Fort Wayne Eyes New Duncan Electrical Plant
Fort Wayne business leaders meet at the Commercial Club to form a stock company for a Duncan Electrical Manufacturing plant. Duncan plans to open offices and hire architects, with two initial 40 by 200 foot buildings and electric meter production. The city offers land and $10,000 in build funds, with a five year condition to transfer property if 100 workers are employed on average. The Manufacturers' Advancement Company of Fort Wayne may be formed, with nearly $6,000 pledged and more to raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Duncan Company
Electric Company
Ciizens
Manufacturers’ Advancement Company of
Duncan
Brown
Swinney
Lake Erie and Western Railway
Southwestern Interurban
P. A. Randall
Advancement Association
Gunboat Machias Ordered to Colon for Isthmus Observations
Acting Secretary of the Navy ordered the gunboat Machias to sail from Boston to Hampton Roads and then to Colon near the Panama railroad terminus. The vessel will make observations near the isthmus in case of emergencies after reports that revolutionists halted a train near Panama City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Atlee
Hackett
Adee
Gudger
Marachin
Isthmus
Panama City
United States
creditors seek receiver for Avilla banker Leach assets
Creditors led by A. E. Thomas and P. A. Randall push for a receiver to be appointed for H. W. Leach of Avilla after filing a petition to declare him bankrupt. Judge Baker of the federal court is to receive the petition, while liens and deposits remain unsettled and books and papers await examination for losses to depositors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Thomas
Colerick & Thomas
P. A. Randall
H. W. Leach
Avilla
S. K. Randall
J. L. Henry
W. H. Meyer
Leach
Baker
Federal Court
Express Company
Trustee Service Pending Under Federal Statute
The text notes a request to serve until a trustee is elected under the conditions specified by the federal statute. It emphasizes legal grounding and orderly transition within the governing framework.
Funeral Arrangements Set for Dowager Empress Frederick
Berlin announces funeral for the Dowager Empress Frederick on Aug 13 to be held at the Freidens Kirche mausoleum near Potsdam. Emperor William orders six weeks of army mourning and strict dress rules for court, with specific mourning stages through November 5. Public entertainments and performances are restricted until after the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Frederick
Freidens Kirche
Pottsdam
William
William I
Hamburger Nachrichten
Prince Bismarck
Innovative Foot Puff Cone Aids Shoes Too Small
Patent attorney W G Burns announces a cone shaped device of heavy paper filled with powder called foot puff. The cone is used by cutting its tip and sprinkling powder on the foot or into the shoe to ease tight footwear. Burns expects quick patent grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Burns
Burns
Anniversary date changed for Fort Wayne Orphans' Home event
The Fort Wayne Orphans' Home of the Reformed church moved its anniversary celebration from September 19 to Thursday September 5. The board of trustees met at the home to approve the date change. The superintendent B. Ruf reported about seventy children in residence and good conduct over the year. Treasurer’s report showed income of 7019.08 and expenditures 6339.09 with a $179.99 balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
H. B. Rotrock
Sandusky
Ohio
W. Rettig
Ebenezer
N. Y
C. Borchers
Zelienople
P. W. Stebert
Pittsburg
C. Boesel
New Bremen
A. Grotholtman
B. Ruf
Reformed Churches
Venetian Night Plans Form At Rome City Meeting
A well attended Rome City zollagers meeting last evening at Spring Beach hotel discussed Venetian night to be held later this month at the resort. J F Wing chaired the session A L Randall was secretary. A committee including Louis Fox J B Harper J M Landenberger and E H McDonald was appointed to work with Grand Rapids and Indiana railway officials for cooperation. A further meeting is set for Saturday evening to hear the committee report. The event will feature new attractions and beautiful illuminations with the city band likely to play from a float on the lake. The date will be fixed at Saturday night pending the committee report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome City
Spring Beach Hotel
J. F. Wing
A. L. Randall
Louis Fox
J. B. Harper
J. M. Landenberger
E. H. McDonald
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway
Rich gold strike reported in Wilkes County Georgia
Samples of ore with affidavits show a remarkably rich gold strike in Wilkes county near Washington Georgia. From 1407 pounds of ore, 1785 pennyweight of gold were obtained by amalgamation as State Geologist Yeates prepares an official report.
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Atlanta
Wilkes County
Washington
Yeates
Sunday School Picnic at Five Points Aug 17
A Sunday school picnic will be held at Five Points on Saturday August 17 with plans for a day of pleasure. Tea cream and other refreshments will be served.
Engagement of Ida Oppenheim and Isaac Florsheim Revealed
The engagement is announced for Miss Ida Op penheim daughter of Mrs Pauline Oppenheim to Isaac Florsheim of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Oppenheim
Pauline Oppenheim
Isaac Florsheim
Chicago
Taggart Declines renomination for mayor in Indianapolis
Mayor Taggart publicly withdraws from consideration for renomination after a city committee meeting. He cites personal and business reasons and states he cannot be a candidate this term. A petition to remove his name from the primary ticket was filed with Democratic City Committee Chairman Joseph T. Fanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Taggart
Fanning
Sahm
Joseph T. Fanning
Democratic City Committee
Sir
Tee
Indianapolis Sentinel
Marion County
T. Taggart
Messrs. Hiefer
Reveal
Spaan
Steffen
Christian
WILL FEED FORT WAYNE LINE Senator Heiler Gets Franchise
Huntington County voters report that Senator J. Heiler of Columbia City received a franchise for an electric railway across the county extending north and south. He plans a Huntington to LaGrange route via Columbia City with Noble County portions already secured. The line will feed a Fort Wayne Goshen connection, with construction expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
J. Heiler
Columbia City
Fort Wayne
Goshen
Marion farmer’s wife held on forged check spree
Marion Indiana August 7 1900s three weeks after wedding Mary Houck Brashort Bradford wife of Joseph Bradford a wealthy farmer faced allegations of cashing his checks to buy goods. She allegedly altered signatures and amounts taking thousands. She was arrested after cashing a 1500 dollar check and a 700 dollar one. Police hold her on check raising charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Joseph Bradford
Mary Houck
Bradford
Houck
Brashort
White Caps Flog Husband in Indiana News
In Kokomo area William Gore of Young America was tied to a tree by sixteen neighbors and flogged after accusations of habitual wife and child beating. He bled from wounds dressed by Dr. Lybrook and plans to leave the country. a vigilante group formed to target wife beaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
William Gore
Young America
Here
Gore
Lybrook
Walton
Chandler
Stonex seeks Goshen to Lake Wawasee electric line franchise
Goshen Indiana August 7 attorney W L Stonex representing wealthy St. Louis residents applied for a franchise for an electric line from Goshen to Lake Wawasee and said the line would likely extend to Fort Wayne, pending commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
W. L. Stonex
St. Louis
Lake Wawasee
Subsidy elections approve Wabash and Rochester line
Voters in four townships near Wabash Indiana approved subsidies for the Wabash and Rochester railway. Perry township approved 310,000 by eighty three. Rochester in Fulton county approved 2,500 by eight hundred. Paw Paw township approved 10,000 by thirteen. the township voted 50,000 by a 460 majority. The 35 mile line will start construction in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Wabash and
Rochester
Pawpaw Township
Perry Township
Miami County
Rochester Township
Fulton County
August Specials Fare to Buffalo on Nickel Plate
Every Tuesday, one cent a mile to Buffalo and return via the Nickel Plate road. Three day limit. For details, contact nearest agent or C. A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Indiana or R. J. Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
Work wins Monroe township school furnishing contract
W. I. Work, local agent for a major school furniture house, has secured the contract to furnish Monroe township school. The award follows a competitive bidding process and assigns the firm responsibility for supplying desks, chairs, and related classroom furnishings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Work
Monroe Township
Prohibitionist Foils Farm Intruders In Shelbyville
A group of wheat thrashers arrived at Tilson Wheeler's home near Shelbyville Indiana and stole a keg of beer. They drank it on site but Wheeler and his wife defended the farm with a shotgun and an axe, driving the men off and barring return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Tilson Wheeler
Sage block walls collapse in Hartford City store wreck
Walls of the Sage block fell out during excavation for the Elk block project in Hartford City Indiana. The incident wrecked the store and workers had narrow escapes as they avoided injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Boy Dies After Horse Kick in Kentland
Chester Roberts twelve year old son of James Roberts in Kentland Indiana is dead after a horse kicked him while he picked up a dropped oats line. He suffered a fractured skull and died from the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentland
Ind
Chester Roberts
James Robers
The Switching Cure in Dolan Case Reported
Bloomington Indiana telegrams report another whitecapping incident in Dolan near here. Victim Matthew McKinney and his family arrived to town last evening claiming they were seeking another home. The report notes McKinney was attacked by a assailant group, with details sparse and no court action announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Dolan
Here
Matthew McKinney
McKinney
Dean's Kidney Pills Win Local Endorsement
Fort Wayne residents praise Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble relief. Mrs. Sarah Schrage of 57 Huffman Street recounts her back pain and stitch, notes they drove away symptoms after obtaining pills at Meyer Bros. & Co. She found breaking them easy with no bad taste. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole U. S. agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Schrage
Huffman Street
Dean
Meyer Bros. & Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
WN. Y
U. S
Witness recounts night abduction by masked mob
He claims he was taken from his bed after midnight by about twenty-five masked men in a mob. He says they compelled him to go some distance and switched over the back. He adds he was not injured.
Head Crushed as Cogwheel Mashes Worker in Foundry
Evansville Indiana August 7. Charles Haage a stove foundry worker leaped through a window into the molding room yesterday afternoon slipped and fell his head caught under a heavy cogwheel and mashed to a pulp. The scene was witnessed by about fifty fellow workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Charles Haage
Wreck at Union City Ends in Severe Injuries
Union City Indiana Aug 7 1890 Dayton and Union railroad suffered its first disaster when passenger train 35 hit an open switch in the yards colliding with southbound train 18. Traveling man Hackett of New York seriously injured likely to die. Conductor Wolf and Baggage Master White among others hurt. Both engines wrecked.
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Union City
Ind
Dayton and Union Railroad
This City
Hackett
New York
White
Wolf
Allen
No. 35
No. 18
Baggage White
B O Flyer Derails Near Nappanee Injures One Baggageman
Milford Junction Ind Aug 7 a Baltimore and Ohio flyer derailed when rails spread three miles east of Nappanee. Six cars left the tracks at sixty mph but eighty passengers escaped with only a bad shaking. One man, Baggageman Robert Gilaway, was hurt by falling trunks. Conductor Hearse and crew kept positions and saved many lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Junction
Ind
Nappanee
Baltimore and Ohio
Robert Gilaway
Hearse
Hobe Bright
Garsky
Notorious criminal Landis captured in Indiana box car
Portland Indiana police arrested Frank Landis early yesterday for crimes including horse stealing. He was found hiding in a box car on the Lake Erie and Western railroad. Sheriff Schunck of Celina Ohio arrives to take him, with charges spanning murders, horse stealing, safe blowing, criminal assault, and other offenses. Landis remains jailed awaiting requisition papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Frank Landis
Ohio Line
Landis
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Schunck
Celina
Ohio
Mishawaka Woman Recovers After Critical St Joseph Operation
Mrs August H DeGroote of Mishawaka is improving after a critical operation at St Joseph Hospital. Dr Maurice Rosenthal was the operating physician and the patient expects to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August H. DeGroote
Mishawaka
St. Joseph Hospital
Maurice Rosenthal
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Duncan Electrical Company
Emperor Frederick
Berliner Neuste Nachrichten
Colon
Orphans’ Home
Georgia
Ily
Thomas Taggart
F. Newack
Charterhquve Sq
London
Porras Drve
Coxn
CoRr
Sele Prope
Boston
Fort Wayne Line
Senator Heiler
Huntington County
Interurban Matters
Indiana
Husband
Citiens
Sistent
B. & O. Flyer
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