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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Evening Post

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1896

Page

4

Fort Wayne Council Honors Gratfe and Reviews Tax Error

Fort Wayne Ind June 13 1896 residents publish resolutions praising Henry C Gratfe a longtime public official and city fraternal figure. The council expresses sorrow and orders minutes copied to his family. A petition seeks water mains extensions on Holton avenue from Julia to Fisher and on Fisher to Thomas and is referred to the waterworks committee. A letter requests tax refunds due to clerical errors affecting heirs of the late Charles Schmitz. Referred to finance committee and city attorney.

Henry C. Gratfe Yort Wayne Fort Wayne Board of Water Works Trustees Providence Frederick Boenker Holton Avenue Julia Street Fisher Street Thomas Street Assillon Fort Way Ind Jets Council Ft. Wayne Charles Schmitz Assessors Bank of Wayne Township Alien County Hanna City of Lehmitz Henry 4. Bossier Paul E. Wolf Borkenstein Fisher Glenn Griebel Hild Kelker Loesch McDonald Mohr Scheid Sommers Tigar Waltemath Wolf Young Waittemath

Fort Wayne Ward Boundary Change Ordinance Text

Fort Wayne city council discusses amending ward boundaries in an ordinance regulating streets and rail lines. The proposed changes specify precise street centerlines and river meanderings for Third to Tenth wards, with city limits and railroad lines guiding the new boundaries and provisions for publication.

City of Fort Wayne Ind First Ward Maumee Harmer Street Hayden Street Gay Street Pittsburg, Mort Wayne and Chicago Railway P.st. W. & C. Railway Clay Street Columbia Street St. Mary’s River St. Mary’s Lakeside Park Addition Second Ward Pittsburg Chicago Malling Calhoun Street Third Ward St. Marys River Butler Street Hoagland ‘Avenue Hoagland Avenue Wabash Railway Chicago ‘Street Chicago Street McClellan Street McClellan Baker Street Webster ‘Street Weeb Ater Bern Ber Center Webster Itheneg Webster Street Boaghind Avenue Fairfield Avenue Poplar Street Oakley Street Ninde Fox Street DeWald Street Broadway New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad New York, Chicago & St. Louis van Buren Street States River Fifth Ward New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway de Wald Street Said Alley Seventh Ward Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Hanna Street Wittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Highth Ward Maumee River Glasgow Avenue Maumee Road Mauinee Road Alastow Avenue Ninth Ward Mill Round Spy Run City Park New York Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Archer Avenue Wells Street Milload Tenth Ward Walton Walton Avenue Wolf McClean Street Webster Streets Fourth Ward McClelan Street Hoaxgland Avenue Wabash Mainway St. L Taylor Street Fort

Fort Wayne Pole Ordinance Regulates Utilities in Streets

Fort Wayne Common Council debates an ordinance governing telegraph telephone and electric light poles in streets alleys and public places. It requires annual pole counts charts licenses on March first and a one dollar per pole license fee with potential penalties for noncompliance.

Fort Wayne City of Board of Public Works Borporetons Henrietta J. Thompson Fort Wasa South Wayne

Scarlet Fever at Reform School Keeps Boys Out

In the superior court John Poinsett sues Fred Beyerline et al. for 100 dollars on a note. Sheriff Clausmeier reports scarlet fever at the reform school prevents admission of John Luginbuhl, sentenced yesterday. John Amstotz fined 1 dollar and costs for provoking Christian Stucky. Adolph Parnin suit against Keeley Brewing settled out of court with 854 dollars paid. Henry Bullerman becomes justice of the peace succeeding Squire Bohen.

John Poinsett Fred Beyerline Clausmeier Reform School John Luginbuhl John Amstotz Christian Stucky Adolph Parnin Keeley Brewing Company Parnin Henry Bullerman Squire Bohen

Chicago Market and Public Works Notices 1896 Fort Wayne

Commodity prices for Wheat Corn Oats Par Value Close spread and May Openings noted. Fort Wayne Board of Public Works invites sealed bids Jan 27 for city garbage collection with right to reject. Various local crime and society notes from Marion Lisperty Perry Kansas City Moody’s brother death and bigamy arrest in Lawrence.

Department OF Public Works Orry Board of Public Works City of Fort Wayne Indiana M. M. Lock Evangelist Moody Kansas City W. L. Moody Dwight L. Moody All Saint’s Hospital Gardner Kas

Sermon Offer Backfires In Suburban Chapel Opening

A London preacher famed for refusing payment to preach at a suburb chapel agreed to accept 5 pounds worth of copies of The Bubbler for distribution. The sermon was preached and the copier delivered, but the deacons received back numbers instead of an opening report.

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