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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1889

Page

2

Pension Agents Stay Put Until Terms End

The piece notes presidential decision to avoid disturbing pension agents until their four year terms end, with commissions dating from Senate confirmation. Also mentions the Indianapolis Sentinel praising Hon. Robert Lowry's Supreme Court commission case brief as masterly, with decision expected next week.

Iris Senate The Indianapolis Sentinel Robert Lowry Supreme Court Commission Supreme Court

State loan bill argued unconstitutional over deficit claim

Legal advisers contend the 1.4 million loan may be unconstitutional unless the act declares the funds meet a deficit or debt service. The dispute mirrors 1885’s 600 thousand loan, but bond buyers warn of risk without explicit deficit justification. If funds cannot be floated, Indiana faces finance gaps and possible extra legislative session.

Jill Lemcke New York Indiana

City gas dispute ends with pipeline measure victory

In Toledo Ohio the fight over a municipal gas pipeline ends with the measure passing 7008 to 1100 votes, meeting the required sixty percent. The Standard Oil franchise faced defeat, and the city’s aldermanic board will include three Democrats and six Republicans. Thrrix and Grand Bamins reports note similar outcomes in Thrrix and Grand Bamins, with Toledo’s result marking a notable defeat for Standard Oil in a square contest.

ToLedo, O Standard Oil Company Standard People Asaldermanic Council Thrrix Ohio Grand Bamins Mich Charles W. Watkins

Bids Opened for Maumee River Bridge and Substructures

County commissioners opened bids from multiple firms for eight bridges and eleven sub structures on the Maumee river project. Canton’s Wrought Iron and other firms submitted bids ranging from about 12,611 to 27,900 for 300 and 156 foot spans, with Canton lowest at 17,955 for 300 feet and 12,611.04 for 156 feet, saving nearly 10,000 versus former bids.

Maumee River Smith Bridge Company Toledo King Bridge Company Cleveland Mt. Vernon Bridge Company Wrought Iron Bridge Company Canton Ohio Lane Bridge Company Chicago Penn Bridge Company Beaver Falls Champion Bridge Company Columbus Bridge Company F. W. Brackett Cincinnati Indiana Bridge Co Muncie Variety Iron Co Milwaukee Bridge Co Columbia Bridge Co Dayton Canton Bridge Company

Liveryman Liggett and engineer Emerson visit city on canal to Peru line

R A Liggett of Fort Wayne arrives to supply transportation for the line from Fort Wayne to Peru. A. T. Emerson of St Louis, civil engineer for the Santa Fe system, tours the route to estimate costs and feasibility. He notes crossing Grand Rapids and Pittsburg tracks at Fort Wayne and the Chicago and Atlantic at the station will require grades of nine and six feet respectively.

Huntington Herald R. A. Liggett Fort Wayne T. Emerson St. Louis Peru Emerson Grand Rapids Pittsburg Chicago and Atlantic

Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Advertised

An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure and offers one hundred dollars for any case it cannot fix, urging readers to request circulars. It also notes W. Thurman, son of the elder Thurman, is a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, seen in Fort Wayne last fall.

Allen County Br Nyz James Whitcomb Riley Maloney Fort Dodge Iowa) Opera House Nye Riley Republican Business Men’s Association New York Manier The Gazette Evansville Merchants Exchange Fort Wayne Democratic Party Cincinnati Ohio Foraker Murat Halstead Mr. Halstead Washington Halstead Berlin Payne United States Senate Puimaperrgia Wanamaker Christ Hall Amen W. Tutman Thurman International Medical Congress A. L.A. Toboldt University of Pennsylvania Carlsbad Carlsbad Springs Ueht Eisner & Mendelson Barclay Street Toboldt Hood C. A. Hubbard N. Chili N.Y George Somerville Moreland Cook County C. I. Hood & CO Apothecaries Lowell Maas South Dakota North Dakota Montana Great Prairie State St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Edendale Aberdeen Huron Watertown Sioux Falls South Valley of the Nile Turtile Mountain Minot Devils Lake Fargo Grand Forks Grafton Bottineau Minneapolis Rocky Mountains Great Reservation Muk River Great Falls Helena Butte San Francisco Columbia River Valley Portland Shasta Ogden Utah California Puget Sound St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Pacific Coast Manitoba-Pacific Tacoma Port Townsend Seattle F. I. Whitney Gel Pass Tkt. Agt St.p Minn L.O. Hull

Communion Services At Antoch Church Observed

To the Editor of The Sentinel: Communion services will be observed at Antoch church. April 14, Professor Livengood began school last Monday with a large number of students in attendance.

Washington Senate Robert J. Fisher Chicago Patents Robert B. Vance Army George R. Durand Francis M. Barber Kimberly Navy Marine Corps C. Gehring Charles Kraus Henry Wixted Henry C. Gehring Samuel Kraus James Wixted John Hanchill Frank A. Lessman Michael Cashen Adolph Goldner Frank Jones George Jordan Nicholas Kinsella Aylmer Montgomerie John Sims Gilbert H. Wells Jacob H. Dimmick Post Office Department New York Clement Studabaker Indiana the Sentinel Antoch Church Professor Livengood Atttendance Good Professor Good Fred G. Frye Bertha McIntosh John McIntosh Madison Township Bower Monroeville

Local Names List Reflects Community Notables and Officials

A long roster of individuals is listed, including Allen, Maggie Bunker, Jennie Ballgall, Lib Craig, Postmaster McGibbons, Dr Loyd Metzner, Rev P F Rogers, and many others. The compilation reads as a community directory or society roll with numerous surnames and titles, indicating a local society, church, or civic listing from the period.

C M Lepper Allie Little J W White Joseph Misener Geo Woodbridge H I McCrea Lizzie Whertman Sumel Metts Charles Webster Wm. McGibbons James White Will B Yeagerlemer Geo ,Ouch

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