Local notes from Fort Wayne society and events
Locals report travel of Joe W. Bell A. Y. Randall and Mrs. Siebold to St. Louis and Danville Ill. Chapels schedule services at A M E Church East Wayne with gatherings, sermons by Rev H Lewellen, and Y P S C E. Bert Morey injured at Morgan Co. elevator. Fol lowing items cover society visits charity events public talks and Y M C A programs with names of participants and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Bell
Chicago
A. Y. Randall
St. Louis
George H. Siebold
Danville
Ill
William Busching
Fort Wayne
Busching
East Wayne Street
G. W. Brown
Bert Morey
Morgan & Co
East
Columbia Street
H. Lewellen
Theosophical Society
Albert IF. Bond
A. P. Buchman
Society
Harrison and
Berry Streets
William Reinewald
South Harrison Street
H. T. Granneman
Springfield
Edward Nirdlinger
Meridian
Miss
J. N. Nirdlinger
Toledo
Abe Thanhouser
Great Salvini
Ed Thanhouser
Abe
Lot Sharp
West Superior Street
A. J. Kesler
Wallace Street
E. A. K. Hackett
Central Board
W. F. Baxter
Board of Managers
5. F. Owser
H. C. Keegan
W. H. Meyers
Paul FE. Mossman
W. F. McCaughey
Illinois
McCaughey
Special sale on caramel and chocolate drops this weekend
A. C. Aurenti advertises 200 pounds of choc dip caramels and 200 pounds of No 1 choc drops for Saturday and Sunday at 18 West Berry Street. Also notes Indiana I O O F Grand Lodge Encampment meeting in Indianapolis with L E W selling round trip tickets for Nov 18 19 20 at one and one third fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Aurenti
West Berry Street
Grand Lodge
Indiana
Indianapolis
Moonshining on the Increase Across the Country
The piece notes rising illicit distilling over three years with 795 stills seized in 181, 182 in 2, and 50 last year. It reports 487 moonshiners arrested and three revenue officers killed while detailing a 13 year record of 7,252 stills destroyed and 14 officials killed with 21 wounded.
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Internal Revenue
Swinburne Laments Raleigh Amid Mock Praise At Club
In a London Arts Club episode Swinburne scorns Raleigh as a knave and tyrant yet declares affection for James I, praising him for allegedly slitting Raleigh's throat, while seeking a quiet atmosphere to write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Blackguard
London
Swinburne
James the First
Silk quilt hangs in Kansas City yard observed from cable car
An elderly woman reported seeing an old faded silk patchwork quilt hanging on a clothesline in a Kansas City yard while riding a cable car. The sight prompted her to enter a note with the local observer, noting the vintage textile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fort Wayne Theatre Hosts Andrews and Otis Skinner Shows
William C. Andrews to star in My Wife's Friend at Temple with Antoinette Walker praised. Otis Skinner returns in Villon the Vagabond with period costumes and strong company. Brady's The Cotton King slated next Wednesday with acclaimed U.S. run and realist stage effects. Also, Too Much Johnson by William Gillette to play at the Masonic Temple on Saturday November 9 with original company and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Andrews
Fort Wayne
Mr. Andrews
Antoinnette Walker
Westminster Seminary
Otis Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Chicago
Academy of Music
New York City
Boston
Manchester
England
Sutton Vane
America
Brady
London
Too Much Johnson
William Gillette
New York
Johnson
Masonic Temple
Dur rant found guilty of murder and death penalty
Theodore Durrant, assistant superintendent at Emanuel Baptist church Sunday school, is convicted of Blanch Lamont murder on first ballot. Jury imposes death with no mercy. crowd reacts with cheers and weeping as mother and kin display grief and shock. The case to be appealed to the supreme court with trial motions ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Lamont
Holmes
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Emanual Baptist Church Sunday School
Murphy
Morris
Warren Dutton
William Henry Theodore Durrant
Durrant
Maud Lamont
Blanche
Mrs. Noble
Holmes Trial Ends Earlier Than Expected in Philadelphia
Court nears verdict in the Benjamin Pitzel murder case as Judge Arnold limits evidence to direct murder testimony. Prosecution loses broader exhibits and travel-witness accounts, while Holmes is shown to lie about a published memoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Holmes
Arnold
Benjamin F. Pitzel
Canada
New England
West
Howard Pitzel
Alice
Nellie
Geyer
Continent
Graham
Ita
Miss Yoke
New Hampshire
Gilmanton
N. H
Mint
Fenton
World Trade Hesitates Amid Cotton Speculation
The Dun review notes uncertain demand and high cotton stocks despite some recovery in prices. Banks loaned heavily to hold cotton, exports and takings by spinners are waning, while wheat and corn markets react to distant harvests. Minneapol is flooding with wheat as 81 million bushels are marketed in three northwest months. Earthquakes shake Charlestown with continued ground movement and widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Sterling Exchange
Bessemer and Gray
Minneapolis
the Journal
Duluth
Northwest
Albanian guards executed in palace plot
A dispatch from Constanti nople reports eight Albanian guards linked to the Yildiz kiosk executed and twenty four imprisoned after the palace plot discovery. The president announced personnel appointments in Washington and discussions of Illinois campaign events in Greenville and New York intelligence on an English rider joining Cuban rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Globe
Constantinople
Yidliz
New York
Hubert George Lyalph Howard
Earl of Carlisle
Antonio Maceo
Cuba
Prominent Kentucky Legislator Dies in Leslie County Fight
A London Depot dispatch reports Hon. W. P. Bentley, former Kentucky legislator, killed in a deadly brawl with Bige Hignite in Leslie county. Hignite, noted for a violent reputation, died at once. Bentley survived about eight hours before death.
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Louisville
London Depot
Leslie County
W. P. Bentley
Kentucky
Bige Hignite
Hignite
Bentley
Springfield Woman Takes Poison in Despondent Act
Springfield dispatch reports Miss Lucy Phelps, daughter of Colonel John B. Phelps and granddaughter of Governor John B. Phelps, died by taking prussic acid amid continued ill health. The coroner noted the act as self-inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lucy Phelps
John
Phelps
Ahe
Brady Disgusted Over Fight Location Move to Louisiana
Newsman reports Brady angrily rejects El Paso option and demands Arkansas ground for the boxing match. Julian agrees after governor’s stance. Clarke maintains no prizefighting in Arkansas despite Brady's ultimatum and media pressure.
Clarke Moves To Block Prize Fight In Arkansas
Governor Clarke and the attorney general push a chancery court restraining order to halt a planned prize fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Defendants charged with forms of fighting are ordered to appear within twenty days as testimony and witnesses are sought, with tense remarks from Chancellor Martin about state dignity and public outrage. Deputies claim orders to kill combatants were issued, sparking indignation among onlookers at Little Rock hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian
Corbett
Brady
Fitzsimmons
Clarke
Jerry South
South
Arkansas
Rose, Hemingway & Rose
Pulaski Chancery Court
Colonel Murphy
Martin
Hemingway
Hot Springs
Murphy
T. B. Martin
Justice of the Peace
Rapley
Depty
Jesse Heard
Little Rock
Heard
Snowed Out Boxing Show Sparks Arkansas Action
Snow at the Opera House led Julian to claim governor cover but Little Rock sheriff issued orders blocking the exhibition. A German sparring partner nicknamed Professor was arrested on $500 bond. Vendig withdraws purse. O Donnell Maher fight called off after Florida Athletic Club meeting.
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Opera House
Julian
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Ark
Dan Stuart
Joe Vendig
Florida Athletic Club
O’donnell- Maher
Arlington Hotel
National Debt Rises Over Five Million in October
The monthly public debt statement shows total debt at 1 126 379 106 with cash in treasury 179 947 998 and certificates outstanding 591 102 673. The note also reports a big cash loss and a rise in total obligations alongside denominations and classifications. A. R. U. committee leaves Minneapolis after failed talks with Great Northern president Hill, signaling possible strikes. Weather: Indiana Illinois Lower Michigan Upper Michigan Wisconsin Iowa expect fair, warmer conditions with southerly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WashingTon
Treasury
Minneapolis
President Hill
Great Northern
Hill
St. Paul
The
American Railway Union
Indiana
Ilinois
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Record Futures and Cash Prices Across Commodities
The report covers New York money rates sterling exchange and government bond shifts, along with Board of Trade wheat corn and oats futures. It lists cash produce prices for butter eggs poultry potatoes apples honey cranberries and Chicago live stock prices for hogs cattle and sheep with range and average figures from the day.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Caicano
Board of Trade
Burbanks
Illinois
Chicago
Union
Texas
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Commonwealth and Hat
Allegan
Mich
James Brown
Kessler
Ind
John Smalley
John Smally
Officer Powers
Grand Rapids
Abe Smalley
C. and W. M
Charlestown
Sultan
Department of State
W. M. Faison
North Carolina
State Department
Frank A. Branagan
Ohio
Greenville
Eighteenth
Congressional District
Altgeld
Collinsville
Billy” Mason
Litchfield
Louisiana
el Paso
Vendig
New York Financial
Chicago Grain and Produce
Miss J. Haverly
Fort Wayne Steam Laundry A
West Main Street
W.B. Phillips
Telephone
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
Temple Theatre
Wm, Meyer & Bro.’s
Hatters
Calhoun St
Willon
Chicago Post
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Meyer's
Calhoun Street
Kwear
Miller
Hg & E
Bricut Home
Danny Times~ Post
Wm. Meyer & Bro
Calhoun
J. O. Caswell
Hotel Rich
Lia Ronal Samide
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