Flood Conditions Grow Worse in Lower Mississippi Valley
New Orleans dispatch reports worsening floods across the lower Mississippi with a record volume of water. Crevasses near Torras and Lettsworth threaten further breaches as towns like Baton Rouge face rising waters and numbers of marooned residents rely on rescued by motor boats and relief teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Torras
New Roads
Atchafalva
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Lettsworth
Newroads
Army relief funds for Mississippi flood victims exhausted
Washington reports the military relief fund for Mississippi river flood sufferers is depleted as the entire commissary department appropriation is used. Major Normoyle, in charge of relief, was ordered by telegraph to stop contracting for more supplies, risking prosecution if he defies the limit. Congress has been asked to provide new funding to reimburse the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commissiary Department
Normoyle
Telegraph
Congress
Commissary Department
Early Fort Wayne Volunteer Fire Company Chronicle
Fort Wayne’s first fire company dates to August 1839 with no name. Members listed include Francis Comparet and J B Dubois, serving without pay to defend neighbors from flames as the town evolved into a city with 75 000 residents. Some veterans recall the 1839 volunteers and their heroic service.
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Fort Wayne
Anthony Wayne
Hermans
R. Emmet Fleming
Corporation of
Francis Comparet
J. B. Dubois
W. L. Moon
Edward Stapleford
Robert. Dykes
Lewis Embry
W. Wood
Thomas Johnson
G. Jones
Thomas Hamilton
Amos Compton
Fh.compton
Joseph Ensworth
R. W.faylor
Philo H. Taylor
Ph. H. Cook
W. Ss. Didsall
Benjamin Smith
Peter Keiser
Emmet Fleming
Samuel Stophlet
R. McMullen
Flood Threat Pushes War Dept Action in Lower Mississippi
General Bixby reports extreme danger from the Torras levee break. Two parish areas in Louisiana face flooding as water nears levee tops in Plaquemine parish. Engineers mobilize resources while awaiting relief, trusting in providence and dry powder. The situation may avert June floods.
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War Department
Mississipi
General Bixby
Louisiana
Plaquemane Paris
Bixby
Spiher Re-elected State Head At Indiana Missionary Society
Mrs H H Spiher was unanimously re elected president of the Indiana Women’s Missionary Societies within the Church of God. The Auburn convention session announced officers for the coming year and noted speeches by Miss Viola Hershey and Miss Witsaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Spiher
Fort Wayne
Missionary Union
Women’s Missionary Societies of the Church of God of Indiana
Auburn
Church of God
Tf. T. Spiher
Josephine Hull
Columbia City
G. E. Kemp
Frank Simonton
Mary Witsaman
Angola
Spider
Viola Hershey
India
Witsaman
Daniel Carey Dies Claiming First Civil War Shot
Dalton Ga May 4 Daniel Carey who said he fired the first shot in the Civil War died in Dalton He claimed the first shot was fired by Charleston cadets on Morris Island as the Star of the West approached Fort Sumter The brief action sent the vessel retreating and no reinforcements reached Sumter Carey served briefly as a gunsmith after his time with the cadets and remained convinced of his claim despite the war’s onset.
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Dalton
Daniel Carey
Star of the West
Morris Island
Fort Sumter
Carey
Charleston
South Carolina
Sumter
Fort
Rhodes Sells Fort Wayne Drug Store to James D. Lewis
Oscar S. Rhodes sells the 1001 Broadway drug store after eleven years to James D. Lewis former Pellens & Lewis partner. Rhodes will focus on I De Lite furniture polish and operate Grabill Drug ownership, while Lewis brings twenty years in pharmacy and will run the shop and his local insurance agency.
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Broadway
Oscar S. Rhodes
James D. Lewis
Pellens & Lewis
Wayne and
Calhoun Street
Lewis
Rhodes
Fort Wayne
Rhoads
Grabill Drug Company
Grabull
Fort Warne
Meyer Bros. Company
Indiana
Chicago Freight Handlers Strike Grips Rail Lines
Chicago on May 4 saw six thousand freight handlers on twenty four railroads strike after rejecting a 2.50 monthly wage rise and 114 cent hourly for day workers. Police protection was requested as shootings occurred near Madison and Dearborn. Stereotypers and wagon drivers joined, forcing papers to print condensed editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McWeeny
Madison
Dearborn
Archbald Case Up 10 The House
President Taft sent a message to the House regarding the Norris resolution seeking Archbald papers. The judiciary committee will decide on further investigation and potential impeachment. Allegations center on railroads and coal pile deals with Erie interests, with Taft ordering Wickersham to report findings to Congress. Archbald, a Pennsylvania appointee, serves on the commerce court with a four year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
House
Norris
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Judiciary Committee of
Erie Railroad
Archbald
Wm. Boland
Scranton
Wickersham
House Judiciary Committee
Committee
Congress
Senate
Department of Justice
Pennsylvania
Rhidge Archbald
Ecommerce
Third Circuit
Astor Funeral Held for Titanic Victim John Jacob Astor
Funeral services were held at Rhinecliff for John Jacob Astor a Titanic victim. Rev Dr Saunders officiated with Madeline Force Astor and Col Astor’s relatives in attendance. The body was later interred in Trinity Cemetery Washington Heights.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Little Episcopal Church of the Messiah
Rhinecliff
Twudson
Dr. Saunders
Madeline Force Astor
Col
Aastor
Col. Astor
Rhineclif
Newport
Ava Willing Astor
Muriel
Ferncliff
Astor
Trinity Cemetery
Washington Heights
Madeline Astor
Airdome dispute halts wood theater project in Bluffton
In Bluffton Indiana on May 3 neighbors protested the wooden air dome on South Main Street as unsafe within fire limits. Marshal Pierce served Edward Foust with a stop work order while G H Farling was granted a brick concrete and steel permit for a nearby picture show structure.
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Airdome
Building Opens in Full Blast as Summer Demand Rises
An unusually strong demand for building materials signals a busy start to summer construction. Large projects like the new St Joseph's hospital addition and Rash Elevator advance, while farms report wheat losses and delayed field work across Indiana.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Indiana
Auction of unclaimed freight by Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Co announces the sale of unclaimed freight and baggage held for over a year. Items will be sold at public auction for cash at the freight house on Island Street, Grand Rapids, starting Tuesday June 4, 1912 at 10 a.m. The sale is conducted by E. C. Leavenworth and C. L. Lockwood, agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Company
Said Railway Company
Island Street
Grand Rapids
County of
Kent
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway CO
E. C. Leavenworth
C. L. Lockwood
Grand Rapids, Mich
New Prosecutor at Peru Ind
Peru Ind May 3 George F Merley resigns as county prosecuting attorney Hal Phelps a Democrat and rising attorney will succeed Merley on Judge Tilletts recommendation to Governor Marshall who must appoint the successor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
George F. Merley
Hal Phelps
Merley
Tillett
Marshall
Indiana University President Urges Women to Help Uplift Society
Dr. William Lowe Bryan addressed the Women’s Department club at the Propylaeum in Indianapolis on social welfare and education. He urged using university research to solve pressing issues like food and fuel supply, health, and care for the defective and subnormal, calling for municipal housekeeping and community reconstruction with the Women’s Department club in partnership with Indiana University.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
Women’s Department Club
Propylaeum
Modern University
Panama
Women's Department Club
Berne Ind Grants Largest Graduating Class This Year
Berne Indiana marks its largest graduating class with thirty three seniors. The list includes Gertrude Hirarchy Jesse Hahegger Groger Soldner Elma Sprunger Clifford Striker Esther Bixler Ezra Wanner Herman Baumgartner Arman Hirschy Mary Burkhalter Victor Eichenberger Adina Gillom Alfred Habegger Martin Sprunger Ernest Stengel Lydia Sprunger Fanny Schindler Christina Habegger Edna Sprunger Barbara Hirschy True Gottschalk Clarence Lehman Clifton Springer. The baccalaureate sermon is by Rev Van Der Smissen May 12 at the Mennonite church. Prof Lindley of Indiana University will speak Monday on The Powers of Ben. Class day is Tuesday and alumni banquet Wednesday.
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Berne
Ind
Gertrude Hirachy
Jesse Hahegger
Groger Soldner
Elma Sprunger
Clifford Striker
Esther Bixler
Ezra Wanner
Herman Baumgartner
Arman Hirschy
Mary Burkhalter
Victor Eichenberger
Adina Gillom
Alfred Habegger
Martin Sprunger
Ernest Stengel
Lydia Sprunger
Fanny Schindler
Christina Habegger
Edna Sprunger
Barbara Hirschy
True Gottschalk
Clarence Lehman
Clifton Springer
van der Smissen
Mennonite Church
Lindley
Indiana University
Ben
Death of Huntington Woman Affects Zeigler Family
Huntington Ind May 4 Mrs Samuel F Zeigler 24 died Friday after a ten day illness Brights disease caused death at home funeral arrangements to be announced by the family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Samuel F. Zeigler
Bright
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Wolf & Dessauer
Mississippi
Batchelor
Torras Distaight
Baton Rouge
Tontehartrain
the Hermans
tAddress
Ram’s Horn
New Jersey ST
HS Drug
J. D. Lewis
Establishment On
Nickel Plate Road
Parnin, T. P
Fort Wayne, Ind
Bluffton
DR. Bryan
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