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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
5
Election officers in the Ninth ward face mounting disputes over calculating polling place pay and meal allowances. County Auditor Brown says cost figures won’t be ready until next week amid widespread billing fights.
In a probate filing Mrs. Julia R. Freeman leaves the Spy Run avenue dwelling to her daughter Mary E. Freeman of Louisville. The will allows sisters Eliza C. Rudisill and Mary R. Sturgis to reside there as long as they choose. upon their death or voluntary surrender the property reverts to Mary E. Freeman, with a payment to Bertha Freeman.
Circuit Court Judge John W. Egge man named JudgeFrank M. Powers of Aukwirn to preside over the state v Oliver Stewart and others for maintaining a place selling intoxicants without a license. The proceedings also involve about forty related charges. the case ties to the temperance fights at the fair grounds years ago and previous paneling in DeKalb county. Divorces filed include Alice M Waugh from John Waugh on cruelty and misconduct. Pearl Edna Meyers from Frederick James Meyers with salary garnishment. Ernestine Fruechtenicht from Frederick Fruechtenicht for abandonment. Olive Huguenard seeks 10000 in a damage suit against the city after her husband Alexander Huguenard died at No 1 pumping station.
Peter Deutschman must appear in superior court Monday morning to explain contempt charges. The judge plans stern enforcement, noting a prior similar case within three days. Deutschman's wife previously divorced him and he owes about $10 monthly child support, with no payments for two months. The prior defendant received a suspended sentence. Charles Carter was sentenced to one to fourteen years for stealing clover seed, with suspended prison time and a $1 fine. Alice Overly vs Elza Overly for divorce was dismissed.
A list of newborns from local families includes several births. The report notes babies born to William Herbit of Walton Avenue, Frederick Friedman of Fisher Street, A B Frank of Columbia Avenue, Arthur Noble of Walton Avenue, Oscar Huber of Wagner Street, Edwin Seibert of St Thomas Street, A W Grosvenor of Packard Avenue, and Ira A W Grandall of E Culloch Street, with both sons and daughters.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a list of individuals with ages and occupations including a carpenter and a farmer. Readable items include Verna Dine age 30, Minnie, Kiel, Oren, and Sweener with ages 90 or 28, but many fragments are unclear.
Street price quotes for wheat oats corn and barley with various adjustments on flour and screenings. Produce quotations list butter eggs cheese apples potatoes onions beans and berries from Wiener Beyer and others with corrections by market handlers. Live stock prices show hogs cattle and sheep with typical ranges and weights from Fred Eckert Packing Co.
Weil Brothers and Co. publish a price list for hides skins and related goods. Cured hides range 11 12c per pound for light calfskins up to 19 20c for casf skins. Scrap iron and old rubber items priced per cwt. Ginseng and golden seal roots quoted per pound. Wool categories listed with No. 1 unwashed and washed prices. Also iron, copper, and rags priced per unit.
In Chicago markets on December 10 wheat hit a fresh season low below 89c for May but soon rebounded with a firm close. May wheat 89%c. Corn firmer on country offerings with May at 48% to 483c. Oats weaker as longs sold off. pork lard and ribs quoted. Toledo and New York excerpts show varied cash and futures prices across wheat corn rye and barley with notable regional differences.
Indianahog receipts 18 000 head with mixed, best hogs 7 65. East Buffalo hogs 7 75 7 85. cattle slow. Chicago hogs 7 55 7 75. cattle 5 60 10 50. sheep strong with lambs to 8 50. Cincinnati and Pittsburg markets report varied hogs and cattle prices. Chicago produce: butter and eggs mixed. New York dairy and poultry prices mixed.
The page lists numerous securities with mixed prices and percent changes led by copper and steel stocks. Amalgamated, Smelting, American Can fall. Reading, St. Paul and Union Pacific show minor gains as market sentiment fluctuates. Banking notes cite mercantile papers and exchange rates with steady sterling and bar silver.
An Esdaile Wisconsin resident and Dreier Drug advertising claim Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gives nearly instant relief from croupy coughs and wheezy colds. It soothes, heals, and contains no opiates.
Mrs Chas Siits of Columbia City Indiana was seriously burned on the head and face when coal oil was poured on a stove with live coals. Her daughter Ethel nearby threw water on the flames and extinguished the fire.
An Auburn New York woman describes chronic kidney and bladder troubles and credits Foley Kidney Pills with restoring strength. The ad promotes three boxes as sufficient to cure the ailments and urges trying the product through Dreier Drug Co.
Local commission house reports a three cent drop in fresh eggs per dozen with candled stock at 31 to 32 cents and retail prices following. C L Hall of Beyer Bros notes continued storage surges push prices down, predicting 25 cents for strictly fresh eggs if weather holds. Chicago reports 576,000+ eggs sold at a loss and storage eggs likely to fall further before New Year. Fort Wayne retail markets show 35 to 37 cents per dozen as farmers fetch higher on some lots.
Chicago reports another egg market drop with wholesale prices from 22 to 19 cents. A 2 cent decline yesterday followed a sale of over 5 million eggs at a loss to speculators as storage stocks remained high. At market opening 1,670,000 cases were in storage, with the butter and egg board transformation cited as a trigger for selling.
Notice states a 16 loan on real estate or personal security by C F Pfeiffer located in Rooms 7 Bees Block.
Marion Indiana December 7 Taylor university announces its two day fundraising effort has secured a 200000 endowment to strengthen its financial foundation. The announcement highlights donor support and the university's planned use of the funds.
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