Louis Wolf & Co. to Reopen in Arcade Quarters
Louis Wolf & Co. will stay in Fort Wayne after health improves. Unable to sell a large stock, the firm leased Arcade rooms and will open February 17 with a lighter assortment and lower prices to compete as one of the citys great bargain stores. Monday February 10 is the last day for paying gas bills without penalty.
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Mr. Wolf
Louis Wolf & Co
Fort Wayne
Wolf
Europe
the Post
William H English Dies at Hotel Eng Neh at Noon
William H English died at his hotel room in Indianapolis at 12 38 p m after two weeks of illness from the grip and heart trouble. His daughter Mrs Walling and her husband Dr Franklyn Hays joined by his son Will BE English and other family watched as he slipped into unconsciousness and passed away peacefully. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 p m at Crown Hill cemetery where the family monument stands.
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Indianapolis
William H. English
Eng- Neh
English
River Sinc
Walling
Crown Hill Cemetery
Sketch of William English Lifelong Indiana Public Figure
William Hayden English of Indiana was born in Lexington Scott County on August 27 1822. A lawyer and politician he served as postmaster clerk of the Indiana House and secretary of the 1850 constitutional convention before terms in the US Senate and Congress. He helped craft the Kansas admission compromise. he was the 1880 Democratic vice presidential nominee on the Hancock ticket but lost to Garfield Arthur. English built a grand opera house managed by his son Billy English and remained a periodic theater patron until illness ended his activity. His wealth stemmed chiefly from real estate, valued around five million dollars.
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William Hayden English
Indiana
Lexington
Scott County
William
Hanover College
United States Supreme Court
House of Representatives
United States Treasury Department
Polk
United States Senate
Congress
Kansas
English
General Hancock
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
William H. English, Jr
Billy
Indianapolis leader and historian impressed by expansion efforts
The text notes a person who became enthusiastic and spared expense to push a project to completion. He served as president of the Indiana Historical Society and authored a historical and biographical work on the state constitution and its lawmakers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Historical Society
Gowdy Calls A Meeting For Republican State Committee
Indiana dispatch reports Chairman Gowdy calling a Wednesday meeting of the Republican state central committee to consider the Democrats proposal to hold this year’s elections under the 188 law. The action is uncertain but likely not accepted.
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Republican State Committee
Indianapolis
Gowdy
Republican State Central Committee
Democratic Committee
Monck
Republican Central Committees
Eighth Congressional District
McCulloch
Hartford City
Bluffton
Franklin
McKinley Club
Harrison
McKinley
Allison
Reed
Fatal affray at Pittsburg leaves druggist dead
DANVILLE Feb 8 A druggist Maxy Herbster was killed during a struggle with Ulpsus Smith and Harvey Stanley in a Pittsburg shop. Smith struck Herbster with a club, crushing his skull. Smith and Stanley fled. a posse pursues. Terre Haute Feb 8 Dr. E L Vancleave testified in the Shanks murder trial that eyebrow wounds indicated in life blows from a blunt instrument or clenched fist. Fowler Feb 8 Five thousand acres of Kankakee swamps will be plowed for corn using a five ton engine and five plows, replacing twenty eight horses.
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Danville
Pittsburg
Maxy Herbster
Ulpsus Smith
Harvey Stanley
Smith
Stanley
Terre Haute
Shanks
E. L. Vancleave
Fowler
Kankakee
The Markets Ledger February 7 Chicago and New York data
New York markets show firm money on call at 4 percent and steady sterling exchange. Bond and bullion prices move, with government issues mixed. Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat and corn shifts, oats, pigs and hogs at Union Stock Yards, and multiple produce prices noted, alongside futures and cash rounds.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Chicago
Board of Trade
Burbanks
Cape Cod
Union Stock Yards
Open Letter Endorses Life Insurance as Civic Duty
An appeal urges readers to consider National Life Insurance policies with options not offered by others. It argues life insurance protects families, businesses, and future well being, offering cash values, paid up options, and flexible proceeds. The notice links insurance to moral duty, self respect, and broader financial security.
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National Life Insurance Company
The
Post
Montpelier
Vermont
Notices and social notes from Fort Wayne locals
Mr Barnet of 190 West Berry street leaves for Chicago for a few days. No ladies toilet is complete without Loeschs Toilet Cream. Dr J W Thompson mourns the loss of a valuable English pointer. For blotches use Loeschs Cream. Charles McCulloch presents Addresses Speeches Lectures and Letters of Hugh McCulloch to the public library. Mrs Tom Shelby improves after illness. KE Sprague test medium lectures at Court street AOUW hall tomorrow. Funeral of Miss Josephine Updegraf at Dr T P McCulloughs residence. Union meeting at Masonic temple to discuss charity work. John L Sessler returns to see old friends. Hi bernians hold important meeting at Hibernian hall to elect county officers. Union meeting of charitable groups at Masonic Temple Sunday evening Feb 16 with musical program promised. Fort Waynes twenty seventh annual masquerade being planned.
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Barnet
West Berry Street
Chicago
Loesch
J. W. Thompson
Charles McCulloch
Hugh McCulloch
Tom Shelby
KE. W. Sprague
A. O. U. W. Hall
Court Street
Josephine Updegraf
T. P. McCullough
Douglass Avenue
Masonic Temple
John L. Sessler
Ligonier
Hibernians
Hibernian Hall
Fort Wayne
Populists Meet in Allen County for Reorganization
Populists of Allen County convene at K of L hall to reorganize the committee and elect a county chairman. A district convention is slated for February 26. Also advertised is a five day sacrifice sale by Louis Wolf & Co with goods sold regardless of cost.
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Rockville
Parke County
K. of L. Hall
Allen County
Louis Wolf & CO
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Lebanon
Boone County
Clara Shanks
New York Financial
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Purdue University
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F. W. Culbertson
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W. W. Shyock
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Charles Colerick
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F. H. VanValkenburg
Harry Metzger
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