Wabash Men Seek Site for Fort Wayne Hat Factory
Three Wabash businessmen Samuel Simons Benjamin Cook and Morrie Wagner arrived in Fort Wayne at the invitation of Secretary Hanna of the Commercial club to study hat factory prospects. They have formed a partnership to manufacture soft and stiff hats and recently bought a Richmond factory but seek a larger northern location. Wagner, a practical hat maker formerly with Pioneer Hat Works at Wabash, led site visits with no decision yet. the Commercial club will decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Samuel Simons
Benjamin Cook
Morrie Wagner
Hanna
Commercial Club
Richmond
Wagner
Pioneer Hat Works
Wabash
Local Police Report Suicide of Man in Custody
August F. Kanne a police character residing at 132 East Columbia Street hanged himself with suspenders at police headquarters about 1 30 Thursday morning. He had been arrested Wednesday evening for drunkenness and refusing his wife entry to their home. He was found by Edward Taylor, night inspector for the electric light company, who raised the alarm after discovering the body. The coroner was summoned to view the remains. The painter, about 48, lived with a widow, a married daughter, and a brother. A prior humane officer complaint and missing stolen refrigerators, wine, and a chicken were noted during the police search of Kanne’s rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August F. Kanne
East
Columbia Street
Sergt
Henry Harkenrider
Sergi. Pappert
Junk
Kanne
William Vergens
West
Washington Boulevard
Edward Taylor
Electric Light Company
Gus
Schlaudroff
Eight Baptized in Spencerian Ceremony at Huntertown Home
A baptismal service conducted by Rev. G Hartman Bright at Fisher C West home northeast of Huntertown united eight worshipers aged two to eighty in a Methodist Episcopal rite. The eight include Fisher C West elder and junior West Donner West Samuel A Brown Henry Albert Greenfield Martia May Nelson Edwin Eugene Strock Ruth Alinda Kuhns. After the rite four new members, Fisher C West Samuel Brown Albert Greenfield and Manila Nelson, joined the church with friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen County
Fisher C. West
Huntertown
G. Hartman Bright
Donner West
Price West
Auburn
Samuel A. Brown
Henry Albert Greenfield
Martia May Nelson
Eewin Eugene Strock
Ruthalinda Kuhns
Samuel Brown
Albert Greenfield
Manila Nelson
Indiana Photographer's Association Elects Officers
Winona Lake Indiana July 11 The Indiana Photographer's Association elected officers with C W Neiswander as president W F Behermerhorn first vice president F C Benton second vice president Frank Cady secretary J Cammack treasurer George A Parrott trustee Albert E Thomas county prosecutor elect left for Detroit to attend the Maccabees convention and to visit Ontario Ontario for a time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Indiana Photographer’s Association
C. W. Neiswander
Mantle
W. F. Behermerhorn
Auburn
F. C. Benton
Oakland City
Frank Cady
Boonville
J. ©. Cammack
Green
Gete
George
A. Parrott
Ort Wayne
Albert E. Thomas
Detroit
the Maccabees
Thomas
Ontario
Fangda
Merritt Elected President of Fort Wayne Commercial Club
Edward H. Merritt is chosen as president of the Fort Wayne Commercial Club for the coming year at the annual meeting. He will be inducted in September. Merritt, manager of the Physicians' Defense Company, has led membership efforts and helped organize the Trade Mark and Title Company. He also leads the Anthony Wayne club and Fort Wayne Shriners and serves in multiple city organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Commercial Club
Edward H. Merritt
Merritt
Anthony Wayne Club
Fort Wayne
Merritt Elected Fort Wayne Commercial Club President
In Fort Wayne the Commercial Club elected E. H. Merritt as president for the new year at a Thursday evening meeting. Officers include O. N. Heaton and F. J. Thieme as vice presidents, R. B. Hanna secretary, C. E. Bond treasurer, with a 471-member board following resignations and new appointments. The group reviewed finances, membership changes, and plans for a hotel project and potential office building, aiming to attract manufacturing and real estate investment. A September 12 induction will install the new president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
P. A. Randall
H. C. Rockhill
W. C. Rastetter
Hanna
Bond
Treasury
BE. H. Merritt
C. W. Orr
Charles McCulloch
F. W. Culbertson
Committee On Manufactures
Wallace-Lindsmith
Economy Motor Buggy Company
Commercial Improvement Company
Chicago
Culbertson
Mossman
J. B. Harper
O. N. Guldlin
Ele
Mr. Mossman
Monroe W. Fitch
Harper
Fitch
Trolley Lines 10 Take State Militia to Fort Harrison
For the first time in Indiana history the state militia encampment will be moved by electric trolley lines to Fort Benjamin Harrison. Military companies from this region join Auburn and Fort Wayne units under contracts with the Toledo and Chicago and the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley roads. Special cars and baggage cars are set to transport men and equipment. some companies will still use steam lines where not served by electric rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Toledo
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Wabash Valley
Auburn
Indiana National Guard
Eight Mills Lose Life In Mine Disaster
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on July 11 eight Italian mine workers died at the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company Honey Brook slope. Two men entered to measure water then two more went in to assist. Others were ordered to help as the danger grew. When they failed to return, an investigation found deadly white damp present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Honeybrook
Ladies Auxiliary Elect Officers in Local NA L C Chapter
The Ladies Auxiliary of the National Association of Letter Carriers met at Mrs. Harry Zwahlen’s home on Wednesday afternoon and elected officers led by President Irene Smith and Vice President Carrie Yields. Secretary Mingle Heiler Corresponding Secretary Mary Zimmerly Treasurer Bessie Miller. A post meeting contest awarded prizes to Nellie Miller and Florence Nichols, followed by luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
National Association of Letter Carriers
Harry Zwahlen
Irene Smith
Carrie
Mingle Heiler
Mary Zimmerly
Bessie Miller
Nellie Miller
Florence Nichols
Sister Dies in Runaway in Cheyenne Wells Col
Mrs. Perry A Thompson of 906 Lincoln avenue was summoned to Cheyenne Wells Colorado Thursday after a message said her sister Mrs M H Fisk had been killed in a runaway. Fisk had visited Fort Wayne and made friends in the city. Finis Cartwright head of Finis Cartwright Lumber company of South Bend is in town on business. Cartwright was superintendent of Olds Wagon works in this city twenty five years ago and has many friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry A. Thompson
Lincoln Avenue
Cheyenne
Wells
Col
M. H. Fisk
Finis Cartwright
Finis Cartwright Lumber Company
South Bend
Cartwright
Olds
Double drowning at Lake James claims three young lives
In Angola Indiana on July 11 Miss Louise Humphrey, formerly of Fort Wayne, called for help after getting beyond depth. Miss Nell and Miss May Dwight of Toledo rushed to aid and also drowned. Fred Holmes rescued Humphrey and May Dwight briefly but Nell Dwight was lost. Bodies recovered in fifteen feet of water. remains sent to Clyde Ohio for burial. Surviving Humphrey family and others returned home by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Angola
Ind
Lake James
Nell
May Dwight
Toledo
Louise Humphrey
Fort Wayne
Humphrey
Red Sand Beach
Misses Dwight
Miss May
Tri-State College
Fred Holmes
Tole*s
Miss Humphrey
Holmes
Miss Maywight
Miss Dwight
Janet Humphrey
Miss May Dwight
Nell Dwight
Chicago
Clyde
Ohio
Dwight
North Carolina
Lake Shore Railroad
Waterloo
Misses Humphrey Holidaying From Toledo Head To Lake James
In Fort Wayne on Monday a party of Misses from Toledo traveled to Fort Wayne for a ten day outing at Lake James. They stayed with Mrs. George B. Humphrey at 918 Harmer Street Sunday night before departing for Angola Monday morning. Janet and Louise Humphrey, daughters of James Humphrey, recently moved from Fort Wayne to Toledo. Janet formerly taught at Clay school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Lake James
George B. Humphrey
Harmer Street
Angola
Janet
Louise Humphrey
James Humphrey
Wabash
Janet Humphrey
Clay School
Governor Hanly to Stay With Indiana National Guard Camp
Governor Hanly will spend nearly all ten days of the Indiana National Guard encampment at the camp starting Wednesday. He will have his own tent and remain on the grounds day and night, reportedly at the war department's request to supervise discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hanly
Indiana National Guard
War Department
Washington
Civil Service Exam Easier for IRS Jobs in Fort Wayne
Examination for places in the Internal Revenue Service will be held September 4 in Fort Wayne. The notice says these exams are greatly simplified and easier to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Civil Service
Fort Wayne
Lightning strikes house on Moodland Avenue causing heavy soot damage
A bolt hit the home of Misses Emma and Isabelle Hinkley at 230 East Woodland Avenue at 4 a.m. Thursday, damaging the chimney and internal wiring. Soot and plaster ruined carpets. Emma, an office assistant at the city health board, and Isabelle escaped unharmed but frightened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Isabelle Hinkley
East
Woodland Avenue
Emma Hinkley
City Board of Health
Lightning Tears Through Rolf Coal Office In Fort Wayne
EH H Rolf found his Fairfield Avenue business office in disarray after a lightning strike in the night. The surge entered via electric wires, damaged the meter, scorched a path to the safe, and blew plaster from walls while the timepiece kept ticking. Fort Wayne suffered a severe storm with brief outages in the south side incandescent service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. H. Rolf
Rolf Coal and Supply Company
Fairfield Ave
Fort Wayne
Street Car Slips On Soaped Tracks And Wagons Hit
Conductor reports soap on grade near Columbia Street and Nickel Plate crossing caused a street car to slip and drift across tracks. A following car spun its wheels when powered, sand exhausted, then resumed with no further trouble. Also a Belt Line car shoved a wagon on Main Street injuring driver Casther Siebold, and a runaway horse struck an iron pole injuring Charles Fehling on South Salhound Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
Nickel Plate
Columbia St
T.t
Caster Siebold
Eckart Packing Company
Eceat
Main Street
Stiebold
Siebold
Wolf & Dessauer
S. Salhoun Street
Street Railway Company
Charles Fehling
Hanna Street
Pulliam
Blum Named Superintendent at Brookside Farm
Dave Blum longtime police department member and night driver of the patrol wagon for five years resigns to become superintendent of Brookside farm. He grew up on a farm in St Joe township and is regarded as fully ready for his new duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Blum
Brookside Farm
St. Joe Township
Young man injured leaning from interurban car in Fort Wayne
G. J. Wells a 19 year old employee of Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction was seriously injured at Wayne and Calhoun streets when leaning from a southbound interurban car and struck by an approaching South Wayne car. He suffered brain concussion but improved at Hope hospital. Wells is from Garrett and had been staying at 919 Lafayette street while working at the shops with foreman Noble Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Wells
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Wayne and
Calhoun Streets
South Wayne
Wells
Hope Hospital
Garrett
Robert Wells
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fort Wayne
Lafayette Street
Noble Graham
Bluffton
Calhoun Street
Wayne Street
Traction
Meyer Bros. Co
B. W. Rhamy
Barnett
Foreman Graham
Holman Street
Traction Magnate Killed by Live Wire in Columbus
Richard F. Gottschalk president of the Columbus Street Railway and Light company was instantly killed on Eleventh Street near Washington when a trolley pole slipped a broken guide wire. He borrowed a ladder to fix the break, clung to the live guide wire, and was fatally burned as the power house shut off seven minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Richard F. Gottschalk
Eleventh Street
Washington
Gottschalk
Columbus Street Railway and Light Company
Broken trolley wire lights up night sky over city
A broken trolley wire on West Main street caused an electrical display resembling aurora or lunar rainbow above the city around noon Thursday. A West Main street car bound for barns shattered the wire on Calhoun street, rear end igniting sparks and a brief blaze before firefighters were summoned by Patrolman Junk.
Baby Scalding Incident At Walton Avenue
Two year old Irwin Korde of Walton avenue was scalded Wednesday when a bowl of boiling milk overturned. The injuries, though painful, are not serious. W A Campbell of Kendallville plans a temporary stay in this city to study law with Vesey and Vesey, and is son of Archy Campbell, Kendallville banker and merchant, author of Life of Marvin Kuhns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Korde
Walton Avenue
W. A. Campbell
Kendallville
Vesey & Vesey
Mr. Campbell
Archy Campbell
Marvin Kuhns
Unwritten Law Acquits Bowie Mother and Son in Posey Killing
In Laplata Maryland on July 12 a jury acquitted Mrs Bowie and her son Henry after a short deliberation in the murder case of Hubert Posey. The defense rested on unwritten law claiming Posey betrayed the family and failed to marry Bowie's daughter Priscilla. The Bowies testified they killed Posey after he promised marriage and later did not appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Posey
Mudd
Bowie
Sis
Priscilla Bowie
Big Fines and Jail Stunts for Trust Mongers
Toledo Common Pleas Judge Morris fines brick and lumber men $1,000 each plus costs for Valentine anti trust violations. Lumber men and bridge agents get six months in the work house with costs. suspended ten days due to smallpox quarantine. Overcrowded courtroom heard that thirty leading city businessmen faced judgment. Sentenced bridge agents are H G Hammond of Kenton Bridge and W N Cleveland of Cleveland and Houston Bridge, Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Common Pleas
Morris
H. G.hammond
Kenton Bridge Company
W. N. Cleveland
Cleveland and Houston Bridge Company
Columbus
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Photographers Elect
EH. Merritt
NEW Commercial Club
Pennsylvania
Letter Carriers’ Association
Colorado
Sisters of
G. B. Humphrey
Moodlan
Bolt
E. H. Rolf
John H. Bass
Columbus, Ind
Maryland
Daughter
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