Local News Briefs From This City
A compilation of short items notes Miss Florence K Conant visiting Marion and Miss Catherine Van Horn returning from Columbus Ohio. Fireman B B Teasel moves to 1826 George St. Lost hatpin and handbag found, both with rewards. Many residents travel, visit, or relocate. An Ark show called The Old Old Story plays tonight. Also several job ads and service notices populate the day’s brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Cooper
Florence K. Conant
Marion
the Crystal
Dunkle & Stocks
Catherine van Horn
Columbus
Ohio
B. B. Teasel
George Street
Ruth Parsons
Logansport
David Parsons
Lafayette
M. W. Tyson
West Side
Peru
J. C. Barron
Park Avenue
Freeland
Cincinnati
Frank Young
Rochester
R. F. Wilkins
Delphi
J. W. Coleman
Warsaw
Ohio Farmers’ Insurance Company
F. A. Wolley
Royal Center
Knox
Hamlet
J. J. Weyrick
Panhandle
Twentieth Street
Twentieth Street. Mrs. Molton Gaumer
Illinois
Coil
Walton
the Ark
Dennis Uhl
Bel River
16Th
Smead Street
20Th
George Streets
Lon Stewart
James Dumpy
Katherine
Gerald
Chicago
P. E. Bradley
Fulton Street
J. W. Stewart
London
Edinburg
Scotland
Douglass Yeager
Pauline
Clarence Mayhew
Mayhew Richmond
D. L. Bush
James Pendleton
Claude Beale
Junion Caldwell
Walter Standsbury
Ralph Cilly
Lake Geneva
Wis
Charles Zook
Zook Bros., Grocers
West
Los Angeles
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Seattle
San Francisco
Galveston
Texas
St. Louis
Sam Brown
Pulaski
Nellie
Nettie
Charles
Harriett Planck
eThad Planck
Indiana
Fire sale ad for coal at 432 High Street
John Hedde lists all kinds of coal in a fire sale at 432 High Street with phone contact 1700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hedde
High Street
Heat Saver on Lincoln Farm Sparks Lightning Survival
Harry Bunnell, a tenant on the Williamson Wright farm near Lincoln, slept uneasily and moved to a cooler room. Moments later a lightning bolt struck the original bedroom, shattering the bed, but he survived the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bunnell
Williamson Wright
Lincoln
McMillen Family Reunion at Spencer Park August 20 1908
The sixteenth annual McMillen reunion will be held at Spencer Park lower pavilion on August 20 1908. A full attendance with full baskets is requested by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillen
Spencer Park
Lower Pavilion
Land Sail Yacht Brings Waterless Sailing Reach
Belgian inventor Joseph Bovy of Herstal unveils a land sailing yacht weighing about forty five pounds with four passenger capacity and a strong brake to control it on a level surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bovy
Herstal
Belgium
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Mary Meinert age fifty eight died yesterday at 3 pm at 20th street home. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from residence with Rev. J. O. Simon English Lutheran. interment Mt. Hope. Charles Hill funeral today at 10 am from Kroeger Strains parlors with Rev. Gray A M E. interment Mt. Hope. Mary Ellen Farrell funeral tomorrow at 9 am from St. Vincent de Paul with Rev. Father Crosson. interment Mt. St. Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Meinert
20Th Street
J. O. Simon
English Lutheran Church
Mt. Hope
Charles Hill
Kroeger & Strains Undertaking Establishment
Gray
A. M. E. Church
Mary Ellen Farrell
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Father Crosson
Mt. St. Vincent
Mrs Swartzel Hosts Sunday School Class Dinner
Miss Ethel Swartzel north of the city entertained her Sunday school class with an old fashioned dinner and plentiful ice cream. J S S Taylor on Ninth street was surprised by forty friends last night for his fiftieth birthday with music and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bringhurst
Harry Bringhurst
Seattle
Wash
West Point Military School
Irving Groninger
Rockfield
Laura Brandt
P. H. Bussard
Kokomo
Stella Dalrymple
Indianapolis
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Mainwaring
Chicago University
Diebolt
Baptist Church
Ethel Swartzel
J. S&s Taylor
Ninth Street
Dorcas Circle to Meet at Mrs Price Home Tomorrow
Dorcas circle of King's Daughters will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the home of Mrs Frank Price 222 State street. All members of Jewell Rebekah lodge are requested to be present at the regular meeting tomorrow evening. Business of importance will come up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
H. A. Fray
Bates Street
Chicago
Hammond
Burke
Widgeon
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Clem Keys
Gurgess
Young America
Dorcas
King’s Daughters
Frank Price
State Street
Jewell Rebekah Lodge
Philadelphia Councilmen Win Milwaukee Game Title?
Philadelphia councilmen defeated Milwaukee councilmen 13 to 4 to hold the councilmanic pennant for another year. A special train carried the team and supporters to Milwaukee. ex Governor Pick umpired and Milwaukee Mayor Rose pitched the first ball. Five thousand dollars raised will go to charity. A banquet at the Hotel Pfister followed with many prominent speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Councilmen
Milwaukee Councilmen
Milwaukee
Pick
Wisconsin
Rose
Pfister
Kept Her Vow Lizzie Meeks Visits After 22 Years
Miss Lizzie Meeks of North Manchester visits the city for the first time in twenty two years and is hosted by the Morgan family on Broadway. She recalls being jolted from a buggy on her previous visit and the return accident occurs again near the same spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Oklahoma State Normal
Deer Creek
A. T. Cole
Owensboro
N. B. Richardson
John Hoffman
Robert Manders
Hutchinson
Kan
W. M. Graffis
Chicago
Ruth Fergus
Michigan Avenue
William Reid
Rochester
Charles Homburg
St. Joseph Hospital
Simon Gross
Helen
Arold
Ruth Kindler
Huntington
John Kindler
Lizzie Meeks
Manchester
Morgan
Broadway
Market Street church entertainment praised as season's best
The evening show at Market Street M. E. Church drew praise as the best of the season from attendees. Heat kept crowds away, limiting financial success. Participants were coached by Mrs. C. W. Schwartz with assistance from Miss Maud Milburn, pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
M. E
C. W. Schwartz
Maud Milburn
Reporter's Availability At Local Cigar Stores
The Reporter is on sale at Roy al Slave cigar store 411 Fourth Street Porter's cigar store 324 Market Street and Interurban news stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Slave Cigar Store
Fourth Street
Porter's Cigar Store
Market Street
Dem national chair Nor Mack faces family tragedy abroad
In Buffalo on August 4, Democratic National Committee chair Nor Mian E Mack learns his family is in distress as a fire destroys his newspaper plant. He rushes home after a late telegram signals his daughter’s death, a blow he regrets causing his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Nor Mian E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Mack
West
Canada
Pittsburg
Not so serious after all a death message warded off
He calmed his companion with a grim smile saying the Times plant had been destroyed by fire. The loss was heavy with months of hard work but not as catastrophic as feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Special Talent For Career In Plumbers Trade
A dialogue notes a boy’s exceptional adaptability for plumbing. The parent asks about a student’s career readiness and the answer highlights his habit of returning home after school to gather his pencil and slate, illustrating practical schooling.
Woman Finds Alleged $1000 Diamond in Cheese Slice
A Brooklyn woman claims a $1,000 diamond was found in a slice of cheese but skeptics say it is likely a rindstone. The case prompts questions about authenticity and the origin of the stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Our Wife Says Dinner Course Costs Less Than Picnic
A wife argues that arranging a proper course dinner is cheaper and requires less effort than organizing a picnic snack, highlighting efficiency and economy in meal planning.
Ichthyosaurus discovery by Sir Everard Home in 1814
Sir Everard Home in London described the ichthyosaurus discovered in 1814 as a reptile with a dolphin muzzle teeth of a crocodile a lizard head whale paddings of a fish vertebrae of a fish noting its mixed features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Everard Home
London
Hamlet Interpretation Draws Laughs as King Dodo
The actor asks why their take on Hamlet felt flawed and the manager confirms the audience enjoyed it, joking that the performer seemed to play King Dodo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Dodo
Death rate figures by country show wide variance
US mortality 16.1 per 1000, New Zealand 9.3, Chile 32.2, indicating marked differences in population health outcomes across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Zealand
Chile
Also Mentioned on This Page
Josh Wise
Harry Day
Calumet, Ill
Red Cross
Chili Parlor
Louis Kramer
Miami Street
Pop” Cherrington
Edward Smith
T. E. Smith
W. P. Parkett
Atlanta
Fulton
Twelve Mile
Mesdames Egman and
Noover
Essie Hillhouse
Mayme Eckert
Helen Sullivan
Elizabeth Purcell
Maxinkuckee
Harry Tucker
West Side Grocer
Auburn
Klipinger
Chauncey Custer
Johnston & Voss Cigar
Charles M. Brown
Isaac Johnston
Ward P. Dean
Warren Ohio
S. P. Younglove
Dean
Washburn
North Dakota
Helen Irwin
Julius Wagner
Miss Irwin
Hattery
Closson
Pearl St
Barnett Hotel
L Wheatland Avenue
Mattie Lave
Ethel Zinn
James D. Stanley
Episcopal
Frankfort
William Butz
Shultztown
L. C. Mills
Kewanna
John Sears
Linden Avenue
Archie Dillman
D. H. MacAdam
St. Louis Republic
Earl T. Barker
Fred McDermott
Oklahoma
Frank Justice
Patrick M. Sparrow
Washington, D. C
Bruce Peter
Maud Eck
Earl Mehaffie
John Stewart
Canora
Sasketchewan
George Davis
Hom
Florence
Geneva Minneman
Clarence
Mary
Joe Spitznagie
Hilltop
Thomas McKim
Lawrenceburg
Tina Strahie
South Side
Basslake
Abe Behrman
St. Paul
Minn
Samuel Behrman
James Pittinger
John Himmilberger
Childen
Missouri
Oliver Kesling
L. Drout
Phil Ramp
Michigan
Farmer
M'Millen
Bovy
Solchol
N. Mack
Jacob Waldeck
Foleys Market
Ise
Dr. Price
Prunes
California
Oxford
Che
Santos
Cal
Cass County Loan CO
Stettiner Bldg
J. F. Murdock
White & Son
G. W. Cogley
Foley
Indiana Loan CO
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