Warning note found in suicide of Kendallville postal clerk
Kendallville Indiana December 3 Before taking his own life William F Krehl a Lake Shore postal clerk left a note blaming his death on yielding to evil companions and warning others to avoid drink He noted his failure to say no and asked forgiveness The funeral was held at his home with the Masons and Knights of Pythias in attendance
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Kendallville
Ind
William’.F. Krehl
Lake Shore
W. F
Krehl
J. W. Smith
Martin Kretzmann
Spencerville High Boys Win Doubleheader Thanksgiving
The Spencerville and Montpelier high schools split two games while St. Joe and Spencerville also played, with Spencerville taking the first 38 to 18 and the second 40 to 19. The hall was crowded for the holiday contests and local residents attended dinner after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencerville
Ind
George Beams
Wellingston Center
F. L. Beams
Henry Beams
Montpelier
Spencerville High School
St. Joe and
J. F. Baltz
Railroad Street
Rolly Moffet
Pauline
Jessie
Auburn
W. A. Sommers
Frank Baltz
St. Joe
Samuel Steward
Guy Strong
Ashley
Rummel
Harvey Beams
Slabaugh
Miami County
W. G. Erick
Fort Wayne
Charles Chapman
L. O. Wade
C. G. Reetenwal
Arcola Social News Recaps Thanksgiving and Visits
Arcola Indiana reports a flurry of Thanksgiving gatherings and visitors. Mr and Mrs Wm Oser host relatives from Fort Wayne and nearby towns including Clark Oser and Mary Clark among others. Fort Wayne guests also enjoy Sunday at the Oser home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Ind
Wm. Oser
John Clark
Michael Oser
Howard
Clarence Oser
Carrie
Louise Oser
Mary Clark
Mary Corbet
Edward
Doris ‘Oser
Ray Maddix
Martha Merrimani
Lydia Harrison
Blanche Ard
John Oser
Baby
Fort Wayne
Clarence Swinehart
August Kinder
Valparaiso
Knode Steele
South Bend
Robert Manier
Jule Beams
August Manier
Michael Hoben
Nash Reed
Kokomo
Obituary: Jacob Keyser of Zanesville Dies at 67
Jacob Keyser, born June 23 1845 to Henry and Catherine Keyser, died November 25 1912 at his home in Zanesville Indiana at age 67. He married Adaline Seamon on February 23 1868 and left a widow with thirteen children five sons and eight daughters. Funeral at St John’s church Wells County drew many mourners with burial nearby.
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Zanesville
Ind
Jacob Keyger
Henry
Catherine Keyser
Adaline Seamon
Creak
Elgie
Elsie
Panama
Florence
Jesse
Texas
Keyser
Church
Ertals
St. John’s
Wells County
Elected Head Of Schools In Columbia County
Mrs Maude S Tucker niece of B Dunnuck and former Kosciusko County teacher won the Columbia County superintendent of schools post as the Democratic candidate by a 342 vote plurality. The county typically leans Republican by about 400 votes.
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Warsaw
Ind
Maude S Tucker
Dunnuck
Kosciusko County
Columbia County
Washington
GARRETT BURGLARS NOT APPREHENDED
In Garrett Indiana officers seek to identify burglars who broke into the B and O railroad round house construction office. They carried a 540 pound safe weighing about 540 pounds nearly 100 feet, then forced it open with sledges and a crowbar and seized about 350 dollars. Local men suspected as perpetrators.
Wedding Bells in Sheldon as Nora Sparks Marries Grover Patten
A very beautiful wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Sparks Thanksgiving day when their daughter Nora became the bride of Grover Patten of near Zanesville Indiana. Rev Bishop of Zanesville officiated. A bounteous turkey dinner followed with relatives from Sheldon Zanesville Roanoke Fort Wayne and Ossian in attendance.
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Sheldon
Ind
W. Sparks
Nora
Grover Patten
Zanesville
Bishop
Will Sparks
Talmage
Vergil
Artie Sparks
Martin Patten
Chester Wert
Alvin Smith
Harvey Jackson
Roanoke
Frances Smith
Ethel Straley
Fort Wayne
Celice
Harmon Crouse
Ed. Palmer
Louis Swain
Ossian
Ida Brinckley
J. E. Miller
Jacob Harler
Pearl Nicholson
W. Schoonover
E. Ludwick
Geo. Bubb
W. Brindle
Nanver
Westlake
Grand Rapids
Mich
Fitch
David Baker
Clarence Baker
Henrietta
Loretta
Mabel Cochran
Fay Reed
Hazel Weaver
Della Norhood
William Greeks
Nick Crickmore
Harvey Reed
Will Flum
Convoy Social News Recaps Local Visits and Weddings
Convoy Ohio notices multiple visits among Cecil Van Wert Lima and Galion residents. Edits report engagements and a wedding between Gertrude Ryan and Chas Kessler plus a bride shower by Frankie Zentz. Various families travel to Fort Wayne Decatur Bluffton Monroeville and Zeccumee. Jacoba orchestra entertained in Convoy.
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Ohio
Thomas Forder
Cecil
Robert Cleland
J. W. Snyder
Dal Snyder
J. E. Britenburg
Mabel
Wren
Vida
Hilda Friedly
Amelia Miller
Ida Scaer
John Miller
van Wert
8. C. Bowen
Bertha
Ruth
Rose Reynolds
Cleo Ramsey
Wm. Kever
Gertrude
Lima
Ruth Reynolds
Galion
Edith Lorimer
Elizabeth Jacobs
Gertrude Ryan
Lester Spratt
Middlepoint
Speee
Oorchestra
Van.Wert
Norma. Etter
Mra
Tom
Meads and Verlin
Four Injured In Auto Accident Near Huntington
Four persons were injured when a car driven by A. E. Scott of Akron, Indiana, left Goshen road five miles north of Huntington and somersaulted into a ditch. The occupants J. B. Wachter James E. Bright and Clarence Erb suffered severe cuts and possible internal injuries. The car was new and demolished. They were en route after visiting Horace Larue at Huntington hospital.
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Huntington
Ind
A. E. Scott
Akron
Here
Dr. Scott
J. BR. Wachter
James E. Bright
Clarence Erb
Scott
Horace Larue
Huntington Hospital
Goshen Road
Ossian Notes Report Church Activities and Visits
Ossian Ind December notes highlight Christmas bazar plans at the Presbyterian church by Dec 12 and revival progress at Mt Pleasant with over 100 conversions. Local visits include Edith Hatfield of Winona Lake and many Ossian residents hosting and visiting relatives in Montpelier Bluffton Fort Wayne and Columbus Ohio.
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Ossian
Ind
Edith Hatfield
Winona Lake
Ossian Friends
Montpelier
Philip Koons
Frank Gorrell
The
Presbyterian Church
Dale Ferguson
Woodburn
L. L. Allen
Drew Elzey
Decatur
Lizzie Johnston
A. G. Johnston
J. Frank Gorrell
Joseph Cunningham
Fatcher
Resler
Mt. Pleasant
W. O. Smith and Son
Howard
W. T. Hood
Wabash
Smith
Hood
Rem. A. Johnston
Liberty Center
Frank Garrett
Will Shady
Fort Wayne
Jacob Osborn
James Wilson
Henry Wilson
Columbia City
Wolcott
Detroit
Will Gibson
Art Gibson
Texarkana
L. W. Stull
Daniel
Columbus
L. D. Rehl
Stull
Big Four
Cincinnati
Charles I. Weirich
W. Weirich
Robinson, Ill
Cy Wilson
Carl Wilson
Ladies- Aid Society of Prospect Church
Fuller
Misa Daisy Fox
Wiiondale
Josephus
Caston
Ivan Hoover
Michigan
Ned Caston
Drops Dead While Taking Off Coat
Bluffton Ind Nov 30 Death came very suddenly Friday afternoon to William Betts a well known Wells county resident. He had been in good health that day and after returning from barn work entered a room where his daughter and son were and began to remove his coat. He collapsed and died within moments. Betts aged 60 had long suffered heart area pains and is believed to have had heart trouble though never treated. He was married to Minnie Walburn and survived by two daughters and three sons.
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Bluffton
Ind
William Betts
Wells County
Murder trial begins in Van Wert for Bulgarian accused
In Van Wert Ohio a jury trial opens for Staman Kostantinoff alias Stamant Nelsiff charged with the murder of Pietro Dieniff, a cook for Bulgarian rail gang on the Pennsylvania line at Convoy. State calls 29 witnesses. defense 24. Kostantinoff pleads self defense. He is about 24, held since June 25 in the county jail.
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Kerns
Clark Good
W. H. Dailey
Kostantinoff
Pietro Dieniff
Pennsylvania
America
Bulgaria
Thanksgiving News From Monroeville and Nearby
Local notes report Miss Reta French visiting Angola for Thanksgiving. N R Davidson returned from Ohio. Dr W A Connelly and Miss Maggie Connelly visited An gola. Families attended events in Fort Wayne and Bloomington. Birth announced for Bert Paylor’s daughter. Injury case ends in amputation for two fingers. Town blacked out due to burned wire at the electric light plant.
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Monroeville
Ind
Reta French
Public
Angola
N. R. Davidson
Ohio
W. A. Connelly
Maggie Connelly
Henry Shank
F. Luenberger
H. E. Steinman
the Majestic
Fort Wayne
M. E
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Old People’s Home
Warren
Violet Whittern
Bloomington
David Hunsicker
Decatur
Henry Hunsicker
Bluffton
Preston Arnold
Virginia
G. C. Hunsicker
Clyde Shaffer
Trumbull County
Bert Paylor
Marshal Peckham
J. M. Stephens
Floyd Ort
Steinman
Electric Light
New Pipe Organ Arrives for West Walnut Street Church
Portland Indiana reports a new 23 000 pipe organ for West Walnut Street Church of Christ arriving this week. The organ was funded by a 1500 gift from Mrs Alice Chamberlin and makes the city’s third church with a pipe organ joining the Presbyterian and Methodist houses of worship.
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Portland
Ind
West Walnut Street Church
Princeton teen wounded in accidental gun discharge
Mary Simmons seventeen year old daughter of Patrick Simmons of Dazelton was seriously wounded yesterday when a revolver she held discharged by accident. The bullet struck her thigh causing a deep flesh wound. The incident occurred in Princeton Indiana and local authorities are investigating the mishap.
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Princeton
Ind
Mary Simmons
Patrick Simmons
Mother Dead When Son Arrived for Thanksgiving Visit
Alva Townsend of Richland Wisconsin traveled to Hartford City Indiana to surprise his mother Mrs Elizabeth Leffler aged 85. He learned she had died five hours earlier after a brain paralysis attack on Saturday night and funeral services were set for Thanksgiving Day.
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Hartford City
Ind
Alva ©. Townsend
Richland
Wis
Elizabeth Leffler
Townsend
Antwerp News: Social Roundup and Local Travel
Antwerp Ohio residents host and visit neighbors from Fort Wayne and Paulding. A car accident near River Side park injures Thomas Forder slightly while his mother escapes unharmed. Locals include detectives Harry Harmon and various family and shopping trips to Fort Wayne and Defiance as well as ties to Detroit and Chicago. The Antwerp high school basketball team plans a Saturday game at Spencerville.
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Antwerp
Charley Hughes
Fort Wayne
William Hughes
Thomas Forder
River Side Park
Nick
Othal Harmon
Cora Michaels
N. G. Osborn
Defience
Sherwood
Burt Wait
Harlan, Ind
Zona Secrist
H. Daniels
Maggie
Bridgie Hallinan
J. R. McCabe
Minnie
Burt Reed
Grover Hill
Vere Hudson
Paulding
Gertrude Banks
al Lindemuth
Burt Clemmer
John Grice
Sherman May
Elias Elgar
Indiana Avenue
Isaac Dysinger
Carl
Chicago
C. Robison
Hazel
Friedie
Enneth
Floyd Harris
Howard Highland
Detroit
Payne
George Busby
Walter Stainfield
New Haven
Peter Munson
Wright Godfrey
David McCreary
Peru
Charley Ensign
Hicksville
Spencerville
Ind
Clyde Goshorn
Estel
Cecil
Polish couples wed after crossing oceans in Indiana
Two Polish couples from Huntington, Rosa Bohynycz and Pauline Faluk wed men Tony Romersback and John Bomersback, brothers, in a double ceremony at SS Peter and Paul churches. Rev. E J Wrobel officiated. The brides arrived two weeks earlier after long journeys seeking mates in America. A large audience witnessed the rites and a celebratory feast followed among the local construction workers.
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John Bomersback
Rosa Bohynyer
Pauline Faluk
Bomersback Brothers
America
Adams county infirmary reports show twenty eight inmates
The quarter year tally by supervisor Martin Loughlin lists 28 inmates at Adams county infirmary: 16 men 12 women with one child under six. Several locals visit relatives in nearby towns while others return home after visits. An arm injury prompts X ray at Hope hospital and doctors note potential bone splinters. The A W Connor Evangelistic company to hold union campaign next week and Miss Etta Mallonee substitutes in school.
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Decatur
Ind
Adams County Infirmary
Martin Loughlin
James Tillotson
Delphos
Oscar Lankenau
William Heilman
Tiffin
Glennys Mangold
Leah Hensley
Portland
Vera Rinehart
John Stewart
Fort Wayne
Elizabeth Burrs
Hope Hospital
Bert Weaver
Bert Croyle
Ben Siniger
Peterson
J. Q. Neptune
Fifield
Wis
Earl Jacoby
Kenton
Ohio
Jacob Magley
Shreveport
Ala
A. W. Connor Evangelistic Company
Etta Mallonee
Margaret Moran
Antwerp News Roundup of Local Visits and Medical News
Antwerp Ohio reports Samuel Clinton completes a new farm residence and secures winter safety. Scipio Indiana’s Jud Shaffer visits Antwerp while J P Mooney of Fort Wayne attends. Samuel Taylor faces stomach growth after an X ray and plans Fort Wayne surgery with Ray Waters. Several families, including Hawkings, Brown, Foster, Culbertson, Reeb, and Lathimer, visit Fort Wayne or host relatives in Antwerp during Thanksgiving and the week.
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Antwerp
Ohio
Samuel Clinton
Jud Shaffer
Scipio Township
Allen County
Ind
J. P. Mooney
Fort Wayne
Samuel Taylor
Ray* Waters
John Hawkings
M. Bordman
John Brown
Junita
William “Brown
A. J. Culbertson
Cathleen
Joe
Daniel
Columbia
City
Jessie Cummings
Frank Reeb
North G.‘Reeb
Edith
C. O
Two Civil War Veterans Die Same Day in Thorncreek Township
Columbia City Indiana November 28 two veterans of the Civil War Frederick Hose and James L Johnston both residents of Thorncreek township died yesterday at 2 30 in the morning and 2 30 in the afternoon Hose aged past 70 served in the Thirteenth Ohio volunteers lost his left arm at Stone River and later worked in mercantile trade and as postmaster Johnston aged 73 died after two weeks illness from heart disease survived by his widow and three children and had lived in Whitley county for fifty years both men enlisted in Ohio units during the Civil War.
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Columbia City
Ind
Thorncreek Township
Frederick Hose
James L. Johnston
Hose
Ohio Volunteers
Stone River
Ohio
Indiana
Johnston
Seventeenth
Whitley County
Kendallville News A 98 0 victory and social notes
The Topeka football team was defeated by Kendallville 98 to 0, with Kendallville asserting dominance throughout the game. The Kendallville Fair association will elect officers Monday afternoon at the city council chambers. Elks held a well attended Thanksgiving ball, Modern Woodmen Camp No. 2922 also hosted a ball, with plans for more dances this season. Several residents return from visits to Fort Wayne and Garrett, while others prepare to relocate to Chicago. A small fire at H Loomis residence was extinguished by a sprinkler and tree sprayer, causing about $50 damage and insured.
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Kendallville
Ind
Topeka
Kendallville Fair Association
Lodge of Elks
Veda Merriman
Lucile Tourgee
Fort Wayne
J. M. Chappell
Pennville
M. J. Snellenberger
Chicago
H. Loomis
Sargent Street
Loomis
Ossian Thanksgiving Gatherings Highlight Local Social Life
Unstructured notes from Ossian Indiana detail multiple Thanksgiving dinners and social visits. Families hosted relatives and friends from nearby towns such as Fort Wayne Murray and Bluffton with guests including the Goshorn, Elzey, White and Metts families. Several residents traveled to Fort Wayne Lima and Freesoil Michigan for gatherings or winter plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Ind
Clay Bowman
Bowman
G. A. Bowman
John
Edwin Goshorn
David Hoppengardner
Freesoil
Mich
John Hoopengardner
Christian Ankt
Corge Lepper
Daniel Elzey
Murray
J. D. Elzey
James Elzey
John Elzey
E. H. Roe
W. M. Dean
Fort Wayne
J. C. Sutton
Alex, Murray
Harry
Alex White
Walter T:mborook
George Golmer
Fred Wilford
Plymouth
Wis
Pearl King
Goldie Sidey
Montpelier
Clair Hatfield
Winona Lake
Mabel Baker
Amshurst
Ohio
Virgil Lower
Lewis Snyder
Ing
Lima
Rachel Norwalt
Bluffton
Lizzie Clark
A. H. Metts
Fred. A. Metts
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Kendallville News
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