Local notes from Allen County and nearby towns
This weekly roundup lists several community updates. Ware Kerr’s son faces possible third leg amputation, while Sheriff Viberg dispossesses Geistdorfer of the Boot-Jack saloon and hands it to Mrs. Ferris. Cases note church building progress, marriages, relocations, business plans, and multiple local deaths and injuries across Fort Wayne area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
W. J. Kerr
Viberg
William Geistdorfer
Ferris
Henry Brooks
West Jefferson Street
Europe
A. A. Chapin
Lagrange
Crampton
Evangelical Church of
Sudden Death of Mrs Myron Downing at Home
Mrs Myron Downing, 45 West DeWald Street, died Monday morning from a congestive chill. She recently gave birth to a child, and her husband Myron Downing, a traveling salesman for Louis Fox & Bro, and the infant survive her. Daughter of H Mensch, a former mail carrier, she was a Fort Wayne public schools graduate with many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City Post
Henry Ecker
Union Township
Fort Wayne
Coesse
W. P. Smith
Monroeville
John W. Hayden
South Broadway
Smith
Lincoln Avenue
Warren Republican
S. P. Winch
Winch & Bro
E. T. Christmen
George Fisher
Sioux Falls
S. Ca
Myron Downing
West DeWald Street
Downing
Myron 8
Louis Fox & Bro
H. Mensch
Keil
Rome City
Death notices and wills case update in county courts
Week ending November 29 reports list of deaths from local undertakers with ages and causes including infants and adults. The Wills Case notes Waldo Hills missing trial, pleurisy illness in Clinton Iowa, bond forfeiture, and potential dismissal after payment next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Hilla
Allen County
Hilla
Hills
Clinton
Iowa
Chicago
Waldo Hills
Obituaries and Death Notices from Indiana Town
At the residence of his son in Adams township Frederick Abla wswede aged 82 died November 19 1890 after emigrating from Hanover Germany in 1851 he married twice and leaves five sons and two daughters funeral at his son s home followed by service at Zwhoch s church. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Caroline Speckman and Charles Ostman with their funeral arrangements and Ostman s inheritance awaiting in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
New Haven
Ind
Frederick Ablachwede
Mrr
Ablachwede
Hanover
Germany
Adams Township
Caroline Speckman
Henry Speckman
Charles Ostman
Scheinman & Klaehn
Ostman
August Ostman
Death of Miss Inez Winbaugh at Holton and Jenison
At age thirty-two Miss Inez Winbaugh died after months with consumption. She resided with her mother Mrs Amanda McCaffrey and was sister to George Winbaugh, a bookbinder. Funeral held Friday at 1 30 pm from the house and 2 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev Samuel Wagenhals officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Street
Kate Hays
John Hays
Patrick Malone
Lasalle Street
Cathedral
Amanda McCaffrey
Holton Avenue
Jenison Street
Inez Winbaugh
Miss Winbaugh
George Winbaugh
Trinity Lutheran Church
Samuel Wagenhals
Two stockholders sell stake in the Indianapolis Sentinel
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports that on Wednesday Chicago publisher Mr. Alex Belford Jr. purchased the stock in the paper held by E A K Hackett and Hugh Dougherty. Hackett has served as secretary treasurer and business manager of the Sentinel company for nearly three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Sentinel
Alex. Belford, Jr
Chicago
Wednesday
Messrs
E. A. K. Hackett
Hugh Dougherty
Hackett
Indianapolis Sentinel Company
Fox and Zimmerman Wed in St. Pauls Thanksgiving Matrimony
In the St Pauls edifice at Washington and Ewing streets at nine oclock Thanksgiving, Andrew J Fox married Miss Philomena Zimmerman. Rev Father Byrne of the Cathedral clergy performed the ceremony. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs James Fox of 58 McClellan Street, who will host a grand reception this evening. The bride lives on Pritchard Street and is praised for her charm and accomplishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Judson D. Kegg
Fort Wayne
Ethel L. Haines
C. E. Bacon
Kegg
Nickel Plate Railroad
Kitty
O’rourke
St. Augustine's Academy
E. J. Pauley
James Lowry
Liszie Mullens
Father Delaney
Misa Mary Pauley
M. P. Madden
Fairfield Avenue
Williams Street
St. Paul’s
Washington and
Ewing Streets
Andrew J. Fox
Philomena Zimmerman
Father Byrne
James Fox
McClellan Street
Pritchard Street
Turkeys Stolen From Huntington Yard Sparks Jail Arrests
George Lawrence and William Jobs reported two men in Huntington's Allen County Jail after turkeys vanished from their Lafayette township yards. Sheriff Viberg nabbed suspects disposing of birds matching the Friday night roosted stock. Prisoners identified as Stone and Feighner, claiming Huntington as home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Allen County
George Lawrence
Wm. Jobs
Lafayette Township
Viberg
Lawrence
Jobs
Stone and
Feighner
Madman With Razors in Aboite Township
Charles Collins son of farmer George Collins of Aboite township seized seven razors and menaced family members on Tuesday. A farm hand was chased for miles before a posse captured him. Sheriff Viberg’s deputies detained him and lodged him in jail. he may be sent to the insane hospital for evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
George Collins
Aboite
Viberg
Collina
Death of Fort Wayne Traveling Man DeVilbiss
Alexander DeVilbiss traveling salesman for Bowser Oil Tank near New Orleans Sunday, died suddenly. He was brother to Thomas I DeVilbiss, William F DeVilbiss, and Doctor DeVilbiss of Toledo. His death comes as a sad surprise to Fort Wayne residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander DeVilbiss
Bowser Oil Tank Company
New Orleans
DeVilbiss
Thomas I
William F. DeVilbiss
Doctor DeVilbiss
Toledo
Venerable Samuel Hinton Run Over By Wagon
Monday afternoon the venerable Samuel Hinton father of John Hinton of the Boston restaurant was run over by an express wagon and badly injured. He was taken home and Dr Kesler summoned. By 3 PM it was believed he could not live. He is eighty nine years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hinton
John Hinton
Boston
A. J. Kesler
Royal Baking Powder: cheaper and better for households
Royal Baking Powder is presented as the most economical by its superior strength and leavening gas, with tests showing rivals contain 20 to 80 percent less leavening. Official government investigations support the claim, and advocates argue Royal yields finer, sweeter, healthier food at little or no extra cost, urging households to switch from soda and cream of tartar mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Driver Squeezed Between Cars on Calhoun Street
Lexemerald Reddin, an extra driver on the best street railway line, was crushed between two streetcars near Hamilton on Calhoun Street while attempting to move between cars. He suffered hip and abdominal pain and was taken to his Taylor Street home for treatment by Dr. George O. Stemen. He is not believed fatally injured. Reddin left his car while on duty, contrary to company rules, as it waited on the switch. He has a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Stemen
J. M. Kelle
Voluntary Relief Department
Pennsylvania Company
Thomas Jackson
South
Calhoun Street
John Read
Hoffman Bro
St. Mary’s Avenue
N. W. Lancaster
Nickel Plate Road
West Main Street
George Beyerline
Pittsburg
Jones Street
O. E. Sproat
Lexemerald
Reddin
Best Street
Hamilton
Taylor Street
George O. Stemen
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Lauferty
Oliver McNally
Rosa Hobson
Sons of Veterans
M. Bulger
Bluffton
M. K. Donaldson
Poplar Street
Raifsnyder and
Bischoff
Siemon
Concordia College
Joseph Douglass
Bowman
Lulu Prise
Auburn
DeKalb County
Auburn Times
J. P. Bauer
United States Fish Commissioner
Federal Hatcheries
Mendosa
R. T. McDonald
Bright
Wm. Arnold
Anthony Arnold
Harrison Street
Wallen
Christ Luley
Malina Heugenard
Frank Frunier
Misa Mary Heugenard
Churubnaco
Sacred Heart
Wm. Dreier
Thomas Meegan
L. T. Neizer
Jerome Studer
Lucy Phillips
Wm. McDonald
Neizer
Hogan
L. B. Chalat
T. J. Gerow
Clara Baltes
Misa Bianche Harmon
Alice Zollinger
Wm. Meyers
Herman Bradenstine
Mrs
Henry Rocks
Ben
E.T. Williams
Hoagland
Hiram A. Wells
Emma E. Glick
George
Frohnapfel
Annie 8. Meyer
Edwin Evans
Fred Lucas
City of
Mexico
George W. Bauserman
Madison Township
J. G. Thieme & Son
Columbia Street
John ©. Weaver
Zanesville
F. W. Reed and
Michaels & Hamilton
Henry Hilbrecht
Deidrich Kayser
Chas. Stemen
OC. B. Stemen
Kansas City
Lima
Ohio
Fred Koenig
Osrl P. Wetzel
James Wilkinson
Justice of the Peace
Court Street
Jacob Goshorn
Decatur Democrat
Lizzie Buell
Lacy Fisher
Thomas Ellison
Trumbull Ames
Milo E. Ames
Webster Street
J. H. Stelhorn
Joseph Arter
Summit City
William H. Deputy
Rosa
Louis Johnson
al. Schatzer
Ollie Johnson
Jerry Schatzer
J. D. Coyle
Albion
Huestis & Hamilton
J. P. Moore
Hicksville Independent
Hicksville
Celina
The
Independent
Coulter & Griffin
Ica
H. C. Berghoff
Aaron Rothschild
Spy Run Avenue
St. Patricks
John Suelzer
Father Delany
Herman Tapp
Ryan
Christian Church
Harkenrider
Daisy Woodward
Plymouth
Chas. A. Wilding
Lakeside
Willie Henderson
Detroit
Lou Didier
D. J. McKendry
East Wayne Street
Clara Nichols
Misa Florence Reinelabaugh
Cleveland
M. Teagarden
West Superior Street
Wayne Lodge
A. M
Tins Welton
John Welton
Butler Street
Percy Smith
John Kennedy
M. A. Mason
D. ©. Fisher
Andrews
David Henry
Pleasant Township
Prairie Grove
Switchmen’s Brotherhood
Maneger Geary
Christian Roebel
Woodward
the Woods Mansion
Clark Fairbanks
T. M. Lloyd
Wm. Brady
J. M. Moderwell
Adam Zollara
Henry W. Bond
F. E. Nash
F. A. Caswell
Aug. Kraeper
F. Riblet
H. V. Root
A. 8. Shoaff
Lagrange County
Teachers
Fred Smeligg
Ontario
Etta Delay
Sims
Nebraska Mission Sunday School
F. M. Smalls
Second Presbyterian Church
Todd
Regiment Land
Lulu Hulse
Wilson
Peru
Dr. Bull
Salvation Oil
Mrs. A. L. Randall
Maple Avenue
John Lillie
Port Townsend
Waah
Edith Sweetser
Marion
Anna Bond
South Wayne
Jacob Fowser
Lima Road
Lon Rohmy
Parker
Mattie Woblfort
Judge Chapin
Superior Beach
Pixley- Long Block
Henry Clayton
Robert
Athenia Diptheria
George W. New
Kells
Nes
Hyron Downing
Goldie E. Miller
John A. Schwartz
Charles Hanmer
Maria Westhof
Mary Wagner
David Hill
Charles Ostmann
Catherine Stahl
Ruth Perry
Loren Scott
Inez Q. Winbaugh
Caroline M. Woodward
Anna Hatfield
John McMillen
William Arnold
Sophia Shields
Bond’s Mill
East
O. L
M. Woodward
la Grippe
Mr. Woodward
M. FE. Woodward
Pixley & Co
Charles Fletcher
Pitt
Sentinel
Mises Ines Winbaugh
Luke
Olds Wagon Works
Thomson-Houston
L. D. McNutt
Waterloo
Fort Wayne Company
Street Car Company
Liste Mullens
Alee
Fox Zimmerman
Turkey
al. DeVilbiss
Samuel Hinton Run
Jesse Warren
Washington, D. C
Aldine
Call, Co
Cal
Pastor Koenig
Echoos
Michael O'Oonnel
Pastor Kenig
Koenig Medicine Co
Ill
Druccists
R. B. Noll & Co. Druggists
Philley
Spiceland
Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Philsey
James Harleas
Jennie Bolyard
Alice Sweet
Harless
A. H. Anderson
Anderson
Marshal McGonagle
Harleas
Henry Fischer
George Wickliffe
Wickliffe
Mr. Fischer
Lex Reddin
Oameer Kennelly
Frank Durkle
Robert King
Kennedy
Broadway
Elida
Frank Manning
Joseph Burton
William Richmond
Adams & Armstrong
Penn
Oynters, Rabb
South Side
Zueller & Merz
St. Patrick’s
Rudolph Schane
Michael DeWald
East Columbia Street
Schrader & Watson Agency
Harrison Pérect
Winch
East End
PHA
Wes’t
the Manufacturing Clothiers
E. Berry Street
Indiana
George DE Wald
Handkerchief Department
Alinito
LO. Hull
Galhoun Street
Consid
Yam, Pete & Max
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