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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
4
A barn raising north of Albion ends tragically as a crane or timber failure causes beams and joists to fall. Wm. Ene and John Bolit are reported killed while several others are injured. Local workers and bystanders witnessed the accident at Mrs Jacoy Hoister’s property.
The notice lists manicure items including scissors and Orangewood sticks sold by Rodenbeek at 1004 Calhoun Street. The fragments indicate a local goods display or sale event with various manicure products and brands referenced.
Announcements report the deaths of Calvin Morais aged about 79 at Lutheran hospital after dropsy and long illness. Services set at 117 Lafayette Street. Hilda Harmeyer to be buried at home. Margaret Cromkhite to have service on Maysville Pike. Nearby notices include Pierceton resident John Gilbert’s death, and a woman described as nearly eighty recovering from cataract surgery and stroke.
For sale a First Class Remington Typewriter No 6 and a Roll top desk with chair. Item located at Helsey’s, To Arcade.
City residents and visitors figure in a string of sightings and arrivals. Sworn to Me and Abs. Ed Cath of Warne frave and daughter visit relatives. Mrs. Quigley and Alisy luna of Richmond are in the city. Mrs. W. He Long returns home from a visit to Mies. GC. U. Ware and Dr. A. K. Gréfe also travel among kin. Business figures include Mussuye Yaragtle & Co. and Barnes Co. In Lowe events, Authoy Warne Lodge No.4 holds an even meeting for members and families. A building at Ablety six feet was raised and a meal served. Mr. Frak J. Jones of New York, famed as the Prince of Dress, visits the Wayne Hotel with five tracks of clothes and forty suits. Dre Lucy Wuy lor, longtime missionary, will address a Friday meeting of Fort Wayne Methodist missionaries. Pinkerton case: United States Circuit Court grants a deposition against William Cohn of San Francisco for alleged malt whiskey activity.
In a Gunnison reclamation tunnel disaster, workers were trapped as a collapse caved in. Edward Scuer, Floyd Woodruff, A B Stelle, Charles Hormhart, James Cassidy, G Taylor and Fred Goff were among those pinned under debris. Entombed comrades built a dam to divert flow, enabling 21 men to be rescued after rope-tangled, three-minute relay pulls from sixty feet deep.
A fragment notes Prass and Reed's window during a Fort Wayne carnival. It mentions profit and pledges, an expert, and Tialias F. Greets at No. 3 Arcade, but the text is garbled and powers unclear.
Reports say two bandmen attempted operations in Pealliree Deanery area during early morning hours after a safe was looted. Police quiet on leads while crooks at large. Mention of suspicious characters, a plant, and various small thefts as investigators pursue clues. One sexton recalls seeing two men boarding a school bus. police noting a string of petty thefts with a pattern of careful concealment. Two young men named Frank Murphy and Pater Smith were arrested for vagrancy, while a lawn mower stolen earlier is recovered. other minor incidents and police activity reported in the city.
Wayne dry goods store advertises a suit sale with bold pricing and bold claims of bargains. Shoppers are invited to visit the Wayne shop for discounts on men’s and boys’ suits, with emphasis on savings and value.
May 31 in the west side court Magistrate Poole held twenty four members of the Theatrical Managers association for trial on conspiracy charges framed by James Metcalfe. Defendants include Frohman Klaw and Lyppenger Frank McKee Oscar Hammerstein Tony Pastor Percy Williams Burnham and Al Heyman. Poole ruled a theatre is private property and rejected denying access due to criticism, stating a theatre is not denied to those who criticize.
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