David Fritz Jr Drowned in Lake Township Ditch
The body of 20 year old David Fritz Jr son of a Lake township farmer was found in a ditch on the Goshen road eight miles north of town. He had been missing since Monday and it is believed an epileptic seizure caused him to fall into the shallow water where he drowned. Coroner Stairs and Deputy Heidelderfer investigated after the body was removed to the Fritz home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fritz, Jr
Lake Township
John Vi Valentine
Goshen Road
Young Frits
Young Fritz
David Fritz
Fort Wayne
Michael Fritz
David
John W. Valentine
Mr. Fritz
Charles Valentine
Fritz
Fritz Hema
Stairs
Heidelderfer
Winona Technical Institute to Open This Fall
Messrs Charles H Worden and E F Yarnello returned from Indianapolis where directors elected a new board including Fort Wayne men Worden Yarnelle and E A K Hackett The school aims to open this fall with about 300 students Dean Prof Stanley Colter of Purdue may leave to join Indianapolis venture Landscaping plans by Olmstead to beautify the Winona assembly grounds.
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Fort Wayne
Winona Technical Institute
Calter
Charles H. Worden
E. F. Yarnello
Indianapolis
Threa
Worden
Yarnelle
E. A. K. Hackett
Stanley Colter
Purdue University
Purdue
Winona
Mr. Olmstead
Boston
Warsaw
Ossian Hotel Sold in Northern Indiana Move
Hansom Allen purchases the Craig hotel at Ossian in northern Indiana. The article also notes multiple local incidents including a fire destroying VanCamp's molding room in Dacatur, the death of Carl Witwer, disappearance of E A First, a drug overdose scare for Mrs Maggie Yahn, a burn accident to Mrs Flora Lemon, the death of Melzer MacDonald in Washington township Noble county, the sudden death of Mrs Elizabeth Baughman, a court ruling in Susan Orner vs McIntyre, and estate actions for Samuel Whitmeyer of Elkhart with Swiss heirs.
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Hansom Allen
Craig
Ossian
VanCamp
Dacatur
Carl Witwer
Hartford Township
Adams County
E. A. First
Huntington
Maggie Yahn
Elkhart
Cox
Flora Lemon
Melzer MacDonald
Washington Township
Noble County
Col
I. B. McDonald
Columbia City
Indiana
Virginia
Elizabeth Baughman
Baughman
Decatur
Mary Baughman
Fort Wayne
Ling
Susan Orner
W. H McIntyre
Auburn
Switzerland
Auburn Shocking Tragedy In Street Shooting Casts Shadow
Edward Swigert was killed in Auburn Indiana when Frank Foltz fired six shots from a 122 caliber rifle near his home. Foltz claims accidental discharge as a motive, while the town reels over the fatal strike on a passerby. Coroner to hold inquest this afternoon.
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Hontinel
Auburn
Ind
Apri
Edward Swigert
Frank Foltz
Swigert
Foltz
Ezra Voltz
Nick
Tack
van Buren Street
Earl McDowell
Bert Myers
Roy Snarr
Young Myers
Ora Eckhart
Roy Haywood
Young Swigert
Folta
Prom Night Rescue With Dr King’s New Discovery
A family credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving their daughter from a near fatal whooping cough and bronchitis after other remedies failed. The niece, once with advanced consumption, is now well. Desperate throat and lung diseases yield to the medicine, advertised with trial bottles free.
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Myre
W. H. Haviland
Armonis
Dreter & Bro
Assessors Meet to Talk Taxation in Allen County
Parks Martin and J C Wingate of the state board of equalization met Wednesday in the county courthouse assembly room with assessors from Allen County townships and neighboring counties. The aim is statewide equalization of tax values with exchanges of information from prior meetings. Discussion focused on farm machinery, livestock and farm land values, cited by board members as major hurdles to equalization.
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Parks Martin
J. C. Wingate
State Board of Equalization
Court House
Allen County
A Love Letter on Arnica Salve Endorsement
Otto Chdd of Ponder Missouri writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured an ugly sore after a year of suffering. The advertisement claims it is the heat salve on earth and notes Drefer and Bro's drug store sold it for 260.
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Otto Chdd
Ponder
Bucklen
Drefer & Bro
Five Die In Fire At Columbia Hill Building Mount Vernon
A deadly Wilson Place blaze in Mount Vernon New York on April 6 left five members of the Frey family dead and another dying. Nathan Frey 66 Isaday Frey 12 Helen Frey 0 Henry Frey 3 Gussie Delving 10 perished. Injured include Mrs Rebecca Frey dying at hospital Mrs Asa Harry severely burned and Mrs Dauise Lavigne overcome by smoke. The Frey Barry and Lavigne families occupied the third floor where flames spread quickly. Firefighters lowered the survivors from windows as the top floor burned. Deaths likely due to suffocation rather than direct burns.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Columbia Hyill
Wilson Place
Nathan Frey
Isaday Frey
Helen Frey
Henry Frey
Gussie Delving
Rebecca Frey
Asa Harry
Dauise Lavigne
Frey
Barry
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Quick Burns and Scrapes Relief
The advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as instant relief for burns cuts bruises sores and skin abrasions. It warns buyers to insist on genuine DeWitts and notes many counterfeit products are cheaper and unsafe, with Meyer Bros Co selling the legitimate salve.
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DeWitt
Meyer Bros. Co
Consumption New Home Cure by Fort Wayne Doctor
Dr. Charles Zimmerman claims a universal home cure for consumption after perfecting a treatment that he says has saved hundreds and cured every case where vitality remains. He offers to send testimonials and details by mail to anyone in the United States and beyond.
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Charles Zuumerman
Fort Wayne
United States
Turone
Charles Zimmerman & Co
Wri
Indiana
Citizens' Trust Co Deposit Notice Near Post Office
A public notice urges deposit of funds at Citizens' Trust Co located opposite the post office. It cites 400000 dollars in security for depositors and references a 12 B wet designation.
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Citizens’ Trust Co
Burton Gets Six Months and 2500 Fine in Post Office Case
United States Senator J R Burton of Kansas was sentenced in Iron County to six months in jail and a 2500 dollar fine for using influence with the post office in behalf of Rialto Grain and Securities of St Louis and for receiving payment for his services. The judge praised the trial and ordered the sentence after denying motions for new trial and arrest of judgment. Burton declined to speak in court and planned to appeal, with a bond set at 10000. The case moves to the circuit court of appeals.
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St. Louia
United States
J. R. Burton
Kansas
Iron County
Post Office Department
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Louis
Burton
Chester H. Krum
United States District Court
Casa
Adams
Tudge Adams
Eton County
Krum
Senator Burton
Hrum Thay
Marriage license for Albert G Figel and Josephine Te Ljndacy
Orn Sonney, the man milliner,9 in Chicago on a business mission. This item notes a marriage license issued to Albert G Figel and Josephine Te Ljndacy with reference to Orn Sonney in Chicago on a business trip.
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Albert G., Figel and
Josephine Te Ljndacy
Orn Sonney
Man Millines
Chicago
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Great School
Bank OF Wayne
Somer
Gregory
J. J. H. Gregory & Son
Maurblohsad
Mans
Tray
Jolin
Clinton and
Berry
Undertakers
Klaewn & Melching
West Main Street
Bduth
Errep
Borene Med. Co
Broadway
Ed Swigert
Parks Martin and
J.C. Wingate
Savings Bank
Akon
Ohio
Akron Savings Bank
Whtam Buchtel
G. W. Sieber
Ora May
Oliver Steel
C. C. Schlatter & CO
Columbia and
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Wenger
Bright
N. R. Wenger
Calhoun Street
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