Democrats Open Chicago Office In Wilson Campaign
In Chicago the Democratic campaign opened a new Karpen building headquarters with Joseph E. Davies in charge and Reed and Wade leading departments. Senator Reed attacked Roosevelt over the Archbold-Penrose inquiry while Gore planned a Wichita kickoff. Dunne schedules stops in Oblong Ashburn Shelbyville Ottawa and Quincy with Kennedy sharing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Karpen
South
Michigan Avenue
Joseph E. Davies
James A. Reed
Missouri
Martin J. Wade
Iowan
Davies
Western Board of Directors
Frank Lord
New York
Washington
Reed
Roosevelt
Senate
Kansas
Gore
Whansas
Wichita
Edward F. Dunne
Ashbum
Shelbyville
Quincy
Ottawa
John C. Kennedy
Elks Term Suit Filed in Dayton Over Name and Insignia
W A Geoghegan and A J Dwyer of the local Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks lodge filed suit in common pleas court to enjoin the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World from using the Elk name badge and insignia. The national convention of the colored Elks opened in Dayton and will run for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
Elk
Common Pleas Court
W. A. Geohegan
A. J. Dwyer
Benevolent and P’rotective Order of Elks
National Convention of the Colored Elks
Fire destroys big barn in Bluffton area with valuable horse
A large barn on the Marion Kelley farm in Jay county near Wells county was struck by lightning during a severe storm early Monday, burning down with its contents including a valuable horse. The barn was used by Chris Prouty, son-in-law of Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Ind
Marion Kelley
Jay County
Wells County
Chris Prouty
Kelley
Mohlers honor Amos Mohler with ninety one year birthday gathering
Relatives gathered at Lake Avenue home to celebrate Amos Mohler of Huntington turning ninety one. Mr. Ora E Mohler hosted the dinner honoring his father with a full family reunion style gathering and generous hospitality from the Lake Avenue household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora E. Mohler
Lake ‘Avenue
Traction Company Heads Attend Fort Wayne Picnic Frolic
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company department heads and families joined a Tecumseh Trail outing near Lafayette. The private car Lawton carried executives across the western division for an old fashioned basket dinner and recreation with leaders including E. S. Myers, Harry E. Vordermark, J. A. Greenland, C. E. Palmer, Co. E. Warwick, F. J. Stevens, and Fred R. Fahlsing aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Indiana Traction Company
Big System
Lawton
Tecumseh Trail
Lafayette
Robison Park
Young Women’s Christian Association Sets 25-Year Rule
Chicago August 27 The Young Women’s Christian Association board on Michigan Avenue revised its age rule announcing women become no longer young after 25. Twenty one tenants over 25 were asked to vacate by September 2 to make room for younger residents, a shift aimed at aiding girls with city employment seeking protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Young Women’s Christian Association
Michigan Boulevard
Pata
Law Professors Debate Judge Recall as Race Issue
The Minneapolis session hears white lawyers excluded the two negro members from seats, while Kellogg notes opposition to recalling judges. McGovern addresses 1000 lawyers urging merit over technicalities, as Gregory opens the association’s program on judicial questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. R. Morris
Minneapolis
Association
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Seneca M. Taylor
St. Louis
Assembly of Commissioners
Executive Committee
Lewis
Francis E.mcgovern
Co A
Gregory
Chicago
the ‘Association
Isesal
Husband's body found in Chicago morgue after elevated train death
Mrs. Gerge W. Knoll returned to Chicago from Fort Wayne to find her husband missing. Hours later his unidentified body was found in a Chicago morgue, believed killed by an elevated train last Friday. He was 34, survived by a widow and a 10 year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Gerge W. Knoll
E. F. Ludwig
East
Pontiac Street
Knoll
Ludwig
George Knoll
W. H. Knoll
Miner Street
Concordia College Sees Enrollment Rise in 1912 13 Term
Concordia College opens September 4, 1912 with enrollment expected to reach at least 280 students, twenty more than last year. Rev. Martin Luecke notes no changes to the faculty as students arrive in Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia College
Martin Luecke
New Inspector S Siegfried Joins Fort Wayne Postoffice Office
S E Siegfried from Newark arrives in Fort Wayne to assist Postoffice Inspector W B Piatt. He will spend several weeks in the city as deputy, replacing Mrs Siegfried who formerly served as assistant postmaster there and has been promoted to a higher role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Siegfried
Piatt
Siegfried
Newark
Fort Wayne
Ballou Emerges in Indiana Progressive Nomination Battle
In Lagrange county the progressive district convention faces a clash over Louis N. Litman’s congress bid with William N. Ballou as a strong alternative. Key figures include Colonel D. N. Foster and Charles S. Bush, while Olaf N. Guldlin will address the suffrage faction and Beveridge and Lanis headline the speakers. The ticket, chaired by Foster, aims to field new names and seat women on stage, amid shifting loyalties within the Bull Moose ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis N. Litman
Lagrange
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Lilman
Congress
D. N. Foster
Allen County
Progressives
Litman
William N. Ballou
Ballow
Bailou, Hoffman & Romberg
Lagrange County
Foster
Charles S. Bush
Bush
Ballou
Olaf N. Guldlin
Temple Theater
Twelfth District
Albert J. Beveridge
Frederick Lanis
Vester
Civit
Homer C. Underwood
Frank P. Wwitts
D. D. Miller
Oskar Boulton
L. L. Bart
Attorney Underwood
Underwood
Going to Paris to Write on Music and the Drama
Hiram Kelly Moderwell of 2527 Hoagland avenue, Fort Wayne, will leave Fort Wayne at noon tomorrow for New York for program work on music and the drama. The notice indicates travel to Paris as part of his assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Kelly Moderweill
H. C. Moderwell
Hoagland Avenue
Fort Wayne
New York
Young Harvard Man to Cover Paris Music and Drama
Mr Moderwell to sail around September 15 for Paris to serve as foreign correspondent for several metropolitan dailies. An accomplished musician and critic, he will write on music and drama for the Boston Transcript and Chicago Inter Ocean and sell material to other papers including a New York outlet. He aims to broaden his field with feature articles while gaining foreign city acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Mr. Moderwell
Mrr. Moderwell
Harvard
Moderwell
Boston Transcript
Chicago Inter-Ocean
New York
Birth announcements [citywide list of newborns]
A long column records numerous births to multiple families at various streets and routes. Entries name the parents and addresses, noting daughters and sons born at homes in the city, with several repeating patterns and a few broken lines.
Blanche Scott to attempt Dover to Calais hydro flight
Blanche Stuart Scott, America’s only professional aviatrix after Harriet Quimby, plans a Dover to Calais hydro aeroplane flight and return within a month. She will also test an aeroplane flight from New York to Grant’s Tomb and Woolworth Tower, weather permitting, while stressing pioneers’ risks in aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Stuart Scott
Harriet Quimby
America
Miss Quimby
English Channel
Miss Scott
Dover
Calais
Fort Wayne
Bud” Mars
Curtis
New York
Governor’s Island
Grant
Auto Stalled in Death's Pathway at Crossing
Dr F W Joslin, a Fort Wayne native, was killed with his wife and young son when a Grand Rapids and Indiana train struck their car at a Howard City crossing. Mrs Joslin died aboard a hospital train. Mrs Henrietta Joslin was badly hurt. Burr Joslin survived with minor injuries. the driver allegedly stalled the auto onto the tracks in the moment before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Morris
Howard City
Mich
F. W. Joslin
Fort Wayne
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Joslin
Howard
Big Rapids
Henrietta Joslin
Little Burr
Justins
New’ York
Tragic drownings of three girls in Sugar Creek near Bloomingdale
In Bloomingdale Indiana three Sunday school girls from the Friends church drowned while wading in Sugar creek. Names Corla M'Kay 16 Lydia Harvey 17 Fay Wilkins 17. Their teacher Miss Anna Williams and two other girls were present. Williams was rescued by her younger brother who was driving the carriage. Bodies recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale
Ind
Friends Church
Sugar Creek
Corla M’kay
Lydia Harvey
Fay Wilkins
Anna Williams
Near death on motorcycle in Gary fire incident
Esther Smith narrowly escaped death in Gary on August 27 as a motorcycle rode with Roy Roberts. Sitting on the gasoline tank, a spark from the motor ignited dripping gasoline, clothing caught fire, and Roberts’ clothes also caught. Interurban passengers helped extinguish flames and both were taken home in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Esther Smith
Roy Roberts
Roberts
Guard contest crowns Roscoe Cover for governor prize
Indianapolis Aug 27 The governor prize rifle match at Fort Benjamin Harrison ends with Sergeant Roscoe Cover Franklin Co E Second Infantry winning with 310 points. Lieutenant John Crane Angola Co B Third Infantry takes second with 307 and Lieutenant John W Hurt Indianapolis Co D Second Infantry is third with 306.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Roscoe Cover
Franklin
Co. E
John Crane
Angola
Co. B
John W. Hurt
Co. D
Fearful father ends his life at home in Indianapolis
James H. Smith, 76, killed himself with a razor over family troubles and fear of his son leaving. His body was found by daughter-in-law Mrs Daniel Smith after she went to call him to the telephone. Neighbors said police had been called Saturday when clothing was thrown from the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
James H. Smith
Daniel Smith
Alleged Bill Raiser Taken by U S Secret Service
Hammond Indiana August 7 Ega Mala tin accused by federal authorities of shifting ten and one hundred dollar bills and passing them in many states. He was arrested on orders from Captain Porter of the United States secret service. His home is listed as Youngstown Ohio. He will be taken to Indianapolis for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Ega Malatin
Porter
United States Secret Service
Yungstown
Indianapolis
Notice of Sale of Estate Real Property Fort Wayne 1912
In Allen County Indiana Allen Circuit Court Sept Term 1912 In Re Estate of Jane Chamberlain deceased To Eliza A Smart and others heirs and relatives all over twenty one years old Minn ie B Boshler Administratrix petitions court for order to sell estate real estate to raise assets for debts and liabilities Hearing set October 17 1912 Fort Wayne Indiana Aug 9 1912 seal clerk and court officials appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Alen County
Allen
Jane Chamberlain
Eliza A. Smart
Nancie E. Tullock
Fannie W. Donaldson
Anna J. Brett
Alexander H. Brown
Elizabeth A. Cartle
Sarah J. Coulter
Mary M. Brown
Hugh A. Brown
Emma ©. Coates
William McKay Brown
Frederick Brown
Frederick William Brown
Minnie Brown
Gilbert Brown
Ethel Brown
Imma Brown
Clayton Brown
Edna Brown
Minnie B. Boshler
Circuit Court
Ahen County
State of
Indiana
Court House
City of
Fort Wayne
Allen County
WM. E. Gerding
Notice to creditors and heirs in Bohling estate Fort Wayne
Notice to the creditors heirs and legatees of Louisa Bohling deceased to appear in Allen circuit court Fort Wayne Indiana on September 17 1912 to show cause why final settlement accounts with the estate should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Executrix Mary D Bog Witness clerk seal and attorneys Colerick Hogan for Est why 21-28-4 Appointment of Administratrix Notice signed appoints administratrix of Henry H Springer estate Allen county Indiana solvent St Moses Tr Aug 14-21-28 Administratrix Appointment of Administrator Charles J Hodis deceased Allen county Indiana Administrator BANE attorney for Estate 38-why-3t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Bohling
Allen
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Mary D
BO G
WN. E. Gprding
Allen Circuit Court
Colerick & Hogan
Attys
Henry H. Springer
Allen County
St Moses
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democrats
Wilson Boomers
John C. Peterson
Blanche E. Lester
William Schmidt
Wilhelmina Leinker
Elks
Amos Mohler
Mrs. Knoll
George W. Knoll
Hiram Kelly Moderwell
August C. Wedde
Barthold Street
Edward W. Ely
East Taber Street
Frank Kumpper
Adolph Roggen
Oneida ‘Street
Frederick Kanning
Wiesser Park Avenue
Martin Scheiman
East Leith Street
Theodore Bohn
George .C. Kiiitz
Cass Street
Thomas
AL. Burns
Fred Lichman
Grant Avenue
Henry Con Prange
Swinney
Mra. Horn
Ner
Becquette ‘Street
D. Roberts
Kinnaird. Avenue
Bort
Willa Fotson
Blanche
Scott
Dr. Joslin
Cross
James FE. Graham
Pestoner
Charles
J. Hodis
Allen Counity
Bane
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