Desperate Battle Sparks Mob Fire in Pittsburg Suburb
A violent attack on a block of wooden negro houses ends with the entire block burned. Police arrest Steve Nisbet and Jim Singleton, tied to Richardson's gang, as a 2,000 strong mob demands the prisoners. A skull and rifle barrel found suggest one shooter killed. Police pledge to seize all suspicious locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Nisbet
Jim Singleton
Richardson
Safery
Fulton County
Butler Street
Pittsburg
Foreclosures and Divorces Highlight Court Proceedings
Judge O'Rourke hears Glass vs Baughman mortgage dispute while other foreclosure actions proceed. Elizabeth Haak wins a divorce from Robert Haak and resumes her maiden name. Appraisers file first inventory for Henry Lewis Hamel known as Big-nose Louie after his February death. Multiple cases cover partition, assault pleas, and a street railway injunction suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Rourke
Glass Vs. Baughman
Joseph Falls
Nicholas J. Wyss
Elizabeth Haak
Robert Haak
Elizabeth Dreyer
D. L. Harding
A. F. Besancon
Henry Lewis Hamel
Hamel
Louie
The
Sentinel
Hodekin
United States
Aiken
Glass and Weaver, Executors
Mary L. Baughman
Keyser Va. Mannock
McCarthy
Moellering Brothers
Millard
C. A. Brooks
Anna Johnson
Josiah Johnson
Anna Scott
Edwin Harter
John F. Y. Siegmund
Henry Klebe
Judge Aiken
Huntington court actions and civil cases update
A busy Huntington circuit session sees Demurrers in Southwestern Traction suits while Olds & Doughman push defenses. Judges Aiken and Hench handle divorces adoptions guardianships and multiple civil actions as local officials report on cases from Woodburn to Indianapolis tied to county proceedings.
National Telephone and Telegraph stockholders meet to plan expansions
Stockholders of the National Telephone and Telegraph company are called to meet next Tuesday at the Commercial club to approve new stock for extensive line additions. About 50 000 will be spent to improve the system north of Fort Wayne with enhanced facilities at Rome City Kendallville Sturgis Lagrange Auburn South Milford and Butler and the North Baltimore Ohio exchange to be enlarged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Telephone and Telegraph Company
Commercial Club
Fort Wayne
Rome City
Kendallville
Sturgis
Lagrange
Auburn
South Milford
Butler
National Company
Indiana
Baltimore
Ohio
Trinity Lutheran elects officers and plans church repairs
At a congregational meeting Trinity Lutheran elected Albert E. Melching as trustee and treasurer and August Fahlsing as elder for a three year term. Repairs to the church will precede the installation of Rev. Paul Steppelworth on June 1, bringing renewed energy to the congregation. Henry H. Schone directed the funeral for Mrs. Charles Plyborne in Logansport yesterday. Charles Eikhoff returned from Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Albert E. Melching
August Fahlsing
Paul Steppelworth
Henry H. Schone
Logansport
Charles Plyborne
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad and Fort Wayne Property Listing
An advertising piece touts Dean's Kidney Pills with a Fort Wayne testimonial and price. It asserts cure of backache and kidney issues at Meyer Bros. Co. drugstore. Also lists farms for sale near the city with acreage and loan terms from F DeArmit at 1408 Clinton street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Fort Wayne
Mary Gerdes
Putnam
Oakland Streets
Meyer Bros. & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
F. DeArmit
Clinton Street
Ind
Mrs Sarah Fleming Dead After Months of Illness
Mrs Sarah Fleming widow of Thomas Fleming died at noon Monday at her Goshen road home, age about 58, after cancer. She lived in the area thirteen years, survived by five sons and two daughters, Erin Fleming, Mrs Hibler, and several distant sisters. A devout member of the Church of the Precious Blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Fleming
Thomas Fleming
Goshen Road
Thomas
William
Oliver
Roderick
John Lieming
Erin Fleming
Hibler
Fleming
Church of the Precious Blood
Fort Wayne Pioneer Jacob Friend Dies Suddenly At 74
Fort Wayne citizen Jacob Friend died suddenly at 10 30 AM at the home of Mrs Emilia Treakley 336 Washington Boulevard He had heart trouble but had been in good health recent years He leaves daughter Stella four sons Henry Isidor Alfred Will a brother in Lacrosse and a granddaughter Gladys The Friends clothing house and tailoring business are noted No funeral plans until sons arrive from distant cities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Friend
Fort Wayne
Emilia Treakley
Washington Boulevard
Mr. Friend
Stella Friend
Miss Friend
Henry
Isidor
Chicago
Alfred
Minneapolis
Will
New York
Lacrosse
Wis
Gladys
Friend
Germany
America
Miss Ida Frances Brown 16 Dies After Scarlet Fever
Miss Ida Frances Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs S J Brown of 1415 East Lewis street died at seven Friday evening from dropsy after scarlet fever. She was 16, active in St Paul M E church and its work and left a wide circle of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Frances Brown
S. J. Brown
East
Lewis Street
Miss Brown
St. Paul M. E
German-born Carl Beyer dies suddenly at 52
Carl Andrew Beyer of 515 Fairmount Place died Sunday morning after a violent coughing spell. A post mortem by coroner Dr. W W Barnett found death from hemorrhage of the lungs. Beyer, born September 11, 1849 in Germany, fought in the Franco Prussian War and belonged to Turnverein Vorwaerts and Deutscher Land Wehr Verein. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Jacob Miller were held Tuesday at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Andrew Beyer
Fairmount Place
Beyer
A. P. Buchman
W. W. Barnett
Germany
Turnverein Vorwaerts
Deutscher Land Wehr Verein
Jacob Miller
Thomas Hallman Dies at 72 in Antwerp Ohio
Thomas Hallman of Antwerp Ohio died Sunday at St Josephs hospital aged 72. He was hospitalized after being brought to the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hallman
Antwerp
Ohio
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promises Better Blood and Nerves
A promoted testimonial urges readers to ask doctors about Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for debility indigestion and weak nerves. A user from Princeton Missouri reports improvement after two bottles, noting full recovery. Available at druggists, $1. J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Death Ends Surgical Plan in City Illness
The patient's illness worsened before an intended surgical operation in the city and death followed. The remains were transported to Antwerp for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Krauter Dies After Illness at Pleasant Township Home
John F. Krauter aged 48 died at his Pleasant township home after a long illness of consumption. A native of Orange County New York he had lived in Pleasant township since 1868 and was highly esteemed. He leaves a widow and three children. Funeral services were held from the Ossian Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Krauter
Pleasant Township
Mr. Krauter
Orange County
New York
Ossian
Moses Mood Dies After Long Illness in Allen County
Moses Mood aged 67 of Allen county died at St Josephs hospital at 7 30 this morning after about three months with diabetes. He had lived in the county sixty years and worked as a carpenter after moving to the city. He had been a farmer in Abol t township until fifteen years ago. His wife is a patient at Richmond insane hospital. Nearest city relatives are two nephews George Crawford and John Crawford and a niece Mrs James Clifford.
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Barrett & Morris
Gross
Barrett
Keller
Leonard
Jacob Keller
Circuit Court Room
J. C. Keller
Mossman
Volute Nut-Lock Company
Kayser
Court House
Walpole G. Colerick
Rome City
Daseler
Calhoun
Columbia Streets
W. S. McComb
Pleasant Township
William Wilkie
Allen County
Democratic Central Committee
Williard L. LeRoy
Lawrence A. Edington
Huntington
LeRoy
John &. Branyan
Moses Mood
Center Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mr. Mood
Abolt Township
City
Richmond Insane Hospital
George
John Crawford
James Clifford
Infant Ethel Marie Jones Dies at 9 Months
Ethel Marie Jones infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles S Jones of 2613 South Broadway died at 7 this morning from brain fever at nine months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel .Marie Jones
Charles S. Jones
South Broadway
Multiple Northern Indiana deaths and incidents reported
In Northern Indiana items include the deaths of Avilla's Peter Bauman Elkhart society woman Mrs A L Beardsley and Warsaw resident Mrs John Nieman aged 70 plus Elk hart township pioneer Thomas Shaw at 70 A Mishawaka Flash Bros store fire causes 3000 damage A Wolf Lake district rebuild progresses Rev George H Lockhart to pastor in Warsaw A Lima oil company leases 800 acres near Huntington to prospect oil Read of elder Elizabeth Moors Mishакa 94 Tremendous pickerel catches at Fox Lake Two men name John Wodka and a Polish dance brawl at Michigan City A Longcliffe asylum inmate writes home The morphine attempt by Mrs Peral Hamerickshouse of Montpelier The Strine son returns home claiming survival over river tale Long brothers reunion in Elkhart and Lima Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bauman
Avilla
A. L. Beardsley
Elkhart Society
John Nieman
Warsaw
Thomas Shaw
Elkhart Township
Noble County
Flash Bros
Mishawaka
George H. Lockhart
Wolcottville
Lima
Steuben County
Fox Lake
John Wodka
Michigan City
Frank Bartz
James Mather
Longcliffe Asylum
Elkhart County
Peral Hamerickshouse
Montpelier
Joseph Strine
Elkhart
D. E. Long
Joseph Long
Ohio
Local News Highlights From Indiana And Nearby Areas
Reported events include veterans meeting in Fort Wayne revealing estrangements after years apart, a favorable outlook for the Warsaw to Winona electric line project, a missing Kosciusko county woman near Silver Lake, a Waterloo water and light plant ownership suit reaching the supreme court, a Marion saloonkeeper's frightened attack resulting in a serious beating, arson attempts by an Elkhart fire bug, a Huntington knife assault on a waitress that sent the suspect fleeing, and a bed lamp accident in Elkhart that left Miss Elgie Hill severely burned and possibly blinded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Supreme Court
S‘x
Orange Holman
Marion
Holman
Elkhart
Heat Register Company
Bill Doe
Exchange Hotel
Huntington
Anna Smith
Doe
Fort Wayne
Elgie Hill
Miss Hill
Ely's Cream Balm Praised For Hay Fever Relief
Rushville reader R. M. Bentley testifies Ely's Cream Balm cured long standing catarrh and hay fever after trying many remedies. The ad invites readers to a 10 cent trial size, with full size 50 cents, from Ely Bros. at 56 Warren St. New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Ely Bros
Ely
R. M. Bentley
Warren St
New York
Bathing Season Opens Early as Hundreds Swim
The article notes an early bathing season with many boys swimming at Hartman's Lakeside baths. Huntington County commissioner George L. Krieg and family visited Fort Wayne while Mrs. Krieg and Mrs. McGlen stayed to visit relatives. Separate offices for United States and Pacific Express in Fort Wayne are postponed to June 1 with B. Beaver remaining United States local manager and Mr. Kramer from Attica taking charge of Pacific Express at 79 Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Lakeside
George L. Krieg
Huntington Coumuity
William Krieg
John McGlen
Huntington
Fort Wayne
J. B. Kelly
Columbia Street
Krieg
Attica
Pacific Express
Court Street
Beautiful Family Record Picture Adorned in Gold and Velvet
An ornate family record image features spaces for names and birth dates, register sections for marriages and deaths, and spaces for photos of family members. The design shows bells, blooms, creeping vines, and a gold background with the caption God Bless Our Family, offered for 25 cents in stamps.
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the Court News
Joseph Jacquay
Lemuel Jacquay
Andrew C. Hizinger
Charles M. Menefee
Jones Vs. Finkle
Huntington County
Warren
John Brangen
Watkins
of. E. Morgan
Emrick
Branyan
S. M. Hench
State Court
Fulton Street
Southwestern Traction Company
Olds & Doughman
Southwestern Company
Martin C. Gross
Elizabeth Weiland
Peter Weiland
Strass Vs. Droegemeyer
Wagner Vs. Seavey
A. B. Chisholm
Myrtle B. Chisholm
John Jacobs
Sheriff’s Office
Butler Extension
Wabash
Woodburn
Shirley City
Fred Daseler
Bert Smith
Red’ Baker
Bennett
Allie Bushong
Charles Pignide
R. W. Cecil
Oliver E. Miller
Frederick R. Dinger
Sarah McCarty
Daniel McCarty
Justice France
Henry Kissinger
Maud Volman
Hamilton National Bank
Wallace Williams
Joseph Haas
Williams
Rogers
Benjamin Hiveley
E. H. McDonald
Ella McDonald
Grace EB. Quillinan
Bartholomew McCarthy
Indianapolis
National Telephone Com
Pany
Charles Eikhoff
Ises
BROWN
Hallman
Ekrauter
Rochester
Northern Electric
Winona
James Warren
Silver Lake
Kosciusko County
Senate Supply CO
Segur St
Toledo
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