Postmistress Cleared in Gray's Lake Letter Case
Chicago May 29 Miss Anna B Whitmore postmistress at Gray s Lake Ill was exonerated after a hearing on opening letters between Rev Charles E Havener and his fiancée Miss Mary Calvin The trial revealed letters tampered with in transit and the pastor admitted private notes about marriage and children The case drew village support for Whitmore and questions about Havener s conduct
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Chicago
Anna B. Whitmore
Gray’s Lake, Ill
Charles E. Havener
Gray’s Lake Congregational Church
Mary
Calvin
Fort Wayne
Theo. Smith
Miss Whitmore
Miss Smith
Miss Calvin
Harry F. Atwood
Atwood
Havener
Churchill
Mr. Havener
Gray’s Lake
Mr. Thompson
Maria Wheeler
Sidewalks favored by West Main property owners
The Board of Public Works found a majority of West Main street property owners support sidewalks from Harrison to the Grand Rapids tracks. Resolutions for cement walks on Berry and Jefferson were confirmed, sewers south of Fisher Street completed, water main extensions sought on North Clinton, and bids opened for painting the Wal ton avenue bridge.
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Board of Public Works
West Main Street
Harrison Street
Grand Rapids
Berry
Harrison
College
Jefferson
Calhoun
Garden
Fisher Street
Rivermet
Elmwood
Clinton Street
High Street
William M. Griffin
Fairfield Avenue
Field Street
St. Joe Road
Williams Grove
Indictment charges embezzlement by Lincoln National Life agent
Warsaw Indiana May 29 Kosciusko county grand jury indicted David Brumbaugh believed from California for embezzling funds of the Lincoln National Life Insurance company while acting as its Warsaw agent He discounted notes belonging to the company taken in payment of premiums with a small amount involved Brumbaugh was dismissed from the company returns and is presumed to be in the west He solicited largely among farming communities and had been a trusted employee for two years.
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Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
David Brumbaugh
California
Lincoln Nationial Life Insurance Company
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Today
Brumbaugh
Bloomington
Ill
Philadelphia
Illinois
Ilinois
The
Crusader Monthly
Anna A. Gordon
Recovered engraving of Judge Samuel Hanna after decades
After forty years a steel engraving of Judge Samuel Hanna, a prominent local figure, was found in a New York shop. J. C. Buttre sent a letter to Oliver S. Hanna saying the plate is in his possession and will be returned upon payment for its preservation. The heirs value it highly as a family treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hanna
New York
Oliver S. Hanna
J. C. Buttre
Organized Espionage Over the County Goes Unmasked
Indianapolis May 29. Law officials contend a nationwide espionage network protects gambling at French Lick and West Baden. Dealers and promoters allegedly use secret agents to tip off raids, complicating seizures of keno tables roulette wheels and other gaming equipment from the French Lick Casino and the Colonial at West Baden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
French Lick
West Baden
Paoli
Monte Carlo
BE. M. White
Hanly
Colonial
Sandusky Woman Jumps From Hospital Window
Miss Grace Potenger of Sandusky Ohio a patient at Lutheran hospital leaped from a third story window while hearing voices that she was dead. She escaped serious injuries and walked to her room with nurses assisting. Doctors note recent nervous prostration and unstable spells prompting transfer plans.
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Miss Grace Potenger
Sandusky
Lutheran Hospital
Miss Potenger
Candidates in DeKalb Primary Ticket Contests
Auburn Ind May 30 Twenty-one men seek county offices in the DeKalb primaries to be held Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Most posts feature multiple candidates with only one aspirant for treasurer coroner and southeast district commissioner. Names listed for legislature clerk circuit court treasurer recorder sheriff coroner surveyor and county commissioner district southeast.
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Auburn
Ind
Southwest District
Cyrus E. Gallatin
Edward M. McKennan
DeKalb
Edgar W. Atkinson
John Hebel
Warren A. Austin
Wm. H. Leas
Hiram H. Slaybaugh
Lorenzo D. Nelson
J. M. Norford
Daniel BE. Hershberger
Samuel G. Haverstock
Ralph L. Thomas
James 5S. Lowe
Fred Briggs
Charles L. Wagner
C. E. van Auken
John R. Moore
Willis A. Daniells
Amos, Snyder
Hiram D
Man shoots self after drinking problems in Hoffman home
Roy Gaskill a 34 year old houseman and driver for Fred E. Hoffman shot himself in the kitchen of the 720 West Berry residence about 10 am Saturday after Hoffman's reprimand over drinking. He had worked twelve years for the family and left a wife and two month old baby at 805 West Superior. Coroner Kesler and Dr. Barnett attended. the 32 caliber bullet remained in the skull and the act appeared deliberate with a chair overturned and gun placed near his head.
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Roy Gaskill
Chaffeur
Fred E. Hoffman
West Berry Steel
Hoffman
West Superior Street
Gaskill
Decatur
Mr. Hoffman
W. W. Barnett
Kesler
Basi
Obituary Essie Maud Double 1875 1908
Essie Maud Double born September 18 1875 in Wells county Indiana died May 28 1908 in Denver Colorado of septicaemia after eleven days illness. Survived by parents, husband William J Schout, sisters and brothers in law. Funeral held at 531 North Tod Avenue Warren with interment at Oakwood cemetery. Reverend J H Schweisberger and Reverend Forrest H Hill officiated.
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Essie Maud Double
Wells County
Indiana
Denver
Col
William J. Schout
Mr. Schout
Warren
J. L. Cross
North Tod Avenue
Oakwood
J. H. Schweisberger
Evangelical Church
Forrest H. Hill
Tod Avenue M. E
James Davies
Will
James Masters
Jesus
James Whiteford
William I. Schout
Emma
Lockie Double
Harry Herbert
Lucy
A. F. Harris
Charles Strain
Employes
Floyd Hoffman
Morrow
J. H. Elder
Garden and
Summit Streets
Essiz
Helen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hausler
Wycliffe
Non Intoxicating Beer Hoax Debunked by Dr Crothers
Dr. T. D. Crothers of Walnut Lodge Hospital Hartford analyzes so called non intoxicating beers as alcohol with about two to two and a half percent in all cases. He notes English products use flavors and carbonic gas while American “nonintoxicating” brews are highly flavored methanol alcohol. He describes harmful effects and cites police and physicians. The piece also covers schoolchildren and voters rallying against saloons with anti alcohol slogans and parades.
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T. D. Crothers
Walnut Lodge Hospital
Hartford
Boston
Vermont
New Hampshire
Prohibition Movement Highlighted in National Trend
A leading national feature notes how the prohibition movement has grown in popularity and effectiveness across the country in recent months, combining picturesque imagery with practical enforcement gains.
Gathering of Mt. Pleasant and Cleveland residents at Warren services
William Short and Mrs. Charles Whitcomb of Mt. Pleasant Michigan join Mrs. Hausler and 3B Wycliffe of Cleveland along with several couples from Cornersburg Southington Bailey's Carner Bluffton Champion and other towns. A closing poem reflecting a voyage to the land of home is read during the service.
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William Short
Charles Whitcomb
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Hausler
Cleveland
John Frank
Champion
Minnie Allen
Aaron Frank
Warren
Miss Double
Doctor Green Faces State Board Inquiry In Indiana Trip
Attorney John G. Yeagley of Angola traveled from Indianapolis with Dr. McKendree Green of Pleasant Lake to appear before the state board of medical examination and registration as charges of immorality were brought against Dr. Green. The matter was taken up by the board for consideration.
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John G. Yeagley
Angola
Indianapolis
McKendree Green
Pleasant Lake
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Physician’s license revoked amid temperance case in Steuben county
The license of a Pleasant Lake physician, 65, was revoked amid claims of excessive intoxicants and indiscriminate prescribing. The case split the village and is tied to Steuben county temperance agitation. the state board had not yet ruled, and the doctor had practiced for twenty four years.
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Steuben County
Green
Pleasant Lake
Fourteen Graduates in Brothers High School Class
Invitations will be issued for the graduating exercises of the senior class of the Brothers High School to be held at Library Hall on June 28. Fourteen members are listed: Louis A. Baker Franklin J. Carr Callistus J. Devine C Bryan Hayes Harold F. Hoy William J. Kahoe William N. Koester Howard V. Mommer A Wayne Monahan Raymond Mungovan Philip F. Reilly Robert H. Sommers T Mark Sullivan Jerome J. Werstein.
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Brothers’ High School
Library Hall
Louis A. Baker
Franklin J. Carr
Callistus J. Devine
C. Bryan Hayes
Harold F. Hoy
William J. Kahoe
William N. Koester
Howard V. Mommer
A. Wayne Monahan
Raymond Mungovan
Edgerton Home On West Wayne Street Sells Through Agent
Cr. W. Edgerton’s West Wayne street residence has been placed on the market and is now listed with a real estate agent. The property, an old Fort Wayne landmark, was once the homestead of Hon. J. K. Edgerton, a prominent early resident, and is noted for a stone fence along its western boundary that was damaged by unknown parties.
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Cr. W. Edgerton
West Wayne Street
J. K. Edgerton
Fort Wayne
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R. W. Churchill
Sam
Anna G. Hubbard
Dr. Havener
J. M. Palmer
Rev. Havener
State School
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Lincoln Life
Ful
Coachman
Hoff
Man
Castoria
What Is
Children’s Crusade
Dr. Green
State Board
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