Long-Range Views Share Spotlight In Detroit Era News
W C Maybury ex mayor of Detroit addresses lay conference urging continued church support and mission work. New reports discuss a wind visible South American cactus flower, Boston girls forming a law and order city, and debates over Lincoln birthday observance. Also covered are municipal waste burning for bridge lighting, Longworth health, and a fiscal note on ministers and churches across denominations.
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W. C. Maybury
Detroit
Bast
Williamsboro
New York Tribune
John McGaw Woodbury
France delays second division battleships to 1907
The minister, after consulting the marine council, postpones the laying down of units in the second division to 1907. France plans three new battleships of 18,000 tons with 19 knot speed and armament of four 803 mm guns and 12 240 mm guns, aligning with anticipated chamber approval.
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Counsell Superieur de la Marine
Fratee
France
Frank Bowers Caught by Police in Indiana Grand Jury Indictment
Frank X Bowers a well digger formerly of Arcola and Fort Wayne was arrested in Indianapolis and brought to Fort Wayne to face a grand jury indictment charging incest and perjury. He reportedly married Nora Parker his niece on July 4 last year amid prior humane officer reports and later fled Fort Wayne before being located.
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Frank X Bowers
Rormerly
Arcola
Pmt
Wayne
Indianapolis
Hartel
Bowers
Nora Parker
Fort Wayne
Jesse Grice
Mate
Gul
Hye
Arcota
New Field Guns for Army Explained by Ordnance Chief
Washington reports General Grogier head of the ordnance department testified to a sub committee on appropriations detailing the field gun update adopted two years ago The new gun fires a heavier projectile with a longer recoil period reducing carriage movement and enabling a rate of fire up to fifteen rounds per minute He aims to equip 280 batteries for a five hundred thousand man army at a moderate pace with completion projected for 1919.
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Washington
Grogier
Ordnance Department
Houses
Committee On Appropriations
Anm
Regular Army
Foreclosure filed on $6 million gas system bonds
Foreclosure action filed in U S circuit court seeks to foreclose mortgages totaling about 6 million dollars plus interest on a network of gas properties across Indiana and Ohio. Bonds are issued for Lima Gas Light and related companies with collateral in several counties. Default on interest triggers full due amount.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
United States
Central Trust Company of
New York
Jay
Randolph
Delaware
Tippecanoe
Clinton
Cass
Miami
Howard
Tipton
Grant
Adams
Blackford
Wabash
Montgomery
Boone
Hamilton
Marion
Mercer
Auglaize
Allen and Darke
Lima, O, Gas Light Company
Wapakeneta Natural
Wapakoneta Company
Celina Gas Company
North Mercer Natural Gas Company
Tama Gas Company
St Mary's Clas Company
Tama Gas, Company
Fort Wayne Land Improvement Company Holds Annual Meeting
The Fort Wayne Land Improvement company met this morning at the German-American National Bank offices. A board of directors was elected: M. Foster ly N Foster, A D Cressler, J Ball, W E Mossman, A Poster, and F i Taft. The board will meet later to elect officers.
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Fort Wayne Land Improvement Company
German-American National Bank
Messrs . M. Foster Ly N Foster
A.D. Cressler
J. Ball
W. E Mossman
A. Poster
F. i Taft
Henry Koch Chosen President of Labor Day Observance
Fort Wayne labor leaders plan Friday meeting to form an auxiliary to aid the central body. Henry C Lehnert proposed the plan, with Monty Koch as chairman J F Reiling secretary and H C Lehnert treasurer. A Labor Day celebration in Swinney park was sought, and unions like broom makers brace for new formations.
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Fort Wayne
Retben S. Patterson
Detroit
Elks Lodge 16th Anniversary Social At Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Fort Wayne lodge No 155 BPOE celebrated its sixteenth anniversary with a social session Monday evening. About two hundred Elks attended with Major G W Wilson as toastmaster. An elaborate luncheon preceded a program of impromptu addresses and musical numbers. Eleven charter members remain living. The lodge now lists 600 members and Albert Alley serves as exalted ruler.
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Fort Wayne Lodge No 155
BPOB
S. M. Foster
D.¢ Stout
FT Zollars
Ronald Dawson
Messrs
A C Alter
Harry Bogart
Maurice Niezer
James J Dormer
Otto Ortieb
Frank Schwieters
William P Leydon
Carl Rastatter
Fort Wayne
W Wilson
O. B Wiley
Byron Hattersley
George H. Brown
Austin Darrow
F C Boltz
C F. Freese
Louis Hellbroner
Gus Rabus
George Ewing
Albert Alley
Novelty Aquash Biscuits and Evening Cookery Guide
This readable fragment lists recipes and food notes including aquash biscuits requiring aquash, flour, yeast, and milk. kidney beans with drying instructions. fry pan bean dish with parsley and paprika. rye shortcakes with molasses and cream. Thickened Cream beverage. Dream of English Walnut soup with stock and nut pulp. and a whist game anecdote tied to King Henry VI.
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WE Morgan
Bowser Shows His Authority Over Snow Cleanup Clash
A tale from 1908 follows Mr Bowser who defiantly enforces a snow removal ordinance. He clears his own and neighbors walks, confronts a new neighbor, and faces opposition from townsfolk while vowing to uphold civic duties.
Ulery Haas Wedding Held At Bride's Home
Miss Elida M Ulery and Charlee M Haas wed Sunday noon at the bride's father home. Attendants were Joseph Ulery by Rey E A Bunner, Nora Feaser, and Anna Garber. Relatives and close friends attended. bride formerly lived in Hoagland.
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Husa-Ulrey
Elida M. Ulery
Charlee M. Haas
Joseph Ulery
Rey E. A. Bunner
Nora Feaser
Anna Garber
Hoagland
Snowed Under by Bowser’s Snow Ordinance War
In a comic neighborhood saga, Mr. Bowser confronts rival households over snow clearing, threats of fines, and heated disputes. After being thwarted by households Holt and Blunt, and with Mrs. Bowser causing further trouble, Bowser is mobbed and buried in snow, resolving to seek legal counsel and return home.
Hig One Chance
A light dialogue features a girl friend declaring she would marry any old thing for encouragement. The brief exchange appears in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch item or feature.
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Mins
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Autocrat questions discipline on public opinion
A quoted interchange shows the czar denying explicit meaning yet insisting on enforcing the pretense that all should appear to share his view. The exchange labels obedience to authority as a matter of necessary discipline within the state. The source, New York Life, presents a period tone.
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New York
Notable Residents Plan Westward Move in Jackson Township
From Jackson township, two well known locals Mr. and Mrs. Hugs will reside west of the city. The Egypt population on July 1, 1904 stood at 112,447 foreigners and 10,086 natives, with about 802,000 Bedouins noted. data reflect a diverse demographic mix.
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Jackson Township
Mrs
Hugs
Egypt
Noted Pianist Disappears From Home in Chicago
World renowned pianist Mrs Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler vanished from her Chicago home amid melanolia fears. Police aided by husband Sigmund Zeisler scoured the Hyde Park area. she reappeared by afternoon exhausted and unable to account for her movements. The musician, once to perform in Fort Wayne in April, has long battled nervous collapse and worsening eyesight amid a celebrated career and social prominence.
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Chicago
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler
Pollee
Hunt
Hyde Park
Mrs. Zeisler
Mr. Zeisler
Zeisler
Siberia
Europe
Sigmund Zelsler
Zeleler
Law
Morning Musical
Fort Wayne
Paderewaki
Hel River Sunday School Elects Township Officers
A Sunday school convention in Hel River township held over Saturday and Sunday at Aii drew good attendance and practical talks. Officers elected include President Binier A. Fleck, Vice President Otto Colton, Secretary and Treasurer Charles QO. Guitto, Superintendent of Home Department George Falk, and Superintendent of Primary Department Mrs Effa McBride.
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Eel River Township
Hel River Township
Aii
Binier A. Fleck
Otto Colton
Charles QO. Guitto
Home Department
George ‘Falk
Wilkinson to Depart Cincinnati for Health in Asheville
Wilmer W. Wilkinson of Cincinnati son of Mr and Mrs T B Wilkinson will leave at once for Asheville North Carolina for his health. He has been in failing health for months and a South stay may benefit him. He formerly ran a dining car on the Nickel Plate and for two years held a similar job with the Chesapeake and Ohio at Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs T S Wilkinson have just returned from a visit with their son in Old City?
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Mr. Bowser
Holt
Mana
Mrs. Bowser
Troman
M. Quad
Wilmer W. Wilkinson
Cincinnati
T. B. Wilkinson
Asheville
N. C
Wilkinson
South
Chesapeake & Ohio Road
Mar
Oidcianati
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