Allen County Courts Resume Week's Happenings
Coroner Abraham J. Kesler seizes saloon fixtures on South Calhoun street amid a Bligh lien. Will probate for Louisa Flinn and Abigail Daniels. County contracts awarded for infirmary supplies. Divorce actions and criminal trials unfold in circuit and superior courts as Judge Heaton and others preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham J. Kesler
Calhoun Street
John C. “Pud” Eckert
William Malle
Frank H. Petgen
Martin J. Bligh
Malle
Petgen
Bligh
Louisa Flinn
Louis M. Flinn
Charles M
George A
William W. Flinn
Abigail Daniels
Frank Daniels
Dolan divorce hearing draws crowd and sensational testimony
In a crowded superior court room, William P. Dolan and Anna Dolan begin a high profile divorce trial with expectations of days of testimony. Costs exceed $500. about $5,000 in disputed property is involved as both sides claim fault over quarrels, neighbors, and a man involved with a woman read books and chatted. Heaton and Yaple represent Dolan while Harper and Eggeman defend the wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners’ Court
Enough Coal Company
Fruit House
Coverdale & Archer
Central Grocery
Wolf & Dessauer
Superior Court
William P. Dolan
Anna Dolan
William P
Charles Dunn
Circuit Court
Dolan
Heaton
Yaple
Har
Per
Eggéman
Saloon license remonstrances heard in Jefferson township
Opening of arguments in the Jefferson township remonstrance cases continues with Frank J. Girardot presented to the commission, followed by plans applying to Herman J. Hockemeyer and Claude F. Gladieux. Attorney Elmer Leonard contests the authorization of powers and the 1907 statute as prima facie proof of signatures. The township has been dry for two years. The board will advise on the matter. John Kroft in Justice Hawthorn's court declared of unsound mind at 84 and will be moved to East Haven hospital. County Council budgets approved: 2100 for commissioners 1040 for courts 500 for surveyor 100 for coroner. Law library funds discussed. Divorce evidence portion heard in circuit court in Celia Hall v Forest Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace L. Root
Carlton T. Root
Circuit Court
O'Rourke
Root
Joseph Wheitzel
Whetzel
Huntertown
Elmer Leonard
Pennsylvania
Commissioners’ Court
Jefferson Township
Frank J. Girardot
Herman J. Hockemeyer
Claude F. Gladieux
R. C. Minton
Indianapolis
James A. Graham
Hawthorn
John Kroft
East Haven
Mary Traxler
Elmwood Avenue
Law Library
Divorce and family feud court actions span two tales
In Lake township farmer Christian Schneider and wife Lovina face a split amid fifteen years of strife with witnesses recounting nightly fear and protests over violent behavior. Separate suit details severe household neglect and jealousy linked to alleged infidelity and threats. Also, John J. Murphy wins a divorce from Catherine Murphy citing abandonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Schneider
Lake Township
Lovina Schneider
Schneider
Gandy
Hilgeman
P. B. €Eerick
Juvenile Offenders Held for Prank on Tracks
A group of youths ranging from Norman and Earl Manier to Carl Lommatsch Jerome Kramer Frank Schremser and Jack Fels faced Fort Wayne juvenile court after tying a tie on a track to clear the way for a prank at the scene near New Haven. Marshal Barney Schoenfeld confronted them and they were taken to police headquarters for processing before being placed in the custody of a probation officer following lecture by Judge O'Rourke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Schoenfeld
New Haven
Fort Wayne
Nelson
Norman
Earl Manier
Carl Lommatsch
Jerome Kramer
Frank Schremser
Jack Fels
O'Rourke
Jease Palani
Market Briefs: Wheat Corn and Provisions in Chicago Trade
Light wheat receipts in the northwest and a firm Liverpool market spurred short covering in Chicago with May wheat around 1.06 and a firm close. Corn opened firm then eased, May at 60 to 60 1/2 cents, final at 60 1/2. oats and pork also showed activity as cash demand grew. Prices for December through January contracts were mixed, with notable highs near the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwest
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shorts
May
Toledo and Chicago Grain Prices Across Markets
Prices from Toledo, Indianapolis, Chicago and New York show grains and provisions trading firm to steady. Cash wheat, corn and oats vary by grade and month, with December to May futures noted. New York reports dull flour, buoyant wheat, and firm lard and pork values alongside sugar and petroleum movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western
Rio
Santos
New Orleans
Livestock Market Report East Buffalo December 22
Hogs receipts 3740 with 760 shipped today to New York. Yesterday official shipments to New York 7229. Market steady for mediums and heavies at 5.95 to 6.00. one load at 6.10. Sheep receipts 1400 with lambs down. tops 7.70. Cattle receipts 25 with slow market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Chicago and Cincinnati Stock Receipts and Prices Report
Chicago market activity on December 22 shows cattle receipts around 5 000 with steady prices across categories including beeves 3.50 to 7.75 and calves up to 8.40. Hog receipts near 22 000 with steady demand and prices from 4.80 to 5.80 for various grades. Sheep receipts about 15 000 with natives and western ranges near 2.60 to 7.60 per head. Cincinnati handles hogs 5 561 head and cattle 365 head with steady to firm prices. Sheep at 2 592 head, lambs 4.00 to 6.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Western
Cincinnati
Hog and cattle receipts and price ranges reported
Indianapolis market notes show hog receipts at 12 000 head cattle 1 100 head sheep 250 head. Veal calves bring 4 50 to 8 50 dollars. Hogs top heavies 5 80 to 6 10 dollars, mediums and mixed 5 50 to 5 90, bulk sales 5 25 to 5 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Pittsburg Livestock Prices Today
Pittsburg pa December twenty second cattle receipts were moderate hogs today total about three thousand six hundred head with heavies six dollars to six dollars eighty, mediums five seventy to five seventy five, light workers five sixteen to five fifty, pigs five to five ten. Sheep receipts about one thousand head declined to four sixty with lambs seven twenty five and veal calves nine dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New York Market Report Dec 22 Butter Cheese Eggs Poultry
New York markets show butter steady with creamery and state grades quoted from 18c to 324c per lb, cheese firm with full cream and best small lots around 13c, eggs firm with white fancy 40 42c, western firsts 32c, poultry alive and dressed varying by weight with chickens 12 20c and fowls 10 14c, Toledo prices cited North Lima 1.04 and South Lima 98c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Tresselt & Sons
J. T. Johnson
East Columbia St
Howenstein & Crouse
East
Columbia St
Eckart Packing Company
Fort Wayne Markets Show Wide Commodity Prices Listed
Fort Wayne wholesale rates detail grains meats and byproducts on Barr Street. Wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye prices appear alongside butter eggs beans onions apples honey and poultry. Local quotations include hogs cattle hides wool mill products and hay with multiple firms listed for comparative pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Barr Street
S. Bash & Co
Wail Brothers & Co
Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad Company Annual Meeting Notice
The Annie Meesi of the stockholders of the Fort Wayne and Jackson Railroad Company will meet January 25, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. in Jackson Michigan for election of directors and other business. Transfer banks close January 12 and reopen January 27, 1909. Samuel Sloan secretary. wky 16-4f
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Meesi
Fort Wayne & Jackson Railroad Company
Jackson
Michigan
Samuel Sloan
Births Reported for Pasino and Beese Families
Born to Mr and Mrs A M Pasino a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs Fred W Beese of 98 Pennsylvania avenue a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Pasino
Fred W. Beese
Pennsylvania Avenue
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
John H. Dressel, 19, laborer, weds Ruby F. Fraikin, 18. William F. Alfeld, 25, farmer, weds Henriette P. Hoffman, 24. David T. Weikel, 23, farmer, weds Opal G. Smith, 19. Walter Engle, 24, farmer, weds Elva Petty, 22. Alfred T. Daugherty, 28, farmer, weds Erma M. Small, 21. DeWitt Golden, 45, machinist, weds Carrie Hunsche, 33. Frank R. Hemrick, 20, machinist, weds Clara B. Anderson, 19. David A. Roberson, Jr., 23, farmer, weds Hannah Emily Coffelt, 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Dressel
Ruby F. Fraikin
William F. Alfeld
Farmer
Henriette P. Hoffman
David T. Weikel
Opal G. Smith
Walter Engle
Elva Petty
Alfred T. Daugherty
Erma M. Small
DeWitt Golden
Carrie Hunsche
Frank R. Hemrick
Clara B. Anderson
David A. Roberson, Jr
Hannah Emily Coffelt
Pfeiffer Real Estate Notice For Bass Block Rooms 6 7
Real estate notice references E. Pfeiffer in rooms 6 to 7 of the Bass Block. Property details or actions are described in terse terms typical of a public notice in a local paper. The fragment indicates a transaction or listing tied to a specific block and room numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F E. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate in Allen Circuit Court
Creditors heirs and legatees of Marquis B Singleton deceased must appear in Allen Circuit Court Fort Wayne Indiana January 16 1909 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship receive distributive shares Administrator Louis R Singleton Witness Clerk seal Leonard Townsend attorneys note misprint dates in OCR text
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis B. Singleton
Allen
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Louis R. Singleton
Non-Resident Defendant Notified in Indiana Divorce Case
Notice in Allen County Indiana court shows Charlotte Sunderland sues John W Sunderland for divorce in the November 1908 term. The non resident defendant is urged to appear before the court by the February 1908 Sunday deadline to answer or demur, or default judgment may be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Allen County
Charlotte Sunderland
John W. Sunderland
Indiana
Joseph XN. Mason
W. G. Colerick
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate for Matthew A Ferguson
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Matthew A Ferguson deceased to appear in Allen circuit court Fort Wayne Indiana on January 9 1509 with John T Ferguson Administrator With Will Annexed seal of clerk Joseph W N Ason. Barrett Morris attorneys for estate wkly 16 21
Administrator's Sale Of Real Estate In Mills Estate
The administrator of the estate of George W Mills announces a court ordered sale of real property in Allen County Indiana The sale, set for January 18 1909 at 10 o clock a m, will offer the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section nine township twenty nine north range eleven east for cash at not less than the appraised value The sale is subject to Allen Circuit Court approval and will be conducted by attorney Homer C Underwood and Robert Mills on the described premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mills
Aflen Circuit Court
Township Twentynine North
Allen County
State of
Indiana
Allen Circuit Court
For Sale Eleven Room Modern House In Fort Wayne Ind
Eleven room modern house with bath hot and cold water laundry in cellar 24 by 40 cellar electric light fur nace chicken park 40 by 70 plenty of room and a lot 52 by 150 for another house Built in April asking 3600 dollars half down rest to suit buyer Address 2144 John St Fort Wayne Ind Buyer's reason leave town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John St
Fort Wayne
Ind
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Allen County Courts
Mara R. Rauer
Theodore Bauer
Hattie
George
Herbert
Ezed
Virginia
John “Snow” O’connell
Harvey Hughes
William R. Lumpkins
Mary Hopkins
J. N. Mason
Julia Wolf
Otto Wolf
Pennsylvania Company
Leonard & Townsend
Poyser
Fred E. Poyser
Jeffersonville Reformatory
John J. Murphy
Catherine Murphy
Rolfer
Hiram Roller
Ira I. Grubb
Springfield Township
Valentine Shaffer
Monroe Township
Roller
Celia Hall
Forest Hall
William Dolan
Ann Dolan
Huntington
Murphy
Grain and Provisions
Timothy
Toledo
Gett Peer
Timothy Choice
Chicago Cash Grain
East Buffalo Market
Chicago Market
Indianapolis Market
Pittsburg Market
New York Market
Isme
Young Americas
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Lima
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Doll Cabs
Nathan & Levy
Monroeville
Baldwin
Hoagland
Sheldon
Aboit
Arcola
Peabody
Spencerville
Grabill
Gar Creek
Woodburn
Faye Ayres
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Hocking Valley
Massillon
Jeane
Matthew A. Ferguson
John T. Ferguson
Joseph WN
Ason
Barrett & Morris
Attys
Tor
Wky
Robert Mills
Homer C. Underwood
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