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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
3
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Reports of multiple deaths and forthcoming funerals in the Fort Wayne area. Diedrick Dicke, born Hanover 1845, died of pneumonia at 62. funeral at Emmaus Lutheran Church and Concordia cemetery. Patriceke Reidy and other local residents noted with service details and interment plans.
Michigan City Ind June 3 the prison board of trustees organized under a new act increasing membership to four from three Patrick O Brien Democrat became president Michael E Foley Democrat vice president SIR AL Coulter Republican treasurer and WW Kotfel Republican secretary with residence details from South Hend Crawfordville Frankfort and Knox respectively
Mr Harry Harris of the Journal Gazet e staff was briefly assaulted Sunday night by three unknown men while returning home. Dr Macbeth said his injuries were not serious and Harris could not identify his assailants. Bass works strikers investigated but denied any knowledge of the incident.
Buffalo clubman Harry Hamlin died in an automobile accident on the Williamsville road near the Country Club this afternoon. A boy and Hamlin’s chauffeur were badly injured.
United Mine Workers president John Mitchell left the hospital yesterday after an operation and walked home without signs of relapse. He had been hospitalized for five days but showed no complications as he recovered.
Balser Federspiel a French born Fort Wayne resident and pioneer blacksmith died at 92 at his daughter Mrs. F X Schuhler's home 321 Washington boulevard east. He came to Fort Wayne over sixty years ago after trades in Michigan and Wisconsin and had two marriages producing several children including Balser Fred and Philip. Surviving are Mrs Schuhler Peter and Joseph Federspiel, one sister Mrs Eva Ganslen and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a lifelong Democrat.
Throughout his life he stood for party rights and principles without seeking public office. The funeral is scheduled for Thursday morning at 9 from St John the Baptist Catholic church in New Haven, with services at Schuhler residence at 220 o'clock. Flowers are requested to be omitted.
Frederick Vandercook Croxton of Angola rode the presidential train from Fort Wayne to Lansing and the State Agricultural College. He heard Roosevelt speak on campus, enjoyed a huge crowd arriving by excursion trains, and rode back with the party to Hillsdale before returning home.
County commissioners Tonkel Wyss and Hockemeyer voted to reappoint Mr. Thomas Turflinger to run the county infirmary and farm. The board praised Turflinger as a model servant, while noting Mrs Turflinger’s kindly, motherly support. Also re elected Charles A Singer as quartermaster.
Twelve Chicago theater managers and scalpers arrested for selling tickets above the published rate were discharged in municipal court. The judge ruled the state law section they were charged under unconstitutional, ending the case.
George Reiter, longtime Fort Wayne cigar manufacturer of the Pony brand, died Saturday night at his son’s home in Humbolt Kansas after weeks of illness. A native of Pennsylvania, he built a large Fort Wayne factory, helped fund a Masonic temple, and was active in Indiana Masonic circles. His wife had died earlier this winter, and his funeral and interment will be in Fort Wayne at Lindenwood Cemetery.
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