Suit over ten dollar deposit leads to injunction bid
Benjamin Benjamin failed in a suit against Thomas O'Brien and then filed in Justice Tan cey's court seeking the return of a ten dollar deposit and a restraining order. O'Brien had obtained a judgment and a constable disposed of Benjamin's goods, prompting the injunction request to prevent further disposition and to allow time to consult counsel.
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Benjamin Benjamin
Thomas O’brien
Soliday
O’brien
Benjamin
Frank D. Shera
Citizens’ Trust Company
Braun Construction Company
O'Rourke
Jefferson Street
Calhoun
Local fines and court actions include domestic charge and theft
Friday morning Justice Tancey fined I O Swank five dollars and costs for beating his wife after an affair at home and visits to saloons. Henry Shoff faces circuit court after jail in default bond for allegedly stealing four watches from Benjamin Picket. Walter Barr was acquitted of cruelty to animals trespass and obstructing a public highway. Several youths fined for Halloween trespass. Ella A Miller seeks divorce from Theodore Miller alleging desertion in Fremont, Ind., since 1889.
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Hudson
Ind
Laura Revert
Bertha Forter
Frank P. Jones
Justice Tancey
Ed Kleindvist
William Hover
Saleon
Swank
Tancey
Schlaudroff
Barr Street
Garrett
Henry Shoff
Benjamin Picket
New Haven
Walter Barr
Justice Skelton
Richard
Frederick Loeppert
William Noyer
Charlies Broxon
Kintz
Ella A. Miller
Aiken & Elot
Stewart Wortman
Gertrude Beaber
P. B. Colerick
Heaton
Wortman
Wall Street
Emrick
Caleb Townsend
Cain Baker
James Baker
William Schulp
Schoff
General Court
First National Bank of Louisville
Federal Asphalt Company
Maumee Avenue
Henry Miner
Edmund H. Coombs
Ernest H. Meyers
Edward Miller
Weinrich
Baker Avenue
Institution
Buhr divorce modification asked to resume married life
In Allen county Judge Heaton hears Mrs. Buhr seek to set aside or modify a limited divorce decree so she and Charles H. Buhr can live together again. The law lacks a provision allowing remarriage during the limited period, though both parties consent to the change for the sake of their child and their renewed union.
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Charles H. Buhr
Heaton
Lakeside
Circuit Court
Buhr
Allen County
Senator Fleming
Wortman Evidence in Divorce Case Presented in Court
Gertrude Wortman and her mother testified in superior court this morning supporting a divorce complaint believed prompted by her husband. The proceeding focuses on grounds and evidence relevant to the dissolution of the marriage.
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Gertrude Wortman
Divorce Trial Highlights Accompanying Card Game In Court
In a bitter divorce case Peter Freiburger vs Blanche Freiburger, witnesses were separated and a Pedro game began in a third floor room amid laughter during testimony. The husband, a local fireman, faces several serious charges. Wortman did not appear and a decree granted Gertrude Bescher. Sam Stein's bond was reduced to intent of release if $500 bond posted. Belle Noble, recently divorced from Carroll Holbrook, fears for her safety.
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Peter Freiburger
Blanche Freiburger
Pedro
Stewart Wortman
General Court
Belle Noble
Carroll Holbrook
Bodil
Court Actions and Trials In Fort Wayne Circuit
Judge O Rourke overruled a new trial motion in Willis Doolittle’s assault case. Change of venue sought in Joseph E Clark vs Fort Wayne Traction Co. Henry Redwald’s case against Fort Wayne Gas Co scheduled for April term start. Jury verdict for possession and damages in Sophia Friday vs John W Leahy and U S Trading Stamp Co. suit over store room possession and $50 monthly rent from Sept 1.
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O’rourke
Willis Doolittle
Ellen Eldred
Joseph E. Clark
Fort Waynes Traction Company
Henry Redwald
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Sophia Friday
John W. Leahy
U. S. Trading Stamp Company
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Sold at Dreier & Bro
An advertisement urges readers to keep Bucklen's Amica Salve for injuries. It claims the remedy is the best on earth and notes it is sold at Dreier & Bro's drug store. The copy frames remote living as prone to accidents causing burns cuts and wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Dreier & Bro
Post Office stamp shortage leads to confession in Omaha
Federal detectives uncover a $2,000 shortage in the Omaha post office stamp department. Clerk Alfred Olson confesses the loss occurred during an attempt to break a fare bank. Olson, from a good family, says he borrowed cash from stamp drawers to fund a gambling room scheme and will be allowed to repay the shortage to avoid arrest.
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Omaha
Neb
Alfred Olson
Olson
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts a “One Minute Cough Cure” for coughs croup and la grippe. It claims immediate effect by acting at the site of inflammation and aiding lungs to supply oxygen to blood and tissues as a permanent cure. Dr Armstrong of Delia Texas is listed as prescriber.
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Armstrong
Delia
Tex
Princess Alice of Schoenberg Waldenburg Divorces Prince Frederick
Berlin reports the divorce case of Princess Alice against Prince Frederick opened in Dresden. She arrived from Sori near Genoa in an aggressive mood, accusing Frederick of fabricating the scandalous charges and pursuing revenge over unpaid debts. She threatens calumny actions over alleged elopement stories linked to him.
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Berlin
Alice of
Schoenburg-Waldenburg
Prince Frederick
Dresden
Sori
Genoa
Frederick
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Pile Cure Claim
Summer ton S G of DeWitt touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles after twenty years of suffering and failed treatments. He claims the product combines witch hazel with antiseptics and emollients to relieve and cure blind and bleeding piles and other skin ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Tisdale
Summerton
S. G
DeWitt
Kaiser Sends Autograph Message to Roosevelt
Berlin reports Emperor William forwarded an autograph note to President Roosevelt via Baron Von Sternburg the German ambassador who sails to New York from Bremen aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II. The emperor, during a Sunday audience with Baron Von Spence, said he wished to convey several remarks and wrote them on a pad in chancellery style, signing Wilhelm in large letters.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Roosevelt
Baron von Sternburg
United States
New York
Bremen
Empeor
Baron von Spence
Wilhelm
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good by A H Thurnes
A. H. Thurnes, noted Buffalo coal operator, discusses long standing kidney and bladder trouble with gravel or stones and excruciating pain. He claims no relief from prior treatments and expresses hope in a remedy described in the piece.
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A. H. Thurnes
Buffalo, C
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