Wilson Leads Big on the Straw Vote in Columbia City
In Columbia City on October 14 the Commercial Mail reports a presidential straw vote tally from 90 polls across four townships. Wilson led with 305 votes, Roosevelt 87, Taft 75, Debs 7, Chafin 4, totaling 478 votes. 67 of 90 polls favored Wilson. Teachers’ institute sessions were held at the court house and nearby areas.
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Columbia
Oity
Commercial Mail
Italia City
A. Presidential
Peabody Mills
Harper Buggy - Works
Teachers’ ‘Institute
Wilsor
Roosevelt
Taft
Debs
Chafin
Teachers’ Institute Ciled
Coumbia, Smith
Etna
Union
Wilson
New Haven News Highlights Local Social Changes
The New Haven Indiana column lists church events, visits, and arrivals. Activities include the Adams township Sunday school convention at the M P church, revival plans for November, and various relatives visiting from Fort Wayne Antwerp Muncie and Defiance. Local real estate moves and property purchases are noted along with a town hall sale and a forthcoming wedding announcement.
Antwerp Notes on Local Matters and Upcoming Events
Antwerp reports family health updates with Mrs Taft Wilson improving. Local and visiting residents are noted along with railroad engineering work by Earl Reeb. Beets shipment begins this week by German American Sugar Co. Graves speaks at auditorium. Antwerp to host basketball exhibition Oct 18. Local politics include Beecher Waltemire addressing voters. Foreign buyers seek to annex land west of town as property transactions occur.
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Antwerp
Taft Wilson
South Main Street
Amy Lindemuth
Fort Wayne
Harry Howard
Fred Hertel
Earl Reeb
B. & O. Railway
Clifford Reeb
Alalia McGuire
Paulding
Isaac Hallock
John Anspaugh
Hicksville
Jesse Cummings
Toledo
Payne
Teachers’ Institute
Betta Gamma Sorority
Elizabeth Bratton
Rose Herzel
Andrews Factory Doubles Capacity
Andrews cabinet factory will nearly double capacity as Wasmuth and Endicott begin an addition to the plant. The project will double the workforce and install new machinery, with the building under roof in weeks. The expansion is a boom for Andrews, likely bringing 100 new families to the town.
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Andrews
Little River Ditch Case Heads to Protracted Battle
Eight attorneys from Huntington Allen Whitley and Wells counties met Judge Robert VanAtta in Huntington to challenge the validity of the original action to appoint three commissioners from this county. Allies contend one commissioner should be from another county, signaling a lengthy dispute expected to drag on.
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Huntington
Ind
Allen
Whitley
Wells
Law Library
Robert VanAtta
Marion
Allent
Little River Ditch
Hoagland Notes On Local Visits And Travel
Hoagland residents report visits and travels from October 15. Henry Emrich and wife returned from Nebraska after two weeks away. Kate Meriman of Fort Wayne came from California to visit sister Mrs. Hubler. Arthur Rhull and son Herbert with Mrs. Rhull spent Sunday with Mr Rhull's parents. W H Rupp visiting Mississippi. Rev A K Mumm returned from the Northern Indiana synod in Lagran ge and Michigan trip ends.
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Hoagland
Ind
Henry Emrich
Nebraska
Kate Meriman
Fort Wayne
California
C. F. Hubler
Arthur Rhul
Herbert
Rhus
W.H. Rupp
Mississippi
A. K. Mumm
Indiana
Synad
Lagrange
Isit
Michigan
Midnight Burial for Indiana Carpenter Elijah Hammond
Elijah Hammond aged 32, a Montpelier carpenter, died after illness from cancer. His body was buried at Pleasantdale church cemetery eight miles northeast of Hartford City after a delayed midnight interment arranged by his brother James O Hammond of Oklahoma. He had lived nearby and was attended by local friends before the request to delay burial until family arrived.
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Hartford City
Ind
Pleasantdale Church
Elijah Hammond
Montpelier
James O. Hammond
Oklahoma
Pleasantdale
Hammond
Fort Wayne
Local life notes mark weddings travel and visits in Spencerville
Spencerville residents report Vera Selberg teaching in North Dakota with brother Frank to Chicago, while August Klinke buys a new auto. Miss Gladys Nelson wed Roscoe Rickett near Spencerville with Rev. Brown officiating. Many relatives visit, attend funerals, or plan trips to Maine Ohio Ohio and Milwaukee, including Otha Loucks funeral and a hunting party to Maine.
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Spencerville
Ind
Vera Selberg
North Dakota
Frank
Chicago
August Klinke
Mary Horn
Edgerton
Walt Fischer
Angola
Frank Wyatt
Scott
Hicksville
Lena Nelson
Merritt Maxwell
St. Joe
Miss Nelson
Spencerville High School
Sherman Rickett
John Webb
Harvey Kines, Jr
el. Moody
Grey
Fort Wayne
Erick
J. Sommers
Mary Boger
Samuel Frantz
Will
Coburntown
John Notestine
Little Otha Loucks
Scipio
Little Otha
Chester Loucks
Lillie Benninghoff
Newville
Harriet Ditman
Joy
Milwaukee
J. M. Beams
Kendallville News A Busy Week Of Local Wanderers And Politic
Kendallville Indiana residents attend religious visits and family gatherings. Rev Herbert A Wilson contemplates a new Ohio parish. N N Parker attends Indianapolis grand council of the Improved Order of Red Men representing Newato No. 505. Local Democrats establish headquarters under the Boyer Opera House as Republicans mount a county ticket challenge.
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KendaLlville
Ind
Herbert A. Wilson
Garrett
Wilson
Toledo
Ohio
N. N. Parker
Indianapolis
Grand Council of the Improved Order of Red Men
Frank Smith
Wolcottville
D. P. Smith
Guy Merriman
Valentine
Charles Wolfe
Samuel Keck
Keck
Nathan Keck
A. Summers
LaGrange
James Summers
C. T. Perry
Dore
Wiliam Gooding
Rix
Sylvia Kimmel
Harry Barker
L. M. Watson
Danville
Ill
W. A. DeVault
Progressives
Noble
John’ .M. Schermerhorn
Chassiss
Auto lights may be ordered out in Huntington
Huntington Inc October 10. An amendment by Councilman Hendricks to curb motor driven vehicles with mufflers open hints at a new ordinance. It would ban large front head lights of automobiles and interurban cars left unshaded when parked on streets, to prevent blinding pedestrians two blocks away.
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Huntington, Inc
Hendricks
Huntington
Muffiers
Calaboose Crowded At Huntington
Huntington Ind October 15 Huntington s calaboose was crowded Monday evening with seven drunks and three hoboes all jailed before 10 pm Most were part of pipe line and construction crews near Huntington The other inmate was a laboring man from the Erie One drunk claimed to have just spent 200 in Chicago and was broke despite being well dressed
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Huntington
Ind
Erie
Chicago
Lightning damages Girod home in Vera Cruz
Bluffton Indiana October 11 lightning struck the residence of Peter Girod at Vera Cruz tearing a hole in the roof and shattering windows and dishes. Mrs Girod had just left for the garden and was spared. The stove was broken and the building did not catch fire as locals aided repairs.
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Vera Cruz
Monroeville Social Roundup Notes Local Travel Visits
Local brief records visitors and residents in Monroeville Indiana. T. J. Sheehan and Z. H. Battenburg went to Fort Wayne. Mrs. S. J. Sweany visited relatives in Montpelier. Mrs. C. P. Mitchel stayed with Miss Agnes Phillips in Lafayette. Several guests toured from Fort Wayne and Delphos. Wm. Rhodehaver ill at home near Scott. Ohio Electric agent Wm. McClure injured by a live wire. Registration at 531. Monroe township votes near past turnout. Dr. Harry Erwin to move to Huntertown. Spencer boy loses arm in cider press accident. Jacob Swartz returns from Lima. Ladies’ Aid sews carpet rags. dinner raised funds.
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Monroeville
Ind
T. J. Sheehan
Z. H. Battenburg
Fort Wayne
S. J. Sweany
Montpelier
C. P. Mitchel
Agnes Phillips
Lafayette
Thomas Combs
J. D. Allegar
Kittie Williams
Edna Frame
Dittam
W. I. B.wass
H. E. Steinman
Lillie Jettinghoff
Mamie Wagner
Delphos
C. L. Meyers
Mary Rhodehaver
Scott, O
Ohio Electric
Monroe Township
Harry Erwin
Edgerton
Huntertown
Keenwell
Spencer
M. W. Spencer
Sackson Township
Jacob Swartz
Wm. Erwin
F. Stahr
Lima
Ohio
the Ladies’ Aid
M. E. Church
Adam Hoffman
Hoffghan
Ted
Selling Hogs for Fear of Cholera Spreads Near Huntington
Reports show hog cholera creeping north and west from Rock Creek township into Huntington county. Farmers sell hogs early to avoid disease, shipping many to Markle and nearby areas. Buyers at Markle load hogs all day as markets suffer from low prices and sellers incur losses by sending hogs that are not in prime condition.
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T. Atmfi Bgatibmi
Atimf
Atim
Markle
Auburn News Highlights Social Visits Across Town and Nearby Cities
Auburn Indiana residents share weekend visits and travels with friends in Fort Wayne St Joseph Jackson Mich Angola Hillsdale Garrett Spencerville and Culver. The article notes a funeral gathering for Engineer Frank Beneman and a Presbyterian congregational meeting set for October 16 with a program and refreshments.
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Auburn
Ind
Inez Bishop
Fort Wayne
J. Geisinger
St. Joe
Sam Andrews
John Brown
Jackson
Mich
Clair Symonds
Glen van Auken
Angola
Bert Beidler
Chicago
H. Koons
Red Key
Indiana
John Koons
T. L. Brown
Gary Brown
Babe
Culver
James Koons
Pontiac
Eens White
Antra
E. T. DeLapp
Hillsdale
Hillsdale College
Sarah Hoffman
Martha Olinger
Goshen
Alvada Hartzler
Garrett
Frank Beneman
Chicago Junction
W. C. Geake
Charles Wagner
Manion
Dan Houck
Spencerville
Presbyterian Church
C. E. Adams
Hicksville
Woodburn Social Notes From Antwerp Visits to Indianapolis
Woodburn Indiana highlights include Miss Bessie Rumbaugh of Antwerp visiting family, Paul Augspurger returning from Fort Wayne, Laura Kellar hosting a watermelon party and a slumber party, and Calvin Baker and Effie Heltzel marrying in Fort Wayne. Several residents travel to Fort Wayne, Napoleon, Antwerp and Indianapolis for work visits, housing changes, and local business.
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Woodburn
Ind
Bessie Rumbaugh
Antwerp
Milton Augspurger
New Haven
Jesse Rothgeb
Gar Creek
Charles Russell
McClure
Ohio
J. H. Applegate
Paul Augspurger
Fort Wayne
Laura Kellar
Cliff Snyder
Frank Hannan
Hub
N. D
Louis Downs
J. W. Eby
R. M. Johnson
P. F Lechner
Marion
Clara Yaggy
Columbus Penny
East Main Street
Ed Meyers
Lydia Miller
Charles. Tremp
Adolph Redderson
Center Street
Henry. Yaggy
Shirley Faulkner
Christ
Grieser
Indianapolis
Avilla Approves Light Contract in Town Election
Avilla Indiana voters approved a contract with Chas L Olds of Fort Wayne to build an electric light plant at a cost of 6000 dollars. The measure passed by 32 votes amid bad weather, with rapid construction promised to illuminate Avilla streets.
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Avilla
Ind
Chas.l. Olds
Fort Wayne
Victims To Seek Pasteur Institute Treatment In Indianapolis
In Wabash Indiana Ora Onley Albert Ulrey and the six year old daughter of G W Schroeder were moved to Indianapolis for Pasteur Institute treatment after a dog bite. The dog, shot later, was found hydrophobic and the state board of health advised Pasteur Institute care to prevent hydrophobia.
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Wabash
Ind
Ora Onley
Albert Ulrey
G. W. Schroeder
Indianapolis
Pasteur Institute
State Board of Health
Decatur Old Home Week Parade Opens Beets to Sugar Factory
Decatur Indiana hosts a grand parade with hundreds of wagons of beets en route to the new sugar factory slated to open Wednesday. G M Wagner leads as parade marshal as foreign beet workers join with flags and hymns.
Bicycle thief Henry Mann arraigned for indeterminate sentence
Henry Mann of St Marys Ohio admitted guilt in Hartford City circuit court after recapture for jail breaking. He received an indeterminate sentence from one to fourteen years at Jeffersonville reformatory. His companion Orlo Glover is already serving time, and David Rester remains in jail awaiting trial.
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Hartford City
Ind
Henry Mann
St. Mary’s
Circuit
Jeffersonville’ Reformatory
Orlo, Glover
Reform School
David Rester
Rial Fei
Suit to regain farm from son and guardian filed
Mrs. Nancy Rickets an 80 plus year old widow sues Cyrus F. Rickets and guardian Samuel Huffman in Hartford City Indiana circuit court to repossess forty nine acre farm given to her son in 1911 for lifelong care claiming no money was paid and that he is incurably insane and has refused support since 1912 depriving her of farm income.
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Hartford City
Ind
Nancy Rickets
Cyrus F. Rickets
Samuel Huffman
Cyrus Rickets
Andrews Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. John Fall returns to Washington DC after weeks with relatives. Amelia and Matilda Gemmer of Mishawaka visit friends. Roy Campbell and Katherine Fox spend Saturday in Huntington. W E Sharp and children visit Marion. Dorotha French of Newnat Wis guest of Mrs C D Wasmuth. Dawson goes to Louisville for Christian Church Brotherhood convention. Ina Poe visits Norma Weeks in Fort Wayne. C E Endicott travels eastern states for cabinet company sales. Hammons daughter from Jay county helps care for Mrs Hammons. Kaniman returns from Fort Wayne to visit parents. Mrs Wybourn hosts sister and niece from Van Wert Ohio. Dawson home area visitors Hazel Ellison southeast of town. H Porter of Fort Wayne guests of Mrs D C Rhodes. Amanda Line visits Knightstown friends. H R Park visits relatives in Lafontaine. Guy Blake of Chicago visits grandfather S M Minnick. Weaver of Decatur visits J M Dawson. W S Wise visiting friends in Ohio. Irene Nattler returns from Huntington. Ruby Williams and Georgia Hallowell visit home from Winona. Jacob Sommers of Wabash visits friends. Molly Schenkel of Huntington visits her parents. Clellah Jeffrey returns from Mt Etna. Joseph Schofield arrives from Portland Oregon after years away.
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Louisville
Kentucky
The
Christian Church Brotherhood
Ina Poe
Norma Weeks
Fort Wayne
C. E. Endicott
Cabinet Company
Henry Hammons
Jay County
Hammons
Herbert Kaniman
R. J. Wybourn
van Wert
Ohio
Vivian
Mildred Dawson
Elva Fults
Hazel Ellison
H Porter
D. C. Rhodes
Amanda Line
Knightstown
H. R. Park
Lafontaine
Guy Blake
Chicago
S. M. Minnick
Weaver
Decatur
J. M. Dawson
W. S. Wise
Irene Nattler
Huntington
Ruby Williams
Georgia Hallowell
Winona
Jacob Sommers
Wabash
Molly Schenkel
Adam Schenkel
Clellah Jeffrey
Mt. Etna
Joseph Schofield
Portland
Oregon
Convoy News Highlights Local Moves and Travels
W G Pease of Dunkirk works third shift at Richey. James Turner visits his mother in Steven City Virginia. Many residents travel to Decatur Glidden and Deshler for hunting visits or family gatherings. Del Perry relocated to Lima as assistant maintainer on the P F W rail line.
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Convoy
Ohio
W. G. Pease
Dunkirk
Richey
A. J. Murphey
Garrett
Ind
Samuel Murphey
James Turner
Steven City
John Gunsett
van Wert
J. F. Dickerson
Monroeville
Dr. Hail
Deshler
J. W. Plumley
Lansing
Mich
Rome City
Grace Nolde
Abe Showalter
Michigan
A ‘N. Young
del Perry
Lima
Tragic Train Deaths Claims Albion Man Wilbert Kimmelf
Wilbert Kimmel son of A. A. J and Emma Kimmelpf was killed in St Paul Minnesota yesterday after being struck by a train. The body will be brought back for burial. A. J. Kimmel a former Noble county sheriff is mentioned among relatives.
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Albion, Tod
Wilbert ‘Kink
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