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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
6
The article urges men to use holiday advertisements in newspapers to plan Christmas shopping. It notes Fort Wayne stores offer strong bargains this season and encourages starting with five local merchants to gain ideas and fix costs, making selection easier and time-saving.
The piece reflects a thankful public mood, praising abundance and democratic ideals, then shifts to a strong critique of prohibition. It details efforts by manufacturers and dealers to organize against prohibition while predicting intensified anti saloon activity as Indiana moves toward further dry measures. It also memorializes James Murdock of Lafayette, an influential Indiana Democrat who died recently, noted for his honesty and shrewd business sense.
Fragments of a service recall the traditional hymn Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow as congregants sing with joy. The line echoes a long standing musical moment, capturing reverent mood and communal praise.
Richmond resident Mr. Timothy Nicholson calls for replacing jails with district workhouses where county misdemeanants would serve sentences. He argues jails breed crime by mixing youth with criminals and supports correctional training and industrial education for delinquents, urging serious consideration of his proposals.
Movements for elections under the new law are under way in Whitley Wabash Wayne Daviess and Lawrence counties. The Liberal league a pro-saloon group plans to oppose the Anti-Saloon league which backs the option drives in the state.
The jury in the Ray Lamphere case found him guilty of arson in the Belle Gunness murder saga, a verdict critics say rests on unproven connections. Indianapolis weighs a 1911 world fair costing 12 to 15 million dollars to mark Indiana’s white settlement anniversary. The paper urges focusing on the 1916 centennial of Indiana statehood.
Mayor Hosey notes Detroit spends $1000 per mile annually on streets while Fort Wayne uses half that amount. He argues some cities spend more than Detroit, yet Fort Wayne still spends too little. He calls streets the worst in memory with mud blocking paved routes.
The note suggests Theodore Roosevelt as a speaker choice to defeat Cannon in the House. It warns against overstepping bounds and implies the country may reject extreme moves. The text also mentions Roosevelt’s admonition to the nation to avoid fretful self-doubt.
Huntington Indiana December 1 One of the worst pictures of misery is the home of Kilsoquah a ninety nine year old Miami woman near Roanoke She lies bedbound often without food or fire and is nearly blind Her son who shares the home leaves for days at a time leaving her to suffer in cold with only tobacco for comfort Visitors found her Sunday in a pitiable state The old woman speaks only Miami and struggles to breathe amid the chill and hunger as she clings to life awaiting the son’s return.
The Home Market club of about one hundred farmers formed at the county courthouse meeting to secure rights for selling slaughtered meat to Fort Wayne retailers. Officers include Chairman William H. Brink and Secretary Christ Vonderau. The group drafted two resolutions thanking the city council for removing a boycott and pledging to expand organization countywide to counter any future wrongs. Committeemen were named from most townships. Lake and Pleasant townships were not represented.
Marshall Ericson of Van Buren dies at 40 when a falling tree while timber cutting in nearby woods. He leaves a widow and four children. At Miami County Veterans association annual meeting in Peru officers elected Pliny M. Crume president William Gibbons secretary and Jacob B. Withel treasurer.
Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, Greensboro congressman and naval hero, urged that the Japan treaty remains viable only if the U S fleet is kept in the Pacific and expanded. He warned that failure could threaten American security and imply an imminent war with Japan. Hobson visited Hartford City and arranged to catch the 12 55 eastbound train after speaking at a lecture.
Perry A. Randall and Frank Taylor, both of this city, have accepted invitations to Ohio waterway meetings this month. They will attend events in Toledo on the 7th and Defiance on the 28th, with Fort Wayne residents likely joining. Cincinnati backers expect a large turnout within about a hundred miles.
During the funeral of James Murdock in Lafayette today, all street cars operated by Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction and Evansville and Princeton Traction lines paused for three minutes from 10:30 to 10:33 a.m. in Evansville Indiana.
Timothy Nicholson, returning from the American Prison association meeting in Richmond, Va., urges prison reform in Indiana with a workhouse in each congressional district. He calls county jails deplorable, supports longer sentences, and favors a governor appointed commission to run these institutions free from politics.
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