Local notices and social happenings update
Special Correspondence H C Reed remains on sick list. Mrs Banks ill at daughter Mrs Frankum’s home. Stork brings a bouncing boy to C Asbell’s home. Miss May and Abbie Young visited Peru. C Vance Jones and wife visited Logansport. Ada Swank and mother called in Peru. George Wilson from Mexico visited Twelve Mile. Doris Carson hosted Opal Conrad from Adamsboro. Rev Jones and wife to Greencastle for college. Alpha Lease returned to Peru. Mack Carson visiting family. Alan Plank and Dudley Dalzell haul hogs and cattle to Buffalo, total weights 35000 and 50000. Luther League May day social held. ice cream and cake served. Carl McFarland anniversary celebrated with Clauser and Delphi guests. Local residents present include Whorley Farr Shell Bennett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Reed
Banks
Frankum
C. Asbell
May
Abbie Young
Peru
C. Vance Jones
Logansport
Ada Swank
George Wilson
Mexico
Twelve Mile
Mr. Hardisty
Luther League
Carl McFarland
Clauser
Roy
Carrie Clauser
Lillian Lathrope
Galveston Items Social News From Peru And Nearby
Galveston items report Dan Thomas visiting relatives in Peru and multiple local families hosting guests from Logansport Walton and Spencerville. Key events include the illness of G W Emory after a paralytic stroke, Richard Johnson’s pneumonia death near the G W Harness farm, and a public cattle sale by Allison Bell returning from Georgetown with Jersey cows. The piece notes baptist services in Peru and visiting guests from Kokomo Indianapolis Richmond and Sycamore along with property moves and fencing purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Gray
Kokomo
Harry Copeland
Indianapolis
F. H. Thomas
Ella Jones
James Myers
Meredith Thomas
Florence McConnell
Wallace
Peru
Stokes Maxwell
Sycamore
B. B. Richards
S. P Bevington
F. E. Dickinson
Taylor
Baptist Church
G. W. Emory
Jesse Reece
Dr. Stevens
Logansport
Miller
Richard Johnson
G. W. Harness Farm
Jake Johnson
Spencerville
Will Johnson
Dessie Hayden
Galveston
Tom Johnson
Newlight Church
Local Notes Show Visits and Club Meeting in Camden Area
Camden Russell Gardner visited Delphi on Friday while Jess Martin traveled to Logansport on Thursday. Miss Maud Cree of Flora attended to business matters here Friday. Mrs. W. O. Brown and her Flora family visited Camden kin late in the week. The Round Dozen club met with May Risley Thursday evening with refreshments served and many participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Gardner
Delphi
Jess Martin
Logansport
Maud Cree
Flora
W. O. Brown
Camden
Round Dozen
May Risley
Obituary of Robert A. Winemiller of Crawford County Ohio
Robert A. Winemiller died April 28 at 3 p.m. after a long illness. Born March 30, 1860 in Crawford County Ohio, he married Flora Baumgarner in 1882 and worked with the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a yard engineer, a M B church member, and a charter member of Bridge City Knights of Pythias No. 305. He leaves a wife, two children, and many relatives. His funeral drew relatives from Toledo Napoleon Lima and Indianapolis.
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Robert A. Winemiller
William
Kathryn Sarah Winemiller
Crawford
Gallion
Ohio
A. Berry
Christ
Flora Baumgarner
Bradford
Staly
M. BH
Galion
Logansport
Pennsylvania R. R. Co
Broadway M. B
The
Bridge City Knights of Pythias, No
Vandalia furloughs six firemen and six brakemen
The Vandalia railroad cut workers due to slack business furloughing six firemen and six brakemen and setting back one freight crew and two engine crews. Shops return to eight hours daily with five on Saturday totaling forty five hours. Engine 251 gets maintenance and plans to whitelead another engine. The road will have four engines about seven percent of motive power packed.
Promoters Open Offices for Burlington and Young America Line
J. H. Keller of Indianapolis and O. H. Mann of Sheridan have opened offices in the Baldwin building in this city to promote the traction line south through Burlington and Young America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Keller
Indianapolis
O. H. Mann
Sheridan
Burlington
Young America
Baldwin
Flora ladies hosted by Ra vena lodge Friday
The Misses Steckel anc rels of Flora were guests of Ra vena lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor Friday evening.
County moves to stop timber theft on loaned land
Auditor Cann orders halt on timber removal by George McNamee Jefferson township who owes two years of principal and interest on county loans. County attorney filed injunction to prevent further cutting until debt is paid.
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Cann
George McNamee
Jefferson Township
Organize Bryan Club in Boone Township Meeting
Democrats of Boone township will meet at Royal Center on Wednesday night to organize a Bryan club during the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Township
Royal Center
Bryan Club
Panhandle Engineer Sees Twenty Days in the Shade in Chicago
Panhandle engineer Charles Lee traveled to Chicago to see the Powers' theater production Twenty Days in the Shade. Clarence Bennett, leading comedian and cousin of Mr. Lee, urged him to attend. Bennett, a former Logansport resident, has toured with several companies for twelve years and now belongs to a Frohman troupe advancing in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Charles Lee
Chicago
Oldest Clover Leaf Engineer Retires After 27 Years
Thomas Campbell, the oldest engineer on the Clover Leaf, resigns after twenty seven years of service to pursue other business in Frankfort. He helped build the line from Kokomo to Warren and has operated an engine since construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Campbell
Frankfort
Kokomo
Warren
Weather scatters hints of storm across scattered regions
Scattered portions of the country show indications of a developing weather system. Forecasters note unsettled conditions in several states with possible rain and gusty winds as moisture from a low pressure area moves inland.
New Hospital Site Chosen Near Rockville
The State Tuberculosis Hospital commission selects a 527 acre site three miles east of Rockville near Sand Creek station on the Vandalia railroad for the new hospital. Land price is $24,000 and deeds will be executed immediately. Dr Franny Moore, commission chair, will visit Rockville Monday to verify conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tuberculosis Hospital Commission
Rockville
Sand Creek
Vandalia
Franny Moore
Missouri Pacific Resumes Full Operations Monday
After months of working short time, every department of the Missouri Pacific will resume operations in full on Monday, marking a return to normal activity across the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Missouri Pacific
Vandalia Round House Notes Reflect Staffing and Injuries
Buell Emerick, a round house machinist, mashed a finger and is laid off. George Hite returned home from South Bend due to a knee injury while filling in as round house foreman. Engineer Lew Collins takes a short layoff. Roscoe Brown recovers from a mashed foot. Widdie Ray and Billy Tanguy authored a popular farm ballad "The Old Hen With a White Leg." H. G. Warvel attended a Peru circus and will stay there. Joe Rose heads to Anoka to pitch for that team today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buell Emerick
Round House
Vandalia
George Hite
South Bond
Tom Carson
Lew Collins
Roscoe Brown
Widdie Ray
Billy Tanguy
Vandalia Round House
H. G. Warvel
Peru
Joe Rose
Anoka
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Dudley Dalzell
Buffalo
N. Y
Dan Thomas
Stella Crisler
Sam E. Thurston
James Kivett
Walton
Chas. Emory
Nebraska
Minnie Weeks
Richmond
Cora Vernon
S. B. Wallace
Dorse
Irene Neal
Iisids
S. Baumgartner
Toledo
M. D. Baumgartner
Napoleon
Kathryn Baumgarner
Benner Baumgarner
Lima
Mollie Baumgarner
Inez Milliken
Rev
Neal
Ind
Tubercular Institute
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