Thorn Again He Swindles With a Piano Purchase
A young man named W. J. Thorn has vanished after posing as a Fort Wayne typewriter agent and defrauding a boarding house, a piano dealer, and a German woman he claimed as his wife. Neighbors report unpaid board, a carted piano, and missing machines tied to the Daugherty firm with state agents seeking restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.J. Thorn
Post
Jennie W. Reed
West Washington Street
Thorn
Fort Wayne
West
Washington Street
Reed
Josephine Selbst
Mary Selbst
Charles Street
Selbst
Josephine
Daugherty Typewriter
Bowser
Indianapolis
Marion
Ind
Corporation Aldermen Defeat Pole Tax War in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne council rejects a pole tax to fund street utilities after a heated debate. The Post rates six councilors as pro corporations and two absentees as cowards. Detailed figures from Tigar and Kelker trigger sharp rebuttals, with Mayor Oakley urging taxation of large beneficiaries.
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Fort Wayne
The
Post
Corporation
Messrs. McDonald and
Mohr
Loesch
Hild
Telephone Company
Everett’ ‘Company
Bild
Mr. Hild
Mr.oesch
Mr. Loesch
Everett
Scheid
Keller
Tigar
Kelker
Pigar
Jenny Electric Light and Fower Company
Electric Light Company
Oakley
Street Railway Company
Fort_ Wayne
Pioneer Citizen Deaths and Funerals
Joseph Kopp dies at his brother in law's home of consumption aged 34. Funeral at St Paul's Catholic church Friday at 10:30 then to Napoleon Ohio. Captain William Glenn of Aboite township dies at home aged old age. Funeral Friday at 16 o'clock from residence, Lindenwood Cemetery. Martha Frame, 86, dies at daughter's residence on Lafayette Street. Funeral from Cathedral at 9 a m tomorrow. Carl Gerke, 1 month, dies of bronchitis at 5 McClellan Street. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 p m. August Puls, 40, dies of consumption at 150 Union Street, born in Germany.
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William Glenn
Aboite Township
Pennsylvania
Lindenwood
Carl Gerke
Louis Gerke
McClellan Street
August Puls
Union Street
Germany
Kopp
Joseph Kopp
Joseph Singmaster
Jackson Street
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Frame
Martha Frame
Lafayette Street
Spider and Fly extravaganza to tour Europe this season
Leavitt’s greatest spectacular Spider and Fly returns with a 45 member cast of European and American artists led by Laura Clement and Mayme Taylor. The production promises a new, expensive, up to date spectacle featuring acrobats the Martini family and a large ballet of English dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Leavitt
Iain
Europe
Laura Clement
Mayme Taylor
Georgia Putnam
Adele Martinette
Edith Tilden
Morello
Human Frog
Harry Kramer
Martini Family
J. M. Hall
Belle Travers
John G. Gates
Bertina
Traveling man W H Lentz found dead by poisoning
W H Lentz a Genoa Electrical company traveling man from Buffalo was found dead in his Harrison street hotel room at 1 o clock with a note asking for notification of Henry Lentz. A bottle labeled Bromides was found and a chemical test was ordered. The coroner held an inquest and a post mortem examination was planned as family contact attempts continued.
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W. H. Lentz
Harrison Street
My Lentz
Genoa Electrical Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Chas Rosington
Henry Lentz
Pakin
Kerlin & Bloom
Notice to Grocers for Christmas Trees Preorders
Local grocers are urged to place orders now as a carload of Christmas trees will arrive in a few days. S. Bash & Co. Green goods seller also advertises offerings. Robert Brownlee alias Doc Ernhart arrested in Evansville on counterfeit money charge after attempting to sell to Daniel Meyers of Long Creek Indiana. A letter signed Doc Ernhart led police to the suspect. Brownlee arrested, wife bound over to federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Bash & CO
Evansville
Ind
Robert Brownlee
Doc’' Ernhart
Brownlee
Daniel Meyers
Long Creek
Meyers
Doc Ernhart
Ernhart
Wartman
Fur Wraps for Christmas Offered by M. Frank & Co
Auction style ad announces 50 fine fur wraps from an anxious manufacturer at deep discounts. Beaver Capes 85 value 50, Seal Capes 175 value 110, Mink Capes 105 value 110, various Electric Seal and Astrakhan Capes deeply cut to enable early callers. sale now at 60 Calhoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Frank & CO
Calhoun Street
Marion Trust Company Formed In Indianapolis
The Marion Trust company was incorporated yesterday as the third trust company in Indianapolis. Capital stock stands at $500,000. Frank Maus serves as president and Henry Rothe as secretary. S. P. Sheerin was offered the presidency but declined. Vaudeville Company Empire Theatre.
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Indianapolis
Marion Trust Company
Frank Maus
New Concern
Henry Rothe
S. P. Sheerin
Democratic National Committee
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Tain
the Council
Burden
Yeas
Borkenstein
Glenn
Fisher
Greibel
Sommers
Derm
Waltemath
Wolf
Young
the Shirkers
McDonald
Dem
Lakeside Street
Electric Light and Power Co
Central Union Telephone Co
American Bell Telephone Co
Western Union Telegraph Co
Corporation Council
Griebel
Belive
Mr. Digart
Board of Public Works
Pioneer Citizen
Willian Glenn
Gerke
Pekin, Ill
Illinois
Christimas
Fergymen
Railkory
NEW Trust Company
Financial Institution
Empire Theatre
V. Gutermuth
Indiana
D. Monahan, Hatter
Cleary
Harrison Near
Washington Sl
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