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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
1
Rumors swirl around Harry Hammond and Wayne club with Jack Hendricks and Wayne officials involved. A letter from a Mond stating reconsideration circulated before crowd gathering but Hammond volunteered to pitch and settle the dispute. Attendees described tense scenes, with baseball figures debating contracts and public backing.
In a tense late game moment Champ Goteen drove bases full with two out to level the score as Springfield pressed. The following day a potential trade involving Cupmy Groeschow stalled when Arnold signed, Champ hoped to join Grand Rapids but Hendricks refused to ink. Ostean showcased with a big batting display before the planned deal fell apart.
Arrangements were completed this morning for a game in South Bend Central league loans and Splve'a Independent ring of this city Sunday, April 5, is named as the gate and as it will be the first game of the season at Strinibrook purl. A large crowd of enthusiastic fans will wend their way to the scene this coming summer.
Bottom Five tops DA mark with two wins at Brunswick as Sarrett claims both high score honors. Reynolds leads overall season averages while Nationals and Shamrocks suffer a mutual setback in a game-filled schedule. report notes uncertain dates and follow-up fixtures.
In a spirited March meeting at the chamber of commerce, stockholders endorsed the directors named A P Rogge W B Deacon W P Sharer R T Irvine Enoch Somers W Helmick Mannie Levi Henri Schubysch Weber W T Handsehy and George Orr. A D Rogge becomes president with Deacon as vice president and Punkerton reelected secretary.
Poe Indiana March 2 The Boagiand Schon team met Poe school team with visiting side losing 9 to 1 This opener marks season start for both teams though errors were few The lineups included Robinson Reynolds Crawford Adair Carvel Meckhar Somers and Falser plus Poe players Ake Trener Hammon Rutledge and Falser in various positions A bevy of details about field positions and players appears amid a larger note on upcoming bowling matches and local sports chatter at Van Wert Cincinnati and Fort Wayne.
The Zanesville squad displays towering players including Walker and Swartling. Listed are seven or more six footers plus several others in the nine to eleven foot range, indicating a dominant front line and strong size for the era.
Mied rate J Fox of McGlellan street is onyalnecent after gripe. Mariun A Mergentheim of Chicago arrived to spend Sunday with parents. Philip Hartman appointed 9321 Yr Will begin i Bins. Weil of 64 Yost Wayne street improved enough to sit up briefly. Brush fire northwest of the city spurred rumors of a larger blaze though no damage occurred. A telegraphic message from Journal-Gazette noted. Allen County Medical Association to hold a clinic at the hospital next Tuesday evening with various cases to be considered.
Changes at New York Central after Samuel McLeich becomes general agent for all lines and G L Hilleary named general passenger agent. T. A. Schroder named Toledo city ticket agent as H. Carson moves. Wily Hie and others reshuffled. A. H. Breed becomes city passenger agent in Toledo. A. Bread succeeds as ticket seller in Cleveland.
The item notes T. Dart Walker a naval artist, assigned 49 Task, with March 6 as the date. It references Walker and a connection to a university annual event and a special task, hinting at a mission or assignment by a weekly publication for a remaining voyage around the Americas.
A strong quake struck Mexico City on March 30 causing wall cracks and alarm. No casualties reported, but widespread property damage was minimal due to soft lakebed soil. Seismographs recorded a long, intense motion with aftershocks near Tecamachalco and San Antonio.
Fragmentary notes show Senator Penrose in Philadelphia with mentions of health condition and possible improvement efforts. Source text is unclear and partially garbled. Details on date or exact event not discernible from readable fragments.
Frank Brock, distraught by the death of his wife Mavel Brock, shot himself through the lungs at the cemetery after visiting the grave. He then asked the sexton to dig the grave, was taken indoors by a physician, and cannot recover. The case links to midwife Imma Laurie, charged with murder in a related trial now awaiting a second hearing.
Kendallville Indiana March 6. T Ho Bowen, of this city, will be put among farmers to distribute more seed for the Noble County Canning Company at Lisbon. Several farmers have called for seed while others have yet to call. Officers say time is running short and aim to ensure everyone is supplied.
Edward Williamson, a Auburn lsonioman, was confined to his rooms in the Wick ward Werrick hotel after injuring his back while lifting a heavy object this afternoon. A doctor says the accident will keep him incapacitated for some time.
Large lobby of residents attended the city Board of Public Works meeting but objections to sidewalk and grading improvements were few. Plans include cement walks on Woodland Avenue, Packard and Harrison streets, and grading on multiple avenues. Six Leith Street residents filed a remonstrance against paving, which was filed. Plans were ordered for grading the alley between Hugh and Eliza streets and cement walks on Warner Street. Patent notices list Indiana inventors and their filings.
The passage recounts a troubled winter with property division and family estrangement, a wife leaving, and a man driven to self harming acts. It also reports CHICAGO sports results, then shifts to a serialized analysis of vagrancy in France, detailing shelters, legal limits, and social attitudes as discussed in The Vagabonds of France by Vance Thompson.
Conrad Wurtenburger, once a Kendallville baker, was arrested in Fort Wayne for selling a stolen watch. He was sent to Jeffersonville reformatory by Sheriff Geree to serve one to fourteen years for grand larceny. He burglarized Ben Mariotte's pawn shop in Fort Wayne and Garrett, taking about 200 dollars in jewelry.
Mr Charles Grogs was assaulted by two men at about 1031 oclock on Pearl Street in front of a local business. The would be robbers fled after failing to gain assistance. Captain Kelly and Patrolman Keacekehere were noted in the investigation led by Officer John Von.
Albert Webster of St Foe is sent to Mayseille to live with relatives as his wife and child depart. The family has faced destitute circumstances. the husband is epileptic and unable to provide. The move, dated March 26, reflects a sad separation within the Joe family and their ongoing hardship.
Local items report a paint touch up on a post office fence and a planned county courthouse project. Community events include a large Sunday concert near Fort Wayne, a joint Maccabees debate, a North Indiana conference meeting, and a home exhibit by local students. Fort Wayne visitors and area residents are noted with various social and church activities.
Chicago police say Alfredd Miller of Cleveland died after a Christman street shooting connected to a bank robbery attempt near Danville. Miller refused to name his assailants, claimed an accident, and Bertillon measurements linked him to Ed Poller, a former fugitive. The trio fled after wounding a watchman and dumping the body on M P Plavagan’s doorstep.
Grencastle Indiana March 26 3 Eayar J Miller aged twenty three freshman at De Pauw was electrocuted in the bathroom of Mrs Henrietta Jordans boarding house late tonight. He was preparing to retire when a cry was heard and roommates found him dead on the floor. A burn on his right forefinger and a deep toe wound showed the electric cause. His body lay under an electric light across a register suggesting a wire contact with a loose cane in the fixture.
A fragment from a Journal Gazette piece discusses scanning want ads to gauge personal interest and drift from routine. It suggests the exercise helps readers see how far they stray from the daily world and the events of the day.
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