Local news round up from Decatur area society
The column lists day to day notes from Decatur and nearby towns including injuries and illnesses. It mentions Mr Wise's child fracturing an arm, doctors W S Miller and H Sites moving to Peoria, Billy Stewart returning with a gorilla Angola from Ohio, Mrs E T Stringer convalescing, ex postmaster William Knough sprained ankle, Mrs Younger to Hope hospital, W H Bruch ill with grippe, Miss Hattie Gibson visiting from Indiana, E F Yarnelle reporting Michigan patients at Plymouth Institute, H C Rockhill moving to Harrison street shoe business, and notices of firm closures and civic events. It also covers church revivals, weddings, patents, and various local travels and misadventures including a sleigh accident, a saw mill explosion rumor, and union of churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Miller
Peoria
Ill
Billy Stewart
Angola
Ohio
E. T. Stringer
William Knough
Montgomery Street
Younger
Maumee Avenue
Hope Hospital
W.H. Bruch
Bloomingdale Mill
Miner Street
Grippe
Hattie Gibson
Decatur
Ind
Christian Strebe
Elm Street
E. F. Yarnelle
Emmett H. McDonald
George P. McGoogan
Arcola
Fort Wayne
Pittsburg
Chicago
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Beach
Broadway
Harry France
Frederick Linkhouse
Mary Clark
van Wert
W. N. Myers
John Ryan
South Webster Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Simpson Church
John Reuss
Centlivre Brewing Company
la Grippe
Geary
Coesse
Lagrippe
Eda Lillian
Willis D. Maier
Fred Bayard Copen
William Smith
Lumbard Street
M. P. Church of
New Haven
Stock’s Hall
Shaffer
Edward Harlor
Thos. Niel
J. M. Gorrell
Eugene Richey
Wm. Stocks
Henry Ladig
Nettie Davis
Laura Shaffer
Thomas Meads
John Dawkins
Ettie Billman
Wellsville
Rogers
Decaur
Frank Shrader
Middleburg Normal School
Taylor University
J. B. Evans
Waveland Schools
Chas. Boyce
Charlie
New Tlaven
Corporal Vollon
Columbus
Ralph Okonkomski
Charles Rule
William Baook
Amos Harnett
Test Case on saloon licensing law in Indianapolis Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court heard Haggar et al v Stehlin et al on the validity of the saloon license law. Prohibitionist H F Ritter urged nullification, while John W Kern defended the law citing prior Indiana court rulings. The court did not set a decision date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the State
Indianapolis
Mary E. Haggart
John £. Stehlin
H. F. Ritter
John W. Kern
Ritter
Legislative Department
Supreme Court of the United States
Kern
Indiana
Golden Wedding Celebration in Aboite Township
Samuel Cartwright and Lavinia Purse mark fifty years of marriage with a farm home reunion in Aboite township. A grand dinner for relatives and friends featured two roasted pigs with gold pieces, speeches by Judge John Morris and Rev Eldridge, and a display of their wedding hat and bonnet. The couple, longtime Wayne Street M E church members, received many costly presents and warm wishes for peaceful years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. B
Cartwright
St. Joe Township
George Neidheimer
Gottloib Neidheimer
Adrian
Mich
R. Ball
Samuel Cartwright
Lavinia Purse
Aboite Township
John Morris
Eldridge
Master Cartwright
L. R. Hartman
J. W. Hayden
Lewis Cartwright
James H. Stouder
S. B. Hatch
George D. Crane
A. R. McCurdy
John Sale
J. P. Tinkham
J. F. Carver
A. M. Stouder
C. W. Lawrence
F. W. Underhill
P. Lawrence
Underhill
H. C. Hartman
Florence Coverdale
J. B. Brownell
Emma Jenkinson
Mamie Haswell
Mamie Cartwright
Ruth Cartwright
Prudence Covington
Ellen J. Spencer
Cora Doughty
Emma Poulson
Anna Schuckman
Carrie Butterfield
Messrs
Walter Spencer
John Resshi
W. M. Gillespie
Frank Phillips
George W. Lawrance
Wayne Street
M. E
Power of Drink Leads Fort Wayne Man to a Fall
The Huntington Democrat reports H L Wilhelm an insurance agent who moved from Fort Wayne signed the blue ribbon pledge joined Murphy temperance society and preached temperance. After a night of heavy drinking he damaged a door with a club pleaded guilty to a plain drunk and paid a $2.50 fine then slept off the effects. Meanwhile T E Shea a brakeman with the Nickel Plate fell from a freight car at Argos sustaining dangerous injuries and was later reported slightly improved. he lives on Boone street in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Democrat
H.L. Wilhelm
Fort Wayne
Murphy Temperance Society
Wilhelm
Ife
T. E. Shea
New York, Chicago and St Louis
Argos
Shea
Boone Street
Nebraska
Royal Baking Powder Endorsed For Purity And Strength
Housekeepers should note the Royal Baking Powder is made with twenty five years of experience and strict purity. Chemists test each ingredient to ensure exact strength and uniform quality. Government reports rank it at the head for strength purity and wholesomeness with widespread testing supporting its unrivaled qualities.
Deaths and Funerals Across Fort Wayne Area
A series of obituaries recounts deaths from old age pneumonia and paralysis. Henry Decker aged 72 died in Perry township. Christian Hershey 56 died of pneumonia at 329 West Main. Conductor Sylvester McMahon and Mrs McMahon attended George Reams’s funeral in Grand Rapids, age 103. Nicholas Colson, 92, cabinet maker, died at his son-in-law’s home. Howard Waterhouse died at 1 year 5 months from bronchitis. Calvin Bieberstein 22, apoplexy, died at 27 Force street. Xavier Bouvier formerly of Antwerp. Captain Hiram Iddings’s funeral at Kendallville. The list also notes Mrs Barbara Herr, Mrs D Ersig, Mrs Sarah Moore, and many others reported to city undertakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Decker
Florentine
Perry Township
Scheumann & Klaehn
John
Christian Hershey
West Main Street
Ashland County
Ohio
Old West Main Street
Jacob Fry
Mr. Hershey
Harmony Lodge No. 19
Sylvester McMahon
Grand Rapids
Stark County
Nicholas Colson
George Wilhelm
Short and
Putnam Street
Fort Wayne
Forties
France
Colson
Wilhelm
Howard
John Waterhouse
Spy Run Avenue
Wm. F. Zander
Salem Reformed Church
Cleveland
Zander
Barbara Herr
D. Ersig
Monroe Street
St. Mary’s
William Limbacher
Calvin Bieberstein
Force Street
Joe Offelle
Kesler
John Bieberstein
Laura Bieberstein
Fred Fisher
Hoagland Avenue
Bluffton
Pittsburg
Jacob Hunziker
Bieberstein
Lizzie Lannert
Peltier’s
C. A. Chapman
Oakland Street
Battle Creek
Mich
Alanson W. Austin
Chicago
Harvey
Hiram Iddings
Kendallville
E. D. Jacobs
Bryan
Spencer Opera House
Nelson Post
Xavier Bouvier
Antwerp
Bouvier
Sarah A. Moore
A. J. Moore
D. W. Brower
Wayne Township
Perry N. DeHaven
Prairie Grove
Regina Bohrer
Melissa Gilchrist
N. Voinet
Wm. Notestine
Friedericke Hilgeman
Howard Waterhouse
Henry Buhr
Christian Tershey
Frank Beaudha
Wilhelmina Aufrecht
N. W. Lancaster
Sudden Blindness Strikes Charles Rippe at Home
Charles Rippe, son of contractor Fred Rippe, suddenly lost sight during study at St Pauls. Doctors report eyelids paralyzed, vision blurred when open, with double vision described. He will receive intensive treatment at once. The item also notes an upcoming Democratic state convention and governor candidates rushing campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Fred Rippe
Madison Street
St. Paul's
Indiana Man Survives Narrow Escape on Muncie Road
Harvey Duncan of Summitville narrowly escaped death when a freight train hit his wagon at a crossing near Anderson. After the collision the wagon landed on the pilot and the engineer helped free him. Duncan emerged uninjured. his horses survived unscathed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Muncie Road
Harvey Duncan
Summitville
Anderson
Eaton
Duncan
Farmers Insurance Annual Meeting Highlights Allen County
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance company of Allen county held its annual meeting last week. Officers elected include President Danford Parker Eel River township Secretary George Kell Eel River Treasurer Jerome D Gloyd Perry Actuary George B Lawrence Lafayette and Fifth Trustee Thomas Greer. The annual report shows 1005 policies in force and capital stock increased by 153000 last year bringing total capital to 1700000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Allen County
Danford Parker
Eel River Township
George Kell
Eel River
Jerome D. Gloyd
Perry
George B. Lawrence
Lafayette
Thomas Greer
Bullet in Child’s Leg: Old Pistol Foiled a Fatal Shot
A rusted handgun left forgotten on Elm Street in Nebraska discharged and buried a .22 bullet in a six year old boy, son of William Bishop. Dr. George B. Siemen removed the bullet and the boy is recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bishop
Elm Street
Nebraska
George B. Siemen
Allen County Schools Chief Felts Confined by Illness
George F. Felts superintendent of the Allen county schools is bedridden at Leo hotel after exposure from a 14 mile drive through a severe snow storm to visit schools. He contracted a bad cold that settled on his lungs and is under a physician’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Felts
Allen County
Leo
Felts
Fort Wayne Boy Receives West Point Promotion Order
Lieutenant Frank French, stationed at Fort Wayne Michigan near Detroit, is ordered by the adjutant general to report February 1 to the United States military school at West Point for promotion to tactical officer. His colonel hopes to have the order revoked. French is the son of Mrs. R. A. French of East Washington street. Also noted is William Smith of Anderson who became insane while ill with grip. The text remarks that the position of a judge is a trying one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reese
Edna Gorvell
Will
Toledo
First Presbyterian
Pete Laver
Organ Company
William Rose
Summut Street
Margaret Schone
East Washington Street
Roman Ehinger
East Lewis Street
New Haven
Frank French
Fort Wayne
Mich
Detroit
United States Adjutant General
United States Military School
West Point
Lieutenant French
R. A. French
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. S. Jackman
Waterloo
Waterloo Manufacturing Company
J. M. E. Riedel
Magley
Vornhold
James Wilkinson
Diamond
Simon Barnet
Mr. Wilkinson
Henry Spencer
Fairfield Avenue
Charles Spencer
Rapid City
Dakota
Dick Townsend
The
Randall
Mr. Spencer
Griebel, Wyckoff & Becker
Mr. Wyckoff
Muncie
George F. McCulloch
Fred Boltz
Thursday
Huntington Herald
John Zent
Frank Hoagland
Colonel Zent
Roanoke
H. K. Parry
Parry
Mattie Wampler
Madge Hamilton
May Griffith
Nebraska Mission Sunday School
F. M. Smaltz
United States Patent Office
Tar Sentinel
E. B. Clark
Washington, D. C
Andrew T. Campbell
William L. Cassady
South Bend
David Heineman
Geo. H. Mitchell
Idaville
Chas. A
Wilmer Leonard
Gottlieb Niemann
Co. R. Jenne
G. W. Seavey
Mary Simons
Mina
Gustav Breimeier
William Gaskins
Fort Worth
Tex
John F. W. Helling
Griffith Street
Frank Small
A. L. Kuhlman
C. F. DuWan
C. M. Kemp
J. F. Lahman
William Maze
Huntington County
Mary Sales
Wayne County
Maze
Benjamin Wisler
Wayne
David Kingsley
Kokomo
Ireland
Howard County
Kingsley
L. J. Garretson
Henry Linker
Adams Township
Jesse Meader
B. A. Sutton
Robert Spice
Hadson
A. M. Hunter
United States Army
Hall
Chas, Stelhorn
Charles Stellhorn
R. T. McDonald
New York City
Nutwood
Sam, Pete
Max
Supreme Court
Vera Cruz
Wells County
Nelson W. Lancaster
Nickel Plate Railroad
Lancaster
Switchmen’'s Mutual Aid Association
Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John Vining
Maumee
Glasgow Avenues
Charles Rippe
Farmer's Insurance
Supt
Felts III
J Pleasant
Lane
Snc
Pixley & CO
C Children’s Suits
George Dewald & CO
Aini
Compan
Ey Weinee
New York
Price
Belle City
Crowl
Pfeiffer & Schlatter
East Columbia ST
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