Funeral Notices Chronicle Local Passings And Public Reflections
Edna Gumz and Mrs. W E Abraham die after illnesses in North Judson. Pierre R Thomson dies at 30 after two weeks illness. funeral held in Rensselaer. Mrs. Wm Abraham leaves 10 children and husband in grief with services in Woodstock and Highland cemetery. Also infant William Harvey and railroad worker John Wonderly urge unity with president during national crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Thomson
Mr. Thomson
Bourne
Pierrie R. Thomson
James Thomson
Rensselaer
Indiana
Tinsa Replogte
C. G
Thomson
Jas. Thomson
Chicago
Charles
Terance
Detroit
Marengo
Ill
Woodstock
North Judson
Abraham
Judson Creamery & Produce Co
Alvina Boehning
Florida
Laura
Lawrence
Cora
George
Willie
Paul
Minnie
Luther
Lakeside Hospital
Elizabeth Gahlbeck
William
Fred
Frank
Mary Gahlbeck
Illinois
Willie Boehning
Heine
New Highland Cemetery
William Warren
Wm. Harvey
English Lake
North Judson M. E
Collier
Mabel Lain
Ralph Anthony
W. A. Lain
Harold
LaPorte
Floyd
Gertrude
Logansport
Arthur Lavender
Royal Centre
Edna
Fred Gumz
Denham
H. Paul
Frederick Marquardt
German Lutheran Church
Wm. Heine
Fastest Growing Gary and Indiana Harbor In the Calumet Region
A report by the American Baptist Mission Society highlights Gary and Indiana Harbor as rapidly expanding in the Calumet region with Gary reaching 50 000 population and Indiana Harbor up 98 percent. It notes Indiana Harbor’s high under five mortality, and describes regional investment totaling 200 000 000. It also mentions a large funeral in Medaryville for Julius Hine attended by Dc Whiester Sautter and Hugo Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Indiana Harbor
American Baptist Mission Society
Calumet
America
Indiana
H. Whiester
C. Sautter
Hugo Long
Medaryville
Julius Hine
H. A. Hine
San Pierre
Pnaemonia
Postmasters to Face Competitive Examinations
Postmaster General Burleson announced that after April 1 all first second and third class postmasters will be chosen by competitive examinations. Nominations go to the Senate as before, with the President using exam results to guide selections. Existing staff will serve until their terms end and then undergo the competitive test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Senate
Mortgage Exemptions Filing Window Clarified
Officials remind mortgage holders to file exemptions each year between March 1 and April 30. One annual filing does not cover all future years. Also note the Houck child remains critically ill, drawing community concern. An Odd Fellows degree team and members will travel to Kouts on Friday to confer work on three candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw. Houck
Kouts
Electric lights turn on in Hamlet for town illumination
Electric lights were inaugurated in Hamlet with F J Wessely and F D Pixa attending the ceremony Saturday evening. The current is supplied from a Plymouth plant supplying Knox Culver Ober Walkerton and nearby towns. The event marks a milestone in Hamlet's rapid progress toward a bigger and better city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
F. J. Wessely
F. D. Pixa
Plymouth
Knox
Culver
Ober
Walkerton
High School Girls pledge to avoid smoking in Brazil Indiana
About 200 girls aged high school in Brazil Indiana pledged not to accept attentions from boys who smoke after an evangelist wife urged union revivals. In Francesville a report noted smoking harmed boys grades with seven top scorers non smokers achieving 90 to 95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Eli J. Forsythe
Francesville Tribune
Permanent officers for Pulaski County Agricultural Association elected
Last Saturday in the courthouse meeting the Pulaski County Agricultural Association chose W B Henry as president Luther Thompson as vice president and H Rogers as secretary treasurer. Committees for drainage alfalfa lime and fertilizers corn horticulture oats smut potato scad bees livestock young folks clubs farm management and rural credits were named with branch township groups to track results. Special seed corn varieties fertilizer demonstrations or chards and beekeeping will be conducted this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulaski County Agricultural Association
Winamac Republican
W.B. Henry
Luther Thompson
H. ©. Rogers
Peculiar Abe Rimes Buried at Kewanna Monuments
The Rochester Sentinel notes Abe Rimes died at the county farm and wrote his own epitaph. Born in England he married nine times and left a peculiar legacy. Friends financed the funeral. A D Toner paid costs. M J Highland funded the monument. John A Parker did the gold leaf work. He once owned 40 acres near Kewanna, allegedly deeded to a brother to dodge alimony, who reportedly did not return it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Rimes
Kewanna
England
Rimes
A. D. Tone
Taxation Problem Big One for Indiana
The article outlines Indiana tax reform debates at the upcoming constitutional convention. Gov Goodrich will push to tax intangible property fairly, address unequal assessments, and shift toward direct income taxes. It notes current burdens across city and county rates and highlights related legislative actions and opinions on citizenship for foreign-born women married to U.S. citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Goodrich
Indiana State Tax Association
Fred A. Sims
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Edna Gumz
William Harvey
W.E. Abraham
Fred Marquardt, Sr
Taman American
Wilson
John Wonderly
Huntington
Erie
Locomotive Engineers’ Brotherhood
Wonderly
Chicago Tribune
Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore, Maryland
Land of the
Free
Trineiph
Avar
Gus. Lemke
Atty. John Cappuch
Winamac
North Judsom
Bank Rerseg
Texas
Skidmore
C. A. McCormick
Judson
Joseph Koliha
Bee Co
Marsh
Brantwood
H.W Mathews
Wayne T
M. Hillabold
Starke Co
Ottillie Huebner
Wooodtke
John Blaschke
Hammond
Nosets Judson
Starke
Eli Stansbury
Stansbury
United States
Michigan City
Hoosier Motor Club
Hoosier State Automobile Association
General Assembly
State Highway Commission
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