Roach given jail time over drunken dispute in Columbia Street
David Roach, a repeat offender, was fined $100 and costs and jailed for 30 days after a Columbus street incident described as a bid for quiet sleep rather than a real brawl. Other cases included fines for gamblers, a suspended fine for a domestic dispute, and exits for several suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Roach
Skelton
Columbia Street
David
George
William Sherlock
Pettit
Robert Byron
Edward Smith
Edward Warner
John Green
Lapp
Henry Erlich
Pearl Street
Paully Bunch
Warfield Wing
John Burns
Asa Ansara
John Gregor
Charles
McDonald's
Henry Fernwald
Ed Cowell
Charles C. Williams
John Conway
McDonald Saloon
Marriage Figures From Courty Health Board Report 1908
Secretary Van Buskirk released a quarterly statistics report noting December weddings at 76, October 63, and November 62. Of 191 American grooms, 10 born foreign. all but six brides were American born. One groom under 20, 29 brides under 20, two grooms over 60 and one over 70. most couples aged 20 to 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courty Board of Health
van Buskirk
Rert
Judge Skelton Gets Chair During Public Installation
Judge Skelton presided as officers were installed Thursday evening in a public ceremony. The event followed Allen Rodge and No. 28 Degrees of Honor attending the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Skelton
Noble County to vote on dry option in local election
Kendallville Ind Jan 22 Temperance activists in Noble county push to add the county to dry lists for the Jan 29 local option. Speakers include Fred Rohrer A Z Blair and Dr N W Tracy with schoolchildren parade planned in Albion. Proponents forecast a dry majority up to 1000 with twenty saloons affected and most papers neutral or supportive.
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Kendallville
Ind
Noble County
County Central Temperance Committee
Fred Rohrer
Berne Witness
N. W. Tracy
Kentucky
Albion
F. E. Reeve
Temperance Committee
Ligonier
Avilla
Kimmels
Cromwell
LaOtto
Rome City
Hiquor
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Aley to Address Lakeside School Graduates February Fifth
Dr Robert J Aley newly elected state superintendent will address nine graduating girls from Lakeside school training department on Friday February fifth in the high school auditorium. The class includes Vera Sterling Paffleck Clara Charlotte Buck Mary Carolyn Doty Nellie Blanche Havens Emma Maria Matach Esther Pearl Nelson Elizabeth Lyons O Rourke Mildred Cecelia Rohgans and Ethel Barbara Scully. The program is at the printer and will be issued soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Aley
Training School Department
Lakeside School
Aley
Fasset A. Cotton
Vera Sterling Paffleck
Clara Charlotte Buck
Mary Carolyn Doty
Nellie Blanche Havens
Emma Maria Matach
Esther Pearl Nelson
Elizabeth Lyons O’rourke
Mildred Cecelia Rohgans
Ethel Barbara Scully
Col Foster Opposes Postal Savings Bank Plan
In Indianapolis Col D N Foster of Fort Wayne, head of the National Retail Furniture Dealers Association, denounces the postal savings bank plan as socialistic and harmful to private rights. He cites centralized power, panic withdrawals, unfair depositor treatment, tax losses, and higher deficits as major flaws, and notes it would burden state banks and require new safeguards. Indiana Retail Merchants reelect officers Ralph B. Clark president and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Retail Merchants’ Association
Col
D. N. Foster
Fort Wayne
National Retail Furniture Dealers’ Association
Postal Savings Bank Plan
Washington
Ralph B. Clark
Anderson
James B. Walsh
Terre Haute
Thomas F. Palfrey
Vincinnes
John A. Herzog
Mishawaka
W. R. Seavey
Mutual Insurance Organization
Church of God Buys Sunnyside Mission Building
The Church of God bought the Sunnyside Mission on Lafayette Street for 400 dollars cash. They assume existing debt and will fund a new sidewalk in front. The building, formerly a schoolhouse, has hosted Sunday services under the First Baptist and Missionary Sunday School union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside Mission
Church of God
Lafayette Street
Wildwood Avenue
Missionary Sunday School Union
First Baptist Church
H. H. Spiher
Vordermark, Hall
George Larmour Leaves Keil and Keil After Sixteen Years
George Larmour, employed by Keil and Keil as an expert paper hanger for sixteen years, is noted in the notice. The passage indicates his long service and impending departure from the firm.
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George ‘Larmour
Keil & Keil
Miners Stand by Mitchell with Gash Aid
Indianapolis hosts the United Mine Workers twenty fifth annual convention where a motion pledges funds to aid John Mitchell and others in their defense against jail sentences. John Walker claims Illinois victory in the December election while Lewis expects re election by 30000 votes. Mitchell arrives to a warm reception as Bookwalter urges harmony and order.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Gompers and
Morrison
Wright
Lewis
John Walker
Ilinois
Bookwalter
Charles A. Bookwalter
T. L. Lewis
Union Labor People of
Gompers
Mitchell
Miners’ International Executive Board
Ryan
New York
New Officers Named for Fort Wayne Clearing House
Charles H. Worden of First National Bank was chosen president, succeeding Charles E. Bond. Frank H. Poole of Hamilton National Bank became vice president, Ernest W. Cook of Citizens' Trust was named trust company chairman, and Paul F. Kuhne continued as manager. The meeting covered routine business and a forthcoming vote on interest rate adjustments for Fort Wayne banks and trust firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Worden
First National Bank
Fort Wayne Clearing House Association
Mr. Worden
Charles E. Bond
Old National Bank
Frank H. Poole
Hamilton National Bank
S. M. Foster
German-American National Bank
Ernest W. Cook
Citizens’ Trust Company
Trust Company
C. A. Wilding
Tri-State Loan and Trust Company
Paul F. Kuhne
Clearing House
Fort Wayne
Simple Remedy Reported During LA Illness Episode
Incomplete notes describe a home remedy failing to prevent a respiratory illness from worsening. The fragment mentions coughing and a progression toward pneumonia, with limited details on people or institutions involved.
Endorsed Plan for a National Tariff Commission at Fort Wayne Meet
Fort Wayne Commercial club speakers backed creating a national tariff commission to study and adjust the present schedule. A nine-member delegation was authorized to attend the Indianapolis convention, with Judge Robert S. Taylor stressing facts and expert study as essential. Supporters urged nonpolitical appointees and a lasting body to replace crash politics with informed tariff reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tariff Commission
Fort Wayne Commercial Club
R. &. Taylor
S. M. Foster
J. M. Barrett
T. F. Thieme
Tariff Commission
Indianapolis
H. C. Rockhill
C. R. Lane
Capt
G. W. MecBride
T. L. Gillis
Angola Commercial Club
Worl
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted for Children
Dreier Bros. tout Foley's Honey and Tar as the safe cough remedy for infants and children without opiates. It claims to save many little lives, urging mothers to keep a bottle at home and refuse substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Dreier Bros
Courageous 15 year old drives tramp from barn with pitchfork
A Kendallville News letter from November 23 notes a girl named Hazel Phillips aged 15 living north of Warsaw confronted a tramp in her father’s barn haymow. He threatened her and she repelled him with a pitchfork, forcing his departure. The letter also mentions a stamp journey that circled the world in 57 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Hazel Phillips
Warsaw
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Dicken
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Foster Lereepas
McKinley
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Foster
Supreme Tariff Court
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