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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1907
Page
5
Resignations, new police appointees, and civic steps color Northern Indiana news. Au burn city marshal Charles Bolton resigns, DeKalb Power extends gas mains, and Warsaw mourns William Bumgardner's death after illness. Beason of be kept.
Ralph Dennis a noted War saw young man is dead. Jonathan Lee, 85, dies at his Jackson township home. Angola raises 34016 for Tri State college equipment. Earl Zegaluse, 9, near Peru, dies from infection after manure spreader accident. Various local incidents include fires, injuries, and civic notes from Bluffton, Columbia City, and surrounding towns.
Mrs Emanuel Chalfant of Bluitton dies after stroke. Elizabeth Hess, 64, dies in Union Twp Whitley Co. A Kerr of Ken dallville has six toes removed from both feet. Martin Woeful of South Bend held on counterfeiting, confesses, jailed in Indianapolis. Warsaw temperance push grows as dry movement gains speed. Mrs Samuel Thrasher dies at 81 in Jefferson Twp Whitley Co. Spurgeon R Markley sues Warsaw for 5000 over electric shock injuries. Wakanruska school graduates include Cora King, 14 and 204 pounds. Ligonier to install urban fire alarm system in 15 districts. Warsaw to Goshen rail gauge dispute ends through service. Atwood couple denied license due to age uncertainty. Winona Park School for Young Women and Winona Academy incorporated. Buckeye to Angola rail line costly with lakes and hills around Angola. Sickafus and Minnick wed at Wabash. she oldest county bride. Numerous local deaths including Eiman, Weber, Smith and Mohler. Public notices include Epworth home organization and city politics in Warsaw. Onion Day in Wolf Lake with 5000 attendees and contests.
Scott F. Huntley of West Farmington Ohio aged 60 and Mrs Rebecca Wise of Milford Indiana aged 67 wed at Island pavilion Island Park Elkhart at 1030 am Rev E J Swartz officiated with attendants Lex Mellonhour and wife of Wakarusa 125 Moyer family members present. Four Kokomo office fires in quick succession prompt fire underwriters to push for police surveillance and possible higher or canceled insurance amid monomaniac theory. Samuel Emory Hartford City linked to Sanderson case remanded for grand jury on swindling charges after promising hogs to Fred Schneider Montpelier, bond $1000. Emory alleged to have run similar schemes in Geneva Bryant and others and used alias Arthur Jones in dealings with Schneider.
After three years of effort by President J. C. Peters and Dr. W. F. Myers, the Great Fort Wayne fair secures a strong entry from Frederick F. Ingram of Detroit. The herd includes sixteen Galloway cattle, eight Ayrshire cattle, seven Lincoln sheep, and fifteen Yorkshire hogs. This experimental display signals high hopes for quality stock and sales potential at the event.
The Cathedral Boys school announces two new instructors Brother Hubert and Brother Prospero filling vacancies from Brothers James and Maximus who moved to Holy Trinity in Chicago. The staff includes Brother Lucian principal third year high school work typewriting Brother Hubert fifth and sixth grades drawing sacristan duties Brother Prosper first and second years stenography Brother Exupere history mathematics Latin and French Brother Augustus seventh and eighth grades mechanical drawing.
Veterans of the Eighty-eighth and One-hundred forty-second Indiana regiments will convene in New Haven on Thursday. Special train service from the Wabash Nickel Plate and Lima traction line is arranged. The 88th will conduct a memorial service in the afternoon, and both regiments will participate in the campfire program in the evening.
The Chicago wheat market opened easy with selling for profit as traders sought to lock in yesterday's gains. Sept futures fell about a half to three quarters of a cent from the prior day while receipts at Chicago totaled 363 cars and Minneapolis Duluth data were unavailable. The market stayed firm early but eased later as traders realized sales and closed about one cent lower than the report.
The report notes September opening price changes and sales for commodities including corn and oats with several percentage declines and steady provisions. It records local receipts of 256 cars, describes eased prices for oats and oats markets, and lists steady or slight shifts in pork products and lard.
Prices at the close show Wheat Sept 90.6 cents, Dec 90e, Corn Sept 60e, Dec, Oats Sept 80e, Dec, Pork Sept 16.02, Oct 9. Othg Lard Sept 9.05, Oct 8.75, Rye cash, Barley cash 82e. Fax Clever and Timothy nothing doing.
East Buffalo New York hogs receipts today's 2550 with 1240 shipped today and 1140 to New York yesterday 5510 official shipments to New York yesterday market closes steady at the advance with prices listed on hogs and pigs and beed troughs cattle and sheep in limited supply top lambs at 7.25 dollars.
New York August 27 market report shows Butter Market receipts 18931 packages with varied creamery and state grades, Creamery Special 26 26 1/2 cents, Firsts up to 25 cents, Western creamery First 204 1/2 cents. Cheese Market strong with 12138 packages, several varieties quoted from 11 to 13 1/4 cents. Eyes Market steady with 17909 packages including fancy white at 28-30 cents and first to extra at 20-28 cents.
Chicago Illinois August 27 Cattle Receipts 7000 market steady to 10 cents lower with beef cattle priced 4.20 to 7.25 for top cattle cows 1.30 to 5.50 Texas steers 3.75 to 5.25 calves 5.50 to 7.50 stockers and feeders 2.60 to 5.00 western cattle 4.25 to 6.50 Hogs Receipts 17000 market slow and steady weighed from 5.99 to 6.40 for lights mixed 5.45 to 6.40 heavies 5.65 to 6.40 roughs 5.66 to 5.90 pigs 5.70 to 6.25 bulk 6.15 to 6.60 Sheep Receipts 20000 market steady to 10 cents lower natives 3.25 to 5.75 western 3.25 to 5.80 yearlings 3.60 to 6.40 lambs western 5.40 to 7.60
Cincinnati Ohio August 27 hogs active butchers and goal opera prices listed. Hogs range 6.85 to 6.90 for common 5.50 to 6.00. Cattle steady to strong with shippers paying 5.10 to 6.00 and common 2.50. Sheep and lambs steady with lambs 4.60 to 7.50.
Chicago markets list butter creamery at 20 to 25 cents a pound and eggs at 13 1 2 cents a dozen. Fort Wayne and regional quoters show wheat at 82 to 92 cents a bushel, corn around 55 to 60 cents, oats 40 cents, and various meats and produce with mixed regional valuations. Local brokers and firms such as Bush & Co and Well Brothers & Co post extensive commodity quotes for wool, hides, flour, poultry, and other staples.
Dr. Maurice Rosenthal, at Walloon Lake Michigan, returns from months in the west where he recuperated at Goldfield Nevada and other points. Reports say he is fully recovered, vigorous, and ready to resume practice in about seven weeks. He gained skill with the reel and gun during travels and plans to return to the city to resume his duties.
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