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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
9
Buyers of Packard planes learn that their hay purchasing power matches that of neighbors and friends, reflecting comparable value and affordability in the local market.
We are fully equipped to price and turn work promptly on gasoline launches new boats fishing boats canoes and more. Correspondence solicited. Our expenses are minimum and prices the lowest.
At the board of public works meeting last night, two delegations debated opening Polyar street from Oakley to the first alley. Five women led a fifteen minute remonstration that silenced male protesters, leading to confirmation of a resolution for paving Broadway from Wayne to Scott, alley vacates, and other sidewalk projects. Plans also approved for Clinton Street paving, and private sidewalk work granted to G W Smithlay and Schenader Thivlaga.
J A Cove of Bluffton reports an invalid engine test and Western finance discusses tax impact from Mikart county growth. Dwight Copley takes over Logansport and Wabash Valley Traction management. new yards west of Mikhart may add 500000 to 600000 to the Mikart county tax duplicate. Charten McGraw and Nellie Shepherd wed in Terre Haute. Wm H Maxwell of Angola wins Carnegie library contract in Marquette, Michigan for 45000. W H Best of Warsaw wins European trip prize from Crowd Book Publishing Co. A South Bend startup plans 200000 capital for aximymobiles led by Parker A Sercombe. Father Welchmann remains stable in Jonesboro as sisters stay close. Elkhart county seeks 50000 from county council to modernize courthouse. Goshen court house once famed in the region.
A society tea hosted by Miss Irene Smith celebrated guests from South Bend and local families with ornate gowns and floral decor. Various social visits, engagements, and upcoming trips to Chicago, Indianapolis, and Atlantic City filled the week. A double wedding at St Patrick and a Cathedral ceremony in New Haven marked notable nuptials among residents.
A seventh birthday party for Russell Graeter drew about thirty children at the Graeter home on Jackson Street with games, a Jumbo elephant, a peanut hunt, a peanut hunt and prizes. Several weddings were noted including Miss Berthan Burnett to Herman Hilzemann and Miss Maaneos G Beekes to Roy H Thavenes with small, relatives-only ceremonies.
Police report no active pickpocket ring this week, with officers recovering a watch and a purse believed missing. William Miney faced trespass charges but was released after the officer’s affidavit issue was resolved. Telegraph operator Wade, suspect of wireless fantasies, and several youths faced minor penalties in municipal court.
Eight thousand spectators entered the grounds after seven as the Banner Night carnival ran to full capacity with no incidents. A standout was a five eight year old girl performing a safe walk on a high wire in the Athenian circus. Officials expect 12 000 attendees tomorrow for the week’s peak shows and prize drawing at 11 pm Saturday to award a car and dining room set to a winner.
Prosecuting attorney says Mrs Mary McKnight confessed to poisoning her brother Joseph Mirphy his wife and baby. Witness Battenfeld testified he attended Murphy’s death and described the death agony as typical of strychnine poisoning. Pearsall swore to removing organs from Murphy’s body in the cemetery and noted evidence of suffocation poisoning.
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