Filipinos Retake Calamba Attack. American Losses Noted
Manila July 31. After concentrating forces two days, Filipinos attacked Calamba on Laguna de Bay at dawn yesterday and were repulsed after an hour, taking their dead and wounded with them. American losses: two killed and six wounded. A Sixth Infantry company under Captain Simpson fought at Babalaynos, Grosset Island NegrOs, where rebels lost eighteen killed. The Grant transport sailed for the U S with 481 Idaho, 540 North Dakota, and 274 Wyoming troops aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Calamba
Lagua de Bay
Hall
Sixth Infantry
Simpson
Babalaynos
Island of
Negros
Otis Reports Fighting Near Calamba
General Otis informs the War Department that insurgents showed in force near Calamba and were driven off by Hall. Our casualties: one killed and seven wounded. Captain Simpson of the Sixth Infantry killed nineteen insurgents in Negros on the 28th. No other casualties.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Calamba
Manila
Hall
Simpson
Sixth Infantry
Negros
Jamaica report sparks colonial constitutional fears
Kingston subscribers report by Sir David Barbour on Jamaicas sugar industry and politics provokes outrage as a claimed pre arranged plan to strip the colony of its representative constitution. Immediate loan of £1,675,000 urged if imperial control replaces self government, with annexation viewed as possible by some. Public mood strongly prefers maintaining the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
David Barbour
India
Bryan Arrives in Fort Wayne En Route to Rome City
William Jennings Bryan rode Grand Rapids and Indiana train No 5 into the city in the early hours. He head to Rome City for Island Park day and delivered an afternoon address. A telegram to Congressman Robinson at 10 o clock notified of the arrival. Local Democrats alerted organizers and met the visitor at the depot.
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William Jennings Bryan
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Rome City
Island Park Assembly
Bryan
Congressman Robinson
Fort Wayne
Robinson
Bids Opened For Custodial Cottage At State School
Eighteen bids were filed at the superintendent of the school for the feeble minded youth for a custodial cottage to house one hundred girls. The superintendent will travel to Indianapolis to present plans and bids to the governor, who is reviewing all state institution building bids before contracts are awarded.
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Indianapolis
Memorial opposes death penalty in race issue
Indianapolis July 29 The Indiana Afro American league issued a memorial to the country at large on the race problem condemning the taking of human life and urging mercy in punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Afro-American League
Some Fine Amateur Sport at Centlivre’s Park Meet
A Fort Wayne gathering of 2,500 spectators enjoyed amateur horse racing and field events last Saturday afternoon. Races included five mile bicycle events, sprints, and multiple horse classes with close finishes. Notable results: Denehy won the five mile tandem pacemaker. Cherry won the 100 yard dash runoff. Nolan and Hoosier claimed bicycle and half mile wins, with several races timed around 1:16 to 13:01 or faster.
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Centlivre’s Park
Fort Wayne
A. G. Holzhauer
H. Kramer
C. Hoosier
J. Denehy
Holshauer
Denehy
Lordier
Nolan
Cherry
Koch
Smith
Beugot
Blanche M
Carpenter
Gray Phil
Pett
Rhoades
Paragon
Heller Dominates Robison Park Bicycle Races
Lee Heller led the Robison park season opener, winning open and handicap events and breaking his own track record from 2 23 2 5 to 2 15. Other top finishers included Webber Misner and Brown. Heller tallied 35 points to Webbes 16, aided by tandem pacing from Fisher and Johnson in the record attempt.
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Robison Park
Lee Heller
Himeslf
Heller
Webber
Misner
Pierson
Brown
Safford
Holzhauer
Webbes
Fisher
Johnson
Captain W. S. Buck Dies After Illness in Fort Wayne
Captain Wilroon Buck a longtime Fort Wayne resident and Civil War veteran died at his West Jefferson home after a prolonged illness caused by cystitis. Born August 1, 1838 in Homer Ohio, he served as a captain in the Wisconsin Third Regiment and later worked in insurance. He lived in Fort Wayne since 1890 and was active in Plymouth Congregational church and veterans groups. Survived by widow and four children Nellie Eva Loren C. Buck and EB. Buck.
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Wilroon&. Buck
West Jefferson Street
Mr. Buck
Wilson S. Buck
Homer
Licking County
Ohio
Jamestown
Wis
Wisconsin Volunteers
Elsie M. Caldwell
Battle Creek
Mich
Waterloo
Iowa
Fort Wayne
Buck
Indianapolis
Plymouth Congregational Church
Union Veteran Legion
Nellie Buck
Eva Buck
Loren C. Buck
EB. C. Buck
Death notice for a local druggist in Concordia funeral
A 32 year old unmarried druggist died from complications of diseases after illness last year while employed as a prescription clerk in Chicago. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 p m from the residence and will be private with interment at Concordia cemetery.
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Busch
Chicago
Concordia Cemetery
George S Carll Dies at 79 Fort Wayne Resident
George S. Carll longtime Fort Wayne resident and one of Indiana’s oldest Odd Fellows died Monday night at 433 Lafayette Street. He had lived there with his daughter Mrs. A Hosler for several years after moving to the city in 1848. His death followed years of declining health after a paralysis stroke two years earlier.
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George S. Carll
Fort Wayne
A. Hosler
Lafayette Street
Mr. Carll
Inmate J F Mairer Dies at County Infirmary
J F Mairer, long resident of the county infirmary, died there last Saturday at age eighty. Death attributed to infirmities of age. He leaves no known relatives.
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J. F. Mairer
County Infirmary
Pioneer John Knouse Ended Life in Barn in Scipio Township
John Knouse a respected Scipio township farmer aged 77 died by hanging in his barn after an apparent mental decline. Neighbors and coroner examined the scene near Fansler post office. His wife survives. funeral held Monday. The report also lists unrelated local incidents including a store fire at Echo, a hip injury from a hay-binding accident, a dysentery outbreak in Liberty Center, and a hydrophobia scare involving Andrew Perkey’s children.
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John Knouse
Scipio Township
Knouse
William
Fansler
Barnett
Longtime Fort Wayne Odd Fellow Carl Passes Away
Myr Carll, born 1820 in New Jersey, lived in Fort Wayne since 1848. A cabinetmaker turned undertaker, he served in Fort Wayne lodge No 14 and the Encampment, retiring after ill health. Funeral Wednesday at 3 30 from 433 Lafayette Street under I O F Fort Wayne lodge and Canton Fort Wayne.
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Myr. Carll
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Hope
Fort Wayne
Carll
John M. Miller
East Main Street
C. A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Louis Peltier
J. C. Peltier
Miller
Wells County
Hosler
Susan Carll
George S. Carll, Jr
Louisville
Hope Lodge No
Hope, Pa
Lafayette Street
Mrs Catherine E Sarrazin Obituary at 27 Grand Street
Mrs Catherine E Sarrazin wife of Julius Sarrazin died shortly after noon Sunday at her home from a complication of diseases. She was fifty and a prominent member of Degree of Honor No 2 A D U W. Surviving are her husband and one daughter Mrs Laura B Ham.
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Catherine E. Sarrazin
Julius Sarrazin
Grand Street
Szinke Child Dies at Four From Obstruction of Bowels
Margaret Szink, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Szink, died at 8 pm Sunday at 361 South Hanna Street from bowels obstruction. The body was taken to Altoona, Pennsylvania, for interment.
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Margaret Szink
Charles Szink
South Hanna Street
Altoona
Death of Mrs Almira Hooper Grandmother of Local Official
Hooper, superintendent H A Gorsline, received a telegram Monday morning announcing the death of his grandmother Mrs Almira Hooper aged 86. Widow of former Adams county judge Hooper who presided for years. She was said to be Decatur's oldest resident. Daughter Mrs M B Gorsline was at her bedside.
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H. A. Gorsline
Almira Hooper
William Gerke Dies at 65 in Adams County Fort Wayne
William Gerke a prominent Adams county farmer and Fort Wayne resident died Sunday at his home from bowel trouble He was 65 and his illness was brief Funeral services were held at his home Tuesday at 10 Frederick Gerke of this city is a son of the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gerke
Adams County
Fort Wayne
Gerke
Frederick Gerke
Boy Carl Kruse Dies at Sixteen in Washington County
Carl Kruse sixteen, son of Mr and Mrs E W Kruse, died at 6 30 Tuesday morning at the parental home in Washington county after an extended illness of consumption of the bowels. He had been ill for some time and his death occurred at the family residence three and one half miles north of the city.
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Carl Kruse
E. W. Kruse
Washington To
Death of John Willam Busch After Illness
After an illness of one year John Willam Busch died at 6 o clock Monday morning at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John Bae.
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John Willam Busch
John Bae
WANTS DAMAGES FOR BITE IN CIRCUIT COURT
May Marquardt sues Oliver Hebert for 500 dollars alleging a vicious dog attacked her on July 4 injuring her leg and keeping her from household duties for two weeks. Attorney E V Emrick represents the plaintiff.
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Marquardt
Oliver Hebert
E. V. Emrick
Mr and Mrs J E Hunt Visit City from Ashley
Mr and Mrs J E Hunt of Ashley were visiting friends in the city, a brief social note indicating their stay and local social ties.
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J. E. Hunt
Ash-ley
The
City
Northern Indiana Notes Chronicle a Series of Tragedies and Events
The Elkhart family faced poisoning from apple butter boiled in a copper kettle. A Mil lers station boy died instantly when struck by a wagon tongue. Wabash farmer Al Gurtner killed a blue racer in a bed. the reptile was over three feet. Pleasant Lake man Samuel Lesher died after a scaffold fall near Waterloo. Warsaw residents consider a street fair if 1600 dollars is raised, under Mayor Disney. Ber ties Fry wed in North Manchester. he is 18, she 15. Justice Ridgley officiated. Lucy Havens weighs 400 pounds at La porte infirmary, preferring infirmary life over circus or dime museum offers. Winamac editor Marion H Ingram owns a 200-year-old Bible, printed 1609 in Edinburgh. Huntington sees Jeff Nichols lose a leg in a track crossing accident. wagon and team perish. New Paris editor E L Graham dies after a Washington hand press incident.
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William Butts
Elkhart
John Martin
Millers Station
al Gurtner
Wabash
Samuel Lesher
Pleasant Lake
Waterloo
Indiana
Warsaw
Disney
Bertie Fry
North Manchester
W. H. Ridgley
Lucy Havens
Laporte County Infirmary
Sewell Havens
Galien
Mich
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Marion H. Ingram
Winamac Democrat-Journal
Edinburg
Scotland
Evan Tamlor
Ingram
Huntington
Jeff Nichols
Chicago and Erie
Nichols
E. L. Graham
New Paris Record
New Paris
Graham
Washington Hand Press
Excursion to Niagara Falls via Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road announces an excursion to Niagara Falls on August 15. Tickets from Falls to Montreal priced at $9.50 extra with liberal limit. Secure sleeping car space early. Ask agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Falls
Montreal
For Rent No 1 Farm Seven Miles From City
Classified notice seeking a farm rental seven miles from city. Inquire with Ben R Barra at 50 and 52 East Columbia street. Rental inquiry reference 2913-wlt.
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City
Ben R. Barra
Columbia Street
Nickel Plate excursion offer to Montreal adds fare
The Nickel Plate Road plans an excursion to Niagara Falls on August 3 with tickets from Niagara Falls to Montreal offered at 9.50 extra. The service runs a daily Peerless Trio of fast express trains. L. C. Bruci, at Antwerp Ohio, supervises a new creamery his firm has opened there.
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Niagara Falls
Montreal
L. C. Bruci
Antwerp
Ohio
Skirts and Shirt Waists at Half Price Sale
Ladies' skirts cut in half with sale prices updated. One dollar skirts now fifty cents, one fifty skirts listed at fifty cents. Includes a range of shirts and waist items marketed to women shoppers.
Stewart & Co award wood finishing contract for court house
Stewart and Co award the interior wood finishing of the new courthouse to Rhinesmith and Simonson. The contract is large and favors home labor, with the entire interior to be finished in quarter sawn oak.
May See Big Racers At Two Day Meet Plan
Al Alter discusses with George C. Greenburg district chairman of the National Cycle Association a potential two days meet featuring top riders from across the country. Dr C E Barnett traveled to Cecil Ohio for a brief hunting expedition.
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al Alter
George C. Greenburg
National Cycle Association
C. E. Barnett
Cecil, Ohio
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Plymouth
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