Fort Wayne News Briefs Tie to Local and Regional Events
Readable items note Beers of Fort Wayne forming an independent Cincinnati telephone company with $1,000,000 stock by Beers and others. planned expansion to $4,000,000. Other notices include Elkhart 129th reunion officers, a Redkey bride finding her husband has a wife, a fatal fall from a tree near Rome City, an acquittal in a Lake Wawasee shooting, famed Brubaker hospitality, Anderson restaurant theft claims by South Bend troops, a lost child rescued from a Butler cistern after a near-drowning incident.
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Elkhart
Auburn
Hiram Baer
John Williams
E. G. Melendy
Fremont
Paul A. Joray
Ligonier
Hattie Green
Redkey
David Teeter
Muncie
Lagrange
Teeter
Indianapolis
William Morris
James Tate
Rome City
William Stratford
Charles Connor
Eppert
Lake Wawasee
Warsaw
Connor
Neer Peru
Elias Brubaker
Brubaker
Brubakers
Anderson
South Bend
Marion
Butler
John Chilcote
Post Office Trials Include Telephone Delivery and Paper Currency Change
Washington reports the post office department tests in rural areas to read special delivery letters over the telephone and proposes a special stamp and wider use with future congressional funding. It also outlines a post check currency plan converting small denomination notes for payees, aimed at farmers and non money order offices.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Fairbanks
Congress
Post Office Service
Senate
Payne
Plaa
Indiana
Middle West
Treasury
Northern Indiana News Highlights and Local Incidents
Reports from Garrett announce a new Garrett Home Telephone exchange opening for business. Nine year old Paul Gross of Logansport confesses to starting a fire in the city on five Fridays. Mrs. Joan Young of Huntington County suffers measles at age 72 near Rock Creek Center. A Huntington boy’s friend strikes him in the eye with a walnut, injuring sight. The ten week old son of Mr and Mrs Harry James of Hartford City dies from soothing syrup overdose. Mrs. G W Lechner dies at 52 near Ossian. her husband serves as Wells County commissioner. A Hartford City saloonkeeper offers $1000 yearly rent for a room in the courthouse basement. Ohio and Indiana Old Settlers reunion at Ossian attracts largest crowd in 22 years. Thursday storm destroys two barns and several sheep near Andrews owned by John Miller and Franklin Baix. Ex policeman Charles Colter in Huntington plans to file intoxication charges against Mayor Anderson. The Carnegie library building in Elkhart is dedicated. resolutions thank Mr Carnegie for his generosity. O Baker near St Joe DeKalb cuts a telephone pole near his barn and is arrested on bond.
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Thomas Ripley
Huntington
Ripley
Harry James
Hartford City
G. W. Lechner
Ossian
Wells County
Court House
Ohio
Indiana
Andrews
John Miller
Franklin Baix
Charles Colter
Anderson
Carnegie
Elkhart
O. Baker
St. Joe
DeKalb County
Grading Gathers Pace for Springfield Fort Wayne Line
Furniture for the Springfield and Fort Wayne Inter urban Railway offices arrives under Miss Carrie Zerkle supervision. Grade work advances with four of twenty one miles completed four miles under way and nearing completion. Sub contractors reside along the route in tents to house crews as work proceeds amid favorable weather conditions.
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Springfield
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Bride Surprise Wedding Arrives in Town
Will H. Kreep surprised friends by arriving from Fort Wayne with his wife Irene Harrod. They wed last Saturday in Fort Wayne, a quiet ceremony kept private. Irene Harrod is the niece of Dr. Harrod, Fort Wayne physician.
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Will H. Kreep
Fort Wayne
Mr. Kreep
Irene Harrod
Dr. Harrod
Noble County Wins In Allen County Contest Judges
Mr and Mrs W Devilbies of Allen county served as judges in a contest between Lagrange and Noble County horticultural societies at Agricultural Hall. A careful examination followed as part of the competition proceedings.
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Kendallville Law
W. ¥. Devilbies
Allen County
Lagrange
Moble County
Couple argues over circus plans ends with house ruined
A husband scolds his wife, calls her an angel yet blames her for domestic ruin. He cancels a circus trip, warns he may not be home, and leaves for a stroll as his wife protests. The scene ends with a firm, final rebuke.
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Ereae M. Quad
Undefined query about art numbers and definitions
The fragment asks for an impression of a number of artworks and to define a metric. No clear events, names, or places are present to anchor a factual summary.
From a 16 year old drunkard to a free woman through faith
A New York home superintendent recalls a dramatic rescue of a 16 year old girl who became a street walker after saloon work. Despite three years of turmoil, prayer and care reformed her. She later raised a family, learned fancy work, and became a beloved member of a respected household, proving God’s power and grace.
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New York
Mquor
Europe Fights Alcohol with Laws Across Nations
The Chicago Record Herald surveys Europe’s temperance push where Germany plans to curb saloon credit and restrict sales to nonintoxicants, England targets pubs and habitual drinkers, France weighs prohibition and state monopoly, Belgium raises spirits tax, Holland forms a league, Austria proposes reformatories after ten strikes, Norway enforces swift action, and Switzerland orders arrest for signs of intoxication.
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England
France
Belgium
Holland
Austria
Norway
Switzerland
Chicago Record-Herald
Profits of Whisky Report From Distillers Securities Firm
The president Currey reports on the Distillers Securities Corporation profits for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. The document outlines operations and highlights earnings, with emphasis on whiskey enterprise performance and financial results.
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Currey
Securities ‘Corporation
Saloon Roots and Moral Reform Echo in Daily Papers
The piece cites the National Advocate and the Daily News praising moral stance against liquor. It notes Professor Pinger of Bonn links heart disease and beer to Munich deaths, while Milwaukee factory inspectors report child labor in shops. It also highlights British paper Daily News dropping betting and liquor ads to favor religious news.
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National Advocate
Professor Pinger
Univesity
Bonn
Munich
Milwskee
Daily News
Great Britain
Nowe
Women’s clubs linked to heightened drink trend in London
An article notes more women’s clubs in London bringing an alarming rise in drinking habits with creme de menthe and whisky seen at luncheons. Club managers deny it, while Dover Street in Piccadilly earns the nickname Petticoat Jane amid pictures condemning drunkenness.
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London
Wich
Dover Street
Picadilly
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Samuel S. Fisher
Ro’bt. H. Carlahan
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R. Bowser
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Garrett Home Telephone Company
Paul Gross
Logansport
Joan Young
Rock Creek Center
Huntington County
Decatur Journal
Bluffton News
Noble County
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Wea
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Europe
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Germany
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