Scarlet fever at 9 Cass street and local notices
A crowded list of town happenings covers scarlet fever cases at 9 Cass street, travel visits by Captain Charles Reese to Attica, and assorted local notes including births, marriages, pardons, ditch petitions, and property actions across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Street
Medical License Scandal In Allen County
Deputy County Clerk J J Kern issued a license to Edward I DeVaux to practice medicine in Allen County and he set up in Miller’s drug store. Investigations reveal DeVaux paid five dollars for a matriculation ticket without attending lectures, calling his claim to eligibility into question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward DeVaux
Fort Wayne Medical College
J. J. Kern
Edward I’. DeVaux
Allen County
Miller’s
Lafayette Street
DeVaux
Louis W. Moring
Henry Galland
C. B. Siemen
Medical College
W. W. Barnett
Fort Wayne Boy Frank Siemon Dies by Suicide in Garrett
Frank Siemon, 31, a Fort Wayne youth, formerly with Schwieter’s bakery on East Columbia, hanged himself in Garrett Ind. Despondency prompted the act. He was a nephew of local families Siemon and Tresselt and was interred in Garrett, with Mr. Chas. Siemon arranging the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Siemon
Schwieter
Columbia Street
Garrett
Ind
Messrs. Siemon and
Tresselt
Chas. Siemon
Mission Work Begins In Spy Run Riverside Area
A Sunday school mission started two months ago by local residents, with A S Cov erdale as superintendent, quickly grew. A fund for a church and a donated lot from L M Jones support the project. A board of trustees Eckles Rhinesbotom and Will Archer was elected, and work on a mission church is to start immediately. Dr A E Van Buskirk promotes another Zion Band of Christian Workers to be organized the last Sunday of the month at the Church of God. The school will be supported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Hausbach
K. K. Wheelock
Lafayette Courier
Logansport
Hel River
Wabash
Commissioners’ Court
John
Darwin
Springfield Township
Harvey Beavers
Jefferson Township
Frank Graff
Perry
Eel River
Dennis
Alfred Baker
Rome City
Sandusky
Ohio
United States
Baker Bros
G. Niemann
Calhoun and
Jefferson Streets
Niemann
Richmond Palladium
Clarence Meyers
Fort Wayne
C. A. Robinson
Poultry and Pets
Central Indiana Poultry Association
R. Robinson
Indianapolis
Northern Insane Asylum
Lew Wallace, Jr
A. W. Hatch
The
Loan and Investment Company of
New York
Gresham
Henry Crawford
Chicago
Midland Railway Company of
Indiana
Dr. Bull
Salvation Oil
Spy Run
Riverside Avenues
A. 5S
Coverdale
L. M. Jones
Messrs. Eckles
Rhinesbotom
Will Archer
A. E. van Buskirk
Zion Band of Christian Workers
Church of God
Its Officers and Delegates are Chosen for the Year
Sion 8 Bass post G A R elected officers last week including Post Commander W H McClellan and Senior Vice Ambrose Kintz Junior Vice A E Jones Officer of the Day John Hess Officer of the Guard C Jarrett Quartermaster S D Soliday Chaplain Rev H Brown Trustees John A Soliday Theodore Geller W B McMackin Delegates to State Encampment Frank Gibson S M Heach CG A Zeel linger J A Soliday H Brown Alternates M M Thompson J V Hiler S Hilton A Kintz James Liggett
Hills Case Hinges on Lightning Rod Cest Swindle
The state accuses Waldo S Hills of swindling farmer William Warcup in a lightning rod cest. Judge O Rourke presides as Hills, with attorneys C M Dawson M W B Spencer and A A Purman, faces a jury that deliberated sixteen hours and disagreed eight to four for conviction. The case is reset for February 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo S. Hills
William Warcup
Facts and Figures on Catholic Knights of America Branch 103
The St. Bernard branch 103 reports ten years of growth with 154 present members and 209 total since formation in 1877. Dues fund contributions total 3 464 871 74, with 24 000 from local branch. officers include Father Brammer as Spiritual Director and Patrick Ryan as Recording Secretary. George Falls dies in Grand Rapids at age 28 from fatty degeneration of the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard Branch
Catholic Knights of America
Father Brammer
G. W. Graffe
Frank Fink
Patrick Ryan
Owen Corcoran
G. B. Grimme
Otto Nichter
Nicholas Weidner
John Muldoor
Grand Rapids
George Falls
Daniel M. Falls
Wayne and
Fulton Streets
Dramatic Barn Fight Between Bull Dog and Gorilla
In a twelve by eight foot enclosure a fifty to eighty pound gorilla fought a forty pound imported bull dog near this place. The gorilla killed the dog within two minutes as blood sprayed and spectators bet heavily. The event ended when the owner surrendered. The gorilla is owned in Fort Wayne by W. H. Stewart and the dog in Marion by J. C. B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Fort Wayne
W. H. Stewart
Marion
Ind
J.C
Mrs Mary Fetters Nearing Ninety-Ninth Birthday
Mrs Mary Fetters of 37 Maumee road will celebrate her ninety ninth birthday next Monday in This City. She is probably the oldest resident observed in the neighborhood and plans a small family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fetters
Maumee Road
Oldest city resident and local notices amid Fort Wayne items
The city honors Mrs. Fetters aged resident living with her son Martin. She moved from Decatur Indiana fifty years ago with husband John Fetters, who died years ago. Other snippets announce timber measurements, a county farmer alliance meeting in Allen county on January 4 1890, beer and wine offerings at the Ale House, shipping orders, and Prof. Leonard returning from Creston Iowa where his son Charles improves and may travel home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hippenhamer
John Hippenhamer
J. W. Hippenhamer
Auditor’s Office
Huntertown
M. E
Cumberland County
Allen County
Hovey
William H. Moore
Montgomery
Moore
Edward Graybill
Scott County
West Main Street
Perry N. DeHaven
Josephine Freeman
A. W. Seabrease
Trinity Episcopal Church
DeHaven
Seytrvev
Miss Cottom
Andy McIntosh
Salem
Charles Cottom
New Albany Ledger
Carr
Rose Wells
Hope
Idaho
William P. Duffy
West Third Street
Muhbler
John Lillie
Huntington
Zanesville
A. D. Cressler
Cressler
Joe Bell
Edgar Wilson
Toledo
East Main Street
Market Place
Schmitz Block
Pittsburg
Wabash
Central Ticket
Star Union Line
Calhoun
Wayne Streets
Rothschild Road
Wayne Township
John Parnin
John Taylor
Jacob Grabin
Pio
Jackson Township
Benjamin Jones
Lake Township
State Supreme Court
Olds
O’rourke
Rosina Rapp
Sophia Reehling
West
Jefferson Street
Wm. Paul
H. C
John
William
Charles
Joseph Storm
J. J. Kern
Rev
W. Diedrich
Fred Baade
Lizzie
Gustie Paul
Indianapolis News
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Rudolph
Carl F
Christian Tresselt
Charles Tresselt
Matilda Schwegmann
Both
Germany
Siemon
St. Paul Lutheran Church
A. F. Siemon
of Siemon & Brother
Saxony
Ziesar
August Ferdinand Siemon
Caroline Grams
College of Brandenburg
America
Concordia College
Towley & Freeman
W. T. Abbott
Towley & Brother
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lisetta Benning
Hanover
Otto Siemon
Henry Siemon
Helen A. Strunk
Herman T
August W
Jacobs Shoe Store
Tillie Siemon
John Christen
Ind
W&d
N. R. Leonard
the Gazette
Creston
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Reese
Attica
Arcola
Madison Township
Charles Bauer
Holton Avenue
Julia F. Oswalt
George L
Nettie B. Frazure
Olds Wheel
New Market
John George Strode
Herman Behrens
Caroline Meier
Daniel Lengachers
Abel Mueller
J. D. Chambers
Messrs
Pearse & Long
Portland
Clifton Bay
Louis Diether
State Lumber Dealers’ Association
A. 8. Wright
Monroeville
J.B. Straughn
East Berry Street
Frank Guiff
Fred Rolland
Wm. E
George Hand
D. Rodenbeck
Cora Bassett
W. O. Bassett
Sam Burnett
Fairfield Avenue
Auditor of State
Winslow, Lanier & Co
James Wilding
Wm. Pease
John Smith
George Smith
George Hoffman
Tracy
Charles Schmidt
Circuit Court
Justices of the Peace
Will Schieman
South Calhoun Street
Henry Friend
George Meride
Leo Road
Mrs
Pickard Bros
Carter & Son
Charles Eckert
J. ©. Eckert
Williams Street
John Scheffer & Co
Grand Street
Andy Kalbacher
Dan Shea
New Haven
H. C. Hoppe
East Pittsburg
Williamsport
Ashville
North Carolina
Strathmore
Theodore Lintz
Mr. Lintz
Wilcox
Fort Wayne Road
St. Joe Hospital
William Stellhorn
Alice Amber
Charles Therme
Morris Joslin
Mary Britton
Fenton, Mich
8. A. Northrop
Fred Erb
Lafayette
George C. Beck
Nellie M
Frank M. Cairns
West DeWald Street
A. Conigisky
Peoria
W. W. Douglass
Schmitz
Dubuque
Warsaw Union
Allen Zollars
Union
Emma Rohrer
Tur Senrinen Bindery Rooms
Lorenzo Campbell
Benjamin Ogden
Agnes. E. Ogden
Morton A. Philley
S. A. Northrop
George Viberg
P. A. Randall
DeFinnace
Fla
Mason Long
Mishawanka
Ernest Scheiman
John Morris, Jr
Rosa Ann Morris
Mary Pion
Philomene
Jean Mongie
Chapin
Nathan
Jacob Baltes
Europe
Charles Auger
Col. Humphrey
Aldine
Humphrey
L. P. Pegg
Shawnee Avenue
South Wayne
Abraham van Schaick
Nancy E. Schaick
Robert Lowry
Lagrange
Woodard Vs. Summey
John E. Hatch
Edward Whitmore
Henry Bates
Mary Bates
Bates
Esquire France
Herman Berghoff
Pacific Coast
Berghoff
San Francisco
New Haven Times
Will A. Davis
Madden
Eel River Township
Blessing
Pennsylvania Road
Otto Pfeffel
Katholische Warte
Kerp
August F. Siemon
Siemon & Bro
A. J. Laubach
J. W. McCausland
A. P. Buchman
Siemon Bros
John B. Richardville
Richardville
Francis LaFontaine
Julian Benoit
LaFontaine
John Roche
Roche
Devauckx
John LaFontaine
Francis Lafonaine
Miami Tribe of Indians
Mary Willhoite
Willhoite
Fontana
Kan
Louis Lafontaine
SION
Waldo Hills
the Catholic Knights
Sarsagaila
David L. Porter
Tate
Hiram Seaten
M. V. B. Spencer
Dog
van Wert
van Went
Dee
Usca Lilly
James Pyle
Winch
East End
Francois Corprry
Waterbury
Waterbury Watch CO
TOKIO
Boys’ Clothing
Sam, Pete
Max
Pixley & Company
Pixley
E. Berry Street
George Dewald
Aini Idbe
Polly
Santa Claus
Santa
Aus
Reliable Clothiers
Calhoun Street
Gricore
Fort Warne, Inv
Langtry Medicine Company
Dean Smn
David McCay
Brookside Farm Co
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