Diplomas Awarded to Allen County Class of 216 Pupils
Friends from all townships joined the 216 graduates at Princess rink for the largest Allen county commencement. County Superintendent Felger presided as Rev Dr Kuhn of Indianapolis delivered a broad speech on education’s purpose and power. Ferrell presented the diplomas with praise for the graduates’ study. The ceremony included music by the Dudley Buck quartet and benediction by Rev Master.
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Alen County
Princess Rink
Princesa Rink
H. G. Felger
Thomas H. Kuhn
Indianapolis
S. C. Ferrell
H. B
Kuhn
Ferrell
Dudley Buck
Tf. B. Master
First Presbyterian Church
Union
Indiana
Allen
Graduating Class By Township Size And Members Listed
The report shows Perry township leads with twenty two graduates. Cedar Creek has nineteen and St Joseph twenty. The text lists names by township including numerous individuals such as Ernest J. Poquignot Ida Zola Byall Benjamin Harrison Lucille Decker Earl Somers Edna Pfeffer Hazel Foravike Irene Bushman Lorene Pfeiffer Emma Beard and many others across Abolle AdamsKneale Cedar Creek River Jefferson Lafayette and Madison townships, reflecting a wide graduating cohort.
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Perry Township
Cedar Creek
St. Joseph
Abolle
Ernest J. Poquignot
Ida Zola Byall
Benjamin Harold Harrison
Lucille Marguerite Decker
Earl McKinley Somers
Clarence Nelson Warfield
Victor Doris Somers
Edna Valerie Pfeffer
Hazel May Foravike
Irene Bushman
Lorene Pfeiffer
Emma Lova Marie Beard
Adams—Kneale Ross
Paul Harold Bannister
Charles Hubert Miller
Lester W. Heine
Arthur Joseph Avery
Harper Deane Frock
Vwomeir Richart
Roscoe John Miller
Kenneth Galligher
Orpha Garman
Ruth Roth
Mary Levy
Elsie Mae Gerig
Merle Faulkner
Elsie M. Gerig
Esther Gerig
Clarence Hosler
Joseph Levy
Aaron Roth
Elsie Garman
Reuben Roth
Ida Lantz
James Willard Melchi
Reuben Andrew Klopfenstein
Lillie Josephine Roth
Rufus Henry Klopfenstein
Lawrence H. Smith
Alvin A. Gerig
Eel River
Carl Sibte
Mildred Marker
Gladys Hand
James Drel Ardern
Leo Tacille Sloffer
Audra Holloweter
George Dewey Runyan
Albert D. Hartley
1912 Allen County common schools honor scholars
The 1912 Allen County common schools class of 216 graduates includes 35 honor scholars with top grades of 90 or better. Irvan Kaiser led with 96, followed by Harper Dean Frock and Lydia Scheumann at 95. The article lists eight subjects and notes strong overall performance and future plans.
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Allen County Common Schools
Allen County
County Common Schools
Irvan Waiser
Harper Deand Frock
Lydia Schellmann
Walter E. Means
Irvan Kaiser
Marion Township
Hoagland
Lucius Somers
Harper Dean Frock
Lydia Scheumann
Adams Township
Raymond Woolover
Miss Scheumann
Marion
Frank Coville
Walter Meane
Springfield Township
Edna Zeimer
Mary Levy
Esther Roth
Benjamin UH. Harrison
Eli G. Becker
Elsie Garman
Susie M. Crshbill
Ialean Deel
Carrie Malin
Ida Lantz
Eli G. Steiner
Edna G. Smith
Lawrence H. Smith
Roy W. Spindler
Harry Hornizkel
Alta Husted
Rose C. Till
Aloysius J. Wysa
Ernest H
List of names appears in historical notice
The fragment shows a long roster of individuals including Lake Cecil L. Biddle Maggie Elizabeth Redding Howard E. Redding Walter M. Redling Maurice J. Cook Rutherford Bernard Isieler Walter F. Niemeyer Edwin Lloyd Bellamy Madison Herbert M. Grotrain Judson Buckman Esther Louraine Bessie Marquart George C. Colville Darwin N. Fry Marion Islean Deel Lydia Scheumann Marion Denver Comer Aloysius J. Wyss Albert D. Sorg Luella Marie Malin Irvan Kiser Agnes Blee Roscoe Wahne Smith.
The Difference Between Roosevelt and Bryan
Mr. Bryan presents twelve Roosevelt contrasts and six where they agree, showing opposition to a third term and imperialism, while favoring justice-based peace and Jeffersonian government. He notes shifts in Roosevelt on elections, publicity, and reform, and contrasts constitutional limits with centralized power.
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the Sentinel
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
The
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Baltimore
White House
Supreme Court
Lists of names from regional notices
A long string of personal names grouped by place names such as Milan Monroe St. Joseph Springfield Washington Wayne Shirley City and others. The list includes numerous given names and surnames with occasional middle initials and titles, likely from obituary or social notices.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Local Wife
A card proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar Compound free of opiates and habit forming drugs and touts its healing throat and chest benefits. H. Blomquist of Esdaile Wisconsin credits the product as the best cough cure his wife has tried. Genuine in a yellow package, Dreier Drug Co. promotes it with strong local confidence. Wireless stations are named in Australia as the first of a chain to extend around the continent.
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Foley
Blomquist
Esdaile
Wwis
Foley’s
Dreier Drug Co
Melbourne
Pennant Hills
Sydney
Perth
Australia
Conite
Indiana G A R Commander Dies in Logansport
Capt. Frank P. Swigart state commander of the Indiana department G A R died at his Logansport home at 8 pm from acute indigestion. A Civil War veteran he served as a longtime lawyer and public official including prosecuting attorney for Cass County and U S treasury law chief. He authored works on the Forty sixth Indiana and pioneer life with future novel Hortense de Perri unfinished.
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Logansport
Ind
Frank P. Swigart
Indiana Department
Swigart
South Bend
Forty-sixth
Indiana Infantry
Indiana
Harrison
United States Treasury Department
Cass County
Gorsuch Named To Succeed Swigart In Indiana G AR
Capt Frank Swigart died at his Logansport home and will be succeeded as commander in chief of the Indiana Department G AR by W FE Gorsuch of South Bend. Adjutant General John R Fesler said Gorsuch was elected senior vice commander at the South Bend encampment where Swigart was named commander. No funeral arrangements had been made.
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Indianapolis
Frank Swigart
Logansport
Indiana Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
W. FE. Gorsuch
South Bend
John R. Fesler
Gorsuch
Swigart
Swigart Was Named Commander. No Arrangements For Capt. Swigart
Fifteen Aged Totals Highlight Blue River Township
Corydon Indiana June 8 report notes Blue River Township has fifteen residents with a combined age of 1241 years averaging nearly eight years per person. Most are Ith and expect to grow older, reflecting a unique demographic snapshot.
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Corydon
Ind
Blue River
Memorial fountain honors Columbus in Washington ceremony
The United States unveiled a grand Columbus memorial fountain in Washington with President Taft presiding. A parade from the White House to Union Station featured military and civic units, Knights of Columbus, and Italian diplomats. The statue by Burnham and Taft sculpture sits before a 45 foot shaft with a globe and four eagles, amid a 70 by 65 foot fountain.
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Washington
United States
America
Congress
Christopher Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Taft
Columbus
Italy
Cusani Confalonieri
White House
Pennsylvania Avenae
Union Station
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Shahan
Catholic University
Victor J. Dowling
Supreme Court of New York
James T. McCleary
Columbus Memorial Commission
United States Capitol
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilbur L. Thirkield
Howard University
R. K. Evans
U.S. A
James Flaherty
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maine
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Ferdinand
Isabella
Spain
Daniel H. Burnham
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Mrs J E Henry Credits Foley Kidney Pills
Akron Michigan resident Mrs J E Henry says Foley Kidney Pills eased her kidney problems and saved a doctor’s bill. She reports relief from backache and urinary issues after trying a sample and buying a bottle. Dreier Drug Co distributes the product.
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J. E. Henry
Akron
Mich
Foley
Dreier Drug Co
Gallows found hidden in court house attic linked to old execution
Plymouth, June 3. Carpenters using surplus lumber uncovered a second hand gallows in the attic of the county court house. It had been used in 1887 to execute Samuel F. Besse for the murder of eggman Richard N. Lawton. The gallows, once stored, was repurposed when court repairs required wood. Massachusetts later switched to electrocution for capital punishment.
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Plymouth
Masa
Cape Cod
Samuel F. Besse
Wareham
Richard N. Lawton
Westport
Court House
Besse
Massachusetts
Decatur Deaths and Visits Highlight Local News
June reports from Decatur Indiana cover visits by Harry Ward and relatives, trips to Mon roe Bucyrus and Rome City, and updates on the families of Congleton and Whitehead. The community notes include funeral services for Joseph Whitehead and the death of Mary Walters Cherryholmes, plus a memorial by the Ben Hur group with speaker Hon. C. L. Walters.
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Decatur
Ind
Harry Ward
Indianapolis
Joel Ward
Franklin Andrews
Sarah Jane Andrews
Monroe
Daniel Poorman
St. Paris
Ohio
Cyrindella Thompson
Plymouth
Ill
Chas. Hower
Margaret Smith
Marie Connell
Vera Clark
Frances Deininger
Mae Berling
Fort Wayne
Lgtter
Genevieve Berling
Academy of Magic
Sue Mayer
Bucyrus
Bert Owen
Atwood
Mary Congleton
Ross
Winona
Joseph Whitehead
United Brethren Church
Revarre
Mt. Tabor
Wm. Swing
John Whitehead
Geneva
Tom Ried
Rome City
Mary Walters Cherryholmes
North Seventh Street
Methodist Church
Hell
Ben Hurs
C. L. Walters
Foley Kidney Pills Backed by Rochester Man
Charles Sable of Rochester New York says Foley Kidney Pills gave him prompt relief from a long standing kidney trouble. He recommends the pills at every opportunity as direct evidence of their curative qualities. Genuine pills come sealed in bottles inside yellow cartons.
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Charles Sable
Cook &J
Rochester
N.Y
Sable
Dreier
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Thomas H. Kurn
Jefferson
Tlelen Weiseman
Charlotte Marie Lamont
Alpha Mary Gerardot
Carrie Malin Morton
Madison Hathaway
Florence M. Jiant
Pauline Botteron
Rasese O. Grover
Earl Westrick
Bernadette Murphy
Lafayette
Audra Pearl Orr
Helen Wilder
Freeda Dennis
Anna Helen Wildey
Ruth E. Sowers
Russell Harris Hummer
Golda Mae Stump
Wallard Baker
Arlen C. Sutter
Laureld H. Wilder
Eldridge
Willie Wells
Madeline R. Graham
Felger
Fort Wyane
New Haven
Monroeville
Huntertown
Bryan
Mr. Roosevelt
Denver
Wall Street
Hamilton
Sentinel
Maurice—May Hetrick
Laura Husted
Eli Gerrg Steiner
Ernest H. Helmke
Henry Shanebeck
Charles Rees
Milan
William Wells
Josie K. Lantz
Goldie Ann Ward
Clarence S. Thimlar
Roy Spindler
Nellie Lodema Doty
Leonard Smith
Mary Lake
Walter Francis Clem
Maurice Battenberg
Oscar Alonzo Rhodes
Nola May Sheehan
Mildren Arvilla Marchland
Mae Matilda Simmers
Lillie E
Springfield
Waldren Roberts
Walter Elwood Means
Helen Virginia Byrne
Tzetta Belle McNabb
Harold Beam
Nettie M. Smith
Glen Higgins
Hazel May Barker
Nellie Snyder
Elmer C. Dean
Ralph Eager
Walter R. Andrews
Ray Cecil Snyder
Maude Harford
Herman J. Rockhill
Adelia Scarlett
Wayne
Ralph G. Ecenbarger
Homer FE. Conrad
Esther Marie Furney
Olen Geddes Clapp
Paul Enoch Cool
Harry Lamboley
Russell James Koons
William M. Mason
Florence Bell Kumfer
Edward W. Feighner
Alma Rehm
Hazel M. Rhodes
Irene Dolin
Shirley City
Barbara Anna Gernhart
Irene Esma Long
Wilmer L. Roberts
Eunice Marie Eldridge
George W. Walter
F. P. Swigert
Capital
Lela Love
Wiley Love
Covena
Emmaus Church
Foster Park
Emmaus Lutheran Church
Packard Band
Young Ladies’ Society
Young Men’s Society
Philip Wambsganss
Decatur News
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