Delegates endorse Hoffman for Twelfth district chair
In Allen county a mass convention at city hall endorsed Edward G. Hoffman for Twelfth district chairman. Forty six delegates chosen to represent Allen county will vote January 2 in the district convention as supporters praised Hoffman's leadership and Democratic prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Hoffman
Allen County
Democratic Central Committee
Albert EB. Thomas
S. B. Fleming
James M. Robinson
Congress
Hoffman
L.S. C. Schroeder
Schroeder
Ed Schele
W. A. Ferris
Frank Mannix
F. J. Belot
John Lynch
E. J. McCraden
B. B. Smith
John Grim
J. Mommer, Jr
Ww. Schane
F. Wahrenburg
J. F. Rowan
R. A. Coapstick
Hos. Greer
Chas. Moeller
Cedar Creek
Geo. Tonkel
Eel River
Geo
W. Kell
Jackson
Raymond Mowrey
Jefferson
Wm. J. Rorick
Lake
Wm. S. Hagan
Lafayette
James Aiken
Madison
Otis W. VanBuskirk
Maumee
Cleyton Lindemuth
Marion
John Wyss
Milan
Albert Black
Monroe
John Connelly
Perry
G. E. Dunton
Pleasant
Chas
Dalman
Springfield
Charles Repp
St. Joe
Gen. Goegiein
Scipio
Matt Moora
Washington
Frank Emrick
Jacob Heidenreich
Ulrey
Mr. Hoffman
E. B. Smith
Fourth Ward
William J. Bryan
A. &. Thomas
Hofffin
Albert BH. Thomas
Thomas
Allenounty
B.fieming
Fespongata
Indiana Writer Tarkington Arrested After Christmas Clash
Indianapolis December 26. Booth Tarkington famed author of Monsieur Beaucaire clashed with two Indianapolis police officers in an early morning brawl. He resisted arrest, fought fiercely, and ended up in the city jail before being released on his own recognizance to return home for Christmas observances. Detectives Manning and Samuels suffered bruises but prepared to testify as the hearing date was continued. The incident prompted a large downtown scene then led to a rushed dawn departure for Goshen where the pastor of the First English Lutheran church married Edna Ransbottom at Roseville, Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Monsieur Beaucaire
Booth Tarkington
Guardians of the
City
Indiana
Manning
Samuels
Washington Street
Capitol Avenue
Tarkington
Police
Goshen
Luther J. Smith
First
Edna Ransbottom
Roseville
Mossman Yarnelle Co Opens Magnificent Pearl Street Building
Fort Wayne firm Mossman Yarnelle Co marks its formal opening next week after twenty four months and over $100000 in construction. The 150 by 122 foot four story building features steam heat electric lighting and fireproof design with a heavy hardware stock basement and multiple floor departments. The firm started in 1882 and now employs about forty with annual sales exceeding 1.25 million, led by E F Yarnelle and B Paul Mossman among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossman, Yarnelle & Co
Pearl Street
Main
Clinton Streets
Fort Wayne
Indiana
United States
New York
E. F. Yarnelle
Frank Alderman
Alderman & Yarnelle
W. BH. Mossman
EH. F. Yarnelle
B. Paul Mossman
EH. R. Yarnelle
Lawton Car Makes Inspection Run Over Fort Wayne Route
The rebuilt Lawton interurban special carried traction company executives including General Manager C D Emmons and Superintendent R T Gunn on a Lafayette inspection trip. The car is heavier and more beautiful after rebuilding. Also noted is a Churubusco High School alumni association forming with Sidney H B Ort as president and officers named.
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Fort Wayne
Lawton
Traction Company Department
Lafayette
C. D. Emmons
R. T. Gunn
H. B. Vordermark
C. G. Guild
Light and Power
F. R. Fahbjsing
H. L. Weber
M. J. Kehoe
L. W. Jaques
J. J. Brennan
Gus Woehinker
Lexington
Churubusco High School
Sidney HB. Ort
Charles Hire
Charles Basley
Ethel’ M. Corsecretary
Oakley R. Jones
Starved to feed her children finds tragic end
New York December twenty eight a Brooklyn hospital reports Mrs Phyllis Prisco died of starvation after sacrificing food for four children aged four years to four months. With a deceased husband the mother kept the family alive by scraps while neighbors aided the youngsters after her passing and the children’s society took them in. The scene closes on the mother’s quiet smile fading as she died and the children began to play with their new toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Phyllis Prisco
Brooklyn
Wealthy Indiana lawyer commits suicide at home
Ira C. Hoops a fifty year old wealthy Kokomo attorney shot himself in his parlor, killing instantly. He had suffered mental trouble for months and was alone when the act occurred as his mother and sister heard the gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Ira C. Hoops
Hoops
Rosanne Michael
Anna J. Michael
Laporte
Mr. Hoops
Aged Woman Martha Chapman Dies at Home
Mrs. Martha Chapman aged 64 died of heart failure at her step-son Marion Chapman's home 920 Home Avenue. Found in bed this morning with the body warm, death believed recent. Born in Canton Ohio, widow of William Chapman, she had no children. Funeral at Home Avenue residence then Christian Church Poe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Chapman
Marion Chapman
Home Avenue
Chapman
Canton
Ohio
William Chapman
Pleasant Township
Christmas Tree Blaze Injures Local Manufacturer
Cooney Bayer, a noted cigar maker, sustained burns to his hands while fighting a Christmas tree fire at his Spy Run Avenue home Friday evening. Councilman W A Bayer was assisting as Santa Claus. The fire spread briefly but caused limited damage. A second fire at Deputy City Comptroller Charles J Steiss's home on Sherman Street escaped with about $20 in losses after a candle sparked the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooney Bayer
Spy Run Avenue
W. A. Bayer
Santa Claus
Charles J. Steiss
Sherman
Wreck mirrors past collision at Lenox Michigan in 1903
Detroit reports a head on crash near Lennox between Grand Trunk passenger train No. 5 and a double header freight killed five trainmen and injured a baby passenger. Special agent James Foley survived both wrecks, with earlier injuries from the Durand circus crash. All the dead trainmen resided in Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
Lenox
Michigan
Grand Trunk
Roath
James Foley
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Foley
Durand
Port Huron
Lennox
Bennett
Bowshiky
Bohner
Albert M’call
W. G. Taylor
Taft Endorsed by Kansas Republicans for President
In Topeka on December 28 a stormy session of the Republican state central committee unanimously endorsed Secretary of War Taft as Kansas’s choice for president. The state convention is set for March 4 in Topeka. A move to nominate state officers by primary was tabled after heated debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Republican State Central Committee
Taft
Kansas
United States
Contractors Honor County Officials With Banquet at Strodel Hall
county commissioners were guests at a Friday banquet hosted by contractors. they praised the officials for economical, satisfactory progress on major county projects. a leather chair was presented to retiring member william hockemeyer. edward g hoffman acted as toastmaster with weatherhogg as master of ceremonies among a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Strodel'’s
William Hockemeyer
Edward G. Hoffman
Charles R. Weatherhogg
Byron Hattersley
Thomas Turflinger
Joseph Tonkel
John B. Wyss
C. B. Wylie
G. W. Lindemuth
William Franke
Charles Griebel
William Griebel
J. Ross McCulloch
H. W. Sommers
John Reuss
Henry Hilgemann
Gus Hilgemann
Max Irmscher
William Fuhrman
George Krishop
Ferd Meijer
William Busching
Cal Brown
al Alter
Frank Bougher
James J. Dormer
Henry Braun
Louis Kruse
H. C. Barner
Otto Strodel
Stephen B. Fleming
E. B. Smith
Eb, D. Dodez
Gust Hobrock
Henry Hockemeyer
New Haven Lodges Elect Officers for K of P and I O O F
New Haven lodges Nos. 354 and 253 elect officers. K of P list includes C E Bolyard V C Samuel Ginther M of W Jesse Lowry and others with A H Meyers named as trustee and representative. I O O F officers name N G Sherman Richart V G Will D Gorrell R secretary Martin Daniels and other posts with James Cameron as trustee.
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Maumee
New Haven
C. C
Charles W. Bolyard
V. C
Samuel Ginther
Jesse Lowry
Will D. Gorrell
Null
O. A. Tustison
L. A. Tustison
James Thatcher
I. G
R. S.bell
O. G
Isaac Siegfried
A. EH. Meyers
New Haven Lodge
N. G
Sherman Richart
Martin Daniels
W. S. Rogers
J. A. Crippen
James Cameron
Is. Jn
Mystery Chest of $73,000 Linked to 19th Century Miner
Lawrenceburg Indiana dispatch reports relatives seek a large iron chest shipped from Elizabeth town Ohio to Michigan about fifteen years ago by William R. T. Rees an 88 year old bachelor who died in Hamilton County Ohio infirmary. The chest reportedly contained his fortune. Rees never wed and later secluded himself near the Ohio Indiana line before his latter years in the infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
William R. T. Rees
Hamilton County
Ohio
Rees
Elizabethtown
Michigan
California
Mooney
Ohio-Indiana Line
Fort Wayne pastor Rev Ruhl considers Detroit call
Rev Philip Ruhl who announced his resignation from Salem Reformed church in Fort Wayne may accept a call to Bethany Reformed church in Detroit Michigan. His successor Rev Edward Kielsmeier of Auburn will lead Salem on January 5 as Ruhl weighs future plans after nine and a half years in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Ruhl
Salem Reformed Church
Bethany Reformed Church
Detroit
Mich
Ruhl
Fort Wayne
Salem Church
Edward Kielsmeier
Auburn
Kielsmeier
Kenton
Ohio
Fraternal Lodges Elect Officers in Three Groups
Ben Hur court No 15 Tribe of Ben Hur elected officers led by Chief G E Mong and Anna B Henderson as judge and Anna B Henderson as teacher. Kekionga court No 1539 named deputies and rangers. Pathfinders lodge No 19 chose leaders including President W H Ward and secretary H S Gates.
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Ben Hur
Tribe of
G. E. Mong
Anna B. Henderson
Georgia Warner
W. T. Jeffries
J. A. Orr
Charles Ashley
William Brown
Frank Hickman
John H. Herold
L. T. Jefferson
Katie Anderson
X. Sallier
Kekionga Court
Independent
Order of Foresters
Henry Granneman
George Niebel
Chester Griffith
George W. Doswell
Harry Templar
Thomas W
H. F. Kennerk
H. S. Gates
Louise Quinn
Hettie Keiser
A. R. Ohlinger
Mollie Wolf
Ella Bayless
Lucinda Hively
George Brake
Sacrilege Robbery Supposed in France Church Seizures
Cardinal Coullie of Lyons denounces the first year of the separation law as a sacrilegious robbery of the church in France. He warns the state will continue laicizing hospitals suppressing Catholic orders and closing schools. He laments lay apathy among Catholics and calls for steadfast faith until better days arrive.
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Lyons
Cardinal Coullie
France
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J. M. Robinson
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Robinson
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America
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Wiliam J. Bryan
Senate
W.J. Bryan
Republican Party
Bryan
Raw
New Lawton
Traction Department
Tat
Mits
Knights of Pythias and
Odd Fellows
Detron
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