Compact alleged to bar three year licenses for superintendents
A sensational Indianapolis Sentinel report claims Northern Indiana county superintendents conspired at the Fort Wayne meeting to withhold three year licenses until after June elections. The alleged pact aims to block new contenders by denying the required licensure, potentially ensuring incumbents’ re election.
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Indianapolis
Northern
Indiana
Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Fort Wayne
the Sentinel
Fort
Knox Indiana Boy Vanishes in Suspected Local Catastrophe
A Knox Indiana boy named Cal Joway, about sixteen, disappeared Sunday morning from home. The report suggests a fatal accident in the city may be involved, with no confirmed clues yet and authorities seeking his whereabouts.
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Cal- Joway
Knox
Ind
Elty Ey At
Nickel Plate Conductor Investigates Parental Matter
A parent driven case was handed to a Nickel Plate conductor for inquiry after it emerged that guardians entrusted the issue to railway staff. Details remain sparse as officials review communications and route procedures.
Zimmer to Seek Mining Field in Alaska
Cyrus W. Zimmer of 200 St. Joe boulevard will travel early next week to Ketchikan country in southeastern Alaska to enter mining. He has formed a partnership with T. J. Norton, a former local resident, and Fort Wayne friends wish him great success.
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Cyrus W. Zimmer
St. Joe Boulevard
Ketchikan
Alaska
Zimmer
T. J. Norton
Fort Wayne
Paris Postmen Strike Leaves Mail Undelivered
Paris May 18 A senate refusal to vote the pay raise for postmen prompted about 200 to strike and later the entire 3000 man force walked out halting mail delivery with embassies missing letters as men gathered outside the post office.
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Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
T.e
Bond Signed for Embezzler Schell in $2000 Surety
Huntington man secured a $2000 bond for J F Schell, the alleged embezzler, with three Huntington County and two Allen County bondsmen. Attorney A G Johnson arranged the bond, which exceeds $15,000 in value per the prosecutors. Schell is freed from guard and hopes to face trial in the fall term after recovery.
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J. F. Schell
A. G. Johnson
Huntington
Mr. Schell
Johnson
Huntington County
Allen County
Doughman
the Sentinel
Melching
Schell
Gambling machines headed for Fort Wayne saloons
The Sentinel reports 25 slot machines shipped to Fort Wayne to be placed in leading saloons and possibly other spots. The devices are said to disguise gambling by requiring purchasers to buy a gum token, evading laws. Concerns rise about youth exposure and a mayoral crackdown.
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the Sentinel
Fort Wayne
Wittenberg College to Admit Women to Seminary
The directors of Wittenberg College have decided to admit women to the theological seminary and confer the degree of B D upon completion, with only one dissenting vote. The move makes the institution one of the oldest Lutheran schools to grant the degree to female students.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Theological Seminary
Conscience Restores $7 To Miss Shordon In Tri-State Office
Miss Lillian Shordon, a stenographer at Tri-State Building and Loan, receives $7 returned by a stranger two years after a purse theft occurred from her desk. The man said he was asked to deliver the money to the rightful owner, and then departed. The thief remains unknown.
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Lillian Shordon
Tri-State Building and Loan Association
Miss Shordon
Logan
Tri- State
Miss
Eversole Case Continued Amid Settlement Talks
The Eversole embezzlement case in Indianapolis was indefinitely continued after attorney statements and rumors that a civil settlement may resolve the matter. Union Trust, receiver for Mutual Life, has not pressed further, and prosecutors doubt a trial will occur.
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Q. P. Eversole
Fred Joss
Indianapolis
Union Trust Company
The
Mutual Life Company
Eversole
Sentinel
W. G. Colerick
Mr. Eversole
Doughman
Beware of food samples and poisoning risk at doors
A note warns of dangerous powders sold as food or medicine samples left at houses by canvassers. Reports from New York and Leavenworth describe deaths and illnesses linked to alum baking powders and similar samples mistaken for poison. Officials advise refusing all door samples to avoid poisoning.
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New York
Leavenworth
Kas
Indiana
Court News Summary of Local Civil and Divorce Actions
H H Schnelker files final report as administrator for Lucien Kyoth estate. Lucien E Romy sues George R Tigges et al for 400 on a note. Enos Hannen sues Charles and Louise Higgins to foreclose an 8500 mortgage. George Wilbur administrator reports sale of 48 acres along Wabash rail line to Benjamin Herachberger for 1550. Judge Hench grants John M Fleischman divorce from Edith Fleischman. case not contested. C Freder ick Meyer in sensational damage suit against Henry Niemann. Meyer accused of calling Niemann of a nameless filthy crime. Ira B Golden sues John G Golden for divorce alleging cruel treatment. G W Louttit represents Isaac Trausnian estate in suit for 1504.60 favoring Bolonion Trauerman and for Hoa epnciteelD against Zatta Dessaner.
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H. H. Schnelker
Lucien Kyoth
Lucien E. Romy
George R. Tigges
Enos Hannen
Charles and
Louise Higgins
George Wilbur
Seth Schmucker
Wabash Railway
Benjamin Herachberger
Ira B. Golden
John G. Golden
G. W. Louttit
Isaac Trausitian
Bolonion
Trauerman
Zatta Dessaner
Hoa Epnciteeld
Plaintiffs win replevin and divorce actions in court
Judge O Rourke grants judgment to E Morgan in replevin proceedings and allows Hamilton Shelley to sue Ada N Shelley for divorce. George W Louttit represents the plaintiff alleging cruel treatment. In Superior Court Sarah J King and Caroline J King seek an injunction to block Hugh G Keegan from selling partition vault and plumbing in the J F Schell Loan and Investment offices. The Misses King own the building.
Petition Seeks Rail Way Track Maintenance by County
A petition signed by seventy eight Spy Run Avenue residents asks the county commissioners to compel Consolidated Electric Railway to keep the track space and twelve inches outside the rails in good condition. The board did not act yet but will take up the matter later. Ditch reviewers were appointed for Mooney Gerig Dannenfelser and Ballou hearings continued until June ninth. Bleke ditch in St Joseph township is established.
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Spy Run Avenue
Board of County Commissioners
Consolidated Electric Railway
Charles Girardot
Henry Busse
August Hartman
Mooney
Jackson Township
George Grumeaux
Gerig
Maumee Township
William Pio
Jasper Jones
Frank Eick
Dannenfelser
Jefferson
Adams
Perry Township
St. Joe Township
Fort Wayne Men Honored at Maccabees Sessions in Huntington
Huntington Ind May 18 Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees closed their Great Tent and Great Hive meetings. Biennial reports by Great Commander Meredith and Great Record Keeper Replogle show total Indiana membership near twelve thousand. An open meeting at the opera house drew a crowded audience with remarks by Supreme Commander Markey and others. Officers were re elected and Milo Meredith of Wabash named Great Commander for a second term. list includes Thomas, Replogle, Wise, Irwin, Markert, Slack and others with representatives to Supreme Tent and alternates named.
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Huntington
Ind
Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees
Meredith
Replogle
Opera House
Markey
Boynton
Fort Huron
Mich
N. G. Hunter
Indiana
Hollister
E. P. Thomas
Fort Wayne
A. E. Thomas
Milo Meredith
Wabash
Enoch Myers
Rochester
J. W. Replogle
Goshen
Adam E. Wise
Plymouth
A. J. Irwin
Elias Markhert
Frankfort
W. V. Slack
Franklin
A. E. Redman
Aaron A. Rasor
Syracuse
John G. Anderson
Terre Haute
Selman Webb
Rushville
Sherman Flynn
Cromwell
Supreme Tent
W. E. Brown
Indianapolis
O. C. Black
Monticello
George A. Astry
E. C. Burns
Elkhart
J. C. Cross
South Bend
John Keller
Whiting
Marriage Licenses Filed For Several Couples
Fred Crawford and Dora Schuck. Charles Solomon and Martha Ogden. Schell and Bouillon. Fadling and Tate. Eyler and Margaret Colli. Lindenberg and Louise Bille. McConnell and Margaret Wheatisy. Gibson and Clara Munch. Hermoterter and Gertruds. Waltemath and Annis Lieb.
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Fred
Crawford
Dora E. Schuck
Charles Solomon
Martha Broh
Ogden G. Schell
Catherine Bouillon
Daniel C. Fadling
Mollie V. Tate
Frances McConnell
Margaret Agnes Wheatisy
Edward Gibson
Clara Munch
Joby D. Hermoterter
Gertruds ‘el Mpititer
Touts Waltemath
Annis Lieboar
China vows to counter Germany war prep in progress
China declares it will fight to stop Germany's advanced preparations for war, signaling intensified tension and potential mobilization amid a mounting European crisis.
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Germany
Chinese War Preparations Reported by Empress of India
Victoria B C May 17 Accor ding to news received by the Empress of India China will resist further aggression by the powers. Orders were sent to mandarins to mobilize fighting men and prepare for war. Arsenals pushed to speed weapons output. Viceroy Liu placed in charge. Navy also preparing for an emergency amid reports of trouble in Shan Tung and alleged German punitive expeditions.
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Victoria
B. C
India
China
Germany
Liu
Shan Tung
Kobe
Henry
Peking
Northern Indiana notes a busy year of local events
Rural mail delivery starts in St Joe county. G H Smiths Hobart barn destroyed by lightning burning six horses. Oil firms lease 2000 acres in Liberty township Wabash county. Administrator of Fred Weller sues Wabash paper company for 12000. Mishawaka man seeks 5000 from Lake Shore railway after fall from a train. Noble county grand jury targets Ligonier druggists and liquor buyers. Joseph Larimer returns to Peru to resume law practice after Arkansas Central work. Family near Liberty survives canned corn illness. William Click likely to die from head injury after stone attack near Cromwell. Emma Purviance marries Walter Morrison of Huntington. Seeberger verdict in Libel case for Lippman at South Bend. Decatur arrests Benjamin Middleton in river chase. onlookers watch. Mary Borgner wounded by accidental revolver discharge. Mrs Emma Hatfield killed by Lake Shore engine near Goshen. Tom Head to inherit $20,000 from Kansas uncle. Farm boy injured by harrow near Millersburg. Louis Samson jailed for arson. prior hay loss under insured fire. James Elliott killed near Goshen. known poet Pat Prodpen. Marshall county marriage boom fuels decline in population per Plymouth Independent. Snake killed by Thorncreek farm hand. Cal Sininger to publish regimental history for 160th Indiana units. Kosciusko sergeant I J Whitney dies in Philippines. remains returned.
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St. Joe
G. H. Smith
Hobart
Liberty Township
Wabash County
Fred Weller
Wabash Paper Company
Charlies Rohrback
Mishawaka
Lake Shore Railway Company
Noble County Grand Jury
Ligonier
Joseph Larimer
Congress
George W. Steele
Peru
Arkansas Central Railroad
Arkansas
Larimer
William Talliver
Liberty
Ind
Cromwell
Click
Adam Beck
Huntington
Emma Purviance
Walter &. Morrison
Erie Railway
Morrison
Donahey
South Bend
South Bend and
Laporte
Alex Lippman
Seeberger
Lippman
Michigan
Lesberger
Decatur
Mqnor
Hart
Ruit
Benjamin ‘Middleton
Middleton
Mary Borgner
Emma Hatfield
C. A. Deardoff
Millersburg
Louis Samson
Harrison Township
Howard County
Kokomo
Tri- County
Lake Shore
Elliott
Goshen
Pat Prodpen
Marshall County
Plymouth
Oak Hill
Henry Darby
Thomas E. Adams
Thorncreek
Whitley County
Cal Sininger
Warren Tribune
160Th
Indiana
Kentucky
Bluffton
Puck
Sininger
I. J. Whitney
Kosciusko County
Manila
Young Whitney
Third Artillery
Fort Meade
Philippines
Charles Pierce
Story of a Slave Bound by Disease Chains to Freedom
Manchester Michigan man George D Williams narrates a woman freed from five years of bed misfortune by Electric Butters. He claims rapid relief from nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headache backache fainting and dizziness. Each bottle costs 50 cents and promises sweeping cures for weak run down people.
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George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
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Big Hill
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