Voters prepare for imminent changes in Allen county offices
As new year begins, Allen county officials including Senator Fleming, Representative Wells, Roggen, Shirley, Sheriff Reichel, Recorder Kelly, and others start terms on January 1 1910. Cyrus Cline wins congress with 2488 plurality shaping regional political balance. Local ward results show Bryan gains and Taft pockets, with early talk of a deputyship for Capt Eugene B Smith in Wayne township. A stray neutral ballot was rejected.
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Allen County
Fleming
Tyndall
Adams County
Wells
Messrs
Roggen
Shirley
Indiana
Fruechtenicht
Parker
Aaron M. Reichelderfer
Jesse Grice
Robert E. Kelly
George L. Ashley
Kesler
Spindler
William Schelmann
Thomas
Wyss
Butt
Tonkel
Cyrus Cline
Angola
Clarence C. Gilliams
Lagrange
Cline
Congress
Whitley
DeKalb
Gilhams
Noble
Steuben
J. W. Marr
Albion
Gilliams
Dr. Marr
Allen
Roosevelt
Bryan
Taft
Marshall
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Gilbert
Fort Wayne
Eugene B. Smith
Fourth Ward
Henry F. Banning
Wayne Township
Earthquake Terrifies Planan Germany In Early Morning
A strong tremor struck Planan Germany at 5 40 am on November 6 sparking widespread fear as residents described it as the most intense quake ever felt in the city. Buildings swayed and people rushed into the streets seeking safety.
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Planan
Germany
Indiana Senate Campaign Feels Full Vote-Seekers
Indianapolis observers mark the Indiana senatorial race as active with Lamb Slack and Shively on the trail. Kern lags in canvass but gains backing from supporters and Taggart. Hugh McGowan is noted as a potential candidate while Kern allies cite his clean war record and national appeal.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
John E. Lamb
Terre Haute
L. Ert Slack
Franklin
B. F. Shively
South Bend
John W. Kern
Hugh McGowan
McGowan
Europe
Switzerland
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Kern
Thomas Taggart
Friends of
City Court Displays Poker Table and Chips From Raid
A poker table, hat of chips, and cards were shown in city court to prove Gene Jamison ran a gambling house at Singleton's saloon on South Calhoun. Jamison and Charles Hill faced fines. Hill paid 10 dollars plus costs for frequenting a gaming house. Mayor Hosey aims to close all Fort Wayne gambling houses as arrests continue. Also in court: Peter Devine sent for fifteen days drunkenness. calf thief case unresolved. Ed Hughes jailed with dollar and costs.
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Gene Jamison
Singleton
South Calhoun Street
Jamison
Charles Hill
Hill
Fort Wayne
Hosey
Peter Devine
Thomas McNearny
Ed Hughes
Murdock Names Mulholland Fort Wayne Gas Chief
Samuel T. Murdock of Lafayette selects Mulholland of South Bend as assistant for the Fort Wayne division. Mulholland will head local offices while Frank H. Catshall remains as assistant. Superintendent G. Max Hofmann and his son Lothar resign after long service to the Indiana Lighting Co. Hofmann to pursue other extensive business interests.
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Samuel T. Murdock
Lafayette
Indiana Lighting Company
Mr. Mulholland
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Mulholland
Frank H. Catshall
Mutholland
Lothar Hofmann
Hofmann
Indiana Bankers Indicted In Logansport Case
Judge Daniel P. Baldwin of Logansport and William H. Dagus of Kentland have been indicted in a bank dealings case, according to early reports from Indiana.
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Indiana
Logansport
Ind
Daniel P. Baldwin
William H. Dagus
Kentland
Newton
Marshall Returns Campaign Contributions Totals Nearly $3000
Columbia City Indiana November 6 Thomas R Marshall spent days reading messages from across the state as he returns to donors the money collected for his canvass. He had pledged to refuse outside financing and has refunded nearly three thousand dollars to supporters, none of whom were saloonkeepers or brewers. The largest gift was 500 dollars and many came as 10 dollar bills.
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Columbia City
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Schwab Leaves Riverside Drive Palace For Bethlehem Home
New York November 7 Charles M Schwab has boarded up his Riverside Drive palace worth about seven million dollars and installed a caretaker after announcing he could no longer afford to keep the mansion open. The estate includes a full block facing Riverside Drive and stables at West Seventy-sixth Street. Schwab plans permanent residence in Bethlehem Pennsylvania as Bethle hem Steel chief but the lavish furnishings and staff once kept there have been reduced or moved. He has leased a house in South Bethlehem for a year and left the city for Francisco.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Seventy-third
Seventy-fourth
West End Avenue
America
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Pennsylvania
West Seventy-sixth Street
Schwab Palace
Democrats win big fight for speaker in Indiana house
Indianapolis dispatch notes two Democrat candidates James Garrard of Vincennes and Tom Honan of Seymour pledging to stay in the race for speaker. Marion County has eight votes. Reapportionment plans discussed with Democrats favoring separate votes by house and senate plus expected majorities in both chambers.
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Indianapolis
House of Representatives
James Garrard
Vincennes
Knox County
Denison Hotel
Garrard
Marion County
Tom Honan
Seymour
Honan
House
Senate
Church Rite Spreads Plague Among Aleutians
Dr. Robert Oleson aboard the revenue cutter McCulloch reports that 40 percent of Aleutian natives are afflicted with consumption. He links the church rite of kissing the dead to the disease spread as peril grows amid alarming population thinning.
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San Francisco
Aleutian Islands
Robert Oleson
McCulloch
Alaska
Locksmith Duble Recalls School Fight With Taft
New Orleans November 5 Charles C Duble a local locksmith sent a congratulatory message to President elect Taft noting they once fought in a square stand up fight in Cincinnati as boys Taft replied with a telegram thanking him for the note and the memory of the incident
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New Orleans
Charles C. Duble
Taft
Cincinnati
Duble
W. H. Taft
Nervous Break Down Nerve Energy Claims Cure
An ad asserts nerve energy governs respiration circulation digestion and elimination and that nervous energy loss causes weakness and sickness. It claims Dr Miles Nervine has cured thousands and offers hope of cure, citing a personal testimonial of severe illness and recovery.
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Miles
Nervine
Berghoff Quits Bank to Join Summit City Soap Works
Henry C. Berghoff, longtime cashier of the German-American National Bank and former Fort Wayne mayor, resigns to join Summit City Soap works with brother Gustave A. Berghoff. He will split time between the soap company and the bank for 2-3 months, aided by his son Lawrence A. Berghoff.
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Henry C. Berghoff
Fort Wayne
Gustave A. Berghoff
Summit City Soap Works
Berghoff
Henry
Lawrence A. Berghoff
Hamilton National Bank
Chicago
Poker raid at saloon draws police action on Harrison Street
A poker party behind Joe Notestine’s saloon on Harrison Street drew Capt. Kelly’s raid at 3 AM. Five men were arrested and two were jailed with fines of 40 and 15 dollars plus costs. Johnny Jones led the game and paid his fine. Wilkerson, a former saloon keeper, was identified. Tramps rounded up after a Brookside incident were released with orders to leave town. meat sellers Cartwright and Fashbaugh were held for trial with bonds set at 25 dollars. Gertie Cress was picked up to gain custody of her two children.
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Joe Notestine
Harrison Street
Kelly
Johnny Jones
Harry Hail
Wilkerson
South Side
Brookside
Leslie Cartwright
Harry Fashbaugh
Leikauf
Gertie Cress
Train and Car Collision in Laporte Indiana
An interurban car on the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Railway collided with a car in darkness. The trolley jumped a wire and crashed, with details limited due to the damaged text.
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Laporte
Ind
Chicago
South Bend
Indiana
Meat and potatoes in to BG dose put Rose out
A story recounts Firman Rose recovering from typhoid fever when a large dose of meat and potatoes was given to him. An affidavit for wife desertion was filed. he was arrested upon return home. Other local court items include drunkenness and vagrancy cases and an inventor Boland describing wing designs for a lighter aircraft.
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Firman Rose
Rose
Garrett
Mr. Boland
Boland
New Jersey Aviator Aims to Outdo Wright Brothers
A New Jersey aviator believes he will surpass the Wright brothers in flight as he unveils a line of motor and travel with safety. The dirigible is a gamble with death when
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New Jersey
Wright Brothers
Northeastern Indiana hay shippers plan lecture by H B McClure
A meeting of hay shippers in the Commercial club rooms debated interests of the hay trade. A committee including Thos P Riddle George Arnold and Maurice Niezer was formed to solicit farmers institutes cooperation for a lecture by H B McClure scientific expert of the bureau of plant industry Washington DC with November 30 as a prospective date. The shippers seek benefits for farmers which in turn aid their own interests.
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Indiana
Commercial Club
Thos. P. Riddle
Fort Wayne
Ind
George Arnold
Bluffton
Maurice Niezer
Monroeville
H. B. McClure
Bureau of Pliant Industry
The
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
McClure
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Goodrich
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Third Ward
Kerns
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Steel Baron
H. C. Berghoff
American National
Ian
Bears
Castoria
Charles Bown
Edward Kelly
South Depot
Louis Worden
Continental
Pat Clancey
Albert Heider
Frank Rouner
Casut
Dr. Wenger
Bright
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