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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
15
In a small town tale a man buys a shabby cow he touts as healthful and cheap. Mrs Bowser doubts the deal while the couple quarrels over milk butter and health claims. A cow shed incident ends with Bowser kicked and the pair left to milk and cheese at home.
Jack Farley of Huntington was arrested after police say he, while intoxicated, stood in front of a grocery and muttered a string of epithets toward himself. The incident occurred in public during the evening hours.
A reflection on Luke chapter fifteen as a unified parable of God's love. The text contrasts the prodigal and the elder son with the forgiving Father, stressing human sinfulness, the need for divine salvation, and the joy when sinners turn to God. It highlights knowledge of God as essential and warns against self righteous attitudes.
Amos Keiler, veteran oil driller, works two miles east of Dunfee on Alphonse Cabet farm in Aboit township to test a promising oil find. A Decker farm well in southern Aboit township shows oil traces. Oser of Jefferson township says Keller may lease his 100 acre Dunfee area and 80 acre Union township farms for test wells with one seventh oil to landowners as royalty. Keller, with 35 years in the field, recently opened a new Canadian field and has long worked in Ohio, aiming to expand tests if leases are secured.
By a deal Wednesday the insurance business once run by Frank X. Schuler passes to Frank J. Federspiel who will continue it. Schuler left property to his widow, who sold it to the new owner. He had managed the business during his predecessor’s illness. The Owls order at Elkhart Mishawaka and South Bend plans a $10 000 club house at Osceola.
Emmett Aheern fourteen employed as a bell boy at the Wayne hotel fell from a freight elevator shaft three stories to the basement at noon Wednesday. He suffered serious internal injuries and was treated by Dr. McOs car and Dr. Greenawalt. He regained consciousness briefly and remained unconscious for an hour.
James L. Sargent of Centertown is named as one of thirty two heirs to a $128000 legacy from Rachel Griffin of Cincinnati who died recently. Griffin left a childless widow and her niece and nephews as beneficiaries. After receiving his $4000 share Sargent gave each of his ten children $50.
Joseph Wiegman five years old tumbled eighteen feet to rocks below while playing on the Walton avenue bridge abutments. He fractured both forearms between the wrist and elbow and suffered cuts and bruises. Dr. J K Geary treated him. his father is a carpenter for Rhine smith and Simonson. In a separate incident Ralph Flowers chopped the end off his right index finger in a South Lafayette street butcher shop. the wound is painful and he cannot use his hand for days.
Republican headquarters in Al len county opened at the old Berry Street M E church with Hon. C. C. Gilhams delivering the first campaign address. County Chairman Skelton presided, John W. Hayden elected chairman for the evening, and Gilhams praised the president, voiced support for Roosevelt, and pledged to back the president in Congress. He briefly touched tariff and money issues, calling them dead. The speech closed with a tribute to organized labor and a brief note on other county candidates, with cigars to end the meeting.
The document lists Nariotte officials led by Henry C. Paul as President with Chas. E. Bond as Vice-President and Wm. H. Rohan as Cashier. It includes Stephen Morris as Assistant Cashier and names numerous trustees and officers such as Aug E. Becker, Wm. A. Bohn, Stephen B. Bond, and others.
Frank Miller, delivery wagon driver for Indiana Furniture, torn knee and ankle ligaments in an interurban collision at New Haven on Wednesday afternoon after crossing tracks in front of an oncoming car. Peter Certin, another occupant, escaped injury by jumping clear. Miller’s injuries are not life threatening but will halt him for some time. The wagon was destroyed and the horses, having broken away, were recaptured by another car. In Huntington, Red Men announce plans for a monster Fourth of July celebration next year.
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