John’s Day Program Draws Johns From Indiana
Decatur Indiana reports a large turnout for John’s Day at Riverside Park Eaton. Speakers include J A M Adair J LaFollette J Studebaker John Forkner John Burns John Bonham Father John Keller. Events: 9:30 am auto parade and a fiddlers contest with quirky John-themed prizes. A 4:30 pm balloon race features top aeronautic Johns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
Indiana
Riverside Park
Eaton
Monroe
J. A. M. Adair
Eighth
John LaFollette
Portland
John M. Studebaker
South Bend
John Forkner
Anderson
John Burns
John Bonham
John Keller
Hartford City
Johns Whic
John
Mahurin Plans Are Accepted For City Hospital
Kendallville Indiana August 12 The local hospital board and Fort Wayne architect Guy Mahurin reviewed plans for a proposed city hospital to be built on ground donated by Mrs John Gappinger and heirs The plans were approved with minor changes requested The building would have about a dozen rooms and a sun porch usable in winter The board did not disclose the cost but said funds could be raised without trouble
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Guy Mahurin
Fort Wayne
U. C
Hospital Board
Bluffton News Highlights Local Reunions and Accidents
Bluffton reports include the 160th Indiana regiment reunion plans in Columbia City with 20 members and four motorcycles. Sunday school excur sions earnings among six Bluffton schools total $244.02. Marriages, trips, and a Niagara Falls motorcycle journey are noted, along with injuries from a steering gear break near Domestic. The Clark and Shepherd family reunions occur in Liberty Center and Bluffton. Mrs. Eliza Smith of Poneto dies after eight weeks of Bright’s disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ind
160Th Indiana Regiment
Columbia City
Toledo
Harry Lobsiger
Gary
Illinois Steel Company
Kathryn Klein
Vera Cruz
Kent Skiles
Milton Spitler
Merle Tewkesberry
Montpelier
Niagara Falls
Virgil Kreigh
John Kreigh
John Isnogle
Raymond Shoe
Vincent Powers
Tocsin
Kreigh
Domestic
Powers
Isnogle
Shoe
Clark
Charles Michaela
Liberty Center
Shepherd
8. C. Shepherd
Mary Burwell
Chicago
Clarence
Ross Tamaett
Ross
Morris Tameett
Pennville
Jay County
D. M. Loudermilk
A. B.inkle
Liberty Township
Tinkle
Eliza Smith
Poneto
Bright
W. R. Smith
Poneto Baptist Church
Action for $10000 damages filed in Indiana court
Frank, administrator of the estate of a pencil maker, sues the St. Joseph Valley Traction Company for $10000. The suit claims the plaintiff was injured and a person was killed on the Valley line at Dillon's crossing, on April. The filing notes the defendant’s alleged negligence in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Pencil Oder
Joseph
Valley Traction Company
Alonze
Dillon
Leaves for Korea to wed her lover
Columbia City Indiana August 7 Misa Georgia Compton a telephone girl with Whitley County Telephone plans to travel to Chicago San Francisco Honolulu Yokohama and Seoul to marry S P Clapham. They will settle near mines where Whitley county families have found homes. She will be joined by Mrs. Robert Oliver daughter of Sam B Albright of Cleveland township. Compton daughter of Frank and Mrs Compton who once lived in Columbia City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Misa Georgia Compton
Whitie
Chicago
San Francisco
Honolulu
Yokohama
Seoul
Korea
S. P. Clapham
Whitley County
Robert Oliver
Sam B. Albright
Cleveland Township
Mies Compton
Frank Compton
Warsaw
New Haven
Alvina Petry
B. Tibbet
E. G. Cole
Wauseon
E. E. Morris
Emmet Harper
George
Hickeville
John Miller
Toledo
Augusta Miller
Frank Thomas
M. E. Sunday School
Jacob Furthmiller
Henry Habig
Huntertown
Charles Hutson
Alice "Dggis
M. E. Church
Eugene White
Fort Wayne
R. W. White
Ben Pickett
Clarence Pickett
Ross Cameron
Hope Hospital
Virginia Jackson
M. E
Mary Moriarity
Robert Commons
Dayton
Henry Dawkins
Jessie
Charles Helmick
Antwerp News Highlights Local Building and Social Notes
Antwerp Ohio notices T Slattery leads cement floor work on a South Main street garage. Busby building workers from the local male population. several residents visit Fort Wayne Clinton and Mish. U B Aid society picnic at Riverside park with Geo Mann fastest sprinter prize. Shamrocks to play Fort Wayne next Sunday. Reds and Shamrocks tied in last game. Various residents travel, visit, or relocate, including John Shepperd selling the Occidental cafe and Elza Webber family returning home after two weeks visit. Farmers report oats damaged by persistent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Ohio
Thomas Slattery
South Main Street
Sessler & Son
Busby
Charles Traylor
Clinton
Ind
Leonard Drake
Famih
Fred Pocock
Fort Wayne
John L. Pocock
Charley Herzer
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Columbus
Joseph Miller
Laurence Sunderland
U. B. Aid Society
Riverside Park
Geo. Mann
H. H. Gordon
Oden
Mich
Charles
Joseph Champion
Bruce Tucker
Grover Hill
Samuel Hastings
John Shepperd
Knight
Marmoria
Blissfield
Mt. Clemens
Nathan McNutt
Markle
George Mann
Marguerete George
Little
Kansas City
Mary
Bridgie Hallinan
Frank E. Brown
Samuel A. Graves
Pell Zuber
Francia Zuber
Nora Brenneman
Cerro Gordo
Misa Ethel Long
Ethel
Elza, Webber
Sister
Rushsylvania
George Webber
Minnie Busby
Geo. Busby
Orley Diehl
W. F. Fleck
North Main Street
Grant Carr
Prof
Berg
Duval
Oswalt Street
Diehl
Scott to leave Indiana Railroad Commission post
Indianapolis Aug 13 J M Scott chief inspector of the Indiana railroad commission resigns to become supervisor of transportation for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. His headquarters will be in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Railroad Commission
Indianapolis
J. M. Scott
Railroad Commission of Indiana
Baltimore & Ohio. Railroad
Forger son puts blame on father forger son puts blame on father
Hartford City August 8. Orville Hodson, a Grant County youth accused of forging checks, blames his father for his crimes saying there was too much religion and he lost his sense after being forced to attend church. His father spent months trying to raise bail and now faces high stakes as bondsmen risk the October circuit court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Orville Hodson
Grant County
Townsend
Indianapolis
Hodson
Ross Templeton
Auburn Daily News Social Notes Roundup
Miss Lela Falls spent Sunday in Hicksville and many locals visited friends and relatives across Indiana. Visitors include Mrs Dora Moore in Fort Wayne and Miss Winifred Wright with Miss Druie Baker returning from Bowling Green. Notable trips to Defiance Waterloo Lima Crooked Lake and Lake George are listed along with several short sojourns in Fort Wayne Angola Fremont Monroeville and Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
Lela Falls
Hicksville
Dora Moore
Fort Wayne
Jared Spooner
Peru
Cook Ford
Winifred Wright
Druie Baker
Bowling Green
Clayton Fettering
Ashley
Hazel Haverstock
Defiance
Etta Showalter
Waterloo
A. J. Ralston
John Watson
Chicago
DeLoes White
Spencerville
Ira Soule
Fremont
Hezel Swisher
Guy Miller
Angola
Ray Polston
Jackson
Mich
A. J. Polston
Emma Ahrendt
Idah Shugers
Lake George
W. A. Austin
Pleasant Lake
Alex Wilson
John Stamets
Lima, CO
Crooked Lake
Angie Teagarden
Georgia Schuck
Martinsville
Oma Mannan
D. D. Moody
Forrest
Monroeville
Ohio
John Lumm
Toledo
Detroit
S. J. Haverstock
Harold
Cedar Point
Kenneth Walters
Lake Gage
H. Walters
Mahlon Baker
David Burns
West Unity
St. Joe
Albion
Ed Stebing
New Haven
Homer Powell
S. S. Null
Goshen
Charles Bolyard
D. A. J. Brown
Bobo
Irene Schnelker
H. F. Schnelker
Inez Helmick
Scipio Center
Effie Barclay
Indianapolis
Ellwood
Mary Applegate
Maysville
H. H. Grubb
George Schaab
B. Federspiel
O. C. Obenchain
I. F. Rodenbauch
C. D. Wyatt
Grover Hill
Steven
Edith Barnett
James L. Barclay
Eugene Bell
Canton
Mansfield
E. H. Welling
Kalamazoo
B. Timmer
Kia May Brown
Bluffton
Ethel Bolyard
Sam Wolf
Velia
Thomas Harlor
Julia A. Rule
Elizabeth Bruci
C. H. Graves
Antwerp
A. M. Hartzell
Michael Sheridan
Clara
W. K. Mills
Wichita Falls
Texas
Siemen
J. D. Handbury
A. A. Johnson
Miller City
Elias Hartzell
Hoagland
Tuesaday
Bruick
Will Schnitker
Clarence Pickett
M. Caps
Summit Street
Glenn Smith
August Lupkin
Clara’ Schaffer
Frances
Rose Bush
Joseph Rich
J. G. Ashley’ Basha
Hurty criticizes Terre Haute council over health exhibit
Dr J N Hurty Indiana health commissioner denounces Terre Haute city council for refusing a 300 dollar appropriation sought by state officials to fund an exhibit at the fifth international congress on guinea and demography in Washington September 23 to 28. Fort Wayne South Bend Richmond Muncie Anderson and Evansville will send delegates and exhibits. Terre Haute stands alone in declining participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
J. N. Hurty
Terre Haute
Indiana
Washington
Dr. Hurty
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Richmond
Muncie
Anderson
Evansville
Monroeville Man to Head Roanoke Schools
Roanoke Indiana announces Nathan W. Coil will become superintendent for the upcoming school year starting September. Coil comes from Monroeville where he led the public schools for three years. He is a graduate of Wabash College and Cornell University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Ind
Nathan W. Coil
Goil
Monroeville
Wabash College
Cornell University
New York
Latto
Spencerville News highlights Aug 10 visits and outings
Spencerville Indiana Aug 10 reports W G Erick Auburn visitor and outing at Hamilton Lake with son Beeks. Several residents visited Fort Wayne Garrett and Lima area. Many guests at dinner with Mrs J Sommers and friends. Lake reunion planned Aug 17 at Tyndall grove. Additional visits include Miss Leila Horn and Miss Bevier Cummins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencerville
Ind
W. G Erick
Auburn
Mies Berderie James
Harlan
J. W. Beams
George Henderson
Fort Wayne
Ed Chapman
Clyde Fredrickson
Garrett
W. G. Erick
Beeks
Hamilton Lake
John Benninghoff
Golden
Michigan
William
Henry Markel
Elle
L. M. Chapman
J. F. Baltz
Mary Hawk
Raymond
Beulah
Akron
Wm. Sommers
Coburntown
Jessie Moffet
George Kimes
Jason Keyes
William Allen
Melvin Ernest
Othyo
Tedrow, CO
John Bair
Ethel Clouse
Williston
N. D
Elmer Smith
Frank Horn
Peru
John Cummins
Bevier Cummins
St. Joe
George Horn
W. W. Fischer
Frank Silberg
Bert Fisher
Ort Wearley
Tyndall Grove
Anna Chubb
Napoleon, C
Archie Beam
Miss Rilla
William Timbrook
Hicksville
Effie Squires
Harvey Beam
Edith Jones
Hiram Hutchison
F. L. Beams
Henry Beams
Antwerp
Ezra Horn
Lake Gage
Dogs Kill Sheep Near Columbia City Farm
In Columbia City Indiana on August 12 a pair of sheep from the Foust farm flock east of town were torn by dogs. One sheep was killed and valued at six dollars by Emil Doriot and Ed Binder. A second sheep disappeared and could not be found. The flock totaled twenty five sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Foust
Emil Doriot
Ed C. Binder
Prohibitionists Open Campaign in Lagrange
Lagrange Ind August 12 prohibitionists plan to begin campaign in Lagrange on Wednesday afternoon August 14 with the governor’s party including Dr W H Hickman nominee for governor Rev A W Jackman candidate for lieutenant governor and the Clarions trio led by F W Lough state chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Ind
W. H. Hickman
A. W. Jackman
the. Clarions
Cing
Court Yard
Home-Coming in Andrews Highlighted by Speeches
Rain forced dinners in the schoolhouse but the Andrews homecoming proceeded with a full speaking program. Columbia City orchestra provided music while Della Line Butler of Knightstown sang. Thad Butler’s speech was read by George Young. Speakers covered Antioch’s history and local development from canal days to the Wabash shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Young
Butler
Andrews
Antioch
H. M. Lambert
Charles R. Haller
E. D. Long
LaCrosse
Wis
Noah Fisher
J. M. Dawson
Prodigal Son Returns After Decatur Abduction Probe
In Decatur Indiana on August 10 sheriff investigators locate a fifteen year old boy who had left home with Fred Schafer a vegetable wagon worker near Monroeville. Schafer admits meeting the youth and taking him to his home but the boy is returned to his parents after his father intervened and the matter concluded without charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
T. J. Durkin
George King
Monroeville
Fred Schafer
E. W. Steele
Steele
Schafer
Jesse Kelly
Mr. King
Steuben Old Settlers to Hold Annual Reunion
Angoia Ind Aug 13 Senator Stephen A Powers will preside at Old Settlers day events Thursday in Angola. Morning sessions at the Methodist church will welcome the aged residents followed by a noon picnic and a joy ride by automobile. Afternoon program shifts to the court house park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Ind
Stephen A. Powers
Court House Park
Noble Pioneer James W Sweet Dies After Long Illness
Albion Indiana August 12 James W Sweet long time Noble county resident died after a prolonged illness He was born in Huron county Ohio and moved to Noble county with his parents in 1842 at age five Funeral services will be held at the Sweet church Tuesday at 1 30 PM
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Ind
James W. Sweet
Noble County
Huron—county
Ohio
Sweet
Decorators Arrive to Ornament Presbyterian Church
Theodore Wiegman Frank Hartman and Grover Wichinkrider of the O J Rover & Son decorating firm Fort Wayne arrived in Columbia City Indiana to prepare staff and interior decoration. They will work about three weeks beginning Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Theodore Wiegman
Frank .Hartman
Grover Wichinkrider
O. J. Rover & Son
Fort Whyne
Presbyterian Church
Colum bia City Bride Keeps Marriage Secret
Miss Clara Helmuth formerly a telephone operator at South Whitley and Silver Lake married W. W. Stauffer of Nappanee on July 3, a secret made public this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Clara Helmuth
South Whitley
Silver Lake
W. W. Stauffer
Nappanee
Wabash man fined for Sunday liquor sale
In Wabash Indiana circuit court Fred Mertz a balloonkeeper was fined sixty dollars for selling liquor on Sunday. The case is part of a broader set of Riksnarrt mer actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Fred Mertz
Baloonkeeper
Riksnarrt Mer
Chicken thieves haul fifty six young chickens in Bluffton
Bluffton Indiana August 9 Local police received a notice from Harmon Lindamann of the old Wiley farm south of town that chicken thieves raided Wednesday night taking fifty six fine young chicks Officers traced a wagon seen near the farm at 2 am and a suspect on the south side is under surveillance Residents Mrs Lindemann and Mrs Moon reported missing birds with uncertain counts Local officers expect arrests and warn Decatur and Fort Wayne police to watch for the suspect and possible buyers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindemann
Charles Pierce
Henry Fritz
Pierce
Decatur
Fort Wayne
Monroeville News highlights and upcoming events
Monroeville Indiana notices list visitors from Sturgis Chicago Lima and Mishawaka. Local happenings include a big Red Men pow wow Aug 28, a St Rose ice cream social Aug 15, theater by Our Own Stock Co Aug 22, and school opening Sept 13 led by Prof A R Parker. Oil business expands with a new tank house and 24000 gallons sold in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroeville
Ind
Frank Johnson
Sturgis
Mich
J. B. Miller
G. C. Hunsicker
Bluffton
Henry Hunsicker
Will Rundell
Decatur
Frank Holsaple
Crawford County
Woodburn
F. D. Walters
Manitou Beach
C. A. Frankes
The
Christian Church
Wm. McClure
Cleveland
Fred Snodgrass
Lima
Marie Arnold
Montpelier
Sweaney
St. Rose Church
L. D. Reh
Germaine
Ossian
G. W. Ireland
Rev
Red
Wm. Johnson
Stewart Brown
Emmet Gordon
Harley Kauffman
Hattie Peckham
Fort Wayne
Maude Peckham
Mishawaka
Roy Peckham
Detroit
Standard Oil Co
Messrs. Noyer and Taylor
Funican
Hal Grantham
Jones
Eel River Conference Begins Four Day Huntington Session
The sixty ninth annual Eel River Christian Conference opens Friday in Huntington at First Christian Church drawing visitors from the Eel River district. An excellent four day program is planned with fraternal greetings by Rev W H Sando of Huntington Flint Christian and Rev C A Thorp of Sickfoose Church. Rev WD Pro D D to preside as conference vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Eel River Christian Conference
Eel River District
W. H. Sando
Huntington, Flint
C. A. Thorp
Sickafoose U. B
Dhureh
Ministerial Association
Sehiel
D.D
Larwill to Have a Home-Coming
Larwill Indiana will host a home-coming on the last Friday in August, the 30th. A meeting of citizens Thursday evening approved plans, committees, and inviting all former residents to return for a day of events with a reception committee and organized program to ensure a memorable occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larwill
Ind
New Haven Notes Show Visits and Local News
New Haven Ind Aug 10 residents host guests from Chicago Fort Wayne Monroeville Canton and Goshen while several locals welcome visitors from Detroit Indianapolis Bluffton and Toledo. births picnics travels hospital recoveries weddings and relocations fill the community update with personal notices and upcoming church events.
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Mahurin
Bluffton News
Cupid
Scott
Auburn News
Raps “Hut” City
Roy
Nathan W. Cqil
Spencerville News
Reunion
Steuben Old Settlers
Noble Pioneer
Monroeville News
EEL River Conference
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