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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1902
Page
5
Judge Clarke in St Louis fines grocers for selling alum based baking powders. New York health department seized a batch made with alum and rock, dumping it in the river. Authorities warn of counterfeit substitutes and urge use of trusted brands to protect public health.
Local notes report the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Pat Kelly of West Williams street and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Abe Weil of East Wayne street. Dr H H Zimmerman of Cedarville, Indiana, recently graduated from Indiana Medical College after nine years of study. Leonard Morgan, formerly serving a two to fourteen year forgery sentence from Allen circuit court, has been released and is now on the road living an apparently legitimate life.
Local notes report Wells county Republicans meeting in convention on June 14. Other items cover a depot ransack in Warren with theft of 12 dollars, and various local events from Goshen inviting Beveridge to speak to Huntington smallpox quarantines and fires damaging property.
Judge Dreibelbiss handles a string of intoxication cases in a lively session. John Haskens faced eleven days, Cecil C. Chinworth received eleven days, Andrew Gilbride improvised as a veteran while drunk, and John Lew admitted to heavy drinking before sentencing. Officer reports note mischief by a train window and a bicycle found at a drugstore. An Alliance officer arrived for a runaway boy claimed by his father, with mixed outcomes. Sidney, Oscar and Elihu Turner are being sought by attorney J. A. Blair of Asheville, NC.
James Stevens East Buffalo livestock dealer and sole New York survivor of the Sultana disaster in 1865 advocates a $50,090 monument to the 1,457 lives lost. He describes the explosion as the war’s greatest disaster, notes survivor reunions, and cites government-contrasting estimates while urging congressional support.
Miss Emma May Commers of Payne Ohio and Charlies W Currie of this city wed last evening at the home of J F Carey officiated by Rev J C Breckinridge. The couple will reside in Findlay.
In Laporte Indiana on April 29 three men attacked a colored servant at the Gard residence after learning the station agent Mr Parry Gard was away. They overpowered and choked the servant then ransacked rooms taking jewelry silverware cash and checks.
Bertha Shannon Durnell of New Haven wed John Durnell in a ceremony led by Rev. S Wagenhals at Trinity Lutheran Church. A wedding repast followed at Mrs Carey’s Barr street home with relatives present. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Sarah Tenney from Grand Rapids and Mr and Mrs Sable of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Shackle of St Louis.
Miss Anna Y. Baillie and George M. Gilliam were asked for marriage last evening by Rev. J. Webster Bailey of Plymouth Congregational church. There were no attendants. The announcement surprised many friends.
The wedding was kept secret. The bride, longtime Bloomingdale public school teacher and Fort Wayne native, resigned recently. The couple will reside at 19 North Harrison Street.
A New York syndicate led by a noted Pacific coast mining man has spent eighteen months prospecting the tundra between Nome and Penny rivers. The Name Nugget says the discovery is startling and suggests millions of gold dust in the tundra plains along the Bering coast, based on a report arriving by registered mail via Dawson.
Mrs Max Schoen and her son Earl are in Fort Wayne for a week long visit.
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