Indiana Cold Wave Temperature Drop Ahead
Indiana likely to see a 20 degree fall by Sunday morning. Mrs. August Langhurst of 81 East Washington street is very sick with bronchitis. A surprise birthday party honored Miss Melia Zimmerman at her West Fifth street home with about 15 couples, games, dancing, music, and a midnight lucheon. Subscribe to the Port Wayne Evening Post. see Frank Klotz’s ad on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Langhurst
East Washington Street
Melia Zimmerman
West Fifth Street
Deny a combination in Indiana GOP chair race
Indianapolis Jan 18 The managers of R E H Nebeker campaign for the Republican state committee chairmanship say William D Owen has not announced gubernatorial candidacy and no effort exists to form a Nebeker Owen McKeen combination. A F Schochs woolens sale cash only by March 1 marked to actual cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapouis
RE. H. Nebeker
Republican State Committee
William D. Owen
Nebeker
Owen
William R. McKeen
United States
A. F. Schoch
West Main
New York
St. John
Mercantile National Bank of New York
United States Treasury
Cleveland
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
South
Eugene V. Debs
Central Labor Union
Hit Him Hard Court Notes On Pedlars And Saloon Keeper
Sheriff officers pursue peddlers selling goods at low prices while a courtroom note covers Max Bomgartner of Scherer Bakery accusing John Bothner of assault and battery after a dispute over a left behind parcel. The case continues with details of a rough exchange between buyer and saloonkeeper at Calhoun Street. A separate report describes razors sold cheaply by unknown men and a failed arrest in the east yards. James Bolyard, held on lodge funds theft, is released due to improper requisition papers. A jewelry peddler in Geogia identified as John Huffman of Bloomingdale is cleared of theft suspicion after Sheriff Clausmeier investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Bomgartner
Scherer Bakery
Squire Huser
John Bothner
Calhoun Street
Bothner
Clausmeier
Harrod
Bolyard
James Bolyard
Mt. Gilead
Lodge of
Red Men of
Baldwin
Jewell
Harrison to marry Mrs Dimmick after Lent
Ex president William Henry Harrison announces engagement to Mrs. Dimmick. The marriage will occur after Lent. Harrison remains in New York through Sunday and may travel to Indianapolis or Washington. The announcement drew politicians, with no immediate presidential declaration. Mrs Dimmick, 40, formerly significant in Harrison household affairs, is described as a striking brunette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Harrison
Dimmick
New York
Harrison
Tibbitts
The Bakery Wedding and the Bread Morality
A humorous tale frames a marriage as the bakery battle over bread. The couple’s bliss fades as the oven fails and the husband demands food. Wise warning urges young women to choose wisely at marriage, urging practical concerns over romance.
Mailings From Heaven to Armenia Stir Indianapolis Sentinel
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports on a communication from heaven via Wabash, signed Ezra from Fort Wayne, offering to accompany Miss Clara Barton to Armenia to aid the relief effort. The paper notes Ezra’s reputation as a reformer and promises to promote correspondence between ends of the line for the relief aims. City notices list Y M C A youth meeting at 2:15 p m, men's meeting at 3:30 p m, and an Evangelistic Bible class at 4:30 p m with broad invitation.
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Heaven
Clara Barton
Armenia
Frank E. Stevens
Wabash
Ind
Ezra
Miss Barton
Fort Wayne
Turkey
City Department
Carl Zurmuhlen
Lesider
Favorable Features in Trade Boost Iron and Steel Prices
Bradstreet's notes a revival in iron and steel prices and heavy cereal exports, amid uneven trade revival after the holidays. Demand rises for dry goods, clothing, hats, and shoes. prints and ginghams stay fairly active. Wheat flour exports total 3,210,000 bushels versus prior weeks and years, while U.S. business failures reach 412 for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet's
Baltimore
New Orleans
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
United States
Collided With a Runaway Car Injuring Fifteen
Victor Colorado suffered a severe railway accident when a runaway box car struck a passenger coach. Fifteen passengers were injured, six seriously, with two likely to die. Names include R. C. Cliff and O. A. Alexander among the injured. The incident occurred on the Midland Terminal line near Victor as a Colorado Springs bound train backed from the main track. The collided cars telescoped for about fifteen feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Colo
Midland Terminal Railway
Denver
Colorado Springs
R. C. Cliff
O. A. Alexander
Colorado City
T. J. Kallaman
Topeka
Kas
W. A. L. Thompson
D. C. McGregor
Robert Davison
Disagreement at First Presbyterian settled by resignation
The church session of the First Presbyterian Church, Washington, calls for Rev. Adolps Allen to resign. The contract will be honored through Oct. 1, after which Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage will preach twice on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First Presbyterian Church
T. DeWitt Talmage
Adolps Allen
Allen
Alen
Talmage
Apply the Remedy for Corporate Delinquency in Indiana
The text cites statutes from 1891 imposing fines of 100 dollars per day for delayed corporate reports and penalties from 50 to 5000 dollars for false or fraudulent lists. It notes the prosecuting attorney receives a ten percent share and a ten dollar docket fee. The author urges immediate action against an unnamed corporation whose valuable capital stock and monopolistic franchises have not been listed for taxation. The Fort Wayne Evening Post pledges further investigation into assessor performance and remedies for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Sulphur candle mishap trips two men to fumes
In a late night mishap at the Schmitz block, Dr. E L Siver lit a sulphur candle to purify air, trapping Col. Angus McPherson and Jim Dohrman in a blue smoke incident. After a search with officers, windows were opened and the candle discarded. both men recovered with minor throat injury, and Dohrman’s dog was rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus McPherson
Jim Dohrman
Colonel McPherson
Mr. Dohrman
E. L. Siver
Schmitz Block
Col. McPherson
Dr. Siver
Morpheus
Dohrman
McPherson
Sergeant Jewell
Dixon
Post
Fort Wayne Pole Licensing Ordinance Regulated Utilities
Fort Wayne adopts an ordinance requiring licenses for telegraph telephone electric light railway and other poles in streets alleys and public places. It sets annual license fees per pole and mandates annual pole counts charts sworn statements and city comptroller audits with penalties up to 100 dollars. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and becomes effective after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Fort Wayne
Common Council
City
Fort, Wayne
Board of Public Works
Ito
George H. Loesch
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Boston
WM. Hahn & CO
SstTore
Chas. F. Pfeiffer
Port Wayne
Evenine
Frank Klotz
J. G. Thieme
Tintary Lear
Gov. Columbia and Clinton
Brenzinger’s Bakery
Krenzinger’s Bakery
Brenzinger
Life
Tom
Ned
Jeavyen
Indianapolis
Debs
Springfield
Ills
Supreme Court
St. Louis, Alton
Ine Post
James Dormer
Council
Vere Wayne
W. T. Jefferies
C. B. Oakley
NoAsonic Temple
Wallace Bruce
Wm. Meyer & Bro
Calhoun Streets
E. L. Craw
Brenzinger Bread Baking
West Washington Street
Kasten & Kohlmeyer
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