City Chap thrills Purdue as Ade farce opens
The Purdue Harlequin club staged George Ade’s The City Chap last night in Lafayette. Jack Hamilton pursues Anna Belle Willowby amid real estate schemes and a subway plan, ending with a $10,000 payoff and reconciliation. Songs include If Men Never Looked at Me and You’ll Never Want for Me if You Have a Line of Talk. Ade praised local merchants and a flag ceremony closed the event.
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George Ade
Elsie Janis
Vlny
Nevana
Jack Hamilton
Anna Belle Willowby
Jack
Stock Exchange
Anna Belle
Seminary Girls
Big College
J d
Ade
Merchants of
Lafayette
Ben Burt
Judge Vinton
George Herbert
George Davis
Drabelle
Walter Foskett Appointed Trustee in Grigsby Bankruptcy
Walter Foskett was appointed trustee in the J. M. Grigsby bankruptcy case this afternoon. He will assume control of the business once the required bond is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Foskett
J. M. Grigsby
Busines
Emmons Goes to Philadelphia Over Interurban Station
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction general manager C D Emmons traveled to Philadelphia for talks with directors on the proposed Fort Wayne interurban station in the city. Swigart and Co. has a newsstand contract tied to the new quarters, but the station location remains secret while Philadelphia directors decide. Potential sites include Fifth and Erie gas property, Kreuzberger vacant Market Street lot, and area behind Dyke men and Ott feed barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phia Tode
Broadway
J. W. Swigart & Company
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Company
Swigart
C. D. Emmons
Philadelphia
Fifth and
Erie Avenue
Kreuzberger
Market Street
Dykeman's Feed Barn
Ott Feed Barn
City health officer orders milk seller to obtain license
Charles Miller ordered Henry Hile of 1222 Spear Street to take out a dairy license. Hile sold milk to neighbors for years without a license, though none was previously required. The license costs nothing and will let health authorities test the milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Henry Hile
Spear Street
Hile
TPA 10 Hole Banquet April 20
Delegates were elected to the annual State Convention to be held in Fort Wayne May 6 and 7. Post F. T. P. A. planning a banquet April 23 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Travelers' Protective association in America with new officers and delegates named for the coming year.
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Fort Wayne
Post F. T. P. A
Order of Travelers’ Protective Association
America
Cesen
John Kirkpatrick
Otis McCracken
John Schilling
Frank J. Bott
T. P. van Horn
Joseph Reitemeier
W. D. Craig
Clark Taylor
T. S. Kern
Sielloel Smith
Thad J. Planck
al Hedrick
J. L. Gilbert
Sprinkling bids regen and new building permits issued today
The Board of Public Works reviewed sprinkling bids with Wolf’s $2,000 offer leading the field though final award pending. Several new residences received permits: Hahn $2,000. Noel $1,200. Stuart $3,500, plus gutter work approved on Eleventh Street and a bid by Daniel F. Reel for Lot 25 at Sixth and Race held for a week.
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Board of Public Works
Frank Downing
Edward Bliss
J. W. Foy
Otto Wolf
Wolf
Benjamin A. Hahn
Linden Avenue
Chcett Streets
Joseph A. Noel
Seybold Street
Charles H. Stuart
S18
High Street
A. J. Jenkines
Mishawaka Lighting System Praised by Laporte Officials
Laporte city editors and citizens tour Mishawaka to study its street lighting. They praise Mishawaka for a downtown system believed superior to others and say Laporte officials would press for a similar boulevard setup.
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E. J. Widdell
Laporte
Ind
Daily Herald
Mishawaka
South Bend
Warren Methodists home dedication set for April six
The home for the aged Methodists at Warren will be dedicated April 6 during the Methodist conference at Bluffton. William Chopson started the project three years ago with a $25,000 donation and hoped to witness the dedication but died recently.
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Warren
Bluffton
William Chopson
Asc
Lynch Boy badly injured after fall from dray
James Lynch a sixteen year old son of Charles and Mrs Lynch, of 601 West Broadway, remains in serious condition at home after falling from a Ha gestine auto truck on Sixth and Erie. He was hurt when a heavy box fell on him and he struck his head during the accident.
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James Lynch
Mrs
Charles Lynch
J. B. Shultz
Lynch
Democrats Favor Early County Convention Date
The Democratic central committee will meet in the north court room next Saturday to likely set the county convention date. May 28 is favored as it falls after corn planting and before corn plowing, with a joint convention set for May 26 and the county gathering two days later. A small minority prefers September.
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Democratic Central Committee
North Court Room
Youth Attacked at Panhandle Crossing Struggles to Live
Thomas Dwyer a sixteen year old from State street was knocked down and kicked by a tramp on a Panhandle railroad crossing after the youth offered to guide him. Robbery motive evident as the hobo searched pockets and fled when money was found missing. A street car passing saved the boy from further harm. The assailant fled and was not captured.
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Western Motor Works
Wallikinson — Street
Panhandle
Dwyer
West Side
Kramers
Mike Doherty Expects Rooster Show Gift Turns Odd
Mike Doherty, a supplier at John Eckert's store on Third and Market, bought a rooster Saturday and took it home in a basket. At West Side home he found the bird still warm and puzzled if it was a new breed or a trick by Eckert Julius Lienemann or others.
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Joe Carson
Carson
Seventeenth
Market Streets
Broadway
Joe Grace
Grace
Miss Collien
Mike” Doherty
John Eckert
Third and Market Streets
Mike
Julius Lienemann
Desperate Wife Seeks Aid After Husband Desertion
Mrs Bracken told Salvation Army she was abandoned by her husband in Columbia City and sought help to reach St Louis where her mother was dying. Captain Anderson provided funds for her trip to Lafayette.
Boy Arraigned for Storing Windows Fined Four Dollars
Manuel boy from the South Side appeared in Judge V. C. Hanawalt's court on the charge of storing windows and was fined $4 plus costs.
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Manuel
V. C. Hanawalt
Guardians Board Opens Probe and Delinquency Case
The guardians board filed a juvenile court affidavit against Ida Stewart aged fifteen in Chicago area, with deputy sheriff arresting on a delinquency warrant. A broader probe is expected to lead to arrests of several young men involved with delinquency of girls. Dr C L Thomas sues Doud and Schofield for 50000 for injuries from a mobility crash. Mrs Mary Murden sues the Love estate for 2900 over her daughter Dottie Murden’s death.
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Board of Children’s Guardians
George A. Custer
Ida Stewart
Heath
Miami Avenue
George Harness
C. L. Thomas
M. Winfield
Doud & Schofield, Automobile Dealers
Chicago
Thomas
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mary Murden
Dottie Murden
Stanford Love
Love
Barnett Hotel Reopens Under New Tenants
W H Harrison and C H McClung take a ten year lease of the New Barnett hotel in Logansport. The remodeled hostelry will open tomorrow evening with 100 rooms planned upon annex completion, private baths, ladies parlors and private dining rooms. The pair, known to travelers, aim to make the Barnett among the state’s best hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Johnson Hotel
Logansport Hotel Company
The
Barnett
McClung
Vandalia
Logansport
Prominent Gary Engineer Killed by Train in Chicago
Harry E. Wildermuth Panhandle engineer famed in Gary Indiana business circles was killed yesterday when struck by Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train No. 37 in Chicago. He planned retirement from rail work, owned Gary property, and was building a Sixteenth street home. His body arrived in Gary last night and funeral plans await his father's arrival from Star City.
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Harry E. Wildermuth
Panhandle
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Gary
Ind
Sixteenth Street
Market Street
Star City
Born to Mr and Mrs Wiler Rumeil son
A birth notice reports the arrival of a son to Mr and Mrs Wiler Rumeil. The item notes only the parents and newborn, with no additional details.
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Wiler Rumeil
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Bert
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D. Smmons
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
Logal Lodge
Evangeline
Frank Furters
Blue Vitrol
Nik Knik
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Agriculture
ED Bliss
BOARD
Board of Works For Fine New
W. Broadway
Gestine Auto
Sixth and
Demmys
Iil
Thomas Dwyer
Joe” Carson
Tramp
Dog
State Street
Id Carson
Rooster
Guardians Board
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Automobile Company
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