Local notes and social updates from Fort Wayne
Misses Rose and Nellie Nolan return from Arcols visit. Ronald Dawson leaves for St. Louis. Mrs M F Schmotser travels to Niagara Falls to visit her daughter. K R Waters chosen to carry Typographical Union banner on Labor Day. Westminster Sunday school to picnic at Smioney park September 6. Miss Alice Boisanbin returns to St Louis after three weeks with Miss Lou Ferguson. Jackson township Democrats meet August 31 to nominate officers. H L Williamson elected assistant marshal for Labor Day parade. Hugo P Thieme reports Paris visit with Charles Kuhne on August 9. T J Logan returns from Ohio trip regarding E W Strack assignment. Dr F Bolan visits from Coldwater with mother Mrs N Leikaaf. William Franke in city on way home from Indianapolis convention. Mr Smith resigns from Wabash round house to enter grocery business. A W Line of Paragon Manufacturing hired to tour. Miss Cora Fetters and Miss May Perrin visit Fort Wayne. Fetters a Bluffton News compositor Perrin works for photographer in Bluffton. Fort Wayne Electric Railway holds annual meeting. officers named John H Bass president M L Robison vice president and treasurer J M Barrett secretary L D McNutt reapppointed superintendent. Gust Heuer returns after seven years. served Mexican government on bridges. now with U S government. Edward Miller marries Mrs Francis Isabelle Gage. marriage last Wednesday at Episcopal residence. couple residing at 74 Montgomery Street. congratulations from friends.
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Rose
Nellie Nolan
Arcols
wiRonald Dawson
Judge Dawson
St. Louis
M. F. Schmotser
Niagara Falls
K. R. Waters
The
Typographical Union
Westminster Sunday School
Smioney Park
Alice Boisanbin
Typographical Union No
H. L. Williamson
Hugo P. Thieme
Paris
Charles Kuhne
T. J. Logan
Ohio
E. W. Strack
F. Bolan
Coldwater
A. W. Line
Root & Co
Atoire
Paragon Manufacturing Company
Cora Fetters
Miss May. Perrin
Bluffton
Miss Fetters
Perrin
Brown
Calhoun
Main Streets
Fort Wayne Electric Railway Company
John H. Bass
M. L. Robison
J. M. Barrett
L. D. McNutt
Contin
Edward Miller
Francis Isabelle Gage
Episcopal
John Quinlan
Miller
Montgomery Street
Dick Townsend
Randall Hotel
Randall
F. Grumman
Marion
96Th C. W. L
Joe Mason
Jimmie Doyle
Bint Myers
Huntington
Myers
Mena Gilmore
Chicago
Jack Collins
Detroit
McCarther
Columbia City
J. Peabody
Driving Club
Indiana
Robert E. Anderson
Basa
Irene Birely
South
Lafayette Street
Bob
Michigan
Social notes and court roundups in a northern Indiana city
Local society items include Miss Sophia Hitzeman visiting relatives at Mar moth Station and various visitors in town. A burglary near South Harrison Street yielded no loot. The area’s courts address saloon injuries, license issues, guardianships, divorces, and a string of minor criminal cases.
Notorious criminal may go free after express company deal
Report claims Charles A. Ketchum, jailed in Nashville, arranged a compromise with Adams and Wells Fargo Express to gain liberty. Kansas City Star notes a marriage license tied to him and details a prior grain theft, jail escape, and a 1894 express package robbery case linked to his fate. Authorities reportedly considered dismissal and transfer for trial.
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Charles A. Ketchum
Tae Srrrinex
Nashville
Tenn
Adams Express Company
Ketchum
Kansas City Star
Independence
Minnie B. Brown
Hinde
Arkansas
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Tennessee
Pinkertowns
Express Companies
Brown
Express
Populists Nominate Ticket in County Convention
Populists met at the Knights of Labor hall with delegates from many townships. C L Drummond was chairman and Geo E Rhine secretary as 40 delegates attended. Jerome Jaap Byron Rich and James Notentine led a resolutions committee condemning both major parties. Miller won the senatorial nomination over McCarty by eight votes. Rhine Orr and McCarthy named state representatives. Rhine from Adams township. Orr a street car conductor. McCarthy a farmer from Eel River. H H Haines named for county clerk. Notestine for county auditor. Fred Tieman for recorder. Rich for treasurer. Laisure for sheriff. No nominations for judges or prosecuting attorney or surveyor. Coroners were Piepenbrink Miller and Aldrich with Miller winning on first ballot. County commissioner nominees follow, and the piece ends noting an elderly man’s long journey and thriving business in South Wayne.
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Knights of Labor
C. L. Drummond
Geo. E. Rhine
George Jaap
Byron L. Rich
Eel River
James Notentine
Perry
Omaha
J. H. McCarty
Robert F. Miller
Miller
Nickel Plate Railroad
George E Rhine
Rezin Orr
G H. McCarthy
Rhine
Adams Township
Pennsylvania Company
McCarthy
Eel River Township
H. H. Haines
Messrs
Ernest Piepenbrink
Ed Miller
George Aldrich
Begin Next Monday Entries Include Star Pointer in Pace
Star Pointer, winner of the 2 20 pace at Chicago yesterday, is entered for Monday’s event and will start. Yesterday was his first of the season with a 2 12 time that stunned rivals. Thirteen others join the race, promising an exciting week. Al mira Highwood, winner of the Northwestern Kentucky breeders futurity, is also entered in the three year old trot. The Driving Park association aims for a record turnout as streetcar lines offer one fare to the grand stand. Boon Seld sold to F H Fryer. Market changes hands to Fryer with plans to expand groceries.
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Star Pointer
Chicago
Almira Highwood
Driving Park Association
Smallpox Scare Sweeps Churubusco
A single smallpox case, named Webster and serving as secretary of the Churubusco board of health, prompted a quarantine. The patient, exposed near Warsaw, drew attention from nearby Fort Wayne health officials as Dr. Myers could not travel.
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Churubusco
Moxday
Tar Sentinel
Webster
Board of Health of
Warsaw
Myers
Fort Wayne
Board of Health
In Memory of Mrs. Oscar Killpatrick 1894 Obituary
This memorial poem laments the death of Mrs. Oscar Killpatrick on July 30 1894. It urges her husband and children to trust in God and find solace in her memory as a guiding chain through life’s trials. Penned by A Frierd.
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Oscar Killpatrick
Thirtieth Indiana Holds Regimental Reunion at Nappanee
The eleventh annual Thirtieth Indiana regiment reunion is set for Nappanee on September 27. Daniel Zook will deliver the welcoming address, Capt. J. B. White will give the response, and Comrade J. E. Thompson will read the annual address. The regiment organized in Fort Wayne on September 24, 1861 and served across Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi, ending with muster out in Texas as part of Sheridan's army of occupation.
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Indiana
Nappanee
Daniel Zook
J. B. White
J. E. Thompson
Fort Wayne
Tenth Congressional District
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Georgia
Nashville
Huntaville
East Tennessee
Texas
Seridan
Brief Sketch of J Foellinger Sr Pioneer Settler
The article recounts J Foellinger Sr arriving in New York August 19 1836 after a 78 day sea voyage on the Majestic from Havre de Grace near Prussia. He left Searbruecken April 2 walked 400 miles to Havre de Grace, endured wrecks and storms, drifted to Portugal for 30 days, then sailed to New York penniless and coat lost at sea.
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J. Foellinger
New York City
Majestic
Searbruecken
Prussia
Havre de Gras
Majeatic
New York
Portugal
Foellinger
Deserter Leaves Wife as Police Seek Him in Rome Note
A 21 year old husband, Clarence Armatrong, deserted his 16 year old wife at the Randall hotel in Fort Wayne and sent a cruel note from Rome addressed to Lela. The note promises separation and hints at sending her clothes back. The police were notified and a search followed. The couple had married July 16. Lela is the daughter of Dr. Carhill of Poweta Indiana.
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Clarence Armatrong
Randall Hotel
Lela
Tom
Poneto
Express
P. S.S
Cuanesce
Carhill
Poweta
Indiana
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