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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
23
A large Allen County party of highway officials led by county commissioners township trustees and road superintendents traveled by car from Fort Wayne to Columbia City to hear M O Eldridge government road building expert discuss best practices. The lecture covered grades dirt removal drainage crown width and the cash payment approach for road work.
DeKalb county sent a strong crowd to the Columbia City gathering traveling from Auburn by six Auburn manufactured cars. The entourage included Sol Shearer and Thomas Elson county commissioners. trustees M R Wilson David Shook P P Lohner W S Maxwell J E Dilgard F C Waterman. officials A L KuhlmanPostmaster. City Attorney Charles M Brown. Dr D N Fitch. and Auburn Automobile reps S M Brown H H Fell W H Ziegler R D Ketcham Cal Edwards Glenn Howard J I Farley John C Lochner.
Allen county visitors who heard M. O. Eldredge speak at Columbia City Thursday pressed the agriculture department to send a lecturer to Fort Wayne. Postmaster Hanna and George H. Loesch will seek government direction to supervise gravel and stone road construction in Allen county for local officials. The 105-strong Allen county group toured Whitley county before departing. Eldredge praised Indiana for gravel roads but urged better maintenance noting roads affect education and prosperity. He cited that one third of Indiana roads are graveled and land value averages higher, contrasting with poorer states. He outlined road building basics emphasizing hard, dry surfaces and good drainage as essential.
New York reports an inquiry into the death of William E. Annis who was shot by Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. at the Bay side Yacht club. Dr Henry Houghton quoted that Annis confessed to a life‑ending error. A coroner's jury will hear testimony. Norton of Boston to visit regarding Mrs Hains divorce suit and child custody.
Mrs Ida Krick living two miles east of Monroeville was seized by Deputy Sheriffs Hisenhutt and Hall and brought to Fort Wayne for an insanity inquest. She has been deranged for some time and requires hospital care. The sheriff will also seek John Erb, a Whitby county railroad worker once declared insane, for restraint again after temporary recovery.
Helen Barnes five months old, child of Mr and Mrs David Barnes of 1134 Eliza Street, died last evening after a summer illness. The infant had been ill since Sunday. Father employed as a section hand for the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co.
Indianapolis August 18 plans were announced for the notification meeting of Democratic vice presidential nominee John W Kern. Parks M Martin chairs the arrangements and the Coliseum at State Fair grounds will host about fourteen thousand on August 25 at 1:00 p m. The program includes a call by Thomas Taggart Norman Mack and a keynote by Theodore E Bell followed by Kern acceptance. Bryan will address about trusts and will be Kern’s guest at his North Pennsylvania street residence. There will be no night meeting with limited street demonstrations by auto rides for speakers and committee members. Bryan arrives from Chicago around August 24. Hotel accommodations are being arranged.
Charles E. Henderson promotes Cleon the man-eating lion and Rose Reynolds as a sensational act for the Great Fort Wayne fair set for September 16 to 19. Dr. W. F. Myers approves the booking, noting the act’s not an animal show but a life-and-death struggle. Officials expect the biggest Fort Wayne fair yet as Myers and Strieder tour Celina Muncie Frankfort seeking top attractions.
Fort Wayne Auto Dealers struggle to fixed a date for Barney Oldfield's exhibition in the city. Initial plans set for Saturday the 22nd, but conflicting Pennsylvania field sports shift options to Labor Day or Tuesday the 25th. Oldfield's manager arrival is awaited before finalizing the schedule.
Indianapolis adv 18 suit filed in superior court to appoint a receiver for Atlas Engine Works. Minnehaha National Bank of Chicago alleges insolvency and that a group of creditors is guiding funds to satisfy their debts at the expense of others. The bank seeks $6,000 based on a $5,000 note. hearing expected after September term begins mid September.
Readable notes show Auburn plans a citywide car carnival starting next Monday. Butler public schools reopen for fall term September 7. Lagrange completes brick pavement with metropolitan finish. Numerous local incidents and court notes follow.
Numerous brief items from Wells County and surrounding areas note a veteran Civil War veteran found dead, school principal John T Hawks resigning in Warsaw, a Warsaw mother’s 95th birthday, a hedge of incidents from animal cruelty to theft, and community notices including jail deliveries thwarted, a doctor’s surgery, and a large buffalo fish catch in Kosciusko.
Mrs. Frank Safford's morning headache kept her husband August Detzer and another Fort Wayne man off a boat blown up at Leland Michigan. Detzer and Safford planned to ride, but one last minute delay kept them home. Detzer later learned their names had appeared on early missing lists. None of the Fort Wayne resorters were aboard.
Fort Wayne promoters of the good roads project arrange a large general meeting to be addressed by a government road expert. A similar event at Columbia City drew enthusiasm. Local officials may host a supervised demonstration of cheaper road building using government methods, in Monroe and Madison townships.
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