Summer Social Notes And Local Marriages
Miss Mildred Marchland celebrated her thirteenth birthday with a surprise party near Monroeville. Neighbors held Fourth of July picnics near the F. W. Prange farm with a temporary bowling alley and games. Various weddings and family reunions are reported including Miss Welcome M. Rehrer’s marriage and several other nuptials with plans to visit resorts and relocate afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Marchland
Monroeville
Mildred
Waldo Berkley
Will Anderson
Walter Clem
Arthur Krauter
Vern Shaffer
Nellie Barkley
Lelie Chaffer
Gladys Wass
Agnes Shi
Edith Weson
Lucy Battenberg
Gladys Rider
Opal Rider
Ruth Shaffer
Edna Gibson
Lottie Clem
Ada Krauter
Dwella Krauter
Marie Erwin
Mabel Wilkinson
Fort Wayne
Lester Barley
Arthur Johnson
Peter Shi
Forest Stover
Cleveland Brown
F. W. Prange
Leesburg Road
Henry Hitzmann
William Kammeyer
Sophie L. Prange
Christian Thiele
Fred C. Merer
Fred Pohseyer
Martin
Welcome M. Rehrer
Huegstis Avenue
Mr. Waldron
Bruner
South Bend Building Boom Shows Massive Rise
South Bend leads a six month building surge across 52 cities with a 455 percent gain over 1908. John Arthur named justice of the peace in Lake township Kosciusko county. James B. Williams elected county assessor at Huntington, succeeding the late T. M. Strouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
John Arthur
Lake Township
Kosciusko County
James B. Williams
Huntington
T. M. Strouse
Diverse Housekeeper Recipes From Culinary Department
A collection of housekeeper recipes including Raspberry Mold Egg Cutlets Onion and Cucumber Soup Blackberry Mush Eyes Stir Plat Corn Oysters Pineapple Snow Pear Compote Vermicelli Croquettes Kromeskies of Fish and Stuffed Egg Plant with detailed preparation steps, ingredients, and serving notes. This reader guidance outlines quantities, methods, and finishing touches for each dish sourced from the Culinary Department.
Forests in Indiana Nearly Wiped Out by Deforestation
Washington reports government figures showing Indiana’s original forests occupied 19 520 000 acres, now reduced to 4 000 000 acres or 17 percent of the state, with 15 520 000 acres stripped. 22 824 827 000 feet of lumber cut 1580 to 1907, eight percent of U S total. The bulletin warns of threefold faster harvest than growth, urging conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Woeedman
United States
Germany
France
Collision Sinks Lake Steamer Cowle With Fourteen Lost
Sault Ste. Marie Mich July 13 A fog bound collision near Whitefish Point between the steel steamers Isaac M Scott and John B Cowle left the Cowle sunk in fifty fathoms with fourteen crew lost. The Scott returned to port damaged with part of the Cowle crew aboard and Goodyear rescued survivors including Captain Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Isaac M. Scott
John B. Cowle
Lake Superior
Whitefish Point
Cowle
Scott
Goodyear
Rogers
Pair Returned to LaSalle on Immorality Charge
Barthol Koshetz a Pennsylvania freight handler and Mary Graube who lived with him ten days were returned to LaSalle Michigan to face a charge of specific immorality. The man pursued his wife after she deserted him in Europe and she resisted a reconciliation at the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle
Ora Lenwell
Larwill
Whitley County
Lenwell
Kosciusko County
Shreveport
L. W. Tennant
North Dakota
Clyde Shipley
Murdock
Logansport
Mabel Keith
Huntington
Shipley
Elkhart County
Goshen
Mattie E. Patrey
Michael Welch
Kyran Welch
Grass Creek
Dr J W McKinney Recovers From Illness After Baltimore Convention
Dr J W McKinney was stricken with appendicitis while attending a medical convention in Baltimore and has recovered enough to return home. The update notes his health has improved significantly since the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Indiana News Roundup from Auburn to Fort Wayne
A sweeping Northern Indiana column notes Charles Eckhart donating two lots for a public library in Auburn. multiple obituaries and sundry events across Elkhart, Warsaw, Wells, Whitley, and surrounding counties including fatal accidents, marriages, anniversaries, and local civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eckhart
Auburn
Jakes Sanders
Nappanee
Elkhart
Walter Lamson
Lagrange
Phil McNagny
W. F. McNagny
Columbia City
D. F. Spade
Alexandria
Indiana
Jaz County
Frank Coulter
Churubusco
J. T B. Sewell
Camden
Mich
Wells County Board of Commissioners
Fort Warne
J. Vaughan
Alvin J. Yoder
Lagreenage County
Lagrange County
Frank Caley
Huntington
Washington Dispatches
Shively
Washington
John Biedermann
Nix Settlement
Whitley County
Kneipp
Rome City
Solomon Fairchild
Jefferson Township
Fort Wayne
Hamilton
DeKalb County
William Rathbun
Hartford City
Eric Jenner
Miss Troxel and Kerch Courtship Complications in December
In this roundup of local notes Auburn reports an airdome theater and dogs muzzled. DeKalb counts temperance talks with a December local option election. Huntington remodeling begins. Miss Troxel refuses marriage due to Kerch's prior November wedding. numerous regional incidents including accidents, arrests, and civic updates across Whitley, Wells, and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troxel
Kerch
Auburn
Collins
Whitley County
Huntington
W. F. Ellis
Knox Schools
Clifford R. Stout
Mary L. Frantz
Wabash
Chester Brady
Warsaw
DeKalb County
Ligonier Presbyterians
J. A. Casebeer
Tocsin
Wells County
C. S. Niblick
Marshall
Elkhart County
Lorin Robbins
Albion
Cromwell
Columbia City
Merritt Weaver
W. D. Weaver
Lagrange
E. S. Fisher
Markle
Topeka
Lagrange County
Jacob Berkfield
Julius Hill
Garrett
Fred Smith
Decatur
Kosciusko
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Fulton
Fred L. Feick
Brotherhood of Railway
Henry Fetters
Warren Township
Huntington County
Frank Bugher
Peru
Dollie Delcamp
South Bend
Ossian Livestock Association
Jacob Penner
Nancy Nute
Portland
William Yontz
Clark Commission Company
Fort Wayne
Pomona
Kan
Indiana
Thomas Hurley
Mayme
Tom
Bridge of Sighs
Kansas City
C. B. Siemen
Allie Mitchell
Josephine Lambert
the Anthony
Miss Lambert
Weyne Hotel
John Schrock
Goshen
Adolph G. Mease
Sylvan Lake
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Fred Ochiler
Maples
Natal
City
F. W. Stolte
Blackburn
Rice
C. Stolte
Jacob Lehman
Anna Messman
Ed Tinnameyer
Dressel
Philip Dressel
Convoy
Ohio
Henry Dressel
Herman Kratzsch
Louise Koons
Rose
Sadie Dressel
Walter Fife
Walter Fife and Child
Toronto
Canada
Christ Graft and
Ossian
Ashley
Griswold
Daughers
Ashleys
Joseph Griswold
Samuel Harrison
Antwerp Bank
Antwerp
Edward D. Ashley
William
Ravena
N. Y
Frank Potter and Son
Elizabeth Reynolds
St. Paul
Bruner—Rehrer
Voltz
Louise Peek
Henry Peek
Jones Street
Henry Voltz
William Moll
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Voltz Wall
Deer Park
Wis
Palmer
Ossie Winter
William Palmer
Ziegler
George Winter
Mattie Rouch
Leslie Winter
A. A. Rouch
Emma
Samuel Rouch
Pat Morris
C. O. Rouch
Wyeth—Howey
Alice Straughan Howey
A. G. Wyeth
Newark
Burton Preston
Mansfield
Huston
Presbyterian Church
Wyeth
Granville Street
Culinary Department
Whitefish Bay
Northern
Mabel Ray Bundy
Frances Slocum
White Rose
Roy Sausaman
Lawrence
Roanoke
William Pasko
Union Township
Kosciusko County Hospital Fund
Whitley County Teachers’ Institute
Lake James
Offord Purdue
Muncie
Henry Willis
North Webster
Prospect
J. N. Hurts
Indianapolis
James Walton
Federal Building
Ben Alexander
Emeline McDonald
Ephraim Lowman
Bippus
William Nobel
Poneto
Carl Burgess
Nettie Sawyer
Bluffton
Hillsdale
Calvin Whitney
A. B. Chase Piano Company
Norwalk
Sarah Fountain
Avilla
J. C. Branyan
Jesse Hower
Standard Oil Company
A. W. Hardman
Mishawaka
William Bradburn
Bradburn
Frank Clark
John O. Clark
Laud
Port of
Lester Bing
Anderson
Bing
A. M. Ellerinz
Catholic Church
Meire Grove
Elizabeth Voreis
Inwood
Plymouth
Charles Ballihan
John ‘Baughman
Vera Holden
Kendallville
Magda Hansen
Chicago
Cook Taylor
Briggs
Toledo
Butler
W. H. Lehne
C. J. Togo
Wells
Allen
Adama
Lehne
Grant Township
DeKalby
Auburn-Waterloo
John Kenower
Corlew
Elkhart City
Hazelton
Board of Works
Earle Wolfe
Free Methodist
Weslyan Methodist
Fairmont
Wabash County
Frank Howe
Robert Stewart
J. B. Casebeer
Joseph Lonsdale
Royal Center
James Godfrey
Howe
Lima
Jesse Brenneman
Brenneman
A. A. Bane
Andrews
J. H. Breish
First Evangelical
William Hines
Mary McKinzie
Myrtle Cook
Mahon
Hertford City
Walter
Joseph Powell
Frank Baker
Stroh
Pennville
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