Local notes from Toledo and Fort Wayne
Mrs Baldwin of Toledo visits Mrs E K Bush at 178 Griffith Street. J F Wing buys a Rome City lot to build a cottage hoped ready soon. St Margaret Guild Trinity church plans a Friday parish house entertainment. Mrs Anna R Long sails to Paris on La Gascogne the 25th to visit Consul General and Mrs FE Morss. Fort Wayne Relief union holds annual meeting at 146 Pritchard Street this afternoon at 8. Membership fee $1. Grace Reformed ladies host Mother Goose market social at East Washington Street church Thursday night April 23. Associated Charities monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon in room 8 city building.
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Anna R. Long
Paris
la Gascogne
FE. Morss
Fort Wayne Relief Union
Pritchard Street
Grace Reformed Church
East Washington Street
The
Associated Charities
City Building
Fort Wayne Post Office Tops Yearly Stamp Sales
The Fort Wayne post office sold 689,680.69 dollars worth of postage stamps and postal aids in the year ending March 31, 1896, the largest business ever done at the office. The Allen County Medical Society plans its annual officer election tonight and may set final plans for next month’s state society meeting.
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Cramer
Fort Wayne
Allen County Medical Society
State Society
A. E. Bulson
Board of Public Works
Herman Hoenick
Hanna
Francis
Madison
Jefferson Streets
Shawnee Avenue
Creighton Avenue
Home Avenue
Nickel Plate Road Easter Holiday Special Rates
The Nickel Plate road offers special rates for the Easter Holidays. For further information, apply to any agent. 3-30-eod-4-5-36.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago Produce Market Report From Curcaco
Chicago produce market details for wheat corn oats pork and lard with April May and July price movements. Commission Merchants, White Bank Block, Callon Jackson at 140 Calhoun Street offers fish and oysters. phone 314.
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StaRre Aros
White Bank Block
Callon Jackson
Calhoun Street
Wreck Near Nickel Plate Crossing Injures Brakeman
A southbound Grand Rapids freight split in two near the Nickel Plate crossing last night, demolishing one car and wrecking two or three others. Brakeman Lonergan sprained his arm amid the mishap in the yard. Meanwhile Pennsylvania Railway celebrated its 50th anniversary in Philadelphia with a noon reception for directors and a large afternoon Academy of Music gathering featuring Joseph H. Choate.
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Grand Rapids
Nickel Plate Crossing
Lonergan
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Philadelphia
Roberts
Great Corporation
Board
The
Academy of Music
President Roberts
Joseph H. Choate
New York
Deaths and Funerals Wyss 30 dies after typhoid fever
Gerald Wyss died at St Joseph hospital at 6 30 pm aged 30 a Marion township native. He came to the city years ago to work in the County Auditor Edsall office. Funeral arrangements are pending with services at St Marys Catholic church and burial at Hesse Cassel Catholic cemetery. He belonged to St Joseph Benevolent Legion and St Michaels Union. E W Miner of the Garrett Herald observed in town.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Hesse Cassel
St. Joseph Benevolent Legion
St. Michael's Union
Oldness of Lyman Trumbull Grows Serious
Ex United States Senator Lyman Trumbull fell ill while in Belleville to deliver the funeral address for Gustav Koerner and was brought home to 408 Lake Avenue in a seriously ill condition. Doctors treated him for rheumatism of the heart and his relatives remain hopeful for a recovery despite the grave prognosis.
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Curcaco
United States
Lyman Trumbull
Belleville
Ind
Gustav Koerner
Lake Avenue
Judge Trnombail
Judge Trumbull
Edison proposes sound wave theory for X rays
The Electrical Engineer discusses Thomas A. Edison challenging Roentgen heat energy ideas. He argues X rays are sound waves of very short length, with shadows as sound shadows. He describes experiments with fluorescent bulbs, steel plates, and a low vacuum tube to produce sharp shadows. He notes liquids rarely fluoresce and crystals respond, claiming shadow sharpness links to break abruptness.
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Thomas A. Edison
Electrical Engineer
Mr. Edison
Edison
Princeton Professor Builds Artificial Baseball Twirler
Professor Hinton of Princeton unveils an iron barrel pitching machine that discharges a baseball every 20 seconds. It aims to control speed direction and curve, improving batting practice, reducing wasted time, and potentially revolutionizing team training for the Tigers.
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Hinton
Princeton University
Tigers
New York Sun
Pastor Fired After Church Beer Scandal at Wichita
The Rev. Joseph Silberman, pastor of a German Lutheran church in Wichita Kansas, was asked to resign after a church aid society held a Shard Times ball at which beer was sold. He objected to a woman speaker, citing Pauls teaching, triggering a board vote and withdrawal of funds by society members. Other items note hunting in Michigan Avenue and a large duck shoot crowd viewing from boats and a startled prairie chicken smashing a window near the Auditorium observed by a Chicago Times Herald crowd.
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Joseph Silberman
German Lutheran Church
Wichita
Kan
Aid Society of
Silberman
Paul
Michigan Avenue
Lake Front
Illinois Central Station
Randolph Street
Chicago Times-Herald
Plate road for students accet Easter Vacation
Public notice invites inquiries to agents or address B F Horner General Passenger Agent Cleveland Ohio regarding Easter Vacation plans for students.
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Plate Road
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
A Word to the Wise Is A Family Flour Appeal
A sales note from S. Bash & Co. Mayflower Mills promoting Vienna Patent flour. It claims superior bread quality, health benefits, palatability, and cheaper price per barrel, urging a fair trial for family use and custom grinding services.
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S$. Bash & Co
Mayflower Mills
Money to Build in Lakeside Lots Promising Homeownership
Ads tout Lakeside lots as better than bank money, claiming they will rise in value and offer easy home ownership. Pay $100 to $200 down to secure funds via a Land Company and repay at one dollar per month per $100 borrowed, enabling buyers to become their own landlords faster.
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Lakeside
Land Company
Pianos Displayed With Shop-Worn Pricing Challenge
A dealer compares prices of used shop-worn pianos to new values, asking what a new Chickering Baldwin or Haines Bros would cost today. He urges customers to consider the figures and visit the store to see the instruments and discuss payment options.
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Chickering
Baldwin
Haines Bros
Hallet & Davis
Walling to Be Tried May 5 in Cincinnati
The Walling case moves toward trial with Alonzo Walling indicted for the Pearl Bryan murder alongside Scott Jackson. The attorney for Walling has been notified to be prepared for trial on May 6. Judge Helm aims to finish Jackson’s trial within two weeks. A Milwaukee notice records the death of Thomias, a prominent Oshkosh lumber businessman.
Exposition Room Mahogany and Hungarian Bedroom Sets Sale
Who will get the Mahogany Bedroom Suit in the green Exposition Room for 139 dollars and the Hungarian imported Wood Bedroom Suit in the gold Room for 85 dollars. Find such a concentration of Beautiful Carpets at our great opening in the west. Where else does a furniture store match the extensive ware rooms shown here.
Last Hopewell Resident Moves Away
The final resident of Hopewell Pennsylvania has departed. The town once housed about 500 people and several local industries, but dwindling population and closures prompted the exit.
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Hopewell
Jasoé
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A. F. Schoch
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Chicago Produce Market
J. G. Thieme
Hovs Oc
Ghnaten
Sane Neckar
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Grand Rapids & Indiana
Chicago & West Michigan Railroad
Petoskey
Mackinaw
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Arthur Thayer
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Will. C. Cleary
Harrison Street
Washington
J. H. Brunner
Marshalltown
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E. W. Miner
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Edrows
Princeton
Churcch
Paradise
W. W. Kimball Co
J. H. Case
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Max B. Fisher
Sommer’s
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DR. Kilmer
A. 3. Keller
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Tri-State Building
G. Klug
Hanna ST
Dena
Milwaukee
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Telephone
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Freese & Ranke
Foster Furniture Co
Fort Nayne
W.g.burket
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Mennonite Book Concern
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E. Ener Street
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