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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1911
Page
4
A Cody Nebraska special reports Charles Sellers a stockman was seized from his home by two men and lynched. The mob involved neighboring ranchmen and workers in a family dispute that allegedly spurred the infamy as Sellers faced accusations of an offense that provoked strong local outrage.
Willard Hackius 15 dies after erysipelas at home in Fort Wayne. Angeline Pranger 85, of Force Street, dies. funeral 10:20 a.m. from residence and 11 a.m. at St Mary’s. John Finn protects parish burial at Cathedral. Mrs Fred Lebrecht 85 dies after meningitis. Warren, Indiana youth dies in state hospital. Funeral services listed for multiple locals at Emanuel Lutheran Zion Lutheran and Catholic churches.
Obituary recalls a devout Lutheran woman born in Piqua Township in 1840 who joined Zion Lutheran Church and later Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church. She married Amos C. Friece in 1869, bore four children, and died in 1911 after a long battle with cancer. Her funeral was at Salem Church with Rev. Raymond A. Albert presiding. The piece also sketches frontier life in Allen County, Indiana, and the hardships endured by early settlers.
A local Bluffton blacksmith, John X Deam, was injured when a steel chisel pierced his palm while he worked in his shop. His wife also suffered a fall from a cherry tree at their home on South Main street. her injuries are not serious.
William Ehrman of West Jefferson street has just returned from Sacré Reart college in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. The Lanies Aid Society of the Church of God plans an ice cream social on the church lawn at 3201 South Lafayette Street tomorrow evening. Agnes Dorothy Irwin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Irwin, is among St Josephs Academy 1911 graduates from Indianapolis and is Mrs Helen May Irwin’s younger sister and diocesan Catholic writer.
Monroeville updates include Hallie Huma returning from a visit to Vicksburg and other relatives, Ethel Doud visiting Ney and Van Wert, and Lila Singer attending Van Wert commencement. Locals Cleo Ward's party honored Balt Davin soon to wed, and geographies like Fort Wayne and Gary appear in social links. Also noted are travels of George Knecht and a local cinema transfer, with regional mentions of Moscow Moscow?—Kiev Russia and Chicago legal notes.
Verne Miller, who recently shot his cousin in Ashley, pleaded guilty before Judge Powers and received a sentence of two to fourteen years. He claimed whisky caused his downfall and said he has always been a man except when drunk. He sat with his mother and the victim’s wife as the sentence was pronounced.
The Robison Perk Theatre presents vaudeville and moving pictures tonight with a Dally act scheduled at 8 30 pm.
A big Commercial club meeting is planned Saturday evening with W. & Peter, head of the local Weather Bureau, delivering a talk on how government weather reports are compiled and the system behind them. A musical program will be provided by Anotialub and Sunoh members, with refreshments. Membership solidifies past 500 as committees prepare to review new applicants. The club board will hold an important meeting Thursday evening.
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