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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1907

Page

13

Notable Carnegie Institute rededication opens in Pittsburg

The April 11 1907 ceremony marks the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg rededication with William N Frew greeting international guests. Mayor Guthrie hosts a municipal reception and Carnegie family members accompany dignitaries through galleries. President Roosevelt sends a letter praising the institute.

Pittsburg Carnegie Institute of William N. Frew Board of Trustees England Germany France Belgium Holland South America Canada United States Institute George W. Guthrie Schenley Grover Cleveland Thomas A. Edison H. M. Barry Carnegie Hall New York John F. Billings New York Public Library Herbert L. Birdsman Brooklyn Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University Wallace Butrick Albert C. Case Carnegie Veterans’ Association J. McKee Cattell E. H. Gary United States Steel Corporation Daniel C. Gilman John Hopkins University Baltimore John Hays Hammond New Yor Count Hatzfeld Washington Alexander C. Humphries Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken John la Varge Will H. Low Edward Robinson Metropolitan Museum of Art Melville E. Stone Associated Press John Weaver Philadelphia Frew Carnegie Roosevelt White House Carnegie Institute America Republic

Jewel Skirt Supporter sold worldwide at 25c

Advertisement for a nickel skirt supporter and waist holder also usable with dress suits, sold worldwide at 25 cents, closing out at 15 cents. Includes usage directions and target buyer message. Address Miss Emma Grage at 617 Wallace Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana for stamps or coin.

Emma Grage Wallace St Fort Wayne Ind

Money to Joan On Real Estate Of Personal Security

Short note from C. E. Pfeiffer offering personal security funds in exchange for real estate, located in rooms 6-7. The fragment provides little context or names beyond Pfeiffer and a city office setting.

C.E. Pfeiffer

Methodists Endorse Warren Orphanage Plan

Logansport Ind April 11 The North Indiana M E conference features the Preachers Aid Society meeting and a Warren plan to build an orphanage and old folks home funded by Mr and Mrs William Chopson and a conference match of 60000 for construction and maintenance The conference will investigate the plan while selecting a successor to Rev BE Semans and discussing Wabash district changes.

Logansport Ind North Indiana M. E Preachers’ Aid Society O. Merica Methodist Episcopal Hospital Indianapolis Edwin H. Hughes Depauw University Board of Home Missions and Church Extension J. H. Fitzwater J. W. Cain Methodist Church Warren William Chopson McDowel Wabash District BE. L. Semans Indiana Wabash S. B. Bowers Montpelier Anna Timmons Irvington Elizabeth Mahin Anna E. Nethercut Fort Wayne M. C. Pittinger Coesse Hosea Woolpert Green Springs Ohio David Powell Anderson Jacob P. White Upland W. O. Pierce Atlanta Darie V. Williams Eaton John C. White William A. Griest Wallace W. Martin Lewis Reeves Hartford City Francis A. Reichelderfer John B. Reeves William B. Freeland North Manchester James B. McNary David S. Jones Chauncey King Dunkirk McDowell W. J. Harkness St. John’s River Fla A. S. Loring Central E. B. Randle St. Louis C. Turner Jones Wilmington W. E. Ingalls Oregon E. 8. Gates Nebraska M. E. Nethercut Kansas G. H. Simons J. C. Darwin Puget Sound Clark Crawford T. P. Walters Cincinnati C. Claude Travis C. C. Travis H. L. Kindig I. Villars Rock River W. F. Switzer J. A. Alford Illinois J. H. Pyke W. F. Walker North China Conference W. A. Robinson Christian Hospital W. N. Nelson J. E B. Erwin C. W. Shoemaker C. E. Line W. R. Jones Light General Educational Committee Taylor University

Local Obituaries And Notices From Wells County And Nearby

John Stepp, a pioneer resident of Wells county, dies at his home east of Keystone. Mrs. John Hardwidge Sr., a Poneto resident for over thirty years, dies aged 68. J L Dixon of Garrett, a B&O fireman, deemed of unsound mind. Mrs. Barbara Zook of Somerset Wabash county dies at 90. Dunkard church member. Charles H Lockard, veteran soldier, dies at his LaGrange home. age 87. served in the Fourth Indian cavalry. Fred L Feick of Garrett, former state railroad workers committee chair, to tour Indiana cities in May for rail advocates. News leaks that Miss Freda Lahmeyer and Harry O'Brien of Huntington married at St Joseph Michigan Feb 15. kept secret from relatives until recently.

John Stepp Wells County Keystone John Hardwidge Poneto J. L. Dixon Garrett Baltimore and Ohio Barbara Zook Somerset Wabash County Dunkard Charles H. Lockard Lagrange Fourth Indian Cavalry Fred L. Feick Indiana Misa Freda Lahmeyer Harry O’brien Huntington St. Joe Mich

Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills Help Neuralgia Sufferers

Testimonial ad touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for neuralgia with soothing nerve relief. Claims no habit formation and safe use when taken as directed. Customer Mrs W H Burkeitt of Macon Georgia endorses effectiveness and druggists guarantee money back if no benefit. 25 doses cost 25 cents, sold by druggists only.

W. H. Burkeitt Macon Miles Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind

HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS FACE HIGH CITY LICENSES

Fort Wayne council considers a no transfer license of at least 150 dollars for hawkers and peddlers plus vehicle display requirements to remove Syrian vendors from streets. Breweries face 1000 dollar licenses, saloon licenses rise, and alley access rules curb sidewalk clutter amid broader street and public service ordinances.

Fort Wayne Schwier Henry Public Service Corporation Committee On Education School Board John Bothner Committee On Claims Welch Board of Works Pennsylvania Calhoun Street Cook Walton Avenue DeKalb Welch Had A Resolution Which Was Adopted and Which Instructs the Chief of Police

Fort Wayne Physician Dr George W Bowen to Retire after 55 Years

Dr George W Bowen the oldest physician in Fort Wayne plans to close his office May 3 marking the fifty fifth anniversary of his medical career. Since 1852 he practiced amid Fort Wayne pioneers and wrote extensively on medicine and poetry while remaining active in medical societies.

Fort Wayne George W. Bowen Bowen Delaware County New York Illinois Chicago Hahnemann Medical College Daily Sturgis Woodworth Ayers Rowan Schmidt Weihmer Brooks Leonard Tolerton Jones Ormiston Stewart Huxford

Effinger sues traction firm over horse injury near Bluffton

Ferdinand Effinger sues Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction for 1000 damages claiming an interurban car at twenty mph frightened his horse a mile north of Bluffton and threw him into a ditch. Separate item notes the death of Mrs Howard Thrie of Serrett from tuberculosis on a Tuesday.

Ferdinand Effinger Bluffton Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company Effinger Howard ‘Thrie Serrett

Pastor Conducts Wedding During Funeral in Indiana

Huntington Ind April 10 Rev J A Beatty of the Methodist church married Luther J Colson of Fort Wayne and Nora B Coe of Roanoke between funeral duties for Sampson Little. He planned to finish the sermon then wed at the last moment, a first in his experience as a minister.

Huntington Ind J. A. Beatty Methodist Church Huntington County Luther J. Colson Fort Wayne Nora B. Coe Roanoke Beatty Sampson Little

Whisky labeling ruling in federal decision

The government ruled that mixed bourbon and neutral spirits cannot be labeled whisky. Compound blends must be labeled as such. Other notes include a Lisbon Kansas canning factory hire, a Whitley County Medical Society dinner hosted by Dr. Alice B Williams, a Rome City rural mail route bid under review, and Lagrange's Detroit street brick paving contract awarded to Moellering Construction of Fort Wayne for 13280.75 with several bidders.

Louisville A. E. Wilber Barberton Ohio Lisbon Kendallville Whitley County Medical Society Columbia City Alice B. Williams Gilliams Rome City Lagrange Moellering Construction Company Fort Wayne Detroit Street

Farmer L. F. Stoughton Fails Sanity Test At Lunacy Board

Logansport Indiana April 10 A lunacy board met to assess H F Stoughton a farmer after summoning him to Dr John W Ballards office for a friendly call Stoughton cried would you send me to the mad house then fainted He was later revived but remained speechless and totally paralyzed The board adjourned Stoughton died at his sister’s home that night Relatives had petitioned for a commission and argued a few weeks treatment at Loneycliffe hospital would restore his faculties

Logansport Ind John W. Ballard H. F. Stoughton Ballard John Stoughton Loneycliffe Hospital

Committees Named for Decoration Day Observance

Fort Wayne groups name sub committees for Decoration Day events. New posts include Arrangements for Children Parade and Memorial Sunday Services at Theaters with members listed. Additional meetings set for Tuesday to finalize plans and coordinate with local posts and veterans groups.

Fort Wayne General Committee W. F. Geller Will Rundell E. Cc. Close J. C. Jackson W. F. Ranke H. D. Miller H. C. Moriarty J. B. White George Behler George Aldrich Edward White P. J. Anderson L. F. Wood Samuel Bradshaw EH. H. Bookwalter C. P. Jesse W. A. Carmer John B. Ryan W. W. Allen George Zollinger Lawton- Wayne Post D. L. Beaber William Kirkham Charles Ehrmann E. B. Smith Theodore Pattee Sion S. Bass Post James Liggett Theodore Geller John Hess Jasper Edsall John M. Kress Union Veteran Legion Henry C. Zollinger M. M. Thompson George B. Aldr H, Sr

Milk wagon wrecks after collision with freight train

A milk wagon at Kendallville owned by Rollo Whitford and driven by Gus Maring was struck by a Grand Rapids freight train on the Rush street crossing Tuesday. The horses were injured the wagon wrecked and the milk spilled but the driver escaped uninjured. Judge Bratton at Auburn ruled in favor of the Toledo and Chicago interurban against Toledo and Indiana for the Waterloo to Butler flight path along the Lake Shore line. Extension of the Fort Wayne Auburn line will be pushed this summer with cars running between Auburn and Waterloo within two months.

Kendallville Rollo Whitford Gus Maring Grand Rapids Rush Street Judge Bratton Auburn Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railroad Company Toledo and Indiana Company Waterloo Butler Lake Shore Fort Wayne

Indiana Laws Take Effect At Noon As Legislature Climbs

Indianapolis April 10 laws passed by the Indiana legislature went into effect at noon today by governor proclamation. Measures include a two cent rail fare law an anti trust statute prison terms for kidnapping for ransom barber shop Sunday closing and work hour limits for train crews. A Lake Shore train killed a horse near Osceola and a Columbia City bank opened in temporary quarters with officers Gates Tucker Gandy Foust and others. A pear tree stump two feet in diameter and an oversized apple tree two and a half feet wide were found on John K Smith farm near Pierceton. President Roosevelt praised the Sycamore Literary Society of Topeka and author red letters from J N Babcock.

Indianapolis Indiana Lake Shore Roy McLain Elkhart Osceola McLain Hikhart Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Columbia City Law Office Gates & Whitefeather Benton E. Gates Albert B. Tucker Elmer E. Gandy Cleon H. Foust Charles W. Alexander William H. Hamilton Samuel F. Trembley Sylvania H. Mowrey Albert Bush John K. Smith Pierceton Mr. Smith Roosevelt Sycamore Literary Society Topeka Lagrange County J. N. Babcock Washington New York John D. Rockefeller Babcock Penfield Department of State

Oldest Daughter of Rebekah Stricken and Passed Away

Kansas City notices Sarah Miles Hanna 82, long a Daughters of Rebekah member and the first woman granted the I O O F degree of chivalry. widow of Philip K. Hanna, former U S representative from Illinois, cousin of Generals Miles and Hanna, active organizer of many Odd Fellows assemblies. She died at home after paralysis.

Kansas City Sarah Miles Hanna Daughters of Rebekah Philip K. Hanna United States Forty-eighth Ilinois Nelson A. Miles Philip C. Hanna Republic of Mexico Solomon Stoddard Miles Athens Greece Presbyterian College Zanesville

Senator Orndorf Considers Move to Angola for Law Practice

Senator John W. Orndorf of Churubusco may relocate to Angola to practice law. He sold his business last summer to Attorney George W. Kishler, and since the legislature adjourned he has faced idle days, remaining an energetic tireless worker.

John W. Orndorf Churubusco Angola George W. Kishler

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Negie Institute 8. H. Church John Prillaman Erie Railroad Tocsin Perry Township Ligonier South Band W. A. Kindlesparker Rich Valley Kindlesparker Peru Joan G. W. Bowen Man Dr. Pierce R. V. Pierce Buffalo N. Y Rebekah Odd Fellowship Wender Bright N. R. Wenger Fort Wayag, Ind Emper Madison H. Pfeiffer & Son Columbia St
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