Temperance Rally to Loosen Fort Wayne July Fifth
Fort Wayne plans a large A C W temperance rally and picnic at Foster Park on July 5 with a pageant parade 35 churches large floats 400 delegates from Auburn Huntington and other towns. Officials promise bands scouts and Boy Scout stunts plus athletic events and fireworks. Dr Ira Landrith and Mrs Elizabeth Stanley head a speaker lineup while R S Bradley chairs finance and patrols provide protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Foster Park
Christian Workers’ Temperance
Associated Christian Workers
P. A. Riblet
M. E. Church
Robert Bradley
Clifford Hutchinson
W. J. Hunter
Charles Easley
Auburn
Commercial Club
Personal Workers’ League
Huntington
Columbia City
Bluffton
Decatur
New Haven
South Broadway
Lincoln Highway
Ira Landrith
Flying Squadron of America
Hanly
Company D
William Miles
Big Allen County farm eyed for multiple institutions
County officials and a state inspection team toured the 800 acre farm north of Fort Wayne to study housing for orphans and a proposed penal farm. Experts urged vermin proofing and sanitary design, debated grouping institutions, and considered separate placements to prevent contact between facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Amos W. Butler
State Board of Charities and Corrections
J. N. Hurty
Indiana Board of Realm
Alexander Johnson
County Council
Board of Children’s Guardians
Board of Management
Indiana
Hurry
Butler
Orphans’ Home
Mr. Butler
Allen County
Mgr. Butler
Pitler
Allen
Bohannon Bound Over In Bicycle Accident Case
William F. Bohannon of Payne Ohio was bound over to the circuit court on a 300 bond after a hearing lasting from Saturday morning to afternoon. He allegedly struck 12 year old Dwight Shirey near New Haven on the Lincoln highway April 17 and fled the scene. Bohannon claimed an alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Bohannon
Payne
Ohio
Dwight Shirey
C. 0
Shiney
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Lincoln Highway
New Haven
Bohannon
Pleasant Township Sheldon School grads led by Wilkie
The Sheldon graded school in Pleasant Township graduates pictured under teacher Louis A. Wilkie. Top row names include Laura Springer and Mabel Baker. lower row lists D. C. McComb, Cassel Kaufz, Wilkie, Ray Swank, and Erid Smith. Six grads posted averages of 10 percent or better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Graded School
Pleasant Township
Louis A. Wilkie
Laura Springer
Mabel Baker
Ruby Meyers
Lauretta Springer
May Wallace
Pearl Swank
D. C
McComb
Com
Cassel Kaufz
Wilkie
Ray
Engineer injured when belt breaks at Berghoff brewery
A belt in the Berghoff brewery engine room broke injuring engineer Philip O Fackler of 1517 Grant Ave who was knocked unconscious and badly cut on the face. Other incidents include Slavak the Roumanian hurt after being struck and thrown from a bridge, Charles Phillips crippled from a fall, and several auto and wagon collisions with injuries or damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berghoff Brewery
Philip O. Fackler
Grant Avenue
Fackler
George Slavak
Rolling Mills
St. Joseph's’ Hospital
Charles Phillips
Paulding
Ohio
Lutheran
Pleasant Township
Pennsylvania Station
Go es in Auto to Claim His Bride
Don D. Myers of Fort Wayne Electric Works drove to Freedom Illinois to marry Miss Ruth Jackson a former local schoolteacher. After the ceremony the couple will return by car to Fort Wayne to reside on South Broadway in a prepared home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don D. Myers
Fort Wayne
Busy thief Rogers Stockman hunted across multiple towns
J B Rogers who posed as a stock buyer hired a Fulton livery rig then traveled via Arcola Churubusco Albion and Kimmell to Elkhart. He burglarized the George Van Houten farm taking two gold bracelets two rings and a watch chain then swapped rigs and sold the captured items. Sheriff Gladieux and colleagues recovered most of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B.rogers
Fulton
East Main Street
Arcola
AC. Gladieux
George Van _ Houten
Lake
Everett
Churubusco
Albion
Hast
Bion
Miles
Rogers
Kimmell
Elkhart
van Houten
Art Smith's engine fails during loop at fair show
Fort Wayne pilot Art Smith looped the loop at the Panama-Pacific Exposition grounds when his agroplane engine died. He was inverted but aimed for a safe landing, with an estimated altitude and uncertain outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Francisco
Art Smith
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hoe
Altituds
Wawasee Carnival Aims to Fill Week with Events
Lake Wawasee cottagers and Fort Wayne figures plan a week long carnival beginning Monday August 2. Activities include golf and tennis tournaments, launch races, a sailing regatta, aquatic sports, and three nights of fireworks. About 2000 will be spent on the program with invitations to nearby country clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Rogers
Forts Wayne
Lake Wawassee
Lake Wawaste
Adolph Schulz
M Griffin
Fort Wayne
Mr. Rogers
Sma
Rogers
Entemppiae
Grand Jury Indicts Dr A T Sweetland
Grand jury in Fay County indicts Dr A T Sweetland formerly of Ford Wayne for alleged license violation. He is under arrest and to be tried at the next term of the Fayette circuit court. He left Fort Wayne six months ago for Cenhneraville where he reportedly built a medical practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Sweetland
Ford Wayne and
Malepere
Fay
Wadia
Sweetland
Fayette
Fort Weyne
Cehneraville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oie
Elizabeth T. Stanley
Indiana Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Pennsylvania
Falsej Ap‘pears
A. H. Perfect
C. S. Ridenour
Nipper
Bechtoh
HjSuashalhoom
Winston Stone
William N.ballou
J.-A. Greenland
Perdarttur
Folsom
Cuigard Hutchinson
Elizabeth Stanley
Edward Sordelet
James D. Butt
Board of Commissioners
Harry and
Johnson
Warn
Allen County Board of Commissioners
Hurty
Wurty
Indiana Board of Charities and Corrections
Conferences of Charities and Corrections
Will Johnson
William C. Schwier
Albert J. Black
A. L. Schneider
Irene Byron
J. R. Merriwether
Eric A. Crull
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Herman Michaels
Circuit Court
Sheldon School
Schaffer School
Madison Township
Youse
Vern Bohnke
Clarence L. Bobilya
Erna E. Brown
Marion Reynolds
Marie Hawkins
Luella Pearl Youse
Erma E. Brown
Bers
Hoff’s Brewery
W. D. McConahey
Lake Avenue
Joseph Hartman
Auto Strikes Bay
John H. Clem
Gay Street
Jewel Schindels
Horace
Thayer
Harry Sunshine
Hanna
Washington Streets
M. F. Betts
Harrison Street
Sunshine
Conrad C. Rosswarn
East Washington Street
Fairfield
Alliger Feed
Fairfield Avenue
Fairfield Trucking Company
Oscar
Adler
Maumee
Avenue
Lutheran ’ Hospital
Stockman
Wawasee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!