Local births and visits cross paths in city notes
Condensed locals report a new birth to Mr and Mrs Fred J Gassett of 218 Smith Street. Wm Kelsey and wife visit Columbia City friends. Miss Addie Doty visits Miss Lottie Hood in Columbia City. Cora Mosher returns from Columbia City. Etta Hasty of Huntington visits Della Farnan. Maud and Annie Van Orsdall visit in city from Columbia City. Mrs C L Drummond and children return from Huntington. Ira J McGee and Chicago family spend Sunday with Mrs John Boylan. L A Centlivre returns from Cleveland races. Junk family take weekend trip to Columbia City. G D Patton injured in runaway returns to work. Noble county bicycle riders assemble at Avilla led by S K Randall for L A W race meet. Cliff G Morganthaler resigns as traveling salesman to join Meacham Arms Co in St Louis, heading wholesale bicycle department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Gassett
Smith Street
Wm. Kelsey
Columbia City
Addie Doty
Lottie Hood
Cora Mosher
Etta Hasty
Huntington
Della Farnan
C. L. Drummond
Ira J. McGee
Chicago
John Boylan
L. A. Centlivre
Cleveland
Noble County
Avilla
K. Randall
Kendallville
Cliff G. Morganthaler
Roush, Hazard & Company
Peoria
Meacham Arms Company
St. Lows
Atlantic King Makes Fast Pace At Cleveland Races
The big 2 10 pace at Cleveland unfolds with Atlantic King showing improvement over last week. Ben D wins heat one in 2 04, Atlantic King places second. Heat two goes to Ben 10 in 2 07 4 with Guinette second. Atlantic King breaks harness after leaping a dog and stops. Jack Curry drove the King, breaking after start in all three heats yet remaining fast enough to pass the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Atlantic King
Ben D
Ben 10
Guinette
Jack Curry
Bread shortage sparks riot near Russian consulate
Tenbran Aug 5 scarcity of bread and closed bazaars trigger serious rioting in Pabrees. Troops dispersed the mob, 20 killed. corpses carried to the Russian consulate demanding protection. Consul met the governor who promised price cuts, but troops continued firing as dispatch was sent. Take Rome City round trip Aug 8 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenbran
Pabrees
Fort Wayne market prices corrected daily by S. Hash & Co
Fort Wayne markets list updated prices for wheat at 65 to 67 cents, oats 28 to 30 cents, corn 45 to 48 cents, rye 48 cents, barley 45 cents, butter 14 cents per pound, eggs 10 cents, beeswax 25 cents per pound, oil meal 1.25 dollars, potatoes 50 cents per bushel, feathers live geese 45 cents, rags 50 cents per cwt, hides green 7 cents per pound, hides cured 8 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Hash & Co
Seashore Excursions to Atlantic City by Pennsylvania Lines
Special Fort Wayne to Atlantic City sea excursions operate Thursday August 8 at a round trip rate of 15 dollars. Depart Fort Wayne 5 40 a m central time reaching Philadelphia 6 52 a m August 9 and Atlantic City 9 50 a m Returning, tickets valid on trains to August 18. Details from John G Ross Fort Wayne Ticket Agent. Also Niagara Falls Excursion 1895 on Nickel Plate Road August 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Sea
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne
Allegheny Mountains
Horse Shoe
Susquehanna
Philadelphia
Ocean Resort
John G. Ross
Reincarnation lecture at Ninde block draws crowd
Burcham Harding of the Theosophical Society lectured on reincarnation describing soul immortality and ongoing evolution through many lives. He argued a perfected soul may reach bliss or reincarnate to aid humanity, noting biblical and Jewish references. Miss Lilian Marsh at Berghoff's park tonight with new acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninde Block
Burcham Harding
Theosophical Society
America
Earth
Garth
Harding
Workmen unearth Hancock tomb in Old Granary Burial Ground
Boston Aug 5 Workmen digging for foundation of the state monument to John Hancock at the Old Granary Burial Ground accidentally opened the tomb revealing the coffin of the signer of the Declaration of Independence The coffin was a zinc coffin with this inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John Hancock
Died Young and Pieces of History on Display
A fragmentary notice lists Joan Hancock and Joan George Washington Hancock with dates of death in 1773 and 1787, mentions a copper plate coffin inscription, and notes various regional excursions and a one fare round trip along the Muncie Cheap Excursion Route with several dates and places such as Bluffton Indianapolis and Niagara Falls. The text blends obituary remnants with event listings and travel fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Muncie
Sof
Vaudeville at Berghoff Park Features Miss Marsh
Miss William Marsh leads a new company at Berghoff Park this week with elaborate serpentine dances and calcium stereopticon effects. She is secured by Mr Clark at 300 dollars weekly and headlines a top vaudeville lineup drawing large crowds. Reserved-seat programs priced at 10 cents start tonight, advertised in the Times-Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Marsh
Harry Clark
Berghoff’s Park
Anarchist Blown To Pieces In French Jubilee Attack
In Aniche France Aug 5 an anarchist Decoux fired five shots at M Vuillemin head of Aniche Colliery during jubilee celebrations near the church. Three wounds were inflicted before a bomb under Decoux exploded killing him and injuring ten bystanders. His father denounced him as an assassin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval
France
Aniche
M. Vuillemin
Decoux
Canaille
Knights Templar Conclave Boston Low Rates via B&O
Aug 5 report notes Minister Dun to dispose of case of John Thomas Bush, apprentice aboard Yorktown, charged with murdering a Japanese in Osaka. Also announces B&O round trip tickets Boston Aug 19–25 access to Washington and other points, Chicago fare $22, and through Baltimore & Ohio services with Pullman sleeping cars between Chicago and the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dun
John Thomas Bush
Yorktown
Hagasaki
Japan
Baltimore & Ohio R R. Co
Boston
Ohio River
Jines
Chicago
East
AH BL & O
L. Ss. Allen
Ang
Cultivation of Corn in Old and New Methods
The Times-Post discusses corn cultivation from experiment stations, weighing deep versus shallow culture, root growth, and weed control. It notes that surface roots are key, shallow culture can boost yields, and early plowing saves labor. It cites Kansas and eastern practices, drill planting, and riding cultivators as cost-saving. A practical appeal to try a want ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Kansas
Deadly shooting ends with two men dead near Anderson
Aug 5 reports a village duel between C. W. Bacon and Polk Saloan left Bacon slain at the scene and Saloan dying later from wounds. Saloan had caused trouble after recent row with William Kemper who escaped by mule and swimming the Wabash. Bacon, a poet, and Saloan, a farmer, were well known and wealthy. In Anderson, Old Joy Mix sues son Joseph Jr. over a prior porch sale of his wife for five dollars, claiming damage to his business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marumer
C. W. Bacon
Polk Saloan
Bacon
Saloan
William Kemper
Kemper
Wabash
Saban
Baker
Salvan
Indiana
Anderson
Old Joy Mix
White River
Joseph, Jr
Young Ji.e
Joe Badgely
Nuc
Joe
Entertainment and public notices at Winona assembly
Attendance at the Winona assembly remains high as Dr. Lamar preaches and De. McIntire of Denver will lecture today through Wednesday. English bell ringers perform early in the week as miners and local incidents unfold in Indiana and Kentucky news across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Lake
Winona
Lamar
de. McIntire
First Methodist Church of
Denver
Colo
Riots in Ku Cheng China. no American missionaries harmed
Dispatch from Shang hai reports in Ku Cheng riots no American missionaries harmed. victims were British. Chron reports Rudolph Spreckles backs a plan to restore Liliuokalani in Hawaii. scheme based in San Francisco with Morrow in charge. Vice President Adlai Stevenson and family depart for Alaska and northwest for health reasons. Breryty, Ills fires destroy town. loss $230,000 with $25,000 insured. Five miners rescued alive in Scotland after flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Chau Fu
Washington
State Department
Cosul
Jernigan
Shanghai
Ku Cheng
China
Hur
San Francisco
The
Chronicle
Rudolph Spreckles
Claus Spreckles
Liliuokalani
Hawaiian Islands
Morrow
BiLoo Mine
Adlai Stevenson
Julia
Letitia
Alaska
Great Northwest
Julia Stevenson
Catch Crops and Green Manuring in Light Soils
The article discusses when to plow under catch crops like rye and crimson clover, and when to avoid it. It notes that light gravelly soils deficient in humus benefit from green manuring, especially with red clover, while excess soil organic matter or immature crops can sour the land. It also compares the bushel box to the basket for Boston market shipment, praising the box for returnability, storage, and ventilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Breeding Better Eggs Seen Key to Size
A Rural New Yorker writer argues egg size comes from breeding not feeding. A well nourished hen may lay larger eggs, while ill fed stock in the south yields small eggs due to existing stock and game blood. Introducing Plymouth Rock or Wyandotte blood could improve southern flocks as interest grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Artificial Ice and Distilled Water Purified by Distilled Water
An advertising notice describes artificial ice made from artesian water chilled in iron coils, claimed to be sanitary and superior to lake ice. The company promotes one gallon bottles of water, 100 5-cent coupons for $4.50, and a 100 day supply per family, with August 8 as a date reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Hall
Plate Gass Trust
Im Vod
Piano showroom boasts top brands and low prices
The advert touts Cherished brands like Chickering & Sons Krell and Hardman Ips, claiming Mr Karn’s 24 years in the piano trade prove satisfaction with every instrument. It promises rock bottom prices on first class pianos with customer friendly terms and a warranty signed by Mr Karn.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maud
Annie van Orsdall
G. D. Patton
Summit City Soap Works
Niagara Falls
Rome City
Lemont, Ill
Simon Sturpiet
Markas
John Murphy
Lemont
Linwood Park
Vermillion, O
Nickel Plate Road
Bircham Harding
Theosophists
Lilian Marsh
Raeprattiss
Joan Hancock
Joan George Washington Hancock
Janary
Bluffton
Barnum & Bailey
Juston
Mass
Knights Templar
Chattanooga
Tenn
Columbus
Ohio
Y. PLC
U. Denver
Col
Pharmaceutical Association
Greensburg
Y. P
C. E
Indianapolis
Louisville
Berghoff Park
Times-Post
Tims-Post Job
Truus-Post
Maumee
Helmer
Red Key
Mivere Losist
E. E 3Lerritt
Terre Haute
Pittsburg
Clinton
Greensburg Ind
E. H. Merritt
West
Denver Times
Colorado
Coming Nation
Ruskin, Tenn
Merrite
Republian
Preston
Trusler
George W. Stubbs
Lee Nixon
Harrison
Mandis
Riley Mannis
LonoDox
Saanghail
Times
Wan Sang
Ku Caeng
Fuxemn
Stewart
Yellow
Marshall
Saundera
Gordon
Scheetie Newcombe
Maryland
BrErRuty
GlasGow
WM. Meyer & Bro
Calhoun
Freese & Ranke
Calhoun ST
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
Romy& Bobilya
Barr Street
Dr. Spencer
Cor M In & Calhoun
Bkigat
Chickering & Sons
Krell
Briggs
Starr
Ludwig
James & Holmstrom
the Nilson
S. A
Columbia ST
Bigeurer
Daily Times —Post
South Side Wall Paper Store
S. Calhoun
Ceo. Myers
Fort Wayne, Fwd
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