Fire devastates Boyertown opera house killing and injuring many
A fire at the Boyertown town hall and operatic venue destroyed the three story structure on Philadelphia Avenue. The blaze started during a late performance causing a panic that left dozens dead or injured as crews from Reading and Pottstown aided in rescue and recovery amid a 75 000 dollar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyertown
Reuben W. Stover
Reading
Pottstown
State Constabulary
Farmers’ National Bank
Rahn
George Rahn
Harry Pennypacker
Alfred Seaspard
Opera House
St. John’s Lutheran Church
H. E. Monroe
Washington
Glasgow University
Puritan
Leith
H. W. Fisher
Carlisle
Paris
Frank Cullen
Philadelphia Avenue
Charles B. Spatz
Tella
George
Esther
Washington Street
Lttle
Mourned North Indiana Residents Pass Away This Week
An obituary roundup reports the deaths of William R. Shaffer of Pierceton Emanuel M Heche of Vera Cruz Wells county and other prominent locals including John Stafford of Goshen and Rev J W Paschal of Goshen plus notes on health, business, and civic events across Noble DeKalb Whitley and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Shaffer
Pierceton
Auburn
Emanuel M. Heche
Vera Cruz
Wells County
John Stafford
Jackson Township
DeKalb County
Goshen
Earle Mills
Bluffton High School
J. W. Paschal
North Indiana
Our Public Press
H. L. Marvin
Garrett
Floyd Housouer
Nappanee Lumber and Manufacturing Company
J. M. Sparks
Warsaw
Wabash
Kissinger & Grant
Columbia City
Otto E. Grant
Noble County
Indianapolis
Brown Bros
Fremont
Steubenville
John H. Zumbrum
Whitley County
Noble Circuit Court
William Boden
Elizabeth Boden
Bluffton
Albert White
Bowser Tries Strawberries and a Big Dream
A husband plots a country strawberry empire after a Scruggings offer. He envisions ten thousand dollars in the first season and a restored health, while his wife methodically questions costs and feasibility, exposing the practical pitfalls of a lavish plan. The couple quarrels over capitalization labor and market risks, ending with Bowser retreating to plot anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scruggings
Bowser
Mr. Bowser
America
M. Quad
Notice to Sentinel Subscribers on arrears rule
The Sentinel informs subscribers to check their label dates and notes a new Postmaster General order effective April 1 1908. Daily papers may not be mailed if more than three months in arrears and weeklies if more than a year. Publishers face second class expulsion for violations. Subscriptions must be paid up to date or papers stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postmaster-General
United States
Poultry Association Elects Officers
The Columbia City Poultry and Pet Stock association has elected officers as follows Charles Avey president B F Stemen first vice president S J Noftager North pandestery owl Anthes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Charles ‘Avey
B. F. Stemen
J. Noftager
Do you suppose Mars hosts wiser folk than us
Mrs Wattleon asks if Mars inhabitants are more intelligent than humans. The reply says a bank run could start there as easily as on Earth, by the same idle rumor. Chicago Record-Herald.
Labor Saving. Work Search Obscured by Neck Injury
Jacob Leer, 72, of Dunlaps Elkhart county was killed by a Lake Shore train Thursday while gathering coal along the railroad tracks. In six years as claim agent for the Wabash railroad Z T Dungan of Huntington has kept exact travel records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wana
Lima
Indianapolis
Coppock Motor Car Company
Decatur
Celum D. Cummins
Whitley County
Tennessee
William Williams
Auburn
Goshen
Lagrange
Muncie
Levi Kalb
Roanoke
Lake Shore
Elkhart
Augustus C. Gregory
Avilla Creamery Company
John M. Hooper
Harry Ramston
Jacob M. Haines
K. Randall
Frank Finley
Kendallville
Finley
Falls Cemetery
Wabash
Leon Reed
William H. Liggett
Columbia City
Charles Johnston
Warsaw
Fis
Laud U. B
Washington Center
Maple Grove
Laud
Angola Monument Company
Angola
Vicksburg
Indiana Vicksburg Military Park
Caroline’ Walter
Wabash Railroad Company
Nevada Walter
Andrews
Fred Redline
Pennsylvania
Denham
Lagro Township
Wabash County
John Schenker
Garrett
Noble County
Charles Henry Taylor
South Bend
H. L. Taylor
Wolcottville
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Kemper Patterson
Marion
Adair
Congress
Bluffton
Winchester
Portland
Elwood
Alexandria
Uncle Sam
Beckham County
Oklahoma
Sayre
Warren G. Sayre
Louis Brinker
Lillian Turner
Brinker
H. W. Mountz
W. H. Coffinberry
Brethren of Dunkard
North Manchester
B. F. Filtzwater
Emmet Shroyer
Jacob Leer
Dunlaps
Elkhart County
Wabash Railroad
Z. T. Dungan
Huntington
Dungan
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Charnell House
Northern
Indiana
Millgrove
W. H. Bowen
Gilliams
William Swartz
Coesse
William Allen
New Haven
Sisters of St. Joseph
Logansport
Henry Rempis
Waterloo
Frank Borst
F. G. Binder
Jonathan Olinghouse
Charles Eiman
South Milford
Lagrange County
J. A. Parritt
Edward Henry
Tipton
Historical
Howard Green
Noble County Canning Company
Lisbon
Eugene McCullough
Hazel Dickinson
Auburn Junction
Ralph H. Mason
Rockcreek Township
John A. Liggett
Treasury Department
McCray Refrigerator
Circuit Court
Court House
Lewis Kern
Kokomo
Howard County
Miami Reserve
Richardville
Thomas Pinkerton
Mt. Etna
Huntington County
Pinkerton
Howard
T. C. McClure
Bagatelle
John
Sentinel
Carl
Fliegende Blatter
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