Deaths and Careers in Indiana Towns and Counties
A long list of obituaries and career moves across Indiana includes Decatur, Fremont, Monroe, Waterloo, Wabash, Lagrange, Avilla, Peru, Garrett, Huntington, Elkhart, Goshen, Aurora, Uniondale, Garrett again, and other communities. Notables die or change roles. Harve F Wood named rural mail carrier. Jessie Huntsman to build a large block at Lagran ge. Orin M Conley sued for divorce. many local officials, clergymen, and educators mentioned. Some accidents and legal actions noted. bids for Decatur city hall set at 10619. real estate activity around Lake Arthur, New Mexico. Local option and dry movements referenced. several juvenile injuries and a few fires. stray items include circus season opener and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George. Dutcher
Decatur
Grandma”. Bevier
Fremont
Lewis Andrews
Monroe
William Ogle
Waterloo
Harvey F. Wood
Wabash
Jessie Huntsman
Lagrange
John Gillian
Avilla
Charlies Holden
Wallace
Peru
Or. H. Downey
Garrett Daily Press
Michael Eckhart
Helmer
DeKalb County
Fred Wolf
Huntington
John Ingersoll
Henry Miller
Geneva
Linn & Patton
Elkhart
Lake Arthur
New Mexico
Orin M. Conley
Samuel Powden
Elkhart County
Goshen
Lagrange County
Nan Fearne
Gus Brown
Bluffton
Jeffersonville
Elma Merica
Rev. C. A. Rowand
Fort Wayne
Marion
John Mitchell
Kendallville
Europe
Paris
William Gabriel
Auburn
Sacred Heart Hospital
Garrett
Will C Gabriel
S. E. Slater
Uniondale
Wells County
D. E. Studabaker
Steeman
Middletown
Peterson High School
Cleo Denis Henry
Marl Edmund Falk
M. Marie Daniels
Louis A. Dilting
Cora Cécil Poe
Sweetser
Grant County
John D. Stults
G. R. & I. Railroad
Martha Grawcock
Churubusco
Gawcock
Eel River Township
Allen County
Blufftton
Solomon Brineman
George Wilson
Jesse Osborne
F. Miller
Wabash County
Indiana
Mr. Miller
Hammond “Company
Bluffton Company
Butler
Hammiondy
Philip
Sondheimer
Charles A.stech
Waterloo High School
Columbia City
Whitley
Churches of Christ
Corunna
George Miller
Friedheim
Adams County
Glen Edward
North Manchester
Ray Moon
Joe Williamson
Jacob Palmer
Huntington County
Lima
John Driscoll
Wallace-Hagenbeck Circus
James W. Sheffer
Charles S. Stewart
New
Paris Jones
Tocsin
New Prairie Grove
Model Gas Engine Company
Automobile Motors
James E. Rose
George Prost
Ligonier
W. D. Oliver
Hiram Hill
Warren
Martha J. Flickingeer
Whitley County
Ed Sells
Walter S. Bent
J. Payne
Co. C. Simon
Noble County
Walcottville
Swan
Oklahoma
Gilliams
Court House Park
W. C. Courtright
Lagro
Robert H. Weamer
Auburn Dispatch
Hudson
Kilsequah
Lana
Old Settlers
Ossian
James Johnson
Wesleyan Theological ‘Seminary
Fairmount
Long Indiana news brief reports accidents and civic plans
A chaotic Indiana item sheet notes Mrs. Miller and other locals, burglaries at Rice Grocery, gains in Garrett machine works capital, and praise for Kendallville stores by State Inspector Tucker. It lists accidents, deaths including Mrs. Malinfia Shawhan and William J. Bobo, church rebuilding costs, interurban route talks Wabash Warsaw, and trials in Peru and Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Ita
W. W
Sharpless
Tucker
Kendallville
Malinfia Shawhan
Marion
Georges Dunmire
Elkhart
Wend
William J. Bobo
Decatur
J. R. Bobo
Mt. Zion English Lutheran Church
Lagrange
Elizabeth Davis
Altona
Wabash
Warsaw
Manchester
Columbia City High School
Aley
Samuel Stoutenour
Goshen
Nappanee
R. D. Oliver
Millersburg
Charles Smith
Erie
Bolivar
Wabash County
J. A. Barry
William H. Moyer
Patsy” Shields
Wash Green
Columbia City
John Deeley
Redkey
Anna Swank
Simon Hively
Riverside
Chicago
Lucinda Bugabee
Whitley County
Local court actions and regional notes in Huntington area
The Huntington circuit court hears cases including Mrs. Cora Gray accused of barn arson near Warren township and James Souers seeking a divorce from Vera Souers in China. Local figures include Edward Landon abandoning a saloon bid, revival efforts by Rev Ora Samuel Gray, and Lt. Rev J Wilbur Chapman involved. Public notices cover Valley Line survey activity near Angola, property disputes with Dr J H Holcomb, and cross-border railroad interurban tensions at Decatur with Erie and Fort Wayne lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Gray
Adonijah
Warren Township
Huntington
Edward Landon
Columbia’ City
Leenize
Whitley
John Darling
Bluffton
Elkhart
Ora Samuel Gray
J. Wilbur Chapman
Noah E. Stanley
Bertha Chalmers
Estella Chalmers
C. W. Butts
M. E
Topeka
Maryland
Angola
Ohio Line
Metz
Pioneer
Ohio
Toledo
Western Electric
James 8. Souers
China
Vera J. Souers
S. K. Garnard
Lagrange County
Logan
Ray L. Cupp
J. H. Holcomb
Cupp
Smith
Churubusco
Sam
Erie Railroad
Fort Wayne
Springfield
Decatur
Erie
Harper dies at 66 prominent Alcott resident
Isaiah W. Harper a longtime Alcott Township resident died at his home from heart disease on Tuesday afternoon at age 66. He was born in Wayne County Ohio and moved to Alcott in 1848 with his parents. A veteran of the 152nd Indiana volunteers he married Hazel Whittaker in 1873 and leaves four sons Lorenzo Ora Elmer and Herbert plus siblings Attorney James B. Harper and Benjamin F. Harper and Lydia Harper. Hazel Whittaker a Fort Wayne High School English teacher is a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shellhouse
Auburn
Wilbur Topping
Lake Shore
Goshen
Cora Grau
Huntington
Indianapolis
Latta Bros
Fairlawn Farm
Hattie Woodard
Elkhart
Frank Jeffries
Clara L. Coats
Garrett
Harvey C. Bolds
Peru
Wabash
Bryan
Kimmel
Noble County
Joseph D. Oliver
South Bend
New York
Chicago
Gary
Ashley
Churubusco
Indiana Railroad ” Commission
Beulah. Cox
Wafu
Isaiah W. Harper
Alcott Township
Mr. Harper
Wayne County
Ohio
John Harper
Aboit Township
W. A. Kelsey
152Nd
Indiana Volunteers
Hazel Whittaker
Lorenzo Harper
Oregon
Ora Harper
Arizona
Elmer Harper
Herbert Harper
Fort Wayne
James B. Harper
Benjamin F. Harper
War Department
Washington
Lydia Harper
Pension Department
Fort Wayne High School
Terre Haute Man Defends Rooster Nonanimal Status
Terre Haute Indiana April 27 Blackford White arrested for cruelty to animals refused to plead guilty arguing that a rooster is not an animal according to his bible interpretation and he has hired an attorney to contest the charge in city court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Blackford White
Embezzler Arrest Report From Huntington Ind
A fragment notes an embezzler arrest in Huntington Indiana involving a 21 year old individual. The brief reference includes a partial name or alias and a garbled line suggesting charges or accusations. details are incomplete in the OCR, but indicate law enforcement action and a court pathway framing the arrest.
Park to Open with New Attractions and 10000 Shoot the Chutes
Fort Wayne readers learn that Prospect-Franklin-Bulger Amusement Co owners arrived to prepare for the season at Robison Park. They plan a ten thousand dollar shoot the chutes ride, a Winnebago village display, free admission for under 14, a 16 piece park band, harp orchestra, vaudeville theater with moving pictures, and a busy July 4 week spectacle Battle in the Clouds with 200 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robison Park
Messrs
C. W. Franklin
Corliss Bulger
W. S. Proctor
Proctor-Franklin-Bulger Amusement Company
Fort Wayne
White City
Chicago
Winnebago Indiana
Packard
Syrian Held Under a Government Warrant
A Syrian known as George Shaheen and brother of Kaleel Shaheen, a local leader, was arrested on Berry Street by Detective Lenz on a charge of trachoma. Warrant issued by Daniel D. Davis of Chicago. deportation planned to Adena Turkey. Hearing set for next Tuesday with habeas corpus history and quarantine precautions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shaheen
Kaleel Shaheen
Berry Street
Lenz
Adena
Turkey
United States
Daniel D. Davis
Chicago
United States Department of Commerce and Labor
George E. Schubert
S. M. Hench
Fort Wayne
Reichelderfer
Dr. Calvin
IKE MORSE SHOT BY WRONG WOMAN IN NASHVILLE
Isaac S. Morse, a prominent Nashville businessman, was shot and killed today by Gertrude Douglas in the American Dry Cleaning Co office. Douglas fled but was later arrested. she told police Morse had ruined her and that she had been involved with him for nine years. Eyewitnesses reported the deadly confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Isaac S. Morse
Gertrude Douglas
American Dry Cleaning Company
Douglas
Morse
Van Viissingen’s Startling Bankruptcy Confession Uncovered
In Chicago bankruptcy court van Viissingen, once a famed real estate man, revealed that his earlier mortgage forgery confession was four years antiqued by a private confession to lenders who held 400000 of his counterfeit paper. He testified these talks led to a second, larger confession and a plan to pay kickbacks totaling about 250000 as he repurchased and resold forged documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter van Vussingen
van Viissengen
Frank L. Wean
van Viissingen
Maurice Rosenfeld
Chicago National Bank
Bernard Rosenburg
van Vassenger
Grand Jury Probes Oklahoma Lynching Leaders
Ada Oklahoma April 27 a special grand jury ordered by Governor Haskell to investigate the April 19 lynching of James Miller Jesse West Joseph Allen and W T Burrell the cattlemen for the murder of U S deputy marshal A A Bobbitt convened today Attorney General West will conduct the examination of witnesses More than two hundred witnesses have been summoned and every effort will be made to obtain indictments against the mob leaders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Okla
Haskell
James Miller
Jesse West
Joseph Allen
W. T. Burrell
A. A. Bobbitt
United States
West
Wade Verweire to take West Point entrance exam
Washington, April 26 Senator Beveridge designates W. J. Verweire of Fort Wayne to take the examination for admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Wade Verweire, son of John L. Verweire, is known as a local musician and has directed the Packard band in public performances. He will enter the academy in October if accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beveridge
W. J. Verweire
Fort Wayne
West Point Military Academy
Wade” Verweire
John L. Verwéire
Home Avenue
Packard Band
Wade Verweire
Lend
Yan
Des Moines Identifies Maybray as McCann in Horse Race Scam
United States officials in Des Moines Iowa declare J C Maybray jailed for fake horse races is McCann the man linked to the St Louis murder case involving Lord Barrington. Claims come from Laura Gates a St Louis detective who traced a police record and alleged killings at Suburban Garden and an Olive Street house. Louis Deming a St Louis grain broker corroborated the Maybray identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
J. C. Maybray
McCann
Lord Barrington
St. Louis
Barrington
Laura Gates
Maybray
Louis Deming
Gates
Suburban Garden
Olive Street
Chicago
Des Moines Mystery Over Maybray Identity in McCann Case
Report from Des Moines claims J C Maybray is McCann who was murdered four years ago and buried in a lonely St. Louis county spot. Trial showed Barrington posed as British nobility while having served in the English army and prisons abroad as officials insist corpus delicti is proven beyond doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Des Moines
J. C. Maybray
McCann
Lord Barrington
Jefferson City
Maybray
Bar~ Tington
St. Louis County
Barrington
Cider and police raid headline at Pennsylvania crossing
A report details two men arrested after cider found on a Sunday incident at Broadway Pennsylvan ia crossing. One man King remains ill and McCormick could not explain why seven dollars was in his shoe. Both held for investigation. Earlier raids at 213 East Main and Hart streets resulted in twelve people fined fifteen dollars each, with bonds consumed in state settlements. Additional minor penalties included drunkenness fines and one suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Broadway
Louis D. King
Thomas McCormick
McCormick
King
Sergt. Pappert
East Main Street
Hart Street
Main
Berry
Benjamin F. Freeman
Frank Johnson
Thomas Dillon
Harry Finch
Thomas Coffey
Bresnahan Out Of Game With Collision Injury
St Louis April 27 Roger Bresnahan manager and catcher of the St Louis National League club will be unable to play baseball for a time after a plate collision caused by an on field mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Roger Bresnahan
Oral Dave
Brestahan
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Aciguighs
Harper
Meadville
Lee
Arested AT the
Ike Morse
Young
Nashville, Tenn
van Vuissingens
Startling Story
Forger
Grand Jury
Tay
Swindler Maybray
Row
Bresnahan
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