Pioneer Citizen Is Summoned By Death
Fort Wayne mourns Martin F. Schramm longtime city hall custodian and War of 1861 veteran who died at his 502 Madison street home from heart failure. He survived Andersonville and Chickamauga campaigns, leaving a large Fort Wayne family including Rev Father George Schramm and Theresa.
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Martin F. Schramm
City Hall
Fort Wayne
Madison Street
Theresa Schramm
Rome City Sanitarium
Ney
Mr. Schramm
Columbia City
Martin Noll
Noll
Matthias App
White Fruit House
Chickamauga
Perryville
Hoover's Gap
Dug Gap
George Schramm
Laporte
Henry Schramm
Ash Fork
Ariz
Peter
John
Dominic
Gregory
Teresa Schramm
McKiernan Heads New Merchants Fire Insurance
Anderson Indiana October 4 The Indiana Retail Merchants Association Mutual Fire Insurance company elected officers for the ensuing year at Ralph Clark’s office. President Thomas J McKiernan Fort Wayne vice president L H Rule South Bend secretary Ralph Clark Anderson treasurer Wm Madden Evansville. Directors include W W Adamson Terre Haute L H Rule South Bend J F Cannon Greencastle T J McKiernan Fort Wayne W W Madden Evansville T J Palfrey Vincennes Fred W Helt Indianapolis C L Haughton Vincennes Ralph Clark Anderson. The organization has about 1000 members represented in person or by proxy. The plan mirrors Farmers Mutuals and aims to curb high rates charged by old line companies. To insure one must be a member of the Indiana Retail Merchants association. Maximum policy per risk is 3000 covering merchandise stores buildings residences and household goods. Each member deposits with the company an amount equal to one year’s premium in a stock company and the deposit remains his property and is returned when the policy ends. The home office is in Anderson.
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Farmers’ County Mutual Associations
Indiana Retail Merchants’ Association
A. Atock Company
Ot. Athe Company
Walt Bein
Anderson
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Sheriff Oglesby Killed by Tramps at Winamac Depot
Pulaski county Sheriff Oglesby was shot and killed at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Winamac Indiana while attempting to arrest three tramps. Ten bullets fired. two struck him. He died within an hour. Two fleeing suspects were captured two miles from town and jailed in Logansport. One assailant was found to bear a bullet from the sheriff. The trio refused to reveal names.
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Winamac
Ind
Oglesby
Pulaski County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Logansport
Fort Wayne Folk Get Place on Many Committees
Indianapolis October 4 The boards of state charities announced the committees for the state conference of charities and corrections to be held at Evansville October 19 and 25. Each committee includes prominent state charity workers and the chairmen will preside at conference sessions.
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Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Ind
Georas
Miller
William R
Bethany Church Names Rev Charles J Armentrout as Pastor
Bethany Presbyterian Church announces the unanimous call of Rev Charles J Armentrout of Byvansville to its vacant pastorate following the death of Rev J W Campbell. Armentrout, a McCormick Seminary graduate, previously preached at Bethany and is noted for early success in ministry. The congregation awaits his reply with keen interest.
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Charles J. Armentrout
Byvansville
Bethany Presbyterian Church
J. W. Campbell
Armentrout
Bethany Church
McCormick’ Seminary
Bartletts and Whitneys Clash at Massachusetts Democratic Convention
In Springfield on October 5 the Massachusetts Democratic state convention fractured into Whitney and Bartlett factions. D J Kiley named temporary chair. Conry sought control. Violent clashes avoided by police as Bartlett nominates Gen Charles W Bartlett for governor and John A Thayer for lieutenant governor amid a Bart lett platform opposing rebates and rail monopolies.
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George A. Schofield
Oze Chaste
Josn A. Conry
Daniel D. Doherty
James L. Doherty
Dingrey
Canada
Kiley
Whitney
George Fred Williams
New York, New Haven
Bartlett
Riley
General Bartlett
Framed Up In Advance Republican State Ticket Unveiled
Boston on October 5 delegates gathered at Symphony hall to learn the statewide slate for election from governor to other offices. Senator Lodge was named permanent chairman and greeted with cheers before delivering a sarcastic remark on the Springfield democratic convention. The platform was adopted and all state officers led by Governor Curtis Guild Jr. were renominated by acclamation.
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Conry
Whitney
O'Connell
David O’connell
Bartlett
Riley
Henry .M. Mihitogy
Boston
Symphony Hall
Governor Down
Senator Lodge
Springfield
Curtis Guild, Jr
Mrs Lew Wallace Laid To Rest Beside Husband In Oak Hill
Funeral service for Mrs Lew Wallace was held at her East Wabash avenue home with Rev Ernest Daily Smith and Rev S W Goss officiating. The ceremony mirrored Mrs Wallace's late husband Lew Wallace's funeral hymns as dignitaries attended. The body then lay in state at Oak Hill beside her eminent spouse.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Lew Wallace
East Wabash Avenue
Ernest Daily Smith
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Surely Must Have Been Howling Success
In Delaware Ohio on October five a brief flag rush at Ohio Wesleyan University left two broken arms one man with internal injuries another with an ear torn and many minor injuries. The injured include E K Blackford Mount Gilead arm and shoulder blade broken Charles L Draper Bowling Green wrist broken M C Cartwright Moundsville internal injuries Kamikada Susuki Japanese ear nearly torn off.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
E. K. Blackford
Mount Gilead
Charles L. Draper
Bowling Green
Ohio
M. C. Cartwright
Moundsville
W. Va
Kamikada Susuki
Trolley Car Hung in Peril Over River
In Ashtabula Ohio on October 4 passengers including women motorman and conductor faced a narrow escape when a trolley car of the Ashtabula and Pennsylvania Electric railroad viaduct hung 100 feet above the river. The car left the tracks and one end suspended while flying glass injured several. a trolley pole saved it from plunging. The site recalls a past catastrophe near the Lake Shore bridge.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Ashtabula and
Pennsylvania Electric
Lake Shore Bridge
Fairbanks Dedicates Marion Club Building in Indianapolis
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks spoke at the Indianapolis Marion Club on North Meridian Street praising the state's active Republican group and predicting a bright political future. The dedication occurred in the club's gymnasium auditorium filled with members and guests.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Marlon Club
North Meridian Street
Symnasium
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