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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
3
A Fort Wayne society column recounts poetry by Katherine Tynan, wedding announcements, engagements, gatherings, and social visits. It details June weddings for Evelyn Youze and Lawrence Hartzell, Rose Schingie and William Hehemann, and Gertrude Potthoff with Edward Vieland, plus numerous cards, teas, and out-of-town guests.
Fire in Elkins West Virginia razed a large portion of the town after burglars blew open a post office and store, destroying eighteen dwellings and a police office. Suspects looted $60 in currency and stamps before fleeing. Concurrent Chicago blaze destroyed more than fifty automobiles and a three story building after an oil soaked waste ignited.
Ideal summer weather drew a season high crowd at Robison Park yesterday. Wayne Salk led a large Sunday throng as Packard band conducted two concerts with John Verwiere directing, Ray Lebreve singing with the band, and a balloon ascent as a feature. Picnickers enjoyed baskets of lunch and spent the day at the resort.
MM Danamle of Paris and Erenes with M Lecoca of Schenectady representing the General Electric foreign interests arrived late last night and checked in at the Anthony Hotel. More foreign reps are due today for a local conference and inspection of the plant, amid expected changes to the corporate home.
City notes report Chief of Police Abnott spent Sunday at a northern lake. Twelve chickens were stolen from a coop near McKinrnan grocery on Grant Street late Saturday, inkghe explosion of gagoling in a stove at J. Potreetee’s home. No damage reported. BR. G. Spear of Sybert spent Sunday in Fort Wayne attending a Sunday school convention. John Hughes’s condition after surgery shows improvement though paralysis of the left side persists. Missouri Synod commissioners meet in Chicago and request 187 ministers and 73 teachers from Lutheran congregations nationwide, leaving 108 pulpits unused and fifty-five ce sim?
A Mexican refugee from Cullacan, Sinaloa, reports that pillage followed the recent capitulation of federal forces. Mobs have controlled the town for five days, looting and burning stores and dwellings, with prominent businessmen and officials killed. The report also notes executions in Culiacan including General Morales and Captain Stem, and lists local officials who were slain after retreat to Culiacan.
Deputy Sheri Walter Tmmel will leave this morning with Gravilla Mann the foreigner who stabbed Ike Coulcherto death at the Rolling Mills several weeks ago. Mann was sentenced to serve from two to fourteen years on a manslaughter charge. Mrs. Reichelderter will accompany to Indianapolis where she will place Visla Gerard in the school for girls. Viola Gerard, arrested for drunkenness a lenove dime ago, claiming she was wider sixteen years of age, was placed in the Juvenile officers and ordered sent to the girls' school.
Ing Jue Fi An accident at the aviation meet in which Witmer, the pilot, was wrecked but escaped serious injury. Lincoln Beachey flew to about 2500 feet and remained aloft for fifteen minutes. Witmer and Beachey then traveled to Lafayette, Indiana to participate in another event.
Miss Etta Nationes of Fort Wayne Epworth League Association led the first session at the Here SLE chapel in Decator. The convention schedule included a quiet hourly program, sermons, reports, and lectures on religious uses of life, practical operation, and missionary topics. Delegates attended sessions from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday evening with music, receptions, devotions, and continued ministry programs.
The fifth annual Adams County common schools commencement was held on the central school lawn in Decatur. About 188 diplomas were awarded. Rev C E Bitte delivered the oration at the Baptist church, Dr Ferris gave the address, music by the Dudley Buck Male Quartet and Fort Wayne choir, with Bliss of Geneva conducting. The Methodist pastor Raymond J Semans closed with benediction. The year was marked by progress in county education.
Decatur Ind June 11 The Zion Classis of the Northwestern Synod of the German Reformed Church closed a four day annual session at Magley Reformed Church. The next classis will be held in the city. Officers elected for the year include President Rev Benetder of Magle President Rev Klausing of Garrett Secretary Rev Heseart of Treca gun Treasurer Matt Kirsch of Decatur.
The Fort Wayne district of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the BM. B. chapel holds its annual convention in Decatur starting Tuesday evening and continuing through Wednesday evening. The event will take place at the Methodist church with local members preparing to host a large group.
Decatur THD June 1A. Delec Moses, who had owned the horse only days, was thrown from the animal during a city breaking incident. He suffered pain and injuries including a sprained back hip wrist hand and a cut head. The horse dashed several licks then broke loose and returned to its farmer home near Willshire Ohio.
Decatur Ind June 11 The April term of court closed for summer vacations extending to September 4. The Blue Creek ditch cage, which was depth several weeks ago, will be continued June 19 after a two weeks vacation. Heard by Special Judge R H Hartford of Portland.
A horse owned by Albert Shank of Lima Road was reported stolen near downtown in front of Peoples Drug Store at about 8:15 Sunday evening. The hitching strap remained, suggesting the animal was unhitched rather than broken away. Emory Geits starts as clerk at the Belles Hotel filling the vacant post left by the restoration of Doke Quinn, who will travel for the American Tobacco camp.
A prominent party of American manufacturers journalists and capitalists will sail from New York aboard the Carmania for a seventy day tour of Europe. Delegates include Fred J Thieme of Wayne Entranz mills who joins in Europe, Meyer Fitzgerald Linton Stephens and others. Organized by the Boston Chamber of Commerce the trip aims to study economic problems and report back with fullest information.
June 11 A BBC style summary reports stands lining streets and parks for the coronation procession will seat up to 450 000 on the go and 259 000 for the royal path. Over 40 stands overlook the gay pageant and a thousand on the second day can seat half a million. Prices range from three to fifteen shillings, with some best spots fetching large sums.
Modran Woods & Co jewelers in Peoples Trust building received four letters from Erie Pennsylvania asking for information about Henry Sakewitz killed on the railroad at Erie. The Fort Wayne firm states Sakewitz was their employee. Mr Woods says Bakowicz was German born in Cleveland and worked as a spray cleaner man. He was about fifty years old and never resided in Fort Wayne.
A class of thirteen was examined at Emanuel Lutheran and will be confirmed on Sunday June 25 at the church. The list of confirmands includes Otio Roemke Walter Becker Herbert Imnemeyer Serbart Rippe Albert Giegold Herbert Rust Gertrude Phiete Gertrude Lankenail Linda Roge Virginia Meyer Ide Kannemeyer Edna Kammeyer and Lilian Pohlmeyer.
Fort Wayne lodge No. 116 C and Phoenix Lodge No. 101 of the Knights of Pythias held annual memorial services yesterday at the lodge home on West Washington street. After the ceremony at the home, exercises were held at Lindenwood.
Children from Achduth Voshalon Jewish Sunday School performed a flower themed program at Geobath school station yesterday. All students participated with an unusually large turnout and notable floral decorations highlighted the event.
A wooded bridge thirty five feet long over the Wabash railroad West of Actign in Lafayette sees fire early this morning and collapses onto the track. Debris blocks the line for sixteen hours until wreck trains clear it. ROTHERMAL GRISELL WEDDING: Bluffton. June 41. The marriage of Martha Rothermal and Thomas C Grisell performed by Rev H B Couch. They will reside at Cardisle Indiana.
A crowded Berlin cafe incident ends with a policeman shot dead after attempting arrest of an unidentified man who then wounded a waiter and fled. The assailant reportedly killed himself when cornered. A stray ad at end mentions a health related business sale and a mailing address.
Indiana contributed fourteen officer candidates to the nation’s armed services this year, with two receiving honors to the army and navy alike. The report lists graduates from West Point and Annapolis, including Paul W. Baade of Fort Wayne at West Point, and Melendy of Angola entering Annapolis, detailing ranks, birthplaces, and academy entry dates.
An art exhibit will be held at St Augustine's Academy next Friday Saturday and Sunday. The display will feature paintings and fancy work in the academy studio, showing works by the students.
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