Fires, accidents and deaths sweep across nearby towns
Southeast of Kendallville vast fires threaten fields as residents report broken arms, paralysis deaths, and a wave of misfortune. Auburn, Avilla, Decatur, and nearby towns chronicle multiple injuries and fatalities, including a 74-year-old man, a 92-year-old, and a 25-year-old railroad victim, amid community responses and civic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Harry Draggoo
Auburn
Homer Goodrich
Avilla
Poe News Highlights Local Real Estate and Social Visits
Poe Indiana records a traveling group of real estate buyers led by Charles Gallmeier and partners visiting Texas last week. Local residents attend gatherings with Archbold families in Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne area, while Mrs Mary Ayres visits J W Fenner. Arthur Mullen and John Davis swap properties. Robert Mercer buys land in Bushman addition. local girls amuse with constant gum chewing. Dr and Mrs G M Fenner visit from Fort Wayne by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Ind
Charles Gallmeier
Ernst Schroeder
Fred Buuck
Gust Miller
Texas
A. J. Archbold
J. C. Archbold
Fort Wayne
Fred Bunck
Ferdinand Bultemeier
Paul Newberry
Farwell
Mich
Bobo
Thorpe
Terre Haute
J. W. Fenner
J. Earl Butler
Decatur
Mary Ayres
Ellen Caston
Arthur Mullen
Mullen
John Davis
Davis
Michigan
Robert Mercer
Bushman’s
South Wayne
G. M. Fenner
George Smitley
Births in Rockhill and Allen counties show multiple newborns
A local birth notice lists several families welcoming new children. Mr and Mrs Fred C Peters of Rockhill Street have a daughter. Mr and Mrs Arthur Crist Heb of Allen County have twins two sons. Mr and Mrs David Byerly of Allen County have a son. Mr and Mrs Clark Sibel of Allen County have a daughter. Mr and Mrs Clarence Freeman of Allen County have a daughter. Mr and Mrs Lafayette Rinehold of Perry Township have a son. Mr and Mrs Thomas Blessada of Jackson Township have a son. Mr and Mrs George W Rotz of Edgerton have a son. Mr and Mrs Leaaig of unspecified locality have a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C.peters
Rockhill Street
Arthur Crist- Heb
Allen County
David Byerly
Clark Sibel
Clarence Freeman
Lafayette Rinehold
Perry Township
Thomas Blessada
Jackson Township
Delano Re elected President of the Wabash Railroad
Frederick A. Delano was reelected president at the annual Wabash Railroad meeting in Toledo. The full board of directors was also re elected, with over 75 percent of stock and 95 percent of debenture bonds voting. The board plans a New York re organization next week with Edward T Jeffery likely to remain chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Frederick A. Delano
Wabash Railroad Company
New York
Edward T. Jeffery
Conductor Henderson Hart Left Heel Crushed at Delphos
Charles F. Henderson of 2020 Johns Street Delphos Ohio sustained a crushed left heel when a pair of empty car trucks passes over his foot during switching for the Pennsylvania company at 7 50 am Wednesday. He was transported by passenger train to St Joseph hospital where company surgeons attended him. He was a conductor but acted as brakeman at the time of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Samuel B. Hill
White's Institute
Wabash
Thomas Vance
Whitley County
Tinker
Oscar Nehr
Bluffton
Amos Townsend
Hugh Dorian
Adams County
Richmond Asylum
Frederick Magley
Thorncreek Township
Santford E. Ort
Battle Creek
Mich
Physicians' Association
Elkhart
J. Frank Hanan
Lagrange
L. J. Monks
Indiana Supreme Court
John W. Hanan
Sol
Willis Halstead
Hikhart
Huntington
Joseph Hosler
Noble County
Pierceton
Rome City
Gas City
Elijah W. Barley
Marion
George W. Smith
Albion
Kendallville
John W. Terrell
Richmond
Melvin Wolfe
Garth Merriman
J. E. Merriman
South Whitley
Grand Island
Neb
West
Millersburg State Bank
Millersburg
Elkhart County
S. L. Thomas
Henry Long
Albert E. Tucker
Akron
Kosciusko County
Lulu
E. Tucker
Atwood
Tucker
Ophelia O. Arnold
Warsaw
Pennsylvania
Mark V. Mowery
Jefferson Township
Witchart County
George. Fick
Goshen
Nancy Grissom
Nash
Grissom
Bikhart
William Henry Harrison
Garland Burns
Hisa
Burns
Thorncreek
Chauncey Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Milo
Walter Long
Wabash County
Montana
Culbertson
Mont
Daniel McMinn
Auburn
Hartford City
Daniel Troxel
Columbia City
D. H. Michaels
South Bend
Harve Thornburg
Frank Hixon
Hillshart
Clark Hospital
Louis Klein
B. & O. Railroad
Garrett
Klein
W. H. Frazier
James H. Myers
F. G. Formier
Forrest J. Young
Leesburg
Leonard Dirrim
DeKalb County
Hamilton
Evans
Chicago
Uniondale
Tocsin
Wells County
H. W. Lipkey
Uniondale Institution
Co. G. Conn
Bickhart
Pacific Coast
Thomas A. Eaken
Fort Wayne
Jackson Township
Huntington County
Andrew Berkey
Harrison Township
Dikhart County
Walter Johnson
Baile Newborn
Isaac N. Gossett
Delphos
Charles F. Henderson
Johns Street
Ohio
Pennsylvania Company
Henderson
St. Joseph Hospital
Hadley Farmer Escapes Serious Injury In Weekend Accident
B Hamilton, Hadley farmer, was not badly hurt after a Friday afternoon accident. His horse bolted along the country road, shied at the railway tracks as a Pennsylvania freight train passed, and hurled the buggy against a car, breaking loose without further harm to the animal. Hamilton suffered bruises and cuts to the head and face while the vehicle was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Hamilton
Hadley
Hamilton
Pennsylvania
Marriage Licenses Listed for Local Couples
A notice details multiple marriage licenses including Louis J. May 30 farmer and Cath erine Kennerk 32 teacher. Albert P. Gollmer 27 casemaker and Mathilda R. Bruch 24. August Hartman 28 carpenter and Emma Gallmeyer 21. Almond A. Edwards 28 clerk and R. Eldora Evans 25. Frank L. Hebert 25 machinist and Marie L. Roesener 23. Hidwin F. Lane 21 brakeman and Maude Ryan 23. Carl A. Venis 31 printer and Nel He Downings 20. Monte L. Green 88 banker and Helen R. White 38. Howard M. Hobbs 22 teacher and Muriel J. Smith 18. Josiah Treesh 50 machine helper and Louise Saffen 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. May
Farmer
Catherine Kennerk
Albert P. Gollmer
Mathilda R. Bruch
August Hartman
Carpenter
Emma Gallmeyer
Almond A. Edwards
Clerk
R. Eldora Evans
Frank L. Hebert
Marie L. Roesener
Hidwin F. Lane
Maude Ryan
Carl A. Venis
Nel He Downings
Monte L. Green
Helen R. White
Howard M. Hobbs
Muriel J. Smith
Josiah Treesh
Louise Saffen
Real Estate Transfers Involving Prisoner Jamin Weaver
Fragmentary transfer notice lists Jamin Weaver as grantor to multiple parties in sections 32 and 33, with references to Lafayatte and various garbled names. The text is incomplete, but indicates property transfers and section numbers rather than clear dates or full identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamin Weaver
John W. Amen
Jane Bre Jaco
A. Keyoe
Lafayatte
James Ae
Tom Michael An
Anaiian
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Indianalls
Herman Airgood
Scott
Lagrange County
Frank Pennell
Marion Foundry Company
Hartford Township
North Wabash
Wayne Township
Summit
Steubenville
John Schwab
Casperville
Fred Blum, Jr
Fleming
Jones
W. W. VanFleet
Roy Massena
J. J. Babcock
van Fleet
Carlton North
Hart Schaffner & Marx
POE News
Sentinel Correspondence
Patterson-Fletcher Co
Indiana
Hirsh Wickwire
Cou Apneald
F. A. Delano
THE
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Henderson Hart
Tri-State Trust Company
Tri-State
Tri-State Loan @ Trust, Co. Co
Wilding
G. W. Pixley
Lymmiea
John Os Heller
Fbetr
Court Street
Boston
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