Maude Sperry Honored in Tribune Prize List
Maude F Sperry of Fort Wayne placed in the Tribune prize list for amateur playwriting with Anne of Everywhere. Elia W Peattie praised the work as strong with fascinating atmosphere and sharp conversation. Fort Wayne friends speak highly of Sperry and her achievement.
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Maude F. Sperry
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Fort Wayne
Anne
Miss Sperry
Elia W. Peattie
the Tribune
Anne of Everywhere
New Mennonite Church to Rise in Berne Ind
The Berne Indiana church project awards the contract to Henry W. Meyer of this city. Plans show a ninety by 160 foot pressed brick Doric structure seating 2249 with 150 choir seats and 8 classrooms. Work to start early fall after committee meeting. Meyer won over Chicago South Bend and Munice rivals.
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Berne
Ind
Henry W. Meyer
Meyer
Chicago
South Bend
Muncie
Early Wells county settler Daniel E Reiff dies at one year
Daniel E Reiff, an early Wells county settler, died Sunday at age 1. The notice notes deaths among long serving prisoners, highlighting James Vegus of Howard county as the oldest pioneer inmate at Michigan City penitentiary with twenty-nine years’ confinement after being convicted for shooting his father in a Kokomo saloon on June 18, 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Reiff
Wells County
James Vegus
Howard County
Michigan City
Vigus
Decatur
Culinary Department Menus and Recipes for Housekeepers
A dated edition presents recipes and menus for daily housekeeper use. It covers scalded milk rice breakfast batter, cabbage salad with celery and onion, corn chowder with pork and corn, sunshine cake with lemon and orange juice, cucumber salad with French dressing, lemon sherbert croquettes, baked rice pudding with raisins, berry muffins, Kohl Rabi preparation and a cheese souffle, plus summer squash cooking guidance.
Remains of Engineer McCrory Brought Home
The remains of Engineer O D McCrory who died in a Kalamazoo railway yard collision were brought home on train No 6 and taken to Getz Cahill parlors then to the family home at 503 Wallace St. Surviving wife Rosamond Murphy and four children, plus his mother and a brother, mourn the loss. Ed Hall Krause Lonergan were hospitalized with injuries. all are expected to recover. McCrory, born March 6 1864, married June 19 1890, began as a fireman in 1895 and became an engineer in 1902.
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O. D. Mc Crory
Kalamazoo
Sentinel
Getz & Cahill Undertaking
Wallace Street
Brotherhood of Locomotivesingineers
Krause
Laker Street
Edwin M. Hall
J. E. C. Lonergan
Mr. Lonergan
Hugh Street
Mendon
No. 7
Grand Rapids
Barnum & Bailey's Circus
Lonergan
McCrory
Lake Shore
Engineer McCrory
Ed Hall
Oliver David McCrory
David
Sarah McCrory
Lee
Leo
Rosamond Murphy
Jay
Helen
Geraldine
Phineas
William McCrory
Cleveland
Joseph J. Golden
G. R
Hall Assigned to Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Rounds
In Fort Wayne last June the summer time card went into effect and Mr Hall was assigned to the Kalamazoo Grand Rapids rounds with headquarters in Grand Rapids.
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Fort Wayne
Hall
Kalamazoo Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
Near Fatal Fall Narrowly Averted by Crane Worker Hawke
William H. Hawke escaped a thirty foot fall in the Pennsylvania erecting shop Saturday afternoon when the board he stood on slipped. He grabbed a gearing part and held on until descent could be arranged. He was not injured.
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Pennsylvania
William H. ‘Hawke
Elevation work ordered for tracks at Wolcottville pit
Orders issued from Washington headquarters call for the steam shovel at the Wolcottville gravel pit to be moved here and readied to elevate the tracks. The start is stated for September, marking the only definite evidence from the mechanical department that the company planned track elevation work this soon.
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Wabash
Wolcottville
Wrist Injury Hobbles Pennsylvanian Engineer
J A Misner, a well known Pennsylvania engineer, sustained a badly sprained and bruised wrist after a fall on the tender of his engine in Fostoria Ohio on Tuesday. He will be unable to work for some time.
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J. A. Misner
Pennsylvania
Fostoria
Ohio
Annual Retreat Ends At St. Josephs Hospital
The Sisters of the Poor Handmaids of Christ completed a four day retreat at St. Josephs hospital with eighty sisters in attendance including thirty eight from Chicago. Bishop Alerding led mass with assistants and presided at the reception of fifteen novices. New vows were taken by several sisters with others renewing or making first vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of the Order of the Poor
St. Joseph's Hospital
F. Daniel
St. Augustine’s Monastery
Chicago
St. Joseph’s Chapel
Alerding
Simon M. Yenn
Thomes Eisenring
C.pp.s
Caroline Schmitt
Marie Schumacher
South Bend
Alma Goldharl
Fort Wayne
Gertrude Clfair
Frances Franke
St. Libory
Magdalena Gehrig
Margaretha Mahler
Mishawaka
Carolina Vederits
Margareta Hillinger
Elizabeth Pulsh
West Superior
Wis
Maria Rademacher
Westphalia
Mich
Josephine Kemper
Barbara Schmidt
Belleville
Maria Dauer
New Ulm
Minn
Maria Oberding
Trenton
M. Leo
M. Mathia
M. Concordia
Euphrosina
Dolorosa
Inviolata
Quirina
Ernestina
Gerhardina
Scholastica
Veneranda
Bernadetta
Lugia
Stella
Lynched on Eve of HI Trial for Murder
Platte City Mo Aug 2 George Johnson white who murdered John W Moore a farmer June 20 was lynched early today His trial was to begin today and he was returned to Platt City yesterday after noon Two men seized a prisoner and fifty others opened the jail and strung Johnson to a tree opposite the jail Also news of other incidents including ban on slot machines and dice shaking and a fatal electric car collision near Spokane Wash with multiple deaths and injuries
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Platte City
George Johnson
John W. Moore
Johnson
Kansas City
Platt City
Warren
Orville’c. Puterbaugh
Elkhart
Spokane
George R. Enisely
Virgil and
David. Hyre
Whitley
Virgil Hyre
Ontario Postoffice
Lagrange County
Republican Executive Committee
Reformed Orphans Home Festival Plans Mark 26th Anniversary
Preparations for the twenty sixth anniversary festival at the Fort Wayne Orphans Home of the Reformed church of the United States are underway. The event, set for next Thursday, features Rev B Ruf and staff from St John Salem and Grace Reformed churches with a full program including services, vocal and German addresses, a doll drill, flag and hymn performances, and entertainment in the grove. The day also showcases band performances, needlework booths, and meals provided by church societies. The home, founded in 1883 on 57 acres, has grown with 100 more acres added, a substantial building expansion, electric lighting, and a current value of about 380000, serving nearly four hundred children to date. The event is supported by local firms and church societies, with the Alumni Society planning the morning alumni gathering on August 5.
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Fort Wayne
P. S. Kohler
St. Mary's
John Bosch
M. F. Dumstrey
Philadelphia
F. W. Leich
Akron
Dora L. Ruf
Val. Rettig
Buffalo
N. YY
F. W. Knatz
Orphans’ Home
Hallelujah
Sheen Kote
H. F. Winter
Toledo
Ladies' Societies of Grace
Salem Reformed
Young Ladies’ Guild
St. John’s Church
Reformed Church
United States
Home
the Home
John F. Winter
Peter S. Kohler
St. Mary’s
John H. Bosch
Ind
Maurice Rosenthal
M. F. Schick
H. A. Duemling
K. K. Wheel
Reformed
Alumni Society
Orphans’ Home Alumni Society
Fred Burkhardt
Prighton
Fred Knatz
Bucyrus, C
Anna Eickmeyer
Indulgence of Portiuncula Celebrated by St Peter’s
Rev Charles Thiele of St Peter's Catholic church secured from Pope Pius X the indulgence of Portiuncula for the faithful. Conditions include contrite confession Holy Communion on August 1 or 2 and visiting the church from 3 pm August 1 to sundown August 2. Indulgence applies to souls in purgatory and may be earned repeatedly during visits. Special sermons and high mass observed. Portiuncula refers to the Spoletto chapel and the Franciscan festival now extended to secular churches.
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Charles Thiele
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Pius X
Portiuncula
St. Peter’s
St. Peter’s Church
George Heldman
C. PP
the Messenger
The
Precious Blood Fathers
Collegeville
Ind
Spoletto
Italy
Francis of Assissi
Trinity Episcopal Church to Install Tile Floor and Altar Steps
Plans for a tiled chancel floor and marble altar steps at Trinity Episcopal Church progress with work slated before September first. The memorial honors Dr Irwin and wife for long service to the parish, to be donated by his children. Trinity baseball club shines, beating New Haven on its grounds with George Geake umpiring. In August Mrs L P Drayver will lead organ duties at morning service and Miss Ethel Whitney will assist with Sunday school Eucharist and evensong.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Irwin
Trinity Parish
New Haven
George Geake
Fort Wayne
L. P. Drayver
Trinity Church
Ethel Whitney
Poe News Highlights Local Social and Travel Notes
Poe Indiana notes include Chapman and Snider business trip to Auburn, visits between Decatur and Poe residents, Sunday school excursions planned to Robison park, and a warm birthday surprise for Lucius Somers. Also mentions Ark family visit and advice for market baskets on interurban cars.
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C. M. Gardner
Warmdale
Ark
Lucius Somers
Lutheran Pastors and Teachers Attend Meeting at Laporte
The central district of the Lutheran Missouri synod meets at St. John's church in Laporte from August 4 to 10. About sixty pastors delegates and teachers travel from Fort Wayne and nearby to join sessions, with Concordia College professors attending. The district covers Ohio Kentucky Indiana, with 188 congregations and 86,876 members. Daily programs include theological discussions and district promotion plans, and St. John's hosts a Thursday evening entertainment for visitors.
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Lutheran Missouri Synod
St. John's Church
Laporte
Synod
Kendallville
Lake Shore
J. H. Ungemach
Fred Schroeder
Henry Fiertag
Carl Jungkunz
Edward Gerberding
George Weller
Otto Hoetzer
Emanuel Lutheran Church
William Moll
Henry Trefeler
Gustave Kampe
Daniel Lindemann
George Hormel
Concordia Lutheran Church
August Lange
Tobias Schworn
Martin Kohlmann
Otto H. Foster
William Baur
Zion's Lutheran Church
H. Chr. Luehr
Daniel Hoffman
F. A. Klein
William Benhoff
William Wolf
Oscar Heintz
William Hahn
Trinity German Lutheran Church
Paul Stoeppelwerth
August Kuehnert
J. H. Nierman
F. Wambsganss
Columbia
Ind
Fort Wayne
H. A. Bentrup
C. A. Kampe
Theodore Schurdel
Indianapolis
St. John’s Lutheran School
Walther League of the Church
St. John’s School
Last Tribute Paid to Dead Leader of Baseball
Louisville mourns Harry Pulliam former National League president with a funeral in Cave Hill chapel and burial at Cave Hill cemetery. Attendees include J Page Pulliam, Harry W Russell, and numerous league officials. Honorary pallbearers and city leaders honor a man famed for friendship and public service.
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Louisville
Harry Pulliam
New York
Pulliam
J. Page Pulliam
Cave Hill Cemetery
T. M. Hawes
Naster
Highland Presbyterian Church
Stanley Robison
St. Louis Club
John Dovey
Boston Club
Charles Ebbetts
Brooklyn Club
William Shettsline
Philadelphia Club
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Warner—Snyder
Tiwillia Snyder
Herbert C. Warner
Perry Township
Philip Ruhl
Edward Warner
Spy Run Avenue
Niagara
Points
Warner
Messrs
and Mesdames Harrison Snyder
James Warner
William Snyder
Perry Warner
John Garman
Mandal Warner
Connelly
Jacob Schaich
Frisch
Maude Connelly
Peckham—Wilson
Lulu EF. Wilson
William N. Peckham
Monroeville
William Rogers
Greeley Street
Earl Todd
West Jefferson Street Church of Christ
Martie A. Stewart
Maude Wilson
Mrs. Peckham
Theodore Sutorius
Lake Township
Anna Dice
Detroit
Will Wiggert
Jacob Sutorius
J. P. Myers
Claude Bercot
Anna Sutorius
Alma Figel
Hilda Wiggert
Helen Byerly
Esther Bercot
Louise
Mary
Carrie Sutorius
Ernest and
Walter Wigsert
Crist Sutorius
Mary Kruse
Maysville Road
Cora Barry
Aldine Schindler
Blanche McNally
Lena Boedecker
Alma Goetha
Nora Meyers
Hilda Trasbach
Minnie Ervisting
Minnie
Lena Speckman
Earl Fenning
Edad Boedeker
John Kolb
Ernnest Martin
Henry Bruns
Henry Benning
Paul Preuse
Jesse A. Meiser
Eureka
Cal
Caroline Smith
Arcola
Meiser
Allen County
Clarence Rhoads
James’ A. Turner
Bessie’ Meiser
Richmond
Jessie Cutshaw
Fanny Jeffrey
Rodemeyer—O’brien
Laura Ida O’brien
Otto W. Rodemeyer
van Wert
Calhoun Street
Culinary Department
M'Crory
Oliver David M’crory
W. H. Hawke
ST. Josephs Hospital
Bishop Alerding
John Rettig
Rettig
B. ‘Ruf
Ratindty Tho
Episcopal Church Notes
POE News
Missouri Synod
Harry C. Pulliam
J. W. Fenner
German Reformed Church At
Huntington
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