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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1902
Page
7
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Sacred Heart academy held commencement in Robison patio theatres with five graduates: Marguerite Swift Francis Bell Lillian Cannan Catherine Harling Mary Bernadette Milligan. The program showcased singing recitation and a three act drama Siege of Valencia with Miss Mulligan Gannon and others in principal roles.
An old apothecary style advertisement touts Zen Phora as a cure for female weaknesses and various ailments. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Ems Dibson and Mr. Martin Misch, claiming relief before, during, and after childbirth, with promises of a two dollar bottle sent prepaid from Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The graduating class honors include scholarships for Miss Borlins and Miss Michli Sun, with prizes to Miss Mulligan, Miss Gannon, and Miss Muller. Excellence in conduct and duty earned recognition for numerous students, while improvements in music and various departments were celebrated. The valedictory featured floral symbols from each graduate, and diplomas were distributed by Bishop Alerding with remarks on cultivation of heart and mind guiding future success.
Bishop Alerding praised the Sisters of the Academy for directing students to develop their intellect and spiritual growth. He urged each alumnus to apply effort fully in the tasks before them and to pursue labor, love, and duty with dedication.
Report from Sunday at Churabusch brick yard describes shutters cut and removed. Mr Muekering declined to prosecute the person who hauled them away. Johunie Baker arrested on Deptly Fish Commissioner Figming warrant for dynamiting rivers. bond set at $500.
In Columbus on June 24 the Supreme Court announced the Willis tax law taxing private corporations' subscribed capital stock at one tenth of one percent. It is estimated to yield about $400 in revenue. An adverse ruling would have forced an extra legislative session and invalidated the Nash taxation scheme.
The Right Reverend James Hart Van Buren was consecrated bishop of Porto Rico at SS Stephens Memorial church in Lynn. Prominent bishops of the Episcopal Church and other clergymen attended the ceremony. He had served as rector there for many years.
June 24 at Bentland Daniel McClinton a porter at Ste xeon's hall in a fit of insanity fired a rifle wounding and killing Dr Olvanon Macadam a professor of hymsiatry and James Forbox the professor assistant. Mc Clinton was overpowered after firing five shots.
A Rochester report on the national Knights of St John convention discusses leadership, proposed organizational reforms, and the stance of Supreme Presidant Beith with a committee likely to report favorably. It notes nineteen new commanderies formed during the year and other administrative findings.
A fragmentary report notes Jere bert organizing new cadet auxiliaries and commuameries. Details are sparse, but the item indicates formation of groups associated with cadet activities and local leadership.
The article reports on a planned inter urban merger involving multiple transit and trolley lines around Indianapolis. It outlines capitalization figures for several companies, potential properties to be included, and proposed routes from Logansport to Delphi and from Richmond toward Indianapolis. The piece notes uncertainty over which properties would join and hints at consolidation plans by McCulloch and associates to control the wheel system across Lafayette, Westfield, and Richmond corridors.
Appraisers appointed by Ore valle of the Erle canal bed in the condemnation proceedings for the Wah biteh River Traction company place an appraised value of 660 dollars per mile for the five miles between the ly lim bs and the county Tite. The process continues as all parties seek right of way between Leersport and Peru with the Wheeled Traction company and related railway interests.
A garbled unresting notice claims there is no foundation for a report dated thirty dates or for merging lines. General Manager Nek Sum of Fork Wayne area Sandy Western Tracklin Company is cited, with a letter from W. Ma. supporting the statement.
A garbled OCR excerpt discusses President Metillock of Union Trackon Company and a letter to the Wabash city clerk. It mentions cooperation with a traction company, concerns over policy in the state, and questions of bad faith by promoters. Names and places blur in the fragment, but tension over territory and external interests is evident.
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