Public park proposal amid Indiana towns and notable notices
Ossian proposes a public park while Wabash aims to attract a large skirt factory. Garrett seeks a city clerk candidate Walter Mountz. Wabash district Epworth league plans a 1910 meeting at North Manchester. Elkhart plans a $25,000 temple with Sept 1 start. Kendallville band dissolves.
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Ossian
Wabash
Walter W. Mountz
Garrett
F. H. Cline
Huntington
Erie Railroad
Kenton
Ohio
Emroy Philby
Bluffton
Miss Lena Chance
Elwood
Elkhart
Joseph Hallahan
Logansport
Longcliffe Asylum
John Keller
Kendallville
Bessie Doonan
Churchbusco
Fort Wayne
Warsaw Hospital
M. F. Porter
H. A. Duemling
A. E. Bulson
Warsaw
Orion
Jordan
William Perry
Mayme Balzer
Mr. Wienke
Indianapolis
Robert Hodge
James Hodge
Waterloo
William Worden
Hicksville
Margaret Tarney
Newville
Auburn
J. A. Kek
D. G. Beaver
Hoff
John Gregor
DeKalb County
Old Settlers
J. W. Adair
Columbia City
George QC
Denison
Ysaac Gunsenhouser
Thomas H. Sprott
A. J. Ralston
Carl Ludy
Portland
Ludy
Polly" Moody
Alexander McClure
Miss Moody
Indiana
William H. Sharpe
Leroy Dennis
Wabash County
Sharpe
G. E. Snearley
Roann
Lakeville
Lapaz
Marshall County
Plymouth
Tim Robbins
Dr. S. Koontz
Roanoke
Robbins
Company C
Fourth Indiana Cavalry
Laporte
Sarah Li. Sweartey
Local notices mingle with crime and accidents across Indiana towns
A wide sweep of items reports George Shondell jailed for illegal liquor sale in Auburn, a 50 dollar fine. injuries from a car crank in Lagrange. dozens convert at Angola evangelistic meetings. marriages in Bluffton. plans for a Bluffton Geneva interurban line. fires destroying a Poneto drug store. drownings, avalanches of news from Kendallville to Wabash, Decatur, and Roanoke including house fires, drownings, marriage notes, and civic actions.
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Tary
Etta Halferty
Avilla
A. Judson Arrick
Kendallville
P. A.’Waldron
Herbert Gilhams
Gilhams
Lagrange
Scoville
Christian Church
Angola
Nellie Perry
Harley Murray
Bluffton
Harry Henry
Auburn
Hartford City
Fred Growcock
Albion
Frank Keller
Gilead Lake
Orland
Irwin Smith
Wabash
Mississinewa
Forty
Pleasant Lake
Sarah Squires
Wabash County
James Colbert
Silver Lake
Colorado
New Reformed Church
Vera Cruz
B. Ruf
Fort Wayne
John S. Glenn
Huntington
Huntington Herald
Bratton
Harry Hunt
Marian Howey
Jeffersonville
Jacob Miller
Decatur
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company
Charles Boster
Lisbon
Noblescounty
Boster
Lillie Studd
John B. Scott
Columbia City
Whitley County
Frank H. Fryer
Poneto
Fryer
J. C. Justus
Bluffton, Geneva
Celina
Geneva
G. E. Snearly
Rean
Snearly
Roann
Logansport
Gus Dryer
Wabash County Infirmary
Oliver P. Falk
Ege
Noble County
Frances E. Vought
John C. Vought
Tom McCoy
Rensselaer
Michigan City
Honduras
Scott Ellis
Richard Cline
Webster Lake
John Rigney
Goshen
Cline
Lewis Malacher
Germany
America
Fred Waymack
C. B. Wilcox
M. E
St. Louis
Mich
Ella Bell
Lake Shore
Springbrook Park
South Bend
Herbert H. Deem
Michigan and Indiana Coal Dealers’ Association
Manitou
James Wright
Levi J
Frank Keiser
Wright
Keisers
Carpenter
Liberty
Toledo
Chicago
Floyd
Hazel Abel
Albert Miser
James Reynolds
Somerville Light
M. E. Church
Kil-so-puah
Old Settlers
S. Koontz
Roanoke
Post Office Department
Guss Sales Co
B. Guss Sales Co
B. Guss
Syracuse
Kosciusko County
William E. Guss
Indianapolis
W. E. Guss
Fracture in Friendly Bout Injures 12 Year Old
In a friendly bout between neighborhood youths, John Bracker son of Philip Bracker 1122 Beck Street twisted his left arm and sustained an ugly fracture of the upper bones into the elbow joint. The injury is serious and requires careful treatment to ensure proper knitting of the bones.
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Philip Bracker
John
Beck Street
Western Canada Census Figures Released
The government of Canada estimates a western Canada population of 1,100,000 with Manitoba at 500,000, Saskatchewan 350,000, and Alberta 275,000. The report notes a 300,000 rise in three years.
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Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada
Government of Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Baptists Drop Prof Foster From Chicago Conference
Chicago June 22 Bishop Reverends banished Prof George Burman Foster of the University of Chicago from the Baptist Ministers conference after a stormy meeting marked by hisses and heated dispute. The conference vouched to drop Foster but has no power to expel him from the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Burman Foster
University of Chicago
Prof. Foster
A. C. Dixon
Moody Church
Foster
D. D. McLaurin
Dixon
Baptist Church
New York
M. P. Boynton
Myers
Johnston Myers
Prof
Dr. Myers
Bowser Plans Bee Farm Scheme After Honey Venture
In a domestic tale, Mr. Bowser imagines trading his home for a farm and starting 100 beehives to yield large honey profits. Mrs. Bowser questions costs, labor, and risks, while the druggist warns him his weekly brainstorm may be returning. The old philosopher persists in his venture, losing patience with caution.
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T. C. McClure
Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Three Delegates Chosen by Fort Wayne Knights
Fort Wayne council Knights of Columbus elected Dr. John McArdle O N Henry and Martin Rinehart as delegates to the Knights annual summer gathering at Cedar Point from July 4 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Knights of Columbus
John McArdle
O. N. Henry
Martin Rinehart
The
Knights
Cedar Point
Watchful Mr Hanks Questioned During Phone Repair
A telephone repairman arrives at the Hanks home to fix a reported outage. Mr Hanks questions the technician's credentials and intent, while the worker calmly demonstrates the repair and identifies himself as being sent by the telephone company. The exchange ends with the technician listening into the line at Mr Jaakse’s request.
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Hoover
Mr. Jaaksebiepiled
Towne’s New Typist Compared to Josh Billings
The exchange notes Towne acquiring a new typewriter and Browne commenting on the operator’s wit. Browne questions if the typing is intentional but suggests the new typist resembles a female Josh Billings in style.
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Towne
Browne
Josh Billings
Philadelphia
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