Recently, Paul Hollar came to the Bremen History Center with his wife Beth and mentioned having, as many people do, a box of old family photos. We arranged for Paul and Beth to bring them in so we could have... Continue Reading →
This item on an intemperate temperance candidate drowning the poor voters of Bremen ran in the Marshall County Republican prior to the 1878 elections. Adam Vinnedge, who lived west of Bremen and had a store in LaPaz, seems to have... Continue Reading →
The Bremen Enquirer ran the above humorous item August 11, 1904. This was apparently the same Laloo the Enquirer noted the very next week. Mr Snyder was an unusual sort and came to an unfortunate end not long after by... Continue Reading →
Bremen has always been a musical town, with top-notch bands, orchestras, performing troupes. At times, it bubbled over into singing in the streets. Not always appreciated. "Ella Ree" is an 1853 ditty by James W Porter & Charles E Stewart/Steuart.... Continue Reading →
The 1890s ushered in the bicycle craze, as the safety bicycle (with two matching wheels and a chain) pushed out the dangerous "penny-farthing" high-wheel bicycles. J F Weiss, the hardware store on the northeast corner of Center and Plymouth lured... Continue Reading →
At the turn of the 20th century—back when the game was spelled "base-ball" and the word "fans" was printed in quotation marks to show it was just slang—Bremen fielded multiple fine baseball teams that played all over Michiana. Their names,... Continue Reading →
Winter has come to an end here but in October of 1909, it was coming on with a vengeance. The cold snap led to this harsh reminder for young Romeos who let their horses stand in the cold while they... Continue Reading →
The Enquirer ran this little tongue-in-cheek slice of life in the fall of 1890: (Note the spelling of "serenade" as "cerenade". This was common at the time, as were "drouth" for "drought" and "draught" for "draft".) Here's a 1910 recording... Continue Reading →
In 1962, Ernest Annis of Bremen published a history of his Huff family tree, going back to Johann Phillip "John" Huff (1791-1872) and Maria Catherina "Catherine" Lahm (1800-1874), who immigrated to the US from Germany around 1835. This is freely... Continue Reading →
February 26 would be Doc Bowen's 98th birthday. The History Center has a nice display of photos of his life and career. Doc's companion through 47 years from their wedding in 1939 to her death from a rare bone marrow... Continue Reading →
The Enquirer published this little pre-Valentine tale January 30, 1886. How much of it is true is impossible to tell. The postmaster at the time was John Bauer, Jr., who would have been 49. As a reminder that Bremen was... Continue Reading →
The year is 1907. Football is a brutal game with few rules and fewer pads. Boys are breaking bones and cracking heads and riding home in horse-drawn buggies or horseless carriages (the Model T didn't even start production until 1908).... Continue Reading →
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