Fort Wayne News Roundup of August Local Happenings
Fort Wayne city items flow from Aug 1 to Aug 12 with notes on court trials, marriages, illnesses, and public events. Mentions Miss Ruth Tapp typhoid fever, Miss Lou Crawford visiting Missouri, the Bowser Oil Tank cleanup, Caledonian games prize dispute, and a fatal Nickel Plate track incident near Dunfee. Also reports engagements, hospital updates, and upcoming church dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Copinus
S. Pottlitter
Harry Barnstein
Goshen
Ind
Klinkenburg
Washington
Indianapolis
W. H. Tigar
Fort Wayne
Indiana Stenographers
W. E. McDermott
Two Divorces and a Dog Incident at Justice Office
Multiple divorce actions reported in Fort Wayne court notes include Drusilla Mautzer suing the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern for damages after an 1893 train incident. Clara McNearney seeks divorce from Thomas McNearney for cruelty. other proceedings involve Levi Ballard, Mary Ballard, and Ellen Hill. A German man asks justice to kill a dog following a boy bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara McNearney
Chester Holder
Circuit Court
Thomas McNearney
Daniel Ryan
Ellen Hill
Thomas Hill
Stahr
Justice Ryan
Alice Wilson
Constable Bagby
Maples
Dogget
John Call
Justice Hays
William Sterling
Alice Small
Fort Wayne Fire Blitz Leaves Several Barns Destroyed
Four fires struck Fort Wayne around noon Monday with alarms from box 121 at a Miller store barn and box 51 at Brinsley residence barn. Brinsley Richey and Antrup barns burned amid oil and hay losses while Miller and Rosenthal face heavy losses. Suspected arson and spontaneous combustion cited as cause. firefighters also battled sheds near Wabash machine shop later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
C. H. Miller's
Gan
West Mia Atreet
Wayne Hotel
Miller
Geo. C Brinsley
West Main Street
Brinsley
West
Sarah Richey
F. W. Antrup
Rosenthal
Richey
Antrup
G. GC
Brinaley
Hia
Mrahichey
Chas. D. Tillo
Horace
Ocfe Miller
Miler
Mgr. Brinsley
Frenchmen in East Columbia street stabbing fight
Two Frenchmen, Julian Parott and Charles Bercot, quarreled over $5 and whisky near Kiefers saloon on East Columbia. Bercot stabbed Parott twice with a pocket knife, injuring neck and groin, before being captured by Officer Flickinger. Parott survived after arterial repair. Bercot held on $5,000 bond for assault with intent to kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whicky
East
Columbia Street
Julian Parozt
Charles Bercot
Bercot
Parozz
Parozi
Kiefer
Parott
Banet
Rania
Paresh
Columbia
Main Streets
Flickinger
Parent
Henderson
Hep Hogpita
Oakley
Thursday Night's Fire Destroys Rags Building
A Thursday night blaze in the Miller Bros rag building near Calhoun and Columbia streets caused heavy smoke and water damage. Firefighters battled a stubborn fire sparked by spontaneous combustion in rags. three adjacent structures suffered losses totaling about 2 000 with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Bros
Calhun Street
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
Willaw Dreier & Bro
Butding
Fire Wipes Out Building Owned by W. W. Coase
A devastating fire destroyed the building once owned by W. W. Coase now in Denver. Loss estimated at 5400 with small insurance. stock valued at 31000 faced $500 insurance and $1000 coverage. Fire described as solitary with water four to five feet in the cellar and insurance claims judged exaggerated this morning. Dreier Bros. cellar flooded. Dr. Lenton’s office spared. This marks the third major fire in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isurance
Bilding
W. W. Coase
Denver
Col
Silver Bros Wiloria
Dreier Bros
Deaths and Funerals In Fort Wayne Weekly Remembrance
The Remates to be brought here for interment after the Catonsville death of L M Jones a Fort Wayne real estate figure long active in the city Mrs Lekinel aged mother of Mrs Jacob Nirdlinger dies in South Bend Dorothea Zekind former resident dies in South Bend her remains brought here for burial at Hebrew cemetery She leaves three children and was eighty five Funeral summary lists numerous local deaths for the week ending Aug 4 including ages and causes of death Scottish Society hosts a day of sport with results in hammer throw shot put caber toss and running events at public grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Culbertson
Wooster
Ohio
L. Drake
Susan Smith
Fairmont
West Virginia
Mixa Eila Williard
Fort Wayne
Virginia
Williard
Chicago
Gottlieb Schroeder
Paul
William Winklemeyer
Wright Doday
Treasury
J. N. Hickman
Pearl Street
Bowseril Tank Company
Father Dinnen
Crawfordsville
Waltera
St. Mary's Church
Lafayette
J. M. Dinnen
Lula Conner
Roanoke
Ind
Perry Ferrell
Convoy
Allen County
Portland
John Henry
C. S. Arthur
Jas. Madden
Wood
Catonsville
L M.jonez
Jones
Bie
Lek Nah
Lekinel
Jacob Nirdlinger
South Bend
Henry A. Yekind
Caledonian Society
Copeland
William Roney
James Gillie
D. Miller
Bass
Gillie
J. White
Orff
J. Miller
Shepard
Jaap
Jaweon
Shepiard
Shober
Remy
Bradley
Rtf
R. Orff
W. Shepard
D Miller
George Jaap
William Lawson
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Eer
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Holyday
Mary
Pitteburg
Durday
Sime
Leeper
Westminbs
Bay Bly
Piarcan & Bailey Circus
Bar ‘ Bircus
Lepper
Marion
Ruth Tapp
H. W. Tapp
Newhaus Farm
Beaver
Tennessee
Cathedral
James Daly
Louia Dodane
James Wilson
Lou Crawford
Missouri
Pittsburg
Lima
Bluffton
Will S Smith
Dunfee
Jacob Gross
Gross
Whitley County
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Calvary
C. B
Volmer
Putnam Street
Judge Taylor
Mackinac Island
Rory
Wim
Chaska
Force Street
Rev. Leeper
Petorkey
Claud Long
Barlow
Minstrela
Cincinnati
C. M. Dawson
Clear Lake
L. J. Bobilya
Monroe Township
Carrie Weller
New Haven
Levi Griffith
Oliver W. Jefferds
Eest Wayne Street
Mr. Jefferds
Kentucky
Yan
Samuel E. Morss
Paris
Petoskey
S.C Henderson
Mr. Morss
Aait
France
Peru Journal
Henry Andres
Andres
John ‘Irentman
Colorado
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Manitou Springs
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Auditor of State
Henry Haberkorn
Drusilla Mautzeer
Lake Shore Road
Dog Hilled
Caroline Haberkorn
Breen & Mortis
Drusilla Mautzer
Colerick
Kansas City Sunday Sun
Mary Ballard
Levi Ballard
J. B. Harper
Nolle
C. H. Worden
William C. Vanhorn
Mattie Witushton
Jerry F. Campbell
Edith A. Detthoff
William Poulson, Jr
Britton Poulson
Morris, Bell, Barrett & Morris
Plantiff
Lillian Kronmiller
George Kronmiler
J. H. Aiken
Auparior
Dawnon
Sydney Snyder
Frank Snyder
Sydney Search
Wabash
Charlies Bercot
Julian Parett
Stomers
Simeres
Sam
Pete & Max
Calhoun Street
Noval Hasevi
U.S
I. M. Jones
Catonsville, Mad
Christian F. Laible
Bright
Theresa M. Puff
Delva Souera
Emma Muench
Marjis McKinley
Frank M. Magner
Caroline Kilpatrick
John Kevitz
Royal F. Shae’er
Martha Blondell
Infantum
Hugh Begley
John Sullivan
Augustus D. Kelly
Scottish Society
Moring
Gauger
Smith
W. Bronson
W. Murray
J. Base
Castoria
Los
D. C
New York City
Epwiy F. Panpeg
125Th Street
7Th Ave
Tre CusTace Company
Memazat
Oliver
Pfeiffer & Schlatter
East Columbia Street
J. W. Younge, A.M, MD
Axtra
Congress
Geo. DeWald & Co
Columbia Sts
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