French Rag Picker Louis LaBouch Found Dead In Room
Louis LaBouch a 75 year old French rag picker and junk dealer, was found dead by hanging in his squalid Fort Wayne quarters near Barr street foundry. He lived alone for years, left a certificate for funeral expenses and a small sum, and had a son in Pittsburgh. Authorities investigated but found no relatives and locked the door as coroner took charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis W LaBouch
Barr Street
Duck Alley
Catherine
Frank Monnier
Tin Cannister
Hamilton National Bank
Louie
Mia- Bouch
Kelley
Ankenbruck
J. E. Stults
Schone Undertaking Establishment
LeBouch
Fort Wayne
France
Julian LaBouch
Pittsburg
City
C. L. Centlivre
William
Pittebure
Bia-Hoy
Hin
Dashes Through Open Switch and Derails in Ohio
A Columbus bound West Virginia express derailed near Truro Station after hitting an open switch. One man was killed and several trainmen injured. engineer Mike Martin and fireman Daniel Martin are listed as fatally hurt. Red Men passengers sustained minor injuries. many named injured include C R Deardorff, W A Miller, W W Myers, Frank Compton, John Paul, Fred Hamilton, and Oswald Shad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Truro
West Virginia Express
Ohio Central Railroad
Mike Martin
Will Daniel Martin
Marietta
John Davis
Daniel Martin
C. R. Deardorff
W. A. Miller
W. W. Myers
Frank Compton
John Paul
Fred Hamilton
Oswald Shad
Two Italians Die After Drunken Riot Near Green Castle
In Green Castle Indiana on May 13 two Italian workers for Sims & Co. were shot and killed in a drunken fight west of town. The disturbance involved Italians and colored men at Henry Seward’s Happy Hollow home where his wife was previously killed under mysterious circumstances. The clash began over two white women who were wives of Italians. The crowd had been drinking for a day.
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Green Castle
Ind
Sims & Co., Construction Company
Henry Seward
Happy Hollow
Seward
Fort Wayne, Bluffton jostle for Ringling Bros winter quarters
A Ringling Brothers representative asked Hof Brauhaus owner Harry Wiebke for a Fort Wayne city stance to lure the circus winter quarters. Bluffton offers 500 acres. Fort Wayne edges with rail links, markets, and city size. Wiebke to present to the Commercial Club for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Ringling Brothers Circus
Harry Wiebke
Hof Brayhaus
Fort Wayne
Bluffton
Wiebke
Commercial Club
Frost brings frost and mild relief in city forecast
Frost arrived Friday night with a temperature drop to 31 degrees at 5 am near Fort Wayne Gas. Ice formed in many areas but no widespread damage was reported. tomato plants suffered where unprotected. Also included is Huntington marriage of Guy Edward Tipton and Gertrude Brown at the sheriff’s office with Rev. W D Samuel officiating. Alfred Macon of Marion refuses any monetary settlement for his two daughters’ deaths on the Marion Bluffton and Eastern line, saying no amount could compensate for their loss.
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Fort Wayne Gas Company
Guy Edward Tipton
Gertrude Brown
Sheriff's Office
Huntington County
W. D. Samuel
Alfred Macon
Marion
Marion, Bluffton and Eastern Traction
Traction Company
Macon
Jacob Keller
Kendallville
California
Charles Burgett
Warsaw
Charles W. Camp
Garrett
State Bank
Sylvester Zimmerman
Auburn
Marion, Bluffton and Eastern Traction Company
Casper Volpert
Sheriff Volpert
Peru
Germany
W. Z. Smith
Churubusca
Nellie Taylor
First Presbyterian
Hunftington
Christian Smith
DeKalb County
Concord
Garrett Gas Company
Floyd Pegg
Oklahoma
Kokomo
Fort Wayne
Julia Trish
Rainy River
Canada
Pleasant Lake
Funeral Train To Carry Bodies Of Wreck Victims
Santa Barbara May 13 The funeral train will leave after the inquest carrying twenty one bodies in a coach fitted as a funeral car. Two hundred to three hundred Shriners and friends will travel west on the northern route to San Francisco with eleven more bodies added at San Luis Obispo. The total dead reaches thirty two. The unidentified fatality at San Luis Obispo is Mrs E Kahler of Reading Pennsylvania. No further deaths among the injured at San Luis Obispo.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Mda
Eastern Shriners
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
Hondo
E. Kahler
Reading
San Luis
Obispo
Wreck of Shriners Special Trains Kills 32 in Honda
Santa Barbara May 13 A Southern Pacific wreck of the Shriners special train at Honda left 32 dead and many injured. The dead include G W Austin Thomas J Brumbach Mrs J Brumbach John W Cutter Mrs J W Cutter Louis N Ellenbogen Mrs Louis N Uphensoger etc. The 60 mph collision, caused by a defective switch, destroyed the engine baggage diner and Pullman as the dining car toppled onto the locomotive. Many injured were scalded or crushed with one engineer missing an arm and others trapped in debris or roasted by steam. Rajah Temple of Reading occupied the last car as the disaster unfolded.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Shriners
Honda
Austin
G. W
New York
Brumbach
Thomas J
Reading
Cutter
John W
Binghamton
N. Y
J. W
Ellenbogen
Louis N
Allentown
Uplensoger
Essick
Richard
William W
Fisher
Henry J
Cleveland
Gittelman
H. K
Hagerman
George F
Hendel
Harrison
Henry
Charles
Lebanon
Hipple
J. Douglas
Kauffman
Oliver T
Lacey
John
Waiter
Lowing
Charles M
Pullman
Buffalo
Miller
Moyer
Howard
Hazelton
Rogers
Alonzo B
St. Paul Pullman
Roth
A. J
Snyder
San Francisco
Fountain R
Fountain
Boyd
W. H
Martin L
Shamokin
Lee
H. B
Orwigsburg
Logan
Hiartsel
H. A
Easton
M'Kinney
Birmingham
Fred
Roppole
A. W
Bennis Point
Champlain
Thompson
Glenn
Mendel
Helen
J. Galvin
Frank Champlain
Rajah Temple
John W. Cutler
Dr. Ware
Cincinnati
L. N. Ellenbogen
Meridian
Miss
Los Angeles
Mystic Shrine
Islam Temple
Order
Deeds of Courage From a Diner Disaster
survivors recount dramatic rescues after a wreck in which Mrs. Fred Grummond of Binghamton and Miss Cora Young of Cleveland were severely burned by scalding steam. A. E. Hagerman of Reading urged helpers to save the women despite fatal injuries to himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred"Grummond
Binghamton
San Luis Obispo
Cora Young
Cleveland
A E. Hagerman
Reading
Tam
Tragic Shriner Train Wreck Claims Bride and Groom
In San Francisco a deadly wreck killed a bride and groom who died within moments of reassuring each other. The accident drew Shriners from across the region, with Dr. Ware detailing the harrowing scene and survivors tended with improvised bandages as the horror unfolded.
Will A Rundell to Be Government Expert Accountant
Will A Rundell, known as an expert accountant, accepts a temporary position in the department of commerce and labor to assist in government examination of trusts and corporations nationwide, likely for three to four months. Other items note new avenues, business start ups, a law partnership, obituaries, audits, and local civic actions in Indiana communities.
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Will A. Rundell
Department of Commerce and Labor
Allen's Foot-Ease Advertised as Comfort Solution
Consumers urged to shake Allen's Foot-Ease into shoes to relieve tightness and aching feet. Promoted as the greatest comfort discovery with a 26 cent price and free trial offer. Available at druggists and stores, address listed in Leroy New York.
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Allen
A. New
Ajien
LeRoy, N.Y
Teacher to retire after forty years at St. Pauls Lutheran
Christopher Strieder announces resignation after more than four decades of service as a teacher at St. Pauls Lutheran schools. He notified the congregation on Sunday that he will leave at the end of the current school year in July. The decision ends a long era of classroom work and dedication to the church's education program.
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Christopher Strieder
St. Paul's Lutheran
Strieder
St. Paul's Lutheran School
German born St Paul’s teacher Strieder retires after forty-one years
Born in 1840 in Germany, Mr Strieder came to the United States as a youth. He studied at Addison Lutheran schools and taught primary at St Paul’s school in Fort Wayne for forty-one years. About 7,000 students learned German under him. His infirmity ends his long association. successor not yet named.
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Strieder
Germany
Addison
Ill
St. Paul’s School
Fort Wayne
Supreme Court Validates Eight Hour Work Law
The U S Supreme Court today upheld the eight hour law as constitutional in a public work case. The decision also reverses a Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling in Adams Express Company v Commonwealth of Kentucky over alleged liquor shipments through interstate carriers. Other town notes include Kendallville’s livestock dispute, temperance pledges, dog attacks on sheep near Columbia City, Ed Lovejoy’s arm amputation, Mrs. Sarah French’s 90th birthday, and a new clock system for Huntington court house. The Lake Gage Assembly hires Dr Parkhurst for the August 26 through September 2 events.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals
Kendallville
J. Buck Stanley
A. A. Ulerich
Columbia City
Ed Lovejoy
Wabash
Sarah French
Fremont
Steuben County
New Court House
Huntington
Indiana
Lake Gage
City of Cleveland steamship destroyed by fire at Detroit yard
A new passenger steamer City of Cleveland built for Detroit and Cleveland Navigation burned at Detroit Shipbuilding, total loss except hull and machinery. Estimated damage about 700000, insured. Fire began before dawn, incendiary rumors rise as guards report no injuries. vessel launched January 5 and towed to Detroit dock, 444 feet long with 4500 passenger capacity.
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Detroit, Mich
City of Cleveland
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company
Detroit
Cleveland
American Shipbuilding Company
City of
Wyandotte
Orleans Street
Two Strike Breakers Carry Concealed Weapons At Fort Wayne Foundry
Harry Duncan and Charles Biden, sent by the Manufacturers' association from Columbus Ohio, were arrested for carrying blackjacks. Weapons confiscated, sentence suspended pending good behavior. They claimed no intent to replace strikers at Bass foundry. Others: illegal rail theft slang, minor fines for public intoxication, and assorted court cases in Indiana.
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Harry Duncan
Charles Biden
Manufacturers’ Association
Columbus
Ohio
Bass Foundry
Fort Wayne
Ninde
John Seigowitz
Pennsylvania
Skelton
Skidoo
Joseph Besancon
Mike Dewood
Indiana
Frank Williams
Montpelier
William Shoemaker
Carrie Parker
Ted Daily
John Lee
Noah Hartman
Cincinnati
Plan to unite 7000 independent telephone companies
Chicago May 11. Delegates from independent telephone associations of thirty states will meet June 4 at the Auditorium hotel to lay plans for merging about 7000 U S and Canadian companies into a single organization. The move aims to build long distance lines and unified toll service for over 3 million users, with Ohio and Indiana leading the push.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
International Independent Telephone Association
Auditorium Hotel
Ohio
Indiana
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Texas
New Hampshire
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Tennessee
Vermont
Denver
Omaha
Milwaukee
Boston
Providence
Pacific Coast
Nashville
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
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Ohio Central
Green
Castle, Ind
Ringling Bros
OFA
Amos & Budd
Corunna
C. BE. Cowgill
T. L. Stitt
Josiah Poffenberger
Leander Jackson
Wabash County
Lincolnville
W. H. Coffinberry
R. L
Isaac
Philip Kuhn
Kuhn’s Landing
North Webster
William Truxell
Avilla
Angola Public Schools
Bluebeard Jr
Burkhart
Chris Amstutz
Decatur
William Timmis
Lagrange
C. Strieder
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
Prof
Christopher . Strieder
Supreme Court
Court News
W. Morr
Albion
Klaehn & Melching
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