Hobart Social Notes and School News Highlights
Hobart residents and visitors are mentioned across a broad set of events. Dr. Friedrich entertains his parents from Dyer. Prof. Zaugg to lead Hobart schools again. the Valpo high school commences June 2 with Dr. A. E. Winship speaker. the Makutchan Roller Bearing Co. stockholders meet June 27 in Chicago. and social events include church ice cream social and a postponed Strattan’s dance due to a storm.
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R. C. Mackey
McClelland Lodge
Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
Makutchan Roller Bearing Co
Chicago
Walter A. Zaugg
Hobart
C. H. Barts
Zaugg
Madell
West
Gary
Mat Lennertz
Merrillville
Steve Tree
Kathrine Tree
Edward
Edith Hartnup
Frank
Harry
Delos Chase
Chas. Gruel
Valpo
Maroons
Cyrus Irving
Hammond
W. P. Crockett
Mary Sleezer
Tolleston
Strattan’s Opera House
M. E
Kuonen
Rensselear
Ind
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Geraldine Swanson
Louisa Thyne
Leonard Tree
Leo Lennertz
John Boldt
James Murray
Ohio
Wooster
Commencement Address Encourages Class of 1910
The Hobart township high school speaker urges graduates to choose the right path to success. He frames two roads at the crossroads of life, urging perseverance, courage, and the will to finish the journey.
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Hobart Township High School
Blind pig keeper convicted in Gary rally case
A Gary case concludes with Gus Veroni convicted and fined $100 and costs after a jury including a saloon keeper. The incident follows weeks of doubt about obtaining a jury to convict a blind pig keeper amid public sentiment.
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Gary
Gus Veroni
Lake County Democrat presses Peterson for congress nomination
A Crown Point dispatch reports a prominent Lake County Democrat just returned from Indianapolis asserting strong influence will be used to persuade Judge John B. Peterson of Crown Point to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress in the tenth district.
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Crown Point
Lake County
Indianapolis
John B. Peterson
Standings Set for Valpo Games With South Whitley
Next Sunday and Monday Valpo Standards host South Whitley in two anticipated games on the Valpo grounds. South Whitley, a fast squad, faces the Standards in top form. Manager Glenn Crisman predicts warm weather and strong attendance from local fans.
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Valpo
South Whitley
Glenn Crisman
Memorial Day Plans at Hobart G A R Post
Hobart Post No. 411 G A R announces Decoration Day observances with a memorial service at the Catholic church on May 29 led by Rev Father Hoff. On May 30 a procession forms at 10 am from Main and Fourth streets, proceeds to the cemetery for graveside rites, then returns for programs at Odd Fellows hall.
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Hobart
Father Hoff
Main
Fourth Streets
Front Street
Cemetery
Center Street
Center
Fourth
Odd Fellows Hall
Glee Club
Lincoln
Atty
F. T. Fetterer
Roll of Honor lists Hobart cemetery soldiers buried
Partial list of soldiers buried at Hobart cemetery is printed. Names include G A R members and veterans from Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and more, with company and regiment details. Affected veterans to be honored with flowers next Monday by Hobart Post.
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Hobart
Hobart Post
Cal Flemings new pool room in Odell building opens
The Odell building houses Cal Fleming's newly furnished pool room and billiard parlor with a steel ceiling by Paul Newman and wall decorations by Ed Spencer. The interior features a burlap dado and oat meal paper, linoleum flooring, and a tidy setup. Fleming plans to open to the public Friday to showcase the changes and his cigars retail and wholesale business alongside the pool room. William Crockett and family visited from Chicago for graduation events.
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Cal Fleming
Odell
Paul Newman
Ed Spencer
Mr. Fleming
Spencer
Cal
Building Boom in Gary Promises Large Construction Surge
Gary currently spends millions on building projects beyond Indiana Steel mills and other large plants, with nearly four million more expected. The city boasts phenomenal progress, with booming business among architects, contractors, and trades. Pete Henning, ex Crown Point pitcher now with Logan Square, is offered a spot on the Philadelphia American League team with a substantial salary.
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Gary
Indiana Steel Mills
Pete Henning
Crown Point
Logan Square
Philadelphia
Last Hobart M. W. of A. Dance May 28
Hobart Camp No. 5202 hosts the final season dance in I.O.O.F. hall Hobart on Saturday evening May 28 with music by the Sterling orchestra. Admission 75 cents, ladies free. Committee members are Wm. M. Tyler Louis Tree and J. B. Johnson.
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Hobart Camp
1.C
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Main Street
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Nat. Bank Bldg
Chicago, Ilinois
G. Ehrhardt
Odd Fellow’s
Hobart, Indiana
H. W. Abbott
Roper
Hobart, Ind
Home Insurance Co
New York
Stratton
Opera House
George White
Charles Smith
Ethel Halsted
Eostbade
Bessie Passow
Edna Scheidt
Eric Hideen
Olga Foreman
Edith Erickson
Anna Thyen
Minnie Ziegler
East
Myrtle Short
William Papka
Laura Short
Edna Peterson
George H. White
Esther Kucaba
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Hearts and
Theodore M. Tohani
Victor Hammerer
Raymond Morton
William Glynn
A. S."sullivan
Eben
Eugene Rexford
Helen Hildebrand
J. W. Foley
Dance of the Haymakers
G. D. Wilson
Willie
Charles Noel Douglas Raymond Bloomquist
Ambroise Thomas
Boys of Victory
Edward Hazel
Otto Frey
Carl Krausse
Everett Newman
George Hartnup
Old Kentucky
Ruth Smith
Karl F. Zollner
Florence Nelson
Ruby Barnes
Ruth Fredrickson
John Fredrickson
Oscar Mayback
Owl
James T. Fields
Eugene Field
Stephen Foster
Edith Schavey
LaCzarine
Mamie Barnes
Ona Crockett
George L. Catlin Ruth Fredricksen
R. R. Forman
Margaret Swanson
F. F. Heighway
E. N. Anderson
Ethel Crockett
Margaret Boldt
Friedrich
Dyer
Alta Halstead
Mrs. Geo. Roper
Ernest James
Aetna
Dr. Cunningham of
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Harriet Ann James
Cleveland Avenue
Fred Ewigle Ben
Edward Reissig
Odd Fellows Convention
The
Valpo High School
A. E. Winship
Boston
Haase Studio
German Lutheran Church
Mr. Holbrook
Moody Institute
Congregational Church
A. A. Brown
G. H. Thompson
Thompson
Louis Rhodes
D. C
Frank and Sons
Andy Wall
Fred Frank
Edward Kruse
Wm. Kruse
Elsie White
John G. Earle
Wm. Harle
East Gary
Goodend
Amanda Quady
Misses Passow
Fred
Martin Hoff
Rev
Wm. Hoff
Peterson
the Roll of Honor
C. J. Williams
Samuel Hopkins
Reg
John J. Cheney
Wm. H. Rifenburg
James Briggs
44Th
Wm. W. Barney
28Th
Iowa
R. McRoberts
Mass
J. H. Ostrander
Daniel M. van Loon
John H. Fairbank
N. Y
Swan A Charleston
A. R. Castle
Elmore Mundell
John H. Green
Herman Schilbach
John Schnabel
Edward P. Chase
Elijah Shearer
Abraham Mereness
Napoleon McPherson
Wm. Crockett
E. F. Scheddell, ‘Ow Vroggist
General Hardware and Sporting Goods
Indiana
W. H. Gardner
Walter G. Black
Hobart Bakery
Siegfried Baumer
Mainstreet
M. W. of
A. Dance
Timothy
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