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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
6
Andrews Ind December 7 authorities move to seal a dog quarantine after a Scotch collie owned by O E Heiney died from a violent rabies attack. The dog had bitten multiple animals, prompting plans to confine pets for six weeks and halt children from handling dogs or cats to prevent human fatalities.
In Kendallville Indiana a fight over division of farm personal property ended with the arrest of Charles Green, accused by J J Campbell superintendent of the local Bus company of stealing a heifer. Green says the heifer belonged to him and Campbell agreed to pay $25. the hearing was continued to December 17.
Auburn Indiana December 7 Receipts at the Auburn postoffice for November rose sharply from 1908 to 1909 with a net gain of 271 54 dollars The increase is attributed to mail traffic and a hypothetical note on Merchants and Manufacturers association postage would have risen further if they had shipped more mail during the campaign.
The last stretch of grade for the C B C interurban railway between Bluffton and Linn Grove was completed Saturday. Steel laying will be rushed toward Ceneva with Celina, Ohio as the ultimate destination and expansion eastward may start next spring.
Frank Zeser son of Peter Zeser of south Decatur left yesterday for Fort Wayne and thenSan Francisco to enlist in the navy for three years. He passed the examination with two Fort Wayne men and will be assigned on arrival according to Navy needs. The exact posting after San Francisco is not yet known.
Van Wert December 7 Miss Janes Brotherton resigns as librarian of the Brumback public library. Miss Corinne A Metz of Newark will succeed her. The library, a county institution, was the first of its kind in Ohio.
Huntington Ind Dec 7 Webster Slack a Huntington County resident for about three years known here as Samuel L Smith was taken back to Delaware County Ohio at noon yesterday by Deputy Sheriff J W Mathews to answer to the charge of wife and family desertion a felony in Ohio
Police report notes Deputy workers rationing from Co. details unclear due to damaged OCR. Post as part two of wife desertion coverage with limited readable facts about date December 7 and unspecified location Onto.
Two writ of mandamus suits were filed in Wells County Circuit Court by Pat Addington and Charles North against County Auditor O D Garrett and County Treasurer W J Dustman. They seek a court order to compel payment of 6292 for three gravel road projects with estimates from the county engineer. The money is held by the treasurer as bond payments but bond buyers warned officers not to pay. Outcome will affect about 100000 still due Wells county contractors.
Garrett Indiana December 6 officers seized thirteen cases of beer from Diehl Brewing of Defiance. Hearing before Justice Beehler granted the beer be poured into the city sewers as the company did not appear. Sheriff Thomas executed the order. Local sentiment favors saloons but county remains dry awaiting supreme court ruling.
W L Lineberry of Balbec deposited 100 dollars at Wells County bank in Bluffton to stay on deposit sixty days as a reward for anyone who provides information leading to the discovery of his son Clarence E Lineberry or clarifying the circumstances of his disappearance.
Auburn Indiana December 7. A man struck by a Lake Shore train Sunday night at Corunna died. Papers on his person suggested he might be Frank Karns of Michigan or Frank Trout of Kankakee NL.
Auburn Indiana December 7 the DeKalb county local option election cost 1151.70, about 750 less than the county council appropriation for the purpose.
Bertha Starr, wife of Elze Starr of Bluffton, Indiana, files for divorce in Blackford circuit court alleging mistreatment and assault on the farm including being kicked. She seeks $1,000 in addition to the divorce.
Huntington Ind December 7 an appropriation of 4000 dollars was made yesterday for the erection of a new parsonage for the pastor of the German Reformed church. Work will begin as soon as weather permits and the home will be built to the most modern plans.
Kendallville Indiana officers were chosen for the Kendallville Fair association with C. M. Case again elected president. W. C. Brouse was re-elected secretary, Thomas L. Imes vice president, Archy Campbell treasurer, and Nate Roberts superintendent.
Rev. W. H. Tolliver, who had led Columbia City Baptist Church for nearly three years, announced his resignation to seek the Baptist church at Minoak Mil. The congregation accepted the decision with regret.
The local Masonic lodge held an installation last evening naming newly elected officers. Worshipful Master W. Brattain, Senior Warden J Kirk, Junior Warden H Brattain, and others were inducted in a formal ceremony.
Bluffton Indiana report says Farmer Clampitt lost a pocketbook with over 20 dollars in cash and drafts totaling 1350 while loading hogs for shipment to Texas. The bag was found later in a hog car with deposits intact, including 100 locally and 1250 in Canon City Texas bank. He planned farm improvements upon arrival and delayed departure until Saturday.
Menno Augsburger fifteen, son of Moses Augsburger, was severely hurt during a Linn Grove high school football game. E Oplinger, a teacher, collided with him and struck the right cheek bone, crushing it and requiring surgery. Doctors warned he may never regain a natural facial appearance.
In Peru Indiana on December 1 the Eagles lodge and the Elks lodge announce they have abolished their buffets. A member says doors will be open to all and they refuse to be seen as blind tigers. Buffets were incidental and aimed to keep known drinkers away rather than promote harm.
Bluffton Ind December 1 In the week’s jury panel George Spaim a Jackson township school teacher was drawn to report. He sent his wife to teach in his stead for the day and petitioned to be excused arguing his duty remained in school. The judge agreed and discharged him from jury service.
A forty horse power five seat auto owned by Gandy & Co. in Churubusco Indiana was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Operated by Perry Gandy the car caught fire about a half mile from town and could not be saved. Valued at 1500 dollars it was insured and is now a total loss aside from salvage.
Announcement from Bluffton Indiana reveals Elisha D. Ward and Mrs. Mary Baxter of Decatur wed secretly on Thanksgiving in Kalamazoo Michigan. Ward works for King Piano in Bluffton and the union surprised friends.
County Clerk W A Austin sold his eighty acre Smithfield township farm to John B Barley of West Leipsic Ohio for four thousand dollars. Barley recently purchased the Anthony farm beside the Austin property, the latter improved as the old Barnes farm. Austin acquired the farm after his election through a trade for his Ashley store.
Bluffton Indiana December 1 Mrs Steln Yarger 26 wife of Francis Yarger farmer of Nottingham township died this afternoon from tuberculosis in a local farm home authorities said the death follows an illness of several weeks and ends a quiet rural family life within the community.
Auburn reports a new DeKalb County Law and Order League will vigorously enforce liquor laws with county and town leagues cooperating. Officers include Dr. F. M. Hines as president and Frank Zimmerran as secretary. In Auburn and nearby towns, leagues aim to curb drunken returns from Fort Wayne and Huntertown and pursue cases against violators, including John Tudor linked to Defiance brewery beer deliveries.
Charles W. Larue, local agent for the Home Accident and Health Insurance Co of South Bend, is missing from Auburn. A warrant accuses him of embezzling several hundred dollars after selling two notes of the company. Sheriff Thomas holds the documents as officers pursue him. Mrs Larue and three children face destitution as money is raised for their aid.
John L Bennigan, once a Milford junk dealer, is arrested in Milford and brought to Warsaw to face life desertion charges. The Bennigans, married seven years, accuse he left wife two weeks earlier and sought a life of dissipation in Fort Wayne and South Bend. His wife, frail and unable to support herself, pressed the case.
Miss Mary Brown of Toledo, Ohio, travels to Kendallville to locate Frank Brown, a 43-year-old bricklayer from Butler, whom she accuses of taking a gold watch ring and clothes in Fort Wayne last week. She followed leads to Kendallville but investigators say he is not employed on local jobs.
Congressman Cline of Angola resigns the presidency of the First National Bank after six years as its head. He cites press of public business in Congress and will step down at the December board meeting.
In Huntington Indiana Judge Cook reconsidered his decision and set the damage suit of Beekman administrator against Fort Wayne and Springfield Railroad Company for February 8. The case was moved from Allen County due to the short vacation time.
Bluffton Indiana December 4 Rollo Mock and Bert Earl jailed after a drunken spree at Adams Stave company office. Mock faces arson charges while Earl is charged with intoxication as he allegedly did nothing, though Mock purportedly rifled the open safe.
Bluffton Ind Dec 6 Five divorces were granted Saturday in the circuit court E C Mosiman a jewelry store owner was granted a divorce from Lillian K Mosiman Bila Whaley was granted a divorce from Joseph Whaley L W Davis of near Ossian was granted a divorce from Eva Davis Nora Crum was granted a divorce from Charles Crum Lucinda Sours formerly of Fort Wayne was given a divorce from Eugene Sours She claims her husband deserted her when she was in Fort Wayne.
Decatur Indiana awaits January 1 when Mayor-elect J W Teeple will announce his staff including marshal fire chief street commissioner secretary of health board and city engineer It is likely Frank Peterson will become marshal.
The Francis hotel in South Milford Indiana has changed hands. Proprietor Sylvester Francis sold to Charles McGowen who has run a farm east of town and will take charge next week.
Columbia City December 1 Whitley county reports 95561.40 collected in the fall tax installment with 13414.99 delinquent. Most of the delinquency is in personal tax and officials expect little real estate for sale when the delinquent tax sale is held in February.
Decatur Indiana story reports Mrs Walter Noah cleaning a chicken and discovering a swallowed stone. She struck it with a hammer breaking it. jeweler D M Humsley later valued the rough uncut garnet at about one carat and worth up to 50 dollars if intact.
George Sheaks proprietor of a livery and transfer line was arrested on L E W Detective Gardeman’s orders in connection with the theft of about 200 dollars worth of brass boxings from three car loads of heavy engines sold by the Ohio and Indiana Gas company. He was to receive 150 dollars for hauling them from the emplacement to the L E W loading tracks.
Ray L. Satterfield, formerly of Garrett Indiana, returns to journalism after 1907 partnership on the Clipper. He later worked for the Baltimore and Ohio in South Chicago and in steel offices, and now has taken charge at the Independent in West Allis Wisconsin starting December 1.
Mrs Edward Baker of Andrews Indiana died suddenly at her home yesterday in what neighbors described as a shock to her husband a former Erie Railroad engineer. She was able to perform her duties Thursday and visited a neighbor in the evening without any complaint of illness.
Mrs. Nellie M. Pence of Smith township files suit in Columbia Indiana for a complete divorce from Merle L. Pence. She seeks custody of two children Raymond and Kenneth aged three and two, alimony of 800 dollars, and support for their minority.
P D Smyser of S Bush and Co notes rising demand for undressed furs driven by fashion trends in coats and automobilists. mink and raccoon fetch top prices while fox, skunk, opossum and muskrat vary by size and quality. Fort Wayne serves as a fur buying hub for northeastern Indiana and beyond.
Miss Louise Dunbar, longtime leading woman of Our Own Stock in Fort Wayne, signs to join Memphis Tennessee's Jefferson theater stock company. She will depart Fort Wayne after performing Ingomar with Preston and others, as the Memphis house shifts to stock with Raffis and Alice of Old Vincennes slated. George Arvine of Indianapolis named leading man.
Rosa Teresia Passarello testified in city court that her husband knew of her long affair with Matta Raphael and consented to meetings. Raphael was fined 25 dollars and costs and jailed fifteen days for the affair while the couple contends she cared for his children, six in total.
A Chicago woman testified she left with Raphael last August after her parents and her husband warned they would kill both. She said she provoked the romance, lived with Raphael as his wife on Bhica Street for six weeks, and planned to return after being fined $25 and costs, suspended on returning to her husband.
Fort Wayne resident Charles Nestel known as Commodore Foote was initiated into Fort Wayne lodge No. 155 B P O Elks. The event marks the likely smallest Elk in the world at three feet five and three eighths inches tall and sixty two and a quarter pounds. Nestel, with sister Eliza Nestel the Fairy Queen, has toured globally in entertainment and lives at 27 West DeWard Street with frequent gracious hospitality.
In Steuben County court Mrs. Della Butz wins 4000 damages against the Angola Railway and Power Co over her husband’s death at the Angola lighting and power plant last January. The trial referenced alleged jury tampering which was denied. An appeal is anticipated.
In Austin Texas the jury found H Clay Pierce not guilty on the charge of false swearing. The trial concluded today with the verdict delivered by the court.
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