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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1899
Page
12
Dated April 19 1699 the Ledger notes births and travels of local residents. A Miller couple welcomes a daughter at Lakeside. Several residents visit Chicago Omaha and Warsaw. Track and wheat export rates are noted alongside local business and property transactions. A child injures arm and a gas explosion graft heals. marriages, hospital visits, and staff changes are also listed.
At the Goodrich farm two miles west of Avilla, Walter Goodrich aged nineteen shot his brother Wallace thirty five in the barn and then killed himself with a 32 caliber revolver. Wallace was wounded and died after a gunshot through the genitals and into the leg. Walter died instantly from a self inflicted shot to the head. No arrests expected as families and local doctors report the brothers as industrious.
The city has spent $35,000 on a handsome auditorium seating 7,000 after $15,000 already secured for veterans entertainment. The project reflects strong local commitment to accommodating veterans and providing a substantial venue for events.
Reports claim F S Bowser & Co oil tank works will become incorporated but no papers have been drawn. Bowser weighed converting from partnership to gain privileges for stockholders, yet no incorporation plan exists. If incorporated, Mr Baneer would hold controlling interest.
The Durango iron mountain sale to C P Huntington draws savage reactions from ultra Catholic dailies. El Pais, a penny paper, charges the Yankee with buying Mexico and exploiting hunger and patriotism to acquire wealth, leaving the country stripped of rural, city and mining properties.
A local branch of the State Audubon Society was organized at city hall with about twenty five members. Alexander Johnson presided. Rabbi Colm was chosen secretary. Officers include Johnson president and Mrs W P Cooper vice president. A constitution and by laws were adopted and an executive committee elected. Members are urged to notify Mrs Taylor to join.
Henry Schwake, a musician living at the corner of Poplar and Oakley, woke to find burglars had entered after 1 am using a skeleton key. They took two gold watches about $8.78 in cash and several small items without disturbing the rest of the household. The thieves escaped unseen.
A group of young Fort Wayne Democrats organized a local chapter of the Indiana Jeffersonian League in the courthouse. Edward E Nicodemus was named president with Chas J Eckart as secretary and Fred Zollart as treasurer. Louis Ellert and H C Unierwood helped draft a constitution and by laws, with a next meeting set for April 27 and a countywide invitation.
Local seed seller W. D. Henderson at 67 69 East Columbia promotes Clover and Timothy seed Field Peas and other bulk garden seeds. A parental tip urges mothers to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, with May dates mentioned in an informal, ad-like note.
Robison park in Fort Wayne will open soon with a Bloyrle Track children's playhouses and a collection of small animals. The Fort Wayne Consolidated Street Railway company plans a bustling season with stage management by George Fisher and a May 28 theater opening. A bicycle track baseball grounds and additional stands are being considered to attract visitors this summer.
Thomas Mulhearn a saloonkeeper at 117 Fairfield Avenue suffered a severe head cut and chest injuries when his horse and spring wagon were frightened on Fairfield Avenue near Williams Street. He was moved home and treated by Dr. Boswell. condition improved but initially considered serious. A separate incident mentions a silver team runaway on Main Street near the river bridge with a badly hurt horse and minor carriage damage.
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