The Marvelous Griffith Dies in New England Hotel
Arthur F. Griffith of Milford Indiana known as The Marvelous Griffith died of apoplexy in a Springfield Massachusetts hotel on Christmas morning. Born thirty one years ago he showed remarkable mental math from childhood and wowed teachers and professors with his speed and precision. He toured vaudeville and was billed to entertain in Springfield last night.
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Milford
Ind
Arthur F. Griffith
Griffith
Springfield
Masss
Arthur Griffith
Youngmith
Ife
Markle News Roundup From Markle Area
Local notes report RB CL McCluffey’s trip to Indianapolis and various Markle visitors including John C. Davis in Fort Wayne and Frank Hobineon in Patton. A new baby, an organ purchase, and a minor accident at the depot are noted along with hospitalities and local travel.
Two Adams County Men Paroled From Reformatory
Decatur Ind December 22 Benjamin Lett and John Durbin two Adams County men who had been serving time in the reformatory were yesterday pardoned by the board that acts upon paroles. The men will return to their homes.
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Decatur, Ind
Benjamin Lett
John Durbin
Adams” County
In Reformatory
Paulding Post Office Robbery Shocks Town
In Paulding Ohio on December 25 residents reported a bold dawn break in at the Tocas post office. Thieves forced the outer door of the safe, took stamps and some cash, failed to breach the inner foot, and fled after a noisy but unsuccessful effort. Sheriffs in neighboring counties were alerted.
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Paulding
Ohio
Tocas
Crarksmen
Fuir
Roanoke News Briefs and Community Notes
Mrs HH PF ish remains in serious condition after illness earlier in the week. The Great Northern exhibition car visited the Wabash depot to showcase Northwest products. A Christmas program will be held at the US Sunday school Sunday evening. Roanoke Public School grades presented an exhibit titled Olmy Daubter yesterday afternoon drawing a large audience. Cartoonist Colby will give a texture at the US Belich Monday evening under the Ladies' Library club. Me Craiz family plans Christmas in New Castle. Chenneone traveled to a Columbia City business trip for the Tean ake Tile Co. Tutt filed for divorce Thursday alleging cruel and inhumane treatment. Hanssofer bought the Hauser lot in Smith Young's second addition. a license is issued to Frank Wade and Maud H. Harter.
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Colby
B.elirch
Ladies’ Library
Elih
Meo Craiz
New Castle
Fog
Chenneone
Columbia City
Sedas
Teanake ‘Tile Co
Tutt
Cine
Bryan
Cline
Cloak Hanssofer
Smith Young
Frank
Wade
Maud H. Harter
Avilla
Dee
Merle DeCamp
Carry Haas
Purdue
Madge Stewart
Valparaiso
Frank Padgitt
Ladies’ Aid Society
Sarah McKee
Presbyterian Church
Higenbotham
LP Reppert
Poledo
Miller, Hadley & Vo Whelesale Dry Ponds
Railroad Street
Main Street
Clare Graves
Cleveland
G. Qsbern
Antwerp Bee
Jdhne Poal
New Haven
Ind
Idelite Club
Hilker’s
William Wolf
Justin Adams
Michigan
J. C. Shirey
Maysville
Louis Snyder
Donald Akey
F. A. Blaising
Joseph Jobna
Toledo
Edna Null
Edna Handbury
Buster
Majestic
Edward Brandon
Zanesville
Ohio
W. B. Reichelderfer
William Mason
Harlan
William Snyder
WH. B. Smith
Roanoke
Carrigan
Kendallville
M. Caps
George Killworth
Hazel
Fort Wayne
Emma Matthews
Pittsburg
Inez Helmick
Emma Frasier
Richland
Oregon
Fort Wayna Mondar
Cleopha
Stella Buetar
William Hadge
Handbury
Carl Yaple
T W. HH. Kitchen & Sons
John W. Warrington
S Street
Routledge
John Goring Willsume
Wabash
George Tillock
Margaret Clossen
Heilen Luley
Kris Clossen
John Dawkins
Edward Karper
D. A. Woalener
Joan Bernhardt
John Routledge
Monroeville News Briefs and Social Notes
Local notes detail births and visits including Alastair Panter born to Mr and Mrs Miller in Fort Wayne. Social engagements cover the Twentieth Century club meeting at Mrs Ed Finan home with papers on Mark Twain and a planned next meeting at Mrs J A Schaab. Also mentions travel of Mr and Mrs Slenny Sauith and family relatives of Mrs Smith.
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Mon
Oeville
Tab
Alastair Panter
Min
Ho PB. Miller
Fort Wayne
Piaiurdas
Mian Misc i
Giver
Jender
Mark Twain
Mesdames
W. Barbour
M. A. Clem
L. FE. Wright
J. Mo Jackson
Schaab
G. Fi. Spake
Maude Griffith
Kauffman
A. Kriek
J. O. Laughlin
D. FL Neizer
J. A
Toads and neighbors visit in Spencerville notes
Spencerville news lists Sunday visits by Dee 2A A Toads and wife and Bernie Rhoads and family to Newton Miller. Leon Jones of Ohio visits George Hart. Mrs Spenhour and others call on Nora Treece. Seyler Smith from Hurshtown visits for fishing. Mort Shutt from Fort Wayne stops by. Bowser and Davis clear debris after Saturday fire. fire adjuster estimates damage at Henry Marketa property as 246 dollars. Mrs Greely Wearley home from Fort Wayne hospital and feeling fine. Theodore Bowser visiting. Little Marjorie Speller ill. Steven Brown calls from Fort Wayne. Orason Quance from Coletown visits. Win Boiriers and wife from Coltown visit.
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Spencerville
Buth
A. Toads
Bernie Rhoads
Newton Miller
Leon Jones
Ohio
George Hart
Spenhour
Mortie Widefield
Eliales
Nora Treece
Seyler Smith
Hurshtown
Mort Shutt
Fort Wayne
Lester Houk
Simon Bernard
John Notestine
Bowser
Davis
Henry Marketa
Greely Wearley
Lutheran Hospital
Theodore Bowser
R. V. Bowser
Marjorie Spellér
Steven’Brown
Orason Quance
Coletown
Boiriers
Coltown
District Knights of Pythias Meet in Warsaw
Warsaw Indiana hosts the Fifth district meeting of Knights of Pythias on February 2, 1912. Delegates from Kosciusko Whitley Allen and Huntington counties attend with Warsaw lodge ensuring a major session. District deputy Wal liver Dillingham will supervise the event. A program promising addresses a banquet and a street parade is anticipated.
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Warsaw
Ind
Knights of Pythias
Kosciusko
Whitley
Allen and Wuntington
Walliver, Dillingham
Garrett News Briefs Highlight Holiday Travel and Illness
Local notes report Mrs. Chis. Elsen on the ill list and Flo Fritts awaiting a Columbus wedding at 3 p.m. Christmas Day. Several residents plan holiday visits, including Hurshkell Fitch in Auburn and I. Johnson heading to Virginia. The Phi Beta Nappa will hold a Christmas dance in their new hall and other social plans are noted across Garrett.
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Garrett
Ind
Dee
Chis. Elsen
Sammie Fritts
Columbus
Ohio
Flo
Indiana
Miss ‘Rertride Crow
Auburn
Phi Betta Nappa
New Hall
Haroll Wethert
Champaigne
Paul Franks
Northwest University
I. Johnson
Virginia
Decatur Indiana hosts basketball games and holiday events
In Decatur and Liberty Center teams meet at Porter’s Hall at 7:80 p.m. The local girls’ team competes concurrently. Lenise Stoops burial occurs in St Joseph cemetery. Miss Vernia Smith visits from Fort Wayne. A kitchen fire causes minor damage. Mary Williams, 14, is slapped by a playmate. a family dispute may lead to legal action. Local clubs hold Christmas gatherings and a Santa visit with a festive breakfast. Queen Esther social and quilters meet as churches plan exercises. Public invited to events.
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Decatur
Ind
Decatur and Liberty Center
Porters Halk
Aelock
Sertiara Alan
Lenise Stoops
County Infirmary
St. Joseph Cemetery
Vernia Smith
Fort Wayne
John Barger
Mary Williams
Raseel Smith
Needeerart Club
Martin Weiland
Clara Weiland
Orpha Sheets
Florhme de Purin Club
Emma Conrad
Floora
Fledderjohann
Miss Conrad
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Ida’ Gunsett
Little Quilters
Evangelical Church
Hunting licenses issued in Noble county rise near three hundred
In Albion Indiana on December 26 192x Clerk Edwin L Prickett reports that 162 hunting licenses were issued in Noble county during November. Most licenses expire in November and several new licenses were issued this year pushing the annual total toward three hundred.
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Albion
Ind
Noble County
Edwin L. Prickett
Auburn Sheriff Nets Suspects in Junction Bank Plot
Sheriff Thomas of Auburn and Marshal Hughes of Middlebury captured two armed men at the Morris Rooms boarding house near Auburn Junction. Identified as gang members tied to a Middlebury bank blast plot, the pair were brought to Goshen after a search found revolvers candles and torches. Four companions escaped as authorities recovered incriminating papers and torches.
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Auburn
Ind
Thomas
Morris
Auburn Junction
Lown
Ellis Hughes
Middlebury
Sherif Leader
Goshen
Marshal Hughes
Sherif Thomas
Salt
Visiing
Monroeville Notes Span Holiday Visitors and Church Events
Monroeville residents list guests from Port Wayne Lima Mishawaka and Chicago over Christmas and New Year periods. Local Christmas programs at Au FE church and Lutheran church drew crowds, with Santa Claus featured. Friendly News Pedro Club eased into New Year plans with prize wins and refreshments. Temperance mass meeting moved to Flat Rock Lutheran church for New Year events. Ed Erwin of Constantine Michigan visits, plans to visit Hilgerton.
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Monroeville
Ind
Lower
Port Warne
Eho W. Edwards
Prank van Ruskirk and Son
Lima
Velma Burke
Wapakoneta
Ats
Jfrieedline
Cl Southworth
South Bearl
Mir
Ros. Lewis
L. $ Roehl
German
Fort Wayne
William Bell
Mero
Hen. Dunton
Friedline
Wim. Neishivitz
West Ever O
Uf. Allies
Emer Murehtland
Newark, O
Johnson Murelland
Ed. Reavers
Chados
Boswell
Isaac Jones
Jack Meese
Angola
Miro
Frank Johnson
Sturgis
Mid
B. ¥. Goren
JB. Miller
S. dc
Montgomery
Grover Tih
Henry Marlin
Fort Warne
Frank David
Leo Griffith
Mishawanka
Bessie Geyer
Paulding
Hugh Crabil
Gary
Rena Battenburg
Chicago
Harry Dattenburg
Florence Cross
Lydia Jose
Aubrey Woyer
Huntington
A. B. Wyer
Flod. Walter
Ney. O
Frank Hick
B. Papenbrook
Lewis Finan
Mary Jane
Ed Finan
Emmet Miller
Helen and
Pauline
Peru
James Miller
Churubusco
Dave Miller
Au. FE
Santa Claus
Lutheran Church
J. ¥. Neiger
H. FB. Steinman
G. E. Spake
Neizer
G. W. Weirman
Flat Rock Lutheran Church
Clarks Chapel
Ed Erwin
Constantine
Mich
Hilgerton
Harry Exwin
Avilla Christmas Roundup Highlights Visiting Neighbors
Avilla and nearby towns enjoy holiday visits as Rev. McClure and family spend Christmas in Wabash while Miss Clara DeCamp returns from Goshen. Local residents host relatives from Logansport, Kendallville, Garrett, Syracuse and Chicago Junction. The M E church ladies donate to their minister and a Christmas program and school preparations reflect the season.
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Awwilla
Ind
McClure
Wabash
Clara DeCamp
Goshen
Maurice Renkenberger
Marion
Logansport
Carl Hudson
Myrtle Nolan
Elkhart
Mary Hudson
M. E. Church
Lamport
Paul Bauman
Frank Lockhart
Kendallville
Fred Wolf
Mable Baugh
Lucile Fairbanks
Dave Shanaline
Burl Shanaline
Turon
Kansas
Ednah Randall
South Bend
S. K. Randall
George Campbell
Frank
Garrett
Paul Brauman
Fort Wayne
Krauer
Eph Atzleger
Vera Krauer
Eva Lewis
Claude
Chicago Junction
James Isabel
Syracuse
Sarah Isabell
Wallace Dolan
Chicago
Nora Dolan
Raymon Reams
Cassapolis
Mich
Ra Stewart
Ali
MM. FE. Stewart
Marien Eley
Jonathan Shuttleworth
William Price
Auburn
Avilla. Court
Tribe
Ben Hur
Ocie M. Lockhart
Iiss
Otto Long
James Miller
S. P. Stewart
Koopf
SteHa Hooper
Bessie Stewart
Lo G
H.l Kinney
Day Hersh
R. FE
Gfford
R. J. W. Allman
B. Fl
Everett Broughton
M. He
Justa Stanley
Ray Carver
Neflance
Mary Densimer
W. DD. Carver
Carver
Joan Clark
Welcome Krieger
Avilla High School
Rome City
Wessie Adams
Kendallville Friends
Ams Pitzsimmons
Herr Sister
Will Vileightner
Adam Tiexs
Kendallvitts
Ed Melee
Swan
Gerry TieHoff
So Bem
Margie Kinney
Garrett Friends
Frank Butz
Meade Plumphry
Clyde Halferty
Verne Halferty
Wirkshore
Tpades Halferty
Chris Reni
Ohio
Chera Grax
Smith Frome
Matas
Summit
Moore
Poiper
Albian Street
Max
Hadys
Burt Hennes
Mf al- Iden
Tertel Penn
Robison and Dennis wed in Sheldon home ceremony
Charles Robison and Hazel Dennis married last Thursday at the Lopshire home in Sheldon after a noon ceremony. Rev Yeeman officiated with a dinner for relatives. They will live with the groom’s parents this winter as gifts and attendees noted. Oscar Schoonover left for Panam City Florida for the winter. Alva Wolfe of Ada Ohio visited relatives.
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Charles Robison
Hazel Dennis
A. A. Lopshire
Mary Robison
A. H.lopshire
Iva Robison
Guy Brindle
C. Lopshire
Alva Bloom
Clyde ‘Dennis
Clarence Dennis
Roanoke
Ind
Bertha Knapp
Richmond
Yeeman
Robison
Oscar’ Schoonover
Panam City
Fla
Alva Wolfe
Ada
Mike Wolfe
Antwerp Newsround of local visits and events over holidays
Antwerp Ohio notes multiple holiday travels local sales and appointments. William Filley returns from Portland Nursery Co. after holidays. Mrs E H Parrish visits Fort Wayne. Florence Barrows teaches in North Yakima Washington. Antwerp Bee reports a typo contest winner and a street maintenance committee formed to clear mud. Christmas concert at Presbyterian church. Special evangelistic services upcoming at M E church with Carter Rowley.
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Albert Dunderman
Fort Wayne
Florence Barrows
Paulding County
Ma‘ams
Woolly West
North Vachima
Wash
William Herzel
Ruth
Oxford
Ind
M. E
Carter
C. E. Rowley
Findlay, O
Asa Smith
Toledo
Clyde Long
Hattie Zuber
Bowerstown
Arthur
Marie McQuire
van Wert
Frank
Henry Michaels
Ed Kirkland
Lloyd Morris
Alma
Lillian Culbertson
Gibson City
Frank Wilson
Antwerp
den Cotterel
Colorado
Flo
Perry
Jeddie Webber
River Street
Convoy News Local Notes and Fire Company Elections
Convoy and nearby towns report visiting friends and relatives across Grand Rapids Van Wert and Fort Wayne. Joseph Kriescher suffers an abscess while Arden High and Aliss Edna Mollenkopf are noted for holiday work. Convoy Junior Fire Company elects officers including Foreman Theo Kriescher and treasurer Paul Long with Clarence Price as inspector.
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Convoy
Llo
Charles Miller
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lawrence Clark
van Wert
Cenvoy
Joseph Kriescher
Fred Reynolds
Fort Wayne
West Wass
Arden High
North Robinson
J. W. High
Arthur Deniew
Monroeville
Aliss Edna Mollenkopf
Miller's Grocery
Convey Junior Fire Company
City Hall
Theo. Kriescher
Tra Redlinger
Clair Hall
Floyd Mollenkopf
Paul Long
Bert Etter
Emanuel Friedly
Glenn Price
Walter Henselmann
Clarence Price
Poe News Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Sales
Charles True returns from a two month Southeast sales trip with a Fort Wayne firm. Eugene Rachorz relocates family to Illinois. Charles Shearer rents and moves onto the Rachorz farm. Mrs. Dalman spends Monday in Decatur. Wilson Snider visits Mr. Somers. Wm. Dalman travels to Fort Wayne for business. Samuel Evans sells farming utensils and plans to move near McKeesport Pennsylvania.
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Fort Wayne
Samuel Eveans
H. B. Brown
McKeesport
Shuster Sentenced for Hotel Fire in Lafontaine Case
Wabash Ind Dec 22 John A Shuster found guilty of setting fire to his Lafontaine hotel was sentenced yesterday to from two to twenty one years in the Michigan City prison Judge Tillett of Miami County court fixed Shuster's bond at 25000 dollars
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Wabash
Ind
Lafontaine
Michigan City
Tillett
Miami Country Court
Shuster
New Haven Society Notes and Local Happenings
New Haven Indiana records a flurry of social notices. The Idelite club plans its first annual ball at Hilker's hall to ring in the New Year. Families welcome newborns, relocations occur to Michigan and Maysville, and visits spread among Fort Wayne and Sherwood. Local workers move roles at Wabash and rail stations as holidays approach.
Local Visitors Trade Christmas Week Notes in Antwerp
Antwerp Indiana notes report Stephen Cromley and wife of Hicksville with Victor Cromley and Valera of Fort Wayne visiting John Cromley’s family. Woodburn guests Frank Fannon and Abe Benard with J J Smith family hosts. John Verck’s family visited Fort Wayne. Lowell Ketrow and Mr and Mrs William Ketrow spent Christmas at Antwerp. J F Hewett and family visited Fort Wayne relatives. Fort Reed returns from Indianapolis veterinary college for holidays. Othal Harmon of Harmon Tile Company visited Summit City. David Loetier of Woodburn patents a face display cabinet made there. large factory planned. Orley Duval family with Dwight Lynde travel to Pasadena California for winter.
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Antwerp
Stephen Cromley
Hicksville
Victor Cromley
Valera
Fort Warne
John Cromley
Frank Fannon
Woodburn
Abe Benard
Sherwood
J. J. Smith
John Verck
Fort Wayne
Lowell Ketrow
Cavett, O
Mrr
William Ketrow
J. F. Hewett
Fort Reed
Indianapolis
Othal Harmon
Harmon Tile Works
Summit City
David Loetier
Orley Duval
Dwight Lynde
Munday
Pasadena
Cal
Golden West
Rush at South Whitley Post Office Sends 133000 Pieces
South Whitley Indiana December 22 postal workers finished five and a half days of work mailing 133000 pieces. Daily mail outlay averages about 1000 dollars in postage. With 650000 pieces to go, completion is estimated within thirty days at the current rate. Postmaster Graham notes this pace.
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South Whitley
Ind
Graham
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