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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1895
Page
4
Thomas Mulhearn faced charges for selling liquor on Sunday and pleaded guilty. Mayor Oakley imposed a ten dollar fine plus costs totaling nineteen dollars and fifty cents. This marked the first conviction since the Nicholson bill took effect.
A sensational report states Andrew Bowersock is charged by his wife amid accusations of adultery. The case centers on allegations of unfaithfulness and calls into question trust and marital conduct.
Mrs. Malinda Howersock files for divorce from Andrew Bowersock alleging adultery with Edith Black and cruel treatment. An affidavit charges the couple with associating. Edith Black pleads guilty to prostitution, Bowersock to associating. A temporary restraining order blocks disposition of property. custody of four children sought, plus $10,000 alimony and fees.
One day old child of Mr and Mrs Ignatus Gruber of 83 Force Street died overnight from exhaustion. Funeral this afternoon. Also noted are details of D M Bair and Samuel Kuntz burials with approaching funerals and a nickel plate excursion to Niagara Falls on Aug 19 with schedule and rates.
Joe Degvitz signed to pitch for the Eagles. The Eagles and Spy Runs meet Sunday at Lakeside park, with the Stars and Broadways playing in the afternoon. The Broadways may play at Huntington Saturday afternoon. The YMCA club will play at Warsaw Thursday.
Chicago markets report July 16 show opening prices for Wheat 8 cents, corn 4 53 cents, oats 2 31 cents, pork 11.00, lard 6.27, ribs 6.12. Hog receipts 12,000 with heavy market down five points. cattle receipts 8,000 and steady to lower. sheep receipts 11,000 and steady. Closing prices list Wheat 0.68, corn 0.45, pork 10.85, lard 5.32, ribs 6.15.
Travel for 2c per mile by buying one of the Nickel Plate road's new interchangeable mileage books priced at $20. For sale at the depot. 43-6.
A once in a lifetime show headlines Ellis' minstrels performing at Rome City next Thursday. Local entertainment notes promise a rare spectacle with standout acts and a packed venue as audiences anticipate a memorable evening.
Eagle Lake near Warsaw Indiana on the Pennsylvania lines offers a 200 acre wooded retreat known as Spring Fountain park. The site hosts the Winona assembly with a 3000 seat auditorium, cottages, park, race track, ampitheatre, boats, and fishing. Summer tourists can buy season and 15 day tickets from Pennsylvania line agents with rates and schedules via F Van Dusen and EK S Scott.
Cincinnati July 21st notice offers $250 round trip tickets from North depot. The piece describes Howard and Bland performing with Clark and Patterson's World's Novelty company at the Temple theater and recounts a London music hall chair man introducing the Yankee doctors Sweeney and Ryland with humorous dialect as the Yankees are praised for their acts two more of the same duo are promised next week.
In Justice France s court Charles Crouse filed affidavits charging Vincent Moritz with selling a cigarette to Frank McGrady and George Dondero with selling to Fred Eysig. The youths are under 16 and a statute bans sales to minors. Affidavits, based on information from Prosecutor Cuberick, note cases set for trial this afternoon.
The Shiloh chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star hosted a city wide street car party last evening, the largest event of its kind here. Six cars formed a train with nearly 300 ladies, husbands, and friends touring the city's trolley route amid high praise for its management and enjoyment.
LaPearl's big two day event runs Saturday July 20 and Monday July 22 with two performances daily on the rail flats. The act features gymnasts acrobats jugglers contortionists trapeze and a variety of performing animals plus LaPearl's marine band and a grand street parade. Children under 9 admitted for 10 cents and a free open air concert is planned. Also Bryan speaks at Saengerbund Halls tomorrow night.
Indianapolis police kept tight control on saloons and drug stores on a dry day. Saloons primarily avoided selling liquor with many establishments watching drug stores, and some roadhouses near the city sold drinks. The Beethoven Singing association room with a keg drew police scrutiny while no arrests were made.
Delaware county trustees in Center Niles Union Liberty and Washington townships lost funds after paying election board members for three days, while county commissioners later allowed two days. Attempts to recover the overpayment failed with several trustees out amounts including 200 for McLaughlin. Judge Koons defines calendar day as lasting from midnight to midnight.
Judge Harney grants Mrs Beck a divorce and attorney fees with two dollars alimony after her cross complaint prevailed against Anthony Beck. The case drew wide attention due to the principals' prominence.
Constable Wilford Smith, bitten on the cheek by an insane patient about three weeks ago, is said to be beyond hope of recovery due to blood poisoning. His head has awoken until he is scarcely recognizable.
In Trenton on July 16 JohnS Collins charged with killing Princeton student Fred Ohl and wounding Garret S Cochran faced trial arraignment. Counsel Daly and Chauncey Baasley argued to quash the indictment but were overruled. Spectators included many colored residents and a few Princeton students.
Corrected daily by 8. Bush & Co. shows prices for wheat 60c a bushel oats 28c corn 45c rye 60c barley 45c butter 16c eggs 10c beeswax 25c per pound oil meal 1.25 dollars potatoes 95c per bushel feathers live geese 45c per pound rags 50c per cwt hides green 7e per pound hides cured 8c per pound.
A new corporation for NelF waterworks manufacturing is formed. Charles Pape of Fort Wayne elected president. Articles filed, incorporation to follow. Stockholders include I. Af. Becknell, P. PF, Miles, BE. W. Higbee, and inventor G. Net. Production to occur partly in Fort Wayne and partly in Milford.
A 17 year old Harry Robinson fired at Ciara Fiesher, aged 16, missing vital areas and wounding himself in the cast. He was jailed and reportedly intends self harm after being denied marriage by the girl.
Fort Wayne plans a bicycle factory by a local citizen after Louis Rastetter bought land at Garden and Wall streets to build a manufacturing plant. The boom in bicycle industries nationwide supports the move and boosts local enterprise. a Times-Post advertisement notes a bargain.
The list records arrivals in ventures and hotels across cities including Cincinnati Indianapolis Cleveland Chicago and Muncie. It notes names such as Hilton Jackson Dalton Thomas Brown and Meyer among others along with a forthcoming Evangelical Sunday school convention at Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio with low rate Nickel Plate excursion tickets.
Rachel Bowser swore out an affidavit in Squire Bohen's court charging her husband John Bowser with trespass after he allegedly cut a plush cape and dresses to pieces with a knife. The case was continued until tomorrow. Sid Hubbard to perform at the Elks' minstrel show in Rams City next Thursday. AR Letter heads and envelopes advertised at the Tries-Post job office.
Number seven by W. H. Harvey illustrated 192 pages with apt illustrations. It contains an exposure of the crime of 1873 and the Harvey Laughlin joint debate. This is one of the most instructive books of the Series. Popular edition 25 cents. Sent on receipt of price. Jefferson-Simies-Post, Fort Wayne.
Mr Karn offers every instrument with a warranty and claims satisfaction on hundreds of sales across 24 years in the piano business. He emphasizes that the best is always the cheapest and notes no dissatisfaction among customers.
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