Fort Wayne Street Railway Bought by Cleveland Syndicate
A Cleveland led syndicate purchases the Fort Wayne city street railway, with plans to merge it with interurban lines from Fort Wayne to Van Wert Lima and Lafayette. Key investors include Henry C Paul Stephen Fleming James Murdock and Col Levering Jones along with Indianapolis magnate McCullough. Transfer set for January 1 and new organization will outline future expansions and power station needs.
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Fort Wayne
Cleveland
Ohio
Henry C. Paul
Stephen B. Fieming
James Murdock
the Sentinel
Murdoch
McCullough
Paul
Wenly
Dieterich
Fort Wayne Gas Company
New York
Indiana
Sheliers
Lafayette
Gol. Jones
van Wert
Lima
Br. Paul
Ify. Murdock
Chicago
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
Daniel P. Hess
H. P. McIlntosh
Gen. A. &. Garretson
Dieterich Syndicate
Murdocks
Mr. Paul
Mr. Fleming
Messrs. Murdock
Fort Wayne, van Wert and Lima Traction Company
Richmond
Col. J. Levering-Jones
Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
Lafayette Gas Company
Messrs
Paul and Fleming
Jones
Eastern
Union Traction System
Fort
Lisha
Fort Wayne Traction Company
Fleming
Fleming Company
East
Berry Street
City Lines
Lima Company
City Traction
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
John H. Bass
G. E. Bursley
H. M. Williams
Bass
Calhoun
Superior
Wells
Cass
Third
Fort Wayne Street Railway Company
Broadway
Creighton Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Wallace and Hanne Streets
Wallace
John
Walton Avenue
Main Street
City
C. L. Centlivre
East Superior Street
Calhoun Street
Spy Run Avenue
R. T. McDonald
Columbia Streets
Lakeside District
F. DeHass Robison
M. Stanley Robison
Lewis Street
Messrs. Robison
Lakeside Hne
Centlivre
Fort Wayne Consolidated Street Railway Company
Robison
Rare operation corrects spine curvature in Brooklyn youth
Seth Williams of Brooklyn underwent a rare and dangerous surgery at the Poly clinic hospital in Manhattan to straighten a growing spinal curvature. The vertebrae were fractured and realigned by weight, then placed in a four inch plaster cast before a thinner cast was applied. Williams is now recovering at Summit New Jersey.
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New York
Seth Williams
Brooklyn
Polyclinic
Manhattan
Williams
Summit
Priests Examined in Fort Wayne Diocese Rite
Twenty five young priests of the Fort Wayne diocese underwent the annual oral and written exams at the bishop residence on Wednesday. The test, required yearly for five years after ordination, was followed by hospitality from local clergy during their stay.
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Fort Wayne
Mrs Mahara Francis Dies in Warsaw at 76
Mrs Mahara Francis aged 76 of Warsaw passed away on Tuesday. The notice records her name and age with the location of Warsaw.
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Mahara Francis
Warsaw
Lawton Death Story Reveals Philippine War Ties
S. Richard of Canby Minnesota, a former Iowa regiment hospital steward on General Lawton’s staff, recounts Lawton’s death and the cemetery aftermath. He asserts Lawton died alone ahead of his guards, recalls crossing the river with the body, and notes the strongest reports vary while the camp wept openly.
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S. Richard
The
Land Real Estate and Banking Agency
Canby
Minn
Philippines
Richard
Iowa
Cuba
United States Army
Lawton
J. T. McCutcheon
Chicago Record
Weber Hotel
Young Weber
Weber
Richard’s. Weber
Manila
Expert to review Fort Wayne hot water heating plan
W H Schott of Chicago, a noted authority on hot water systems, will visit Fort Wayne early next week to inspect the city for a proposed extensive heating system by a local company. He will assess topography and provide plans and guidance after the survey.
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W. H. Schott
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Schott
H. C. Eddy
Holly Manufacturing Company
G. W. Beers
Eddy
Judge Vesey
Clinton
Harrison Streets
Interstate Independent Telephone elects new ticket
The Interstate Independent Telephone association elected its officers for the coming year in Chicago on December 11. Ex-Senator Charles E. Hull of Salem Tris. was named president with L. A. Frazee of Connersville Indiana as vice president. E. M. Coleman of Louisville Kentucky becomes secretary and J. W. Layne of Carthage Missouri is treasurer. Strong papers touch one principal aim of the association.
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Chicago
Interstate Independent Telephone Association
Charles E. Hull
Salem
Tris
L. A. Frazee
Connersville
Ind
E. M. Coleman
Louisville
J. W. Layne
Carthage
Death on Burlington Kraks Train Believed Prophetic Tale
A St Paul report claimed Hartwell Warren of Burlington Kraks vanished from a train near La Crosse and died. The story proved false, tracing to telegraph wires tangled by storms. Tuesday night Warren fell from his train and was cut in two. crew rediscovered his body.
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St. Paul
Hartwell Warren
la Crosse
Warren
Death Report Refuted By Prior Week’s False Story
A statement notes that the death occurred in every detail exactly as the false story from last week claimed, highlighting discrepancies between the two reports and questioning the accuracy of the earlier account.
Insane Bellevue patient obsessed with occult study
Lillian Norton, a wealthy educated New Yorker, sits in Bellevue hospital insane pavilion talking psychology and occultism. Doctors say her attempts to hypnotize staff reflect her own mind loss, linked to studies at Columbia and beliefs in spiritualism. Friends blame overstudy and a Dutch author’s work for her collapse.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Lillian Norton
Columbia University
James H. Hyslop
Miss Norton
Meterlinck
Barres Plans Ten Stores and Flats in Fort Wayne
J B Barnes of Springfield Indiana in town for Wabash R R on plans for a two story business block at 119 121 123 West Berry Street. The project includes three storefronts 30 by 120 feet and a second floor offices. The western building will include a Barnes residence. Contract to be let next January with completion hoped for early summer.
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J. B. Barnes
Springfield
Wabash Railroad Company
Grindle
G. J. Parrott Art Gallery
West Berry Street
Shryock
Rumor of Mad Mullah's Death Reaches Aden
A rumor from Garrero via Berbera claims the Mad Mullah was assassinated in Somaliland. The report says a spear thrust to the stomach occurred while he prayed.
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Aden
Arabia
Somaliland
Garrero
Berbera
Avilla Painter Arrested in Noble County Larceny Case
Elkhart reports Allen Strouse a painter of Avilla was arrested at his boarding house on Prairie street at the request of Noble county Sheriff Harry Bell. He is wanted for larceny committed in Noble county recently.
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Elkhart
Allen Strouse
Avilla
Stamp
Rinehart and
Pierce
Prairie Street
Harry Bell
Noble County
Strouse
Pinkerton offers reward in Wesley Reynolds murder
Laporte Indiana December 11 Pinkerton agency posts a 250 reward for evidence to arrest the murderers of Wesley Reynolds a sixteen year old boy who died defending treasure in the Westville bank. Detectives canvass towns along the Pennsylvania line and search hospitals in Chicago after blood in a Hobart barn and bandages tied to a wound suggest gang movement from Hobart to Chicago.
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Laporte
Ind
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Wesley Reynolds
Westville
Pinkerton
Fort Wayne
Hobart
Chicago
Holiday Road Rates Offered by Nickel Pirate Road
The notice lists low holiday rates by Nickel Pirate Road with contact for full information at C. A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Indiana, dates 9 11 16 18 22 25 30 w4t.
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C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Professor Campbell in Crawfordsville Stricken by Paralysis
Crawfordsville Ind Dec 11 Professor John M Campbell of Wabash College and father in law of A B Anderson recently appointed judge of the Indiana district court is critically ill after a brief illness and a paralysis attack yesterday afternoon.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
John IL. Campbell
Wabash College
A. B. Anderson
Indiana District Court
City
Campbell
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Mad Mullah
Pontotne
Mias
Tcouid
Della Bell
Salvona Soap CO
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