Local Notes Highlight Residents and City News
George Jaap the contractor resumes activity after illness while E H Parker of the auditor's office is off duty due to sickness. The Dispatch office moves to 35 Schmitz block and editor Mitchell plans rooms. Fire damages Indiana University boiler house with a $1200 loss. The Indiana university blaze and other local events are detailed along with social visits, auctions, and civic meetings.
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George Jaap
E. H. Parker
Auditor's Office
Fred McBride
Bluffton
Mr. McBride
Perriguay
Mary Zuber
Chestnut Street
Jefferson Township
Mitchell
Dispatch
Schmitz Block
John B. Manning
Chicago
Western Fruit Company
Judge Ayres
Indianapolis
Court House
Dull Crime Month Yields to Courtroom Battles and Local News
City officials report the dullest month in fifteen years with few arrests and no police court activity. The piece details numerous civil suits and divorces, a church fight decision, an injury case, a ward on a factory accident, a counterfeit iron shop incident, and a high number of minor legal actions across Allen and nearby counties.
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Wilkinson
Franke
Col. Zollinger
Burglars Blow Open Williamsport Store Safe
The E A Biggs store in Williamsport was entered between 1 and 3 a m last Wednesday. About 500 dollars in goods were stolen and about 1 dollar in pennies and two mail keys were taken from the post office in the room. The post office safe was blown open with a fuse and powder causing a loud explosion heard across town. Suspects fled east along the Wabash track dropping jewelry. two shots were fired at the burglars by Wm Swartz but missed.
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P. A. Randall
Seyrixet
Hornung Brewery
Harrison Street
Teenges
Maumee Avenue
Newspaper Union
Carnahan
Tillo
Fort Wayne
E. A. Biggs
Williamsport
Wm. Swartz
Governor Chase Seeks War Treasury Offsets for Indiana
The Indianapolis Journal reports Governor Chase is hopeful about recovering Indiana’s balance of 46000 from direct tax and possibly 760000 from interest and discounts paid during the Civil War. He argues before Judge Parker in Washington on the direct tax offset with a decision awaited, and officials believe the department may rule there is no offset.
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Chase
East
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana
State Treasury
Washington
Parker
Department of Justice
Department
Death of Mythic Local Figure Wolford Sparks County Burial
Christiaan Wolford, a well known town character, died Friday after a peculiar illness marked by incessant hiccoughs during his final 36 hours. A post mortem was held at Undertaker Peltier's with Dr Proegler in charge. No relatives claimed the body. county funds will cover burial as the medical college declined the remains. Wolford, a quirked old German, was the longtime sheriff candidate.
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Jamaica
Henry Partner
Liberty Mills
Indiana University
Bloomington
Thompson
John Reichmer
Spruce Creek
Huntingdon County
Jeremiah Kersner
Read
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Humane Society
Wm. Bassett
Markle
Ind
John Bassett
American Wheel Works
Fenness Miller
Masonic Temple
Congregational Church
John Pitink
North Side
Marion
Ina
William Mellon
Three Rivers
Mich
Fort Wayne
Wayne
Leeper
Ferdinand Barnkamp
Windlace Street
Jennie Biggs
Hoagland, Ltd
George Joudt
L. P. Scherer
William Johnson
Hope Hospital
John Fredrickson
Swinney Block
East Main Street
E. Hi. Shanks
Church of God
Charles Ayers
Lafayette Street
Charles W. Orr
Hamilton National Bank
Y. P
Second Presbyterian Church
Rk. W. Smythe
D. F. Bower
W. HE. Creighton
Yarnelle
Nieschang
J.B. Manning
Knights of St. John
F. P. Bradley
Cincinnati
Timothy Nolan
Cleveland
Manning
Western Fruit Company
Rifles
White Bank
Julius C. Sarran
Central Chandelier Company
Toledo
W. BP. Cooper
Borton Institute
Warsaw
Chicago
Armour & Co
Swift & C O
Calhoun
Dock Streets
Alex. Freeman
Wabash County
Freeman
Ohio State Line
Allen County
Paulding County
Sylvanus Struck
Superior Court
Auburn
Esher-Dubs
Shepard
Indianapolis
Esher
Bowman
George Hussar
George Schweicker
Dubs
Noble Street
George Davis
Cline
Clara Dressel
Tresselt
Justice Wilkinson
Davis
Sam Wallace
Lafayette
United States Mint
Wm. C. Siebold
Mary H. Mills
Solomon A Argerbright
Emma Argerbright
Randall & Doughman
John Baltes
Henry Newhaus
George W. Herman
Wabash Railroad Company
Swayne
Walton Avenue
Musgrave Insurance
Terre Haute
Supreme Court
McDonald
Nedianapolis
Mrs. Me
Christiaan Wolford
Mgr. Wolford
Medical College
Wolford
Way
Fort Wayne Meat Prices Benchmark Low on Pork Barrel
A 200 pound barrel of No. 1 mess pork brings $9.50 per barrel, or a penny per pound, a price never seen before. Fort Wayne buyers await fresh lots as market shows record low level for pork.
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