Pioneer James G. Weaver Dies at 86 in Fort Wayne
James G. Weaver a longtime Allen county resident and May ville blacksmith for nearly fifty years died Friday afternoon at his daughter's home after a paralytic stroke. Born October 7 1820 in Berks county Pennsylvania he moved to Allen county in 1851 with his wife Mary Druckenmiller. An Odd Fellow for over sixty years he helped rebuild a shop after a fire and remained active well into his 80s. He leaves four children eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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James G. Weaver
Allen County
Maysville
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Jacob J. Stier
East Lewis Street
Mr. Weaver
Jimmy” Weaver
Fort Wayne
Berks County
Pennsylvania
Mary Druckenmiller
Smith
John Driesback
Leipsic
Ohio
J. J. Stier
W. O. Ford
Indianapolis
James V. Weaver
al- Tae
Indian Territory
Teachers Diploma Ceremony At Fort Wayne Normal School
Commencement at the Fort Wayne Normal School held at 2 PM in the high school auditorium. Diplomas awarded to Lillian Foster Alice Garrity Irma Kiefer Grace McMillan Jessie Perry and Marie Zucker. J N Study presided, W W Parsons of Terre Haute gave the principal address, diplomas conferred by Dr. W O Gross.
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Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
City
W. O. Gross
Clavering Crew Toll Rises After Tees Landing
London reports that lifeboats reached 24 of the Clavering’s crew ashore at the Tees mouth including Captain Scott. Nine Lascars died of exposure, later revised to 29 drowned. The vessel lies breaking up. Capt. Baltz fears his Bluffton home has been repeatedly set ablaze in two weeks.
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London
Hartlepool
The
Tees
Scott
F. F. Baltz
Bluffton
Horse and buggy wrecked by two trains near Maples crossing
William Knepper riding a horse and buggy was struck Thursday by Pennsylvania passenger train No. 8 between Maples and Monroeville at the Marquardt crossing. The horse died in the wreck, its remains strewn for a mile. Knepper was taken to Monroeville, then to St Joseph hospital. injuries are cuts and bruises, not serious, with recovery expected in about a week.
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William Knepper
Pennsylvania
Maples
Monroeville
Marquardt Crossing
Knepper
City
St. Joseph Hospital
Martha Eschenbach Found Dead in Rocking Chair
Hammond Ind Feb 1 the dead body of Mrs Martha Eschenbach was found seated in a rocking chair in the bathroom of the family home by her husband Frank T Eschenbach a prominent local business man. Police believe she ended her life by turning on the gas after barring the door. The Eschenbach family is prominent in German lodges and social circles.
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Hammond, Ind
Martha Eschenbach
Frank T. Eschenbach
Bachenbachs
Northern Indiana News and Gossip Bites
Series of short items from northern Indiana notes include fighting trade stamp firms exit from a city, a Decatur restaurant fire causing 500 dollars damage, and a battle creek hospital patient improving. Also report leasing of Hight Mile Bottom for a summer resort in Ossian, Kendallville Canning Co officers, a Crown Point jail kerosene lamp blaze, and the sheriff’s wife helping prisoners with a jail fire.
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Baker & Anderson
Decatur
Battle Creek Sanitarium
R. P. Barr
Kendallville
Ossian Commercial Club
Jowland
Kendallville Canning Company
Lisbon
Grand Rapids Railroad
A. C. Brouse
A.D. Martin
W. L. Baughman
J. N. Shook
Cleveland to lead life insurance reform group
Grover Cleveland was elected chairman of the newly formed Association of Life Insurance Presidents. He will also serve as chief counsel and referee among participating companies for a salary of 25000 dollars yearly. He remains trustee of Equitable Life with no new compensation. J W Barry may become secretary.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
United States
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Cleveland
Equitable Life Assurance Society
J. W. Barry
Insurance
Michigan
Earthquake Rocks Solomon Islands With No Loss of Life
San Francisco reports a severe Solomon Islands earthquake months ago that opened the earth and formed deep gorges altering the island landscape. Governor C B L Moore, who brought the news from Samoa, said the tremor lasted several minutes and may be the heaviest recorded. no casualties reported.
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San Francisco
SoloMon Islands
C. B. L. Moore
Oceanic Company
Sierra
Samoa
Apia
Solomon Group
South Seas
Subsidies Decide Winona to Fort Wayne Route
Winona Lake Indiana feb 1 Dr Sol C Dickey clarifies reports on the interurban line to Fort Wayne stating the january 25 vote favored the northern route but did not decide it. Subscriptions and subsidies totaling 100000 dollars are required to pay two years interest. townships along the northern route must vote subsidies or alternate routes will be pursued.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
Fort Wayne
Sol. C. Dickey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winona Movement
Gerding Rescues Horse From Frigid River Plunge
Louis W. Gerding, Lake township farmer, nearly drowned while trying to save his horse in St. Marys river at Elm street. The horse broke through ice, dragged by a dozen people, then dragged from the water uninjured. Gerding was rescued by neighbors and cared for at a Bliff street residence after exposure. Police aided in the incident. the buggy suffered little damage. Gerding had been ill with grip and came to the city for medicine.
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Louis W. Gerding
Lake Township
St. Mary's River
Elm Street
Blair Jstreet
Gerding
Thees
Bliff Street
Geo. Heller
Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway Enters Waterloo
The Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway company has selected its entrance into Waterloo and will actively push the extension from Auburn as soon as weather permits.
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Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway Company
Waterloo
Auburn
Fire disrupts noon meals at Maryland lunch room
A basement fire in the Swinney block at 117 East Main Street interrupted a noon crowd eating at the Maryland lunch room and Goslee clothing store. Firemen quickly controlled the blaze. damage is expected to be nominal and only threatens the basement rubbish pile origin.
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Maryland Lunch Room
East Main Street
Swinney
Wayne Building Company
Goslee Clothing Establishment
Hilbrecht
Fort Wayne Churches Plan Hope Hospital Day
Fort Wayne churches will designate February 24 as Hope Hospital Day to support the institution. A meeting with hospital officials and church representatives outlined the plan and stressed community aid as benefits may follow. Attendees included clergy from Grace Reformed First Methodist First Baptist First Presbyterian Wayne Street Methodist Congregational African Methodist and others.
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Hope Hospital
Fort Wayne
A. K. Zartman
Grace Reformed Church
Charles Rowand
First Methodist
F.C. Wech
First Baptist
C. A. Dunkelberg
First Presbyterian
Riordan accuses motorman of assault in Bluffton car
John Riordan of Sheldon files serious charges against Motorman Bickel of the Bluffton line. He says a head wound and scalp injuries came from rough handling with a controller crank during a dispute after refusing to pay a second fare. Riordan’s affidavit notes unconsciousness and multiple blows. A warrant issued. Also, Mode Gas Engine seeks to block DeKalb officials from selling Auburn era real estate for delinquent taxes, arguing nonliability due to disannexation.
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John Riordan
Sheldon
Bickel
Bluffton
Riordan
Mode Gas Engine Company
Auburn
Fort
DeKalb
DeKalb County
Fort Wayne Electric plans four big shops cost over 470000
General Manager J. J. Wood of Fort Wayne Electric outlines plans for a new factory on Broadway comprising four mammoth buildings with estimated cost slightly above 470000 not including equipment. He tours eastern plants to decide between reinforced concrete or steel brick wood structures, aims for March start, and says the expanded works would boost the workforce to about 2500 people, doubling current numbers.
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J. J. Wood
Fort Wayne Electric Company
Broadway
Wood
New York City
Harrison
Schenectady
N.Y
New Briton
Hartford
Conn
Massachusetts
Maine
Fort Wayne
Wellman
Mystery birth claim shocks Servia community in Indiana
In Wabash County a Servia woman Mrs Middleton claimed a newborn girl was hers, but doctors Dr Leila Andrews and Dr Balsbaugh determined the infant was two to three days old and not born to Mrs Middleton. She later confessed she obtained the child in Fort Wayne and offered few other details, amid widespread speculation and secrecy.
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Wabash
Ind
Servia
North Manchester Journal
EH Middleton
Leila Andrews
Huntington
Middleton
Fort Warne
Lagro
Windy to Winsome Wells in Indiana legislature portrait
The Indianapolis News features Hon. W. S. Wells, dubbed Windy Wells then Winsome Wells, praised for his broad smile and steering skills. At Fort Wayne he guides visitors and suburban sales, while in the session he wins admiration as a notable representative who finds flowers at the opening.
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Hon
W. S. Wells
Hubbard
Indianapolis News
Windy Wells Jonce
Wells
Williams
Fort Wayne
Allen County
Wee Winsome
Shebness
Nation ownership of railways discussed in San Francisco
San Francisco leaders and Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane debated the future of government ownership of railroads. Lane cautioned that such a day would be distant if the ICC operates fairly and avoids political entanglements. Railroad spokesmen urged strict enforcement of laws and pledged support if the commission acts as a capable, neutral judge.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce
Franklin K. Lane
Lane
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. C. Stubbs
Congress
Syrian man learns hard lesson in American banco game
A Syrian immigrant named George Ember arrived with $150 cash and a plan to co own a bawdy house. The deal collapsed when partner Phil Fisher failed to bring funds and vanished with a $100 check later. Fisher promised $340 of $500 investment but fled after Ember’s money was moved to a local house of ill repute. The episode ends with Fisher’s continued absence and J F Eichholtz retiring after 41 years at North Manchester shoe shop.
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George Ember
Banco
Flim Fiam
Phil Fisher
Fisher
Ember
Jesson
Reward Offered for Detecting Opium in Dr Miles Remedies
A five thousand dollar reward is offered to anyone who can detect even a trace of opium chloral morphine cocaine ether chloroform heroin cocaine cannabis indica or chloral hydrate or derivatives in any Dr Miles Remedies in original unopened packages. The notice cites false claims and includes anecdotal testimonials from customers about headache relief and assurance from Miles Medical Co that the first package will benefit or money back.
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Miles
Philadelphia
Tacoma Street
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Decatur Line Begins Its Passenger Service
Regular interurban service between Fort Wayne and Decatur on the Fort Wayne and Springfield traction line debuted Friday. Car No. 3 carried about twenty five passengers reaching Decatur at 4:45 pm after leaving Fort Wayne at 9:15 am, with three hour schedule to start. Mo terman Smith and Conductor Stroud led the inaugural run amid local cheers. John B. Crawford assumed new role as superintendent of transportation for the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley lines, stationed at the Pearl street freight station, as he begins mapping the local system.
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Fort Wayne
Decatur
Springfield
No. 3
Moterman Smith
Stroud
Fort Weyne
R. Mason
Cleveland Chamber Commerce
Indiana
Ifr
Mason
Indianapolis
Anderson
Muncie
Hoosier
Ohio
Indiana Road
Cleveland
John B. Crawford
Fort Wayne and
Wabash Valley
Hnes
Mr. Crawford
New
Pearl Street
Millionaire Meyers Dies in Yankton With Stocks In Pocket
New Orleans multimillionaire George B. Meyers died in Yankton South Dakota. He carried Standard Oil stocks valued at $1,000,000 on his person. He had moved here six months earlier to pursue a divorce set to be filed within a week. Wealth details were largely unknown beyond the stock find.
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Yankton
S. D
George B. Meyers
New Orleans
Standard Oil
Mr. Meyers
Poisoning case named in Evansville grand jury
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney O R Luhring presented the Saulman poisoning case to the Evansville grand jury on February 1. A jealous married witness testified for hours and letters threatening the Saulman girl were noted. The husband was summoned. A young man close to Miss Saulman, who aided her before death, may testify. Handwriting experts will evaluate the letters as the jury weighs a true bill.
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Evansville
Ind
O. R. Luhring
Saulmar
Miss Saulman
Miss Sauiman
Disastrous Railway Wreck Near Black Lick
Westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight train and nearby Pan Handle freight collided near Black Lick causing two trains to burn. Fire broke out as locals and farmers labor to control the blaze. agent reports no life logs.
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Columbus
Baltimore and Ohio
Columbus & Newark
Pennsylvania Road
Black Lick
This County
Ilfe
Dayton Man Hospitalized After Gas Fatalities at Home
John McCaus lands at 8 hospital in critical condition after a gas leak caused the death of his wife, brother, and two children. They were found at 154 Ringgold Street by a physician who came to see a child. The incident occurred on February 1.
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Dayton, O
John McCauslands
Ringgold Street
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Mouth of the Tees
Hammond
Northern
Big Insurance Association
England
St. Mary’s River
Babe
Mar. Wells
Bayan
Commoner
Commerce
J. F. Eichholtz
North Manchester
Decatur Line
Dakota
Saulman Cane
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