Candy Factory 18 Damaged by Fire
Fire at Heit Miller Lau Candy Co. plant 117 118 East Jefferson Street caused by an overheated pulley. Damage estimated 3000 to 4000 dollars. Smoke and water accounted for most loss. business to resume with no interruption. Fire confined to the third floor. sprinkler system and nearby fire crews helped quell flames. The garage at Jacob Feister’s country home also burned, with 3000 dollar loss including a roadster, motorcycle and lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heit-Miller-Lau Candy Company
Jefferson Street
Jefferson and
Calhoun
Louis Fox
Jess Wolf
Lake Avenue
Feister
Jacob H. Feister
Maysville Road
St. Joe
Furman Feister
J. F. Feister
George Jasper
No. 3 Engine House
Harrison
Pontiac
New Randall Road Near Completion Opens Soon
Trustee Scherer says the Randall road from Covington to Huntington will be completed and opened within a week. The Bass road west of the Country club will take two to three weeks. He notes schools will be disinfected as preparations begin for fall openings.
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Randall
Covington Road
Huntington Road
Scherer
Bass Road
Country Club
Johnson Narrow Escape After Interurban Collision
W H Johnson superintendent of the Allen County Poor farm narrowly escaped serious injury when a Bluffton division interurban struck his car at 1 45 pm Thursday. The car was hurled into a ditch after the rear end split to splinters. Johnson alone escaped with minor bruises as the interurban continued to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Johnson
Allen County
Bluffton
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Company
Johnson
Site chosen for Spy Run dam at Lawton park
City officials selected a dam site across Spy Run in Lawton park to form a reservoir for condenser cooling water and a public bathing pool. The 10 foot high 80 foot span will create a deep pool about twenty feet below the bridge entrance with bathing possible much of the year. The plan moved north from the Fourth Street bridge after property owners objected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipsey
Kelly
Lingrey
Hilgemann
Board of Works
Randall
Spy Run
Lawton Park
Fourth Street
Man Is Hurt in Fall From Cherry Tree
Durbin Indiana resident George Kinhel, 45, broke his back in a fall from a cherry tree at his home. He underwent surgery Friday at the Hope Hospital by Dr Budd Van Sweringen. The fracture was at the fifth vertebra. He was reported resting well Friday afternoon with hope for recovery. The accident occurred at his Durbin home and he was rushed to the city for operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kinhel
Durbin
Ind
Hope Hesiital
Budd van Sweringen
Kinhel
Woman Injured in Rural Route Car Crash Near Columbia City
Mrs. I L Kimmel of rural route No 6 Columbia City ten miles west of town was seriously hurt Thursday when a Winchester driver Mr Sharp rear ended her buggy near her home. The buggy was demolished and she was thrown clear. She had been picking cherries at her husband’s farm near Land and was returning home when the accident occurred. Sharp took her home and a doctor was summoned. Doctors fear possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Kimmel
Columbia City
City
Mr. Sharp
Winchester
Luge duo arraigned after Covington home raid
John Luce and Edward Taylor were arrested after a failed home invasion at the Covington residence. Luce pleaded guilty to entering a house to commit a felony while Taylor pleaded not guilty. Both men remained jailed on $500 bond as cases continued, with Mrs. Covington identifying them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Luce, Jr
Edward Taylor
Gladieux
Tom Covington
Covington Road
Callahan
Luce
Taylor
Liberty Mills
Fort Wayne
West Creighton Avenue
Covington
Thomas Covington, Jr
Herman Pranger
Herman Witte
Degitz
Selten
Yoohey Street
Judge Kerr Delays Case for Thirty Days Until Possible Release
Judge Kerr continued the case for thirty days to give them a chance to make up and let the man go on his own recognizance, but there seemed to be little prospect of a truce.
Appointments in Sons of Veterans announced at Valparaiso
A. W. McDaniel announces staff officers and district aids for the Sons of Veterans in Indiana. Names cover Marion, Rensselaer, Indianapolis, Valparaiso, Richmond, Fort Wayne, and other cities with roles such as councilor patriotic instructor chaplain and guard positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
A. W.W. McDaniel
Sons of Veterans
Charles S. Duvault
Marion
George H. Healy
Rensselaer
E. S. Shoemaker
Indianapolis
Richard Smith
L. A. Handley
Richmond
C. M. Gusher
Laketon
John D. Miller
Winchester
Ed Winkins
Peru
G. W. Skelton
Danville
Hastings
Princeton
A. L. McConkey
Bloomington
Charles W. Lingle
Paoli
Ralph L. McKenny
Shelbyville
William F. Gottschall
Terre Nlante
George W. Matthews
T. W. Allen
Frank 58. Helm
Elwood
Frank EE. Watson
Goldsmith
Julius Bornholt
George F. Ogden
A. F. Archabald
Fort Wayne
Fred H. Ketcham
Michigan City
Knightstown
George W. Krietenstein
W. F. Geller
H. O. P. Cline
Jonesboro
Frank Helms
Frank E. Watson
N. J. McGuire
Matthew Brown
Jesse FE. Martin
MM. B. Rockwell
T. M. Bean
Elmer FE
Missionary Society Re-Elects Officers at One-Day Session
The Missionary society of the Zion's Classis of Reformed church at St. John Reformed church re-elected all officers. Officers include President Mrs. John H. Bosch Fort Wayne and Vice President Mrs. F. H. Dehm Huntington. Delegates to the synodical meeting were chosen along with alternates. The first annual session drew eighteen delegates from Huntington Decatur and St John and Salem churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the Zion’s Classis of Reformed Church
St. John Reformed Church
John H. Bosch
Fort Wayne
F. H. Dehm
Huntington
John Rohlmann
E. Zigerli
John Peters
F. W. Knatz
Stroebel
John Winter
Otto Kirsch
Decatur
Salem
Reformed Orphans’ Home
New Parish School To Be Dedicated September 5
Rev Charles H Thiele rector of St Peter s Catholic church announces plans to dedicate the new large parish school building on Sunday September 5 the day before the opening of the new term. He says arrangements will make it an elaborate affair with possible presence of Rt Rev Bishop J Alerding. The school edifice has been under construction since last summer and is nearly completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Thiele
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
J. Alerding
Fire Damages McKinnie Block After Closet Blaze
A closet fire in the McKinnie building at Harrison and Berry streets caused about 1000 in damage. Mrs Moriarity and Miss Ruth Stevens escaped as smoke filled the rear rooms. Dr J B Funk suffered 3500 in losses and Miss Stevens lost her wedding trousseau and silverware.
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McKinnie Block
Harrison and
Berry Streets
Joseph Moriarity
Court House
Ruth Stevens
Wayne Knitting Mills
J. B. Funk
Dr. Funk
Aliss Mildred Hansen
Mrs. Moriarity
Miss Stevens
McKinnie
Georgia F. McKinnie
William M. McKinnie
Macey
Wabash
Montpelier
Ohio
Marshall Backed by Suffragists Says Vice President Supports Votes
Washington report says Vice President Marshall was won over to equal suffrage by headquarters of the Congregational Union for Woman Suffrage. The quoted remarks from New Orleans claim he favors mothers voting on public questions and view suffrage as a social reform, not a universal panacea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congregational Union
Marshall
New Orleans
Mothers of the Land
Fire destroys home of Jacob H Leucht on Freeman Street
A residence in the Rolling Mill district on Freeman Street belonging to Jacob H Leucht and his family was burned Wednesday while the family was away attending a charity event. Firefighters battled the blaze as the home suffered extensive damage.
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Jacob H. Leucht
Freeman Street
Tor
Fire destroys house. origin a mystery in Leucht home
Neighbors reported a blaze at Mr. Leucht’s residence with no recent fire history. Fire crews from No. 3 engine house arrived but efforts to contain the flames failed. crossed wires or incendiary theory were considered but not confirmed.
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Leucht
No. 3
Nurse Survives Tuberculosis Nightmare Of Kidney Disease
Miss Laura Duhm a Lutheran hospital nurse battled tuberculous kidney disease in a months long ordeal. She fell into coma went blind then deaf and speechless before recovering, now considered cured and back to nursing at Robert E. Long hospital in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Duhm
Lutheran Hospital
Miss Duhm
Robert E. Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Gauger Position in Fort Wayne to be Abolished
Deputy revenue collector reports that after July 1 the gauger job in Fort Wayne will be abolished. Cassius M. Blue currently holds the post and may be transferred. A previous order to discontinue May 1 was suspended. officials expect the new order to be enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Cassius M. Blue
Motorcycle Crash Injures Local Worker and Rider
Charlie Gallogly eighteen and his brother Arthur twenty one were riding a tandem motorcycle to Fort Wayne Electric Works when the machine skidded on street car rails at Harrison and Pearl. Charlie suffered a severely wrenched neck, arm injury and multiple bruises and was taken to St Joseph hospital. Arthur escaped with minor injuries as the motorcycle and Clark Fruit Commission truck collided and the bike was run over.
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Charlie Gallogly
High Street
Fort Wayne
Harrison
Pearl Streets
R. D. Rose
Charles
Clark
Rose
Six Ordained by Bishop Alerding at Notre Dame
Six young men were ordained to the priesthood at Notre Dame University by Bishop Herman Alerding of Fort Wayne. All belong to the order of the Holy Cross and include Rev. Thomas Lahey of Michigan City and Rev. William Carey of Milwaukee among the six new priests. The ceremony took place in South Bend, Indiana, on June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Notra Dame University
Herriman Joseph Alerding
Fort Wayne
Order of the Holy Cross
Thomas Lahey
Michigan City
William Carey
Milwaukee
Veter Forrestal
Thirty Machinists Sought in Defiance Ohio
The Fort Wayne state free employment bureau reports a Defiance Ohio request for thirty machinists. Other calls include ten car repairers and six boilermakers at Garrett. The Fort Wayne office secured thirty-two placements last week, with twenty-five men and seven women finding work in various trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
State Free Employment Bureau
Courtouse
Defiance
Ohio
Garrett
Fort Wayte
Hoy
Kline Elected Chairman of Fort Wayne Institute of Electrical
Mr Kline connected with the Electric works has been elected chairman for the ensuing year by the Fort Wayne Institute of Electrical Engineers seeking leadership in local engineering circles.
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Kline
Fort Wayne Institute of Electrical Engineers
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Candy Factory
Miller-Lau Co
New Randall Road
Evs
Spy Run Dam
Bridge
Breaks
NEW County Farm
J. N. Hurty
State Health Board
Amos W. Butler
Indiana Charities and Corrections
Alexander Johnson
Board of County Commissioners
County Council
Allen County Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Betiel- Evangelica
Uncle Bandell
Robison Park
Harold Cothrell
Harold Balzell
Frank Brown
Clarence
William Bachelor
J. H. Bosch
Zion’s
AUL Kinnie
Blaze
Charley Gallogly
Alerding
Heads Institute of Electrical Engineers
J. J. Kline
Great Lakes
America
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
City of
Mackinac Island
Aspens
Toledo
Put-in-Bay
D. & C. Lins Steamera
la Leb
P. AL
Mich
Philip Hl. McMillan
Schante Vice Pres
Third Avenue Wharf
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