Death of Hon Matthew Ferguson Former Allen County Official
Hon Matthew A Ferguson longtime Fort Wayne resident and former Allen county commissioner died Monday morning at his daughter's home in Delphos Ohio after weeks of illness. He passed at 4 30 in his sleep with his daughter present. Remains were brought to Fort Wayne later that day. Death was due to.
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Matthew A Ferguson
Allen County
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Mr. Ferguson
Longtime Allen County official Ferguson dies at 79
A veteran of the Civil War and longtime Fort Wayne public servant, Ferguson led Allen county during the building of the Magnificent Court House and championed the free use of toll roads. He married Susan Nepson in 1857 and leaves nine children. He died after a long illness tied to dropsy and heart complications, after a visit to Delphos.
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Ohio Volunteers
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Delphos
Delphos Wheel Company
Washington Township
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Board of County
Allen County
Board of Commissioners
Susan L. Nepson
W. W. Real
Harry J. Fritch
St. Louis
Walter Ferguson
Eaton
Ind
John. “Ferguson
Ernest Robine
Herman Erdman
New York
Fort Wayne Street Railway Changes and Arrivals
STATION J. F. Wilson appointed agent at the interurban station in Fort Wayne succeeding Herbert Erickson who moves to another Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley department. Charles Minear resigns as interurban freight cashier. John Koch named to replace him. Plans eyed to connect Lewis street and West Jefferson short lines as a single short line. Third Fort Wayne street railway employes picnic set for Boyd park tomorrow. Uniform rank Kendallville and Fort Wayne Knights of Pythias members attended K P convention in Indianapolis yesterday. Push buttons and bells being installed in Fort Wayne city cars to meet city ordinance. many cars already equipped.
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J. F. Wilson
Indiana Traction Terminal Company
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Herbert Erickson
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Company
Charles Minear
National Handle Company
John Koch
Jefferson
Lewis Street
West Jefferson
Fort Wayne Street Railway
Boyd Park
Kendallville
Knights of Pythias
K. of P
Street Railway Company
Soul kiss seeress claims universal uplift in New York
New York August 10 A woman calling herself Vesta la Viesta opened a Brooklyn studio to teach a “soul kiss” claimed to transport lovers to Neptune. She described a two ripened souls method with a $300 course and said the practice suits artists musicians and writers while denying sex specificity. The seeress asserted she embodies both man and woman and can outlast age with a radiant youth.
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New York
Vesta la Viesta
Broadway Arcade
Neptune
Mahatma
India
America
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Vesta
Seeress
Green Grapes and Two Women Make Bad Mix Up
A city court hearing Monday involved DeWitt and Steele families over a grape row on Wall Street. Mrs Knut Steele was fined $1 and costs for assaulting Mrs Frank DeWitt. Steele claimed entitlement to half the fruit, DeWitt said she rented with the grapes.
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Dames
DeWitt
Hearn Elected Supreme Knight Of Knights Of Columbus
Edward L. Hearn of New Haven Conn was unanimously chosen supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus in Norfolk on August 9 defeating John G. Ewing of Chicago. Other officers re elected include Deputy supreme knight James L. Flaherty and National secretary Daniel Colwell. The group marked Knights of Columbus day at the Jamestown exposition.
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Norfolk
Edward L. Hearn
New Haven
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Knights of Columbus
John G. Ewing
Chicago
Order
Hearn
James L. Flaherty
Daniel Colwell
P. H. Brady
Knights
Jamestown Exposition
Cannon Ball Found At Wells Coal Yard After Independence Day Incident
An empty shell fired from an old Fort park cannon was found Monday embedded in a bin of hard coal at the Wells coal yard across Clay street from Old Fort park. It tore a coal bin post, swerved off course, and lodged four feet deep in egg coal. The shell is on display at the Wells yard office.
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Old Fort Park
Wells Coal Yard
Clay Street
Lawton Park
Rare ancient copper coin found by theater manager
Majestic theater manager M E Rice unearthed a very old copper coin in his garden at the city edge. Believed to be French Canadian in origin, minted during French sovereignty, it likely traveled to Fort Wayne through early pioneers or indigenous peoples. Rice values the find highly.
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M. E. Rice
Majestic Theater
Canada
Fort Wayne
Narrow escape as car from Cromwell crashes toward fence
A Cromwell party riding in an automobile headed for the Goshen road into the city had a near fatal incident when the steering gear stuck and steered the car toward a roadside fence. Driver O M Shock and passengers John Flowers LeGrand McMeans and W B McMeans escaped serious injury and repaired the vehicle at a local garage.
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Cromwell
Goshen
O. M. Shock
John Flowers
LeGrand McMeans
W.B. McMeans
Two Lads Injured In Stairs Fall At Home
An incident at 606 Holman Street left a small son of August Eckart and another youth injured after tumbling downstairs on a Sunday. The report notes the accident occurred in a residential setting with injuries described but no further details available.
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August Eckart
Holman
A. Num
White man cut on Chicago street by unknown assailant
Police reported Bryan, a boarder at the National hotel, was slashed in the hand and side by a Black man during a fight on Chicago street. Officers conducted an investigation but could not locate the assailant. Bryan received care at the hotel and left. patrols arrested several Black men but no guilty party was found.
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Bryan
Chicago Street
Bowser's Kodak Dreams End With a Cat and a Bottle
Mr Bowser proudly buys a Kodak claiming born artist instinct but his misadventures unfold through the neighborhood. He photographs tramps and a lone woman, faces a scolding cook, and returns home with a comic failing proof showing a beer bottle on a fence and a cat’s head in the cork. The episode ends with a threatened divorce and looming legal talks.
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Kodak
Mrs. Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Baldhead
Bluffton resident W. 8. Knapp to live with daughter
Bluffton native W. 8. Knapp has moved to this city and will reside with his daughter Mrs. BL. DeHaven after years of living in Bluffton.
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W. 8. Knapp
Bluffton
BL. “ DeHaven
A Reminder. The violent storm on stage imagery
A Reminder notes an actor described as the violent storm dashing fruits from trees. The vivid stage metaphor makes the performer seem almost on stage, as Meggendorfer Blatter remarks.
Punishment. Head Inquisitor and the smoking carriage
A quoted exchange detailing a reprimand where the chauf feur is accused of emitting vile smoke from the rear of the machine. The response suggests a punitive measure to “swallow a cup of boiling cylinders every ten minutes” until an appropriate punishment is conceived. The line is attributed to a New York Life source.
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New York
Lutheran Mission Day Set for September Sunday
A church bulletin notes a Lutheran mission day on a September Sunday. The event invites all members affiliated with the Missouri Synod to attend at an unspecified time and location.
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Missouri
Cornstarch puddings and veal oysters on lettuce bed
A recipe collection describes cornstarch puddings baked in molds with jam or cream, veal oysters fried with olive oil and cracker crumbs, lettuce leaves, and tar tar sauce. Additional dishes include stuffed tomatoes, fruit sirups for ice cream, salad sandwiches, banana cake, veal with potatoes and turnips, cream toast, corn timbales, Garcia salad, baked chicken and cheese, pineapple sundae, and rhubarb fig preserves.
Preservation and Jam Like Recipes From A Legacy Kitchen
A collection of kitchen instructions lists rhubarb jam rhubarb orange preserves and melon mango pineapple jam variations with detailed methods. It includes Asparagus Rarebit several meat and sandwich ideas plus lemonade fruit preserves and vinegar recipes, attributed to Marion C. Wilson of Chicago.
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Marion C. Wilson
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
Money to loan on real estate or personal security
C E Pfeiffer offers loans secured by real estate or personal security. Rooms 67 Bass Block.
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C. E. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
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