Local tidbits span Kendallville to Fort Wayne
Judge Chapin was in Kendallville yesterday and Mayor Oakley will return from Maxinkuckee next week. Lars M Larson and Annie Thiesen secured a marriage license. Wabash pay car to pay an employer in the city tomorrow. Many brief notes on residents, travel, small incidents, and local happenings across Fort Wayne from shops to tramps, a bicycle gift, and a watermelon contest at the Electric Light works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Chapin
Kendallville
Oakley
Maxinkuckee
Lars M. Larson
Annie Thiesen
H. S. Wells
Huntington
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Toledo
Lulu
Katie Ofenlach
Force Street
Goshen
Ind
A. G. Estry
Pennsylvania Road
Broadway
Estry
Michigan
Rose Damon
Buchanan Street
Lillie Vordermark
Wm. J. Sommers
Sommers
New York City
Meriden
Conn
Theosophical Society
West Berry Street
Henry Cohen
W. F. Graeter
Indiana Furniture Company
Chris Heit
Fox Baking Company
Chicago
the Lakes
George Lauer
Lafayette Street
St. Mary’s Church
Kappel
Alex Lindeman
George Weger
Swinney Park
Lakeside
Nelson Towns
Will Ortlieb
Electric Light Works
Ortlieb
Side Wheelers John R. Gentry Defeats Joe Patchen
John R. Gentry easily defeats Joe Patchen in a side wheelers contest. Gentry dominates with swift moves and precise timing to claim victory in a short exhibition. Patchen struggles to respond as the crowd cheers the decisive performance.
Go es a Fast Half Mile and Could Easily Have Smashed
A fragment describes a horse or runner making a rapid early stretch of about a half mile, hinting at a near record pace and suggesting the possibility of a race record being broken. Details on name, event, or location are not provided in the readable text.
Gentry Defeats Patchen In 2:02 Mile Pace Showdown
In Freeport at Taylor's Driving park John R. Gentry won the match race against Joe Patchen in three heats, finishing the mile in 2:02 after Patchen broke a shoe. Gentry led early and held on as Patchen faded, drawing cheers from about 10,000 spectators. separate events noted Coleridge and Rosalita winning later races.
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Freeport
Ill
John R. Gentry
Joe Patchen
Taylor's Driving Park
Walker
Curry
McHenry
Gentry
Little Bay
Harnness
John KR
Jack Curry
Rosalita
Bon Ami
Ashland Wilkes
Dame Wood
Edgewood
E. McHienty
Patchen Wilkes
Josephine Young
Joe Young
Alderley
Robert J
Detroit
Mich
Alix
Coleridge
Ben D
New York
Bouncer
Altao
Be Sure
Ethel A
Bright Regent
Buffalo Pacer
Marvelous Montpelier Excursion to Land Sale
An excursion organized by L. & W. to Montpelier offers one round trip fare on August 1st to attend a land sale. The fare is set at 52-6.
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Marvelous
Shaker Doctor Draws Crowds With Concerts on Calhoun
Large audiences attend the Shaker doctor’s nightly concerts on Calhoun street to hear Georgia minstrels and the doctor’s sensible talk. Last night he displayed a monster tapeworm from a shoemaker and performed a soap trick claiming no animal matter in lather. The entertainment ends with another show tonight free of charge.
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Calhoun Street
Georgia
Texas
Niagara Falls Excursion Offers Ultra Cheap Summer Tour
An Aug 8 excursion to Niagara Falls is advertised at under half a cent per mile, billed as the cheapest option among cheap trips. Tickets are urged for purchase at the north depot.
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Niagara Falls
North Depot
The Copper's Profits From Police Excursion Reported
Officer Elliott and Sergeant Daseler presented the police excursion committee report showing 598.50 in ticket sales. After railroad 319.80 and Reineke's orchestra 12, a balance of 266.70 remained for 34 policemen, each receiving 7.75 with a small remainder shared by the committee. The note thanks all helpers and especially ticket buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott
Daseler
Reineke
A Lively Runaway Injures Doctor's Horse on City Streets
Dr. W. T. Ferguson's horse, hitched outside his West Berry Street home, bolted through Maiden Lane and Main Street. A bill broke near Ewing and the carriage crashed against a telegraph pole, demolishing the rig. The horse collapsed on Van Buren Street, appeared dead, then rose, and was driven home badly injured and possibly doomed.
Cheapest Excursion Tour At Less Than Sions
Mrs. Dan Williams and children of this city are visiting relatives and friends in the vicinity of Delphos and Leatherwood U. The 8th offers a summer tour and urges securing tickets now.
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Dan Williams
Delphos and
Leatherwood, U
Holmes murder case heats up and more victims emerge
Curcaco reports a $1,000 reward and remains found in the Holmes castle as police press for connections to missing children. I L Connor, linked to Julia Pietzel’s murder, warns Holmes is dangerous while a Toronto jury convicts Holmes in the Alice Pietzel case. New discoveries include bones in the basement and a torn down castle plan as witnesses expand the case.
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Holmes
Quinlan
Howard Pitezel
Toronto
Hulmes
Alice Pietzel
Albert Lowe
Albion Hotel
Pietzel
Alice
Nellie Canhing
Samuel McCurdy
Isaac Amhurst
H. H. Holmes
Mudget
Howell
Howard
Dewart
Attorney General's Department
Chicago
Philadelphia
Curcaco
Holmes Castle
Fort Wayne Market Prices Reported by S Bush & Co
Corrected daily wheat at 65 07c and oats 28q sb. Corn 4a 48c. Rye 48c. Barley 45c. Butter 4 lb. Eggs 10c. Beeswax 25c a pound. Oil meal 1.25 a cwt. Potatoes 50c a bushel. Feathers live geese 45c. Bugs 50c cwt. Hides green 7c lb cured 8c lb. Jetter heads and envelopes advertised at Tratus-Poat job office.
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S. Bush & Co
Eagle Lake a Cool Retreat for Summer Assembly
Eagle Lake near Warsaw Indiana hosts the Winona assembly and summer school in a 200 acre resort with cottages, a park, race track, auditorium for 8000, hotels and boat fleet. Pennsylvania Line tickets offer season and 15 day round trip fares. Assembly runs July 1 for four weeks with speakers and August educational work led by John M Coulter. Inquiry to Pennsy agents or Secretary E S Scott Eagle Lake Ind. 36 cod 27 w.
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Eagle Lake
Pennsylvania
Warsaw
Ind
Winona Assembly and Summer School
Chautauqua Assemblies
Spring Fountain Park
Pennsylvania Lines
Assembly Department
Prest
John M. Coulter
Lake Forest University
Assembly
Pennsylvania Line
I. van Dusen
Pittsburg
E.S. Scott
Animal spooked by locomotive leaps from bridge
John Fogelman driving a wagon with a horse that suddenly reared as a Wabash train waited beneath Gay Street bridge. The frightened horse plunged over the railing from a 25 foot drop, wrecking the wagon. The animal was shot by Officer Flickenger to end its suffering.
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John Fogelman
Gay Street Bridge
Fogelman
Lansing
Cincinnati
Flickenger
L. B. E. & W. Excursion Ang Ist Sale Notice
A Lake Anglian railway excursion event lists one sale item and a price of 52-6. The fragment notes a single sale involving a likely transportation or travel excursion by the L. B. E. & W. line.
Hotel Arrivals List Shows Wide Range of Guests
A long hotel arrivals column lists guests arriving from many cities including Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago Indianapolis Detroit New York and Milwaukee. Names include Mrs A M McCandless F Kuchler R White George Anthony KoA McGraw George Hursuck Brough Norris Coravener Beekman Hamberger T A Coolee Weber Porter Engle Dickinson Meyers Just Grinnell Branner Puckinger Wiest Griswold Wild Selger Binder Durfee Patton Ames M Mayer Sumport Randall Hart Quayte Stemens and many more.
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AtvTie Ranpall
A M McCandless
Pittsburg
F Kuchler
Cincinnati
R White
Idianny
Lew
George Anthony
Chicago
Koa McGraw
Springfield
LG Newman
Tee Aoe
Shimmacher
Kluffton
Ind
W Koester
Bo Rowen
Dayton
CA Bidwell
Detroit
George Hursuck
Kendallville
LC Brough
Toledo
Sumner
Wabash
A A Sprague
New York
DJ Brennen
Salem
O. L. Marks
J M Meyers
C JS Just
Loedo
Grinnell
Lexington
J Branner
Paducah
Nike Puckinger
Indianapolis
J H Wiest
Portland
W P Griswold
J W Wild
J Selger
Evansville
S W Wright
Bhaffton
P Irish
Grand Rapids
GT Binder
H F Durfee
Indianapol
DD Patton
Jeffersonville
S B Ames
Eaton
K Kuler
Milwaukee
J_[ Mayer
Jd Sumport
G F Randall
J W Kinney
Bellevue
O P Stemens
U D Hart
R Quayte
St Marys
Death of a Prominent Minneapolitan
MINNEAPOLIS July 25 Robert Bruce Langdon a well known railway contractor and figure in Minneapolis history died of hemorrhage of the bladder aged 67 He built 7000 miles of railway and was then engaged in a two million dollar irrigation canal contract near Phoenix He was related by marriage to General R A Alger of Detroit A bargain an advertisement in the Trees Post want column.
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Minneapolis
Robert Bruce Langdon
Minnesota
Langdon
Phosniz
A. &Tf
R. A. Alger
Detroit
Cyclist Colerick Injured At Centlivre Track Tryouts
Last evening at Centlivre track Will Colerick rode at high speed when his front wheel stuck in a rut. The fork twisted, he was thrown hard and unconscious briefly. He recovered with aid and was able to be about today.
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George DeWald
Chicago
James A. McDonald
Board of Public Safety
Owen Corcoran
Dreier Bros. Drug Store
Will Peltier
Plymouth Bicycle Company
Centlivre
Will Colerick
Colerick
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W. W. Doud
Lake Everett
Red of Warnoke
Princess Bell
Glenmore
Couldridge
Angie D
Bertie R
Red Waranake
Princess Belle
Linwood Park
Nickel Plate Road
Times-Post
Board of Public Works
Curiaco
Kitty Kelly
Sixty-third Street
I. L. Connor
Assumption
Ned Conner
Julia
Conner
Gertie
Gibson City
W. L. Doyle
Miss Piegrand
Indiana
Jetter
Bill
Tratus-Poat
Missouri
Country Mills
Trees- Post
Trwes-Post
WM. Meyer & Bro
Calhoun
Alaska
H.d. Ash
E. Columbia St
Freese & Ranke
Calhoun ST
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
Romy & Hobilya
Barr Street
Dr. Spencer
Cor Min & Calhoun
Chickering & Sons
Krell
Briggs
Starr
Ludwig
James & Holmstrom
the Nilson
S. A
Daily Times - Post
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
South Side Wall Paper Store
Calhou
Kaiger
Telephone Ge
Ceo. Myers
Fort Wayne, Ind
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