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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
7
A San Fernando Valley dispatch details Fort Wayne natives who migrated to Los Angeles, listing names such as M. E. Burns and Miss M. Vollmer, noting widespread relocation, prominent jobs in advertising, real estate, and retail, and the city’s climate, cost of living, and large public parks attracting families to southern California.
The report lists locals now settled in Riverside Redlands Pomona and Ocean Park. Christ Meyer runs a Redlands restaurant. Mrs Dr Cook and Miss Mary Alderman relocate to Catland and Mexico. Rev Fields ex Baptist minister is in Redlands. Clara Dills works in Los Angeles library. Charles Huber ex Fort Wayne councilman lives in Pomona. David Slater and Isaac Mowery, ex Fort Wayne figures, reside in Cucamongo and engage in fruit ranching.
Mrs. Northerson street resident Mrs. Jyllis Grose a 60 year old wife and mother died after her clothing caught fire while lighting a gasoline stove in her Van Wert Ohio home. Family tried to assist but flames overwhelmed her and she died within minutes. Survived by husband and three daughters with severe burns on head and body.
Capt. Oriesback leads Company O Mer in sharpshooters and marksmen courses. The Fort Wayne unit fired 4,970 rounds across 200, 400 and 600 yard targets plus moving targets and skirmish drills. Records list hits by rank and name, highlighting Capt. Drieshack 126 and Sgt. Werby 125 among First Class, with senior and junior men earning marksman and sharpshooter distinctions.
Grace Reformed Church presents Geibel's The Incarnation cantata on Thursday evening December 1. Lead by Rev. A K Zartman with Carrie Cart as accompanist, the program includes named sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, and lists participants from the choir. W R McNell has been chosen marshal at Pierceeton.
In circuit court Judge O Rourke granted A B Jackson a new trial on grounds the state failed to prove his saloon license. Jackson had been convicted of violating liquor laws and sentenced to pay $45 and serve twenty days in jail. An affidavit by Murray Reed questioned Robinsons ties to a local league, prompting motions related to juror credibility and license jurisdiction.
Abrs. Anna Drury slipped on faulty pavement near the corner of Lewis and Barr streets Friday night and broke both bones in her right leg. Passersby carried her to 1205 Barr Street for aid until an ambulance arrived. At Hope hospital Dr. Kessler reduced the fracture. The injury will keep her bed-bound for some time.
Councilman G. W. Boerger purchases the late Otto Seidel’s insurance business and consolidates it with the Boerger agency. The combined firms include Buffalo German, Buffalo Commercial, Delaware of Philadelphia, and Reliance of Philadelphia agencies, strengthening service in the Fort Wayne area.
Fort Wayne commandery No. 4 K Knights Templar held its annual officer election Thursday evening. Imminent Commander C. M. Gandy Generalissimo L Noeld Captain General Ed Tilpsett Prelate J. J. Gruber Senior Warden John 2. Naver Junior Warden W. Ta Wy Treasurer W. W. Rockhill Recorder 1. 4K. McCracken Standard Bearer David McKay Sword Bearer Fawl Wood Warder John t. Geneh Trikteca William Doake A Hatters les We We Rockhill.
Washington returns to the toll of coal mining with government estimates showing 6,801 workers killed or injured in 1906 and 22,840 lives lost in 17 years. The report cites explosions, falls of roof, and improper regulations as major causes, noting three vast mine disasters in recent years and urging safer practices and better information on explosives.
Mrs Wilhelmina Wente aged 81 a Fort Wayne pioneer was found lifeless in her Barr Street home Friday morning. Born in Hanover Germany in 1822 she came with her husband William Wente to America fifty four years ago settling in Marion township then Fort Wayne where he ran a meat market and erected the first brick store on Barr Street. He died in 1872 surviving relatives include nephews and nieces in Fort Wayne Grand Rapids Cleveland Chicago and other cities. She was a member of St Pauls Lutheran church Funeral services Sunday at 1 30 from the residence and 2 from St Pauls with no flowers.
Charlies Stuart, an eighteen year old Markle resident, is hospitalized at Hope with a badly shattered heel after a hunting accident. A companion fired prematurely during their rabbit hunt. the shot struck Stuart from about ten feet away. Doctors believe the foot may be saved.
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on December 21 more than 150 miners escaped drowning when flood water surged in the abandoned No 1 slope of the Lehigh Valley and Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Audenreich. Officials later recovered a Polish miner’s body believed to be the shooter who breached barriers. The flood killed nine men last July. lights failed as air grew thin and some men surfaced through two openings.
About twenty five delegates from Fort Wayne will attend the Indiana waterways convention in Indianapolis January 21 and 22. The action follows a request from Henry Tuesenberg, vice president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress for Indiana, aiming to secure a state share of anticipated federal funds for river improvements. President Roosevelt and others urged expansion of water transportation to support national commerce. A local court heard cases including a tramp charged with carrying a concealed weapon for protection against "bums" and several others with varying outcomes.
Auburn Indiana jurors return a 2600 verdict for James Parsell in a DeKalb County case against Wayne Iron and Steel for injuries from a boiler incident at the Fort Wayne plant. The jury found the plant liable after the man was scalded while inside a boiler. The trial followed a prior ruling and change of venue. Six Harrison Township schools closed due to smallpox.
Joseph C. Didier longtime Fort Wayne grocer died in Detroit at his home at age 63 after two years of declining health. Native of Shelby County Ohio he moved to Fort Wayne in 1860 and ran stores at Main and Harrison and later East Columbia Street before retiring five years ago to Detroit. Surviving wife and three children Prof A F Didier Mrs Sharman Lavanway and Slater Mary Cecile. Funeral services and interment held in Detroit Monday.
Centlivra closes two ten year leases on the Grand Central hole building at 9606 907 and 909 Calhoun street and will hold the property for a prospective tenant. Centlivra denies involvement by Centlivra Brewing in the deal and rejects rumors of a buffet and restaurant project. Leo Allen county becomes a snowy ordered post office January 3 as in Adams county.
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