Prizes Awarded to Parochial Students in Civic Quiz
The East Side neighborhood improvement committee and Maumea River Civic Improvement Association awarded prizes to parochial school pupils in a civic improvement question contest. First prizes were one dollar. second prizes received honorable mention across grades from Concordia Lutheran St Mary's St Paul's and St Andrew's schools with multiple winners listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calette Baker
Margaret Cahill
Thelma Feist
Helen Luley
Mildred Ehrman
Louisa Ackerman
Rigina Jauch
Katherine Burlage
Bernadette Oddon
St. Mary’s Catholic School
Joseph Schnurr
Raymond Ball
Raymond Klotz
Houston Kirkland
Clarence Ball
Edward Schnurr
Roosevelt Delegates Clash Over Convention Rules
The Roosevelt and Taft factions clash at the Republican convention over temporary rolls and credentials. Gov Hadley and Sen Fort press precedents from 1864 and 1880 to purge the roll while Watson and Rosewater contest orderly procedure as chaos and cheers erupt. Elihu Root nomination discussed amid Roosevelt support.
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Deneen
Illinois
Hadley
Missouri
Teddy
Taft
Bill Taft
Heffelfinger
Col. Stone
Yale
Gov
Misouri
Roosevelt
Ilinois
James E. Watson
Indiana
Rosewater
Reading
Father Callaghan
Jesus Christ
Republican National Committee
Hayward
Misoouri
James FE. Watson
National Committee
Watson
Gov. Hadley
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Hoar
Ae Hadley
Gov.Fort
New Jersey
Fort
Payne
New York
Elihu Root
Root
Record
Perrm
Elina Bell
New Bridge Plan Delayed at Spy Run Site
A joint park board and public works meeting decided not to widen the Spy Run entrance now. Instead a new bridge will be built after Lafayette street opens, with Ben Barra giving ten feet of his property to ease a dangerous curve. Red lights will be added at Wayne street and at Nelson and Berry to warn drivers.
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Park Board
Board of Public Works
Spy Run
Lafayette Street
Ben R. Barra
L. Centlivre
Barra
Parker Smith
Rudisill
Hanna Street
Wayne Street
Nelson and Berry
Boys Play With Dynamite in Orange
Three boys under ten steal sixteen sticks of dynamite from an open box car in Orange New Jersey. Patsy Zullo Edward Kely and Johnny Martin of Sherman street attempt to use the explosive for cat feeding shoe shining and other mischief. Authorities halted their dangerous activity before harm occurred.
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Orange
N. J
Patsy Zullo
Edward Kely
Sherman Street
Johnny Martin
Cade
Zullo
Sacred Heart academy forty fourth commencement
A large audience gathered at the Majestic theater for Sacred Heart academy’s forty fourth annual commencement. Miss Drusilla Gandy and Miss Genevieve Berling delivered salutations and valedictory. diplomas and medals were awarded to graduates in the academic and musical departments. The program included scenes from an Old Curiosity Shop and a plenary address by Rev. Thomas Travers.
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Majestic Theater
Sacred Heart Academy
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Drusilla Gandy
Churubusco
Weber
Schneider
Ashbrook
Hazel Houder
Liszt
Miss Weber
Gabrilla Katzenberger
Erin
Michiel
Nickens
Jassus
Twomey
Houder
A. Sullivan
Cook
Oldknow
Ziegenfelder
W Her
Harmony
Schan
Jauch
Gandy
Costin
Behler
Tarney
Berling
Palmer
Marguerite Urbine
Fort Wayne
Isabelle Banet
Amelia Oldknow
Peru
Alfreda Sullivan
Miller City
Ohio
Alma Brundige
Bertha Cook
Montpelier
Marguerite McArdle
Monroeville
Margaret Ziegenfelder
New Bremen
Marcella Behler
Lillian Stanley
South Chicago
Academic exam scores for a group of students
Student scores listed by name across subjects including English Latin piano German vocal violin and overall class standings. Notable entries include Mamie Lasaus Hazel Houder and Marguerite McArdle with high piano scores and strong English marks across two academic classes led by Miss Lillian Stanley and Margaret Mc Kenna.
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A. J. Lynn
Agnes Jauck
Leocadia Mallica
Genevieve Berling
Margaret McKenna
Hazel Lonzo
Mildred Louen
Lillian Stanley
Drussilla Gandy
Mamie Lassus
Edna
Margaret McArdle
Marcella Behler
Edna Weber
Hazel Houder
Grace Schilling
Dessie France
Kathryn Schneider
Alma
Brundige
Bernadette Eckrich
May Dodane
Bertha Cook
Hazel Long
Charlotte Harmon
Eulalie Twomey
Cecel
Mamie Lasaus
Marguerite McArdle
Miss Lillian Stanley
Mae Dooane
Grace Horton
Potential running mates for Roosevelt and Taft emerge
Chicago dispatch lists top Roosevelt VP prospects including Johnson Hadley Lindsey Beveridge Garfield and Pinchot with Borah Glasscock Stubbs Mead and Hammond also mentioned for Taft. The piece analyzes geographic, political, and personal factors shaping who could join the ticket.
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Gilson Gardner
Chicago
Roosevelt
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Herbert &. Hadley
Missouri
Ben B. Lindsey
Colorado
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
W. E. Glasscock
West Virginia
William E. Borah
Idaho
W. B. Stubbs
Kansas
Taft
John Hays Hammond
Washington, Co
James S. Sherman
New York
John A. Mead
Vermont
Johnson
Pacific Coast
Washington
Herbert 8. Hadtey
Hadley
Wondrow Wilson
Lindsey
Mississippi
United States Senate
Garfield
Interior
V. P
Glasscock
Stubbs
V. P. Timber
Curtis
Wiliam E. Borah
Dark Horse
Borah
Senate
J. A. Mead
Sherman
John Hayes Hammond
Guggenheims
Hammond
Hammonds
Capital Society
New Interurban Schedule Takes Effect Tuesday
The Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company announces changes to its service. The first Fort Wayne car will depart at 5 40 AM instead of 6 AM. Local noon departures move to 11 30 AM. Bluffton division cars now leave on the hour five minutes earlier.
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Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company
Fort Wayne
Bluffton
Columbia City Lights Bring Beautification Fever
Columbia City Inc reports a city beautification push with ornamental street lights along Van Buren. Four new light posts with five globes each will be installed on the north side between Chauncey and Main, at an estimated cost of 260 dollars, with operation ready by July 1.
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Columbia ‘City, Inc
Aong
van Buren Street
Chauncey and
Main Streets
William Miller
Senator Debunks Taft Nomination Fish Story
State Senator Stephen B Fleming dismisses a Journal-Gazette report as a fish story regarding his supposed $1000 bet on Taft. He says he never met Miles in Chicago and implies the fish tale distorts events. He says Roosevelt has no chance and predicts a Taft or third man outcome. Fort Wayne Republicans fear party split.
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Journal-Gazette
Indianapolis
Taft
Stephen B Fleming
Miles
Chicago
Fleming
Roosevelt
Fort Wayne
Hughes
Six Valuable Horses Killed by Lightning at Stairhime Farm
Lightning struck the Arthur Stairhime farm four miles north of Monroeville in Jackson township Saturday evening. Six valuable horses died, valued at $1,000 with $300 insured. A chicken coop and small shop were blown down. Locals believe the farm lay in the path of a small cyclone.
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Arthur Stairhime
Monroeville
Jackson Township
Stairhime
Huntington Ticket Named by Republican Nominating Convention
George M. Eberhart, former Huntington county prosecutor, won the Huntington circuit court judge nomination on the fourth ballot. Other nominees include EF M Wasmuth for representative W W Hildebrand prosecuting attorney Ira F Brown treasurer E C Stouder sheriff O T Poulson recorder Dr E W Pointer coroner James H Vernon county surveyor Sherman Shutt commissioner First district and George S Morris commissioner Third district.
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Huntington
Ind
George M. Eberhart
Huntington County
Huntington Circuit Court
EF. M. Wasmuth
W. W. Hildebrand
Ira F. Brown
E. C. Stouder
O. T. Poulson
E. W. Pointer
Veterinary Doctor Undergoes Surgery for Appendicitis in Fort Wayne
Whitley County reports Dr Roy Clark a veterinarian who had been ill with appendicitis is at Hope hospital Fort Wayne where an operation was performed Thursday. He is reported to be recovering well. Mrs James Johnson Thorncreek township was also taken to Lutheran hospital Fort Wayne for gall stones surgery with husband and son present and Dr J W C Scott attending. The operation is described as a success and she is resting as expected.
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California
Roosevelt
Taft
National Committee
Gov. Johnson
Fairbanks
Hemenway
James E. Watson
Indiana
Watson
Yar
Guggenheim
Colorado
Col. New
Mr. Fairbanks
Kermit Roosevelt
Idaho
Maine
Charley
Charles P. Taft
Texas
Pennsylvania
Wim. Flinn
Senator Flinn
Flinn
Tororay
Columbia City
Ind
Roy Clark
Fort Wayne
Hope Hospital
James Johnson
Thorncreek Township
Lutheran
Lee Johnson
Suspected Mail Thief Held in Laporte
A. J. Gillette of Coldwater Michigan was arrested in Laporte after a two week search by midwest government agents. He is accused of rifling mail in a Michigan town and cashing a $223 check in Toledo at the Second National Bank. An alleged accomplice, Nelson Brayton, was arrested in Bronson Michigan last week. Gillette will be sent to Coldwater without extradition papers. Government officials deem the capture significant.
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Laporte
Ind
Middle West
A. J. Gillette
Coldwater
Mich
Michigan
Toledo
Second National Bank
Nelson Brayton
Bronson
Gillette
Henry Strauss Sells Business Building in Columbia City
Henry Strauss sold his long occupied business building to grocer J. A. Willits for 4600 dollars. Under the contract Willits takes immediate possession.
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Columbia City
Ind
Henry Strauss
J. A. Willits
Willits
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Senator Root
Hedges
Mr. Hedge
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hedges
Col. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Mentin
Flinn Root
Barnes
McGovern
Heney
Francis J. Heney
Tye
Board of Works
Eople
Gardner
Age
Arthur
Huntington Ticket
Whitley County
Buding
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