Van Wert Welcomes Home Guards for Biennial Meeting
Van Wert Ohio will celebrate a week long gala starting August 14 for the Home Guards of America biennial meeting with delegates from seven states. The Northwestern Ohio Picnic association will hold a basket picnic and field day at France grove and ball park on South Washington street, including a Supreme Home baseball game and multiple contests. Attendees from Convoy Mendon Spencerville Wiltshire Rockford St Marys Celina Lima Kalida Delphos Paulding Bryan and nearby areas are expected. Able Landis of Nashville Tenn a leading actuary will speak during the meeting.
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van Wert
Ohio
Home Guards of America
Northwestern
Kalida
Delphos
Paulding
Bryan
Order
St. Marr
Able Landis
Nashville
Tenn
Blacklist Cuts City Drunkenness Arrests In July
Elkhart Indiana reports a drop from fifty five arrests in June to twenty nine in July as a police blacklist of forty eight repeat drunkenness offenders helps curb public intoxication. Judge Claude A isee notes the approach of sending repeaters to the city prison with fines and hard labor.
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Elkhart
Ind
Claude A. Isee
Lee
Albert Rinehart
Gas Pocket Ignites Drilling Site Near Bippus Indiana
Huntington county reports a natural gas discovery in Warren township at the Clover Cross farm owned by Norman Little, near Bippus. Driller J Hoke suffered severe burns testing the gas after a 295 foot shale strike. the flame rose ten feet high before safety measures stopped it. The find could spur further development in the area despite past failed attempts by Finkenbiner era promoters.
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Huntington
Ind
Huntington County
Warren Township
John Finkenbiner
St. Louis
Clover Cross Farm
Norman Little
Bippus
J. Hoke
Mr. Little
Mr. Hoke
Zanesville Plans Big Old Fashioned Homecoming
Zanesville Indiana residents plan an August 27 homecoming with a gala program, speeches, and entertainment. Local business people doctors and townsfolk organize housing meals and transport to welcome visitors from distant areas. A Huntington quartet will provide music and interurban cars will be met at Roanoke.
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Zanesville
Ind
Huntington Boys
Roanoke
Huntington Girl Uses Paris Green in Suicide Attempt
Miss Bessie Swafford, 17, daughter of Mrs Anna Swafford of Huntington, attempted suicide with Paris green after a lovers quarrel. Family delayed calling a doctor fearing publicity. medical help arrived after several hours. She remains in serious condition with possible stomach damage and risk of death.
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Huntington
Paris Green
Bessie Swafford
Anna Swafford
Miss Swafford
Swafford
Perie Green
Julius Barr
Paris
Reformatory parolee arrested in Decatur theft case
Warren Wilkinson of Decatur was arrested by Night Policeman Melchi on a theft charge tied to the robbery of John Hays at a showgrounds event last Thursday. Hays lost a stick pin a fountain pen and about two dollars. Wilkinson confessed after evidence was presented and faces a judge, likely returning to the reformatory. The pin and money were not recovered.
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Decatur
Ind
Warren Wilkinson
Melchi
John Hays
Hays
Wilkinson
Merryman
Reformatory
Huntington aims to bring aeroplane to fair week
A Huntington press note reports local aeroplane enthusiasts have raised over 120 toward securing a big plane from Indianapolis during fair week in September. President Ed Harter says subscriptions are rising and about 600 is needed. Huntington citizens must raise 200 with 490 covered by the fair association, funds needed today to close the contract.
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Huntington
Ind
Indianapolis
Ed Harter
The
Fair Association
Haseen
Huntington County Fair Association
Harter
Robert Simonton
Huntington County
Wabash Man Dies After Operation
Fred Hodel of Wabash Ind died at the city hospital after a four day illness from internal trouble. He grew suddenly ill last Wednesday evening and was taken to the hospital Thursday morning for an operation that was hoped to prolong his life. The initial operation seemed to remove danger but failed to save him and he died yesterday morning.
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Wabash
Ind
Fred Hodel
City Hospital
First Class Reunion Held by Columbia City High School
The class of 709 from Columbia City High School held its first reunion Monday afternoon at Lake Resort. Twenty five members attended the gathering and enjoyed supper in the evening.
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Columbia City
Ind
Aig
Lake
Huntington Blacklist Grows In Indiana City
Huntington Indiana August 5 The city is expanding a liquor blacklist with around sixteen men listed by police for drinking near saloons. Some entries include names added with consent from wives or after frequent police court appearances, and several men agreed to be listed to curb intoxication.
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Huntington
Ind
Fairbanks to Judge Venetian Night Parade
Charles Fairbanks former vice president and former Indiana senator will judge the competitive portion of Winona Venetian night parade next Wednesday. He will travel to Winona by long distance call confirms his participation. The other two judges will be representative men.
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Warsaw
Ind
Charles Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Winona
Fairbanks
Shuster to Be Tried Again for Hotel Arson
Wabash Ind Aug 8 Alleged to have burned the Mississinewa hotel at Lafontaine for insurance John H Shuster of Lafontaine will be tried again for arson at the September term in Peru The first jury deadlocked nine to three in favor of conviction The state is said to have obtained more damaging evidence against Shuster
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Wabash
Ind
Mississinewa
Lafontaine
John H. Shuster
Penu
Shuster
Widow Laura F. Lowman Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Laura F. Lowman, widow of Harry Lowman, who died in January 1906, died yesterday forenoon at her Columbia City home after a prolonged illness. Stricken by paralysis last March, her condition remained serious until the attending physician ceased hopes of recovery Friday night and she passed away.
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Columbia City
Ind
Laura F. Lowman
Harry Lowman
Lowman
Young Girl Burned While Starting Fire Near Plato
Miss Rosa Draper aged 17 of Lagrange Indiana suffered severe burns while trying to light a cook stove at the Dorsey home near Plato five miles east. Doctors say recovery unlikely and she endures intense pain from extensive burns to her limbs and body.
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Lagrange
Ind
Rosa Draper
Simeon Dorsey
Plato
Periaus
Dorsey Home
Onion Day Preparations Ahead in Wolf Lake
Columbia City Indiana August 7 The town of Wolf Lake in the onion district north of Columbia City gears up for its annual onion show on August 24. The celebration may become a town holiday as locals prepare speakers music ball games and athletic events. A homecoming week is planned for former residents to return coinciding with the exhibition in the big pavilion.
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Columbia City
Ind
Wolf Lake
Bluffton to Get New Whistle
Bluffton Indiana townsfolk will gain a new fire alarm whistle set at the city water works and light plant to replace the old system. The electric light and water works committee received authority to buy the whistle at the last city council meeting and the King piano factory telephone line will be removed once installed. The factory line had provided access to blow the whistle in the west part of town and the current alarm only carries a short distance.
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Piano Factory
Portland doubles down with two weddings in Los Angeles
Miss Naomi Miller and Miss Lulu Zeigler, daughters of Portland families, left the city Saturday for Los Angeles. Both brides are to wed in a double ceremony Wednesday morning, Miller to Blaine Whipple and Zeigler to Charles Hoagland, in Greene township.
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Portland
Ind
Naomi Miller
Charles Miller
Yotaw Street
Lulu Zeigler
Adams Zeigler
Greene Township
Los Angeles
Cal
Miller
Blaine Whipple
S. A. Whipple
City
Miss Zeigler
Charles Hoagland
George Hoagland
County buys option on Jenner livery site in Auburn
Auburn Ind Aug 7 The county commissioners have secured an option on the Jenner livery barn site at 8000 and may purchase soon. Talks of moving the jail from the court square to the new site arise, with a new jail planned there if relocation occurs.
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Auburn
Ind
Jenners
Court Square
Strater Family Holds Fifth Annual Reunion in Kendallville
The fifth annual Strater reunion gathered 120 members at the Kendallville fair grounds. Afternoon games entertained the men, followed by a 12:30 dinner served and a business meeting chaired by president Mrs. John Strater.
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Kendallville
Ind
Strater
Fair Grounds
John Strater
Planning Etna's Annual Picnic at Spring Fountain Park
Columbia City Ind Aug 2 The nineteenth annual harvest home picnic will be held at Spring Fountain park near Etna on Saturday August 26. Twenty Sunday schools will be represented with a program of four minute addresses in the forenoon by A K Hackett Fort Wayne Sentinel on The Four Sided Man Chester Burch Evangelist Heroes of the Plow J C Breckenridge Winona Agricultural College Bar of Tomorrow Rev Hanson Smith The One Best Thing a Parent Can Do for His Child After dinner George Stewart Cleveland Tenn will speak on Lopsided People He is noted as a skilled southern orator.
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Columbia City
Ind
Spring Fountain Park
Etna
A. K. Hackett
Fort Wayne Sentinel
Chester Burch
J. C. Breckenridge
D D
Winona Agricultural College
Hanson Smith
George Stewart
Cleveland, Tenn
Dope Fiend Arrested In Huntington Nabs Cocaine
A nearly 30 year old man forged a physician’s name to obtain cocaine and caused alarm at local drugstores. Chief Beker detained him, Dr. W. Fry provided a small amount for treatment, and he was placed on an eastbound car and sent from Huntington.
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Enyny
School boards elect leaders in South Whitley and Churubusco
South Whitley officers named Harry Grassley president with L G Caskey secretary and Glen Maston treasurer. Churubusco picks Frank Fogle president Calvin Miller secretary and Martin Kocher treasurer in organized boards for the coming year.
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Columbia City
Ind
South Whitley
Churubusco
Harry Grassley
L. G. Caskey
Glen Maston
Frank Fogle
Calvin Miller
Martin Kocher
Altona Landowner Sues Over Burning of House
Albert Mann of Altona and Altona town board sue for 31 000 damages for trespass and burning Manns building. Defendants include F L Rodabaugh George Mann and John Dornend. Board reportedly entered Manns lot July 22 and destroyed the house.
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Auburn
Ind
Albert Mann
Altona
F. L. Rodabaugh
George Mann
John Dornend
Mann
Reunion of the Fourteenth Indiana Battery Planned
James P. Ross announces the next annual reunion will be held at Memorial hall, Wabash, Indiana, on Friday, September 1. Invitations will be issued to surviving members whose addresses are known. Alexander Burnsworth serves as president of the organization.
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Wabash
Ind
James P. Ross
Fourteenth Indiana Battery
Memorial Hall
Alexander Burnsworth
Elder Bluffton resident Eliza Merriman dies from hip fracture
Bluffton Indiana August 5 Mrs Elizabeth Merriman one of the county s aged pioneers fell at her son Ezra Merriman s home and fractured a hip Owing to her advanced age there is no chance for recovery She had been ill for some time but had grown stronger recently and sat up in a chair when the accident occurred
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Bluffton, Ind
Elizabeth Merriman
Ezra Merriman
Huntington Country Club Opens New Home With Fete
In Huntington Indiana the country club celebrated a formal opening at its new plant on the former Miami park site. About 250 members and guests attended enjoying golf tennis and cards, followed by a sumptuous banquet for 191 and late dancing into the evening.
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Huntington
Ind
Huntington Country Club
Miami Park
Two Injured Men Improving After Western Kendallville Crash
Kendallville Indiana August 5 J D Lunceford and Al Krenning residents of the city were the most seriously injured in an automobile accident northwest of town Wednesday evening. They remain confined to their homes and are slowly recuperating with bruises and a badly strained back.
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Kendallville
Ind
al Krenning
Lunceford
Krenning
Explosion at Abbott Brothers Grocery Sparks Fear in Bluffton
In Bluffton Indiana an old gasoline line at Abbott Brothers grocery exploded after allegedly storing no gasoline for weeks. The blast injured Carl McKee and rattled Merritt and Edgar Abbott, plus Hartman harness store employee. The blast resembled cannon firecracker and caused a minor scare.
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Bluffton
Ind
Abbott Brothers Grocery
Merritt
Edgar Abbott
Carl McKee
Hartman Harness
McKee
Stork Wins in July in Kendallville Report
Kendallville Indiana reports 11 births and 1 death in July. The births were seven males and four females, continuing Kendallville’s historically low death rate and high birth output in the period observed.
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STORK
Swallows Carbolic Acid Incident Alleged
Swallowing quantity of carbolic acid in Hartington, Indiana, is alleged to involve Mildred Gephart, age 16. Authorities report the incident occurred Sunday. the exact motive and outcome are not yet clear, and a preliminary inquest may follow.
Auto wreck injures three Kendallville men in Indiana
In Kendallville Indiana three men Maddice Martz a night policeman Al Kienning a night clerk at the Kelly house and J B Lunceford a focal saloon man were injured when their car broke its steering on Old Wayne road and plunged into a ditch striking a telephone pole. The crash occurred at 4 PM yesterday. Martz suffered severe internal injuries and others were bruised. Mrs Gertrude Dienan aided at the scene and returned the injured to town.
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Kendallville
Ind
Martz
Gertrude Dienan
Kendallville approves land purchase for north ward school
The Kendallville council approved buying a tract near the north ward school. One thousand two hundred dollars was drawn from the special school fund to pay for the ground. No improvements this year, plans call for enlarging the north school next year and converting the plot into a playground.
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Kendallville
Ind
North Ward
Three Counties Plan Joint Action On Singer Road
Whitley Wabash and Huntington county commissioners will meet in Wabash on August 10 to decide on the Singer road project that sits on the tri county line. Whitley County has refused to sign bonds for construction because Warren township in Huntington County has exceeded its debt limit.
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Wabash, Ind
Whitley
Wabash
Huntington Counties
Tri-County
Whitley County
Warren Township
Huntington
Bottling Works Accident In Kendallville
Floyd Fullerton, son of R. E. Fullerton, was severely cut in an explosion at the family bottling works. While filling a pop bottle with gas Tuesday a bottle exploded hurling glass shards. a large fragment struck his arm, causing a deep gash and painful injury. It will take days before he can use the arm.
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Kendallville
Ind
Floyd Fullerton
R. E. Fullerton
MANY ARRESTS AT PORTLAND
Portland Indiana reports 89 arrests by the police from March 1 1911 through July totaling thirty four for intoxication. The record by Patrolman George W Tieben shows July had the most action with thirty arrests.
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Portland
Ind
George W. Tieben
Ladies Enjoy Afternoon of Cards at Souder Home
Columbia City Indiana August 5 Mesdames C L Souder and Jonn Keiser entertained forty ladies yesterday afternoon at the Souder home on West Van Buren street in honor of Miss Mary Hoham of Plymouth a longtime music instructor in the Columbia City schools The amusement was cards with 500 as the game
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Columbia City
Ind
Mesdames
C. L. Souder
Jonn. Keiser
Souder
West van Buren Street
Mary Hoham
Plymouth
Aged resident Joseph Brafford dies in Auburn
Auburn Ind Aug 4 Joseph Brafford 69 died of heart failure about 5 pm Wednesday. The sudden stroke surprised friends as he had been in fairly good health. He is survived by a wife and two children.
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Auburn
Ind
Joseph Brafford
Second Attempt South Milford Woman Ends Her Life
Kendallville Indiana August 5 melancholy over ill health led Mrs Clyde Swogger of South Milford to kill herself in the garret at her mother Mrs Emma Zonker home three miles northwest of Corunna. The mother found the body about 7 am lifeless with rope tied to a rafter. This was her second attempt after a prior cutting of four inches on May 21 with a razor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Clyde Swogger
South Milford
Emma Zonker
Corunna
Indiana woman discharged after murder conviction
Miss Nora Mosher, once convicted in Huntington on murder charges, was sentenced to Indiana woman's prison, paroled, and has now been fully discharged by the state. Discharge papers were added to the local circuit court record, removing state orders except those that apply to any other citizen.
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Huntington
Ind
Nora Mosher
Indianapolis
Indiana
Sheriff Captures Butler Man for Wife Desertion
Auburn Indiana August 7 Sheriff Thomas went to Butler to arrest Ernest McDonald on wife desertion charges. An affidavit had been filed after he left his wife. The sheriff followed to South Bend but McDonald had left a day earlier. He returned to Butler and was taken into custody awaiting trial this term of court.
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Auburn
Ind
Thomas
Butler
Ernest McDonald
McDonald
South Bend
Girls Are Still Missing in Hartford City Ind
Hester Hiles aged 13 and Myrtle Bookout aged 15 ran away from home last Monday night. The two girls, daughters of local families, were traced to Winchester where authorities believe they boarded a car toward Indianapolis. Parents are deeply worried and seeking to locate them.
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Hartford City
Ind
Hester Hiles
Henry Hiles
Myrtle Bookout
Riza Bookout
Millgrove
Hiles
Winchester
Indianapolis
Bronze Carnegie Hero Medal Won by Warsaw Marshal
Charles B. Moon Warsaw city marshal received the Carnegie Hero Commission bronze medal for bravery shown July 25 1904 when he attempted to rescue William H Funk and James Y Godman from suffocation in the North Buffalo street lift well. Moon also received $1000 in prize money. The medal arrived Aug 2 and is on display in the Times office north window.
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Warsaw
Ind
Carnegie Hero Commission
Charles B. Moon
William H. Funk
James Y. Godman
Buffalo
Times Office
Moon
Algo
Woman Fends Off Big Blacksnake With Revolver At Feagler Farm
In Indiana on August 3 Mrs Cisra Boren and her sister faced a large blacksnake while berry picking on the Walker farm at Feagler’s Corners. Mrs Boren fired two shots at the reptile with a revolver. the shots did not kill it but it was rendered harmless. Her husband’s presence aided the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
Cisra Boren
Feagler's
Venetian Night Preparations Transform Winona Canal Scene
Warsaw Indiana August 5 progress on McDonald island canal changes into Italian splendor with marble columns steps balconies and royal barges. The royal barge and gondola are built along with numerous floats for Venetian night along The Silver Way. Two large stands for guests and judges are erected near the bridge. Preparations promise the best public entertainment yet at Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
McDonald Island
Winona
Venice
Auditorium Boulevard
Twelfth Street
Silver Way
Returned for trial in Portland on horse theft case
Jesse Mc Cullum, self confessed horse thief who stole outfits belonging to Al Shaffer, Thomas A. Goodson and Filmer Steed of this county, will be returned here for trial. He was caught red handed and has aided in recovering most property, so he likely will plead guilty and receive the standard sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Jesse McCullum
al Shaffer
Thomas A. Goodson
Filmer Steed
Surprise Birthday Visit Near Auburn Ind
George Ditmar of south of Auburn was startled awake when several neighbors gathered at his door to celebrate his fortieth birthday. He opened the door to a crowd of friends who gave him a playful fright before the gathering turned into a night of merrymaking.
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Auburn
Ind
George Ditmar
Young Suspects Arrested in Montpelier Home Theft
Hartford City Indiana August 7 Sheriff John Clamme captured Cleve and Joe Mercer Montpelier young men suspected of despoiling the home of Mrs Grace Wheat in Montpelier and then setting fire to cover the theft. Mr Wheat is visiting in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
John Clamme
Cleve
Joe Mercer
Montpelier
Grace Wheat
Bridge arrives to span Blue River in Whitley Street project
Steel work for the new Blue river bridge on Whitley Street arrived in Columbia City Indiana on Saturday morning. The structure was uploaded from the Vandalia main track yesterday by contractor Edward Lilly and his crew. Built by the Elkhart Bridge company, the three principal parts each weigh twelve tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Blue River
Whitley Street
Vandalla
Edward Lilly
Elkhart Bridge Company
Roger’s Band Celebrates 30th Anniversary in Winona
Warsaw Ind Aug 7 The Rogera band now at Winona Take under G V Roscoe marks the thirtieth anniversary of its organization. Many members have remained with the group for years and Roscoe has served twenty nine years with the same organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Rogera
Winona Take
G. V. Roscoe
Roscoe
Death claims aged Auburn woman in DeKalb county
Mrs Rebecca Moffet a 70 year old Jackson township resident died after four paralytic strokes in Auburn Indiana She was described as a pioneer woman of DeKalb county Funeral services are planned for Friday
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Auburn
Ind
Rebecca Moffet
Jackson Township
Ake Lang
DeKalb County
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