Local notes as Huntington city items and events
Local news recaps births, retirements, travel updates, accidents, and social events. Highlights include a forthcoming Dunn family birth announcement, plans for a Wells street meat market, visits to Des Moines and Council Bluffs, typhoid convalescence, a police chief returning from a funeral, Notre Dame football duties, Steuben county reunion talks in Angola, schoolhouse plans on Walton avenue costing seven thousand dollars, Fort Wayne Electric litigation attendance in Boston, outings on the Wabash with a lost gold watch, a will filing for Nancy Imlay, and a Butchers association picnic near the city with a street fair barbecue planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frederick
Wells Street
Samuel S. Rothwick
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Guy Bell
Gorsline
Decatur
Almira Hooper
John Eggemann
South Bend
Notre Dame
T. E. Ellison
Steuben County
Angola
Riedel
Walton Avenue
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
W. J. Vesey
John Morris, Jr
Boston
Fort Wayne Electric Corporation
Lawrence Young
Huntington
Wabash
Mary C. Robertson
Butchers’ Association
Gottlieb Haller
J. A. P. McGaw
Buffalo
Miller
Concordia College
Milwaukee
Brohn
Lutheran University
Addison, Ill
Bischoff
State Truancy Board to Appoint Officers Across Indiana
The state truancy board will meet to appoint one officer per county, with exceptions for cities of 5,000+ population. Evansville and Fort Wayne may gain extra officers. Secretary Butler notes most counties will have a single officer, with local county superintendents recommending appointees. State Superintendent Jones will stand in for Goss who is in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Charities
State Board of Education
Goss
Europe
Jones
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Butler
Yellow fever abating in Vera Cruz and New Orleans
United States Consul William M. Canada, stationed at Vera Cruz, arrived in New York aboard the Vigilancia and reported yellow fever waning there. He noted seventy eight deaths in late June, seventeen in late July, and that only one patient escaped Santa Cruz quarantine by boarding a schooner bound for New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
William M. Canada
Vera Cruz Mex
Ward Line
Vigilancia
Santa Cruz
New Orleans
Weatherhogg to draw plans for Jackson township school house
C R Weatherhogg will prepare the architectural plans for a new school house in Jackson township DeKalb county with an estimated cost of 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Weatherhogg
Jackson Township
DeKalb County
Aided by Mrs Pinkham Testimony From Mrs Parton
Mrs Parton of Youngtown North Dakota recounts severe postpartum weakness including leucorrhea and bearing down pain. After reading Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she improved after two thirds of one bottle and fully after three bottles. She lauds the remedy and urges others to try it. Mrs Pinkham offers advice to expectant mothers from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Parton
Youngtown
North Dakota
Lydia BE
Pinkhem
Pioneer Fort Wayne woman Elizabeth Coombes dies at 93
Mrs Elizabeth Coombes died peacefully at 164 Broadway the home of her daughter Mrs Thomas Empie. Born in 1806 in England she moved to Fort Wayne in 1847 and lived here for the rest of her life. She united with the First Baptist church in 1851 and left a respected legacy as a loving mother and civic pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Coombes
Thomas B. Empie
Broadway
Fort Wayne
America
Empie
Christ
Esquire
Benjamin Saunders
Joseph
Death of Frank Rondot at age 23
Frank Rondot died at 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening at 18 Randolph street from typhoid fever. He was 23 and ill one week. He lived with his sister after both parents died. He leaves brothers Joseph Charles Julius Eugene Emil and Felician and sisters Augusta Ron dot Mrs Fred Rosselot Mrs Ed Pfeiffer Mrs William Sunderland Mrs G A Houser and Mrs David Plank. Funeral Friday at 9 from the Cathedral with interment at Academie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rondot
Randolph Street
Joseph
Charles
Julius
Eugene
Emil
Felician Rondot
Augusta Rondot
Fred Rosselot
Ed Pfeiffer
William Sunderland
G. A. Houser
David Plank
Academie
Funeral of Mrs Double Held Near City
The funeral of Mrs Double, who died at her home seven miles south of the city at age seventy six, was held last Wednesday. Death was from infirmities of age. Eight children survive her, including John W Double, a Pearl street feed store operator, a son.
Infant Listenberger Dies of Cholera Infantum
Stella Listenberger, ten months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Listenberger, died last Wednesday at the French avenue residence. Funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Listenberger
George Listenberger
French Avenue
Death of Vivian Knox House Boy Five in Broadway Family
Vivian Knox House, five year old son of Mr and Mrs John S House of 417 Broadway, died last Wednesday around 10 am after a week long illness. Death caused by intracolitis. The child fought bravely. he was a bright popular youngster who had recently celebrated his fifth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Knox House
John
Broadway
Vivian
Fourteenth Month Old Willard Kierspe Dies at Home
Willard Henry Kierspe son of Mr and Mrs George Kierspe died last Wednesday at 8 pm of brain trouble at the family home 37 Michigan avenue aged one year one month and one day The father is a bookkeeper for the Rurode Dry Goods company Funeral services were held Friday at 2 pm from the residence conducted by Rev Danneker The House family expresses profound sympathy as they mourn their fourth child prior losses recalled by relatives and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Willard Henry Kierspe
George Kierspe
Michigan Avenue
Rurode Dry Goods Company
Danneker
Pioneering Fort Wayne Woman Isabella Rugg Dies at 77
Mrs Isabella Rugg a Fort Wayne pioneer dies at 77 from diabetes at her niece Frances Sinclairs home 45 College street. Born in 1822 at Shane s Prairie Ohio she moved with the Edsall family to Allen county and later lived in Indianapolis and Tennessee before returning to Fort Wayne. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 a m at Miss Sinclairs residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella Rugg
Fort Wayne
Frances Sinclair
College Street
Indianapolis
Tennessee
Rugg
Henry Colerick
Helen Nelson
George Crane
Willis Maier
Chicago
Alice Coombs
Cincinnati
Peter
Joseph Edsall
Thomas
Joseph Coombs
Sinclair
Washington Hotel Site Memory Retold in Obituary
Mrs. McMaken, long a respected resident, died in 1864. She and Mr. McMaken had twelve children, nine surviving, including Henry C. and William B. The Washington hotel at Calhoun and Columbia was an early town tavern on the present DeWald dry goods site. Survivors include two sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the residence with Rev. Sherman Powell of Trinity M E church presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
DeWald Dry Goods
Sloan Discharged After Havana Theft Arrest
New York reports Lucius L. Sloan who arrived from Havana was arrested at Quarantine on a $1,000 theft charge. He was discharged today as Havana police had not replied to a notification. Counsel argued no extradition treaty exists with Cuba, preventing return for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lucius L. Sloan
Havana
Sloane
Cuba
Wanted timber and real estate loan ads Bloomingdale 1911
Wanted. Butts or small timber of any kind. The Paul Mfg Co at Cor 6th and North Calhoun Bloomingdale advertises 1911 money to loan on real estate or personal security. Cc F Pfeiffer rooms 6 7 Bass Block. 17tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
6Th and
North Calhoun
Bloomingdale
F. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
Swayne & Swayne
Roy Smith Dies of Consumption at 22 in Washington Home
Roy Smith, longtime sufferer from consumption, died Wednesday evening at his parents home, 344 Washington boulevard. He was 22. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. from the residence, with private burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Smith
Clarence G. Smith
Washington Boulevard
Russell Child Dies of Kidney Trouble at 14 Months
Helen M Russell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Russell, died Thursday from kidney trouble at 50 Oliver Street. She was 14 months old. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon. The father, a machinist at Bowser Oil Tank works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Russell
Thomas Russell
Oliver Street
Bowser Oil Tank Works
Infant son of Weidemann dies at home
George J. Weidemann infant son of Mr and Mrs Julius Weidemann died Thursday night at the family home 148 Rebecca street from cholera infantum age eleven months and five days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Weidemann
Julius Weidemann
Rebecca Street
Pioneer Dorothea McMaken Dies After Paralysis
Mrs Dorothea McMaken, aged 81, died at her Fort Wayne home on 56 Nelson Street after paralysis. A long time resident since 1837, she was born in Alsace Lorraine in 1818 and came to the United States at age 11 with her parents, later settling in Fort Wayne with her husband Joseph Gettys McMahen, a prominent local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea McMaken
Nelson Street
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Charles Dunn
Imfayette Street
Henry Pohlmeyer
Baker Street
Huntington Herald
Mattie Zent
Adna John
Delphi
Miss Stone
Zent
Roanoke
Rochester
George Slocum
Taylor Street
Academic
Robison Park
Institute
Charles Wermuth
M. E. Beal
Telegraph
Gazette
Muncie
J. W. Barnes
Charles A. Lingrey
Hope Hospital
Will Pyle
Barr Street
Pyle
County Asylum
Charles Jesse
High Street
Mrs. Pinkham
Elizabeth Coombes
Rondot
Listenberger
Kierspe
Sloan
Potter 1 & C.cart
Prans
Reason
Standard Oil, CO
Russell
Weidemann
F. M. Smith & Co
Eldredge B
M’maken
Yuo
SRWS
Smolit Ais
Rae Af Gd
Dr Samurlelic
KY Flite
Bears
Castoria
Oliver
C.C. Schlatter & Co
Columbia Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Naptholeum
James Riley
Thorntown
Ind
West Disinfecting Co
Harrison St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Chas. Varer Lehner
Mgr
Vicoret Hea UY
Dsus “Owen
Blydor Mfg. CO
Lancaster
Ohio
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