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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1902
Page
3
The Indiana township trustees prepare for an aggressive push to seek enacted reforms from the next state legislature. Executive committees field questions on salaries road supervision landowner payments and levy limits, proposing changes to funding gravel, bridges, and tile work while outlining methods for road repairs and trustee oversight.
Patherson No 7 notes a meeting of trade unions linked to the silk industry, deciding to return to work until militia withdraws. A committee will approach mill owners to submit differences to arbitration, while militia are to be held in the mills tonight to quell trouble.
Miss Annie Fabecker recovering from appendicitis was sent home yesterday. At Noel's Grove near LaGrange the Moca Matrimonial association heard Rev A S Preston and Lieut. Governor Gibert speak. Silver Teet Temperance club elected officers at Frank Glatt's home on Smith Street. Flowers Tray Set up. Monday at Wagherly's Millinery store, open evenings.
Notre Dame commencement exercises drew a large Washington audience and honored notable figures. Dr. Murphy received the Laetare medal after a speech asserting the union of medical skill and charity, while William B. Koen of Fort Wayne delivered the bachelor of arts commencement address.
Bluffton Indiana June 2 Organized movement by temperance supporters aims to close saloons in the city. A remonstrance under Supreme Court rules targets all licenses, with 14 saloons producing about 1500 revenue annually. Knights of Fidelity saloon owners join the fight as Nottingham township had earlier seen saloons driven out.
The paper lists church services across denominations with morning sermons in multiple congregations. Topics include The Life More Abundant, The Inner Christ, Practical Morality, and What Presbyterians Believe. Addressed audiences cover German foreign missionary work and youth meetings at various churches.
An article notes services at Third church with a morning and evening program for Liberty Day, a children’s day program at Bethany Presbyterian, and a memorial sermon for the recently honored pastorate at Westminster church. Details mention hymns, sermons in the universe and faith, and a church sale and offerings.
The community mourns Marguerite Steinhauser wife of John Steinhauser who died of cancer at home aged thirty four burial from residence and St Pauls Lutheran church A late notice reports Miss Bes Elvin pass ing in Hnningtom after time in St Jew hospital services set for Monday afternoon The late Mrs Rusumma Purman mourned by county leaders in Monroeville obituary notes she raised county plans and was mother to Attorney A A Purman born in Harrisburg and immigrated to Allen County in 1849
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