Local social and civic notes from Fort Wayne crowd
Miss Maude Kingsbury of Albion visits Miss Marguerite Russell as guests and Rev. W L Greenawalt of Piqua stays with his brother Dr Q L Greenawalt. Elida couple Mr and Mrs George Geist visit daughter Mrs W M Enslen. Mrs S B Sweet of Indianapolis returns home after visiting Mrs J L Gruber. Clergymen return from Logansport synod meeting. Chicago artists in city amid rush for Fort Wayne holiday looks. C K A unit set to discuss centennial parade appearance. Hattersleys receive telegram about sister's death in Cleveland and depart. A M E church services listed with Sunday school. Gen A Wayne would be amazed by A F Schoch's cloth lines on Main. Diphtheria cases reported to health board. Louise Carnahan hosts a white and yellow dinner for 12 with diverse guests. L A Randall shows cycling relics including early chain safety and Will Peltier’s first bicycle from Cincinnati 19 years ago.
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Maude Kingsbury
Albion
Marguerite Russell
W. L. Greenawalt
Piqua
Q. L. Greenawalt
George ©. Geist
Elida
Ohio
W. M. Enslen
B. Sweet
Indianapolis
J. L. Gruber
D. W. Moffat
George F. Davies
Logansport
Indiana Synod
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Father Delaney
A. Hattersley
East Main Street
Cleveland, O
G. W. Brown
A. Wayne
A. F. Schoch
W. Main Street
Board of Health
St. Joe River
Lima Road
East Wayne Street
Louise Carnahan
Henry Freeman
George Potter
August Detzer
Minnie Hoffmann
Anna Bond
W. W. Atterbury
F. I. Brown
H. C. Rockhill
L. A. Randall
Will Peltier
Cincinnati
How to keep youth and beauty for womankind
In large cities middle aged women seek physical culture to reduce fat and stave off rheumatism. A home remedy lotion combines spirits ammonia camphor sea salt alcohol and rain water for muscle relief after labor. Advices include cool baths and face rubbing with a soft white flannel to address thinness and wrinkles and a downward rub for a double chin, plus cultivating a sweet disposition and intellect.
French professor claims perfected airship prototype
Prof Joseph Renard of Wittsburg announces sixteen years of work culminated in an egg shaped airship model fifteen feet long. The craft moves forward with front fans and is steered by a rear rudder capable of circular or straight paths. Renard, a Paris Aerial Navigation Society member, seeks a full sized craft to match fame of Mt Carmel efforts.
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Joseph Renard
Wittsburg
Mt. Carmel
Alr
Renard
Aerial Navigation Society of
Paris
Areostab Academy
Man Delivers Wry Complaint At Apothecary
A man with a solemn look visits an apothecary and reports a queer stomach sensation that rises and falls. The apothecary regards him thoughtfully and asks if he may have swallowed an elevator, delivering a timely quip.
A Born Criminal Tale Echoes From The Past
A fragmentary dialogue shows a safe burglar praising a boy with developing criminal instincts. The exchange hints at learned cleverness and intuitive crime, reflecting old sensational juvenile delinquency tropes in a compact crime lore vignette.
Plays and Players at Temple Next Week
Fort Wayne readers will see A Flag of Truce A Bowery Girl and Robert Downing in Helena at the Temple next week The popular Two Johns will be staged tonight Horace Mitchell leads A Flag of Truce with dramatic quarry scenes and heavy scenery Clara Thropp stars in A Bowery Girl with songs and dances Robert Downing presents Sardou s Helena with Eugenie Blair as Helena and a lavish production of costumes and jewels
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Bowery
Robert Downing
Two Johns
Temple
Fort Wayne
Tom Hewing
Horace Mitchell
Wm. Howarth
Clara Thropp
Miss Thropp
William Jerome
Pearl
New York
Lands of the Red Man Grow Vast Government Holdings
A historical opinion piece notes 1 450 000 acres of Crow land added to federal holdings in Montana along with vast prior acquisitions of Sioux Chippewa Pottawattamie Sac and Fox Fort Berthold Sisseton and Cour d Alene lands totaling about 18 236 000 acres plus Oklahoma Creek and Seminole lands. It argues Indians retain large tracts though surrender follows legal rules and consent.
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Crow Reservation
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Pottawattamie
Iowa
Sac and Fox
Fort Berthold Reservation
Lake Reverse
Sisseton Reservation
Cour d’Alene
Oklahoma
Colorado
Utah
Indiana
Numvers
Alaska
India
Louisana
France
Faris Unveils Giant Barometer In Saint Jaques Tower
The largest barometer yet built is now operational in the Saint Jaques tower of Faris. It stands 12.65 metres high and was manufactured in St Denis. The instrument was transported by six strong timber supports.
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St. Jaques
Faris
St .Denis
Trong
Durrant Finishes Testimony With Confusion Over Alibi Notes
In San Francisco on October 12 Theodore Durrant left the witness stand after a three day interrogation. Prosecutors pressed for admissions about bromoseltzer use and alibi notes from Dr Cheney's lecture. Durrant admitted he asked for a fellow student's notes but claimed it came at his lawyers' instruction to compare with his own, while other questions about envelopes and handwriting were explored. Lenahan returns to stand as court adjourns.
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San
Durrant
Barnes
Cooper Medical College
Gilbert F. Graham
Graham
Cheney
Minnie Williams
Oakland
Lenahan
Murphy
Charles T. Lenahan
Oppenheim
Plot to Free Hayward Discovered at County Jail
MINNEAPOLIS Oct 12 Authorities reveal a plot to break Harry Hayward from the county jail using duplicate keys. A deputy reported bribe attempts. arrests likely as the plan was foiled. Panama Oct 12 Ecuador civil war note brands any armed Colombians as traitors. St Joseph Oct 1% Interstate Normal and Oratorical Association forms to hold annual contests. Seer gent Ky Oct 12 two Virginia runaways wed after midnight march. Hart Springs Ark Oct 12 Judge Duffie aims to block big fight Oct 31. Springfield Minn Oct 12 threshing engine explosion near Mount Lake kills four. Huroy S D Oct 32 first American Waterloo cup meeting finished with two Englishmen winning.
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Minneapolis
Harry Hayward
Catharine Ging
Holmberg
Hart Springs
Ark
Markets Report Signals Mixed US and Chicago Activity
The New York markets show nominal call money at two percent and firm sterling with bankers’ bills around 4874. Mexican dollars at 54 and silver at 60. Government bonds steady with various yields listed. Chicago Board of Trade quotes for wheat, corn, oats, and cotton futures show mixed openness and closings. Chicago live stock prices at the Union Stock Yards reflect broad ranges for hogs cattle and sheep, with notable receipts. Boston reports a dramatic local discovery of hidden wealth in a deceased widow, estimated above one million dollars. Atlanta notes Alabama’s state building opening at the exposition with officials and punch served, while the Iowa Press association attends.
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New York
Col
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific T
Chicago
Union
Texas
Curious nest found in lycopod at Reading show
Mr Richard Dean recalls judging at the Reading Horticultural Society summer show when a robin's nest with four eggs was found in a cone shaped lycopod entered for competition. The plants were brought by road and not returned until evening. The hen returned to the nest after the plant was placed in the greenhouse and hatched her young.
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Richard Dean
Reading Horticultural Society
Dean
Celluloid Making Described and US Factory Output
The article explains vellieid production from treated tissue paper to a plastic paste formed with acids and solvents, pressed into shapes, tubes, and more. It notes that American factory output dominates worldwide supply, valued at 1,500,040 dollars last year, with broad public praise for the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Card game supply and a cardinal hat tale
The article estimates 500 gross cards daily across nine factories in the East and West, totaling about 22,500,000 packs per year, noting widespread household use and rising consumption. An anecdote features Archbishop Ryan and Cardinal McCloskey with a quip comparing a Cardinal's hat to a Pennsylvania Railroad limited train.
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Agentleman
Archuis Vo
Ryan
Itindelrhia
Cardinal McCloskey
New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Archbishop Ryan
Pennsylvania Railroad
New’ York
Bal Rewo
Philadelphi
Reverend Parkhurst Endorses Fusion Ticket But Won't Vote Untouched
Rev Dr Parkhurst breaks silence on the New York fusion ticket, opposing the Platt wing and Tammany Hall alike. He says the ticket is flawed yet urges citizens to vote with selective scratching, retaining as many favorable names as possible while opposing entrenched powers. He stresses civic duty and strategic voting.
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New York
Dr. Parkhurst
Tammany Hall
National Congress at Atlanta Refers Some Free Coinage Resolves
At the Farmers national congress in Atlanta papers discussed bimetallism and free coinage. William Lawrence Ohio and J F Shafroth Colorado argued for the single and the opposite side. Resolutions opposed exporting gold or silver and endorsed a monetary conference. Other resolutions favored free coinage and a conference, referred to the resolutions committee.
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Atlanta
Farmers’ National Congress
William Lawrence
Ohio
J. F. Shafroth
Colorado
J. G. Offert
Illinois
Europe
Monetary Conference of Nations
J. G. Ramsdell
Michigan
Wiliam Lawrence
S. B. Sunnicut
Georgia
Committee On Resolutions
Re-elected President Urges Illinois Clubs to Tie National Federation
ProRIA Oct 12 Mrs Candee was re elected president of the Women's Federation and urged the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs to join the national federation. Dr Julia Holmes Smith urged forming a women's club at the State university in Champaign. Resolutions pledged aid to Armenians. Thanks extended to Peorians and the press before adjournment after a one minute report from clubs.
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Proria
Candee
Women’s Federation
Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs
Julia Holmes ‘Smith
State University Att Champaign
Pacer Joe Patchen to Race W. W. P. at Lexington Meet
In Lexington Kentucky on October 12 a marquee race at the ongoing meeting pairs Joe Patchen, holder of a 2.04 record, against W. W. P. with a 2.06 mark. The owners are to drive in this notable match, expected to draw wide attention.
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Lexington
Joe Patchen
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