Lend a Hand Sermon Moves Allen County Re Union
Bishop Joseph F Berry preached from Robison Park on the theme Lend a Hand, urging Methodist reunions to support one another. He spoke of interdependence in business, society, morals, and religion, insisting every person is a brother or sister and that bearing one another's burdens fulfills Christ's law. The crowd filled the park theater as Watson and Cline attended, and baskets for the dinner complemented the large attendance.
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Joseph F Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
Allen County
Robison Park
Berry
Park Theater
Bishop Berry
Buffalo
Wayne Hotel
Claflin University
C. A. Wade
D. D
Frank Lenig
Wayne Street
M. EB
James E. Watson
Cyrus Cline
Congress
Jesus
Christ
Epreomagee
Dawson to Again Play Prosecutor on Stage
Ronald T. Dawson will again portray the prosecuting attorney in The Cowboy and the Lady at the Majestic as the inaugural Our Own Stock company offering. He brings acting and directing experience, and the company gathered for first rehearsal, with manager Rice predicting strong Fort Wayne audience support.
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Dawson
Nat Goodwin
Majestic
High School Dramatic Club
Wright Huntington
Rice
Fort Wayne
Methodist Park Basket Dinner and Evening Lectures
A noon to 2 pm basket dinner at the park featured Methodist leaders and friends with Bishop Berry presiding over addresses by Mr. Watson and Mr. Cline. The evening program at First M. E. Church includes Claflin University quartet and Schlatter's thirty-piece orchestra, plus Bishop Berry's lecture What a Tramp Law in Ireland. Mr. Watson departed for Winamac to give an educational talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Berry
Watson
Cline
M. E
Claflin University
Schlatter
Ireland
Winamac
Red Special With Debs Aboard Starts Westward Campaign
Chicago on August 31 a special train carrying Eugene V Debs socialist presidential candidate James H Brown Illinois socialist gubernatorial candidate and other party leaders departed for San Francisco on an educational campaign. The Red Special will visit major cities and towns distributing socialist literature and delivering speeches en route to San Francisco where it will arrive September 11 and return to Chicago by September 25.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
James H. Brown
Illinois
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Lieutenant Reese returns from Camp Perry shoot
A marksman who entered service recently is home after competing at Camp Perry. He has earned several army medals from classes and has shot at Fort Sheridan Chicago Leon Springs and Camp Perry. He plans a week or two in Fort Wayne before rejoining his regiment at Fort Douglas Utah.
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Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Leon Springs
Texas
Camp Perry
Fort Wayne
Fort Douglas
Utah
Melching Family Soon Home After European Tour
Mr and Mrs Albert E Melching have finished months of travel in Holland Germany and other European countries and telegraphed their friends that they arrived in New York on the steamship Nordaam. They plan to reach Fort Wayne on Thursday evening.
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A. E. Melching
Albert E. Melching
Holland
Germany
New York
Nordaam
Melching
Fort Wayne
Stage Struck Girls Halted In Muncie Bond Hustle
Misdes Waters sisters Leota age seventeen and Dot age sixteen from Hartford City were detained by police in Muncie on Sept 1 amid a stage strike incident involving juvenile suspects. Authorities investigated claims linking the cousins to involvement in a local entertainment dispute.
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Muncie
Inn
Leota
Hartford City
Taft Fishes at Middle Bass With Ohio Party
Judge Taft began a fishing trip from Middle Bass Island with Ed Miller Ed Marsh and others aboard the Faustina. They fished near Rattlesnake reefs for black and white bass and perch, with a possible further trip toward Ballast island. Taft may extend his stay to September 8. The day was bright and warm with a light lake ripple.
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Middle Bass
Ohio
Judge Taft
Middle Bass Island
Ed Miller
Columbus
Ed Marsh
Sandusky
W. C. Beckwith
Fostoria
H. C. Corbin
Charles Taft
Faustina
Miller
Rattlesnake Island
Ballast Island
State of Ohio
Charles T. Lewis
Toledo
Middle Bass Club
Taft
Shooting at Atlantic City Man in Masked Robbery
Mrs Williams describes a masked gunman outside a hotel in Atlantic City who shot Mr Roberts in a rolling chair after a confrontation over money. Police probe possible motives while Mrs Roberts, his wife, remains at the hospital bedside.
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Roberts
Mrs. Williams
Inlet
Atlantic City
Rust
Mr. Roberts
Kentucky fire bug threatened by a mob
Louisa Kentucky Aug 31 John S Sprouse charged with arson was brought here from near Cherokee to escape mob violence. He allegedly set fire to Charles Cooper’s residence near Cherokee destroying the property and killing two children while two others are seriously injured. Cooper badly burned and Mrs Cooper also seriously burned. Bloodhounds followed the trail to Sprouse’s house after the attack ending with his arrest to avoid enraged townspeople. Sprouse and Cooper had been in a lumber dispute.
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Louisa
John
Sprouse
Cherokee
Charles Cooper
Cooper
Tie gler trapped by sheriff after pawnshop sting
Ben M. Ziegler walked into a trap at Dygert's pawn shop and was captured by deputies while trying to sell stolen goods from Paul Wilkie's residence five miles from the city on Huntington road. Jewelry and a watch tied the case to prior thefts from E R Gesaman. Ziegler linked to a loot with letters and photos clueing officers.
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Ben M. Ziegler
Dygert
Paul Wilkie
Huntington Road
Grice
Harvey Hughes
Orange Cook
Ziegler
E. R. Gesaman
Gesaman
Planning a Permanent Organization for Good Roads
A Fort Wayne audience will hear M O Eldredge, government road expert, outline a permanent good roads group for Allen county. The talk Friday at the Majestic theater also signals possible county backing for an object lesson road project supervised by the government, with a tour for officials after the address.
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Allen County
Majestic Theater
M. O. Eldredge
Eldredge
Columbia City
Fort Wayne
Lafayette, Tenn
Aldredge
Institute Leaders Laud Reading and Horace Mann Legacy
Dr Fess and Dr Schaeffer address teachers during a county institute praising reading as central to learning and urging ongoing study. They honor Horace Mann as America's greatest educator and propose a memorial library and gymnasium at Antioch College, with plans to raise funds as the session ends.
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Dr. Schaeffer
Fess
Mann
Antioch College
Atlanta and Salt Lake City Honor Fort Meigs Dedication
Today marked the dedication of the Fort Meigs monument and a civic parade in Toledo. About 3000 local volunteers and veterans marched, led by mounted police, with numerous lodges and organizations represented. A Perrysburg detour featured a grand eighty two foot shaft memorializing fallen soldiers from 1812.
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Fort Meigs Monument
Cherry Pickers
of the Elks
Independent Order of Foresters
Knights of Pythias
Knights of the Maccabees
National Veteran Women of America
Toledo Newsboys’ Association
Lancers
Toledo
Jefferson
Summit
Erie
Madison
Sixteenth
Perrysburg
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison
Proctor
Hull
Detroit
Harrison
Montreal
Quebec
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Maumee Valley
D. R. Hollenbeck
Ohio and Regional Leaders Address Introductory Speech
Governor Harris of Ohio delivered the introductory address with other speakers including Senator Foraker Governor Willson of Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Murphy of Pennsylvania and Major Robert W Hunter of Richmond Virginia.
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P. Michaelis
Harris
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Willson
Kentucky
Goveror Murphy
Pennsylvania
Robert W. Hunter
Richmond
Taft Depression Speech Travels Through Ohio Rail Detour
Taft addressed crowds in Gallipolis on a platform in the midst of a train detour caused by a freight wreck near Dyersville. He argued the central issue is confidence in the two parties, praising Roosevelt era prosperity and urging continuation of GOP policies to sustain wages, capital and farm markets.
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Athens
Dyersville
Ohio Central
Taft
Gallipolis
Hocking Valley Road
Toledo
Middle Bass Island
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Folsom flood claims many lives in Trinidad area storm
Early reports describe a devastating flood at Folsom, Colorado, with twenty to thirty dead and extensive property loss. Seven more victims were identified, and dozens remained missing as residents witnessed entire rows of buildings swept away and cattle perishing. One telephonist, Mrs. S J Rooke, perished while helping others escape.
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Trinidad
Col
Folsom
Colorado and Southern
Charles Wheeler
Charley Wheeler
S. J. Rooke
Antonia Salazar
Salazar
Joseph Guerin
Marrow Canyon
Finger Amputation At Electric Works Hospital
Charles Backosen of the Electric works had a finger badly smashed when a piece of machinery fell on it Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to St. Joseph hospital where the finger was amputated.
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Charles Backosen
Electric Works
St. Joseph Hospital
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Pagea One
Lieut
Reese
MA. Taft
Goin
Bass Island
Tiegler
Atlanta
Salt Lake City
New Mexico
Dr. Wenger
Bright
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