Catholic hospital planned for Huntington Indiana
Huntington Ind March 14 a new Catholic hospital for Huntington is practically assured after a Sisters visit to review locations The project led by Rev W C Miller has the support of local physicians and residents and will be modern up to date with equipment comparing with city hospitals Work to begin as soon as plans are finalized with no opening date yet set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Shaffer
Slack
North Guilford Street
Felter
Fire destroys Laud store in Columbia City area
A fire at 2 a m destroyed the general store of Simon Bennett at Laud five miles south of Columbia City Indiana The main building and warehouse were damaged with losses estimated at 5 000 to 6 000 about half covered by insurance Bennett held 3 150 in building and stock insurance The proprietor has operated in Laud for over thirty years and this is his first major setback with many friends deploring the loss
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Columbia City
Ind
Simon Bennett
Laud
J. Kemp
Bennett
Busines
Cow Stirs Runaways. Two Women Injured In Ohio Incident
Mrs Mollie Jenkins of Hoaglin township and Mrs Brown of Milton Coil’s family were injured when a cow frightened their horses on the Paulding road near the D M Sameel farm during a sale. Jenkins dislocated her right shoulder and fractured her right clavicle. Brown suffered a left collar bone fracture and bruises. Doctors Rank and Kreider attended.
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Cavett
F. P. Kreider
Kendallville hunter gifts five deer and a moose head
Henry Kimmel of Kendallville Indiana received five deer heads and a large moose head from a forty three day Maine hunting trip. The heads are well mounted by an excellent taxidermist. He plans to present each child with a deer head while keeping the moose with himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Henry Kimmel
Maine
Markle Police Seek Forgery Suspect Grover Reynolds
Police in Markle Indiana hunt for Grover H Reynolds sought on forgery charges in Iowa. Last seen boarding a train with his wife, he moved toward Fort Wayne and then Detroit after receiving a sheriff’s alert. Reynolds, a former Huntington county resident, had circulated counterfeit checks while lacking steady employment.
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Markle
Ind
Iowa
Grover H. Reynolds
Hannah Reynolds
Marshal Gusman
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Huntington County
Reynolds
Gusman
Urbana School Building Accepted by Local Trustees
Wabash Indiana trustees Purviance and Wagner officially accepted Urbana’s new 25000 dollar school building joint to Lagro and Paw Paw townships. Contractors from Chicago completed the structure with seating costing about 800 dollars, totaling 29000 dollars. First session is set for next Monday with occupancy imminent.
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Wabash
Ind
March
Purviance
Lagro
Wagner
Paw Paw
Urbana
Chicago
Huntington Folk To Migrate To Montana In Spring Exodus
Beginning mid March through early April Huntington county residents plan another mass departure to Montana and other northern points. Many own land in the northwest and expect to stay until late fall. Early departures include W H Shideler Clarence Whitelock Bert Thrift and their spouses with claims near Lytle Montana to be proved under the five year act. Erie engineers Frank Gesaman Cash Keller and families will return to Fort Benton claims and Herbert Gilkey will join them. A few carloads of home and farm equipment will precede the delegations.
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Huntington
Ing
Huntington County
Montana
W. H. Shideler
Clarence Whitelock
Bert Thrift
Shideler
Whitelock
Lytle
Mont
Erie
Frank Gesaman
Cash Keller
Fort Benton
Herbert Gilkey
Geneva to open glove factory led by Clark and Tonnellier
Geneva Indiana expects a new glove factory within twenty days run by Dr C S Clark and Joseph Tonnellier of Decatur. Local businessmen will cover building rent in the A G Briggs residence on Line Street. Ten machines will start, with Clem Heldemann named manager after leaving Schaub Gottenmoller Co. hardware.
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Geneva
Ind
C. S. Clark
Joseph Tonnellier
Decatur
Line Street
Clem Heldemann
Plent
Schaub; Gottenmoller & Co
WETS TO IMPEACH COMMISSIONERS IN INDIANA
Marion, March 13. After talks among wets attorneys including Senator Proctor and George Shirts, impeachment of Grant county commissioners is likely over their Marion dry declaration contrary to certified returns. Wets will challenge licenses in court, rely on Anti Saloon League backing, and may seek grand jury action for impeachment as in judicial matters.
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Marion
Ind
Wets
Robert E. Proctor
Elkhart
George Shirts
Noblesville
Indiana Brewers’ Association
Condo & Browne
Grant County
State Anti-Saloon League
Follows Mother to Grave In Tragic Indiana Family
Russell Shauver dies at his Bluff Point area home after weeks with double pneumonia. Born May 2, 1894, in Jay county he would have turned 17 next month. His mother died a week earlier and he has become insane awaiting Easthaven asylum admission. Orla, 12, is ill. four sisters and two brothers survive with the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Russell Shauver
Bluffpoint
Orlando Shauver
Orn
Jay County
Shauver
Mr. Shauver
Easthaven Asylum
Orla
Inez
Stella
Basil
Erma
Hazel
Mentone Man Loses Eye in Frightful Woodcutting Accident
David Holloway of Mentone Indiana suffered a severe accident while cutting wood when a flying stick struck his eye, tearing the eye from its socket and leaving him blind in one eye. He was alone at the time and received medical care, but doctors say his sight is permanently destroyed.
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Mentone
Ind
David Holloway
Holloway
Seven Granted License in Huntington Liquor Hearings
Seventeen county residents advertised licenses to sell intoxicating liquor at retail. Fifteen appeared before the county commissioners with witnesses to prove fitness. Of those examined, seven were granted licenses: Philip Pfeifer Jacob Weber Nicholas Kindler George Scheiblen Henry Strong Jacob Boos Jr Peter Miller. Charles Urschel of Bippus and others in Huntington were part of the applications.
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Huntington
Ind
James Balsamo
Charles Christian
Charles Urschel
Bippus
Philip Pfeifer
Jacob Weber
Nicholas Kindler
George Scheiblen
Henry Strong
Jacob Boos, Jr
Peter Miller
Militia Company Organizing in Bluffton
Bluffton Indiana March 13 There is a movement among young men to form a state militia company. About forty or fifty names have been secured enough to form a unit. Henry Johnson formerly a lieutenant in company B is to serve as captain and organize the men. Old officers are willing to help and a track company could be developed with their aid.
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Bluffton
Ind
Henry Johnson
R 2
Che Ned
Ould
Forced to Serve Jail Sentence in Huntington
Conrad Boos a seventy eight year old ex saloon keeper and soft drink dispenser valued around 36000 will serve the full thirty days of his jail sentence for liquor law violations from last August. His lawyers failed to obtain a release Friday as a habeas corpus bid was rejected by Judge Cook. Twenty seven days remain to be served with appeal options not possible until April after completion of the sentence.
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Huntington
Ind
Conrad Boos
Huquor
Boos
Cook
Watkins
Haller
Mr. Boos
Option election set for 18 Kosciusko locales Warsaw
Warsaw and 13 of 17 Kosciusko county townships will vote March 27 on local option. County board limits saloons to one per 1000 population in Warsaw and each township, with five in Warsaw as a maximum. Scott and Monroe townships stay dry. Tippecanoe remains dry for two more years. North Webster lies in Tippecanoe. Dry supporters plan mass meeting at city hall Friday night.
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Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
Board of County Commissioners
Scott
Monroe
Tippecanoe
North Webster
Tippecanoe Township
DIES SUDDENLY Bluffton Township Assessor S. C. Moffett
Bluffton Indiana March 9 Township Assessor S C Moffett known as Uncle Sam died suddenly yesterday morning at Dr I N Hatfield's office after a brief illness he complained of chills overnight and asked to go to his daughter Mrs Gilbert's home at Mt Zion He lived alone in Bluffton and was respected by all who knew him.
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Bluffton
Ind
S. C. Moffett
Sam
I. N. Hatfield
Johnson Street
Moffett
Thorp
Hatfield
Gilbert
Mt. Zion
Mr. Moffett
Night Clerk Robbery At Murray Hotel In Decatur
Britten, a Fort Wayne arrival hired as night clerk at the Murray hotel, robbed the register of over twenty dollars and cigars. He was tracked to the G R I depot by Jim McFarland, returned the cash, and was released to flee. Cigars later surfaced at the depot as he departed for parts unknown.
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Decatur
Ind
Britten
Fort Wayne
Murray Hotel
Murray
Jim McFarland
Foot Amputated In Fort Wayne Hospital Recovery
Huntington Ind March 9 John Brown of Clear Creek township lost a foot a week ago after infection with gangrene. The amputation was three inches above the ankle at a Fort Wayne hospital. The wound is healing and signs point to a speedy recovery from the gangrene trouble.
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Huntington
Ind
John Brown
Clear Creek Township
Fort Wayne
Mail carrier Harrison Coe killed by freight train in Albion
Albion Ind March 10 Harrison Coe 72 veteran mail carrier and Noble county resident was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train about 7 46 p m as he returned from delivering mail to the depot He died instantly with head and face injuries Survived by wife daughter Jennie and sons Perry and Henry He had lived in Albion over thirty years after moving from New York where he was born He had served the government in postal duty for ten years and was on duty at the time of his death
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Albion
Ind
Harrison Coe
Noble County
Baltimore & Ohifo
Bonham Morgue
Hayes
New York
Jennie
Perry
Henry
Site chosen for Portland postoffice building dispute
Portland Indiana March 8 officials confirmed the new federal postoffice will be built on the A A Adair site on Meridian street near the time building. Hawkins and Jaqua, representing Hawkins East Main street owners, tried to reopen the site decision by meeting with Assistant Secretary Hillis. The department called the matter closed and noted congressmen influence in selecting town sites.
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Portland
Ind
Federal Postoffice
A. A. Adair
Meridian Street
Time
Mortons. Hawkins
Frank B. Jaqua
Treasury Department
Messrs. Hawkins
Jaqua
Hawkins
East Main Street
Department
Adair
Hillis
Congress
Measles in Decatur Schools Spur Grade Dismissal
An epidemic of measles in Decatur Indiana grows with new cases daily. Seven of twenty eight pupils in Miss Bess Congleton’s primary grade attended Monday while others were sick. The grade was moved to the library and will be dismissed for the rest of the week.
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Decatur
Ind
Bess Congleton
Insanity Inquest Planned For Portland Man After Wife’s Death
Orlando Shauver of Pike township, whose wife died Sunday, is reported dangerously insane. An insanity inquest in Justice A G Lewis’s court will be held after the physician and officials visit the Shauver home. The man has shown violent behavior, his son Russell lies near death from pneumonia, and a four week old infant resides with relatives. If condition does not improve, confinement in the county jail insane department is expected.
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Portland
Ind
Orlando Shauver
Bluffpoint
Pike Township
Justice of the Peace
A. G. Lewis
Shauver
Easthaven Asylum
Richmond
Lafontaine Man Accused of Arson
Arthur Wingard of Lafontaine is jailed in Wabash County on a warrant after Theodore Stein’s affidavit accusing him of arson. He allegedly set the La Fontaine hotel fire last September to defraud the German Fire Insurance Co. The three story hotel, owned by John A. Schuster, suffered about 1000 dollars in losses. Wingard remains jailed until circuit court trial.
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Wabash
Ind
Arthur Wingard
Freeman
Theodore Stein
Wingard
Lafontaine Hotel
John A. Schuster
German Fire Insurance Company
Will Sell Old Jail in Portland Indiana
County commissioners decide to sell the old jail on the courthouse yard corner and set May 13 for the sale. They rejected repairs as unnecessary while considering a new courthouse may be built soon, avoiding further spending on the current structure.
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Jay County
Portland
Ind
Court House Yard
Badders
McFarland
Court House
County limits saloons by population in Whitley county
Whitley county commissioners set a limit of one saloon per 1000 residents, granting four in Columbia City and possibly two in Churubusco if surrounding territory is included. All liquor license applications are kept open to March 30 pending outcome of local option elections, with allowances to amend imperfect applications under new laws.
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Columbia City
Ind
Whitley County
Churubusco
Smith Township
Creamery Planned at Roanoke Backed by Local Citizens
Five thousand dollars has been subscribed toward a proposed Roanoke creamery with a $6900 goal. Richard Bros and Smith Young lead as Roanoke boosters. The Toledo Supply Co. will install modern machinery in a brick 50 by 60 foot building. The project operates on a cooperative basis with stockholders' voices in governing affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Roanoke
Richard Bros
Smith Young
W. H. Brinker
Toledo Supply Company
Objects to Stripling pardon from widow of murder victim
In Atlanta on March 14 pleas for Edgar Stripling’s pardon spread in Georgia and West Virginia. The widow of William J. Cornett, slain by Stripling, asks if mercy should extend to convicts who claim reform and urges the law to run its course. Mrs. Cornett, now Mrs. G M Nelson, voices opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Edgar Striping
Danville
Georgia
West Virginia
William J. Cornett
Stripling
Pig Plays Havoc In Liberty Center Accident
Charles Kringle north of Liberty Center Indiana sustained a painful hog incident while ringing hogs at his home. A twist on a hog’s nose lunged breaking both sets of false teeth and cutting his mouth and lips. A doctor stitched the wounds and he rested well Wednesday night with no serious complications expected.
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Liberty Center
Ind
Charles Kringle
Town
Death of Guy McDonald in Wolcottville Measles Case
Guy McDonald of Wolcottville Indiana dies after brief illness from measles and complications. A son of George McDonald and nephew of John McDonald, his funeral is planned for Wednesday.
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Wolcottville
Ind
Guy McDonald
George “McDonald
John ‘McDonald
Wedan
Mayor Moves to End Public Drunkenness in Kendallville
Kendallville Indiana March 14 Mayor Field urges curb on public intoxication citing rising arrests. He vows enforcement with fines starting five dollars for first offenses and heavier penalties for later. He also seeks a blacklist of habitual drinkers from local taverns and denies officer compensation from fines.
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Kendallville
Ind
Field
Fre'd
Neighter
Lad Plunges to Pavement in Hartford City
Hugh Crawford thirteen lay in bed after falling from a second story window at the Ervin block East Washington Street skating rink. Howard Luce sixteen pushed him causing the plunge to the brick alley. Crawford broke his left wrist and sprained his ankle, with doctors Dodds and Corey tending him. The boy lives with Mr and Mrs John Crawford at 5613 East Elm Street.
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Hartford City
Hugh Crawford
Young Crawford
Ervin
Washington Street
Howard Luce
Crawford
Luce
John Crawtford
East Elm Street
YEGGS LOOT FARM HOME NEAR KENDALLVILLE
Unknown criminals entered the John Bodenhafer residence east of Kendallville Indiana and stole between 23 and 25 dollars in cash plus the family bank containing 4 to 5 dollars saved by the couple’s younger son. The family was away at the sugar camp and returned to find drawers ransacked and valuables missing.
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Kendallville
Ind
John Bodenhafer
Babe Attacked By Rat In Sleep In Wabash
In Wabash Indiana on March 14 a three year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Williams, was bitten four times by a rat while asleep. Wakefulness did not occur. doctors cauterized the wounds and she remains under careful observation as her condition improves but danger may persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Ben Williams
James Wilson
Six of seven receive Huntington city liquor licenses
Huntington Ind March 14 Six of seven men granted county licenses paid $500 to the city treasury and received city licenses to sell alcohol. Two permits issued to Nick Kindler and Philip Pfeiffer. Neither ready to start yet. preparations underway. George Scheiblin has not paid his city license fee.
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Huntington
Ind
Nick Kindler
Philip Pfeiffer
George Scheiblin
New Pennsylvania Passenger Station Nears Completion at Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana reports the new Pennsylvania passenger station will be completed by next Thursday and ready for occupancy. Contractor J K Shick has a crew on the temporary station for a week. The station measures forty by twenty feet with a central ticket office, a baggage room at one end, and a waiting room for men and women at the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Pennsylvania
J. K. Shick
Miss Ethel Chrisman Injured In Millersburg Carriage Accident
Miss Ethel Chrisman daughter of Charles Chrisman was thrown from a carriage near Millersburg Indiana. Her right leg was broken above the knee and her left wrist fractured when the horse ran away and upset the cart. The incident occurred Saturday night at about nine o'clock.
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Goshen
Ind
Ethel Chrisman
Charles Chrisman
Millersburg
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Kendallville Nimrod
Board
Postoffice
Lafontaine
Pig
City’s Head
Lad
Yeggs
Babe's Bank Litclen
Babe
Rat
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