Gas Explosion Wrecks Home on East Wayne Street
A powerful gas explosion at 5:30 a.m. partially wrecked 242 East Wayne Street, injuring Mrs. E. M. Lowenthal and her father Eli Strayer who were severely burned. The blast hurled Mrs. Lowenthal twelve feet, blew out kitchen windows, and left neighbors in shock as Dr. Morse Harrod treated victims and a nurse cared for them. The house owner Mrs. Thomas Clark faces about $500 loss from the damage.
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East Wayne Street
E. M. Lowenthal
Mrs. Lowenthal
Eli Strayer
Lowenthal
Morse Harrod
Thomas Clark
Labor Blue Book Hits at Senate in Indiana
Special to The Sentinel Indianapolis August 20 The joint labor committees issued a blue book on Indiana labor legislation from the last assembly. It accuses the legislature of corruption and cites a $2000 lobby effort for a bankrupt sales bill. It condemns the senate as hostile to labor and lists responsible senators while praising several workers and advocates.
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The
Sentinel
Indianapolis
Indiana Assembly
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
State Federation of Labor
Senate
House
Brooks
Wood
Walcott
Hinkley
Crumpacker
Dausman
Goodwine
Guthrie
Johnson
Jay
Ogborn
Joss
Keeney
Keys
Parks
Whitcomb
Conlogue
Fleming
Ball
Burns Fortune
Gwinn
Harrison
Winfield
Wampler
Inman
Heller
Stillwell
Wife shoots man in domestic dispute in Marion
In Marion Indiana on August 20 Frank White shot James Woods after Woods refused to leave while White defended his home against his wife and Woods who had fled with White's wife and two daughters. Police did not arrest White after the incident.
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Marion
Ind
Frank White
James Woods
Woods
Lightning Wrecks Home Near Columbia City Injures Two
Lightning struck Laurin Humbarger’s residence six miles north of Columbia City Indiana on Sunday evening wrecking a large part of the house. Mrs Humbarger and a daughter on the porch were knocked down and burned but both will recover with injuries described as painful and considerable.
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Columbia City
Ind
Laurin Humbarger
Vagrants and Fruit Vendors Face City Court Fines
A diverse crowd appeared in police court on Monday as George Marr, Arthur Merrick, and Frank O’Neal, from Cleveland, claimed varied jobs while seeking passage to Chicago. The judge expelled them, and Pat Shady faced up to another chance amid his intoxicated stumble. vile license violations led Bert Welsheimer and Pat Cotney to $10 fines for street fruit peddling without licenses. police notes report schoolhouse vandalism and a bicycle theft by youths.
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Police Court
King Edward
George Marr
Arthur Merrick
Frank O’neal
Coling
Cleveland
Chicago
Pennsylvania Yards
Pat
Pat Shady
Clancey
Waldorf-Astoria
Columbia Street
John Armstrong
Pennsylvania
Armstrong
Bert Welsheimer
Pat Cotney
Louis Schatzer
Samuel Baum
Schatzer
Baum
Cotney
Shambaugh
Welsheimer
Nebraska
Birthday Surprise for Perry Township Patriarch George Gump
Family and neighbors organized a large birthday gathering for George Gump on his seventy south birthday, inviting relatives and friends. About 46 people attended a dinner in the Gump barn, with members of the Gump family and local neighbors joining in a day of socializing and picnic fare.
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George Gump
Perry Township
Wotlel
Gump
Jackson
Flanigan
Madison
Calvert
Grandpa Gump
Jerry Gump
H. M. Gump
F. M. Gump
G. C. Gump
J. W. Hirsh
John Flanagan
Martin Jackson
Cora Shambaugh
J. C. Belot
Frank Fulver
Martin Moody
Nora Trease
John R. Pulver
Markets Open Weak Amid Paris Cables Wheat Falls
Chicago August 20 wheat weak on Paris cables with corn. September opened higher then slipped to 70%4c, later 69%%c. Local receipts 410 cars. Minneapolis and Duluth 399, total 809. liquidation weighs corn. Pork and lard futures softer. prices close mixed with near term downtrends in wheat and corn.
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Chicago
Paris
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Duluth
Sptember
Butter Cheese and Eggs Market Report
Butter market steady with creameries at 14 20 with daily price range 18 to 17 cents. Cheese market steady with varieties including twins 6 3 4 cents, young Americas 10 to 10 14 cents, daisies 10 to 12 cents. Eggs market easy at 14 cents.
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Chicago
Young Americas
Chicago live stock market moves with steady cattle and hogs
Chicago stockyards report cattle receipts around 6 000 with Texans among them and a generally steady tone. Good to prime steers bring 5 50 to 6 40 while various grades of cattle and calves fetch 1 50 to 5 50. Hogs receipts run about 24 000 with most sales 5 80 to 6 12 and good to choice steady while other grades ease.
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Chicago
Texas
Market Summary of New York Commodities and Livestock Prices
New York trading in August shows mixed activity across commodities. Flour receipts 29,509 barrels with low market spirit. wheat receipts 129,300 bushels with declines on liquidations. corn and oats soften on favorable crop news and wheat break. Beef dull, pork steady, lard easier at 9.17 to 9.18. Butter steady with state dairy values. cheese mostly steady. Eggs firm in state and Pennsylvania. western grades mixed. Sugar and coffee markets vary with modest activity and price ranges.
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New York
C. i
I&e
Pennsylvania
Rio
Fort Wayne Market Prices Aug Fort Wayne Market
Flour Spring wheat 3.75 to 4.00 per bbl for Fort Wayne area. Winter wheat 3.50 to 3.75 per bbl. Graham 1.75 per cwt. Buckwheat 2.60 per cwt. Corn meal bolted 1.25 to 1.40 per cwt. Unbolted 1.25 per cwt. Chop Feed 1.20 per cwt. Various grains and feeds listed with mixed old and new wheat values, oils, seeds, hides, wool, and midland cattle and pork prices. City hay market notes Timothy new 10.00 to 11.00 per bale.
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Fort Wayne, Inc
Graham
City
Timothy—New
Market Prices for Straw and Clover Feed
Listed prices show Clover at 6.00 to 7.00 per unit, Mixed at 9.00, Wheat Straw at 4.60 to 5.00, and Oat Straw at 4.00 to 5.00. These figures reflect current feed market rates.
Local Market Prices for Dairy Produce and Groceries
Butter country 15 16c per pound Butter creamery 22c Eggs ten cents Lard per pound Chickens old seven eight cents Chickens dressed nine ten cents Spring broilers nine ten cents New potatoes one dollar to 1.05 per bushel Honey fourteen fifteen cents Apples sixty to seventy five cents per bushel Onions fifty cents per bushel
Mayville and Vicinity Notes Brighten Weekend Activities
Rev E H Peters of Bobo preached at Wesley chapel and Scipio during quarterly meetings and was well received. Rev P W Boxall left for conference after aiding baptism at Red Key. A Hicks ville Chicago excursion group returned Monday. East Springfield picnic drew crowds despite dust. Barnett Lutheran school to host basket dinner in Wilbur's grove. Local repairs and new paint planned for several homes. Samuel Mills returns from Oregon. plans to stay in Indiana. Miss Frances Carrington attended Elsie Bell’s wedding. George Wilson’s daughter remains seriously burned. John Bickhart and wife plus James Bickhart and sons joined Chicago trip from St Jos. Henry Beach and Ralph at lakes in LaGrange. Wylton Reichelderfer visiting grandparents. John Daum marries Mary Conway at his Cuba home. E C Carrington officiates. no guests.
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P. W. Boxall
M. P
Red Key
Eugene Widdifield
Frank Brown
Eliza Starr
Ida Chorpening
Mary Zimmerman
Hicksville
Ohio
Chicago
East Springfield
Barnett Lutheran School
Wilbur's Grove
G. Mack
John Bickhart
Zimmerman
Samuel Mills
Oregon
Mr. Mills
Indiana
Frances Carrington
Elsie Bell
George Wilson
James Bickhart
Jack
St. Jos
Henry Beach
Ralph
Lakes
Lagrange County
Wylton Reichelderfer
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Mr. Strayer
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Ice
Harrison and
Superior
Frank Moore
Pageler
Jesse Snyder
Polk
Toledo
NEW York Markets
Fort Wayne
Maysville and Vicinity
E. H. Peters
Bobo
M. E. Church
Wesley Chapel
Scipio
John Daum
Mary F. Conway
Cuba
E. C. Carrington
Calhoun Street
Clothing Department
Sweet, Dempster & Co
Bbc
Harrison Street
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