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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
4
Special correspondence details Garrett B&O activity and local notices. Sweeney vacation visit to Tiffin. promotions at the railroad shops. injuries and incidents around the yards. council meetings. theater and entertainment notes. paycar and strikes. upcoming picnics and marriages. local deaths Manoah Gingery and Geo Weeks. August 14 to 17 Garrett Indiana news summary.
Garrett Indiana items detail a busy period with church and school events, Knights of the Holy Grail outing, St Matthew’s debt drive, and large community gatherings. Local baseball reports note Garrett’s team facing Columbia City and Kendallville, plus a Warren death and injuries from an accident on No 16. The piece also mentions a large July payroll, a B and O worker injury, and plans for a return to regular news delivery.
Lewis says the people enjoy the exhibition splendidly and it benefits business interests by keeping money at home, a timely note on the event’s impact.
In Auburn Ind on Aug 20 special correspondence reports Corunna liquor cases under trial in the circuit court with Ralph Raber and Ed Dellenbaugh charged with illegal liquor sales. Prosecutor Charles S. Smith and defense by Dan M. Link and W McNagny present as jurors are selected.
The Auburn Indiana post office, led by Major Marc A. Kohlman, reports total revenues of 4378.99, the largest in office history, with a 15-employee staff and carriers including O D Tyner H M Casebeer Spencer Wygant. Local events include a Second Regiment band concert, a Greenhurst dining gathering for the Little family, T C extension excursions, and upcoming De Kalb county homecoming celebration October 9 to 11 with rural product exhibits and show listings.
Aboit Indiana August 17 Epworth League holds regular monthly business meeting at Edgar B Jones reports show lively society. District Epworth League convention at Montpelier in June discussed by president. Members and guests attend picnics and social events at Robinson Park Huntington and Warsaw vocations. Harvest season begins with light oats crop and local threshing activity.
Mrs Maria Quinn wife of Thomas Quinn died at 10 30 Tuesday evening at the family home after an extended illness from tuberculosis The bereaved husband is a well known Pennsylvania engineer.
Robert D Boyles, longtime Fort Wayne resident, died Tuesday evening at his home 2407 Miner Street at the age of 73 after a period of illness. The funeral arrangements were not listed in the report.
An obituary fragment references Col. Lucien P. Ferry, a prominent pioneer lawyer of the city, noting his standing and influence in local legal circles. The text suggests his association with historic civic leadership and early city development.
Mrs Elizabeth Gorham widow of Jeremiah Gorham died at 9 pm Tuesday at her nephew Warren W Vaughns home 1722 Short street after an eight month illness She was born in Kosciusko county and moved to Fort Wayne in 1866 residing here since She leaves a sister Mrs Francis Rathburn of South Bend and five brothers William James Henry Thomas and Elmer Griffis She was a member of Queen Esther lodge Degree of Rebekah Funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday at 2 pm.
T. A. Daly reports in Catholic Standard and Times that Giuseppe Galdi from Felicily allegedly stabbed Malatesta after a Frida night attack. The speaker calls Malatesta a coward and blames the Milanese figure for the crime, while police seek the actual assailant.
A Montana mining camp shares rough humor about rock so hard that six barrels of drills barely scratched it and a ledge so tough nine barrels left a six inch hole. The quips illustrate frontier mining grit and printer’s wit from Judge's Library.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a rescuer retrieves a woman from the top window of a blazing building. Onlookers recall the tense moment when the crowd watched as the stairwell held, and lives were saved by swift action and courage.
On the Pennsylvania railroad lines east of Pittsburg there are 952 more locomotives than passenger cars to handle traffic. The fleet numbers show 4 099 locomotives in service and 3 147 passenger cars.
Trustee Arthur E. Allen announces at the August 1907 meeting the 1907 expenditures and levies. Items include township $400 tax 12c. vocal tuition $1,000 tax 20c. special school $1,200 tax 35c. road $825 tax 25c. additional road tax 10c. mortgage exemption credit $11,000. taxable property $330. polls 95.
Matilda Meyers files in Allen Circuit Court Indiana for appointment of an administrator for Victor Trouyot who has been absent for over eight years leaving property without management. Hearing set for September 9, 1907. Clerk Joseph N. Mason and attorney H. C. Grabill sign notice. Wky-7-31
Muriel Kyle sues James E. Kyle in Allen County Superior Court for divorce in the April term 1907. The non resident defendant must appear by September 30, 1907, or the case will proceed in his absence. Attest Joseph N. Mason and A E Thomas, attorney for plaintiff.
London reports heavy criticism of Premier Botha s plan to present the Cullinan diamond to King Edward amid Colony finances in poor condition and concerns that the expense is unnecessary drawing reaction in England and the Transvaal.
A brief notice documents the sexennial enumeration of allison county male inhabitants aged twenty one and over for the year nineteen hundred seven. The record lists the scope of the census and directs compliance with data collection procedures.
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