Union Drive By Northern Indiana Painters
Northern Indiana painters and paperhangers in Bluffton organize a union. Notable local items include ill health of Edward Baker Jr, Coppock Car to move from Marion tour, Rev C J Bonnell taking Kendallville Baptist pastorate, and Kendallville smallpox scare resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Edward Baker, Jr
Auburn
Coppock Motor Car Company
Marion Tour
C.J. Bonnell
Goodland
Baptist Church
Kendallville
Rigdon
Charles F. Nye
Warsaw
Job Stout
Huntington
Huntington County
Genevieve Shumaker
L. B. Roush
State Master Bakers’ Association
Purdue University
Lafayette
James B. Dickerson
Logansport
E. E. Neal
Hartford City
Elwood
Mormon Church
Columbia City
Elmer B. Funk
Lake City
Samuel Bitner
News and Gossip from the Midwest Territories
A long chronicle of local happenings includes legal matters, deaths, marriages, and public notices. Notable items mention a Warsaw divorce alimony case, infant death inquiry, Mennonite bishop election near Goshen, and warsaw insane case. Also reported are suburban obituaries, remainders of fires, trolley injuries, and civic planning in LaPorte and Michigan City.
Local man dies after Friday morning injuries
Friday morning injuries from an incident left Clark, 21, an invalid, with compound fractures of both legs and he died Saturday. Details say he lost balance while reaching for an object. Also reported: 8. P. Paulus, driving from South Whitley to his home, fell or was thrown from his buggy Saturday evening and was seriously hurt. He remains unconscious as a search reveals the horse and buggy reached home without him two miles west of Columbia City. County Clerk Foote reports Samuel Clawson’s burglary sentence was expanded from two to four years, with ten to twenty years and fourteen years disfranchisement, per prison warden’s notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel
Ligonier
James Cushman
Wabash
David Vanderhoven
Angola
Adams County Farmers’ Institute
Decatur
Barr Stults
Huntington
William Beaver
Elizabeth Swaim
Warren
Swaim
Huntington County
Roselle Delight Irwin
Earl Irwin
Marion
Mary A. Dunfee
John McNabb
Columbia City
Henrys. Snyder
Waterloo
Bright
Elkhart
Edward Landgrave
Valparaiso
Holmes, Tole & Evans
8. H. Knox & Company Syndicate
Stephen Fisher
Wabash County
Liberty Mills
A. B. Waterhouse
Kendallville
H. B. Stanley
Leesburg
Methodist
Charles Butler
Winona Academy
Winona Lake
J. D. Hull
Christian Church
Mishawaka
L. C. Helm
Garrett
Reformatory
Lorenzo Taylor
Steuben County
Taylor
Indianapolis
Joe Archer
Chicago
Thorncreek Township
Whitley County
Hammond
Wolcottville Odd Fellows
Curtis Eckhart
Auburn
Charles Hile
North Manchester
D. B. Kessinger
United Brethren Church
South Bend
Dizabeth Iden
Bourbon
Timothy Holland
Warsaw
Kansas
Bluffton
Opera House
Indiana
Lincoln League of Republican Clubs
A. J. Rosebrough
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Vernon Graf
Wertenberger
Pierceton
Packerton
Glenn Moore
Milford
George T. Weeks
Garrett’ Herald
Peru
Mary Eikenberry-Weeks
Churubusco
Weeks
Benjamin Straub
Elks’lodge of Sorrow
Moses Latta
Jamestown
Kittie Smith
South Whitley
Taylor University
Upland
Daniel Benninghoff
Flint
Robert Simison
David Putnam
Palestine
William Ward
Kosciusko County
Benjamin Underwood
Wells County
Jackson Township
Etta Cleveland
H. Goodrich Jones
Connecticut
Grover Cleveland
Charles Farrar
Adams County Sunday School Association
Geneva
Jesse Rupp
Berne
C. Vogt
Grace Sweitzer
Paul
B. J. King
Goshen
Emil Martin
Kokomo
Yellow Creek Church
Mennonites
Burkholder
Nappanee
Jacob Bixler
Wakarusa
Bixler
Delbert Noel
Corunna
Barton Avery
Joseph F. Black
Muncie
Knights of Pythias
Albion
Wolf Lake
Cromwell
Wawaka
Rome City
Brimfield
Laporte County
Michigan City
Josephus Unger
Napranee
Coppes
Mr. Unger
Clark
P. Paulus
Foote
Samuel Clawson
King & Weaver's
Clawson
Noble County Court
Ehrman County politics and trial report from Auburn
Auburn Indiana reports political chatter as Fort Wayne attorney Henry Cole rick discusses Ed Hoffman for congress and William Enough for district chairman while Dan M. Link garners support. Separate trial opens in circuit court over an auto crash injuring farmer John Sheffer seeking 2500 in damages. defendant Bernard Fitzpatrick master mechanic for Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ind
Henry Colerick
Fort Wayne
Circuit
Keen
Allen County
Ed Hoffman
Congress
Hoffman
William Enough
Mr. Colerick
Dan M. Link
Dan
John Sheffer
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Allen
Bratton
Grabill
Maysville
Fitzpatrick
Sheffer
Walpole G. Colerick
J. H. Rose
Hon. W. P. Breen
D. M. Link
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arcola Event Honors Miss Mable Erwin At Bonnell Home
A Saturday evening gathering at J. H. Bonnell's Arcola residence honored Miss Mable Erwin with guests including Janie Leach Ellen Bonnell Mabel Erwin Loma Lavely Anna Cox from Chicago and local Bonnell family members. Dr. Cutshaw of Arcola is gravely ill. Lorna Lavely’s Fort Wayne sister is mentioned in connection to another marriage later noted at Wa bash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Bonnell
Arcola
Mable Erwin
Janie Leach
Ellen Bonnell
Mabel Erwin
Loma Lavely
Anna Cox
Chicago
J. P. Bonnell
William Bonnell
Lottie Schaffer
Cook
Dr. Cutshaw
B. B. Lavely
Wabash
Lessie Lee
Lamoine Purddy
Purddy
Lorna M. Lavely
Fort Wayne
Guest at state school visit to Indianapolis hospital chief
Dr. G F Edenharter superintendent of the Central hospital for the Insane at Indianapolis is in the city today as a guest of Superintendent and Mrs A E Carroll and the state school board. The board held its regular monthly meeting to transact business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Edenharter
Central Hospital For the Insane
Indianapolis
A. E. Carroll
State School
Babe dies after swallowing poisonous tablets
Harry Hart Blood three years old, of Garrett, died at 8 30 this morning at relatives' home after eating poisonous chloride of mercury tablets he found two weeks earlier in an alley. A companion had also found them but survived. Remains sent to 1217 Lake avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hart Blood
Arthur Blood
Garrett
Wagner Street
Lake Avenue
Girl Dies of Tuberculosis at Home of Parents on John Street
Irene Emma Jordan died this morning at 11:35 at her parents home 2231 John Street after several weeks illness from tuberculosis. She was 10. She is survived by her parents and three sisters Anna Levene and Irma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Emma Jordan
John Street
Anna
Levene
Irma
Talbot Death in Philadelphia Household Tragedy
Charles Talbot, a twenty year old Black man, died Tuesday at home at 1237 Hayden Street from pneumonia. His father died less than a week earlier. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles ‘Talbot
Hayden Street
Mrs Theresa Haller Dies After Long Illness At 60
Mrs Theresa Haller widow and pioneer resident dies at 5 pm in her daughter Sophia Kingla's home 1046 Wabash avenue from paralysis after a long illness. Born in Germany she came to this country as a young girl and has lived in this city for forty years. Survived by four children Mary Bauer Pauline Stoen seng Sophia Kingla and Eliza Schneid and one sister Mrs Frank Ott. Funeral services Monday at 8:30 am from the residence and 9 am at St Peter's Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Haller
Sophia Kingla
Wabash Avenue
Germany
Mary Bauer
Pauline Stoenseng
Eliza Schneid
Frank Ott
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Funeral services for Adams county residents held at home
Henry Marhenke and Mrs. William Gerke of Adams county and John Johnson Jr of this city were honored in a Sunday afternoon service at 2 o clock from Mrs. Horstmeyer residence 1235 Swinney avenue. Rev Wambsgan officiated. Interment followed at Concordia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Marhenke
William Gerke
Adams County
John Johnson, Jr
Horstmeyer
Swinney Avenue
Wambsgan
Concordia Cemetery
Edward Pliett Dies of Tuberculosis in Fort Wayne
Edward Pliett aged 34 died Friday at 2320 John street after a three month illness from tuberculosis. A German native who came to Fort Wayne 27 years ago, he was foreman of the molding department at Bass works. Survived by wife, three children, his mother Mrs Augustine Pliett, sisters Mrs G Molusky and Mrs Otto Christie, and brother Albert Pliett. He belonged to Zion Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pliett
John Street
Pliett
Germany
Fort Wayne
Bass Works
Augustine Pliett
G. Molusky
Otto Christie
Albert Pliett
Zion Lutheran Church
William Bierbaum Dies After Four Months Illness
William Bierbaum aged 84 died Monday at 5 30 AM at 834 Greeley street from a complication of diseases after a four month illness. He was born in Lienen Prussia and came to America in 1873 to work for Wabash railroad then Nickel Plate as car inspector for 16 years and later a licensed saver contractor. A veteran of Schleswig-Holstein 1864 Austria 1866 and Franco Prussian 1870 campaigns he owned seven parcels of property at death and belonged to St John s Reformed church as trustee. Survived by wife five grandchildren and one brother Frederick Bierbaum. daughter Mrs William Doelling preceded him. Funeral Thursday at 1780 o'clock from residence and 2 o'clock at St John s Reformed with Rev J H Bosch officiating. Interment Lindenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bierbaum
Greeley Street
Lienen
Kreiss
Mecklenburg
Prussia
America
Wabash Railroad
Nickel Plate
Schleswig-Holstein
Austria
St. John’s Reformed Church
Frederick Bierbaum
William Doelling
J. H. Bosch
Lindenwood Cemetery
Mrs Welch of Waterloo Dies After Surgery
Mrs C C Welch, of near Auburn, died Wednesday at St Joseph hospital after an operation to halt a cancer growth. A former Waterloo resident, she leaves a husband and three children. Funeral services will be held in Waterloo on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Welch
Auburn
St. Joseph Hospital
Welch
Waterloo
William Stork Dies at 84 in City Home
William Stork died Monday at 84 from bowel obstruction after a short illness. He came to the country about twenty years ago and settled in the city. He worked eight years as a baker at Concordia College, later unable to work. He leaves a wife and three children Henry Stork a mail carrier Bernhart Stork a knitter at Wayne knitting mills and Mrs C. S. Stein of 1128 Grant avenue who cared for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stork
Germany
Concordia College
Henry Stork
Bernhart Stork
Wayne Knitting
Veder Infant Dies After Short Illness
Odetta Veder, 14 months old and daughter of Mrs Goldie Veder, died at 5 am Thursday at her home 1223 Elm Street after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odetta
Goldie Veder
Elm Street
Claude C. Miller Dies After Illness at Fort Wayne Home
Claude C. Miller aged seventy four died suddenly Friday morning at 915 Lafayette Street Fort Wayne where he had resided recent years. He had complained of heart pain Thursday night and after a hearty breakfast wheeled himself to a living room before dying. A widower he once served as United States internal revenue collector for the district and was a former Wabash freight house bookkeeper and a former schoolteacher. Surviving relatives include Attorney N. C. Miller A V Miller and Mrs Charles Philley and Mrs M A Reese. He was a native of Hector New York and spent much of his life in Fort Wayne and served in Simonson's battery during the Civil War and belonged to a local G A R post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude C. Miller
Mattie Vedermark
Lafayette Street
Miller
United States Internal Revenue
Wabash
N. C. Miller
Arcade
A. VU. Miller
East Main Street
Charles Philley
M. A. Reese
Edwardsburg
Mich
Hector
N. Y
Fort Wayne
Simonson’s Battery
Thomas veteran of Mexican War dies at 94 in Maysville
Joseph Thomas of Allen County longtime resident and Mexican War veteran died Saturday at his Maysville home at age 94 from senility. He served with distinction in Mexico and remained mentally keen with rich pioneer recollections. Funeral services were held at Maysville on Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas
Allen County
Maysville
Thomas
Mexico
Ellen Baltz Dies in Spencerville After Long Residency
Mrs. Ellen Baltz, a longtime Spencerville resident aged over 70, died Sunday at her home. She was the mother of Dr. W. W. Cary of this city. Funeral services will be held in Spencerville Wednesday at 10 o'clock in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Baltz
Spencerville
Death of James ONeill at 64 in city home
James ONeill age 64 died Saturday at his daughter Mrs R F Thomas 1024 St Joe boulevard from complications of diseases. He had resided in the city a short time and is survived by two children Mrs Thomas of this city and a son in Detroit. Funeral plans pending at Martin's Ferry Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Neill
R. F. Thomas
St. Joe Boulevard
Thomas
Detroit
Martin’s Ferry
Inmate Henry Quinlen Dies at 60 After Illness
Henry Quinlen, an inmate of the county infirmary for fourteen years, died at 4 a m Friday from heart disease after a two week illness. He was 60. No relatives are known. The body remains at Schellmann and Ulmer undertaking parlors awaiting disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Quinlen
Schellmann & Ulmer
Death of Mrs Monot in Jefferson township
Mrs Monot a widow died at the home of Mrs Henry Ulmer in Jefferson township Monday morning after a long illness from cancer at age 82. She came to this country many years ago and had lived with Mrs Ulmer for several years.
Edward F Glaser Fort Wayne baker dies at 97
Edward F Glaser longtime Fort Wayne baker died at home on Hanna Street from pneumonia. Born March 20, 1834 in Württemberg Germany he immigrated to America about 55 years ago. He worked for John Schwieters, opened his own bakery on Hanna Street, and retired three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Glaser
Fort Wayne
Hanna Street
Glaser
Wurtemberg
Germany
America
John Schwieters
Pesano Martine Pesano Dies After Extended Illness
Martine Pesano aged 79 died at 4 PM Friday at his niece Mrs Horstmeyer’s home 1236 Swinney Ave after an extended illness of old age. Born in Nehehheim Germany he lived long in Allen County. Survived by sister Mrs John son and nephews and nieces including Mrs Hors and Mrs Reiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martine Pesano
Horstmeyer
Swinney Avenue
Mr. Pesano
Nehehheim
Amsterdam
Germany
Allen County
Mra
John Johnson
Glaser Family Remembered at St. Pauls Service
Glaser was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran church and was highly respected. He is survived by his wife and children John G Glaser Edward K Glaser Mrs John Stadner and Miss Bertha Glaser all of this city. Noon service followed by 2 o'clock funeral at St Pauls Lutheran church with interment at Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaser
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
John G. Glaser
Edward K. Glaser
John Stadner
Bertha Glaser
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Concordia
Mrs Lydia Short Dies at 77 in Fort Wayne Home
Mrs Lydia Short wife of Gideon H Short died at 6 80 o'clock Tuesday morning at the family home 1206 Elm street aged 77 years 1 month and 10 days Surviving are the husband five children J C Short F A Short R V Short H A Short and T E Short plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 from the residence with Rev J C Brackenridge of Winona Lake officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Short
Gideon H. Short
Elm Street
H. A. Short
T. E. Short
Fort Wayne
Bethany Presbyterian Church
J. C. Brackenridge
Winona Lake
U C T Entertainment Pedro Party in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne council No 212 United Commercial Travelers of America has organized an entertainment pedro party and dance for Friday evening November 29 at Tanners hall Elektron building. Prizes have been secured for pedro contestants. Features include quartet songs piano solos and cornet solos by professional players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Council No
United Commercial Travelers of America
Pedro
Tanner’s Hall
Elektron
Police Seek Return of Stolen Chairs and Lawn Equipment
Police on West Berry street report Halloween theft of two chairs and lawn furniture. Chief Ankenbruck expresses disappointment, believes he knows the suspects, and says affidavits will be filed tomorrow if the stolen items are not returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Berry Street
Hallowe’en
Ankenbruck
Gillan to Compile Crime Statistics at City Hall
Edward F. Gillan represents the United States government collecting criminal statistics for the census bureaus. He will review all courts while engaged in the work at the city hall, gathering data for official records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Gillan
United States
Census Department
Postal cards in sheets offered for bulk sale
Postmaster R B Hanna announces postal cards will be sold from the local office in sheets of sixty. This marks the first time this format is offered, intended mainly for printing in large quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Hanna
FORGER CAUGHT HERE Buffalo Kid Taken Back to Montpelier
Vern Lehman known as the Buffalo Kid was arrested by Detective Lenz and returned to Montpelier Ind on a forgery charge. His partner faces a two to fourteen year sentence. A diamond drill bore holes 6700 and 6304 feet were sunk in Upper Silesia in 1900 and the Rand South Africa in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Kid
Montpelier
Vern Lehman
Lenz
Ind
Upper Silesia
Rand
South Africa
Notice to nonresident Harris case in Allen County
State of Indiana Allen County v Lillian Harris and Curtis Harris in Superior Court September Term 1907. Curtis Harris declared non resident of Indiana with action for divorce. He must appear by December 24 1907 to answer or demur or face hearing in his absence. Attest Clerk Joseph N Mason Seal Heaton Yaple attorneys for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
Lillian Harris
Curtis Harris
Superior Court
Indiana
Joseph N. Mason
Allen
Nelson B. Hall
Leo Rapp
Elizabeth H. Worden
Springfield
Scipio Townships
Said
Circuit Court
Fort Wayne
Township
Ahen County
Hamm
Notice for Petitioners by Ballou and Hoffma Attorneys
Legal notice filed by Ballou & Hoffma Attorneys representing petitioners. Case caption references wky 13-21 with actions sought in court. Public record indicates scheduled filings and deadlines for response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballou & Hoffma
Wky
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Northern
Major Girard
Indiana National Guard
Verle Andrews
Albert Young
Young
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Roanoke
Art Cabinet & Grille Company
Samuel Brandes
Gorman Grossnickle
James Grossnickle
Harry N. Roach
James G. Blaine
Bruce Lake
Winamac
Roach
James
Blaine
Maine
Harrison
Thomas Fisher
Nidlinger
Martin Dryer
Washington Township
Lucy Burris
Tom Sivets
Sivets
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Auburn News
The
Sentinel
Arcola News
George F. Edenharter
Babe
Jordan
Talbot
Haller
STORK
Veder
BALTZ
Quinlen
Pesano
Forger
G. Haller
Remeuy
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