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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1889

Page

2

Warsaw Man Uses Crude Oil Burner In Stove Plan

A Warsaw man attaches a crude oil burner to a common stove for cooking and finds it a complete success. Oil costs about forty five cents per barrel, a cheap fuel if one can endure the odor. Bint Nye meets Eli Perkins in Omaha and laughs at a Perkins humor tale, though Nye cannot laugh at the joke.

Warsaw Bint Nye Eli Perkins Omaha Eli Perkins Lydia Thompson Nye

DeWitt Crekcer Installed as Chicago Mayor

Chicago elected official DeWitt Crekcer was installed as mayor yesterday. He named William J. Onahan as city collector and Austin J. Boyle to head police. William J. Purdy will lead public works, with Jonas Hutchinson as city attorney.

DeWitt Crekcer Chicago William J. Onahan Austin J. Boyle Harrison William J. Purdy Jonas Hutchinson

Passover Observed By Orthodox Hebrew Families

Jewish households began the Pesach feast at sunset with a home search for leavened bread. The father, holding a candle, examines shelves and crevices while the wife hides scraps. Unleavened bread from last year is used in a final blessing and burned. Food remains plentiful and the holiday is a time of general joy.

Richmono burgl arry defendant in preliminary hearing

Lee Morgan, arrested for burglary, appeared for a preliminary hearing after an altercation between his attorney Senator Henry A. Johnson and detective Henry Page over witness Miss Crockett. Page warned Johnson to stop or die as Morgan and others had a prison escape plan foiled by informant. Morgan described as the jail’s most dangerous inmate, previously jailed for killing Pat Carroll at Cambridge City.

Richmono Ind Lee Morgan Henry A. Johnson Henry Page Miss Crockett Johnson Page Morgan John Beller Pat Carroll Cambridge City The Pages

License granted after long trial at Columbia City

Angola and Vauraratso reports: after two years of litigation a license to sell intoxicants in Angola is granted following a hung jury in Allen and Whitley counties. Judge Adair ordered discharge and approved the license, with temperance groups vowing continued effort. Also note: a young man Alen Skinner of Vauraratso commits suicide after rejected marriage proposals. Plus community fair updates and a medical ad about catarrh cures.

Indianapolis General Assembly Angola Ind Whitley County C. S. Crandall Allen County Whitley Adair Columbia City Alc Vauraratso Alen Skinner

Robbery at West Wayne Street House by Two Thieves

A daring 2 a.m. burglary at Dr. W. H. Myers on West Wayne Street saw two men enter through a second floor window, ransack rooms of Mr. and Mrs. Webber, steal valuables including rings and necklaces, then flee after Mrs. Webber screamed. Police were alerted. loss estimated around $50. The report also notes Palm Sunday week observances and Holy Week ceremonies led by Rt Rev. Bishop Dwenger.

W. HL. Myers West Wayne Street Webber Fulton Street Jerusalem Matthew Dwenger Jeremiah

Miss Nellie Schrader Dies After Typhoid Fever

Miss Nellie M Schrader dies at her parents home on Griffith Street after a typhoid illness following an eye operation in Cincinnati. A Berry Street M E church member known for music and church work, she was 23 and had worked as a bookkeeper at D H Baldwin & Co. Funeral plans pending.

Indianapolis News Mary Wilson George W. New Indianapolis Indiana H. C. Schrader Griffith Street Nellie M. Schrader Cincinnati Harrison Street D. H. Baldwin & Co Miss Schrader

Traveling book agent swindles local women

A man named Yarsierfe posed as a general traveling library agent and recruited several local women to sell books. He charged each woman $5 for an outfit and promised quick profits, but within a day they found the city had already been canvassed. He then disappeared, leaving the women with unpaid debts and no sales. Authorities say he may be traveling to other towns.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Hovey Indiana Genera Assembly Yarsierfe Out of Town Library Association

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