Man Struck and Killed At Huntington Crossing
Charles Teusch forty five sat down on boards at Brebaugh crossing west of Huntington to wait for an interurban car when he was struck and killed instantly. The accident occurred about 6 PM yesterday and he was reportedly under the influence. His body landed in the old canal beds beside a fence post. He had returned from Illinois two months earlier and had been staying with his brother John Teusch at 1200 North Lafontaine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Charles Teusch
Brebaugh Crossing
Teusch
Illinois
John Ludwig
Emily Havenstine
John Teusch
North
Lafontaine Street
Jacob Tensch
Henry Kline
Local notes from Garrett Indiana and surrounding area
Garrett News reports visits and social events including Mrs. A Nerschbeil returning to Altoona Pa and Mrs. St Amant attending a Defiance Ohio funeral. Travel mentions include John Mager Jr in Gary and C W Underhill in Chicago. Socials include a Pythian Sisters Halloween party and a German Reformed Aid Society gathering. Several residents visit or return from nearby towns and a new baby is born to Mr. and Mrs. George Tuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Ind
A. Nerschbeil
Charles
Altoona
John Mager, Jr
Gary
Lynn Griffin
Butler
L. E. Merriman
Chicago
St. Amant
Frank Barbililion
Defiance
Ohio
George Spencer
Nebraska
Pythian Sisters
Drinkwater
Aid Society
The
German Reformed Church
B. of R. T
Ladies’ Auxiliary
C. W. Underhill
C. N. Meeks
Friends
Virginia Cartmall
C. Braker
Indianapolis
J. T. Coleman
Newport
Garrett Friends
J. S. Hadsell
Hicksville
C Garrett
George Tuck
Greist
Leo White
Auburn
Sam Pierce
Fort Wayne
Clarence Zeigler
Wolf Lake
Woodburn Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Illness
Woodburn Indiana residents share visits to Fort Wayne Hicksville and Van Wert with relatives and friends. Typhoid illness recalls concern while a surprise party honors Rev P H Walter and family as four Woodburn charge churches join in celebration.
Negro Shot By Man Of His Color in Garrett
Samuel Patton a colored worker was shot in the back by Will Williams another black man in Garrett Indiana. Patton is hospitalized at Sacred Heart hospital and Williams is jailed at Auburn after an attempted lynching fear. Williams claimed Patton stole $2 triggering the quarrel and shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Ind
Samuel Patton
Will Williams
Sacred Heart Hospital
Williams
Auburn
Patton
Forger's Father Posts 1000 Bond in Indictment
Hartford City Indiana October 22 John Hodgson father of Orville Hodgson fugitive forger paid 1000 of a 2000 bond after the state cut the amount in half for his son's earlier arrest in August 1. Orville fled after posing as reformed and using forged checks in several cities, eloping with Hattie Bainbridge before October term. The court declared the bond forfeited when the fugitive failed to appear after a bench warrant was issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
John Hodgson
Orville Hodgson
Hodgson
Flrst National Bank
Frankfort
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Louisville
Hattie Bainbridge
Sturgis
Kendallville News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Elections
Kendallville residents hear a patent news update from H VY and J B Gorrell on a new heating device. A hospital fund drives the Princess of Poe play theater fundraiser. Weekly church services lead to Friday sermon. Hazel Woolf funeral notes death by nail induced blood poisoning. Republican rally at Colonial theater with Langford and Lane aims for large turnout. Democratic county campaign tours Noble County with scheduled meetings across multiple towns. County chair George Gaby predicts strong Democratic victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
H. VY
J. B. Gorrell
B. Natural Club
Princess of Poe
Evangelical Church
F. F. McClure
Avilla
C. E. Boyer
Fort Wayne
S. H. Baumgartner
John Reese
Wolcottville
Hazel Woolf
Ligonier
Woolf
Hazel Carmien
Charles Sherwood
O. 5S
Rendel
J. H. Langford
Nebraska
Charles R. Lane
Congress
Langford
James Watson
Lane
Colonial Theater
Wolf Lake
Washington Center
Green Center
York Center
Wawaka
Rome City
SAYS HER GOOD NAME WAS DAMAGED IN RIFE DAMAGES SUIT
Wabash Indiana October 17 The damage suit of Cora A Rife against Joseph D Rife for 25000 damages is filed in circuit court The prior case between the two with identical claims was dismissed after an agreed settlement The complaint says the husband was accused of poisoning and the stomach was tested finding no poison The false accusations allegedly damaged her good name in the community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Cora A. Rife
Joseph D. Rife
Longansport
Auburn News Highlights Local Social Visits
Auburn Indiana October 22 residents and visitors fill pages with visits across Fort Wayne Garrett Kendallville Chicago Toledo and Bryan. Many locals welcomed relatives and friends while several marriage licenses and moves shape week.
Spencerville Notes on Visits Death and Election Plans
Vernie Wise of Butler visited his sister Tuesday evening. J F Baltz Eck Van Zile Hiram Houck and Raymond Rhodes went to Fort Wayne on business Wednesday. Louis Treece and sister Gladys of Fort Wayne visited their parents Clem Treece and wife Wednesday evening. Beams Beams undertakers conducted Henry Finnerman s funeral at Cedarville Wednesday. Samuel Steward drove to Garrett Thursday with goods for Arthur Steward who plans to move there. The M E church ladies prepare a bill of fare to be served day and night on election day in a tent near the polls. Mrs Bernie Rhodes slowly recovering after a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencerville
Ind
Vernie Wise
Butler
J. F. Baltz
Eck van Zile
Hiram Houck
Raymond Rhodes
Fort Wayne
Louis Treece
Gladys
Clem Treece
Beams & Beams
Henry Finnerman
Cedarville
Samuel Steward
Garrett
Garrett to Have 60 Street Lights
Garrett Indiana announces start of boulevard lighting installation after signing a $3 429 contract with Kokomo Electric Construction. The plan includes forty four 5 light posts and six 3 light posts along Randolph and King streets with completion expected by December 1 and a townwide celebration. Garrett claims to be the first in DeKalb county to install such lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Ind
Kokomo Electric Construction Company
Randolph Street
Sag B. & O
Houston Street
Randolph
Franklin
Cowen
King Street
DeKath County
Will Go Blind From Accident
Kendallville Indiana October 19 Mrs Elmer Bowman Butler woman run down by a fast westbound freight train September 20 near the Lake Shore railroad three miles east of the city is said to be losing her eyesight and it is feared she will go totally blind She remains in a Toledo hospital where the skull fracture has tended to destroy brain cells affecting the optic nerve and sight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Elmer Bowman
Butler
Lake Shore
Bowman
Toledo
Newnam to Open Five Year Grocery Room Lease in Kendallville
Homer J. Newnam has closed out W. T. Thompson stock and fixtures and secured a five year lease on the former store room. He plans to open a new business in about two weeks with undisclosed details. C id DeManon opens an ice cream and confectionery parlor in the former Isbell room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendallville
Ind
Oet
Homer J. Newnam
W. TL. Thompson
Joli Delvin
Butler
Maude Hicks
Elkhart
Sylvia Hicks
Frieda Fisher
Michigan
Ilinois
Indiana
John Schiever
Clara
Buryrus, O
W. A. Bersch
Fort Wayne
George P. Alexander
Bersch
Ernest Kriwitz
Hope Hospital
J. J. Campbell
South Bend
J. KR. Thrapp
Archibald
FE. Sibley
Chicago
Pearl Pray
Frank Smith
Rockville
Vermont Finley
Ligonier
Charles Hammer
Warsaw
Elmer BE. Kesler
Dorothy Matzinger
Gasoline Fires Damages in Two Local Homes
A rear porch blaze at 801 West Berry street started by a chauffeur's match was extinguished before the fire department arrived, causing nominal damage. A second fire at 1207 Taylor street involved a gasoline stove explosion in a home owned by T. Be Treland with loss not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Hackett
West Berry Stent
George Naunna
Taylor Street
T. Be Treland
Gypsies Routed Out of Pierceton
In Pierceton Indiana Sheriff Kintzel Marshal Moon and Night Officer Beebe removed a band of gypsies camping along the public highway west of town. The six wagon group had settled Saturday and refused to move claiming a right to camp there. They were told to relocate or face jail and departed quickly toward the Whitley county line, pursued by Warsaw officers in an auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierceton
Ind
Kintzel
Moon
Beebe
Warsaw
Indiana
Whitley County
Antwerp News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Antwerp residents welcome visitors from Defiance and Detroit while local issues include a $600 certificate of indebtedness offered for sale to fund street improvements. The article notes a first high school basketball game loss to Payne and reports several family visits, travels, and a birth.
Lost daughter of Kilsoquah found in Oklahoma
Roanoke Ind Oct 21 Mary E Taylor daughter of Kilsoquah long thought dead has been found in Oklahoma after applying for a pension as her husband was a Civil War veteran She wrote to Dr Koontz of Roanoke and learned relatives had not replied Her husband died after a drought ruined their cotton and she has since suffered bronchitis and asthma She now owns a home and land and raises poultry with Anthony Re carre her brother living nearby Kilsoquais household nearby Kilsoquah is four years older than her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Ind
Mary E. Taylor
Kil-so-quah
Oklahoma
Dr. Koontz
Convoy News Roundup From Convoy Ohioarea
Local notes from Convoy and nearby towns list visits travels and family events. Mentions include Mrs Jesse Carpenter at Lima hospital Glenn Steinmetz resigning from Davis barber shop and returning to Van Wert William Anderson of Fort Wayne visiting family Reynolds Kreischer’s newborn son and other social calls and visits by residents to Van Wert Fort Wayne Chicago and Dixon with several brief professional and leisure trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Ort
Jesse Carpenter
Lima Hospital
Glenn Steinmetz
Davis
van Wert
William Anderson
Fort Wayne
Theodore Kreischer
Reynolds
Ray Bowland
T. J. Wilt
Henry Schaberg
Michigan
Fred Snyder
Wren
Conway
Lutheran Hospital of
Convay
Joseph Lare
A. EF. Mollenkopf
Ben Coleman
Darton
U. S
Gray
Tideewood
James Stogdill
J. V. Faudree
J. A. Dressel
C.D. Sidle
Tuscola
Wilson Hall
D. F. Mercer
Monroeville
Laura Uiskett
Wiliam Dressel
Alice Dre
Ho Krumb
Summit
J. E. McNenkepf
Jacob Wigh
Chicago
Joseph Neidig
Clarence
Upper Sandusky
J. B. Reynolds
Grace Sponaeller
West of Town
Helen
Grace Leslie
Leone Miller
Ruth Sproul
Guy Ackon
Denver
Col
Alma Sponseller
Af Dixon
Monroeville Residents Gather and Move Amid Local News
In Monroeville Indiana Oct 19 several local figures attended district I O O F meeting in Decatur while Ohio City visitors and state Red Men delegates were noted. U B church welcomed new pastor Ballou and wife as seventy members gathered with donations and refreshments. Morton House suffered a serious accident at a local gravel pit leaving him partially paralyzed pending further word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroeville
Ind
Harry Clem
AL. Shaffer
J. W. Edwards
C. L. Youse
Decatur
Charles Ranier
Ohio City
Clarence Chausse
M. C. Shaughnessy
Indianapolis
Red Men's Order
U. B. Church
U. B. Parsonage
Ballou
Jack Sprague
McComb
Bluffton
Sprague
Frank Oschadt
Sarah Walters
Harry Culp
Coldwater
Mich
Isaac Walters
Passenger train wreck delays service near Blackburn
Northbound Evansville and Terre Haute passenger train collided with an extra freight on a siding near Blackburn Indiana. Engineer John Hartman suffered a broken leg and several passengers were slightly injured. Traffic was delayed for some time yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
Ind
Evansville and
Terre Haute
John Hartman
Fraffic
Portland Squire Fines Himself in Public Intoxication
Justice of the Peace A G Lewis in Portland Indiana issued an affidavit and warrant for his own arrest on a public intoxication charge. He appeared in his court, pleaded guilty, and fined himself 3 plus 14 30 in costs totaling 4 4 30, then cleared the docket. Lewis, a veteran judge for 30 years, had previously handled police cases in the town. The incident occurred after he felt a drink would help and directed a friend to buy whiskey with his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Justice of the Peace
A. G. Lewis
George W. Tieben
Squire Lewis
Jay County
Ossian Notes Highlight Local Visits and church Events
Ossian Indiana news notes Mrs Tillie Fleming visits Miss Cora Hood and Miss Etta Louk. Local residents tour relatives in Decatur Bluffton Fort Wayne and Indianapolis while Delmar Carr and Forest Carr visit Ossian. The Ossian Presbyterian church installation for Rev Frankix Baker is planned with several pastors attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Ind
Tillie Fleming
Warren
Cora Hood
Etta Louk
J. B. Merriman
Bhuaifton
Merriman
Papertie
W. R. Beaty
Claude M. Douglass
Indianapolis
FE. W. Dyar
A. Ss. Elzey
Dale
Trow
Decatur
Laura Kreigh
Hope Hospital
Steel
Fort Wayne
Samuel &Reigh
Delbar Koons
Gretchen
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Philip Koons
West Ossian
Koons
Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Etta Houk
Frankix, Baker
Ossian Presbyterian Church
T. J. Simons
Bluffton Presbyterian Church
Wy EL Flunter
Columbia City Presbyterian Church
Aril
McCaughey
Winona Lake
W. RR. Wiltens
Dwight
You ’ Drury
David Bunn
Akron
Ohio
Harry Bunn
A. C. Ferguson
St. Joe Hospital
George Yager
Echo
Doylestown
Oho
A. H. Metta
Samuel Hughes
Lewis Hughes
Curtis
HK. H. Justus
Bluffton
Frank Foughty
Eleanor King
Fort Wavane
Ruth
Grace Derr
Chester Reidel
Sycamore
Charles Reidel
Philathea
Sweet
Hoopengardner
Dorcas Glass
Wm. High
Forest Wilson
Gary
Helen Swaim
Inez (Grorrel
Isaac Confer
Clyde Myers
Osear Pracey
Newton Davis
Peter Wyehliffe
St. Mary's
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Garrett News
Woodburn News
Woodburn
H. G. Felger
Roy
Lynde
Earl. Applegate
Hickeville
Elmer Haifley
Otto Knoblauch
C. E. Edgerton
Ek. C. Edgerton
C.W. Slader
Alvin Augspurger
A. M. Richards
J. A. Eby
Dee Applegate
George Hogne
Ruth Chapman
Milton Augspurger
Fort. Wayne
P.H. Walter
Forger
Kendallvile News
Auburn News
Roy Lawrence
Hillsdale
Fred Whitecotton
Florence Whitsel
St. Joe
O. P. Wilkins
M. B. Lamis
Columbia City
Harry Lamb
Warren McNabb
Selah Fales
Vicksville
Jank Ashley
Donna van Aukan
Margaret Weaver
Ralph Tarney
Business College
Winifred Wright
Irene Koons
Thelma
Simon Travinger
W. F. Schermerhorn
Reading
Arthur Steele
Helen Hodge
Margaret Ryan
Mabel Bears
Ralph Wilkins
Kendallville Friends
A. W. Camp
Tudson
Harvey Judson
James Murch
E. A. Wesler
John Anderson
C. L. Bower
W. H. Bennett
Everett, Mich
Cora Green
Eliza Baker
Carrie Revett
Boyd Davis
Hudson
Frank Warrick
Pulmer
Louise Shannon
Ese
Yesteray
Clarence Keirn
South Whitley
Omer Krull
Muncie
Carl Moughter
Jessie Brown
Henderson Richey
Bremen
Ed Mollinger
A. M. Caswell
Fremont
Carrie Reuret
Charles Shirey
Charles Nebelung
Bryan, C
Fred Nebelung
Edwin Walters
Montpelier, Q
Harold Haverstock
C. W. Zolman
Wilber Spice
Ralph Wilking
Spencerville News
Kendalville News
Antwerp
Reddy Eckenrode
Chauncey Young and Family
Detroit
Austin Lamphere
A. D. Caris
Defiance College
Presbyterian Church
Bardelmeyer
Caris
Julia Olmstead
P. F. Harris
Paulding
Thomas Murphy
Antwerp Corporation
Burt Reeb
Grover Hill
David Reeb
I. V. Haymaker
Defiance and
H. M. Wigenbotham
Old Mexico
Maud Saurwein
Pauline
Richard Winn
Wendel
Hubert
Danville
Ill
Frank Sessler
Jottas Sessler
Theodore Harris
Zuber
Lima
New Haven
John Long
Mattie Lower
William Nicholson
Charles Trailer
Harold
Lacy
Payne
Teresia
Jimmy Mears
Sandusky
Adolph Ebner
Wifs
Violet Isabel
M. P. Jacobs
Lewis Smith
Stanley
Isaac Hallock
Charles R. Hallock
L. G. Griffith
Floyd
Harris
Connie
Marion Perry
Pearl Armstrong
Wilbur
Frank
Montana
Dr. Anderson
Ed ‘Munson
Leo, Ind
Sylvanus Munson
Kilsoquah
Convoy News
Ossian News
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