Roosevelt Challenge Is Put Up 10 Tafts Manager
Washington March 11 A copy of Colonel Roosevelt's letter made public today was forwarded this morning by Senator Dixon its manager to Director W K Melinley of the Taft campaign bureau In an accompanying note Senator Dixon asks whether Mr Tafts position is endorsed by President Taft as Senator Dixon's has been by Colonel Roosevelt The Dixon letter said in view of this unqualified endorsement of my challenge of Marek for a general primary test of the sentiment of republican voters to their presidential candidate in the approaching campaign shall be wild to know if Mr Taft whose personal representative you are similarly endorses you in reruime that test
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dixon
W. K. Melinley
Taft Campaign Bureau
Melinley
Taft
Marek
Pickard Company Buys Out Pioneer Stove Merchant
Fort Wayne business notes report the Pickard Furnishing Company purchasing the Ash stove store on Columbia Street with stock fixtures and goodwill. Fred Ash remains as travel salesman for Michigan glove penny of Detroit while Ash’s long career in Fort Wayne is outlined, including previous partnerships and name changes. The acquisition will enlarge Pickard’s operations and is linked to Ash’s impending travel and management roles.
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Dess
Mickard House Ponishtig Company
Columbee Street
Mtr Ash
Fort Wayne
Huy-bea Sears
Ash
Fred
Detroit
Peter
Het Distriet Prom Clue
Vichard
Cees
Steve Deparhiner
Mr. Ash
Dais Durnmaen
Tsou
Columbia Street
Sinear
Agnew
Pittsburg
Date
Bemie Ash A. Agnew
Aie Agnew
Frederick McCulloch
Ee Tire
Ash & McCulloch
McCulloch
Dore
Isiness
Chen
Mast Columbia Street
Mt. Ash
Wickard House Furnishing Company
Local Notices With Readable Names In Fragmented List
Fragmentary OCR listing names and ages includes Groper Wl Raetherey Phoeeba A Eyerson Marl C den Hazel Dell Cooke Guiseppe Colone and Mary Lithosa with ages 24 to 25 and 18, indicating a brief society or employment entry without clear context. The readable portion preserves several individuals and ages but lacks event details.
Veteran Fort Wayne merchant who sells stove establishment
Veteran Fort Wayne merchant TLAS sold stove establishment. (Note: Source text is garbled. this entry preserves readable entities and structure as a compact newspaper item.)
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Fort Wayne
C T Currier Dies After Illness In Fort Wayne
Charles T Currier 76 longtime Western Union manager in Fort Wayne died at Hope hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born in Maine Feb 22 1836 and married Viola Mitchell in 1861. Survived by widow and children Ida Eckert B Rousseau Stirk John Currier Charles Currier Fred Currier Burleigh Currier Cornely and Matlick plus 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral from Ida Eckert home Tuesday afternoon at 4 oclock with Lindenwood private interment. Pallbearers listed.
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Hope Hospital
Park Board Orders Seedling Trees for City Shade
Park board members approved ordering about a thousand seedling shade trees to be shipped here and grown in city greenhouses at one and a half cents per tree, projected to be worth a dollar each in a few years and save city funds. They also reviewed the annual report from Joseph Singmaster and considered Maple avenue residents petitioning to declare the street a boulevard under park law for a 30 foot building setback.
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Goers
Joseph Singmaster
Maple Avenue
Uider
Die Less Than Two Hours Apart
Croover Hill March 11 Within two hours after the death of Joseph Dudgeon 80 years old on Saturday afternoon his wife 78 died from shock and grief. He was a retired farmer who two weeks earlier had injuries from a fall on a sidewalk. The death occurred at 445 pm and the wife died at 630 pm the same day. Funeral services will be held Tuesday and they will be buried in one grave with two sons and a daughter surviving.
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Sentinel
Crover Hill
Joseph Dudgeon
Dudgeon
Drayer Again Heads Fort Wayne Playgrounds Group
Drayer, who has led the Playgrounds association since its organization in Fort Wayne, is named again as its head. The piece notes Dr. Park Drayer's continued leadership and the long association with the city group.
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Dr. Drayer
Drl
Park Drayer
The
Playgrounds Association
Fort Wayne
DR. L. Park Drayer
Fer
Wayne Playgrounds Association
Local club reelects officers at annual meeting
The organization elected its president for another term and filled new roles including Recording Secretary and Field Secretary. N Guldlin was named First Vice President and Senator Stephen B Fleming Second Vice President. Elizabeth J Dawson and Mrs Samuel Fawlor serve as secretaries with Frankie J Rabus as Vice Treasurer. The group plans a new athletic tier in summer for the Shop Baseball league to support permanent playground improvements. John Wessel attended and stressed directing league funds to lasting projects. a committee will meet with Shop League officials to discuss securing another athletic field.
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Public Library
N. Guldlin
Stephen B. Fleming
Mirs
Elizabeth J. Dawson
Samuel Fawlor
Frankie J. Rabus
Gart Shober
Oid
Shop Baseball League
John Wessel
Shop League
Drayer
Decatur Meat Men Face Affidavits Over Adulterated Hamburgers
State Pure Food Inspector Willits of South Bend filed four affidavits in Decatur Indiana against Barkley & Co and Baker & Slower for selling adulterated hamburger containing sulfate as a preservative. The affidavits were lodged in Squire Stones office. Trials set for March 12 after requests for immediate trial were denied.
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Decatur
Ind
Willits
South Bend
Our City
Barkley & Co
Baker & Slower
Squire Stone
Father and son meet in prison cell after years apart
Oakland March 8 Harry Miller a San Francisco tailor identified himself to Samuel Miller a Memphis wife killer in a city jail after reading Miller's arrest reports. The pair spoke for thirty minutes in a cell where Samuel faced possible death for the nine year old murder.
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Oakland
Cal
Harry Miller
San Francisco
Samuel Miller
Memphis
Tenn
Miller
State appeals to circuit court in Earl Reber case
Decatur Ind March 9 The transcript and papers in the case of the state against Earl Reber for assault and battery on his wife were filed in circuit court Thursday on change of venue from Squire Stone's court where Reber was found guilty. The case grew out of the attack on his wife when he grabbed their three year old daughter Celia from her arms and took her to the home of his parents and which was followed with a writ of habeas corpus proceeding brought by the wife against him.
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Decatur. Ind
Earl Reber
cir+ couit
Squire Stone
Reber
Celia
Will Raise Sugar Beets In Adams County
Decatur Ind March 5 Farmers attend meetings led by Messrs Tubbard and Wagney of the Sugar company. Adams county is expected to set a beet growing record this summer. A recent meeting in Wiltshire drew a large crowd and the Williams gathering was one of the biggest boosting meetings ever held there.
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Decatur
Ind
Messrs
Tubbard and Wagney
Sugar Company
Adams County
Wiltshire
Williams
Peril surrounding patent ruling shocks nation
Washington case sparks fierce debate as Supreme Court upholds inventors right to control sale contracts. Justice Turton leads majority asserting monopoly is legal. Chief Justice White with Justices Hughes and Lamar dissent fearing widespread reach into everyday goods. Court action prompts call for congressional reform to curb expansive patent power and protect consumers.
New Directors Added to Physicians' Defense Co Board
At the annual stockholders meeting Myron Dowling and Walter E. Cook were elected to the board. The company reported a strong year and issued the usual 3 percent semi annual dividend. Current directors include Miles Porter Reed Priest ly Taggart R Ainsworth Mc Naughton Baldwin J J Cook and others.
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Physicians’ Defense Co
Myron Downing
Walter E. Cook
Riy
Miles F. Porter
Charles A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
James Taggart Priestly
Des Moines
Towns
FL —R. Ainsworth
San Francisco
George McNaughton
New York
James F. Baldwin
Columbus
George J. Cook
Indianapolis
S. M. Foster
C. H. Worden
Oln. Heaton
BR. S. Taylor
Wo Vesey
F. L. Jones
W. Tl. Cook
FE. AW. Vouk
B. L. Merritt
PB. A. Thompson
Payne News highlights St John’s youth event and local visits
In Payne Ohio on March 12 the St John’s congregation hosts a young people entertainment led by Mrs M Maloy with support from Mrs Flo p Bodyer and daughter Portia. The report lists Sunday visits by Edith Brady Orlando Brady Emma Brady Valera Heaston and others from Fort Wayne and Paulding including Villa Gant’s nineteenth birthday party with fourteen youths and gifts.
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D. E. Rautlman
Valera Heaston
Fort Wayne
K.P. Bohryer
John Venrick
Fred Cambray
Watherine Price
Christian Vauble
John Quinlan
Raymond P. Creviston
Paulding, Ohio
Waterloo veteran editor to speak at Evangelical church
Frank W. Willis editor of the Waterloo Press and Civil War veteran will visit Avilla Indiana next Sunday afternoon to address men of Avilla and vicinity at 2:30 PM. He has spent over fifty years studying public affairs and will share experiences and insights. special music is planned.
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Avilla
Ind
Frank W. Willis
Waterloo Press
Nestor
Indiana
Evangelical Church
Willis
Farm Hands Sought Across Indiana for Farm Work
Job seekers are urged to apply at county offices as farms offer wages from 20 to 30 dollars a month plus board and clothing. Chief Louis Schroeder and others report widespread demand, with applicants from nearby and distant counties including Franklin.
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Louis Schroeder
Lela Wesel
Dias Deni Buss
Aleu
Hstag
Tinpus
Tantington
Andrens
Franklin County
Indianapolis
County commencement to be held in Albion
Albion trustees decided to hold the county commencement in Albion with a student from each district school serving as a speaker. The exact time is to be fixed later, with April meeting to finalize plans for the May ceremony and county field meet.
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Adbion. Dink
Miamele
Teaway
Albion
Aim County
Electric trolley line proposed from Huntington to Goshen
In Warsaw and Goshen circles the idea of a Huntington to Goshen electric trolley via Lake Wawasee is revived as money for construction reportedly becomes available yet promoters have not yet secured funds. Engineers have reviewed the route and found it feasible amid years of agitation for linking Huntington Lake Wawasee Goshen by trolley.
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Warsaw
Iida Mareh
Cl Curtis
BL & C
Huntington
Goshen
Lake Wawasee
Fortheiig
Mloshen
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
Advertises Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children claiming relief from feverishness constipation and stomach trouble. Mentions sample mailing from New York City and address A S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Mother Gray
Bordek
New York City
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Poomey
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Dreier Drug Co
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C. T. Currier
Western Union Telegraph
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C. H. Currier
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Shoe Machinery Company
W. E. Cook
Physi
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