Fort Wayne Packing Co Formed by Detroit Financier
Frank E. Humphrey of Detroit has secured the Bush Packing plant in Fort Wayne and filed incorporation papers for Fort Wayne Packing Co with $250,000 capital. Named incorporators include Charles S. Bash Frank J. Humphrey Charles Solomon Bash Thomas K. Scott and Peter J. Smyser.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank E. Humphrey
Detroit
Old Bush Packing Company
Fort Wayne Packing Company
Charles S. Bash
Frank J. Humphrey
Charles Solomon Bash
Thomas K. Scott
Peter J. Smyser
Rolling Mill Planned for Brazil Indiana
A meeting in Brazil Indiana set up the organization for a new rolling mill with directors and industry experts forming heavy stock ownership. A Pittsburg foundry representative received orders for a three train rolling mill and related machinery plus a nut and bolt works. The project contemplates a $150,000 capital stock and incorporation soon with most stock likely from Brazil.
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Brazil
Ind
Pittsburg
Richmond Ind. School Enumerators Record Small Family Size
Richmond Indiana enumerators report city families average a little over three persons, with the largest family containing nine children. Wealthier residents show fewer children per family while poorer areas have higher ratios. West Richmond stands as the only locality with a four to one family average. About 1,000 children are in the district and wards Seven and Eight total roughly 4,000 residents.
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Richmond
Ind
R. L. Moore
Eleventh
West Richmond
Young Men’s Business Club
Machine to dredge nine miles of Bull Ditch in Laporte County
A dry land dredge owned by W. H. Green will cut a 12 foot deep, 40 foot wide ditch along nine miles of the Bull Ditch in Springfield township. The $7,000 Aus tin land machine uses two 1.5 yard capacity buckets and moves on rails flanking the ditch. It deposits spoil 15 feet from the excavation and promises less caving than floating dredges.
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Laporte
Ind
Austin
D. H. Yeoman
Bull Ditch
Springfield Township
Yeoman
W. H. Green
Rochester
Degret Marriage Proved Failure Before Court
In Richmond Indiana circuit court William Hains was granted a divorce from Ellen Hains. He testified they secretly wed to appease her parents and that ongoing parental interference and distance due to his work harmed their marriage. He said he treated her well and supports one child residing with her parents. He claimed she sought alimony he could not pay.
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Richmond
Ind
William Hains
Ellen Hains
Pertikler
Sunbury Mayor Endorses Peruna Medicine Firmly
Hon. C C Brooks mayor of Sunbury Ohio and attorney for local banks endorses Peruna calling it a great medicine. He notes weather causes minor ailments and says Peruna helps conditions from cold to cough and digestive issues as a trusted remedy used by many households.
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C.C. Brooks
Sunbury
Ohio
Farmers’ Bank and
Sunbury Building and Loan Co
Indiana Good Enough for the Family
Albert Davis and his wife two sons and a daughter arrived from Washington Louisiana and will likely settle in Greenfield Indiana. Davis is brother of Mrs Ellen Lace and the late L A Davis. They moved to Louisiana last January from Sheridan Hamilton County to work in timber. They own a Greenfield lot and may build and reside there.
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Greenfield
Ind
Albert Davis
Washington
Davis
Ellen Lace
L. A. Davis
Louisiana
Sheridan
Hamilton County
Wealthy Waldron Merchant Delos Thompson Dies in Shelby County
Delos H. Thompson, 77, of Waldron, a noted Shelby county figure and former merchant, died after a nine month illness. He built a 700 acre estate, kept wild horses, and fed local squirrels, often clashing with others over those animals. Funeral held in Shelbyville with several siblings and in-laws noted among survivors.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Delos H. Thompson
Waldron
Shelby County
Thompson
Lavanche Thompson
Bethel
Olive Ballinger
Anderson
William Larimore
Margaret Hill
Indianapois
Joseph JF Haymond
Cynthia Haymond
Farmer Shocked While Helping Horse Near Barbed Wire
Tipton Indiana April 27 Jesse McCalley a farmer was shocked while aiding an injured horse in a field beside a traction line. A heavily charged barbed wire fence caused the current and left him bedbound after being pulled off his feet.
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Tipton
Ind
Jesse McCalley
McCalley
Packing Plant at Ft Wayre Worth $250000
Cass county Indiana reports a push to salvage black walnut stumps for valuable wood. Men scour woods digging stumps as the scarce resource yields profits for decorative uses. Estimated return from old stumps is significant, with labor intensive collecting.
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Cass County
Motorman announces bid in Wayne County sheriff race
Ezra Thompson, a well known interurban motorman, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Wayne County sheriff. The Franklin township resident has wide county acquaintance and aims to add to the activity of the spring primary election in Richmond.
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Thompson
Wayne County
Cooper's New Discovery Promises Health From a Stomach Theory
A follower from Maquoketa Iowa recounts how chronic stomach trouble left him a nervous wreck until he tried Cooper's New Discovery. He credits rapid improvement after four bottles and urges others with stomach issues or nervousness to seek the remedy from local druggists or request a free sample from The Cooper Medicine Company Dayton Oklahoma.
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L. T. Cooper
Cooper
George Hyde
Maquoketa
Iowa
Cooper Medicine Company
Okie
Seiners Fined in Black Lake Sealing Case
Three of five men charged with illegal sealing on Black Lake on the evening of April 16 pleaded guilty before Justice Caleb Anderson of Troy Township and were fined a total of $98 including costs.
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Black Lake
Justi- Caleb Anderson
Troy Township
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