Judge annuls Cooke divorce in Kokomo court
Kokomo Indiana May 2 Judge Hi ram Brownlee voided the Cooke divorce decree after discovering the same attorney represented both plaintiff and defendant in a collusive case. He condemned the practice and barred further consent divorces in his court calling the action a farce. He criticized inappropriate remarks about marriage duties and warned enforcement of integrity in proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Hiram Brownlee
Cooke
Gertrude Cooke
N. M. Cooke
Brownlee
Missionaries from India Arrive in Marion for Conference
Mr and Mrs H Stephens and daughter Vida return to Indiana from six years in India where they served as missionaries amid famine and plague. Mrs Stephens cared for 100 famine children and described conditions as horrible while Mr Stephens works in the British military accounts. They came with family members and will stay briefly before returning to duty in Bombay presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
H. Stephens
Vida
India
Mrs. Stephens
M. E. Church
Bombay Presidency
Sheep Shearing at Purdue Inaugurates Annual Festival
A lively inaugural sheep-shearing festival at Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana drew sheep-owners from across the state. Professor Plumb plans to make the event annual after strong interest in the shaft machine operations. Edward H Wilson Pine Village clipped two sheep in nine minutes earning the professional shearers prize. Thad Perry and H J Miller led the agricultural students contest with first and second prizes. J H McCord Chatterton won the flockmasters prize, with T G Knowles Pine Village second. John Franklin J Foutz won first and second prizes for first shearers. Homer Wilson Pine Village won for under twenty one. James Van Meter Lafayette second. C J Whistler William Hershey Heath won first prize for dipping ten sheep in 4 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Indiana
Plumb
Edward H. Wilson
Pine Village
Thad Perry
H. J. Miller
J. H. McCord
Chatterton
T.G. Knowles
John Franklin
J. Foutz
Homer Wilson
James van Meter
C. J. Whistler
William Hershey
Heath
Mother Shot by Daughter in Bedford Home
Bedford Indiana May 2nd Mrs J H McPheters and her mother Mrs Sarah Roby were cleaning a house when they found a probable pistol yesterday In the ensuing incident details remain incomplete as investigators seek to determine if a shooting occurred and who was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford, Ind
J. H. McPheters
Sarah Roby
Ball Buries in Mrs Roby’s Cheek and Neck
An elderly woman, 70, was wounded when a Flobert ball entered her cheek above the jaw, traveled under the tongue, and lodged in her neck. Dr W H Smith treated her as alarms sounded. Her condition is serious and recovery is in doubt. Relatives live in Paoli and Orleans. Mrs Roby resides with family members here. The MecPheters family is prominent in the city and the daughter is deeply distressed.
Moyer to prosecute agent over forged flower orders
George Moyer of Laketon nurseries employed Lawrence Eberle on a 30 percent commission plan with 20 percent due on orders and 10 percent after delivery. Orders arrived, Eberle received the 20 percent, but forged signatures from schoolboys and others led Moyer to pursue prosecution for the misused orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
George M. Moyer
Laketon
Wabash County
Lawrence Eberle
Moyer
Eberle
Mysterious Death In Warsaw Soldier Found Poisoned
James Harper, an elderly veteran, died in Warsaw Indiana after being found unconscious. Doctors suspect poisoning but fail to determine the method or motive. Harper was a widower living alone with his 10 year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
James Harper
Misfortune and Death in Fern Indiana
Harry Ward a prominent young businessman of Fern Indiana is dead after years of illness. He collapsed after his barn burned with twenty seven horses. His brother Louis Ward bought horses in Chicago, then fell ill with lung fever in Peru. One brother died hours after Harry Ward. A fowl at the Ward home also died on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ward
Precocious siblings said to be guided by occult force
The father of two gifted children suspects an occult influence controls them. The boy remains perfectly rigid and suspended between two chairs without support, a miracle-like feat. The family contemplates public performances as a joking possibility for Indiana tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loth
Indiana
Robbed by Tramps on Wabash Bridge in Logansport
Logansport Indiana May 3 Jack Lynch an employee at the Longcliffe Insane hospital was assaulted and robbed by four tramps on the Wabash railway bridge. They took $10 from his pockets then threw him into the river thirty five feet below. The water was shallow but he was severely injured and lay undiscovered for five hours before a policeman saved him and called an ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Jack Lynch
Longcliffe Insane Hospital
Wabash Railway
Ruffans
Lynch
Waterloo Faces Triple Ticket Battle Over Public Improvements
Waterloo Indiana May 3 municipal race heats up with three tickets. Republicans and Democrats nominate pro improvement candidates favoring electric lights. A citizens caucus nominates anti improvement contenders. Election is next Monday. The main issue is electric lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ind
Citizens
Fire destroys New Paris elevator and stock in Goshen
In New Paris fire yesterday leveled the Byron B Brothers elevator in Goshen. The building, valued at 1600 and insured, held several thousand bushels of wheat and grain losses by farmers and Mr Brothers. Sparks from a Big Four freight engine ignited the adjoining structure, threatening the town as roofs of Progressive church and Rohrers grocery burned before flames were stopped. Total damage estimated 3000 to 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
New Paris
Byron B. Brothers
Mr. Brothers
Progressive Church
Charles Rohrer
Flora woman fatally burned saving home from fire
Mrs Harriet J Gillam aged 75 near Darwin Indiana lies at death with burns covering her body after her clothing caught fire while she heroically tried to save her home from destruction. Neighbors arrived to save the building but there is no hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora
Harriet J. Gillam
Darwin
Dies for Love in Laporte Trainer’s Suicide
W H Pontifax, a renowned horse trainer across Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Ohio, killed himself at his wife’s Laporte livery stable after three months of separation and failed efforts to win her consent to reunite. He intended to shoot her too but did not follow through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapote
Ind
W. H. Pontifax
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Island Park Assembly plans July summer meeting in Rome City
Portland Indiana May 3 The Island Park assembly management at Rome City prepares for the annual meeting July 25 to August 16 with 75000 visitors last season and expectations for more. Rev W F Harding Biblical department R H H Clark music Mary Balch W C T U Jessie Goodwin Indianapolis M F Straight Holy Land study Henry Becker lectures Ella Keel Fort Wayne Boston prepare physical culture oratory and voice culture special entertainments and observances planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Island Park Assembly
Rome City
W. F. Harding
R. H H. Clark
Mary Balch
M. F. Straight
Holy Land
Palestine
Henry J. Becker
Ella Keel
Fort Wayne
Boston
Jessie Goodwin
Indianapolis
Boy loses arm in drunken rail fall near Richmond
Bartey Bell aged seventeen from Cambridge City was riding freight to see a circus when he fell from a train near Richmond Indiana. The wheels severed his right arm in the accident reported on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Bartey Bell
Cambridge City
Oil Wonder in Huntington Sparks Indiana Field Hype
Montpelier May 3. An oil well on the D Elliott farm in Huntington county drilled by Thomas McDonald and Co yields about 500 barrels daily and excitement spreads through the Indiana field. In Madison county Monroe township a 120 barrel daily well is reported, and a Grant county well delivers ten barrels. Phoenix Oil Co. reports a new fifty barrel well in Blackford county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Ind
D. Elliott
Huntington County
Thomas McDonald & Co
Indiana
Monroe Township
Madison County
Grant County
Phoenix Oil Company
Blackford County
Egg Case Factory Fire in Decatur Causes Heavy Loss
Fire at the Decatur Egg Case company factory in the south end spread to adjoining buildings and kilns while workers dined. Firefighters were powerless, many small blazes were put out, and property damage totaled about 20,000 dollars in a densely populated district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ind
Decatur Egg Case Company
New Jail Under Construction in Portland Indiana
Work has started on a new jail in Portland Indiana priced at 29000 dollars and slated for completion by October 1. The colonial style structure will feature a sheriff’s residence, hospital department, twenty eight cells, and modern safeguards for prisoner safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Hazel Crawford Burned Near Bonfire in Kendallville
Kendallville Indiana May 3 Hazel the nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Crawford caught her clothing on fire Tuesday while near a bonfire and suffered terrible burns before flames were put out by onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Hazel
Charles Crawford
Death of Liberty man linked to blood vessel disease
Carson Haworth, 48, a Liberty Indiana farm machinery manufacturer and farmer, died suddenly at his home after being found in a plowed field. Doctors blamed a vascular blood disease that progressively weakened vessels until a brain rupture. He leaves a wife and six children. his family is prominent in Union County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Ind
Union County
Waterloo reduces to two saloons after fires
Waterloo Indiana May 3 reports the town now has only two saloons. A saloon closed weeks ago to dodge a fine, and another was burned out in a fire last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ind
Logansport Man Fined For Killing Two Tame Pigeons
In Wayne township Rochester May 4 Elmer Davis of Logansport was found guilty after hunting on a local farm. The case, brought by the society for the protection of birds, resulted in a fine and costs amounting to an unspecified total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ind
Wayne Township
This County
Elmer Davis
Logansport
Society For the Protection of Birds
Child Possessed Claim Shocks Muncie Family
In Muncie Indiana on May 3 a ten month old baby girl, unable to speak, is said to be possessed by spirits. A slate used by the child produced messages resembling medium communications. The family, not Spiritualists, tested handwriting and observed new slate messages after the infant held them. A second slate yielded a brief message from a dead relative in the presence of friends. The case bewilders the household and observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
D. E. Cripe
Married Without Notice in Indianapolis Nuptials
Miss Emma Ross daughter of the First National Bank cashier and Ralph Kirby wed in Indianapolis in the morning. Parents learned of the marriage only upon their return to Logansport last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Emma Ross
Cashier Ross
First National Bank
Ralph Kirby
Indianapolis
Horse Bolts With Riders In Portland Accident
Portland Ind May 4 A horse driven by Mat Timmona and John Shimp of Gen eva frightened by a passing bicycle and ran away Both men were thrown out and injured Shimp sustained a broken leg and others suffered injuries in the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Mat Timmona
John Shimp
GeNeva
Shimp
Exemption total hits million mark in county
Wabash Indiana reports May exemptions totaling about one million dollars this year, compared with seven hundred eighty thousand dollars last year. The figure reflects a sustained rise in exemptions across the county for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Novitiates at Bishop Chatard Church Ceremony
At Bishop Chatard five miles west of the city a ceremony for novices was held in a decorated church with high class music and a harp solo by Bister Cele. The list includes Miss Mary Kern Decatur Illinois Sister Mary Elizabeth and others from Decatur Indianapolis Washington Kentland Peru St Mark Huntington Vevay with their chosen religious names. Mary Gladden of Vevay was ill and absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Chatard
Bister Cele
Mary Kern
Decatur Ill
Mary Elizabeth
A. Kilkella
Decatur
Ill
Lucy
Kilkalla
Ini
Agnes Gertrude
N. Stack
Indianapolis
Mary Bernardo
A. Egan
Washington
Ind
St. Helena
A. Wech
Kentland
St. Charles
H. Brennan
Peru
Marian
K. Hagerdorn
St. Mark
Mary Rosena
Agnes Murray
Huntington
Mary Raymonde
Mary Gladden
Vevay
Judgment Rendered to Collect Old Breach of Promise Debt
Huntington Ind May 4 A decree orders Galvin Summers to pay Mary Robinson the $1,000 breach of promise verdict from fifteen years ago. Summers became a prosperous Rock Creek Township farmer after initial lack of property. Judge Day enforces the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington, Ind
Mary Robinson
Toledo
Galvin Summers
Rev Father Schenhoft Offered Bishopric Declines if Needed
In Wabash Indiana on May 4 reports say Rev Father Schenhoft named by Rome as a possible bishop of the diocese may decline if offered. His health is poor and a doctor’s certificate would be provided to show a bishopric strain would be too severe for him to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Father Schenhoft
Rome
Pearl Isenhart Scalded in Kettle Accident in Portland
Pearl Isenhart of South Portland was severely scalded on the neck and body when he tipped a kettle of boiling water. The incident occurred in Portland, Indiana, on May 4. He is the son of Fred Isenhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Ind
Pearl Isenhart
Fred Isenhart
South Portland
Faithful Teacher Beloved
Rochester Indiana May 4 Miss Estella Kiel taught six years in this county. Her regular term closed a week ago yet pupils and teacher mourn the parting and decide to continue the school for another unpaid week. This is the first school in this county where payment was given in love of pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ind
Estella Kiel
Cody
Elkhart Mystery Man Found on Tracks
An unnamed well dressed man was found on Lake Shore yard tracks in Elkhart Indiana last Tuesday night. He was taken to the police station and then to hospital where he became fully unconscious. He gave the name Sterling Brown but his memory is fragmented. He is about 40, 175 pounds with a dark mustache and cultured appearance. He prays aloud in a childlike manner and remains mentally blurred. His exact identity remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Lake Shore
Sterling Brown
Heir to Ten Million Revealed in Indiana Family
Jonathan W. Fancher, farmer of Davis township, Inex county, learns through his brother’s California death that he inherits a 29 million dollar estate. The will includes bank stock and 10,000 acres in the San Joaquin valley. California law delays division until ten months after probate filing, and Fancher may travel to California to pursue his interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inex
Ind
Jonathan W. Fancher
Davis Township
California
San Joaquin Valley
Fancher
Romantic wedding in Warren linked by forty-year memory
In Bluffton Ind on May 5 a marriage took place in Warren a border town famed for romance. John G Hower and Mrs Mary Wanamaker, both widowed, rekindled a youthful acquaintance from forty years ago and swiftly wed after meeting five weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton, Ind
Warren
John G. Hower
Mary Wanamaker
Hartford City Hotel Fight Leaves Four Injured
In Hartford City Indiana at the Martin hotel at noon yesterday Hector Desgain used a brick as a weapon in a deadly attack on James Young Mont Zellers Arthur Espinasse and Mrs Zellers. Young Zellers are critically injured. Desgain was arrested. Desgain and Zellers had quarrelled previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Martin
James Young
Mont Zellers
Arthur Espinasse
Hector Deagain
Zellers
Desgain
Young
Dodge on Democratic victories and progress in Goshen
Elkhart Indiana May 5 Colonel James 8 Dodge former Republican governor candidate sees the Democratic wins as a public call for change. He cites Goshen where Democrats thrived after improvements while Republicans were punished at the polls two years earlier in the city and rumors of progress appearing across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
James
Dodge
Goshen
Struck a Stump in Wabash Opera Row
Wabash Indiana May 6 Chicago opera company of twelve struck the city Thursday expecting to perform at the opera house that night. They were booked for weeks by Manager Harter but no advance man appeared and Harter could not locate the company. A row followed with the manager charging breach of contract and threatening a $9000 damages suit, though the suit is not expected to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Chicago Opera Company
Opera House
Harter
Manger Rter
Actia
Indicted Officer Waite Faces Manslaughter Charge
Twenty five leading citizens escorted Waite to the county seat and signed his bond set at 2600 dollars. The city council resolved to provide funds for the defense in the trial as Judge Marsh offered a favorable jury charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Marsh
Oteer
New Magnetic Healer Sparking Local Interest in Indiana
Sheridan Indiana May 5 interest grows in magnetic cores by Calvin Straley a Tipton county farmer. His treatment helps Grant Cobbys daughter rheumatic for five years regain walking and activity. Mrs Augustus Coleman also improves and Straley reports over fifty patients locally while claiming earnings of fifty dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straley
House Passes Free Homes Bill In Congress
Washington May 3 The house passed the free homes bill without division. Also the senate agreed to Hoars motion to take up a resolution on W A Clark not duly elected as Montana senator and postponed further action for one week. A clash occurred between Stewart and Chandler over testimony in the Clark case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Nicaragua
Congress
Senate
Hoar
W. A. Clark
Montana
Stewart
Nevada
Chandler
New Hampshire
Clark
Starved Kokomo Girl Clings to Life Despite No Nourishment
Pearl Curry aged 18 daughter of William Curry of Sycamore Howard county and granddaughter of Captain James Nation has returned from Indianapolis where leading physicians could offer no aid. She has had no nourishment for five months except salt, lemons and vinegar and is emaciated to a skeleton. She insists other food makes her deathly sick. Last Decoration day she said her grave would be decorated within a year. She appears sane though it is thought she cannot survive long. Friends fear she will die before Decoration day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Pearl Curry
William Curry
Sycamore
Howard County
James Nation
Indianapolis
Army Reorganization Bill Passes Senate With Changes
The army reorganization bill passed the senate with an amendment creating a veterinary corps. It details staff appointments by detailing officers from the line for the major general departments and raises ranks for Miles to lieutenant general and Corbin to major general. It discontinues regimental artillery formation and sets 126 coast artillery batteries and 18 field artillery batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Miles
Corbin
Miss Jennie Creek Invited to French Exposition
Charles H Bund of Marion starts a fund to send Miss Jennie Creek of Mill Grove to Paris as guest of the National Humane Society of France. In 1893 at age 10 she signaled a burning bridge fire near Panhandle track, saving many lives. honored by the French Legion of Honor. Bundy hopes to raise funds for her expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles H. Bund
Marion
Jennie Creek
Mill Grove
Blacuford
National Humane Society of France
Miss Creek
Panhandle
Bill Grove
France
French Legion of Ifenor
National Humere Society
Failures for April show declines in New York
Bradstreet reports April business failures totaled 706 with liabilities 7 214 787 dollars, down 13 percent from March and the lightest month since September previous. Liabilities fell about 21 percent from March, while assets to liabilities ratio dropped to 36 percent from 45 percent a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
Murcia
New York City
Boston
Gen N R Buckle Dies Sudden in Indiana Home
Gen Nicholas R Buckle a leading Indiana Mason and former adjutant general collapsed at home in Indianapolis and died suddenly from possible apoplexy. A past grand master and thirty third degree Scottish Rite officer, he was about 65, honored by Fort Wayne and statewide Masons. Masonic bodies plan services and a possible special train to Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas R. Buckle
Indiana
Tindianapolis
Ruckle
General Ruckle
Fort Wayne
No. 4
Knights Templar
Aeyuty
William Geake
Moore-Fisher nuptials unite Abbie Moore and John Fisher
Miss Abbie E. Moore of this city and John D. Fisher of Waterloo wed at the bride home on Fairfield avenue in a simple ceremony conducted by Rev. L J Motschmann of Christ's church. The couple departed for Toledo and Detroit on their wedding trip after the vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie E. Moore
John D. Fisher
Waterloo
Fairfield Avenue
L. J. Motschmann
Christ's Church
Mrs. Fisher
Toledo
Detroit
My Beautiful Baby Boy and Dear Mrs Pinkham Letters
Plant ad style letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as helping women conceive and recover health. Mrs Minoa Finke of Roscoe New York describes a healthy baby boy after using the remedy, while Mrs Lane of Coytee Tenn credits it with a successful childbirth and relief from ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wemen
Lane
Coytee
Tenn
Neuenwanderer Grieser Bride and Groom Wed at St John’s
At St John’s Reformed church Rev John Bosch united Adalia Neuen schwander and Frank Grieser in marriage on Thursday at 2 pm. The ceremony featured Mendelssohn’s wedding march played by Professor Joost. Witnesses were relatives and immediate friends. The couple will reside south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Reformed Church
O'Colck
John Bosch
Adalia Neuenschwander
Frank Grieser
Mendelssohn
Joost
Grieser
Real Estate Transfers Compiled by Joan Heller Co
Real estate transfer notices list multiple transactions in Madison and Beel River townships with names Peter Lenhart P F W C R R Thomas A Rhodes Isaac Mowrer Henry F Schnelker Annie Whittern rental amounts and parcel descriptions including sec 4 14 26 24 and 17. Prices range from 6 000 to 150 with several parcels described by tracts lots and additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Heller & Co
West Main Street
Peter Lenhart
Ft. W
E. Ts
Madison
P. W. Jackson
Thos. A. Rhodes
Ts. We
Eel River
Isaac Mowrer
Henry F. Schnelker
S. E. Th. Oweodlass We
Moe Ty
W. Ty
St. Joe
Nelson HW
Annie C. Whittern
Nannie
O. W. VanBuskirk
Elizh. Roy
Genevra
Jno
W. Wells
Perry
Louis J. Bobilya
Cath. Engman
Baltes
Romy
Clarence A. Lehnecke
Emily J. Frary
We 'Y
Cold snap causes frost across northern Ohio
Ice formed at many points in northern Ohio as a strong cold wave brought a heavy frost almost statewide. Fruit damage is not yet known but expected to be heavy with temperatures touching six below and 26 degrees above zero in several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
State's vital statistics births marriages and deaths report
The state board of health quarter ending March 31 shows total deaths 5407 with a portion under five years old. The report notes deaths of those over sixty including figures and percentages, and references fever related fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Demographic Quarterly Figures Show Births Deaths and Marriages
The record notes 16 681 total, with 5 464 white males and 1046 white females. It lists 17 colored births, 224 twins, 240 illegitimate births, and 5 525 marriages in the quarter. Death rate 13.3 per 1000, birth rate 16.1 per 1000.
Burglars Blow Safe in East Brady Bank Heist
Burglars dynamited the First National Bank of East Brady, Pa. last night and carried away valuables including pennies. Officials decline to state the amount, vault held more silver than two men could carry, with estimates from six to ten thousand dollars and no clue to the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
First National Bank of
East Brady
Ross
Long Lost Brother Seeks Information From Rockford Woman
Mrs. Alice Heldman of 1209 Third Avenue Rockford Illinois writes City Clerk H B Manning seeking word on her brother S Jenkins missing for twenty eight years She believes he may live near Fort Wayne and asks for any information to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Manning
Alice Heldman
Third Avenue
Rockford
S. Jenkins
Fort Warne
Norton Fertilizer Factory Burned Outside City
Fire destroyed the Norton Manufacturing Company tallow grease and fertilizer plant on the city outskirts at dawn. Loss estimated at $60,000, with partial insurance coverage. Cause under investigation as the origin of the blaze remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norton Manufacturing Company
Gas Explosion Shatters Langhor Bakery Windows on Broadway
Early Thursday a gas explosion at Langhor bakery on Broadway shattered nearly all window lights. The baker ignited a lighted match into the furnace where accumulated gas caused the blast. He was frightened but escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langhor Bakery
Broadway
Fleming Announces Joint Senator Candidacy for Allen Adams
Stephen B. Fleming announces candidacy to represent Allen and Adams counties in the Indiana Senate. The bid awaits the Democratic convention decision to be held in Decatur on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Adams Counties
Indiana
Senate
Decatur
Stephen B. Fleming
Wanted Invent Royalty Patent Device From Calhoun Turret
Patent attorney advertisement seeks royalties from two simple patented devices described as drawing larger sums. Mentions Calhoun turret and Bert Wayne, Indiana, with limited legible details and a terse contact line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wok Hb
Bert Wayne
Ind
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ARMY
Paris
N. R. Buckle
John S. Fisher and
Neuenschwander—Grieser
Friilizer
Beecham
Joe W. Bell
E. Columbia ST
New Quaker City
Oak Lawn
F. M. Smith & CO
Calhoun St
Undertaker
Robert Klaehn
West Main
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