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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
16
The note cites Edson as author and dates the work to 1900. It references Scripture Authority focusing on Exodus chapters 19 and 20, indicating a scholarly devotional or interpretive aim within those chapters.
A devotional sermonette reviews six names for the Law as rule and revelation. It extols its perfection and purity and details its effects such as conversion wisdom and joy. It cites Matthew 5 17 and Galatians 3 24 to show the Law fulfilled in Christ and its schoolmaster role to lead to righteousness.
The march leads to Mount Sinai where Moses and Aaron sense a temple-like awe. The people vow obedience as God speaks through Moses and descends in fire and smoke. They fear the divine presence yet are urged by Moses to not fear the Lord but heed his instruction.
Fragmentary notice mentions E F Sites and D D with dental practice. Sparse readable text suggests an advertisement or director listing. No clear dates, places, or outcomes present.
The Police Department reports possession of a gold filled hunting case watch with a Hamden movement and is attempting to locate its owner. Anyone who recognizes the item or has information should contact the department to claim it.
Superior court in Fort Wayne dismisses the Edgerton suit to stop a cement sidewalk on West Wayne street. The board of public works acted within its authority, deciding the necessity and material for the sidewalk, with due process and without showing fraud or abuse of discretion. The injunction is denied and the sidewalk project proceeds.
William Davis, a porter at the Randall hotel bar, was arrested Sunday and identified as the man who entered the Hild residence on Van Buren Street. The case proceeded with a change of venue and a continuance granted after disputed charges.
Fred Meyer and his son John Meyer faced city court on assault and battery charges from Dr. M. A. Mason of the Good Citizenship league. Bond set at 50 dollars each as police report say they struck Mason after an argument at Harrison and Pearl streets, breaking a plate glass window. the pair were later arrested at their saloon after officers gained entry.
The T and C Interurban plans faster Kendallville to Fort Wayne service starting soon with three through Kendallville cars. Each runs direct to Fort Wayne with no Garrett transfer, improving schedules to 9:40 2:30 and 6:45 arrival times and twelve through cars daily.
Deputy Frank B. Long from state superintendent Fassatt A. Cotton arrived in Fort Wayne to inspect the recent school population enumeration amid prior Terre Haute fraud concerns. Local authorities welcomed the probe, offering records and cooperation as Long set up an office in the old high school. He warned a recount isn’t guaranteed and will depend on preliminary findings.
An overnight gasoline evaporation explosion at 1214 1216 1218 Maumee avenue wrecked 60 windows and caused about 1400 to 1500 dollars in damage. Grocers Colclesser Abner and Elett meat market suffered major losses. Olive club rooms above. One minor injury reported to Mrs. Henry Lichtsing. Firemen from station No 4 contained both the blaze and a small fire upstairs.
In Casablanca, Morocco, Aug 19, Moors attacked the French camp with a large force. French countered with field and machine guns and naval shelling from the cruiser Gloire, repelling the assault after hours of fighting. Stahis cavalry and sharpshooters suffered casualties, including Captain Coud, as about a dozen horses fell.
Tangier reports say tribes near Mazagan are agitated but no immediate attack is expected. The conditions around Mogador Safo Rabat el Araish remain tense with cautious policing and local appeals for calm amid uncertain prospects.
A gas leak and gasoline ignition in the Olive club bath room caused a roomful of damage to Andrew Vogely’s building and to Abner and Blett’s stocks. Five gallon gasoline and a match triggered a blast that ruined parts of the lower floors but left no fatalities.
Fort Wayne reports Paul McCormick, New York millionaire, shows partial improvement after an auto crash that killed his wife Carrie Johnson McCormick. Her remains are in a receiving vault in Fort Wayne as doctors monitor his condition amid uncertainty. The item notes a rise in England’s average yearly temperature by over a degree in fifty years and includes an FDA notice for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup with serial number 1098.
Paris reports General Drude believes his force can repel native attacks as outposts are set and warships ready. Loot recovered from French soldiers, British losses prompt compensation demand, food scarcity drives high prices. General Duchesne says 50,000 troops needed to restore order, France won’t seek conquest, aims to uphold rights and reform Sultan’s rule. Gil Blas notes Spanish and French troops will remain to subdue natives and keep the country.
The annual reunion of the survivors of the Fourteenth Indiana battery will be held in Fort Wayne on September 3. Hosted by EB C Tyler nicknamed Pap Tyler, the gathering invites former comrades and families. The unit was recruited largely in Wabash County and saw extensive Civil War service. Alex Burns worth serves as president and James P ra as secretary.
Heirs of the Schmitz estate consider erecting an eight story office building in Fort Wayne on the Calhoun street site now housing the Gruber cigar factory the Grimme tailoring establishment and the Umstead Breit store. W W Douglas travels to Boston for business connected with the project. The design specifies an 80 by 100 foot structure with an estimated cost of 200000 dollars.
At Clea Lake on a Friday near noon Wayne Harrod son of Dr Morse Harrod spent the summer there when his improvised sailboat tipped near a sand bar he swam to safety. Gerald Bohn in a west side boat rescued him as bystanders watched from shore.
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