First City Government

The Hobart News of November 10, 1921, gave the results of Hobart's first city election.


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The Hobart Historical Society has a photo-portrait of all those who made up the first city government of Hobart:


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.


Additional Source: "Henderson Honored as First Mayor." Hobart Gazette 11 Nov. 1921.

Outlaw Bikers, 1919

Speaking of those motorcycle-riding Ballantyne boys, one of them was a wanted man by June 1919:


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From the Hobart Gazette of June 17, 1919.

I don't know who Marion Hoover was, nor why the article would be headed "Motorcyclist Arrested" when the story doesn't say one has been yet.

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Speaking of automotive matters, the Roper Bros. are planning a new building for their auto sales business.


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From the Hobart Gazette of June 20, 1919.

The Hobart News of June 26, 1919, included this item in the "Local and Personal" column:

Roper Bros. last week sold their garage on Third street to E.E. Whisler and a Mr. Donovick of Gary, who will take charge the first of July. Roper Bros. will build a garage on their own lot at the corner of Third and School street, work to begin within the next few days.

I've been wondering where "School street" was ever since an obituary of Fred Thompson located his home there. Now I gather it was East Street, or perhaps just the part of it closest to the Hobart Township High School.

This 1922 map shows both the Brahst Bros. building and the new Roper building.

How to Plow Your Fields in 1919

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From the Hobart Gazette of March 28, 1919.


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From the Hobart Gazette of April 4, 1919.


I believe the Brahst brothers were Louis* and Julius Brahst. The 1920 Census lists them as 38 and 35 years old, respectively, both self-employed mechanics, both boarding with Freda Green on Lake Street.

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*Or Lewis, per his WWI Draft Card.

How to Get Around Hobart in 1915

From the Hobart Gazette of February 12, 1915
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I suppose it wouldn't be good for business if you didn't drive the kind of car you sold. John Hillman didn't make that mistake. In June 1915 he sold the Hupmobile he'd been driving to Otto Gruel and purchased a newly released 1916 model. ("Local Drifts," Hobart Gazette 18 June 1915.)


From the Hobart Gazette of April 16, 1915


From the Hobart News of March 18, 1915


When you get back home to the farm, you'll want some of these:


From the Hobart Gazette of April 30, 1915

And if you want to build a road, here's some stuff that will come in handy:


From the Hobart Gazette of May 14, 1915


Then there's this cartoon from the Hobart News of July 30, 1914, which reminds us that whether cars improve or diminish the quality of life depends on whether you happen to be in one at the moment.