Indiana Federated Clubs Open Sixth Annual Convention
Felix McWhirter of Indianapolis delivers the annual address as about 200 delegates attend the Fort Wayne opening session. Mrs C M Dawson and Mrs Howard M Wilson welcome visitors. Charles B Worden speaks for the Fort Wayne Commercial Club. reception follows at Minuet Hall after a tour of the Scottish Rite cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite
Felix McWhirter
Indianapolis
Indiana Federated Clubs
Fort Wayne
First Presbyterian Church
C. M. Dawson
Standardize legal abstracts to ease title work in Indiana
Indiana title association members pressed for uniform blank sizes and a state law to place abstracts of titles on a standard footing. They argued this would reduce errors from old transfers and raise professional standards, with fees reduced to six dollars plus a state association tax. Advertising, education, and better staffing in state bureaus were also urged to improve employment services and public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Thomas B. Orr
Anderson
Charles F Lambert
Rockville
Indiana
James H. Ewbank
Frenceburg
Lao
Idren
Indiana Librarians Convene Endorses State Librarian Police
Delegates from the Indiana Librarians association at Terre Haute visited St. Mary of the Woods and endorsed expanding the state librarian’s scope and pursuing a larger legislative appropriation. They urged library boards to allocate 100 dollars annually to send a delegate to the state convention and favored depositing all library funds with the library board under the depository law. They also opposed state support for library schools under other supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Librarians’ Association
Terre Haute
St. Mary-of the-Woods
Masonic group approves $5,000 for Indiana home fund
At the sixty seventh annual convocation in Indianapolis the Grand chapter Royal Arch Masons of Indiana appropriated 5000 dollars to the Masonic home fund. Alfred Ormond Mishawaka was reappointed grand chaplain Jacob Rubin Indianapolis grand guard and Robert A Woods Princeton were named to key posts. William Goltra Crawfordsville was presented a jewel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Indiana
Indianapolis
Alfred ©. Ormond
Mishawaka
Jacob Rubin
Robert A. Woods
Princeton
William 5. Goltra
Crawfordsville
Cost Of State Schools Highlighted In Indiana Report
Indiana state superintendent Charles A Great House presents figures on school costs for 1911-12. High schools cost 45.88 per pupil statewide, with township and city variations. Orchard demonstrations show profitable returns with orchards earning over one hundred dollars per acre in 1911, previously neglected but now managed under expert direction at Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Charles A. Greathouse
Publica Instruction
Due Horticultural Department
Telr
Purdue
Fort Wayne Aviator Marries After First Plane Elopement
Art Smith and Aimee Cour of Fort Wayne eloped to Hillsdale Michigan and wed in a Hillsdale Episcopal parlor after landing in a plowed field. The couple, bruised from the crash, remained unperturbed as onlookers assisted.
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Fort Wayn
Art Smith
Aimee Cour
Fort Wayne
Hillsdale
Mich
Michigan Gretna Green
Smith-Cour
Smith
Jerome
Episcopal Church
Smiths Hotel
al Wertman
Auburn
Mr. Wertman
Wimp Peters
Sraith
Miss Cour
Aline Ego
Return After Thirty Years in Bacusville
More than a hundred relatives and old friends gathered at the home of Samuel Boys in Bacusville to honor Mr. and Mrs. Bara Wood and daughter from Newbury Ore. The visit featured a chicken roast, a log cabin path, and stories of the west shared by the Woodward brothers, recapturing memories from thirty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacusville
Bara Wood
Newbury
R. D. Woodward
R. HE. Woodward
iPte
Samuel Boys
Woodward
Corrigan Fins Revolver Believed To Be Used In Slayings
North Vernon Oct 26 The revolver believed used by the men who killed John and Charles McQuaid was found on Andrew Haley’s farm by Lt John Corrigan of the Indianapolis police. Huntington Oct 28 Benjamin R Pig and Ramona M Randolph eloped across five states and were married in Huntington. Evansville Oct 25 A Detroit gypsy leader asks police to locate his gypsy queen and baby, wife reported alive. South Bend Oct 28 Officials block eighteen year old Laura Price’s marriage to Charley Wann arguing she has not been in state 30 days.
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Thomas W. Brolley
Fort, Wayne
South Bend
Terre Haute
Evansville
Indianapolis
State House
Calia
Inedianapolis
Evaneville
Fort Wayne
Corrigan
North Vernon
John
Charles McQuaid
Andrew Haley
John Corrigan
Huntington
Benjamin R. Pigs
Moberly
Ramona M. Randolph
Edina
Beeks
Larla Branley
Detroit
Mich
Baby
Steley
Evanaville
Bonth Bend
Thea
Laura Price
Chisaga
Charley Wann
Sront Eighty Years on a Farm Commeralle Passes Away
An elderly farmer aged eighty years in this county has died after a long life on the family farm. A widow, son, and daughter survive, with the daughter noted as helping on the farm. The obituary notes a lifetime of agricultural work and local roots.
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Commeralle
Bylvanas Cochefatr
Tom
Porter writes opera and earns three thousand dollars
Frankfort reports John Berry a former O K barber shop porter has written a comic opera and two sacred songs and a short story. An Illinois Chicago company bought the works for 3467 dollars total and will produce the opera while publishing the songs. Berry resigns to pursue writing full time. In Columbus two plumbers were injured by a billy goat while installing a heating plant near Edinburg.
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Opera
Berry
Muncie
Columbus
George Duffer
George Kiine
Jane Clarke
Edinburg
Indiana News in Brief Sparks from Hoosier towns
A collage of short items across Indiana reports Elwood and Harrison Coover selling a corn toad then vanishing after selling his team in Indianapolis, James B. King jailed for bigamy, George O Connell mortally wounded in Richmond, and a police order restricting pedestrians after attacks on riders. Other notes cover Elwood Elks purchasing a site for a colonial lodge, Bedford fatal accident at a stone plant, a Hungary native detained in Clear Creek, a salary suit in Shelbyville settled, South Bend court actions and jail fines, and a range of local incidents from Rushville to Logansport and Mulberry.
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Elwood
Harrison Coover
Indianapole
Newcastle
James B. King
Richmond
Thomas Ennin
Piqua, O
George O’connnell
Tipton
Ira Holland
Brazil
Jacob H. Winter
Indianapolis
State Board of Accoite
Elks
Bedford
Louis Lundy
Alex Lundy
Shea & Donnelly
Huntington
J. E. Jorden
Clear Creek
Shelbyville
Margaret Dean
Julius Keller Construction Company
South Bend
John Hartstein
Farnbaugh
Chase Clifford
William Joyce
John A. Titaworth
Columbus
Frank van Wye
Hovse
Lattimore Davis
Logansport
Henry Ley
Dunkirk
Edward Jones
Mulberry
Mra
Iserael Smith
Maria
Tippecanoe County
Mith Ie.istity
Mramith
Baye’ Te
Got Rich in Three Years
A Saskatchewan farmer recalls arriving from Liverpool in 1907 with little cash. He homesteaded near Nutana, Saskatoon, then moved to riverfront land, mortgaging and selling assets to expand. By 1909 1910 he refinanced and profit potential grew, aiming for a net gain on his initial 9500 investment as land values rose.
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Liverpool
Patterson
Nutana
Saskatchewan
Canada
Sttarburn
Saskatoon
River Frontege
Adv
Little Andrew’s Prayer For Speedy Dress Up
A child named Andrew, urged to hurry, kneels and prays for divine help not to dawdle. He then asks his mother to be reconciled to his slowness, and ends with a playful bet that he will be just as slow tomorrow as today.
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Sara
Andrew
King Midas and the pickle with ale fingers
A humorous dialogue about King Midas praised for riches yet unable to eat a pickle with ale fingers. The exchange notes the king’s curse and suggests he is a "poor old fellow" for his trouble, framing a lighthearted reflection on abundance and limitation.
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Midas
Sharp practice noted in odd retail slang
A fragment recalls harsh remarks about sharp practice and barefaced lies. The text references odd pricing, late payments, and a wearied caution about deception, mentioning bewhiskered men and generic disputes over money. The snippet conveys mistrust in commerce and everyday deceit.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Cures Ills, Beef Cow Remark
Patient describes strong recovery after using Lyme disease era remedy. Letter mentions hospital avoidance and operation doubt. Local names include Murrayville and references to a woman’s testimony about health and cattle context.
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Murrayville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cuantas Moorz
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Federation
Indiana Title Association
Arcadia
Joseph
Hicka ‘Marte
Wylie B. Tur
Nveadington, Nettie
Lindorsed
Arch Masons
Hilledale
A. Porter
Indiana News
Canada-West
Carter
Bethune
Whittemore Bros
Yaroeat
W.L. Douglas
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