Public Schools Open for Winter Term in Huntington
Snippets from local life include Miss Nina Strock visiting Miss Eva Douglass in Huntington and Miss Jennie Hiveley staying with Mrs. Lorin Hiveley in Columbia City. Notables travel, visits, probate actions, illness, and club memberships fill a busy week across Fort Wayne and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Strock
Eva Douglass
Huntington
Mary Finlayson
Chicago
Jennie Hiveley
Lorin Hiveley
Columbia City
L. Walton
Dr. Beers
Valparaiso
A. J. Kesler
Petoskey
Fred Wehnert
Louis Fortresde
Calhoun Street
Northrop
St. Mary’s Avenue
Anna Reuss
Toledo
Fort Wayne
John B. Reuss
J. F. Wing
Warsaw
New County Infirmary
Sophia Moellering
Christian
Theodore Rose
W. W. Real
Delphos, O
M. Ferguson
Jolly Sixty-five Club
BH. G. Rhean
Harrod
George Baldwin
Marion Black
Lee Heller
Elkhart
J. C. Goll
Bass Foundry
Kerr Murray Works
Horton Manufacturing Company
Pat Wayne Lion Works
Indiana Machine Works
Bowser Oil Tank Factory
Hugh M. Diehl
Erie
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ayes
Wabash Railroad
Wpassenger
RK. G. Thompson
Hayes
Wabash
Thomas Wyatt
West Superior Street
Montpelier
Niebergall Maire Case Sordelet Deaths Notice
Deaths and funerals notice for Louise Niebergall 19 from 201 East Washington Street with funeral Tuesday at 2 PM from the house and 2 30 PM at St Pauls Lutheran. Peter Maire 81 in St Joe Hospital. Bertha Case 1 year 3 months died of flesh decay. Clara Sordelet 9 of Washington Township died from bowel inflammation. Nickel Plate Railway offers low rate Lake Maxinkuckee excursions Saturdays through Sept 28. inquiries to agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Henry Niebergall
East Washington Street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Joe Hospital
Peter Maire
Maire
Jefferson Township
Eckerle
Spy Run
Catholic Cemetery
Case
Bertha May Case
Colerick Street
Nickel Plate Road
Lake Maxinkuckee
Baker street Robbery Prank Ends With Watch Recovery
A Baker Street resident reported a burglary after church, saying his gold watch vanished and furniture was ransacked. Police, led by Officer Flickinger, traced it to two young nieces who admitted staging the break in as a mischief, hid the watch, and then left. the watch was later recovered in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Street
Flickinger
Man In Richmond Bank Demands 2000 In Cash
A man entering the First National Bank in Richmond Indiana noon Saturday demanded 2000 dollars for the cashier. Identified as John Gerdes from Fort Wayne he claimed illness and mental disturbance. He was arrested and noted as boarding in Richmond recently prior work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Richmond
Ind
John Gerdes
Fort Wayne
Gerdes
A. F. Schulz
Broadway
Mat Burchard
South Wayne
Mrs Elizabeth Alringer to be confined for insanity
A lunacy commission examined Mrs Elizabeth Alringer of 168 Griffith street this afternoon and will report unsound mind. Due to a recent violent episode at 8 am she is confined in the county jail and will be sent to an insane hospital at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Alringer
Griffith Street
Tayes and
Huser
C. B. Stemen
G. W. McCaskey
Minus One Leg and Gravel Road Appraisers Headline
Erastus Russ, once employed in Hol Sterling's barber shop, returns to Fort Wayne missing his right leg after a June 27 accident near Ghent. He seeks subscriptions to buy a cork leg. County commissioners appoint J D Gloyd and Frank Pulver as gravel road appraisers for New Haven. Pfeiffer and Hayden road appraisers named and to meet to prepare reports and proceed with appraisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erastus Russ
Hol. Sterling
Fort Wayne
Erastus
Ghent
J. D. Gloyd
New Haven
O'Rourke
Frank Pulver
Pfeiffer
M. D. Baker
John MacIntosh
Jacob Goshorn
Hayden Road
W. J. Esterline
Frederick Eme
Court House
Municipal improvements meeting departs for Cincinnati
Wednesday morning a number of councilmen and city board members will leave Grand Rapids and Indiana rails for Cincinnati to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Municipal Improvements. Mr DeVilbiss will read a paper on Disposal of Garbage. Mr Randall will discuss Technicalities of Concrete Foundations and share insights from a Buffalo visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids & Indiana Road
Cincinnati
American Society of Municipal Improvements
DeVilbiss
Randall
Buffalo
Man Granted $2000 Life Policy Then Collapses in Street
A Fort Wayne man who collected a $2000 life insurance policy Friday morning died of heart disease on the street at noon. Separately a marriage license was issued to Samuel Dunbar and Alice M Kell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langola
A& Fort Wayne
Samuel Dunbar
Alice M. Kell
Flames Drag Osceola Copper Mine Deadly Blaze Near Calumet
Hoverston, Sept 9. Huge smoke plumes issue from shafts Nos 1 2 and 3 as the Osceola copper mine fire rages, entombing about thirty miners. Names of the lost include Captain Richard Trenbath shift boss and Richard Bickle with many others, while rescuers retreat from the deadly smoke and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bickle
Richard Grenfell
Wiliam Bryant
Alexander Daniell
John Cudlip
Thomas Curtis
Robert Johns
William Donald
Barney Elmore
Anton Zycezwicz
Mike Johnson
Peter Stengaard
Frank Lander
Walter Dahl
Joseph Harrington
Frederick Peardon
Isaac Harlow
Mike Voke
Isaac Mattison
Andrew Rossawick
James Wins
M. Cook
Samuel Williams
Trenbath
Edwards
Plylmouth
Opeeche
Miners Fight Fiery Death After Shaft Fire
Drill boy Charles Weare warned fellow miners of danger as a shaft fire trapped over 200 underground workers. Despite efforts to escape, dense smoke and gas claimed many, with no rescues expected. Captain Richards suspects incendiary origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Weare
Sone
Michael Harrington
P. Richards
Dozen Hurt As Wreck On Cherokee Branch
Details from Cherokee Kansas report a westbound passenger train wreck near Lightning creek one mile west of Monmouth. About twenty people were injured. twenty more were bruised or scratched when an axle broke triggering the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
EH. Stewart
McCune
Miss Moore
Webb City
A. R. Harper
Monmouth
John Gregg
L. L. Bramhill
Lizzie Bradley
Cherokee
Henry B. Ford
Pittsburg
Kas
Mrs. Reynolds
Eva Baird
Deland
Fls
Jerry Botkin
W.F. Homer
Kansas City
Cherokes
Kan
Memphis Railroad
Lightning Creek
Weather Outlook by Regions for Twenty Four Hours
Washington sept 9 weather indications for twenty four hours from 8 pm yesterday. Illinois cloudiness and local showers this afternoon or tonight with southerly winds and warmer. Indiana generally fair today, showers tonight, southerly winds. Lower Michigan generally fair with increasing cloudiness and warmer southeast portion. Upper Michigan local showers and variable winds. Wisconsin increasing cloudiness with probable showers tonight or this evening and warmer in the southern part with southeasterly winds. Iowa local showers partly cloudy, southerly winds and slightly warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WashingtTon
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Iowa
Homeseekers Excursion Through September and October
Agents of the Nickel Plate road offer complete information on excursions for September and October. Enjoy elegant through train service on a popular route with well equipped cars and attentive service. 9-4-18-2386.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Fort Wayne Markets corrected daily by Bush & Co
Wheat 65 to 67 cents, oats 28 to 3 1/4 cents, corn 45 to 48 cents, rye 48 cents, barley 45 cents. Butter 14 to 15 cents, eggs 10 cents. Beeswax 25 cents per pound. Oil meal 1.25. Potatoes 50 cents per bushel. Feathers, live geese 45 cents, rags 50 cents per cwt. Hides, steen 7 cents, cured 8 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush & Co
Nickel Plate Excursions Offer Low Round Trip Fares
The notice lists multiple discounted rail trips with destinations including Chattanooga Fort Wayne Indianapolis Knoxville Louisville Muncie Washington and more with round trip prices and travel dates. It promotes excursions via the Nickel Plate road and mentions special trains for local events and organizations. It also advertises a fall suit from Callon Will Cleary at 118 Harrison Street and notes maintenance and remaking services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Y.P
Indianapolis
Knoxville
New Catholic Church
Washington
B. Y
Western
North Depot
Fort Wayne
Callon Will
Cleary
Harrison Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Huntington County
Tidiana
Luther
Cleveland
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons
Grand Council Royal and Select Masons
Niebergall
Cash
DeVilbiss and
Chicago Market
van Wert
Pennsylvania
Ada
Osceola
Calumet, Mich
No. 65
No. 4
Bank of
Kincaid, Kas
Spain
Cuba
Orlando E. Bradford
Brockway
New York
John Nixon
John L. Courtney
Carl Bentley
Bradford
Maumee Valley
Old Fort
Ohio
Homeseeckers
Muncie
Chattanooga, Tenn
Chickamaugaa
Fort, Wayne
Philadelphia
United American Mechanics’ Mutual Council
Minneapolis, Minn
American Turbune Association
Albany
N. Y
United States
Atlantic City
N.J
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Louisville
A. Hattersley & Sons
Main ST
Romy & Hobiya
Art Street
FORI
D.J. Spencer
Temple Theatre
Denman Thompson
Himestean
FE. A. McFarland
Miss J. Haverly
Chattanooga
VIA
G. Raf
Vickel Ventsor
Lock Wood
Grand Rarins
Mic
New York Empire Theater
Sidney Grundy
Gustave Froitman
New York Herald
Freese & Ranke
Calhoun ST
Brant Tlomr
Darby Tres -Post
Pantitorium
J.O. Caswell
Rich Hotel
Iee
Washington Boulevard
Geller
Telephone
W. F. Geller
South Side Wall Paper Store
Nee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!