Eighth District Veterans to Meet in Bluffton
Civil War veterans of the Eighth district plan their annual gathering in Bluffton Indiana on September 14. Attendees from the region are invited with a 9 am meeting at the Grand Army hall followed by a noon dinner hosted by the Women’s Relief Corps. Daniel Waugh and wife will attend with Col Fessler from the state Grand Army.
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Bluffton
Ind
Eighth District
Grand Army Hall
Women's Relief Corps
Daniel Waugh
Department of Indiana
Grand Army of the Republic
Waugh
Fessler
State Grand Army
Seventeenth Indiana
Columbia City
Isaac Shinneman
Company E
J. J. Weiler
Los Angeles
Cal
Shiineman
Georgia
Riley Hemmick
Jennie Sherwood
Taok
Joseph Waugh
Heaviest Circuit Court Docket in Years at Portland Indiana
Portland Indiana September 5 The circuit court opens with a docket of 178 cases the heaviest in years. Judge Moran opens a calendar with 26 criminal cases led by the manslaughter indictment of Dell Wilson tied to the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley wreck near Kingsland. Wilson is free on bond and may have the case dismissed. Co-defendant Benjamin Corkwell remains in Fasthaven hospital.
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Portland
Ind
Wilson
Benjamin Corkwell
Fasthaven Hospital
Richmond
Far County Council
County Superintendent Praises First Institute in Auburn
Auburn Ind August 31 County Superintendent Dr Lida Leasure expresses great satisfaction with her first institute praising the instructors and participants as highly satisfactory. She notes the talent secured for the program and her active engagement with teachers under her direction. Her graceful precise leadership bodes a successful term.
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Auburn
Ind
Lida Leasure
Leasure
Circus Performer Crushed Leg In Circus Wagon Accident
Bluffton Indiana September 4 A 24 year old Circus performer known as Friday Devere of the Parnum and Bailey show suffered a severe leg injury when a wagon tongue trapped his leg against a car wheel. Fellow roustabouts freed him and he was taken to Dr I N Hatfield for treatment amid fears of possible gangrene and lifelong disability.
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I. N. Hatfield
Grange Picnic a Success in Union Township
The Eel River Grange reunion in Union township drew a large crowd for a top quality picnic. A special program featured speeches recitations and music with main addresses by D. W. Whiteleather B. J. Bloom and L. A. Luckenbill from Columbia City. Refreshment stands did thriving business and the grange improved financially.
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Columbia City
Ind
Eel River Grange
Union Township
D. W. Whiteleather
B. J. Bloom
L. A. Luckenbill
Grange
Prominent Kosciusko Buisnessman Henry Heagy Dies
Henry D. Heagy a leading Kosciusko county businessman died at his Pierceton home at 11 20 p m Monday after years of poor health and a Sunday stroke He had been active up to the eve of his death remaining unconscious after the stroke. He was seen in town Sunday evening and did not complain before bed.
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Pierceton
Ind
Henry D. Heagy
Kosciusko County
Rabid Dog Killed in Bluffton Attack Case
An examination at the state laboratory confirmed rabies in the dog that killed in Bluffton after it had bitten three residents. The brain specimen sent to Eaton victims, Montpelier residents, Chicago youths, and a Jeffersonville citizen. All bitten persons are under treatment by local doctors.
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Bluffton
Ind
Eaton
Montpelier
Chicago
Woman Almost Fires Home After Mistaken Jug
In Columbia City Indiana on September 6 Mrs. Vern Kessler lit a kitchen fire with a gasoline jug by error instead of coal oil. The blaze quickly engulfed the room prompting a panic as she hurled the jug outside to douse flames.
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Columbia City
Ind
Vern Kessler
Wabash Prepares for Booster Days Festivities
Wabash Indiana plans a three day booster celebration October 3 4 and 6 with free exhibits free shows and street attractions for farmers and county residents. Committees from last year return plus new members as plans advance and an aeruptine will headline each day.
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Wabash, Ind
Wabash
Mad Dog Creates Panic in Montpelier and Nearby Areas
A rabid mongrel on September 2 terrorized Montpelier Indiana biting four residents including Harry Nill and Roy Rains. Citizens hunted the animal. Nill sought Pasteur treatment in Indianapolis while others received local care. Reports linked the same dog to bites in South Chicago and Eaton. The dog was killed and its head sent to the state lab for examination.
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Montpelier
Ind
Harry Nill
Express and Telegraph Companies
Ralph Thornburg
William Thornburg
Clem Philebaum
Roy Rains
Nill
Indianapolis
Pasteur
Thornburg
Philebaum
Chicago
Eaton
Here
State Laboratory
D. K. van Buskirk
Rube Morris
Leslia Paylor
Double Wedding Ties Families in Bluffton Office
Mayor Frank Smith officiated two marriages at the county clerk’s office in Bluffton. Amy Davis wed Fred Davison, while Jas per Davis married Cecil Marta Wilson. All couples are Jefferson Township residents with young farmers as grooms. Ages 19 and 20 for the grooms, brides 17, parental consent required for licenses. They plan to live on farms near Ossian.
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Isaac Davis
Cecil Marta Wilson
John A. Wilson
Jefferson Township
Mr. Davison
Mr. Davis
Ossian
Babe Hit by Train In Bluffton Area
Raymond Derr aged sixteen months, son of Mr and Mrs Olive Derr of near Craigville Indiana, was injured while playing near Clover Leaf tracks Wednesday afternoon. He was struck by a Clover Leaf westbound freight around 6 45 PM but doctors say prospects for recovery look favorable.
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Bluffton
Ind
Raymond Derr
Olive. Derr
Craigville
Whitley County Teachers Institute Opens in Columbia City
The annual Whitley County Teachers Institute began at 9 this morning in the high school assembly room. Dr John H Cox of West Virginia University and Dr A B Van Ormer of Shippensburg Pa are the instructors for the sessions.
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Columbia City
Ind
Whitley County Teachers’ Institute
John H. Cox
West Virginia ‘University
A. B. Vanormer
Shippensburg
Young Farmer Crushed by Coal Oil Fire
Antwerp Indiana September 1 Eley Harris son of Charles S Harris a prominent farmer near town is hovering between life and death from severe burns after attempting to start a fire in a kitchen range. He used a coal oil can and his clothing caught fire the flesh across his abdomen was burned exposing intestines doctors say there is no hope for recovery and he recently returned from a Fort Wayne hospital after a severe operation.
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Antwerp
Ind
Eley Harris
Charles S Harris
Fort Wayne
Battery Holds Reunion in Wabash Indiana
The ninth annual reunion of the Fourteenth Indiana Battery was held at Memorial hall with only ten of 67 survivors attending. Members recalled battles at Corinth Queenstown Guntown Blakely Lexington Meridan Nashville Mobile and the siege of Spanish Fort. Twenty dined at Webber restaurant before sessions. attendees included Burnsworth Doss Oakley Stephenson Swafford Ulrich Morse Lessig Trer. Letters from Drake Ditton Goodrich Meadows were read.
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Wabash
Ind
Indiana Battery
Memorial Hall
Corinth
Queen's FiIl
Guntown
Blakely
Lexington
Meridian
Nashville
Mobile
Spanish Fort
Webber Restaurant
Alexander Burnsworth
Lafontaine
Battery
James P. Doss
Rudolph Oakley
Twelve Mile
Amos L. Stephenson
Syracuse
W. H. Stephenson
Marion Home
Nathan W. Swafford
Packerton Home Burns In North Manchester
A Packerton, Indiana, fire starting from a defective chimney destroyed the home of J. L. Worsham on Wednesday. Neighbors rushed to aid as the town gathered, but efforts focused on saving contents and protecting surrounding houses.
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North Manchester
Ind
J. L. Worsham
Packerton
Syracuse Jubilee Day Highlights Five Mile Motorcycle Race
Syracuse Indiana celebrated its annual jubilee day with a large crowd from the county. A full program offered entertainment and a five mile motorcycle race drew the winner V Yoder a rural mail carrier from Elkhart who has won many northern Indiana races.
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Syracuse
Ind
V. Yoder
Elkhart
Indiana
Famous tramp in Goshen visits town on freight train
Goshen Indiana September 2 A famous educated tramp known as A No J called at newspaper offices and other prominent spots yesterday before boarding a Leake Shore freight train bound for western points.
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Goshen
Ind
A. No. J
Gaff Family Reunion Draws Two Hundred in Indiana
Two hundred Gaff family members gathered at John Gaff’s home near Churubusco on September 2 for the annual clan gathering. The event featured a light hearted crowd, a good program, and a shaded dinner after the grove reunion. Attendees included John Gaff, James Shull, Frank Gaff, Orange Gaff, Jason Olds, Clyde Gaff, John Crouch of Butler, and many others from Churubusco, Cromwell, Fort Wayne, Avilla, Albion, and Canada.
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Churubusco
Ind
Gaff
John Gaff
James Shull
Frank Gaff
Orange Gaff
Jason Olds
Clyde Gaff
John Crouch
Butler
Scott Gym
Howard Gat
CG. W. Our
Irwin Silaney
Frank Herron
George McCoy
William Shanabarger
Laura Switzer
W. S. Kister
A. F E. Gaff
Hudson
Charles Gaff
David Gaff
Elkhart
James A. Ga
New Superintendent Named for Bluffton Orphans Home
Mr and Mrs George Ulmer turn over county orphans home management to newly elected superintendent Mr and Mrs George Nicholson. The Ulmers will remain a month with their son Frank Ulmer and wife before moving to Pleasant View.
Typhoid Fever Prevalent in Tunstington, Ind
August health report from City Health Officer Dodds notes nine typhoid cases in Tunstington all linked to well water. Affected include Murphy children Ruby Pearl and Carrol, Ab Cartwright and Cora Cartwright, Mrs Joann Bennett Ira Stump's daughter, Charles Fowman, and William Brown. September remains peak month for infections.
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Tuntington
Ind
Dodds
Murphy
Ruby
Pearl
Carrol Murphy
Cora Cartwright
Joann Bennett
Ira Stump
Charles Fowman
William Brown
Outlaw Hinted in Avilla Gangs Gas Line Plot
Sheriff Stan ley and Sheriff Thomas chase a reported outlaw seen near Avilla and Swan as he claimed to gather straw and grain to support a gang building a Defiance to Elkhart gas line. He hired a rig from Henney livery, then fled toward Swan and east of Garrett paper mills, with officers in pursuit.
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Albion
Ind
Stanley
Auburn
Thomas
Henney
Avilla
Avila
Avilia
Swan
Garrett Paper Mills
Defiance
Elkhart
Knights of Pythias plan jollification after victory
Auburn Indiana September 4 The local Knights of Pythias set a Friday night gathering with first rank work and a smoker to celebrate the baseball win over the Elks last Thursday The refreshment committee includes H L Brown Lee Wise and A S Weaver they will arrange a luncheon and a general good time is expected The Knights feel proud of their victory and will celebrate accordingly.
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Auburn
Ind
Knights of Pythias
the Elks
H. L. Brown
Lee Wise
A.S. Weaver
Knights
Bank cashier harmed by mix up carbolic acid
A. O. Catlin cashier of the State Bank in Warsaw Indiana mistook carbolic acid for eye wash, pouring a quantity into his eye. Initial fear of losing sight gave way to a report that little if any acid reached the eyeball after medical treatment.
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Warsaw
Ind
A. O. Catlin
State Bank
Thumb torn loose in factory belt accident
Otto Langhor a young tailor of Columbia City Indiana suffered a severe injury when his thumb was torn from the hand at the Farr en dry cleaning plant. He was guiding a belt from one wheel to another when his hand was caught and torn up to the shoulder.
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Columbia City
Ind
Otto Langhor
Farren Dry Cleaning
Deluge of Divorces Shocks DeKalb Court at Auburn
In Auburn Indiana DeKalb circuit court term closes with thirty actions begun and twenty eight decrees granted. Five cases remain pending six dismissed Judge Powers called the term a deluge and said he would hear no more such cases this term as only three or four were heard recently.
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Auburn
Ind
DeKalb Circuit Court
Powers
Centenarian Otto Culbvertson Dies in Indiana Home
Marion Indiana September 4 Otto E M Culbvertson aged 100 a native of Ireland and veteran of the Mexican War died at 7:50 Saturday morning in the hospital at the National Military Home after a long illness with a complication of diseases His exact birth date was unknown but he knew he had passed his hundredth year and was nearing 101.
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Marion
Ind
Otto E. M. Culbvertson
Ireland
National Military Home
Old Settlers Meeting Formed in Huntington Area
Several hundred people attended the Old Settlers meeting in John S. Young grove Union township near Antioch school. John S. Young elected president Fred H. Bowers secretary and H. P. Weaver treasurer. Next meeting set for local fair grounds next September.
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Huntington
Ind
Old Settlers
John S. Young
Antioch
Union Township
Fred H. Bowers
H. P. Weaver
Bluffton Carpenter Jacob Ochsenrider Dies at Home
Jacob Ochsenrider longtime Bluffton carpenter died at 3 45 yesterday morning at his East Arnoll Street home after a two year spinal and nervous illness. He had lived in Bluffton for 29 years and was among the citys best known tradesmen.
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Bluffton
Ind
Jacob Ochsenrider
Torning
Arnoll Street
Bluffton Woman Dies After Prolonged Illness
Bluffton Ind Sept 1 Mrs George Faust dies at her East Central avenue home after two years of poor health and a nine week serious illness. Complications of diseases and uraemic poisoning were strongly indicated in the final days of the illness.
Cook Lectures in Wabash on Pole Expedition
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, famed for his north pole claim, spoke in Wabash Indiana last evening before a large audience. He addressed his dash for the pole for nearly two hours, reviewing the key events and developments up to date.
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Wabash
Ind
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Regatta Draws Many to Rome City in Kendallville
In Kendallville Indiana on September 4 residents attended the annual regatta at Rome City. The local band provided music and the program proceeded in a very satisfactory manner with many people taking part.
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Kendallville
Ind
Rome City
Labor Day Celebration at Lake James Ango a Ind
Angola Ind Sept 1 Lake James a popular Steuben county resort will mark Labor Day with a field day and athletic contests among cottagers followed by a big evening dance and reception at the Feick hotel
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Angola
Ind
Dlake James
Steuben County
Feick Hotel
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promises Millions of Friends
Historic advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal cure all for sores ulcers eczema burns boils sprains and more. Claims it has cured millions in forty years and sells for 25 cents at all druggists with no equal for piles.
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Bucklen
Auburn News items list local moves and events in DeKalb
Mrs Monta L Green and children return home from Flushing Michigan while Lawrence Barnhart comes home from Olivet Michigan to enter Auburn high school next week Miss Vera Myers visits Syracuse Niagara Falls and other points Mr and Mrs Wm Yeagley return to Farmer Center Ohio after visiting J D Hendershot and attending the 88th regiment reunion Florence Hendershot accompanies them home Mrs P D Quinlan and son James visit Georgetown Kentucky Edna and Emma Provines visit Springport Indiana Ray Davis and wife travel to Chicago for two weeks visit Chas Sidie in city recovering from an operation Rev Frank H Nickerson of Little Rock Ark to preach at local Christian church as candidate for pastorate DeKalb county teachers institute closes with benefit to Auburn schools Sheriff and DeKalb Horse Thief Detective Association seek horse after theft William C Geake appointed administrator of William A Frederick estate ending long litigation.
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Auburn
Ind
Monta L. Green
Flushing
Green
Lawrence Barnhart
Olivet
Mich
Auburn High School
Vera Myers
Syracuse
N. Y
Fred Hamilton
Edna
Emma Provines
Springport
Dorecas Sherer
Ray Davis
Yestereday
Chicago
Wheere
Chas. Sidie
Lima
Frank H. Nickerson
Little Rock
Ark
Christian
DéKalb County
Teachers’ Institute
W. A. Reeder
North of
Thomas
DeKalb Horse Thief Detective Association
William C. Geake
Fort Wayne
William A. Frederick
James Provines
Mary C. Frederick
Geake
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