Huntertown Woman Serves as Interurban Railway Agent
Miss Mary I. Tilden, daughter of Charles L. and Mrs. Tilden, has served as the Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway passenger and freight agent at Huntertown for three years since October 1909. She is the line’s only female agent and handles local freight and passenger billing while others manage car operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntertown
Ind
Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway Company
Mary I. Tilden
Charles L. Tilden
Miss Tilden
Elsie McComb
R L. Jones
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayn
The
Sentinel
George R. Tilden
Eel River Township
Edna V. Dunten
Ernest W. Dunten
Perry Township
Emma J. Hollopeter
Herschel Hellopeter
Grand Rapids
Charles W. Tilden
Mary .I. Tilden
Interurban
Prominent Fort Wayne Elks Leader Dies at 40
Albert C. Alter a longtime Fort Wayne business figure and active Elks member, died after a decade long illness. He started as a newsboy and rose to prosperity, holding many lodge offices and contributing to the new Elks temple on Berry Street. He passed at 6 10 Saturday morning at his home 826 Columbia Avenue.
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Albert C
Fort ‘Wayne
Columbia Avenue
Alter
Fort Wayne
Remembering Mr Alter Fort Wayne Businessman and Elk Leader
Mr Alter died after years of illness following his son’s sudden ptomaine death. Born in Cleveland in 1872 he moved to Fort Wayne at nine and built a long career from street news selling to owning a Calhoun and Main street stand. He served the Fort Wayne Elks in many offices and helped plan the lodge temple.
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Fort Wayne
Calhoun Street
Aveline
Calhoun and
Main Streets
Transfer Corner
Alter
Aalter
Fort Wayne Lodge
Elkis
Doubles Her Value In Poultry Show Ruby Incident
A white Plymouth Rock hen valued at 200 dollars at the Western Wisconsin Poultry Show became worth 400 dollars after swallowing a 200 dollar ruby from a ring worn by judge Charles Keeler of Winamac Indiana. The owner L C Danville of Montfort Wisconsin refused both offers and Keeler departed without the ruby.
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la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Charles Keeler
Winamac
Ind
L.C. Danville
Montfort
Keeler
Danville
Mr Alter Local Faithful Brother Passes Away
Mr Alter devoted time to his church and civic groups. A charter member of the Knights of Columbus he belonged to St Marys Catholic church school society and the marriage to Alice Hunt produced four children two survive Charlotte and Julian. He leaves his widow aged mother Mrs Barbara Alter and brothers William Julian of Fort Wayne and Frank of Denver.
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Alter
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary’s
Alice Hunt
Charlotte
Julian
Barbara Alter
William
Julian Alter
Fort Wayne
Frank Alter
Denver, Col
Admits Part in Dudac Hold-Up
Glenn Engle confessed to aiding "Whitey" Worton in holding up Jacob Dudac of 104 Cochran Street on Nickel Plate tracks near Harmer Street. He described meeting at Sandhubler saloon and following Dudac after seeing a money roll. the pair fled after the scream. Worton faces trial. joint court examination likely.
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Glenn Engle
Pappert
Eisenhut
Dudac
Worton
Barbers Celebrate 25th Anniversary Banquet
Twenty five barbers from Hartford and Montpelier attended a banquet at the City Shop to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the Journeymen Barbers International Union of America. George Hardaog, secretary of the local union, traced the national union’s history over its quarter century.
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Hartford
Ind
Montpelier
Journeymen
Barbers’ International Union of America
Barbers’ Union
George Hardaog
National Union
Death of Old Soldier in Whitley County
Columbia City Ind Dec 4 Josiah Archer longtime Whitley County resident and pioneer soldier died at his Thorncreek township home after a brief illness pneumonia listed as the cause.
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Columbia City
Ind
Josiah Archer
Whitley County
Thorncreek Township
Christmas Stamps On Sale For Fort Wayne TB Society
Fort Wayne Anti Tuberculosis society begins sale of Christmas stamps directed by Mrs J R Meri weather. 30000 stamps placed in drug stores with more to be sold in hotels next week. Funds used to build a Fort Wayne camp for tuberculosis sufferers. Last year revenue approached $500 with expectations to exceed that by Christmas. Engraved greeting stamp features holly wreath and star.
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J. R. Meriweather
Fort Wayne
Life in Prison for Sam Fisher
Samuel H. Fisher was found guilty of second degree murder and recommended for life imprisonment. Sentence to be pronounced Tuesday after a lengthy trial for the July 5 killing of Grace Snow at her boarding house. The couple had been engaged. she rejected him and hinted at a wealthier suitor.
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Indianapolis
Samuel H. Fisher
Fisher
Grace Snow
Mrs. Snow
Oed
Pioneer School Teacher Hiram L Mosher Dies at 57
Hiram L Mosher, Columbia City rural route carrier for a decade and a pioneer school teacher of Columbia township, died at his North Elm street home after heart trouble last month. He was 57. He had been ill since November 25.
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Columbia City
Hiram ‘L. Mosher
Ind
Hiram L. Mosher
Elm
Columbia Township
Governor Marshall Urges Family Life In Churches Conference
Chicago December session of the federal council of Churches of Christ in America opened with Governor Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana focusing on family life and Sunday schools. He warned parental religious neglect weakens society and cited Raikes as clarifying that parents remain responsible for faith teaching. The council debated divorce regulation and a paragraph about marrying across faiths drew sharp criticism. Dr Haven of the Bible Society criticized a Turkish sympathy resolution, prompting questions about its balance.
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Chicago
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Leet
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
America
Christian Unity
Marshal
Robert Raikes
Marshall
Committee On Home Life
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Wm.Ingraham Haven
American Bible Society
Europe
White horses witness launch of steamer Washington Irving
Fifty gold haired pupils from Washington Irving High School New York visited Camden New Jersey yards of the New York Ship Building Co for the launching of the steamer Washington Irving built for the Hudson River day line. They were guests of the boat owners and the invitation required them to be safe.
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Philadelphia
Washington - Irving High’ School
New York City
New York
Ship Building | Company
Camden
Washington - Irving
Fgrr
Hudson, River Day Line
Suffragettes disrupt Redmond at London home rule event
London reporters recount a Danston hall encounter where suffragettes hurled out John Redmond and several male clergy members amid shouting and scuffles. Redmond spoke briefly, defending Irish claims for nationality while asserting loyalty to empire, as chaos dominated the crowd for much of the demonstration.
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London
John Redmond
Irish Rationalist Party
Danston
I. Free
Redmond
Attorney W F Mnagny Confined Home In Columbia City
In Columbia City Indiana the Kaufman versus Nichols estate case before Judge Wrigley was postponed to February due to the illness of attorney W F Mnagny. Mnagny suffers a severe cold and bronchial ailment and is confined to his East Jefferson Street home. Charles Hawley, a 1894 Pennsylvania governor candidate, was killed at his home today.
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Columbia
City
Ind
Kaufman Vs. Nichols
Scranton
Dee
T—Charles
Hawley
Prohibition Party
Forvernor
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne backs new Brigifax refrigerating device
Fort Wayne capitalists organize a company to manufacture an advanced refrigeration machine invented by Frank Bishop of South Bend. With $100,000 capital and officers E H Merritt president, E W Puckett secretary, and Charles A Dunkelberg treasurer, Bishop will lead output. Demonstrations show automatic ice production via an ice forming brine tank, reducing refrigeration costs, with factory construction planned soon.
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Fort Wayne
Frank Bishop
South Bend
Singer Company
E. H. Merritt
E. W. Puckett
Charles A. Dunkelberg
Bishop
Brigifax
Fort’ Wayne
Steam barge Atleong arrives in port
Chicago dispatch reports the steam barge Atleong arriving with a safety message after a sixty hour overdue period. The vessel substance and origin Midland are cited in the cryptic notice from the Arizona port arrival.
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Arizona
Chicago
Atleong
Midland
Break in Price of Winter Fuel Rocks South Bend
South Bend Indiana December 7 the first break in coal prices by local dealers follows Elk Heart reductions and cuts in northern Indiana The same dealer cut chestnut coal to 875 Pocahontas to 625 and Pocahontas shoveled to 525 The W S Harmel Company of Chicago opened a yard here to compete with locals.
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South ‘Bend
Ind
Elkhart
Indiana
South Bend
Pocahontas
W. S. Harmel Company
Chicago
Lawyer Mendell Dies Saving Daughter in Queens Fire
Melville B. Mendell, a New York lawyer, rescued his wife and son from a Queens home blaze then reentered the burning house to save his 14 year old daughter Lillian. He and the girl died in the bedroom with one another. Neighbors tried to stop him from a second attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Melville B. Mendell
Borough of
Queens
Lillian
Mendell
Sidna Allen Denies Plan for Hillsville Shooting Return
Sidna Allen, leader of the Hillsville gunmen, testified at his murder trial in Wytheville alleging he did not plan the shooting. He claimed his flight to Des Moines aimed to let public sentiment cool before his intended return to clear his name. The testimony challenges the prosecution theory linking him to the attack.
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Sidna Allen
Des Moines
Wytheville
Hillsville
Commonwealth
Foster
Carroll’ Court
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Elks’ Lodge
Newsboy
Albert C. Alter
Whitey” Worton
Sam Fisher
Pioneer
Sary
Redmonds
W. F. M’nagny
Hiness
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