Local Lines Show Social Visits and Area Happenings
AMAA Miss Ann Taylor visits York while Mrs avmadint has her new house papered. Many residents host and visit in Auburn Lake George and nearby towns. The Fetterhoff family reunion is set for Aug 24 at the fair grounds. Niagara Falls excursion announced for Aug 24. Electric railway talk stirs Angolan outskirts with subsidy elections planned Sept 11. Local merchants push home goods to curb Chicago mail orders. Crawford shoe firm faces bankruptcy in Quincy with stock valued at about 2901 dollars.
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Millgrove
Camden-Fremort
Angola
Toledo
Camden
Fremont
Ed. Crawford
Quincey
Mich
Crawford
Quincy
Quincy News
Grand Rapids
Lake Shore considering electric motor car for Jackson branch
Rumors say Lake Shore plans double tracking the Jackson branch and using an electric motor car for Fort Wayne to Jackson operations. The company tests electric power on a car attached to a small gas engine dynamo, and reports say the test is successful per the Angola Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Jackson
Fort Wayne
Angola Herald
Fort Wayne College Offers Notable Business Journal
The Educational Journal from the International Business College of Fort Wayne Indiana is praised as one of the finest publications from any institution. It urges local students to consider business or shorthand courses and to correspond with the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Business College of
Fort Wayne
Ind
Devoe Paint Ad Praises Lead and Zinc Formula
A letter to Mr. Jesse Lint extols Devoe lead and zinc paint as economical and durable. It claims fewer gallons are needed and the coating lasts at least six years, with the ad noting B C Cameron as the seller and FW Devor & Co. as the maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Lint
FW Devor & Co
New York
Chicago
Ps. B.C. Cameron
Attorneys Win Local Beating Contempt Charge
Charles Wilkes and Charles Bates faced Esquire Melendy Friday evening on intoxication charges after witnesses described horse racing and boisterous conduct. Wilkes claimed a natural jolly disposition and nothing was proven about Bates, with the state failing to show intoxication occurred at the alleged location. Wilkes fined $1 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilkes
Charles Bates
Esquire
Melendy
Mr. Wilkes
Marshall Carr
Indiana
Wilkes
Frank Sailor
Frank
G A R Excursion Rates to Denver and Colorado Cities
Excursion sale by Lake Shore Ry offering exceptionally low round trip fares to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo from Aug 29 to Sept 4 with return by Oct 7 valid via different routes. Inquire with agents or write A J Smith G P T A Cleveland Ohio.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Lake Shore
A. J. Smith
Cleveland
Ohio
Great Fort Wayne Fair Plans Big Week of Attractions
The Great Fort Wayne Fair management prepares for the week of September 19 to 23 with livestock exhibitions expanded and a faster mile-track racing program under new management. Amusement enterprises are being coordinated to provide entertaining attractions while music and concerts promise enjoyment for all.
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Fort Wayne
Water well breakthrough brings abundance near Lake George
James town area residents celebrate a new water well in the Lake George grove. The shallow 15 foot bore yields ample clean water, supplementing an older 216 foot well once plagued by poor supply. Separately, 23 year old Fred Webber drowned while bathing at Turkey Lake near Helmer. A Jamestown farm for sale labeled the Lynn property, seven acres with orchard house barn cistern and good water, priced at 800 dollars, inquiries to D M Laird.
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Jamestown
Lake George
Picnic¢ Association
Fred Webber
Satem
Turkey Lake
Helmer
Lynn
D. M. Laird
Excursion to Chicago by Lake Shore Aug 10
Train leaves Fremont at 11 a m for a excursion to Chicago. Round trip rate is 32. Tickets valid three days including the sale date.
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Lake Shore
Fremont
Dygert Family Reunion Held at York Township Home
The fourth annual Dygert reunion gathered August 3 at Benj Dygert’s York township home with over eighty attendees. After visiting and a bountiful dinner a short program followed, officers were elected and committees appointed. The group voted to hold next year’s reunion on the second Tuesday in August.
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Dygert
Benj. Dygert
York Township
New Buggy Smashed After Horse Breaks Loose
M G Fawkes reports his horse frightened a nearly new buggy last Sunday afternoon. The vehicle was smashed when the horse fled west toward town and halted in Geo Johnson's barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. G. Fawkes
Geo. Johnson
Pleasantly Entertained at Fremont Home
Mr and Mrs J C Disbro hosted a Sunday afternoon gathering five miles north of town in Fremont. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Thomas Painter Mr and Mrs W H Piper Mr and Mrs James Noggle and their daughters Mr and Mrs John Callen and granddaughter Mr and Mrs W J Wells and their children plus Mrs C Abbott Mrs Chas White Mrs Hattie Holcomb Mrs Mary Mundy Mr John Stroh Mr Ernest Cline Miss Tillie Geedy Miss Inez Abbott and Miss Lily Isenhower.
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Fremont
J.C. Disbro
Norh
Thomas Painter
W. H. Piper
James Noggle
John Callen
W. J. Wells
C. Abbott
Chas. White
Hattie Holcomb
Mary Mundy
John Stroh
Ernest Cline
Tillie Geedy
Inez Abbott
Lily Isenhower
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C. A. Moore
Joth
B. F. Wolfe
Onice
DR. BR. OF. Cilapin
McKeehen's
Phone Novo
Fremont, Ind
S. C. Wolfe
Ziptel Block
Taylor
Bank of Fremont
Susan Baty
Newt
G. Batt
NAL Bank of Angola
Capital
S.clonton
J.B
Chas. U
Lint Bros
D. Schaeffer
Chas E. Gleason
Weicht & McCue
L.N. Klink
Farmers
Amaa
Miss Ann Taylor
York
Bertha Trrim
Auburn
Robert Chirk
Snow Lithe
Mrs. Enlai Mekiheniy
Bailey Hotel
H. T. Miller
Edt Isenkewer
Henry Trecarten
Dr. Schaeffer
Waterloo
Fetterhoff
Fair Grounds
Verne Belote
Johnson
Lake Gage
Mrs. Phillips
Reading, Mich
Mrs
Allie Tantz
James Vaninys
Myrtle
Pearl
Lester
Mrs. Raut
Mro
A. A. Caswell
C. W. Masters
Lyle
Camden, Mich
Bert Isenhower
B. F. Chapin
E.C. Duguid
Giles Bailey
Edna Newman
Lagrange and
Elkhart Counties
Evangelical Church
A. A. Stockdale
Salinda Loose
John Mundy
Hagerman
Montgomery
Lynn Hix
Hannah Scott
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Montreal
Alexandria Bay
W. D. Wolfe
Kansas
F. A. Weiss
Homer
Lake James
Waller
Allie Kantz
Philips
Bertha Michael
Ernie Pew
Russ Hershey
W. H. Williams
Berkley Temple
Boston
Congregational Church
Harry Ling
Ringling
Jesse Waller
Electric
Pleasant Township
Lake Shore By
Nebraska
Denver Lake Shore
Fort Wayne Fair
Dygert Family Reunion
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