Despondent Fort Wayne official commits suicide in hotel
Dr. Louis A. Worch secretary of the Fort Wayne lodge of Ellis shoots himself in his Lau block rooms between 6 and 7 pm Thursday. He left notes for his wife and the Elks indicating premeditated intent. He was last seen about 3:30 pm with friends on Calhoun Street, and a search led to his body found at 2:05 am Friday.
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Louis A. Worch
Fort Wayne
Ellis
Lau Block
the Elks
Woreh
Sweide
Jeng
Etks Shaw
Warech
Gelock
Calhowm Street
Guy Kite
Elks’ Club
Kite
Dr. Woreh
Fred A. Myers
Myers Livery
Wared
Myers
Washington Boulevard
Harrison Street
Dr. Worch
Lut
Welfare day observance at local high school auditorium
Welfare day observance was held in the high school auditorium on Wednesday night with several dozens of attendees seated in front and second rows. The program listed participants includes Tod Gilser Sawdra Varinen Res epe Coburn Gladys Mewingtsim bred Tibbits Somren Guilia Barrand Doral Prasieth Catherine Moebeca Clarence Dornie Ivy Parsons Leband Dixon Whard raw Rrith Reid Dean Inter Gladys Moore Arnold Schoen Berniece Brown Lieila Voorhies Miriam Cook Kenneth Campbell Hessie Joyce Glenn Frank Mildred Bradles Fred Wenzler.
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Parsons
Tod Gilser
Sawdra Varinen
Resepe Coburn
Gladys Mewingtsim
Tibbits
Somren Guilia Barrand
Doral Prasieth
Catherine Moebeca
Clarence Dornie
Ivy Parsons
Leband Dixon
Whard Raw
Tine
Gladys Moore
Arnold Schoen
Bernice Brown
Lieila Voorhies
Miriam Cook
Kenneth Campbell
Hessie Joyce
Glenn Frank Mildred Bradles
Fred Wenzler
Mrs John Moring Chosen A Director In Indiana PTA
Indianapolis February 20 Officers elected at the close of the Indiana branch National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher associations convention. Mrs John Moring of Fort Wayne named director along with two other regional appointees. Dues set at ten cents per capi ta up to thirty members and three dollars for clubs with over thirty. A resolution condemned a proposed bill to make the state health secretary appointment political.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
National Congress of Others
Parent-Teacher Associations
Philip Zoercher
James M. Fowler
Lafayette
Charles Wittenbraker
Evansville
Walter Carpenter
J. W. Moore
M. Hirsch
Attica
John Moring
Fort Wayne
Win. Davidson
Meansville
W. O. Crouse
State Board of Health
Washington Day Celebrated Here Fort Wayne Observes Washington Birthday
The 193rd anniversary of George Washington's birth was marked in Fort Wayne with school programs and a Monday event at Concordia College. Banks closed and veterans groups held services featuring ex Judge Walter Olds and reminiscences of Civil War prisons.
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George Washington
United States
Fort Wayne
Concordia College
Uncle Sam
Association of Letter Carriers
Odd Mellows
Wayne and
Calhoun Streets
Henry W. Lawton Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Washington
Sion S. Bass Post
Lincoln Life
Woman's Relicf Corps
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army
Walter Olds
Andersonville
Stephen Chase
Lawton-Wayne Post
Camp Lawton
Herd No. 1
Benevolent Order of Buffaloes
West Berry Street
America
Mrs Peter Rich Dies In New Haven At 43
Mrs Peter Rich aged 43 died at her New Haven home Sunday at 5 am after a brief illness. Surviving include her mother husband two sisters and a son and daughter Joseph and Helen Rich. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 9 am at St John s Catholic church with interment in the Catholic cemetery.
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Peter Rich
New Haven
Joseph
Helen
Rich
St. John’s Catholic Church
Barn Damaged by Fire Near Swinney Avenue
A barn at the Dickmeyer property on Swinney Avenue was damaged by a Saturday evening fire believed to have started from a lost match in a horse’s manger. The blaze caused minor damage before the fire department arrived and quickly extinguished it.
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Dickmeyer
Swinney Avenue
Repentant Thief Sends Forgiveness Note and Dime
A woman, who will not sign her name, writes to Mrs. Frank Shreve asking forgiveness for stealing a penny years ago and encloses a dime to repay with interest, claiming conversion at Lyon meetings and desire for peace. Mrs. Shreve, wife of the Elds' band drummer, recalls no prior loss or knowledge of the event.
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Lyon
Frank Shreve
Springstreet
Elds
Jenny
Bankruptcy Petition Filed By Harry Kaufman Involves Minor Assets
Harry Kaufman files voluntary bankruptcy in TL Jd. Lowan court listing liabilities between 800 and 900 dollars and assets of 81. The petition is presented through attorney William Tschannen. A separate transcript case against Pennsylvania Railroad for 15,000 damages, transferred from Starke circuit court to federal court, alleges permanent injury at a railroad crossing in Starke County.
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Harry Kaufman
TL Jd
Youngest Business Girl in the City Florence Reichelderfer
Ten year old Florence Reichelderfer, daughter of Mrs Ida Reichelderfer of 1814 Hench street, is described as the youngest business girl in Fort Wayne. She clerks at her mother's Hench street grocery before and after school and on Saturdays, has attended every meeting of business girls led by Mrs Daiay Barr of the Lyon evangelistic party, and was introduced at a recent gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Reichelderfer
Ida Reichelderfer
Hench Street
Fort Wayne
Lieutenant Loonen Weds Miss Morss and Dies in France
Paris dispatch reports Robert Loonen, French army lieutenant and former husband of Miss Mor s s, was killed in action January 8 while serving on General De Valle’s staff. He left behind his wife Mrs Loonen and mother in law Mrs Morss who lead American women running an emergency hospital in Paris.
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Josephine Moras
Jlon
Samuel ¥. Morss
Fort Wayne
Paris
Robert Loonen
Miss Morss
France
Lieut. Loonen
Chateau Tracy
Baroness de Pontales
Miss Moris
Loonen
Devalle
Madame
Bread Prices Rise in Fort Wayne Under Prediction
Bakers announce new prices in Fort Wayne with six cent loaves up from five and two pound loaves now weighing one pound ten ounces. They blame higher flour costs from millers and announce increases on doughnuts fritters buns and rolls across the city.
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Fort Wayne
Married in the East Grandson of Late Rector Schick Wed
Dr. George W. Schick, grandson of the late rector Schick of Concordia College, married Lisetta E. Westerman in Baltimore Maryland on Saturday afternoon. Westerman is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Westerman of Baltimore.
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Schick
George W. Schick
For Schick
Concordia College
Lisetta E. Westerman
Baltimore
Misa Westerman
John. L
Fort “Wayne
Luther
Fort Wayne Tabernacle Fetes Evangelist Lyon Farewell
Hundreds gathered at the Pennsylvania station to bid Dr. Milford H. Lyon farewell after a seven week Fort Wayne revival. The meeting netted 4 896 decisions and an offering near six thousand dollars, plus salaries for aides. Lyon plans further campaigns at Tiffin Ohio and Terre Haute, with supporters urged to continue contributions at the First National Bank.
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Jesus Christ
Milford H. Lyon
Pennsylvania Station
Dr. Lyon
Indiana
H. Worden
First National Bank
Lyon
Fort Wayne
Evangelist
the Tabernacle
Iris
Winona Lake
Tiffin
Ohio
Terre Haute
New Haven
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Elks Lodge
Erma Dochterman
Clay
Mothers and Parent-Teachers Clubs
L. A. Worch
Harry Kaufmann
Wayne Girl
M. H. Lyon
Ray
Upson
Pitzer
Daisy Barr
Fairmount
Guy Sutton
Yorktown
Folsom
Arthur J. Folsom
Tabernacle
F. Bowser
Threshhold
Christ
C. Claud Travis
Warne Street
M EL Church
Tiwon
God
Society
Loren G. Jones
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