Two Indiana Men Die in Canadian Drowning
Donald C. Adams city editor of the Columbia City Post and Al Jennison of Crawfordsville drowned near Tete Jauna Alberta while on a canoe trip. Adams, 27, a Wabash College graduate, had been in journalism. Jennison, Harvard Law School graduate, planned to practice law. Their bodies had not yet been recovered.
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Columbia City
Ind
Donald C. Adams
J. W. Adams
Columbia City Post
al Jennison
Crawfordsville
Tete Jauna
Alberta
Canada
Northwest
Adams
Wabash Colege
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Jennison
Harvard Law School
Eel River Conference Opens in North Manchester
The sixty eighth annual session of the Eel River conference of the Christian church convenes Friday in North Manchester at the Christian church with about two hundred visiting churchmen expected. O W Whitelock of Huntington is president and Rev W D Samuel of Warren is vice president. Rev David Hidy will lead opening services at 10 AM Friday as delegates are received and preparations for work are made. The conference continues to Tuesday afternoon with business sessions and platform speakers in the evenings. No services will be held Saturday evening.
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North Manchester
Ind
Eel River
Christian Church
O. W. Whitelock
Huntington
W. D. Samuel
Warren
David Hidy
Great Catholic fair planned at Princess rink for hospital benefit
Committees from city Catholic churches met at St Joseph's hospital to organize a September 18 to 28 festival at the Princess rink for the hospital. Officers were elected, press and booth committees named, and volunteers from Cathedral, St Marys, St Patricks, St Peters to assist. Pauls pending. Rivet boys Hasrup and Gatta began work at the Pennsylvania boiler shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Hospital
J. H. Oechtering
Jos. F. Delaney
Charles Thiele
Princess Rink
Robert T. DeWald
Frank J. Mills
Henry J. Taylor
A. A. Rinehart
Patrick J. McDonald
Wm. P. Breen
Stephen B. Fleming
Gustave Berghoff
Chas. Golden
Mart Reinhart
F. J. Mills
Louis Schwartz
S. Aurentz
Joseph F. Kroll
L. B. Hasrup
Lehman's Clothing Store
B. Gatta
The
Electric Works
Pennsylvania
Lagro Catholics Celebrate Annual Homecoming and Mid-Summer Festival
Lagro in Wabash County hosts its annual homecoming and mid-summer festival drawing former residents and villagers to a day of old fashioned fairs. The event includes an old-style church dinner at St Patrick's hall, greased pole climbing, novelty offices and eating contests with prizes awarded by the ladies of the congregation.
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Wabash
Ind
Lagro
St. Patrick's Hall
Fair air shows planned with George L Brumbaugh contract
Huntington Indiana August 15 The Fair Association and George L Brumbaugh of Indianapolis sign a contract for one daily flight during the fair week. Small flights are set for Wednesday Thursday and Friday weather permitting to show ascent and descent. A long town flight over the courthouse tower may occur Thursday or, if delayed, Friday or Saturday depending on conditions.
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Huntington
Ind
Ed Harter
The
Fair Association
George L. Brumbaugh
Indianapolis
Fair Grounds
Town
Court House Tower
Jefferson Street
Billinghurst boulevard lighting post question to be settled tonight
Kendallville Indiana August 15 The boulevard lighting post question before the city council for months likely to be decided at the regular meeting this evening. The delay centered on determining the exact number and location of posts in business and residential areas. An appropriation ordinance will be passed and Western Gas of Fort Wayne will be instructed to begin molding the posts immediately.
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Kendallville
Ind
Western Gas Company of
Fort Wayne
Warsaw site cleared for new buildings by Improvement company and Eagles
Warsaw Indiana August 13 The Warsaw Improvement company and the Eagles lodge began tearing down the old Center and Buffalo street brick building formerly occupied by Borkert's restaurant. By noon workers had made a large impression on the structure and the landmarks would soon be removed, clearing the site for new construction.
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Warsaw
Ind
Warsaw Improvement Company
Eagles Lodge
Center
Buffalo Streets
Borkert
Albion Storm Strikes Parsonage in Minor Damage
A severe electrical storm hit Albion Indiana on Sunday damaging the Methodist parsonage and knocking out lights on the town's southern area. Rev Newcombe and his wife and their 38 year old son Wayde were inside but escaped serious harm.
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Albion
Ind
Wayde
Newcombe
Miss Bess Miller to Take Up North Dakota Claim
Auburn Indiana August 15 Miss Bess Miller daughter of C W Miller will leave early next week for Rollo North Dakota to take up a claim She has been in failing health for two years and doctors advised a higher altitude She is 20 years old and determined to live alone on her claim.
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Auburn
Ind
Bess Miller
C. W. Miller
Rollo
N. D
Lightning Burns Barn Near Wabash Farm
A barn on Henry Miller's farm three miles southeast of Wabash Indiana was struck by lightning during a severe Sunday morning storm and burned to the ground. Henry Miller reported the loss with no injuries noted from the incident.
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Wabash
Ind
Henry Miller
Albion Vote Approves Town Purchase of Med
In Albion Indiana on August 15, residents voted to buy the medical facility by individual citizens. The result shows 128 in favor and 12 against the purchase.
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Albion
Ind
Winning Firemen Receive Ovation
Huntington Ind August 14 Led by local police force two autos bearing prominent fire officials the chemical and ladder wagons from the local fire departments the victorious members of the Erie fire team were escorted to the Hotel Huntington where an elaborate banquet was served them at 3 o clock Saturday afternoon. Master Mechanic W F Yergens presided as toastmaster and several officials and members of the fire team delivered toasts. Fully 500 Erie employes and spectators were present at the Erie station when the fire team arrived from Hornell New York where the boys outran all competitors and won a silver trumpet token. The Bippus band provided music and led the parade to the Huntington hotel.
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Huntington
Ind
Erie
W. F. Yergens
Erie Station
Hornell
N. Y
Bippus
Huntington Hotel
Big Reunion Noted For Houlton Family In DeKalb County
Auburn Indiana Aug 12 the twenty third annual reunion of the Houlton family and the 78th anniversary of DeKalb County's first settlement will be held Sept 4 in M K Hosuton s grove part of the old homestead. John Houston Jr the first settler was born Sept 21 1804 in Highland County Ohio and built the first house in Franklin Township on Sept 4 1833.
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Auburn
Ind
Houlton
DeKalb County
M. K. Houston
John Houston, Jr
Highland County
Ohio
Franklin Township
Pence Family Reunion Draws 300 At Tri-lake Resort
In Columbia City Indiana Aug 12 three hundred Pence family members gathered for their annual reunion at Tri-lake Resort. A noon feast fed all attendees while the Collins band provided continuous music and family performances highlighted by both young and old Pence members.
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Columbia City
Ind
Pence
Tri-lake Resort
Pences
Collins
Garrett to host DeKalb county free fall festival
Auburn Indiana reports Garrett will host the DeKalb county free fall exhibit October 4, 5 and 6. Nearly all Garrett business men support the festival with only one citizen opposing. A number of committees will be appointed to organize the event.
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Auburn
Ind
Garrett
DeKalb County
Autoists Have Close Call Near Warren
Edward Mossburg of Warren and Bert Worrel of Van Buren escaped serious injury when Mossburg’s Buick ditched to avoid a Clover Leaf train a mile west of Warren. A dog in the rear seat was killed when thrown against the passing train.
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Bluffton
Ind
Edward Mossburg
Warren
Bert Worrel
van Buren
Mossburg
Jelly causes scare as Ossian baby burns
Bluffton Indiana August 12. The one year old child of Mr and Mrs Evan Hoover residing near Ossian sat in a kettle of hot jelly. The burns left the baby in a precarious condition though doctors expect recovery.
Free rides for kids at Old Settler's Day parade
Columbia City Indiana August 14 The Old Settler s Day committee plans to give every county child under 14 a ticket for a ride on the merry go round or Ferris wheel if they participate in the August 17 parade on bicycles or ponies. The bicycle and pony entrants will form behind the cars and march in the same route.
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Columbia City
Ind
Old Settler's Day Committee
LaGrange Driving Club Announces Elmwood Race Meet
LaGrange Driving Club plans a big race meeting at Elmwood Driving Park near town. The event will be held next Thursday August 17 with A L Hogmire serving as secretary while organizers push to ensure a successful meet.
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Lagrange
Ind
Lagrange Driving Club
Elmwood
A. L. Hogmire
Organizing Lodgework Reported in South Whitley
South Whitley Indiana August 12 H Fogel of Columbia City has spent the past week organizing a local lodge connected with the Ben Hur Indiana organization.
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South Whitley
Ind
H. Fogel
Columbia City
Indiana
Tri-County Fair Opens Tomorrow in Warren Indiana
The Warren Tri County Fair will open tomorrow with promises of the largest crowd in its history. Concessions limited to first class attractions include a Wild West show with bucking broncos real Indians and cow punchers. The Warren Fair association invites all to attend and enjoy facilities including a rest tent sparkling water and ample exhibits.
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Warren
Ind
Warren Tri-County
Warren Fair Association
Lightning Damages Home. Injures Huntington Man
In Clear Creek township on Saturday morning a lightning strike shattered a locust tree near the Burkhart residence and broke windows. Mr. Burkhart suffered severe burns to both knees and will be off work for some time, while his wife and household were unharmed.
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Huntington
Ind
Daniel Burkhart
Clear Creek Township
Winged ants invade Huntington disrupting evening
In Huntington on Saturday evening winged ants swarmed the city, slipping past all screens. Observers described people swatting the pests and being crawled over by the small winged insects, which caused widespread annoyance though they did not bite.
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Huntington
Ind
Potatoes Unearth Odd Bone-In Brownie Relic Find
Monroe Indiana resident Mrs Amos Brandyberry found a potato that grew through a bone hole from a steak, forming a natural brownie like shape. She presented the curious potato, plans to preserve it by petrifying it as a relic.
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Monroe
Ind
Amos Brandyberry
Postal Saving Bank Opens in Auburn Indiana
Postal Saving bank opened this morning at the Auburn post office with clerks busy taking deposits. The office began at 7 o clock and early customers included several youngsters making the first deposits. Amounts ranged from ten cents to 500 dollars.
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Auburn
Ind
Dogs Do Costly Damage In Avilla Sheep Kill
Two vicious dogs attacked a sheep flock owned by John Teders near Avilla Indiana, killing five sheep and causing about 60 dollars in losses before they were driven away on Saturday morning.
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Avilla
Ind
John Teders
Walked on hot coals injures Indiana child
Columbia City Indiana August 14 Harold Kyler age four son of Jacob Kyler residing on the Gallivan farm west of the city stepped on red hot coals raked from a threshing engine and burned the bottoms of both feet badly. Dr E V Nolt dressed the injuries and the child may have crippled feet as a result of the mishap.
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Columbia City
Ind
Harold Kyler
Jacob Kyler
Gallivan Farm
E. V. Nolt
Albion Election Questioned Municipal Ownership Vote
Residents of Albion Indiana are worked up over the municipal ownership referendum on the lighting and water plant. Voters await tallies to be released after this evening’s count.
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Albion
Ind
Otis Receives Note From New York Publisher
A. R. Otis of Kendallville Indiana has received word from Doubleday Page & Co New York that a note or communication has arrived. The letter relates to an upcoming event or publication. Details are unclear in the partial dispatch.
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Kendallville
Ind
R. Otis
Doubleday -Page
New York
South Whitley Alumni Hold Annual Reunion Banquet
South Whitley Indiana alumni gathered in town for their annual reunion. Over a hundred graduates attended with a morning business session, afternoon social program, and an evening banquet and dance. Robert Weiner acts as president after Roy Norris’s longtime tenure.
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South Whitley
Ind
South Whitley High School
K. of P
Robert Weiner
Roy Norris
Falls 250 Feet and Lives Old Settlers Balloon Tragedy
At Ridgeville on August 11 during the Old Settlers gathering for Jay and Randolph counties an aeronaut from Franklin named Will S. Norton fell about 250 feet after his balloon exploded. Norton struck a large oak and was rescued after the limb was broken and he became lodged in the tree as thousands watched.
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Portland
Ind
Jay
Randolph Counties
Ridgeville
Will S. Norton
Franklin
Norton
Garrett Youth Purposes Iodine Poisoning Incident
Erwin Bowers of Garrett Indiana is in critical condition after swallowing iodine at his Lee street home. Authorities and family believe despondency from tuberculosis and unemployment may have driven the act, with the boy's parents insisting the poison was mistaken for castor oil.
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Erwin
Castoria
Robbers Enter Huntington Home Steal Silverware Cash
In Huntington Indiana on August 11 robbers entered the John Hollinger home in Wayne township through a window by the porch. They pried the lock with a file found nearby and took silverware about $100 in cash and some eatables. The screen was removed and left on the porch.
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Huntington
Ind
John Hollinger
Wayne Township
Injured in Stoppping Team in Hartford City
Isaac Bennett was severely hurt while trying to stop a runaway team on East Grant street. He was thrown under the horses, trampling his body and sustaining a broken left shoulder blade and two scalp wounds. Dr. Dodds attended and dressed the injuries.
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Hartford City
Ind
Isaac Bennett
East Grant Street
Dodds
Peeping intruder shocks Liberty Center residents
Bluffton Indiana August 9 a strange man peering through a bedroom window at Ira Yelton the Liberty Center bank cashier frightened Mrs Yelton and Miss Bardin of Covington Kentucky. The intruder fled when spoken to bloodhounds could not be sent immediately for search. investigation expected.
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Bluffton
Ind
Ira Yelton
Liberty Center Bank
Indianapolis
Yelton
Dilgard Plans Modern Auburn Casket Display Rooms
Ray C. Dilgard of Auburn has returned from Chicago after purchasing funeral equipment from Western Funeral Equipment. He has leased the Hoff building on Eighth Street to establish undertaking and show rooms, creating one of Indiana's most up-to-date casket display rooms.
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Auburn
Ind
Ray C. Dilgard
Chicago
Western Funeral Equipment Companys
Indiana
New Haven School Prof B H Smith Named Superintendent
The New Haven Indiana school system announces Prof. B H Smith as superintendent for the coming year with Miss Clara Sheridan as assistant. A partial list of teachers includes Miss Maud Caps in Primary, Miss Jennie Allen in Intermediate, Miss Houk in District No 2, Miss Minnie Boblet in District No 8, and Rae Woolever in District No 11.
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New Haven
Ind
B. H. Smith
Clara Sheridan
Maud Caps
Jennie Allen
Houk
Minnie Boblet
Rae Woolever
Hero of two wars dies in Decatur Indiana
Andrew DeVinney aged 82, a veteran of two wars, died at his Decatur home from heart neuralgia after months of good health until a sudden attack last Monday. He passed away at an early hour yesterday.
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Decatur
Ind
Andrew DeVinney
Nonagenarian passes away in Auburn visit
Mrs. Saran Tripp aged ninety one died yesterday forenoon at the home of her niece Mrs. John Brown in Auburn Indiana after a long trip from Ontario Canada. She had arrived for a visit and planned to move to the city but the journey proved too strenuous for her weak condition.
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Auburn
Ind
Saran Tripp
John Brown
Brown
Ontario
Canada
Fire Threat Near Barn at Washburn Farm
Mel Miller of Washburn block hardware owns a farm three miles north of Columbia City Indiana. A brush fire swept a twenty acre pasture and forty rods of rail fence Wednesday afternoon. It stopped within two feet of a straw stack leaning against the barn after a hard battle.
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Columbia Citys
Ind
Mel Miller
Washburn Block Hardware
Emery wheel bursts injure worker at Dalton foundry
In Warsaw Indiana Abe Morehouse suffered severe injuries when a massive emery wheel at the Dalton foundry exploded into pieces. A fragment struck his head causing a deep cut and narrowly missed a fatal blow if it had struck an inch lower.
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Warsaw
Ind
Abe , Morehouse
Dalton Foundry
Morehouse
Hartford City Harvest Fatality In Heat
Robert K. Harper aged 62 of Hartford City collapsed and died in a field on the George Willman farm east of town on the Camden pike. Officials say heart trouble aggravated by heat likely caused the death.
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Hartford City
Ind
Robert K. Harper
George Willman
Camden Pike
Aged farmer Shipley Wilson dies near Sedan
Auburn Indiana August 12 87 year old Shipley Wilson died at home just west of Sedan after a five year cancer illness. He endured months of pain before passing away Friday morning at 8 o clock.
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Auburn
Ind
Shipley Wilson
Sedan
County Superintendent Sends Teacher Instructions
Albion Indiana August 11 County Superintendent W A Beane of Albion is busy sending instructions to the various teachers over the county. The dispatch aims to standardize curricula and improve classroom methods. Teachers are asked to report back with progress and needs for support.
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Albion
Ind
A. Beane
Dragoo Couple Landed an Eighteen-Pound Pike
Mr and Mrs F E Dragoo of Auburn Indiana are the focus at Crooked Lake where they hooked a remarkable forty inch pike. After a half hour fight the eighteenth pound fish was landed drawing attention from locals.
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Auburn
Ind
F. E. Dragoo
Crooked Lake
Thieves Steal Health in Twelve Years of Woe
Coal City Alabama man Ww. Bends laments a long ordeal as thieves stole his health for twelve years through liver and kidney trouble, allegedly worsened by a dubious remedy called King’s Life Pulse. The fragment hints at a consumer fraud or medical scare story with a dubious diagnosis and remedy.
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Bends
Coal City
Ala
King
Final Settlement Notice for Charlies F. Gmriffe Estate
Creditors heirs and legatees of Charlies F. Gmriffe must appear at the Allen Circuit Court Fort Wayne Indiana on September 4 1911 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship for distributive shares Administrator George W Graffe and Clerk William E Gerding noted. Attorneys Harper and Eggeman for estate. Aug 2-9-1916
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Neatire
Charlies F. Gmriffe
Aten
Ecourt
Fort Wayne
Indiana
George W. Graffe
Margareth Fischer
Allen
Mark Ormiston
Elwin M. Hulse Executor Named
Court record names Elwin M. Hulse as executor with witnesses and clerk notes dated July 26 1911 in Coupe court. Charles M Niezer attorney listed for the estate with filing details and clerk signatures.
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate in Allen County
Creditors heirs and negates of William Bock deceased are notified to appear in the Allen circuit court Fort Wayne Indiana for final settlement. Executrix Louise Doehrmann to appear July 27 191. Clerk WM Gerding and Atty W Kuhne listed. Aug 29 16
Heirs and Legatees of Mark Ormiston in Allen County Court
Public notice in Allen Circuit Court Fort Wayne Indiana requires heirs and legatees of Mark Ormiston deceased to appear on the 26th day of July 1911. Seal of WM. E. Gerding Clerk. H. Waveland Kerr attorney for estate.
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Rufus Eby
WM. E. Gerding
Allen Circuit
H. Waveland Kerr
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Crown
Eel River Conference
St. Jo
Seph’s Hospital
Princess
Wabash County
Huntington Fair
Birdman
Angola
Huntington Erie
Homeland
Dekalb
Tri-County Fair
Bolt
Postal Bank
South Whitley School
Reunion
Garrett Youth
Peeper
Liberty Center
John David Burkholder
Allen County
Henry Burkholder
Heaton & Heaton
Atty’s
Eastern
Thompson Real Estate Agency
Broadway
H. P. Fletcher
Fhone
Elwin M. Hulse
Eee
Wiliam Bock
Allen Circuit Court
Fort Wasyné
Louise Doehrmann
William B. Lamborn
Calvin Burnham
McAdams & Hartzeln
Teaehue
Warrswest
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
Ness
He & W. Moreland
Mr. D
E. W. Moreland Co
Wayne
Fort
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