Decatur Businesses Unite In Early Closing Drive
A sweeping note of activity hits northern Indiana as Decatur businesses join an early closing movement while Noble County districts adjust post office functions, and multiple towns report new civic actions, legal cases, and social events across a broad regional snapshot. The roundup includes appointments, road and transit changes, church calls, seals of temperance petitions, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lisbon
Noble County
Rebecca Lower
Ashley
B. Q. Mortis
Marcus Phillipson
Warsaw
Angola
Orland
Lagrange
St. Joseph
Church of Christ At
Kendallville
A. B Houze
Flora
Ind
Mishawaka Medicine Company
Mishawaka
Frederick M. Barrows
Fred E. Barrows
Adelbert L. Gray
Gilbert B. Pride
Edward Wendt
Herman Scheffier
Ralph H. Jernegan
Elkhart Township
Elkhart County
George 3. Cobb
Josiah Cobb
William Whetton
William Rose
Luther
Whitley County
Lauren A. Lathrop
Bristol
England
Cardiff
Wales
Roosevelt
Kendallville Lady. Mrs. Lathrop
Anna Wackerman
Auburn
Huntington
Joseph Rickey
Garrett
Huntington County
David A. Ramsey
Churubusco
John Crow
Board of
John E. Martin
Clugston
Lumbia City
Martin
Brewen
Kendall
Resident Injured In Staircase Fall At Home
John Waterhouse of 522 East Wayne Street suffered a painful accident Monday night when he fell down stairs at his residence, breaking his right arm. A physician attended to the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Waterhouse
East
Wayne Street
Wheat and Corn Prices Mixed as Market Opens Firm
Chicago markets opened firm on wheat with a later dip amid bearish Argentine weather signals. May wheat rose briefly to 1.07 and fell to around 1.06 while corn showed initial gains before weakening. Receipts at Minneapolis, Duluth, and Chicago totaled 380 cars with modest activity and firm closes for May corn near 61% to 61% cents. Livestock in East Buffalo and Chicago showed strong hog demand and steady to lower cattle prices, with hogs near 4.40 to 4.60 and cattle around 3.50 to 5.90, while New York butter and cheese markets remained firm and wholesale prices held steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
May
Liverpool
East Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Western
Pennsylvania
Quotations on live stock grains and hay market
A dense listing of Eckart Packing Co and other quotes across hogs cattle sheep and calves on foot with prices, mill quotations for winter and spring wheats, rye, corn meal and bran, Shorts and middlings per ton or cwt, mixed farm produce and dairy items, and local coal and hay markets, with price ranges and suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckart Packing Co
Noumopernickic
Alec
Howenstein & Crouse
Columbia Street
Reess
Hocking Valey
Massillon
Jackson
Pocahontas
Fort Pocahontas
West Virginia
Indiana
Indiana truancy law praised for school enrollments
Indianapolis Jan 7 deputy state superintendent Lawrence McTurnan noted the compulsory education law has strengthened schooling though not perfectly. Ten years before the law enrollments were 67.8 and rose to 74.3 after. Attendance increased from 48.1 to 57.5 and 111 truant officers logged 67,918 visits, 22,006 children brought in, at a cost of $2.35 per child. Since passage 233,346 children compelled to attend. Also obituary items: Mrs Margaret Schler died in St Joseph and William Waldron, 92, died near Albion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Tribolet
Bluffton
Daniel Aurand
Allen County
Father Jansen
Malinda Culp
Goshen
Henry Culp
Culp
Friedheim
Homer Silves
J. C. Silves
Wabash
Otter Lake
Steuben County
John Shull
John Moughter
Shull
Indiana
Scott Township
Horse Thief' Detective Association
Nappanee
James Schell
Daniel R. Ringgen
Indianapolis
Ind
Lawrence McTurnan
McTurnan
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Lincoln National Life
Henry Beadell Dry Goods
Fort Wayne
Hubert Berghoff Berghoff Brewing Co
M. J. Butz General Insurance
E. W. Cook
Arthur F. Hall
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
F. L. Jones
Troy Laundry
J. D.m’donel Cashier Commercial Bank and Savings
Fostoria
Ohio
W. F. M’lallen
First Navy Bank
Columbia To
Robert Millard
Moellering Bros
Millard, Wholesale Grocers
B. Paul Mossman
Mossman, Yarnelle & Co
Wholesale Iron and Steel
Harry S. New
Republican National Committee
Daniel B. Ninde
W. 8S. Potter
Lafayette
Perry A. Randall
Howell C. Rockhill
Fort Wayne Rolling Mills Co
F. K. Safford
G. E. Bursley& Co
Simon J. Straus
Straus Bros
Bankers
Ligonier
GEO
Geo. He Vanarnum the Knott-VanArnum Mfg. Co., Fort Wayne. F. H. Wipperman
Logansport Loan and Trust Co
Logansport
John W. White
State of Indiana
Paul Mossman
Samuel M. Foster
Theo. F. Ruhland
OR. G. H. English
Northern
Lochner
I. R. Ayers
Treasury Department
Washington
Lagro
Wells County
Ella LaPointe
Florence Besancon
George H. Roseman
Lena Wade
M. E
Jacob Zook
Elkhart
Waterloo
Ira Burk
Silver Lake
William H. Eiler
Burk
Silver ‘Lake
Ira
Ital
Willis McDowell
Wheeler McDowell
A. W. McDowell
Ed Whipple
Columbia City
Fred Rauch
Frank L. Welsheimer
J. E. Pomeroy
Mary Jane O'Dell
Nottingham Township
James McConnell
Augusta Rider
San Antonio
Tex
Verne Pray
D. F. Kain
Lagrange Fire Department
George Timmis
C. C. Ocker
C. S. Stroup
Joe Walterspaugh
Hook and Ladder
C. C. Price
Vern Beatty
Vern Price
Harry Hart
Hose Company No. 1
Frank Fegley
N. A. Preston
A. A. Stambaugh
Hose Company No. 2
M.H. Kauffman
Alfred Turley
Ross Rowe
Cecil
A. A. Lidy
Kingsland
Grain and Provisions
Timothy
Toledo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Lima
Stoge Market
Barr Street
Bush & Co
Fell Brothers Co
Ile Ib
Irwin &Erry Commission
Amer
Loco
Atchison
Anacoida
Great Northern
Brook
Balti
Great West
Ti Ches
Gol. Fuel & Iron
Canadian Pac
Erie Rr
Distillers
Erie Ist
Louis & Nash
Missouri Pacific
Feoples Gas
Rock Island
South Pacific
Igh Union Pacifi
Nortolt & Wes
PRODUCE _AND POULTRY
Chiea
Jan
Margaret Schler
William Waldron
Albion
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