Bank Block to be Rebuilt After Fort Wayne Purchase
The White Realty company has closed the purchase of the Bank block at Main and Court streets from the Bush interests for about $155,000. The two three story brick buildings cover 90 by 152 feet and 26 by 152 feet, and include frontage across an alley to the Fort Wayne Gas company site. White Realty plans an immediate demolition and reconstruction into a modern office block, with A B White as president and H G Keegan as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Realty Company
Bank
Main
Court Streets
Bush Interests
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Gas Company
A. B. White
Edward White
H. G. Keegan
White Company
Herman Joseph Alerding
Westphalia
America
Newport
Vincennes
St. Thomas’ Seminary
Bardstown
J. F. Sondermann
St. Lawrence’s Church
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Alerding
Indianapolis
Millionaire’s Son Confesses to Crimes in Homeland
Charles Boyle, Stanford alumnus and son of Seattle and Oakland property magnate Henry Boyle, allegedly confesses to multiple Marion county crimes. Sheriff Taylor reports Boyle admitted holding up fifteen men at the National Hotel bar in San Raphael, wounding a constable, assaulting a young woman with a club, pursuing another, and other offenses that terrified the quiet community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Charles Boyle
Stanford University
Henry Boyle
Seattle
Oakland
San Raphael
Marion County
Taylor
Young Boyle
Salinas
Obituary for Sarah Catherine Lee Glenn of Fort Wayne
Sarah Catherine Lee born July 29 1837 in Morgan county Ohio joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and later married John Butler in 1859. After early widowhood she married Captain William Glenn in 1867 and lived in Fort Wayne. she died in Soldier, Kansas this month leaving stepchildren, a grandson, and many nieces and nephews in Ohio and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Catherine Lee
Morgan County
Ohio
John Butler
Abolt Township
Fort Wayne
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Lee Butler
Louisville
William Glenn
Glenn
Indiana
Ambia
Christiansvorkk
Robert Glenn Butler
Jessie C. Butler
Urbana
Soldier
Kan
Francis Baily
Belle
Lake
Arnold. Lee
Fresno
Cal
John M. Lee
Fort Wayne Churches Plan Chapman's Evangelistic Campaign
Fort Wayne ministers gather at First Presbyterian to map a citywide evangelistic drive led by Dr. G Wilbur Chapman and his team. Chapman may join soon after the presidential election with Australian assignments planned for next year and a winter return if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
G. Wilbur Chapman
Chapman
Auburn
N. Y
Orville
Canada
Hamilton
Ont
Can
Australia
Rally Day Observed At First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church marked Rally Day with a Sunday school program directed by Supt. W. D. Smoot featuring a Samuel character study by Hiram A. Philley and a flag drill by twelve white-clad girls. Rev. John F. Vichert preached on Our Aim and Endeavor and a missionary budget was adopted. Evening service covered The River of Living Water with Ezekiel and John texts and a Young People Union discussion on training workers for the church. Additional items include weddings, reunions, and social gatherings around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Fort Wayne Baptist Association
Columbia City
Fort Wayne Association
Publication Society
Crawfords Industrial
Women’s Home Mission
Women's Foreign Mission
J. F. Vichert
Hiram Philley
E. W. Lewis
C. A. Hood
Henry Saynor
J. J. Landis
Thomas Potter
Dora Parker
Lulu Loehler
Vichert
National Teachers’ Training Institution
American Baptist Association Society
First Baptist Church
Supt
W. D. Smoot
Hiram A. Philley
John F. Vichert
William Carey
Baptist Young People’s Union
Young Women’s Bible Class
Hzekiel
Births and Auction Notice From Hoagland District
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Boshart of Hoagland avenue and a son to Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shattuck of 1006 East Jefferson street. Benj. McIntosh will hold a public sale at his home one half mile east of Hoagie on Saturday September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Levine
Maysville Road
Columbia Club
Lovine
Eckelberry
Klingenberger
Hensler
L. Jockel
Josephine
William Dunlap
Andrew
Armand
Theodore Hardendorf
William Vincent
Adam Hensler
Arthur
Keller
Carl
Israel Hollopeter
Huntertown
Sherman Heffelfinger
Myrtle Snyder
Glen Dunton
Emma
Mary Tilden
Cecile
Nina Fitch
Grace Aurand
Wava Gump
Caddie Saylor
Gladys Simon
Ida Hippenhamer
Reddin
Jacob Maybee
Bluffton
Charles Abrams
Bowman
Franklin County
J. T. Nelson
Muncie
Zanesville
Sylvester Reddin
Calvin Reddin
Lewisville
Ind
M. J. Tuner
Cavan
M. Hatfield
Pratt
Kan
O. A. Hawker
Roanoke
James Hamilton
Koons
Edward Miller
Irwin Koons
Madison Hathaway
Agnes
Henel Dolan
A. C. Parson
Bradbury
Clifford Felly
Boyd Martin
Frank Krill
Charles Stuck
Edward Koons
Mary J. Myers
W. H. Myers
Clara Myers
Edward Cotherell
H. Gray
Elkhart
Agnes Stough
Chicago
Robert Mills
Aboite
Frank Trick
Elwood
Thomas Dalman
Shipshewana
J. F. Sloons
Montpelier
Edward W. Boshart
Hoagland Avenue
L. L. Shattuck
East Jefferson Street
Benj. McIntosh
Hoagle
Weddings Tie Katt and Bumbaugh at Mrs Katt Home
A Wednesday ceremony united Miss Esther Gretchen Katt and Mr Ralph Ronald Bumbaugh at 5 pm in the bride’s mother Mrs Jeanette Katt’s home 302 West DeWald Street. Rev C M Schaaf officiated. attendants were the bride’s brothers Karl and Henry. Guests enjoyed a wedding dinner for fourteen before the couple planned a brief out of town retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennewisch—Roembke
Sophia Roembke
Henry Roembke
Wall Street
William F. Mennewisch
Pennsylvania Company
Philip Wambsganss
Will Young
Miss May Mennewisch
Carl Roembke
Miss Mennewisch
Jeft
Francis Street
Esther Gretchen Katt
Ralph Ronald Bumbaugh
Jeanette Katt
West DeWald Street
C. M. Schaaf
Covington
Henry
A. C. Katt
Bumbaugh
Fort Wayne Electric Works
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fort Wayne Ministerial Association
Walter Burns
E. Suttenfield Street
C. F. Ridenour
Joel Welty
N. W. Bloom
C. W. Bussard
Bedford
R. A. Hunter
Wm. Ensien
Ida Simmons
Albion
American Bible Society
Presbyterian Brotherhood
William H. Wilson
General Assembly
H. B. Masters
J. H. Daly
Brotherhood
Baptist State Convention
R. H. Bousley
Peru
Indiana Baptist Brotherhood
C. H. Davies
Men’s Club
Rev
Ezekiel
God
John
Garrison
Washington Boulevard East
Amelia Trier
New Haven
Louise Gienger
Lilian Whier
Amelia Guetty
Mary Guetty
Amelia Hockemeyer
Louise Oestermeyer
Mary Meyers
Sophie Whidfelt
Eva Salzbrenner
Anna
Kate
Louise Trier
Mesdames Otto Miller
Henry Kiese
Albert Meyer
August Wefel
August Whidfelt
Frank Witchie
Otto Buldameyer
Louis Whier
Martin Trier
John Hoover
Wright
Fleming
Buhr
Heines
Pearl Wright
Grace Rice
Alice
Ada
Erin Fleming
Ruth Wright
Frances Walker
Laura Gebhardt
Mabel Wright
Robert Smith
Roy Dull
August Rauner
Edward Ream
Martin Braun
John Hensler
Fred Gebhardt
Walter DeTurk
Arthur Hubler
George Tegeder
Guy Koons
Mays
D. S. Scott
Cowan
Theodore Lahman and Family
Willard Melching
Ossian
David Rider
Dixon
O. M
E. L. Barefoot
Robison Park
John Koons
S Biddle
Philip Koons
E. Glass
David King
William H. Kelsey
Charles Aker
Henry Koons
John Crowe
S. D. Smith
Edward Dalman
Foster Koons
David Dalman
Sherrod Bradbury
How
Beatrice Work
Pleasant Township
Rachael
Evangeline Smith
Nora Prince
Lida Hoke
Vada Phares
Millie Koons
Beatrice
Velma
Helen Work
Lawrence
Tom Smith
Howard
William Hoke
Grover Swank
William Greider
Elmer Wells
Russell Prince
Russell Koons
Ralph Robert
Fred Work
Patterson-Fletcher Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Bumbaugh—Katt
Main St
Calhoun St
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