Warmed by Love, Heated by Hot Water

On the heels of the Spanish-flu marriage came a half-flu marriage, as Calvin Scholler, bereaved of his first wife by flu, became the first husband of Edith A. MacPherson on November 15, 1920.


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From the Hobart News of Nov. 18, 1920.

Also, news of an acquaintance: John Harms was moving onto the farm he had bought last August. (I don't know if "Mr. Maicke" is the Otto Maicke who eventually married Lesta Raschka, but perhaps we'll find out.) And a wedding south of Ainsworth! I must admit this is the first time I've noticed the William and Rosie Wilkening family, even though a little investigation shows they've been farming in southern Ross Township at least since 1908.

From the Gazette, another report on the Scholler-MacPherson wedding, and more news of acquaintances:


From the Hobart Gazette of Nov. 19, 1920.

Lee & Rhodes heating up their own headquarters in the Roper building, and the Borger building, wherever that might have been.

As for Mrs. Harry Barnes, this is the first time I've mentioned her, but it won't be the last. She was born Lillian Newman, and a descendant of hers just recently clued me in to the connection between the Newmans and the Gruel family of Ainsworth. Lillie was the sister of Paul Newman, of Hobart hardware-store fame, and Arthur Newman who appeared somewhere in the Gruel pigeon-shoot picture (and who, I believe, just recently provided confections for the W.G. Haan School fundraiser). "Mrs. Philip Roper, Jr." was their sister, Dollie. More to come from that direction.


Other sources:
♦ 1908 Plat Map.
♦ 1910 Census.
♦ Indiana Marriage Collection.