Turmoil in Colombia isthmus and frontier rumors
Aug. 31 dispatch from Colon notes quiet isthmus mood with liberals poorly armed and lacking leaders. Government plans no reinforcements while frontier news remains unreliable. Reported Colombians mass along Ecuador frontier. Venezuelan troops denied. A female dressmaker, Nora, contemplates despair as a note hints at possible tragedy, with her father traveling to Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Galveston
Tex
Bocas del Toro
Here
Panama
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Sensational turn in manhunt for Bessie Francis
The Miss Henderson murder near Holden, Missouri, ends with bloodhounds failing to track the fugitive. The pursuit is abandoned by many posse members who blame white conspirators. Strassburg dispatch notes speculation that Francis may have escaped with white assistance and that local hostility could lead to torture if captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Henderson
Holden
Bessie
Francis
Strasburg
Johnson County
Miss Henderson
Deaths Arouse Suspicion In Massachusetts Family
Four members of the Davis family died within a month in Massachusetts amid rumors of foul play. Autopsies were held on Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Gibbs with state investigators and Harvard professors present. The Davis home had multiple suspicious fires. exhumations may follow depending on autopsy results. The vice president traveled from Chicago with engagements to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cataumet
The
Herald
Alden P. Davis
Irving Gibbs
Harry Gordon
Chicago
Joseph Whitney
Gordon
Gibbs
Fraunce
Whitney
Wood
Harvard College
Paul
Paul Gibbs
Jacin
Davis
Roosevelt Arrives in Chicago with Escort from Springfield
Vice President Roosevelt arrived in Chicago at 7:30 this morning from Springfield. He traveled with Governor Yates and Mrs. Yates Adjutant General and Mrs. Reese Senator Cullom and several accompanying officials and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senator Cullom
Bethea
Colonel Strong
Union League Club
Governor Yates
Dorothea
Graeme Stewart
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Springfield
Yates
Reese
H. BR. McCullough
Col
J. McGurvong
Strong
Harnton
Free Rural Route 8 Finally Opens From Fort Wayne
The U S Post Office ordered free rural mail delivery route No 8 to begin October 1 with Edwin B Bowser as carrier running north from Fort Wayne The route was held up by Washington orders and an inspector was sent to adjust the plan Collingwood and Gloyd post offices will be discontinued with mail moved to Fort Wayne A new route is created from Auburn Junction with carrier David Warner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Washington
Post Office Department
Edwin B. Bowser
Page
Collingwood
Gloyd
Auburn Junction
David Warner
Missing Nora Densmore Feared to Die by Her Own Hand
Peru Indiana August 31 Miss Nora Densmore a local resident who disappeared Thursday is feared to have taken her own life. A letter dated Toledo indicates she chose death over exposure and asks Ernest Thomas to hide her heartache and notes she will face many thorns along the way to the unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Nora Densmore
Toledo
Ernest Thomas
Court notes show assorted assaults and a smart legal scramble
In France's court George McDowell of Sheldon pleaded guilty to assault and battery on Alexander Woods and to public intoxication, each with a $1 fine plus costs. Thomas Underwood was convicted of assault on Charles Roberts and jailed 15 days with fines and costs. Philip Offholder pleaded guilty to assault on Susan Holecker and stayed the docket. A hatchet incident between McDowell and Woods in a wheat partnership is described. Carters' insanity case and a marriage in Hillsdale complicate matters. Kirbach brothers' sign dispute led to multiple charges and an acquittal for assault and trespass after defense by John Eggemann. Justice Bullermann to preside at Eva Henderson sanity inquest. epilepsy noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McDowell
Sheldon
France
Alexander Woods
Thomas Underwood
Charles Roberts
Philip Offholder
Houser
Susan Holecker
Constable Ford
McDowell
James M. Carter
Belot
Carter
Mary Riblett
Georgia
State of
Michigan
Hillsdale
M. T. Stokes
Tenth Ward
Paul
Max Kirbach
Kirbach
Kirbach Bros
John Eggemann
Mr. Eggemann
Justice France
Frank Kirbach
Counsel of Friends
Court News: Moons Divorce and September Jury Drawn
Christopher Moon begins divorce from Sarah Moon as jurors for the September circuit term are drawn. Grand jurors include Fuelling Bowers Rhodes Shuler Branning Franke. petit jurors include Sheridan Jones Driver Jacobs Plumadore Harper Richardson Alderman Flaugh Erwin Evans Poole. Other court actions cover jail delays in Henze case, new Interban addition plat, various civil suits, and local government license discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Moon
Sarah E. Moon
William A. Spindler
Henry Hild
Circuit Court
John F. Fuelling
Maumee Township
David Bowers
Wayne
Frank M. Rhodes
City
Henry Shuler
Pleasant
Henry Branning
Julian Franke
Petit Jury
Michael Sheridan
Adams
George W. Jones
Monroe
William Driver
Maumee
George Jacobs
Horton A. Plumadore
Edward Harper
Alfred Richardson
Lake
Dayton
John Flaugh
Abelte
Richard Erwin
Benjamin Evans
James T. Poole
Hickman
Jeanette Walton
Henze
Stout
William Wilcox
Lora Wilcox
Millia Bauserman
Hugene Bauserman
Jane Dickey
P. J. Singleton
The
County Recorder
St. Mary’s River
Southwestern Electric
Lavinia Street
H. C. Rockhill
Emilie Griebel
Valentine Berger
Barbara Riethmiller
Allrich Brake
Charles E. Moellering
France
Immense crowd enjoys amateur racing at Centlivre Park Labor Day
The Amateur Driving Club event at Centlivre Park drew a large city crowd on Labor Day afternoon. W. H. Fleming, the starter, ensured quick starts as many drivers were new to racing, with multiple close finishes and a long program ending in the late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centlivre Park
W. H. Fleming
Maple Grove Items of Sunday School Events and Visits
The Maple Grove Sunday school enjoyed a large attendance with fifty four visitors and Rev. Rut of the Reformed Orphans Home gave an address. Visitors included Miss Mammie Christie and Charles Duniel to Miss Lizzie Rudisill, with social gatherings at S Young on Coldwater road and visits to Winona's Bible conference. Other local hospitality noted for the Pfeiffer, Krammer, Remy families and Miss Rosa Young, plus threshing and delover huller activity nearby. Adams County Agricultural Fair dates are listed in Decatur Ind. September 24 25 26 27 open to all with U EH Harris Bee fe ie 4wat.
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Rev. Rut
Reformed Orphans Home
Rut
Mammie Christie
Charles Duniel
Lizzie Rudisill
Maple Grove
S. Young
Coldwater Road
Lizzie
Nellie Rudisill
Winona
McLain
Newark
Ohio
Rudisill
Frank Pfeiffer
Henry Krammer
James Remy
Irene
Monn
Rosa Young
Threshing Machine
Delover Huller
Adams County Agricultural Fair
Decatur
Ind
U. EH. Harris
Bee
Cleveland Flood Ravages City With Million Dollar Loss
Cleveland faces historic flood as a two to ten hour cloudburst devastates eastern residential districts. Water depths reach up to six feet, key bridges and culverts fail, and freight and mail services are disrupted across the region. Rescue crews and lifeboats aid stranded families amid rising fears of the Shaker Heights dam failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Government Weather Bureau
East End
Woodland Hills Avenue
East
Madison Avenue
Dean and
Giddings Brooks
Quincy Street
Vienna Street
Cedar Avenue
East Prospect Street
Lincoln Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Glen Park Place
Deering Street
Fairmount
Shaker Heights
St. Joseph
East Madison
Woodland
Lake Shore
Gordon Park
Eighteenth Anniversary Celebrated by Orphans Home
The eighteenth anniversary of the Reformed Church orphans home will be celebrated next Thursday drawing several thousand visitors from Fort Wayne and nearby towns. A full program includes marches, addresses by Rev J Bachmann Rev George Grether and Rev Dr A K Zartman, songs by the Orphans Home choir and kindergarten, German addresses, reports by Rev B Ruf and Rev J Bosch, short speeches and a Benediction by Rev Philip Ruhl with dinner and collection for the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grether
Decatur
Ind
A. K. Zartman
Fort Wayne
B. Ruf
Seeeene Orphans’ Home Wedding Department
J. Bosch
A. Becker
Cleveland
Ohio
Marriage Licenses Listed for Local Couples
Adam Steiger and Anna Lerch Richard J Schwabe and Clara Haraung Gustave Roemer and Johanna Lebrecht Frank F Rodawald and Mary L Geller Fred G Roth and Catherine Wagsman Eli F Gromeaux and Agnes L Gibson Henry C Smith and Wilhelmina Schultz William C Chaney and Maud Whirledge Chester Loucks and Nellie A Dors ey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Steiger
Anna Lerch
Richard J. Schwabe
Clara
Henry C. Smith
Wilhelmina Schultz
William C. Chaney
Maud Whirledge
Chester Loucks
Nellie A. Dorsey
Harness Men Meet in National Association Session
Indianapolis delegates from Indiana Texas Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania and Kentucky gather for the fifteenth annual harness manufacturers and dealers protective association convention. The first regular session focused on committee appointments with a total 800 members represented by nearly a hundred delegates. A trolley party and smoker capped the evening entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
National Harness Manufacturers and Dealers’ Protective Association
Indiana
Texas
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
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Nora
Bodies OF
Massachusetts
Justice Bullermann
Eva Henderson
Home Avenue
English
the Court News
Herman Gleitz
Fort Wayne Trust Company
Volute Nut Company
Husevr
Edward and Otto Seidel
Isador Mautner
O’rourke
Charles Cunningham
T. J. Peter
Charles Dennis
Nine Mile
Reform School
Ed Nicodemus
Superior Court
G. W. Freiburger
Bernard Freiburger
C. M.gillott
Coun- Mal At
Ty Recorder
Starke County
Rogers-Robbins
Knox
Lottie S
Red Bell
Strathmore
Buuck
Eens Fernado
Bik m
Atlantic King
Beckett
Billy W
Weller
Doc Hambisman
Bik H
Hawpzich
Zurbach
Silver Cloud
Pearse
van B
Vendetta
Victor W
Paragon
Red Hill
van Alstine
Harry Noble
Harry Noble.jr
Braun
Zenora
Pat Gilmore
Reinhart
Anna D
Arthur Dodge
Miss Carter
Royzella
Roy Wilkes
Wilkens
Sorrell Dan
Lackey Roxy
Wayne Wilkes
Pape
Dash
Crystene
Bob Evans
Snowden
Brother Fred
Daisy Miller
Tousley
OF the Orphans’ Home OF the
Reformed Church
F. Mayer
Youngstown
J. F. Winter
Terre Haute, Ind
Orphans’ Home Choir
Philip Ruhl
Sentinel
C. C. Schlatter & CO
E. Colum
Schlatter
Ealers
Wayne, Ind
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