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JElberfeld: Created page with "Berne Hotel The Old Berne Hotel, Austin Mattice, Proprietor, was also known as the Lower Hotel. Some people call..."

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[[Image:Berne Hotel.jpg|400px|thumb|center|<center>Berne Hotel</center>]]
The [[Old Berne Hotel]], Austin Mattice, Proprietor, was also known as the Lower Hotel. Some people call it the Witter Hotel, others call it Simmon’s hotel, and still others call it Clint Farwell’s Hall.

An addition was built to the rear of the building was in 1908 by Mr. Wolford. This was to become a stage and voting place. This building served as a gathering place as many plays were performed here on the second floor. Circuses, plays and traveling entertainers were the major sources of amusement and recreation in the Berne of yesterday. The Witter Hotel Register, on display in the Historical Center contains the guests who were performers of the “Big One Ring Circus” which came to Berne in May, 1898.

The building was used in the 1960s for the Franklin Shultes Insurance Agency and a general dry goods store. It is located at the intersection of Rte. 443 (old route 43) and Rte. 156 from [[Knox]].

*Charles Clinton (Clint) Farwell (1874-1950)
*1920 this hotel was known as Mattice's Hotel. Austin Mattice (1867 – 1958) owned and managed the lower hotel and presumably lived there. Later he sold the hotel and bought the [[Charles E. Deitz House]].
*In the 1950s it became a general store operated by Franklin and Esther Shultes. They had previously operated their store across the street in the [[Shultes and Adams Store]].
*Presently it is an apartment house.
*At this time it is boarded up and slated for demolition

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Image:Fine Cigars.jpg|<center>Fine Cigars</center>
Image:Austin Mattice.jpg|<center>Austin Mattice</center>
Image:Hotel Mattice.jpg|<center>Mattice Hotel</center>
Image:Buss at Lower Hotel.jpg|<center>Bus at Lower Hotel</center>
Image:Pic003.jpg|<center>Intersection in winter</center>
Image:Lower Hotel 1.JPG|<center>Hotel showing garage and upper hall used for voting and other functions</center>
Image:Farwell Hotel 1.jpg|<center>The lower hotel when it was owned and operated by Clint Farwell </center>
Image:Farwell Hotel 2.jpg|<center>Sign on the lower hotel</center>
Image:Clint 1.jpg|<center>Clint Farwell behind the bar</center>
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 Image:ledger 7.JPG|<center>Ledger page July,16,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
 Image:ledger 8.JPG|<center>Ledger page Dec. 31,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
-Image:ledger 9.JPG|<center>Ledger page June 16,1918,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
+Image:ledger 9.jpg|<center>Ledger page June 16,1918,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
-Image:ledger 10.JPG|<center>Ledger page Jan. 1,1919,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
+Image:ledger 10.jpg|<center>Ledger page Jan. 1,1919,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
 Image:ledger 11.JPG|<center>Ledger page May 28,1919,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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 Image:ledger 6.JPG|<center>Ledger page Jan.1,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
 Image:ledger 7.JPG|<center>Ledger page July,16,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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+Image:ledger 8.JPG|<center>Ledger page Dec. 31,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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+Image:ledger 9.JPG|<center>Ledger page June 16,1918,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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+Image:ledger 10.JPG|<center>Ledger page Jan. 1,1919,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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+Image:ledger 11.JPG|<center>Ledger page May 28,1919,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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 Image:ink blotter.jpg|<center>Front of the ink blotter with advertisement, used with the hotel ledger</center>
 Image:ink blotter 1.jpg|<center>back side of blotter </center>
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+Image:ledger 5.JPG|<center>Ledger page Sept.30,1916,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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+Image:ledger 6.JPG|<center>Ledger page Jan.1,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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+Image:ledger 7.JPG|<center>Ledger page July,16,1917,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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 Image:ledger 3.JPG|<center>Ledger page May 4,1913,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
 Image:ledger 4.JPG|<center>Leger page April 18,1916, C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
-Image:ink blotter.JPG|<center>Front of the ink blotter with advertisement, used with the hotel ledger</center>
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 Image:Farwell Hotel 2.jpg|<center>Sign on the lower hotel</center>
 Image:Clint 1.jpg|<center>Clint Farwell behind the bar</center>
-Image:ledger 1.jpg|<center>Leger page March 1,1910, Austin Mattice proprietor</center>
+Image:ledger 1.JPG|<center>Leger page March 1,1910, Austin Mattice proprietor</center>
-Image:ledger 2.jpg|<center>Ledger page March 14,1912, Jesse VanDerwerkin proprietor</center>
+Image:ledger 2.JPG|<center>Ledger page March 14,1912, Jesse VanDerwerkin proprietor</center>
-Image:ledger 3.jpg|<center>Ledger page May 4,1913,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
+Image:ledger 3.JPG|<center>Ledger page May 4,1913,C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
-Image:ledger 4.jpg|<center>Leger page April 18,1916, C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
+Image:ledger 4.JPG|<center>Leger page April 18,1916, C.C.Farwell proprietor</center>
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