Allen County Courts Report Mixed Civil Filings
Anna Schmit accuses John P. Schmit of drunkenness and misconduct in a divorce suit filed in superior court. She claims pawned items and vows to prove allegations at trial, while a separate case cites injuries to William Foster from a defective crane and resulting damages. Becker awarded arch repair contracts. a Farley trial features legal questions over depositions in a malpractice case.
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Anna Schmit
John P. Schmit
Noroker
John
Grieb
William Foster
Fort Yoe Rolling Mills Company
W. C. Ryan
P. B. Colerick
Becker
Commissioners Court
C. M. Becker
St. Joe
Washington
Adams
Waiter Luce Confesses Judgment After Loss in Gamblers House
John Luce Jr a downtown waiter who lost 222 at a gaming house sought to confess judgment for 50 in favor of Wood Townsend attorneys who filed the suit against A B Jackson Al Hécklex and Charles Beebe Judge Heaton required a cost receipt then Deputy Hartel arrested Luce for a capias Luce paid costs settled the judgment and was released pending further action
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John Luce, Jr
O. N. Heaton
Wood & Townsend
A. B. Jackson
al ‘Hécklex
Charles Beebe
Sam. Hartel
Luce
Henry Hirschfelder sues for divorce again in superior court
Friday Henry Hirschfelder filed a new divorce action through attorney H. J. Smith. It marks the fourth time since 1904 that he has been a party to such suits, amid a history of separations, custody battles, and a brief remarriage to his first wife after a period with Rosette Bouvier. He alleges his former wife persuaded him she had reformed and he believed they could reconcile.
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Henry Hirschfelder
H. J. Smith
Hirschfelder
Ella Hirschfelder
Rosette Bouvier
Keystone Cough Balsam Endorsed By Local Firm
A local business continues to recommend and endorse Keystone Cough Balsam in Allen county and surrounding areas. They claim it stops and cures bad coughs quickly and safely for home use with universal satisfaction.
Divorce Complaints Highlight Late Nights and Absent Meals
In a divorce filing, Ira L. Wolford accuses Eliza A. Wolford of repeatedly breaking marriage vows and boasting of immorality after their October 1884 union. The couple separated December 12 with Eliza taking their child to South Dakota, while Ed Baughman and Henry Rayner plead guilty to burglary as Judge O Rourke defers sentence pending more evidence. County plans Weaver ditch in Pleasant township with County Surveyor David Spindler tasked to oversee the project.
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Ira L. Wolford
Eliza A. Wolford
Ed Baughman
Henry Rayner
O’rourke
Weaver Ditch
Pleasant Township
David Spindler
Ewing estate sale bids and Maumee road vote
In superior court Judge Heaton confirms sale bids on three Ewing estate properties after higher offers were made by Weil Bros. and Augustus Bowser. A May 7 election will ask approval to bond Maumee township for a twelve mile stone road. Juergens sues Louis T. McFerren for 2500 dollars claiming injury from a collision on the Lakeside bridge. Attorney is R B Dreibelbiss. Wabash Wins Sulu refers to a separate jury verdict in the Mattes case.
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Superior Court
Augustus Bowser
Wolf
Weil Bros
R. S. Alden
Herman Michaels
Remy
Maumee
Juergens
William Juergens
Louis T. McFerren
Lakeside Bridge
R. B. Dreibelbiss
Wabash
Sulu
Il E
County plans fountain at artesian well site discussed
County commissioners considered buying a drinking fountain for the artesian well on the north side of the courthouse but took no action. Meanwhile, the damage suit of John M. Reinswald against the city was scheduled for trial in superior court on May 29.
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Court House
John M. Reine Swald
Woman recounts cruel marriage and desertion in court
Nettie Heffelfinger, aged under nineteen from Hel River township, testified in superior court about marrying Theodore Houser at sixteen, enduring eight months of cruelty, isolation in a log cabin, and a later abandonment. Other cases involve divorce actions for Brenenkant, Schmit, and Harrod suits in circuit court and civil actions for damages and separations.
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Nettie Heffelfinger
Hel River Township
Theodore Houser
John W. Brenenkant
Hazel Brenenkant
Anna Schmit
John Schmit
Grieb
Mary Bisson
Morse Harrod
Clyde Rodabaugh's court case and several trials noted
The document reports Clyde Rodabaugh fined $5 for trespass after visiting Miss Lillie Warner at a schoolhouse and kissing her, amid public liquor and insult charges not pursued. It also covers Octavia Marks suing Horace Mariotte for $10,000 after her husband died in an elevator, Alice Johnson seeking divorce and child custody from Bert Johnson, plus a $2,000 verdict for Mary Bisson against Dr. Morse Harrod for wrist injury from alleged unscientific surgery.
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Octavia Marks
Horace Mariotte
John Q. Adams
Mariotte
Alice Johnson
Bert Johnson
Johnson
Sheldon
Howard Hawthorn
Mary Bisson
Morse Harrod
Peter Anderson
Circuit Court
Saving specials list boasts bargains for women’s wear
Read our new weekly specials with prices from 29c to $5.89. Featured items include Ladies dresses, skirts, gloves, petticoats, corset covers, drawers, night gowns and trimmed hats with numerous sale prices like 98c, 50c, 49c, and 89c. Multiple fabrics and styles highlighted.
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Jardinieres
Bargain Mill offers lace curtains and home goods sale
A local store advertises frill curtains lace curtains and linen shades at fractions of their value with dozens of other items. Prices range from a few cents to under $30 with folding go carts and garden supplies also featured in bulk carload discounts.
Van Buren Reaches Electric Lighting Under Traction Company
The town of Van Buren adopts electric lighting supplied by the Marion Bluffton and Eastern Traction Company at 60 dollars per year for each arc light. Streets have been without lights since the failure of natural gas, a situation now remedied by the new electric system.
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van Buren
Marion, Bluffton and Eastern ‘Traction Company
Wheat and Corn Markets Edge on Liverpool Cables
Chicago wheat slips amid bearish sentiment from Liverpool and reports of green bugs and drought. May and corn move with varied gains and losses as receipts and live hogs lift prices. Toledo offers futures with mixed grain and dairy prices.
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Chicago
Ill
Liverpool
Northwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shorts
May
Scene of Market Quotations And Prices Across Toledo Area
Ex Governor W T Durbin to deliver Memorial Day address in Marion. North Lima oats and Indiana oil quoted. Barr Street agents list wheat corn oats rye butter eggs hogs and other commodities with prices from local markets and Mayflower and Tresselt & Sons quotes.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ile Ib
Bush & Co
Weil Brothers & Co
Ile
Tresselt & Sons
Shorts
J. T. Johnson
Barr Street
E. K. Busn
Columbia Street
Uber Eges
Lac Doz
Howenstain & Crouse
Eckart Packing Co
Timothy
Hocking Valle
Massillon
Jackson
Fittston
Pocahontas
W. T. Durbin
Marion
East Buffalo Market Receipts and Prices Reported
East Buffalo N Y April 9 hog receipts 3230 shipments 1900 all to New York market closing steady mediums 7.00 heavies 5.90 6.95 Yorkers 6.95 7.00 pigs 7.00 roughs 6.00 6.15 stags 4.75 5.25 cattle nothing doing sheep 3000 on sale market lower lambs 9.10 down others down.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Chicago
Pittsburg
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Maine
St. Ey
Rurode Dry Gnods Co
Allen County Courts
O'Rourke
W. W. Barnett
C. M. Niezer
Harrod
Allen County
Clyde Rodabaugh
Leo
Lillie Warner
Tancey
Rodabaugh
Miss Warner
George Washington Tonkle
Indiana
Ong
Jas. M. Kane
Calhoun St
Phaeton
Stanhope
E. Columbia St
F. M. Smith & CO
Calhoun
Grain and Provisions
Pennsylvania
Fort Wayne Markets
Cincinnati
Young Americas
Southeastern
Colorado
J. A. Nye
Union Pacific Land Dept
Marquette
Buillding
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