Local notes from Hunting area roll call of births deaths and events
The column records several life events and incidents: births of a son to Mr and Mrs Albert Jauch and a twelve pound boy to Mr and Mrs Fred Baede, a minister Rev W S Boston death near Pendleton and a missionary Rev Samuel Moffett in Seoul Corea, a burglary attempt by a prowler at 52 Hugh street, a typhoid death of Adam Eve, a silver wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Christofer Wedde with many attendees, thefts of chairs from a West Berry street porch, and a lung burdened tale of Miss Maggie Guebard from New Haven with distant Swiss-Pennsylvania roots and extraordinary birth weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Miller Lefs
Lagrange
Albert Jauch
Harmer Street
City Board of Health
George Frans
Dawson Street
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Fred Baede
Cline Street
Bande
Markey & Mungoven
Samuel Moffett
D. W. Moffat
Seoul
Corea
China
Japan
Lavina Gokey
Hugh Street
Adam Eve
Marion
Christofer Wedde
Winter Street
Messrs
and Meadames Christ’ Vodde
Bernard Vodde
New Haven
George Hitzeman
Kessens
Bernard Myers
Metker
Nickles Madden
Mathies Conrad
Mollie Schrague
Mary Vodde
Mary Kessens
Rose Vodde
Clara Sanders
Katie Haley
Lena Kessens
Anna Cook
Anna Shie
Mary Honesfagner
Carrie Greble
Mary Myers
Agnes Schnelker
Emma Wiechman
Nettie Horsman
Mery Aurnse
Emma Emrick
Gertrude Schmelinger
Lillie Gaskle
Hattie Aurnse
Emma Schrague
Emma Metker
Mel
Ariel Schaley
Frank Myers
Arthur Steine
Fred Schmelinger
Arthur Stace
John Scherman
John B. Myers
Charles Stein
Ed. Murphy
John Aubrey
Will Verdine
Joseph Roussey
Henry Miller
Frank Aubrey
Jessie Aubrey
William H. Vedde
Freddie Aubrey
Hiney Reasens
Joe Met
G. Delagrange
Barbarton
Frances C
Lavina C. Gokey
Hugh Aetreet
Charley
John Kimmel
Wayne Township
Union Boquet Club
Beeber
J. M. Dinnen
Fleming
Lew Wallace
Washington Hessing
Chicago
Brammer
Sexton
Manson
Maggie Guebard
Switzerland
Pennsylvania
Anahard
Geary
Huntington
Colored Woman Prosecutes Own Court Case In City
In a crowded courtroom a Black woman representing herself argued against Policeman Knock and bond sureties for $2500 in a false imprisonment suit. The case followed a July arrest that led to a night in a patrol wagon. she sought damages for harm to reputation and liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colerick
France
George J. Parrot
William F. Knocks
Augustue Korn
Louis Rastetter
Knock
W. H. Quick
Justice France
Mary Milton
Jailbreak Joke Finds Ninth Ward Politician In Jail
Fort Wayne reports a vagrant, Frank Williams, claiming to be a prominent Ninth ward politician, sought $5 at the jail. After repeated visits and letters to ministers, Deputy Harrod detained him at the jail door and a 'squire fined him a dollar and costs for a veg. Williams, from near Richmond, had a dubious past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Frank Williams
Ninth Ward
Clausmeier
Williams
Harrod
High
Fifth Streets
China
Costae
Richmond
Gabriel Godfroy the Last Miami Chief of Indiana
Gabriel Godfroy of Peru is described as the last living representative of the Miami chiefs lineage. He is nearly seventy, celebrated for hospitality, and holder of many ancestral medals including one from General Washington. The text notes Miamis in the state are now civilized and farm their land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Godfroy
Gabriel Godfroy
Peru
Francis Godfrey
Francis
Gabriel
Suce
Indiana
Washington
Post Office Expands Stamp Sales In City
Postmaster Rockhill opens eight new postal agencies for stamp sales after August 1. Subagents must stock 25 dollars in stamps and will receive 24 dollars yearly from the government. Agencies include Woodworth at Calhoun and Berry, Beverforden on South Calhoun, Keller at Main and Center, Brink on Wells Street, Meinzen on Maumee Avenue, Miller at Lafayette and Wallace, Schultz at Fairfield and Williams, and Keller at Broadway and Washington. The agents must also be prepared to sell stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
William Martin
Etta Wedge
Williamsport
Jackson Township
Edgerton Grove
Mia
Oscar Kilpatrick
Fifth St
James Armstrong
West Berry Street
C. B. Woodworth
Calhoun
Berry Street
H. F. Beverforden
South
Calhoun Street
J. J. Brink
Wella Street
H. W. Meinzen
Maumee Avenue
Ff. J. Miller
Lafayette
Wallace
Reformed Orphan'’S Home
Hale
Dayton
Ohio
Baum
Lima
St. John’s
Salem's
Police chase ends with capture after wild run
Officer Hines pursued a group of young men through the southwest city area near the Wabash bridge while a girl named Molly Cleveland hid in a corn field. The chase ended when Hines fired over the fugitives heads and the man leapt a high fence, after which the girl was taken to the station and later fined twenty dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hines
Wabash Bridge
Molly Cleveland
Flickinger
Doughty Hines
Costa
Springfield
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iocal News
Ie Kline
Magner
Bat
Pelsy
Penjoy
Boston
North Indiana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pendleton
Ave
That & Bloch
Getty
Pete
Max
United States
Royal Baking Powder CO
William Keerman
Justice Wilkinson
Engineer Trease
Harry B Menafee
Bertha Slagle
Elmer J. Thompson
Emma E. Dammeyer
Justice Haya
Andrew Schenker
Lena Gibson
William Beerman
Jefferson T
John Wise
Daniel Ryan
Squire
Beerman
Sydney Snyder
W.H. Shambaugh
Frank Snyder
Justice Hays
George Lamb
George Clapsaddle
William Brockerman
Mary Ridinger
John P. Boylan
William Schulz
Minnie McCormick
Frank J. Dawson
Lizzie Weatherby
William Henze, Jr
Frederick C. Bornemann
Joseph Raeder
West Creighton Avenue
Willis Souder
Willis
Morse Harrod
John Atkinson
Nickel Plate Road
Fred Bowie
Justice Hayson
Bowie
Squire Hays
Adam Petzel
Emma Plogsleath
Elizabeth Schafer
Mary Rader
William Bracken
Blanche Hutchinson
Frank Hutchinson
Dawson
Morris Dischong
August Lordier
Chris
Hess
Wilkinson
Trease
Ernest Bradtmiller, Jr
Corydon Bennett Et. al
Morris, Bell, Barrett & Morris
Fort Wayne Electric Company
General Electric Company
O'Rourke
James Jacobs
Ryan
William Henze, Sr
Centlivre's Park
William
Richard Schreck
George Kraber
Justice
Hays
William Krimmel
Margaret Krimmel
Bluffton
Nora Shreeve
Joe Myere
Mary Hofer
Misa Julia Smith
Sheriff Clausemeier
Hills
Miami
Rockhill
F. X. Keller
Martin
Frank Martin
Sons of Veterans
S. H. Wadele
Evansville
Rev. S. Light
of War
Jease Overstreet
Frank
Lin
A. M. Jelleff
Franklin
R. E. Zinn
Indianapo
George F. Ogden
Laketon
Frank A. Sims
Frankfort
Hubert Cline
Jonesboro
E. E Small
Valparaiso
J. Bert Getty
Logansport
Westminster
Jennie Hatfield
Nellie You
Harry Lapsdown
Lillian Mathis
Blanche Blynn
Mary Biddle
Jennie Bowman
H. B. Hunt
Gertrude Ferguson
W. J. Kyurt
Reformed Orphany Home
J. Rettie
Ruth
Mrs. Cleveland
Marirpa
Mary
N. K. Fairbank Company
W.younge, A. M. MD
Sato
Oliver
Milburn
Pfeiffer & Schlatter
East Columbia Street
Marseilles
Calhoun and
Columbia Bts
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