Frederick W Keil Dies After Long Fort Wayne Career
Frederick W Keil a longtime Fort Wayne businessman died Sunday at his home 535 West Superior after ten months of illness He was 78 and never married leaving sisters Amy and Lada Keil and brother Jacob H Keil He served as postmaster for eight years and helped run the Fort Wayne Gazette before returning to the Keil Brothers book store later an art and picture framing firm He was active in Island Park Rome City Chautauquas and affiliated with Christ Lutheran church and Lawton Wayne post Funeral services Tuesday at 2:30 pm at his residence with Civil War veterans as pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keil
Miss Amy
Lada Keil
Fort Wayne
Post Office
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jacob H. Keil
Hamilton
Butler County
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Isaac Robertson
Ohio
A. C. Martz
Thirty-Fifth
Kells
Kentucky
Covington
Cynthia
Paris
Bob McCook
Mill Spring
Washville
Buell
Shiloh
Corinth
Tennessee Valley
Bragg
Perryville
Atlanta
Mr. Keil
Europe
Keil Brothers
Gazette
Island Park
Rome City
Christ Lutheran Church
Lawton-Wayne
B. W. Skelton
J. J. Ogle
T. M. Biddle
Walter Olds
S. M. Hench
I. N. Medsker
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bonter
West DeWald Street
Banter
the Order of Railway Conductors
Mr. Bontei
Greenville
W. F. C. Bonter
Chicago Union Station
J. E. Bonter
St. Louis
Aterment
Lindenwood Cemetery
Charles Stewart Knight Dies at Spy Run Home
Charles Stewart Knight 62 years old died at his Spy Run avenue residence opposite Lawton park after a four week battle with disease. Knight was longtime Fort Wayne business figure and former manager of the Fort Wayne Gas Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stewart Knight
Fort Wayne
Spy Run Avenue
Lawton Park
Kright
Mr. Knight
Knight
Rt Wayne Gas. Company
Fatal kick ends Elmus Gesaman life at Hope hospital
Elmus R Gesaman former insurance man and farmer dies at Hope hospital after a kick to the abdomen from a colt. He had quit his Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance agency in 1905 and farmed four miles north of the city. Funeral services Wednesday at 3 30 from H C Schrader residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmus R. Gesaman
Hope Hospital
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mr. Gesaman
Joseph Gesaman
Albion
Noble County
Massillon
Ohio
Nobile County
Fort Wayne
Connecticut Mutual
Carrie B. Schrader
H. C. Schrader
H. C. Schrader, of This City. Mr. Gesaman
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Endeavor Society
C. C. Kuhn
M. H. Gesaman
Reader, N. D
Rockhill Street
Drowning of Donald Keeler at Chesterfield River Camp
Donald Keeler aged 13 drowned in the White River at Chesterfield while swimming with companions near the Spirituallists' camp ground. The Hanna school student was visiting his parents on Lafayette Street Fort Wayne, with his body brought home for a Monday funeral at 3 o'clock conducted by Rev. Annie Thronsden of Indianapolis. interment at Lindenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Keeler
Joseph Keeler
Lafayette Street
White River
Chesterfield
Spiritualists
Foy
Hanna School
Fort Wayne
Claude
George Keeler
Pennsylvania
City
Annie Thronsden
Indianapolis
Lindenwood
Mrs Jessie Campbell Dies After Illness at 2525 South Webster
Mrs Jessie Campbell 43 wife of B F Campbell a Pennsylvania engineer died Friday night at 11 15 at the family home 2525 South Webster street after an extended illness from a complication of diseases She was born in Fort Wayne March 25 1866 and is survived by her husband and one son Franklin Also surviving are her mother Mrs Rachel Smith three sisters and four brothers The funeral is set for Monday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Campbell
B. F. Campbell
Pennsylvania
South Webster Street
Campbell
Fort Wayne
Franklin
Rachel Smith
A. M. Tower
Margaret Smith
A. B. Garber
Richard and
Arthur Smith
Springfield
Ill
Robert and
George Smith
Chicago
William Bossier Dies From Fall Injury in Fort Wayne
William Bossier aged 61 died at 8 40 p m Friday at St Josephs hospital from a skull fracture and hemorrhage after a fall down a stairway near the Heine saloon on Calhoun street. He had lived in Fort Wayne many years and worked as a porter in restaurants and saloons and as a driver for livery stables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bossier
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Calhoun Street
Bossler
Fort Wayne
Mrs Catherine Smenner 79 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Catherine Smenner, 79, died after a five year illness at St. Josephs hospital where she had stayed nine weeks. Widow of Henry Smenner, she lived with daughter Sarah Prince at 1524 East Wayne. A longtime Fort Wayne resident, she had seen three county courthouses. Born in 1831, she came to the area as a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Smenner
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Henry Smenner
Sarah Prince
East Wayne Street
Mrs Elizabeth Somers Dies at St Josephs Hospital
Elizabeth Somers widow of Harrison Somers dies at St Josephs hospital at 2 oclock Monday morning after a long life in Adams and Allen counties. She was a longtime member of West Jefferson Street Church of Christ and leaves seven children twenty seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Remains to be taken to Monroeville for service at the Christian church and interment in I O O F cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Somers
Harrison Somers
Adams
Alfen
St. Joseph's Hospital
Somers
Michael Rowe
Adams County
Fort Wayne
West Jefferson Street
Aboite Township
Elias Ake
Elmer
Charles
Preston Somers
Colorado Springs
Colo
West
Pontiac Street
Monroeville
Christian Church
Funeral rites for Rev Henry A Hellhake at St Aloysius
Funeral services for the late Rev Father Henry A Hellhake will be held at St Aloysius Catholic church in Sheldon Saturday morning. Rt Rev Mgr J H Oechtering will celebrate a solemn requiem high mass with Rt Rev Bishop Alerding and assisting priests drawn from clergy present. Funeral notice is being sent to diocese clergy by Rev W C Miller. Rev Father Hellhake was one of twelve children and survived by five brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Hellhake
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
Sheldon
Mgr
J.H. Oechtering
Alerding
W. C. Miller
Hellake
Brothers and sister at priest's bedside at death
Herman Hell Hake and Anton Hell Hake of St Paul Minnesota and August Gregory and Bernard Hellhake of Quincy Illinois are identified as the brothers. The sister Mrs John Dye of St Paul and her husband were at the priest's bedside when he died Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Anton Hellhake
August
Gregory
Bernard Hellhake
Quincy, IL
John Dye
St. Paul
Mrs Susan Kistler Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Susan Amanda Kistler aged 73 died Monday at 6 30 pm at the home of her daughter Mrs Gert McMillen 2840 Smith Street Logansport Ind after a year in bed paralyzed She was born in Clinton County Surviving eight children Hyland Kistler Lake Cicott Cass Co Harry Kistler Anderson Mrs Georges L Gilpin Lucerne Mrs Lert McMinen Fort Wayne Mrs W J Rasher Logansport and Misses Anna June and Gert rude Wistier Anderson Six grandchildren and two great grandchildren Viewing Wednesday at the McMillen home Remains will be shipped to Tran sport for funeral Thursday at the Rasher home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Amanda Kistler
Logansport
Ind
Gert McMillen
Smith Street
Rasher
Suelzer Widow, 47, Dies in South Hanna Street Home
Mrs. Josephine Suelzer wife of meat dealer J M Suelzer died at 5 a m Monday at 1843 South Hanna street after a sickness with complications She was 47 born in Greensburg Indiana came to the city with Henry Messman in 1880 She lived as house keeper then married in St Peter s Catholic church in 1888 and was active in Rosary Christian Mother and St Vincent de Paul societies Her family includes three sons Edmund Francis Raymond and a son who died in 1896 and four daughters Cecilia Emma Agnes Genevieve Leonita Brothers Herman and Frank Messman and sisters Mrs D Arnold and Mrs F Schnitker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Suelzer
J. M. Suelzer
South
Hanna Street
Henry Messman
Greensburg
Ind
Suelzer
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Rosary
Christian Mother
St. Vincent de Paul
Edmund
Francis
Raymond
Cecilia
Emma
Agnes
Genevieve
Leonita
Herman and
Frank Messman
D. Arnold
F. Schnitker
East Park
Bennett R Garrison Mourns Loss Of L R Bennett In Colorado
Bennett R Garrison of 1606 Weils street received a telegram Monday announcing the death of L R Bennett in Fort Collins Colorado from tuberculosis. Bennett, a bookkeeper for A H Perfect Co, had gone to Colorado five weeks earlier with his wife seeking relief for illness. Remains will arrive Wednesday evening and be laid at the Garrison home where Mrs Bennett, a daughter of the Garrisons, will reside. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Garrison
Weils Street
L. R. Bennett
Fort Collins
Colo
Bennett
A. H. Perfect & Co
Colorado
Garrison
Mrs. Bennett
Mrs. Garrison
Wheeler Dies from Fort Wayne Tele p hone Pole Accident
Boyd Wheeler of Huntington line man for Fort Wayne Home Telephone Co. died at St Josephs hospital after an Aug 2 electric shock and fall at High street and St Marys Ave. He was 39, survived by wife and two children, and his remains were shipped to Huntington for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Wheeler
Huntington
Fort Wayne Home Telephone Company
High Street
St. Mary’s Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wheeler
Fort Wayne
Obituary for Mrs. Mary C. Felger
Mrs. Mary C Felger, 627 Knitters Avenue, age 32, died recently. She is survived by her husband, her mother, two brothers including Edward Felger, and five sisters Mrs. Mary Heinen, Mrs. Augusta Skinner, Mrs. Lillian Foltz, and the Misses Stein and Lida Felger. Funeral Monday at 2 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Felger
Knitters’ Avenue
Carpenter
Edward Felger
Mary Heinein
Augusta Skinner
Lillian Foltz
Stein
Lida Felger
Infant Richard R. Lehman Dies at Grandparents’ Home
Richard Robert Lehman aged months died at 7 a m Monday at the grandparents residence 2120 Gay Street after a two day illness of cholera infantum Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m from the residence with Rev Brandt officiating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Robert Lehman
Fred Lehman
Gay Street
Rev
Brandt
Infant Freeman Dies of Cholera Infantum at Seven Months
Joseph Patrick Freeman seven months died Wednesday afternoon from cholera infantum. Son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Freeman of 2405 Thomas Street. Funeral services will be held Friday at St Patrick’s Church with interment in Plymouth Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Patrick Freeman
Clyde Freeman
Thomas Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Plymouth
Ind
Infant Stellhorn Dies at Four Months Old in Concordia
Edwin Stellhorn four months and 23 days old, son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Stellhorn of 517 Wildwood Avenue, died at 6 20 Sunday evening. Funeral services Wednesday and interment in Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Stellhorn
W. H. Stelhorn
Wildwood Avenue
Concordia
Public Works Plan Expands Boulevard and Condemnation Area
At Tuesday morning meeting the board of public works approved enlarging the boulevard from Main to Swinney park and ordered an amended plat to condemn a triangular lot between St Marys River and Main streets. The McDonald property along the riverbank from Main to Berry will be condemned in full to widen the roadway. The added triangle aims to reduce automobile collisions at the turn into the new roadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosey
Washington School
Broadway
Schwier
Kinder
Louis Langard
Philip H. Wyss
Antoinette
Pontiac
Walton Avenue
Savannah Street
Wells Street
St. Mary's River
Huffman Street
Nelson Street
Berry Street
Jefferson Street
Board of Public Works
Moellering Construction Company
Runnion Avenue
Fatal Boiling Pot Accident At Bridgeport Plant
Samuel B. Workhiser aged 50 died in a rendering kettle at A. H. March & Co pork packing plant in Bridgeport Norristown paused as investigators reported he either slipped or was overcome by fumes and fell into the boiler. His skin peeled from his body and his features were unrecognizable. He left a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Samuel B. Workhiser
A. H. March & Co
Bridgeport
Workhiser
Missionaries gather at Winona for Bible conference
Sixty home and foreign missionaries arrive at Winona Lake Indiana for the Bible conference at the Marshall Memorial building. Free entertainment is provided and speakers from China India Siam Korea Africa Malaysia Burma Mexico and other missions address the gathering. The event includes music and talks on Christian citizenship and religious liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
Marshall Memorial Building
Lyman Marshall
China
India
Siam
Korea
Africa
Malaysia
Burma
Mexico
Heat Frightens Rails as Sun Cracks Hit Southwest Lines
Fort Worth Texas Aug 17 Advices report gun cracks caused by extreme heat and prolonged drought disrupting railroad schedules in the southwest. Several roads issue orders to slow train speeds as road beds split and rails go out of alignment across sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Southwest
Mrs Mary Haggenjos Dies At 28 In Fort Wayne Typhoid
Mrs Mary Haggenjos wife of Gus Haggenjos of 2202 Maumee avenue died at St Joseph Hospital at 3 30 pm Wednesday age 28 typhoid fever born and raised in Fort Wayne educated in St Marys schools survived by husband four children parents Mr and Mrs Casper Wiedeman and sister Mrs Paul Lichlin Funeral services Saturday at 8 30 am from home and 9 am from St Marys Catholic church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Haggenjos
Gustave Haggenjos
Maumee Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Haggenjos
Fort Wayne
St. Mary’s
Casper Wiedeman
Paul Lichlin
St. Mary's Catholic Church
New York Mercantile Exchange Ends Official Quotations
The New York Mercantile Exchange voted to discontinue official quotations for dairy products. The practice, condemned by Governor Hughes’s investigation, will be replaced by market prices with no fixed quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
Hughes
Mrs Martha Elizabeth Brown Dies at 65 in Fort Wayne
Mrs Martha Elizabeth Brown a longtime Fort Wayne resident died Thursday night at her home 207 Grand Street at age 65. She was married to John W Brown and had lived in the city since childhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha .Elizabeth. Brown
John “W. Brown
Grand Street
Fort Wayne
Illonois Senator's Wife Mrs Shelby Cullom Worse Hope Fades
Washington Aug 17 The condition of Mrs Shelby M Cullom wife of Illinois Senator remains dangerous from heart trouble though today reported more favorable than since arrival from Atlantic City last Saturday Two physicians stay at her bedside and while there is hope for recovery concerns persist due to her advanced years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shelby M. Cullom
Ilinois
Atlantic City
Lena Barney Identifies Assailant In Pittsburg Attack
Miss Lena Barney says she knows at least one of the three men who assaulted her near Pittsburg while she walked with her fiancé Peter Weisberger. She was shot in the back as she fled and remained between life and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Lena Barney
Peter Weisberger
Murder at Elkhart claims bottling works owner
Elkhart Ind Aug 17 Frank Fortino owner of a bottling works and convicted operator of a blind tiger was shot to death today in his business by Tonio Tino who fled the scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Frank Fortino
Bottling Works
Tonio Tino
Glasgow Fire Destroys Retail Quarter Early Today
A large blaze in Glasgow started early this morning in a retail business quarter. Several squares of buildings were consumed, with damage estimated at 1,250,000 pounds. Fire crews battled the flames as smoke spread over the area. Local authorities assess economic impact pending full loss assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Youth Goes 10 His Death in Rapids of Niagara
Niagara Falls N Y Aug 17 After a gallant fight for life August Sporer nineteen swam into the lower rapids from Maid of the Mist with two companions. He battled the Swift Drift for miles toward the bridge and finally died in the torrent near the Great Pool as onlookers watched. He lived at 2240 Whirlpool Street Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
August Sporer
Sporer
Old Battery
Captain Webb
Maid of the Mist Landing
Cantalever Bridge
Young Sparer
Whirlpool Street
Man 86 Shot Dead on Walsh doorstep
In Simcoe Ontario on Sunday night Michael Hall aged 86 was shot dead on his Walsh doorstep. His wife aged near 80 was shot four times but survives and may recover. A youth named Shelley connected to the quarrel with Hall has been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simcoe
Ont
Michael Hall
Walsh
Shelley
Missouri Insurance Law Appeal Reaches Supreme Court
Three suits challenge Missouri law banning insurers from doing business if their presidents earn over 50000 annually. Equitable Life Assurance Society leads the case with Missouri's commissioner of insurance as defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Commissioner of Insurance
Sport Shortage Hits Rose City Bank Cashier
Little Rock Ark Aug 17 Sport scribbled R BE Stevenson cashier of the Rose City bank was stricken with paralysis last Thursday. The paper was nicked up by Stevensons wife who handed it to the bank officials. Today it was announced Stevensons shortage will amount to 10000 Stevenson has not yet regained speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
R. BE. Stevenson
Rose City Bank
Stevenson
Warships to Awe Greece at Crete Port Action
International squadrons including French British Russian and Italian warships anchor in Canea bay to enforce lowering of the Greek flag raised by Crete residents. The joint force asserts authority as tensions rise in the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canea
Island of Crete
Crete
Canea Bay
Opened Peace Talks with Moors Reported from Paris
Paris dispatch says Spain has opened peace negotiations with the Moors. General Marina asks to be recalled over health concerns rather than lead the projected advance. Also notes that a robber dubbed the Choker appeared in Peru injuring Mrs. Clarence Jones and choking her. the nurse Miss Sharp escaped and sought help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Melilla
Spain
Marina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frederick W. Keil
West Superior Street
Fort Wayne Electric Works
Slemans & Halske Electric Company
Fort Wayne Lodge
Wabash
D. W. Moffat
Gesaman
George W. Bonter
Holmesville
F. S. Bonter
Lene
Keeler
Bossier
Smenner
Hellhake
Kistler
Lehman
Freeman
Stellhorn
Park Boulevard
Packer
Bible Conference
W. F. Walker
Pekin
Dr. Seymour
Mary Stuart
Evangelist George R. Stuart
Lincoln Dickey
George Brewster
Valparaiso
Christian Citizenship Institute
J. S. Martin
Martin
Courts of Justice
Republic
Ben Greet
Rene
BROWN
Rapids OF
Niagara
Greece
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