Creditors Seek W. C. Van Buren
Patrons found John Rehwald in charge at Van Buren’s West Side meat market claiming he bought the business. Creditors sweep the city for Van Buren, who is missing. Rehwald says he purchased the market and Van Buren owed no entanglements. Prosecutors pursue whereabouts as creditors anticipate debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
W.C. van Buren
John Rehwald
West Side
Rehwald
Waikers
Miesfe
Redwald
Bernards
Horse Sat Back In Big
Harry Crowley and J. L. Scudder, traveling men, secured a rig at Jackson's livery stable to drive into the country. On Broad way in front of the Sutton hotel the horse reared and fell backward into the buggy. both men escaped injury though the shafts were smashed. The horse had previously caused a disturbance during a Fourth street funeral march by backing the buggy into a telegraph pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Crowley
J. L. Scudder
Jackson
Broadway
Sutton Hotel
Fourth Street
Barber Father Chases Suave Harasser Through Town
Miss Katherine Demerly and Miss Esther Hoover were followed for over an hour by a bold young man who tried to start conversations. Demerly’s father, a downtown barber, pursued the stranger. A foot race ensued, the man won, and he vanished into the pines with no clue to his identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Demerly
Esther Hoover
Demerly
Tall Pines
Woman Suffers Wrist Fracture After Fall
Mrs Catherine Wolf of Washington township sustained a broken right wrist this morning when she slipped and fell. Doctor B Stevens of this city treated the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Wolf
Washington Township
Elks Debate Castle Purchase for Logansport Home
Strong arguments favor buying Judge Baldwin’s Castle on Market Street as the Elks’ future lodge. Proponents note the site’s prime location, substantial building, and surrounding ground that allow future extensions, with Baldwin reportedly willing to sell for about 15 000 dollars.
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Elks
Dr. P. Baldwin
Fifth
Nort Streets
Baldwin
Indiana
Teo
New School Contract Likely Award To Frank Medland
School board reviews bids for a new Market and Twentieth street school house. Frank Medland's bid appears lowest between 19 000 and 20 000, with plumbing bid to 4inton Graf around 1200. Heating bids were high but decisions pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Market
Twentieth Streets
Frank Medland
Medland
4Inton & Graf
Commencement Exercise Likely Relocated From Dowling’s
Logansport high school commencement on June 5 may move from Dowling’s opera house due to a vaudeville contract. If a satisfactory release cannot be obtained, exercises will be held in a city church amid protests against a rink venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport High School
Dowling
Opera House
Fort Wayne Traction to Sprinkler Erie Avenue
Residents petitioned the board of works to compel the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company to sprinkle Erie Avenue to curb dust. The board refers the matter to City Attorney Music, noting limited power to act. General Manager Emmons says the company will pay its share if a sprinkler is installed.
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Board of Works
Erie Avenue
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Music
Emmons
River Junction Arrests and Courtroom Twist
Captain Foley hauled Frank Murray out of town after a trespass complaint and a morning arrest. Murray, found resting at the Wabash and Eel rivers junction, drank beer and cooked with salvaged cans as police described, while Mrs. Thomas Hiles refused to appear against her husband in court and was ordered brought in by the Dooley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hiles
Dooley
Murray
Captain Foley
Thomas Hiler
Hiles
Accidents Report Clinched Injuries in Local Area
Reported mishaps include Rev Naftager incident in Hartford City with a broken right arm wrist after a fall at a home. Dr Cronin reduced the fracture. Miss Stoughton traveled to Lasansport to recover. Verna Cole fractured her wrist at Dunkirk skating rink. Dr Garber set the bone. Prank Runyon sustained a broken right arm after a horse kick near the city. attended by a local physician.
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Dunkirk
Miss Cole
Startford
Dr. Garber
Runyon
Butler towinship Mannslaughter Suspect Arrested in Peoria
Jerry Votra, a Butler tow nship man in Miami county, was arrested Saturday on a manslaughter charge following a fatal sidewalk assault on Henry Preston Kiser near Broadway and Pera. Votra posted a $500 bond and was released, after hiding from officers before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Votra
Butler Towinship
Miami County
Charles Votra
Peoria
Liberty
Votra
Henry Preston Kiser
Broadway
Pera
Kiser
Fort Wayne Track Repairs Planned In City
The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley division applied to the board of works for permission to repair all tracks in the city. They aim to put the road bed in excellent shape this summer and will remove spur tracks along Fourth Street toward the Pauhafidle station.
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Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley ‘Irection Company
Board of Works
Fourth Street
Pauhafidle
John Hawkins Pensioned From Panhandle Roundhouse
John Hawkins, assistant foreman at the Panhandle roundhouse, reaches the retirement term and joins the retired list with a pension. He is thanked for his faithful service and will receive lifelong pension benefits. Deny Dankle succeeds him as assistant foreman.
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John Hawkins
Panhandle Roundhouse
Hawkins
Lie
Deny Dankle
Captain Watkins Dies Remembered For Canal Era
David Watkins, famed for helping build the Wabash and Erie Canal and for commanding the last cargo boat, died at age 87. Born in Wales in 1839, he came to the U S in 1841, worked from mole driver to captain, traveled with canal crews through Lagro and Peru, and later navigated the last wheat cargo on the canal.
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Kins
Logansport
Fifth Street
Erie Avenue
Watkins
Wales
United States
Lagro
Sloh
Cowman
Almut
Old Channel
California
Song
Gulf
Peru
William H. Watkins
First Straw Hat Emerges Amid Street buzz
A fragmentary report notes a real straw hat seen in the street, described as vintage 1905, sparking chatter about fashion and novelty as more hats are expected to appear in the coming days.
Jury verdict favoring plaintiff after nineteen hour deliberation
The jury in the Rubram case against Martin McHale as administrator of Elizabeth Corey’s estate deliberated all night and into the morning. Ten jurors clashed with two over the amount, initially favoring $21.50, while others urged $120. The final verdict awarded $110 to the plaintiff after a lengthy dispute and a poll.
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Rubsam
Corey
Forty-Five Years On Way
Elisha Hawes of Stoughton Massachusetts reads a Civil War era letter from his son who died in Virginia. The letter written forty five years ago arrived via dead letter office and the mystery of its delay remains. The son died at 22 after six months at the front and was a Massachusetts enlistee. Hawes notes the handwritten note would make him a civil war veteran now if alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha Hawes
Stoughton
Mass
Virenna
Hawes
Marion Drummers to Represent at State Convention in Logansport
Marion T P A post arranged final details for sending a large delegation to the state convention in Logansport on May 12, with more Marion members planned for the Buffalo national contention in June. A C Bevan and W P Smith are officers and Leo Nussbaum and J are listed among delegates.
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Marion
Logansport
Commercial Club
Buffalo
A.C. Bevan
W. P. Smith
Leo, Nussbaum
Dowling Estate Sued Over Damages for 23 240
South Boston Electric Lighting and Power Co. sues Margaret Dowling, administrator of William Dowling decedent, in circuit court claiming 23 240 in damages for a 1901 Little Giant water wheel installed at the plant that allegedly failed to perform as guaranteed. The suit, filed in 1905, seeks recovery for lost contracts and costs after the wheel was torn out and new machinery installed. The case piloted by My ers Yorkott and Virginia lawyers, before a jury.
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Boston Electric Lighting and Power Co
South Boston
Virginia
Margaret Dowling
William Dowling
Dow. DE
William Howling
Dela
Sam Dowling
Myers & Yarcott
McConnell, Jenkines
Jenkines & Stuart
Larry & Mahoney
Steele Sells Farm In Blackford County
Ex congressman George W. Steele of Marion sells his 145 acre Blackford county farm to Daniel Rinker of Washington township for 12325 dollars, about 85 dollars per acre, ending his ties to farming. Rinker previously sold an eighty acre tract to Joseph Schumaker of Brookville for 7200 dollars.
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George W. Steele
Marion
Blackford County
Daniel Rinkler
Washington Township
Asbury Steele
Thas
Steele
Hartford City
Daniel Rinker
Eigthy-Accre
Joseph Schumaker
Schumaker
Brookville
Tud
Escape on LT O tracks involving child foot trapped
A dramatic incident near the LT O tracks by the shop tents last Saturday evening saw a lady and her party attempt to free a child's foot wedged between wooden cattle guard crosspieces. As a seventh o clock car approached, the distraught parents struggled to free the foot until the man tore off the shoe and freed the child.
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LT. O
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W. C. van Buren
Third Street
John Redwald
Horse
Big
Market Street
Dowling Opera House
Atterele
River Junction
Frank Murray
Naftager
Ft. Wayne Company
Captain Watkins
Wabash & Erie
Old Wabash & Erie Canal
David
DR. Rubsam
Joseph Rub
Ram
Martin McHale
Admin
Elizabeth
Jairy
Dowling Estate
Steele Sells Farm
Blackford
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