Notable Northern Indiana Obituaries and Local News Bites
William P. Fish dies at 90 in Valparaiso and Goshen manufacturer George Hawks passes away. Deputy sheriff William Teague marked 25 years in Wabash. Huntington railroad engineer Michael Lusch dies. Kendallville teacher Id Griffith injured by a horse. Local notices include burglaries, a railway inauguration, and a dozen health and accident items across Wells, Huntington, Kosciusko, and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Fish
Valparaiso
William Teague
Wabash
George D. Hawks
Michael Lusch
Huntington
Eria
Carl Gillian
Kendallville
Milton H
Twice whitecapped and locked up on peace proceedings
A man alleged to abuse his aged wife was found dead in bed Friday by a child. The elderly man, a Civil War veteran, had earlier been subjected to neighborhood rough justice known as whitecaps. Neighbors refused to fund the coroner’s message, leaving the body unreleased until help arrived. Other brief items note local appointments, a horse injury delaying marriage licensing, a railroad striker, corn prize offers, and land transfer records linked to Little Turtle heir claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Slyter
Goshen
Earl Rynearson
Menton
Salvation Army
Elkhart
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Dennis Lautzenheizer
Laketon
H. Hildebrand
Columbia City
Wabash Odd Fellows
Rachel Rose
Wells County
Poneto
Mahlon Williamson
Huntington County
Andrews
Moses Mandelbaum
Wabash
John Lloyd
Mentone
John Deam
Bluffton
T. J. Kerfoot
Kendallville
Fred L. Bodenhafer
Good Citizens’ League
Sidney Bailey
Churubusco
John W. Markley
Frank Markley
Philip Bauman
Adams County
Domestic
Jacob Hay
Decatur
Ray Broughton
Kane Masonic Lodge No
Harry Jack
Randolph County
Winchester
Murdock
Michigan City
Franklin Township
DeKalb County
Kossoiusko County
Milford
John C. Pentz
Jacob Pentz
Florella Chalfant
Ossian
Ohio
Frank Hartman
Evangelical Church
Berne
Cathrine Nickey
Jacob Nickey
Whitley County
William S. Nickey
James M. Wolcott
Maumee
Little Turtle
Frank Satterthwaite
Peter Young
Henry Gemmer
Satterthwaite
Auburn
Garrett
George C. Coverstone
Dakota
Standing Rock Reservation
Nappanee
H. O. Markley
C. B. Beaver
G. L. Fox
Fort Wayne
William Sewell
Glen Morrison
Waterloo
Russell Soule
Plainfield
Kendallville Steam Laundry Company
Charles H. Kimmell
Henry
Belle Jenkinson
South Whitley Hoop Company
South Whitley
Aaron. T. Vail
Mabel A. Vail
James. W. Donald
Moore
W. A. Angel
Burton
Grand Army of the Republic
Henry Herbst
R. V. LaMont
Huntington
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad
James Russ
Gilmartin
South Bend
Clark
Indiana Grain Dealers’ Association
Allen, Adams, Wells
DeKalb
8. Bush & Co
L. B. Clara
Johnson County
Ind
Henry Dice
Allen County
Sacred Heart Hospital
S. Potter
Fair
Butler Township
Mary Mills
Peru
John Dice
Art
Levi Dice
Huntertown
John Quincy Adams
James Wolcott
Wolcott
Roosevelt
Ann Turner
Adams
Washington
James Barnett
Samuel Hanna
Locomotive and car builders optimistic on demand
A. B. Johnson of Burnham Williams & Co owner of Baldwin Locomotive works says signs point to a return of railroads placing large equipment orders. He notes potential labor reductions next month if orders materialize, while Baldwin’s 1907 output may hit 2750 locomotives, up 84 from 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Johnson
Burnham, Williams & Co
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Tates
Canada
Rail car and locomotive output rise despite weak orders
Official returns show 284,645 rail cars built in 1907, up 19 percent from 1906, with 7,362 locomotives produced, up 6 percent. Costs for rolling stock total about 477 million dollars, and Pittsburg district mills plan full operation after year start with 1907 wage levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panies
United States
Canada
Mills in McKeesport and Monongahela Valley Industry Booms
Pittsburg Gazette-Times reports by January 6, 1908 that thousands of wheels of industry in McKeesport Glasport Dugquesne and along the Monongahela valley are thriving. The piece claims broad prosperity across the mills and related works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Remembered Street Car Men
General Manager Theodore F. Thieme of the Wayne Knitting Mills presented each motorman and conductor on the Main street line with a box of hose as thanks for good street car service to mill employees. The gesture is seen as appreciative and motivating for handling crowds of workers traveling to and from the mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore F. Thieme
Wayne Knitting Mills
Knitting Mills
His Last Day at Shop Ends Zorbaugh's Service
Emanuel Zorbaugh marks his final shift at the Pennsylvania Bhopa shop as he clears his tools and begins retirement after more than seven decades of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Zorbaugh
Pennsylvania
Notable City Employee Zorbaugh to Remain in City
Years ago he joined the company and has worked steadily since. A stout healthy man, he has few sickness-related absences and is popular with colleagues. He enjoys broad friendship in the ward and once represented it on the city council. He will continue to reside in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zorbaugh
Mr. Zorbaugh
York
Davis & Forney Company
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Danville
Illand
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Company
Bass
Pennsylvania
Woman nearly killed by monster headache medicine dose
Mrs Susan Wilar of Eikhart Indiana was saved from a fatal outcome after taking four ounces of headache medicine to treat a severe neuralitis attack. The normal dose is one to two teaspoonfuls according to directions. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon and prompted medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eikhart
Ind
Susan Wilar
Mrs Baker Eddy to Found Charitable Healing Fund
An editorial outlines Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy's plan to establish a Mary Baker Eddy's charitable fund in Boston with a million dollars to educate and train indigent individuals in Christian Science healing. The fund will support students and their families, issued by a Boston board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
Architect McLellan
The
Christian Science Sentinel
Jesu
Christian Science
Sunday School Convention at Wallen M E Church
A Sunday School convention is to be held at Wallen M. E. Church on Sunday January 12 1908 with morning and afternoon sessions. Program includes prayer and song, Sunday School lesson of the day led by speakers, an address by Mrs Ida F Mason and Nettie Cooper, round table talk on keeping boys and girls in Sunday School and a concluding address by P Sha Addrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallen M. E. Church
Opiigen
Pratt
Ida F
Mason Music
Ey Peers
Nettie
Yarnelie
Geo
Ih Cooper
New Bethel
P. Sha Addrews
Suneey
Alfred c Holsworth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northern
Indiana
Id Griffith
Polk Township
Wallace Grayston
Marion
Mary Grayston
Marion Hospital
Ed Gilliland
Jeff Snyder
Eel River
Chicago, Bluffton and Cincinnati
Portland
Bert Cleland
Syracuse
Nathan Roberts
Thomas Stafford
B. Kimmell
Louis E. Kimmell
Ten Thousand Club
Warsaw
Cincinnati
Charles Kilgore
John C. Cleland
Charles Black
Bayard Kuhn
Albion
Lawrence A. Eddingfield
Roanoke
Huntington Trust Company
Wabash Valley
Grant
Noel Barnhart
William
Mr. Barnhart
Ninety-ninth Indiana Infantry
Sherman
Barnhart
Battlegrounds
Charles W. Thatcher
Ocean
Logansport
Thatcher
Department of the Interior
Pacific
Thetlantic
Good Roads Movement
Ismak
Navy
Kersey and
Caracal
Astrakhan
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Duquesne Steel Works
Braddock Mills
Homestead Mills
Monessen and Charleroi Mills
Clairton Mills
Donora Mills
Woods’ Mills
McKeesport Tinplate Company
Glassport Glass Works
Firth-Stirling Projectile Works
Pittsburg Steel Foundry
Glassport
Glassport Coke Works
Severn Bros.’ Works
Duquesne
Firth-Stirling
Pittsburg Steel
American Ax and Tool Works
Braddock
Homestead
Idle Mills
E. Zorbaugh
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