Kendallville
Ind
Bunyan
Bower
Dr. Bunran
Sey
Dr. Bower
Huntington Seeks 1912 Eleventh District Short Course
President Omer Summers says prospects for Huntington hosting the Eleventh District Short Course are poor for 1912. Purdue expert Prof. Chris tie suggests another city that has never held the course should receive the honor, with bidders including Marion Fort Wayne and Wabash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Omer Summers
Huntington County Farmers’ Institute
Christie
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University At Lafayette
Summers
Marion
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Dunkirk Lineman Electrocuted During Line Reconstruction
Walter Frank twenty two of Dunkirk Indiana was instantly killed by an electric shock about 9 30 Saturday morning while working on a transmission line. The incident marks the second electrocution in months during the Dunkirk and Hartford City lighting companies rebuild. Frank recently claimed a bride and had worked as a lineman for the utility.
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Dunkirk
Ind
Walter Frank
Hartford City Lighting
American Gas and Electric Company
William Cummins
Frank
Commencement at Ashley High School Honors Eight Graduates
Eight Ashley High School students graduate with high honors at the April 27 commencement after a baccalaureate sermon delivered by Rev Branham at the Christian church. The program features choruses, orchestra pieces and an address by Dr. R R Teeter titled Paying the Price.
Wrights Sign With Lyceum Bureau At Waterloo
Waterloo Indiana April 24 Gen W Wright and his wife have signed with the Ohio Lyceum bureau and will appear this season on the lecture platform as entertainers They are described as amateur performers readers and sketch people ranking among the best.
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Waterloo
Ind
Gen. W. Wright
Ohio Lyceum Bureau
Wright
Child Anna Parker Dies After Lantern Fire
Huntington Ind April 20 Anna Parker the six year old girl badly burned by a lantern explosion Monday evening died after twenty four hours of intense injuries. She was born May 26 1906 and is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Thomda
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Huntington
Ind
Anna Parker
Thomda
Bluffton Pythian Sisters Prepare District Meeting
Ida Leverton district deputy grand chief has been in Bluffton coordinating the May 3 district meeting with 20 Pythian Sisters temples listed. The Odd Fellows hall hosts the event with secret session, ritual opening, Royal Temple balloting, and remarks by Artesian Temple Warren and grand chief.
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Bluffton
Ind
Ida Leverton
The
Pythian Sisters
Columbia City
Huntington
Portland
Fort Wayne
Decatur
Anderson
Pennville
Ossian
Rell
Monroeville
Churubisco
South Whitley
Royal Temple
Artesian Temple
Warren
Emma Nelson
Bessie Plessinger
Lad Takes Care and Loses Life in Mill Shaft Accident
Elkhart Indiana April 22 A 16 year old boy Charles Holdbread suffered fatal injuries after being whipped against a line shaft in the Bonneyville mill near Bristol with companions attempting a dare. His clothing caught the shaft, he was crushed and died after hours of suffering despite earlier warning to stay away from the machinery.
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Elkhart
Ind
Bonneyvile
Bristol
Charles Holdbread
Young Holdread
Miller Connally
Mholdread
Fire Destroys David Houser Residence in Huntington
Huntington Ind April 24 a home in Union township remodeled six months earlier was destroyed by a fire caused by a defective flue. The house stood on a site previously occupied by an old mill where a boiler explosion once killed a man. Houser survived severe injuries from that explosion and was found without shoes. Interior furniture was largely saved by neighbors, while wind kept other buildings safe. Insurance remained between 150 and 200 dollars.
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Huntington
Ind
David Houser
Union Township
Houser
Will of Mrs Schroeder Leaves Estate to Husband If He Remains Single
In Wabash Indiana on April 19 the will of Mrs Theresia Schroeder was probated granting her husband Gottlieb Schroeder all property both personal and realty as executor without bond provided he remains single. If he marries or dies the realty is disposed of and proceeds divided equally among their five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Theresia Schroeder
Gottlieb Schroeder
New Station Planned for Bluffton by Traction Officials
Bluffton Indiana officials of the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company say a union terminal is planned here after a Wednesday meeting. A residence property west of the Grand theater on West Washington Street is under option for the station site. work will start as soon as possible.
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Bluffton
Ind
Union Terminal
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company
Grand ‘Theater
West Washington Street
Auto repairman dies after gasoline blast near New Paris
Milton Werner 24 of Warsaw died after a gasoline explosion at the John Boering garage near New Paris Monday evening. He burned while lighting a gas line, tried to roll in water, and died about 4 PM. Survived by mother, two brothers, six sisters. Funeral Friday at 9 AM at home and 10:30 AM Ebenezer Church Southwest. burial Southwest Cemetery.
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Warsaw
Ind
Milton Werner
New Paris
John Boering
Warner
Drs. Price
Nappanee
Stuckman
Matthews
Calvin
George Werner
Join Mishler
Daniel Hower
Samuel Weaver
Benjamin de Boer
Alfred Mishler
Martha Werner
Friends
Ebenezer Church
Jail break narrowly foiled in Bluffton
In Bluffton Indiana a jail break attempt on Frank Myers was stopped at 12 o clock Monday night when Deputy Sheriff Adams heard sawing at the inner pen and outer window. Myers had spent days cutting bars and planned to escape after a near midnight jump to freedom.
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Bluffton
Ind
Wells County
Frank Myers
Myers
Adams
Huntington residents hurt by Nelson encyclopedia book scam
Telegrams reveal a young con artist posed as a book agent in Huntington Indiana. He billed nine dollars per preordered Nelson Toose Leaf Encyclopedia set and vanished with funds as publishers denied knowledge of any orders. The scam affected numerous locals with hundreds of dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Nelson Toose
Thomas Nelson & Co
Crossing Victim Buried in Indiana Funeral Service
The funeral for Charles Souder, killed at the Paige crossing east of Columbia City, was held yesterday at 10:20 AM at the Baptist church. Interment followed in South Park cemetery with pallbearers David Scott Patrick Gallivan Delmar Shoop Canova Hamburger and Calvin Shoemaker and Luther Shoemaker.
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Columbia City
Ind
Charles Souder
Paige Crossing
The
Baptist Church
South Park Cemetery
Water Reaches Former Level at Sylvan Lake Outlet
Kendallville Indiana April 20 reports say gates at the Sylvan Lake outlet near Rome City have closed and the water is rising toward its old level. Eight cottages are already occupied as cottagers repair for the annual outing while fishermen report large catches in recent days.
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Kendallville
Ind
Sylvan Lake
Rome City
Wheel crushes Garrett man in B. and O. yards
Garrett Ind April 24 William Kruger of this city was injured when a large car wheel fell on him in the B and O yards Saturday crushing both limbs. Ten men lifted the wheel off him and he was taken to his Hast Garrett home where hope for his survival is held.
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Garrett
Ind
William Kruger
Kruger
Hast
Elkhart to Host Aviation Meet May 18 20
Elkhart Indiana announces its first aviation meet set for May 18 to 20 with the Mc Clelan Aviation company’s biplane Indiana, built at the South Bend factory, expected to draw big crowds.
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Elkhart
Ind
Indiana
McClelan Aviation Company
South Bend
Warsaw High School to graduate record size class
Warsaw Indiana April 24 The graduating class of the local high school is expected to be the largest in city history. Last year's forty eight graduates will be surpassed this year with an anticipated total around sixty one students.
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Warsaw
Ind
Andrews to vote on new school building plan
Andrews Indiana and Dallas township will vote May 23 on a proposed new school building for town and township pupils. An informal gathering endorsed the plan and petitions were circulated for a joint meeting of authorities to order the election. Some fear the measure may fail, but health board mandates could require upgrading the old building if the vote loses.
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Andrews
State Board of Health
Milford High School Holds Senior Commencement
South Milford Indiana April 22. Last night marked the close of the high school career of the senior class with commencement exercises featuring musical numbers orations and an address by A M Hall of Indianapolis. Thursday evening the senior class staged a five act comedy titled Under the Laurels at the opera house which was packed.
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South Milford
Ind
A. M. Hall
Indianapolis
Golden Wedding Celebrated in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana April 25 About sixteen friends and relatives honored Mr and Mrs August Sperriaux Jr with a six o'clock dinner for their golden wedding anniversary They were married April 23 1861 at Aniche France and came to the United States in 1886 The couple has lived in the city since and made trips to the old country Present were George LaHey and family Arthur Degreve and family August Berriaux Jr and family Mrs Brandamour of Dunkirk and Miss Lucile Myers Music and singing complemented the event and the couple received many fine gifts
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Hartford City
Ind
August Sperriaux, Jr
Jefferson Street
Berriaux
Aniche
France
George LaHey
Arthur Degreve
August Berriaux, Jr
Brandamour
Dunkirk
Lucile Myers
Subway Plan for Lake Shore Tracks in Ligonier
Ligonier Indiana April 19 blueprints show Lake Shore Railway plans for a subway under tracks on Market street and moving the passenger station west for larger better grounds. The railroad asks Cavin street to be vacated and travel diverted to the subway. Eight people have been killed at Lake Shore crossings in Ligonier in the last decade.
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Ligonier
Ind
Lake Shore
Market Street
Cavin Street
Goshen Considers Aerial Exhibitions At Fair Grounds
Goshen Indiana April 25 there is a plan to showcase aero plane flights at close range in fall 1911. The association secretary weighs a proposal from professional aeroplane exhibitors to perform at the fair grounds and to stage a race between a Curtiss type plane and a 60 horsepower automobile drawing potential huge crowds.
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Goshen
Ind
Trephination at Home Eases Old Skull Injury
Huntington Ind April 19 James Hartsell of William Street underwent a home trephining to relieve pressure from a long standing head injury. He suffered an apoplexy like attack months ago and has experienced much pain. the delicate operation aimed to give permanent relief.
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Huntington
Ind
James Hartsell
William Street
Hartsell
Accident at McCray factory injures Kendallville worker
Kendallville Indiana April 19 Carl Richard of this city employed at the McCray factory suffered a painful accident at work on a saw. His right thumb and index and middle fingers were badly lacerated. He was treated by a local physician and will miss work for some time.
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Kendallville
Ind
Carl Richard
McCray Factory
Accidental shooting at Columbia rifle range injures private
Melvin Mosher, private in Company G, Columbia City, Ind, was accidentally shot while tending the rifle range target Sunday afternoon. An 80 caliber artillery bullet penetrated an eighteen inch wood shield and glanced off Mosher's arm, causing a flesh wound. He will not be laid up long.
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Columbia City
Ind
Melvin Mosher
Co. G
Wingard Chooses Jail Over Liberty in Arson Case
Wabash Indiana April 25 Arthur Wingard a county resident has stayed in jail since March 10 by his own choice. He is charged with arson for allegedly burning the Lafontaine hotel last September after confessing to Sheriff Freeman that he was hired by John Schuster for $109. Wingard says remaining jailed protects him from possibly dangerous or false testimony if released before trial.
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Wabash
Ind
Arthur Wingard
Wingard
Lafontaine
John Schuster
Freeman
Schuster
Wreck Narrowly Averted in Huntington Yard
An eastbound freight nearly collided with a westbound local in Huntington Indiana as a switch was left open. The fireman spotted the danger and applied brakes. the engines stopped within six feet, allowing the passenger train No 28 to pass on time.
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Huntington
Ind
No Boys In Avilla High School Graduation
Avilla Ind April 25 seven graduates will receive diplomas at the May 4 commencement all are girls Ruth Yelser Mabel VanGorder Marjorie Kinney Bertha Shanline Jennie Halferty Lottie Veazey and Lesta Henney. A fine program will be provided by the graduates with Junia Wolff supervising music. The baccalaureate address will be delivered at the Methodist church next Sunday by Rev L C Baker with special church choir music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avilla
Ind
Ruth Yelser
Mabel VanGorder
Marjorie Kinney
Bertha Shanline
Jennie Halferty
Lottie Veazey
Lesta Henney
Misa Junia Wolff
Methodist Church
L. C. Baker
Will Muzzle Dogs in Kendallville
Kendallville Indiana April 24 dog owners will be required to muzzle their pets as the city council plans to pass a resolution at the next meeting. The mayor has received many requests from citizens for a dog muzzling law and the council shows unanimity on taking action. The mayor will draft an ordinance to submit soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Elks Plan New Home for Ligonier Indiana
Plans are pending for a new Elks home in Ligonier Indiana with designs to be reviewed by the building committee. Aiming to include an auditorium, the lodge with 250 members seeks subscriptions to fund construction as new applications continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligonier, Ind
Elks
Elderly Inmate Slashes Throat in Bluffton
In Bluffton Indiana on April 22 K B Sellers an 86 year old county infirmary inmate slashed his throat from ear to ear with a pocket knife at 6 oclock yesterday morning. He was found in a pool of blood five minutes after the attack and was treated by physicians through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ind
Sellers
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Huntington Civic League
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Lyceum Bureau
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Avilla School
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