Northern Indiana Obituaries and Local Developments
Obituaries mark sudden deaths of Benjamin F. Edsall at his Albion home and John D. West fishing on Elkhart River. Ligonier eyes a new high school on Calvin square opposite the Carnegie library. Berne grants a fifty year rail franchise to Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway.
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Benjamin F. Edsall
Albion
Ligonier
Calvin Square
Carnegie Library
Berne
Fort Wayne and
Sprinfield Railway Company
John D. West
Elkhart
Peter Diller
Columbia City
L. A. Foster
Lagrange
Estella W. Diltz
Lima
John W. Beam
S. F. Winegardner
Sam Cox
Wabash
George W W. Alford
Warsaw
James T. Mossburg
Wells County
Ely
Julius Wehowsky
Avilla
Henry St. Clair
Auburn
J. M. Carmer
Cloyd Snyder
Butler
Wallace Boster
Kendallville
J. Reyhers
I. W. Sharp
East Ward
J. W. Adair
DeKalb County
United Wireless Telegraph
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
Calvin W. Spencer
Uniondale
Logansport
Clerks’ Union
Florence Baker
Charles Sthair
State Reformatory
J. D. Leighty
St. Joe
Joseph Stoughton
Martha Hunnicutt
Bluffton
Lenley Hunnicutt
Gilliams
Garrett
Indiana
P. A. Alen
Adam Beck
Huntington
O. H. Betts
Pioneer
Forrest Wysong
Frederick Schwab
Wawaka
Gregg Neptune
Decatur
Charles Shaver
Pleasant Lake
Marion
Local News and Gossip From Indiana Counties
A broad collage of county tidbits reports divorces and fortunes, farm notes and notable deaths, burglaries, a miniature cyclone, a huntington barber visit, and a long list of local happenings across Kosciusko, Allen, Wells, and surrounding towns. Notable items include a 32 100 alimony decree, a 90 year old Huntington resident death, and a Kendallville casket factory burglary.
Huntington county groups file campaign expenses and local bank plans
Sworn statement shows campaign spending of 735.49 as Huntington county residents push a Citizens Loan and Trust Co bank with 50 000 capital and about seventy stockholders. Also notes include deaths births indictments bankruptcies and civic beautification efforts in Fort Wayne and surrounding towns.
Committee on Reception Deliberations Document Fragment
A fragment from a committee on reception discusses unspecified items. The readable text hints at procedural notes and names that are unclear. No concrete actions or outcomes are identifiable from the fragment.
Young Fire Team Deals With Runaway Wagon
A fire department wagon at a city station spurred into motion without Driver Eppley in his seat. The horses dashed toward a fire plug, snapped the wagon’s tongue, and injured both driver and animals before reaching the central engine house for repairs. Eppley then attempted a new assignment to haul ash, but the horses bolted again near Clinton and Superior streets, crushing Eppley’s left leg under a rear wheel before being halted by bystanders and helpers.
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Eppley
East Main Street
West Washington Street
Wells Street
Clinton Street
Strebig
Ball Park
Clinton
Superior
Contempt Case In Supreme Court Ties Lynching to Officials
Following a mob lynching of Johnson after he was taken from jail, the Supreme Court denounced the act as flagrant contempt. President Roosevelt referred the case to the justice department to identify participants. Proceedings were started against the sheriff, deputies, and about twenty Chattanooga citizens.
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Johnson
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Chattanooga
The
Battle renewed to DA option in hot Indiana saloon fight
Indiana voters race to decide if licensed saloons stay in county areas as new rounds of local option elections sweep LaPorte Floyd and Harrison counties. After yesterday’s votes, 107 Madison county saloons go dry while Owen Crawford vote dry margins show strong dry support.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Laporte
Floyd
Harrison
Michigan City
Ohio River
New Albany
Madison County
Crawford
Owen
Anderson
Alexandria
Elwood
Summittville
Pendleton
Owen County
Madison Day Vote Rebuffs Liquor Measure in Anderson County
Madison County residents vote down the licensed saloon by 1470 margin, shocking liquor forces. Anderson township narrowly goes wet, while Elwood and Alexandria stay dry amid vigilant polls, arrests, and foreign-voter scrutiny. Rural authorities organize watchers and a dry squadron as rain dampens turnout but not resolve.
Crawford County Goes Dry by Large Vote
English Indiana May 27 Crawford County votes to go dry by a majority of 819 with all townships favoring dry. Only one precinct remains wet by 10 votes. Torrential rain disrupted turnout yet polls opened on time. about 60 percent of eligible voters cast ballots. Local clergy and church members staffed the boards and provided meals while Reverend Howertin assisted voters in the rain.
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Ind
Crawford County
Mr. Howertin
Atir
Owen County Votes Dry in Near Thousand Margin
Spencer Indiana May 27 Owen county passed a dry majority of nearly 1000 to confirm a two year prolongation of temperance law. The election was the quietest ever with only one arrest and no illegal actions. Heavy early voting and rain in the forenoon kept farmers from work and boosted turnout in rural precincts.
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Spencer
Ind
Owen County
Wet forces contest Monroe County dry election
Bloomington Ind May 27 The wets threaten to contest Monroe county local option results alleging irregularities Ballots burned under the 1897 law instead of 1908 law 200 students may have voted illegally Records show 51 challenged while the dry camp claims fewer than 100 students voted If another vote occurs the wets expect a 1000 vote margin for dryness Farmers fear loss of public support and a hitchrack in the square may be replaced
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Monroe County
Bloomington
Ind
Weta
Death of John H. Mann Veteran Timber Buyer Dies
John H. Mann aged 64 died at 3 16 p m Tuesday at 1518 Wells Street after an extended cancer illness. The retired timber buyer formerly worked for Peters Box and Lumber Co. Born February 12 1845 he was a Civil War veteran with Company 1 152d Indiana volunteers. Survived by widow four children two step children and four grandchildren. Children Harry and Belle Mann Fort Wayne Charles Mann Denver and Mrs John Riple Huntertown.
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John H. Mann
Wells Street
Mann
Peters Box and Lumber Company
Indiana
Harry
Belle Mann
Fort Wayne
Charles Mann
Denver
John Riple
Huntertown
Death of Wabash yard engineer John Kiley at 49
John Kiley, a yard engineer for the Wabash railroad, died at 6 15 PM Tuesday at his home 433 Dawson street. He was 49, unmarried, with long impaired health. Born in Ossian on June 29 1860, he moved to Fort Wayne early in life and is survived by two sisters Miss Margaret Kiley and Miss Hannah B Kiley and a brother Dennis Kiley.
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Joseph Tenneller
Decatur
Adams County
Ed Johnson
Stirgis
Bluffton
Joseph Adams
Huntington
Hamilton
James Coulter
Smith Township
Whitley County
G. A. R. Post
Mentone
Warsaw
Crooked Lake
James Cole
Indianapolis
F. W. Tucker
Mishawaka
O. B. Giley
Edwin Wright
Rome City
Albion
Fort Wayne Mill Supply Company
Cline
Government Printing Office
Washington
William E. Hunter
McCormick Theological Seminary
Ossian Presbyterian Church
Wells County
Brighton
Lagrange County
Lima
Ind
Samuel Pudry
Christian Church
Lake Gage
Steuben County
John W. Terrell
Terrell
Parker
Randolph County
T. R. Marshall
Columbia City
Marshall
Union Memorial
Whitley
John B. Scott
Fort Wayne
Scott
Walter Thornton
Harrison and
Main Streets
Lake Shore Railroad
Auburn
Harrison F. Crabill
Crabill
City Council
Ligonier
Carnegie Library
John F. Vichert
Twentieth Century Church
Roann
Fred Craig
Orland
Bond
Michigan
Indiana
Decatur High School
Marie Allison
Bessie Bogers
Fannie Hammell
A. W. Gruber
Elias
Gas City
John Kiley
Wabash Railroad
Dawson Street
Mr. Kiley
Ossian
Margaret
Hannah B. Kiley
Dennis Kiley
Mrs Emma Prange Dies At 37 In Fort Wayne Home
Mrs Emma Prange wife of Christian Prange died at 3 o clock Tuesday afternoon at her home 1325 Hanna street from paralysis aged 37 She was born May 17 1872 in Fort Wayne and was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Christian Cook She is survived by her parents husband two children Helen 12 Carl 10 two brothers Edward Cook Fort Wayne Robert Cook New Orleans two sisters Mrs Louis Schwarzkopf Louisville and Mrs Harry Johnson Fort Wayne Also a notice urges farmers to visit irrigation fair to see benefits for a country.
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Emma Prange
Christian Prange
Hanna Street
Louis Schwarzkopf
Louisville
Harry Johnson
Fort Wayne
Collision injures four near Fort Wayne on Monday night
George Hurd of Kansas suffered a broken collar bone and minor bruises while his brother John Hurd Whitley County commissioner received slight injuries. Mrs Modaris Neible, east of the city, had a broken leg and her husband was cut about the face. The four were hurt in a collision between two runaway rigs a mile east of Fort Wayne Monday night.
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George Hurd
Kansas
John Hurd
Whitley County
Modaris Neible
Fort Ways
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Northern
William Watson
Floyd Hursh
Henry Rosen
Mary Koffel
David Dewey
Kosciusko County
Tri-State Casket Company
Alba Bales
Idaho State Polytechnic School
Pocatello
Co. M. Watt
Henry Rumpf
Sidney
Waterloo
Angola
Fairgrounds
John P. Reed
Sarah A. Mitten
Josiah Wirst
Sarah A. DeHaven
Alfred Shoup
Swiss Condensed Milk Company
Scott Graves
George Hill
New York
Wabash and Erie Canal
A. E. Peffley
Cass County
Father Young
Thumma
W. W. Sharpless
Mechanic McDermott
Enoch Eady
Fred Richards
Amos Backestee
State Penitentiary North
Elwood Blazer
Lewis Heppengardner
Ogsian
Hoopengardner
M. E
Lloyd Anderson
Hiram Coulter
Mt. Etna
Huntington County
Henry , Tuck
Citizen's Loan and Trust Company
Albert Schout
Corunna
Edwin P. Gage
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
George Magbie
Flint
Walter Holmes
Clear Creek Township
Lammie Valley
Wyoming
Lou Wagner
Goshen
Columbia, City
Rensselaer
Peru
Indiana National Guard
Bavaria
F. Bushberry
Hagenbeck- Wallace
Salvation Army
South Bend
Noble County Common Schools
Clarence Gilliam
Diggins
H. S. Moore
McKeller
H.S. Easterday
Addis
Springer
Moore
Bushong
Field
Opera House
George Hess
Alfred Maggart
Noble Township
Oliver
Albion Creamery Company
Charles Peck
Orlo P. Barnum
Edward P. Eagies
Aaron J. Rinmell
Gerhone
S. Russell
David B. Kuhns
Pha
W. P. Breen
Charley
Scheimann
Harry W. Ettelson
Ufe
United States
Board of Park Commissioners
General Committee
Zueblin
O. N. Guidlin
Finance Committee
Young Fire Team
Supreme Court
Laporte, Floyd and
Harrison Counties
Madison
Gospel Trumpet
Hazelwood
American Steel and Wire Mill
Grand Hotel
Muncie
Hquor
Polis
A. Mowery
Huntsville
Plate Glass Works
City
Scrawford
Owen “Dry
Kiley
Prange
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