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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
6
Valentine Fox a longtime Wayne township resident and noted gardener died suddenly Monday afternoon at his home west of the city. He had been ill for some time and is remembered for tending trees he planted and loved.
John Fox a longtime gardener and founder of St. Pauls Catholic church died at his Wayne township homestead after a brief decline. He was born January 12 1840 in Baden Germany and came to America at 15. Survived by widow seven children thirty seven grandchildren and two siblings in Germany. Funeral at St Marys church with services on Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Marie Kiel aged 72 died at 3 30 p m Monday at her daughter in law Mrs Elizabeth Kiel s home 81 Portage Avenue after several months illness She was widow of Frederick Kiel of Kendallville born in Adams County June 20 1887 and moved to Fort Wayne five years ago Survived by son Fred Kiel Jr of Fort Wayne eight grandchildren sister Mrs Louise Rose Kendallville brothers Fred Ben Mesing Kendallville and Charles Mesing Fort Wayne Interment at Kendallville after services at 10 30 a m at residence and 11 a m at St Paul s Lutheran Church
Lyon & Healy announce a great alteration sale on the third floor at the corner of Wabash avenue and Adams street in Chicago. Hundreds of fine pianos are being removed to make way for new flooring, with extraordinarily low prices to close out the stock within weeks. The move aims to clear the instruments quickly so carpenters can continue work.
William Potthoff longtime business partner of M H Ankenbruck police chief died at his home 518 East Washington street at 1 45 pm Sunday age 60 He married Amasa Powers who built flour mills in New Haven and Fort Wayne Five children survive Florence Bradbury Helen Willetts Jesse Kelker Merica Welfrey and A V Powers Funeral services in Decatur Sunday with burial at Lindenwood.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Nix a prominent Fort Wayne dressmaker and member of a respected German family died Friday at St Josephs hospital after long illness. Survived by mother four brothers and three sisters. Funeral Monday at 8:30 from 308 East Jefferson and 9 from St Marys Catholic church. Remains viewable after Sunday noon.
George Albert Harriett aged 35 died Sunday at his sister Mrs. John Olinger’s home 1129 Pontiac street from apoplexy after a brief illness. He worked in boiler shops for the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad at Grand Rapids until recently transferred to Pennsylvania shops in this city. Survived by father and two sisters Mrs Coleman of Grand Rapids and Mrs Olinger. Funeral services and interment mentioned for Grand Rapids.
Mrs Helen M Powers aged 83 longtime Fort Wayne resident dies Friday at 6 am in the Decatur home of her daughter Mrs Andrew Welfley from paralysis and age infirmities after prolonged illness. She was the last member of Allen family line in the area.
Mrs Matilda Boseker wife of Henry Boseker died at 2 o clock Thursday morning at 824 Washington boulevard west from heart disease. She was born Albany New York November 30 1839 came to Fort Wayne as a child of eight and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Survived by husband daughter Mrs G L Hackins two grandchildren three brothers and two sisters. The husband long a traveling salesman for H G Olds & Son Standard Wheel and Imperial Wheel, retired about three years ago.
John Christie 21 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Christie of Abbot township near Huntington Road died in Columbus Ohio. He took carbolic acid in an apparent suicide after writing a letter to Miss Bessie Wheeland. He was a graduate of St Peters Catholic schools and is survived by five brothers and a sister with two brothers traveling to Fort Wayne to retrieve the body.
Charles Snowberger a 12 year old from the Allen County Orphans Home drowned Friday afternoon during a Stellhorn dam picnic when he went beyond his depth in the St Marys River. Two companions Harvey Durrant and Claude Bauser risked their lives to save him but failed. The body was recovered with city aid four miles away. Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p m from Wellman undertaking rooms.
Alvin L. Hubbard died at age 72 at his Fort Wayne home after paralysis. He was born in New York and lived many years here, a former grocery clerk and nine years as a guard at the county jail. Survived by widow, three sons Sidney, Joel, and Clifford, sister Mrs. Campbell, and likely burial in Michigan. Sidney Hubbard is secretary of the Fort Wayne baseball club.
Mrs Elizabeth McNamara wife of Robert McNamara 719 High Street died Wednesday at 6 30 after a long illness aged 70 years 5 months 28 days She had been an invalid for twenty years and died after five months at home Survived by her husband five children Elmer McNamara Roanoke Mrs Monica Fort Wayne Mrs Albert Peigh and Charles McNamara Roanoke Mrs Edward Barthold Chicago Twelve grandchildren a sister and three brothers Mrs Ben Brock Marion Rev Henry Bridge Louis and Levi Bridge Huntington Funeral services from the residence Friday morning then by interurban to Roanoke for service and interment
A partial LANHAM entry mentions a person at 124 West Berry and a time 52 30 o clock. The readable fragment suggests a home location but lacks context or full details.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 PM from the residence of daughter Mrs Grace Stewart on Cass street. Rev K Cecil will officiate with interment at Lindenwood.
James Daugherty aged 89 died at 7 20 am Friday at the home of his daughter Mrs Valentine Weber 2034 Force street Fort Wayne. Cause given as apoplexy. He lived in Fort Wayne for forty years and ran a shoe repair shop in J Nall’s shoe store on Clinton street. Born in Ireland he came to America sixty years ago, lived twenty years in Columbia City then settled in Fort Wayne. He belonged to St Patrick s Catholic church and is survived by three daughters Mrs Valentine Weber Mrs William Preice and Mrs G Beach five grandchildren.
Walter A Lissner infant son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Lissner of 331 Greenwood avenue died at 4 30 PM Wednesday aged ten months and twenty three days Surviving relatives include the parents three sisters and a grandmother Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM from the family residence with Rev J H Bosch officiating
Adorothy E Loos baby daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Loos 2133 Lafayette street died at 9 am from cholera infantum at age 1 year 7 months Funeral services Sunday at 2 30 pm from the residence and 3 pm from St Peters Catholic church
Luella E. Klingenberger infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Klingenberger died at 9 30 Monday at home 1808 Oliver Street from cholera infantum Funeral services set for Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 from residence and at 2 at the family church
Mary Virginia Slater died Monday morning at 2 o clock after a two days illness of cholera infantum at her home 331 East Lewis street. Funeral notice forthcoming with details to follow.
Florence Kiser, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Kiser of 1529 Franklin Avenue, died Monday afternoon at two months old. Funeral services were held from the family home Tuesday afternoon with Rev Eversole officiating.
Charles S. Kiser recalls Fort Wayne’s Inde pent Alert Hook and Ladder company founded August 10, 1856 as the city’s first firefighting organization. The group, led by Louis T. Bourne, evolved into a social and active engine and ladder company, producing a notable early fire department core and surviving until the late 1880s.
Friends here report the passing of Mrs L A Johnson of Antwerp C before marriage to Mr Johnson. She and her husband lived in southern California for years and were known to many in this city. Mr Johnson once worked as a clerk at the Rurode store and later in real estate here.
The Verein Deutscher Waffengenossen veterans living in the city will hold their annual picnic next Sunday at Centlivre Park. A large program is being arranged to entertain all attendees.
The speaker credits steady drug quality for building a large business and notes continued customer confidence supports their liberal patronage and growth. The message emphasizes trust as the core driver of sales and stability.
An advertisement promotes Elkay Straw Hat Cleaner to refresh hats in minutes. It also markets Mennen Colgate Williams Samiol Talcum Colgate Dental Cream Rexall Tooth Paste Rexall Beef Wine and Iron $1 bottle Lyon's Tooth Powder a 156 20¢ 19¢ 50c 19¢ 79c 170 highlighting special bath sponge and bathing cap deals.
Local republican circles discuss Judge Owen N. Heaton of this city as a potential Republican nominee for Congress in the Twelfth district. While Heaton has given no encouragement, supporters say he is the strongest candidate to face Democrat Cyrus Cline. Prominent leaders like C R Lane praise Heaton’s record and wide recognition, hoping he accepts the nomination over ambitions for the state supreme bench. Additionally, R H Cole notes Peru’s John W Shields remains the sole signer of the 1847 incorporation petition among town founders.
Pennsylvania police jailed Jack Cowell of Monroeville Ind after he walked along a telegraph right of way near Maples and later at Adams station spoke of slicing a man’s bowels. Detectives found him near Maples and noted his disturbed behavior and possible danger. Cowell cited domestic troubles and drinking as context for his actions.
William Bittler came from Reading Pennsylvania and began work in 1869 as water station superintendent for the Northwest division between Crestline Ohio and Chicago. He served forty years in Fort Wayne before his departure from the Pennsylvania company.
The article recalls Mr. Butler’s forty year tenure as head of the Pennsylvania water station department on the Western division, noting vast changes from hand pumps to track tanks and automated fill systems. It highlights station reductions, advances in pumping, and his rare vacations, with supervision across Fort Wayne to Crestline and to Chicago.
Mossman Yarnelle Co of this city donated two prizes to the Whitley county old settlers program at Columbia City on August 19. A fine blacksmith hammer will go to the blacksmith who makes a good horse shoe nail fastest. A fine handsaw goes to the oldest carriage and wagon woodworker present who has ten years of continuous work in the trade. Prizes limited to residents of Whitley county.
The notice advertises a great half price sale starting tomorrow with items including suspenders at 25¢, 50¢, and shirts for boys at 25¢, children's wash pants and boys cloth hats at half price, with a limit of two pairs per person.
A public notice from Allen County Indiana records a petition filed July 30 1909 to reestablish a stone macadamized road in Madison Township. The document requests grading drainage and paving along a one mile section using crushed stone and a thirty foot width with a ten foot road bed and bonds issued for up to ten years. Signatories include multiple local freeholders and voters led by Gottfried Wagner.
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