Birthday and wedding notices in Adams township
Diederich Rodenbeck of Adams township marked his eightieth birthday with family and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Rodenbeck plan their fiftieth wedding anniversary on March 13. Miss Mary Ben McDonald and Mr. George L. Yaple Jr. wed at the McDonald home with Rev. H. B. Master officiating as the Alt Heidelberg orchestra played. The reception featured white roses, tulle, ribbons, and floral decor. The couple will reside at 1104 West Wayne Street after March.
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Diederich Rodenbeck
Adams Township
Rodenbeck
John Zelt
William Zelt
Louis Messing
Katie Wiese
Irma Zelt
Annie Koch
Fred Koch
Yaple—McDonald
Mary Ben McDonald
George L. ¥Aple, Jr
Emmett H. McDonald
H. B. Master
First Presbyterian Church
Alt Heidelberg
Albert Houghton
Earl Hostetter
University of Chicago
Carl Yaple
Fred M. Smith
Hugh G. Keegan
Almana Beebe
Elizabeth Evans
Tipton Blish
Seymour
Jacob Wager
Goshen
McDonald
George Yaple
Alice Yaple
Mendon
Mich
Edward Yaple
Kalamazoo
W. R. Denny
Omaha
Neb
Donald McDonald
Rome City
McDonald Cottage
Yaple
Arthur Haldfeldt
Ella
Simon Somers
Russell Shearer
Fort Wayne
Wm. Rhodda
J. Trenary
Hoagland
Henry Halkdfeldt
Bessie Mullen
Christiaan Church
Marie Brown
Elsie Lahrman
Wm. Schroeder
Asinnie
Louise Schroeder
Emma Haldfeldt
John Hohnan
Sundar
Timo Brown
Arthur Mullen
Henry Shearer
Pleasant Township
Wm. Lehrman
Jean Rachios
N. Crickmore
Sheldon
Andrew Muldoon
Por
Toesin
Ossian
Uniondale
Zanesville
Nine Mile
B. J. Mercer
Russel Shearer
Delbert
Chas. Shearer
Ed. Somers
Wren McMahon
William
Dan Hyde
Mabel
Ellis Hiser
Park Somers
Glee
Robert Mercer
Budd
Wm. Ake
Belvia
Girdon Somers
E.C. Rachioz
Wim
Gilbert
Ella Caston
Decatur
Geo. Deel
Wm. Beck
Supreme Court Upholds Employers Liability Law
The U S Supreme Court affirms the 1909 employers liability act in all cases before it and allows state courts to enforce it where local laws apply. Justice Vandeventer announces the decision, upholding Congress power over interstate railroad relations and denying intrastate commerce objections. The ruling ends challenges to repealing the fellow servant rule and limits on risk assumption and contributory negligence.
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Supreme Court of United States
Washington
Lan
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Vandeventer
Man Found Dead at Bash Farm Remains Identity Unknown
A man found frozen to death at the Bash farm Saturday afternoon remains unidentified after sheriff A M Reichelderfer and local officials circulated a minute description to Marion and Lafayette soldiers' homes. The body is held at Getz Cahill morgue, with burial by local G A R groups planned if no identification arrives by midweek.
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Bash Farm
Getz & Cahill Morgus
A. M. Reichelderfer
Marion and Lafayette
Charles Miller
George Wisehart
Bush Farm
Wabash
Man Found Dead in Barn After Struggle Ends
Coroner notes death occurred three to four days earlier. Curt Keck and another worker checked the barn on Wednesday but did not spot the body hidden in hay below. The man may have been traveling by train seeking shelter, stripped of clothing as he moved along the tracks.
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Curt Keck
Ice harvest up to ten inches in Poe Indiana area
Ice harvest progresses with excellent quality from Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway gravel pond. Ice remains over ten inches thick near zero temperatures, promising good storage for summer use. Local residents and several families have secured supplies while others prepare buildings and infrastructure for future use.
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Poe. Ind
Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company
Thomas Mullen
Ezra Hiser
Dr. Mercer
Marion Smith
P. H. Snider
Philemon Trenary
Harley Somers
Sheldon
E. E. Rachioz
Ife
Decatur
Fort Wayne
Springfield
Chas. Shearer
George Heckber
Rochior
H. B. Brown
Dessa
Meyers
Charles Johnston
Canada
Frank Gilbert
Johnson
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Dessa Maybe
Virtornia
White Pidgeon
Mich
Chas. Emrick
Ashtabula County
Ohio
Emrick
Frank LeVan
Five Points
Mullen
le van
Russell Bergdal
Bergdal
Chang Bergdal
Iinois
Far East
Illinois
M. E. Church
F. N. Shays
Ossian
Ind
Irregular Interurban Service and Local Happenings
Railroad track waits on cars in cold weather as interurban trains run sporadically. Community notes report visits, family events, sales, and social gatherings across Pleasant township and nearby Fort Wayne.
Transfers of Real Estate in Fort Wayne Area Listings
Fort Wayne Homestead company transfers property to Claude Feagler for 850 dollars covering lots B and C in Electric addition Wayne township. Multiple other deeds recorded include Peter W. Riley to Jacob W. Riley for 250 dollars in Madison township section 15. Luetta M. Martz et al. to Jacob W. Riley for 250 dollars in same section. Louis F. Curdes to Ora Kuhlman for 1500 dollars in Adams township New Haven Acre addition. Josiah Johnson Jr. to James D. Butt for 3800 dollars in Lakeside township. Lena S. Taylor to Sabina R. Brown for 400 dollars in Monroeville township Earnhardt's addition. James B. Grawcock to John W. and Sylvania Peace for 6400 dollars in Eel River township.
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Fort Wayne Homestead Company
Claude Feagler
Wayne Township
Peter W. Riley
Jacob W. Riley
Madison Township
Luetta M. Martz, Et al
Louis F. Curdes
Ora Kuhlman
New Haven
Adams Township
Josiah Johnson, Jr
James D. Butt
Lakeside Township
Lena S. Taylor
Sabina R. Brown
Earnhardt’s
Monroeville
James B. Grawcock
John W
Sylvania Peace
Eel River
David N
Klopfenstein
Joseph
France's New Cabinet Sets Governing Government Policy
Paris Jan 16 a ministerial declaration read by Premier Poincare in the chamber and by Briand in the senate outlines the program of the new cabinet. It pledges to honor alliances and to govern effectively, ratify the Franco German Morocco accord, seek a legal accord with Spain, defend public schools, cut expenditures, and strengthen the army and navy.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Senate
Justice Briand
Morocco
Spain
Wheat Dips One Cent As Butter And Eggs Rise
Wheat fell from 94c to 93c today marking a dull grain market amid cold weather. Butter and eggs remain scarce with prices rising. Elgin butter leads with about a 4c gain per pound. Retail eggs quoted 30 to 40c. Produce shipments to large city centers have been light, pushing city prices higher.
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Elgin
Local Markets and Produce Quotations Summary
Street prices list Wheat at 93 cents a bushel and various grains with rye and barley around 80 cents per bushel. Flour and meal prices appear for winter and spring wheat, alongside multiple ton rates for bran shorts middlings and chop feed. Produce quotes cover butter eggs onions apples and poultry with city scale prices for hay corn and cattle.
Price Ranges for Fur Goods Adjusted Per Corrected List
Corrected by Weil Bros and Company, fur values revised across species. Skunk now 10 cents to 3.50 dollars, mink 1 to 7 dollars, muskrats 10 cents to 75 cents, opossum 10 cents to 65 cents, raccoon 26 cents to 3 dollars, red fox 1 dollar to 6 dollars.
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Weil Bros. & Con
Wheat and Corn Turn Prices Edge Higher in Chicago Market
European visible supply grows and bullish Argentine talk fades as Chicago wheat opens up and May slips to 99 4. Corn edges up briefly on export rumors while oats and hog products weigh on provisions. Toledo closes with mixed cash and May prices across wheat corn and rye.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Livestock Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Receipts
East Buffalo N Y Jan 16 hogs receipts 12800 shipments 1140 to New York yesterday 6320. Sheep and lambs receipts 14000 steady for sheep lambs higher tops 7.40. Cattle receipts 400 steady. Pittsburg Pa Jan 16 cattle 500 hogs 5500 heavy lights pigs 36 90 top sheep 5.00 lambs 7.25 calves 10.50. Cincinnati Jan 16 cattle 304 steady hogs 2678 strong packers 6.30 6.50. Chicago Jan 16 cattle 9000 easy hogs 35 000 quiet lower. Indianapolis Jan 16 hogs 9000 cattle 1100 calves 250 sheep 400. Chicago cash grain notes mix of prices across wheat corn oats rye barley and forages.
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Chicago
Iran
Ser Iba
East Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Ill
Texas
Indianapolis
Ind
Northern
Chicago and New York Market Prices Roundup
Chicago and New York reports show varied dairy and poultry prices with receipts and ranges. Butter creamery and eggs markets rise or hold, potatoes and cheese show modest movements, turkeys and chickens firm on alive markets. New York notes firm dairy with broader poultry activity and mixed fresh gathered prices.
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Elgin Creamery
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Toledo Market Highlights Early North Lima Trade
Toledo Market report from Toledo Ohio dated Jan 16 notes North Lima 820 barrels and South Lima Indiana Tic barrels.
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Toledo
Lima
Indiana
Wall Street Fluctuations Open With Irregular Trading
New York stock activity starts with uneven movements as Interborough-Metropolitan shares weaken while Reading Union Pacific and Baltimore & Ohio advance. Canadian Pacific climbs while most leaders stay dull, prices mostly nominal under thin rhythm before a late rebound in Leading stocks.
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Wall Street
New York
Lehigh Valley
Tobacco Company
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard
American Tobacco
Union Pacific
Reading
Great Northern
Amalgamated
Wall Street Briefs New York Jan 16 Market Quotes
Last sale round up shows Am. Copper 6545 Inter Metall 167% and Am. Beet Sugar 5c do pfd. Am. Loco 33. SM. K. & Te. 38. Am. S. & Ref. 71% Nat. Biscuit 14014 per share. Nat. Lead 53. Am. C. & Fdy 53. Louis. & Nash. 15 1/2. Am. Cat Oil 46%. Missouri Pac 79 3/4. Sug. Ref 115. M. Y. Central 107 1/4. Atchison 105 1/2. Northern Pac 116. At. Coast Line 133 1/4. Pacific Mail 32 5/8. Baltic & Ohio 104 3/4. Pennsylvania 123 1/8. Reading 141 1/2. Rock Island Co 22 1/2. M. & St. P. 107 3/4. Southern Pac 109 5/8. Col. & South 44. Union Pacific 76 1/2. U. S. Steel 66 4. Den. & Rio G. 60 1/8. Pullman Car 160. Chel. & Ohio 72 3/4. Canadian Pac 232 1/4. Chicago & North Western 141 1/4. Col. & South 44.
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New York
Amal
Am. S
Am. C
Fdy
Louis. & Nash
Missouri Pac
M. Y. Central
Min. Co
West
Atchison
Northern Pac
Coast Line
Pacific Mail
Baltic & Ohio
Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Pal
Ghes
Ohio
Reading
BAM Chi
North
Rock Is. Co
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ODD Fellows
D. C. Montgomery
O. Gatherton
A. B. Neven
William Nellinger
Outside Guardian
A. L. Summit
Inside Guardian
A. T L. Cook
P. G
J. H. Gable
Rec
W. H. Bowers
N. G
O. E. Shaffer
I. H. Bornheimer
H. G. Frame
J. W. Wilson
J. B. Olinger
POE News
J. C. Heller
Court Street
Willington P. Fellers
Christena Feighner
George B. Bittenger
Nellie Enyart
Elmer Fisher
Farmer
Jennie M. Clayton
John Kneubuhler
Martha C. Schermann
Xavier L. Marshall
Theresa A. Nicole
Wiener & Go
C. M. Wiener
Fancy Elgin
Beyer Brothers Co
C. LL Fiall
Fred Eckart
Weil Grotuners & Co
Ildégidge Ab
Heraparun—sowdive
Lupper—yqml
S Bash & Co
W. D. Henderson & Co
Grain and Provisions
Stocks and Bonds
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