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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
16
Deputy state factory inspector H A Richards toured Fort Wayne industrial sites and found most factories in excellent condition with good sanitary facilities and safety devices. A few violations noted, notably in weekly wage payments, with actions underway to fix child labor and wage law issues.
Washington reports that E. P. Thompson former Havana postmaster was convicted and fined 400 dollars or six months in prison for issuing four hundred dollar money orders in his name and misplacing remittances. The case details include shifting funds before an impending office inspection and depositing 2400 dollars to cover entries. Thompson hailed from Indiana.
William and Henry Ormsby, two amateurs from Arcola, attempted to force Charles Diehm to pay five dollars under threat of prosecution for selling wine. Diehm sought police help after their bluff and was advised by a barber to wait with an ax. Officers then arrested the suspects as they returned to the scene.
Pittsburg Aug 15 President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association tells reporters no formal proposition has been made by either side since the New York conference. He denounces rumors of a move to depose him, cites interference, and says the union will defend itself while remaining hopeful for settlement. He mentions Tighe Kelly and Adams and notes no talks with the steel company.
Clifton Perry, aged eighteen, was fined 30 and costs for stealing a ring cuff buttons and a dollar from Mrs. Dora Faylor with whom he once boarded. The judge lectured him and hoped the punishment would guide him to become a better man. He plans to seek bail to earn funds to pay the fine.
Miss Bernice Berry of Wolcottville is named as one of six heirs to a Virginia estate valued around 6 to 7 million dollars. Her anticipated share exceeds 1 million. The Virginia lands have passed through generations, and Berry, about 19, is connected locally and known to Rome City cottagers. She hopes to keep the matter private.
Shom Casper, believed dead for years, returns to Wibsessarre Pennsylvania. Ten years earlier he made enemies of the Yani gang, vanished at night, and led a militia against them. The gang’s leaders were hanged, including Terrible Pete Wassill, after a murder and purge. Casper says fear drove his disappearance and he fled to New York before returning.
A plan to move Ada normal school from Ada Ohio to Columbia City is reported. Original demand for Prof Lehr included a $10,000 residence twenty acres of land and $60,000 cash plus $5,000 in apparatus. After adjustments the owners sought twenty acres and $25,000. Mr Brown donated the land and residents are raising the cash to complete the move.
In Sardis Mississippi a mob threatened James Dunning a colored man until militia from Governor Longino arrived enabling a rescue. The guards held the jail with fixed bayonets all night as cheers and hooting echoed outside. Governor Longino sent congratulations to the rescuing company.
An east bound Chicago Indiana and Eastern passenger train carrying fifty passengers wrecked near Fowlerton today. Engineer Jardine Baggageman Johnson and Miss Annie Vandenck were injured, with several others slightly bruised.
A Victorian advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional condition and offers a $100 reward for any failing case. It advises internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and promises strength and constitution boost. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and lists address and distributors.
Every Tuesday one cent a mile to Buffalo and return via Nickel Plate road with a three day limit. For details contact nearest agent or C A Asterlin T B A Fort Wayne Ind or R J Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Ind. T30tu&thurlot&w5t
A man is arrested in Forgery County on forgery charges causing a local sensation as his wealthy wife refuses to aid him, officials report.
Ex-Sheriff Joseph Sego of Porter County was arrested on forgery charges after notes purporting to be signed by farmer Robert E. Biggart and Alderman Jacob Chartier proved fraudulent. Sego, who recently remarried, faced a $500 bond and a preliminary hearing. his career and downfall are linked to past political loyalties and boardroom ties.
Bedford Indiana August 14 1900 The marriage of Frank Hicks a young local newspaper man and Miss Gertrude Flora Greife daughter of H B Greife a New Albany business man was made public after they wed secretly September 23 1900. The pair traveled to Jeffersonville where Indiana’s Gretna Green squire Justice House performed the ceremony then kept the marriage private until a telegram announced their elopement and plans to depart for Kansas City.
Delphi Indiana reports a worsening drought with only forty seven hundredths of an inch of rain in forty four days spanning July and August. Last year same period saw five and one half inches, making this area unusually dry compared with prior conditions.
A 4 year old boy disappeared from W E Cummings home in Brazil Indiana and rumors spread that Gypsies had stolen him. Police issued a fire call and communities searched the area before the child returned home around 7 pm rescued by a huckster wagon to Staunton.
Hartora Cuy of Indiana suffers burns from an explosion reported on August 14. Details are sparse as the incident page fragment ends abruptly.
Sev enteen year old Ry Carson of South Whitley lies near death from severe burns after a boiler pipe bursts sending scalding water over him. Ireman Lewis also sustains serious burns in the incident caused by clogged boiler pipes and a five inch pipe rupture at the plant.
An inter urban steel car crowded with passengers crashed into a box car on a Vandalia branch at Main Street. Brakeman Mort Hunt was killed instantly. Watchman Patrick Coolihan was bruised and several passengers suffered serious injuries including Thomas Watson William Floyd George Phillips Julia Peters and Michael Sweeney. Air brakes failed to respond according to the conductor.
Fred McCanty, seventeen, of Anderson, stole 112 dollars from his father to fund a marriage to Stella Bryner. He was captured in Murcie after elopement plans unraveled, and his arrest halted the couple’s wedding. He claimed love drove the theft and rescue efforts followed.
Trustee Frank Ireland of Pleasant township was lured by a decoy letter to a lonely spot Tuesday night and beaten by two men with clubs. He lies in critical condition after being dragged to a neighbor’s then home, with suspects claiming no motive but intent to kill.
Scottsburg Indiana reports Edward Blakely, described as one of the largest men in the area, died a few days ago after an illness. The obituary notes his prominence and local standing.
A man weighing 345 pounds was buried after a coffin failed to fit in the country church. The funeral was held beneath a tree and twelve men lowered the coffin into the grave after the service.
Mrs Lawson Sprague told Sheriff Wagner that her husband, farmer Lawson Sprague, was beaten to death by three Gilmore brothers near Ogilville ten miles west of Columbus. A twelve year old Gilmore girl reportedly threw stones. sheriff and posse found no serious injuries and no arrests.
Fire gutted the hide and junk shop of Simon Cook in Wabash Indiana last night. The building of stone valued at about 6000 dollars suffered little damage compared with the loss of stock estimated at 10000 dollars. The blaze spread to Richmeyer's feed barn and Crescent stables, which were saved with difficulty after horses were driven out. The fire department fought the flames as flames surged through piles of hides and junk.
Aston Groves, sexton at the C C F cemetery outskirts of Hartford City, Ind, captured a deer in the grounds yesterday by luring it into the toolhouse and shutting the door. The deer, seen nearby for a week, is believed to be the Lupton farm escapee from Pennville in Jay county.
Mrs Martha A Martindill of Cincinnati placed a notice in a Chicago paper seeking her brother William Yarnell whom she had not seen for forty four years. Jane Yarnell in Laporte Indiana learned of the advertisement and traced the kinship confirming they are grandchildren of William Yarnell. They are to be reunited within a few days.
South Bend Indiana August 14 Mrs Rolland F Ducomb died after cleaning clothes with gasoline in a closed room and using a bicycle lamp for light causing a terrible explosion that wrecked the room.
A dog senses trouble with his master and a sick youth gives up outdoor life. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as curing lung and respiratory diseases, including coughing and emaciation. A customer from Ozark, Ohio testifies the remedy saved his son after doctors urged treatment for consumption. Substitutes are warned against. pills also claim to cure stomach and blood issues.
Dublin Ind Aug 15 Miss Ella McQuiston 54 of Liberty Gird died Tuesday night from blood poisoning after a cat scratched her face and sunk its teeth in her arm during a Tuesday incident. Wounds were cauterized but led to complications.
Antipyrine for headaches depresses the heart and harms the kidneys. Krause's Headache Capsules contain no antipyrine chloral morphine or injurious ingredients. They cure quickly leaving the head clear and cool. Price 25c sold by Dreier & Bro corner Calhoun and Columbia streets.
A recent novel presents a cloud as a false report that cannot dim the youths joy. The sentence uses a striking image to describe resilience against discouraging gossip or obstacles.
A veterinary work promises full descriptions of diseases in common animals with a complete list and method of medicines. It emphasizes truthful, concise writing free from niceties and notes a careful, painstaking approach. The author condemns bleeding and other harmful practices and advocates humane feeding and treatment.
A promotional note highlights a comprehensive veterinary volume covering railroad disease in cattle, Texan fever among market cattle, feeding and humane management of horses, sunstroke frostbites typhus and related topics. It credits decades of work by veterinarians and professors across the United States.
This book is described as elegantly bound in durable cloth with decorative inked designs and embossed title. Profusely illustrated on fine paper, about 500 pages, size 6 by 8 1/4 inches. Regular price 1.50 dollars. Special arrangements allow a limited number for 1.00 dollars at THE SENTINEL office.
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