Allen County Court Grants Saloon Licenses In Dry Grabill
In Cedar Creek township, Lloyd Hursh received a saloon license after a earlier dry period. The board, hearing objections from the Anti Saloon League, overruled them and approved the license. Also postponed for Frank Disier in Harsh Town and noted a divorce case involving Burton Weaver. Charles McKinzie was sentenced for grand larceny.
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Commissioners’ Court
Lloyd Hursh
Grabill
Cedar Creek
James A. Graham
Anil Saloon League
Harshtown
Kip
Wis
Waite suit seeks maiden name restoration and cites strong drink
Lena M. Waite sues Perry G. Waite claiming association with a negress and insulted her while urging return to parents. They wed Nov 13, 1902, separated yesterday, Waite seeks maiden name Wehnert. She blames his drinking and failure to provide for her. In Dorsey vs White depositions, Judge Heaton was asked to intervene as witnesses refused to answer.
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GA ‘Umber
Lena M. Waite
Perry G. Waite
Wehnert
Albert Dorsey
Alexander White
Law actions and trials fill Fort Wayne docket
A busy Fort Wayne superior court week features verdicts for defendants in a damage suit involving Anna Bill against Lima Toledo and Ohio Electric. divorce filings between Edwin Holder and Anna Holder. Treuchet pleads guilty to meter jumper fraud. and a struck jury trial set for Dessie Pettyjohn against Fort Wayne Box Co. plus several grand jury probes into jail offenses and delinquent tax notices.
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Superior Court
Anna Bill
Jacob
Bill
Lima
Toledo
Ohio Electric Companies
Lne
Heaton
R. K. Erwin
Edwin C. Holder
Anna Holder
W. C. Ryan
Olive Shuster
Charles Shuster
Dessie Pettyjohn
Fort Wayne Box Company
Henry
Guy Colerick
Zollars
Allen county tax sale closes in record speed
The smallest tax sale in Allen county history opened Monday in the county treasurer’s office and finished in one day. Advertising in all daily papers helped collect cash and correct prior transfer mistakes. Wallen real estate faced declines after a jot was passed up. In court, Mutual Manufacturing sued Allen G. Dunton over a bill of 140 for soaps and perfumes. John Linzie, convicted of grand larceny, was moved to Michigan City. Eva Vigus filed for divorce from William H. Vigus, then withdrew the complaint.
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C. E. Simmonds
Emma Thompson
Allen County
Wallen
Mutual Manufacturing Company
Allen G. Dunton
Dunton
Simmonds Defied Court In Damages Suit Over Signed Note
Emma Thompson sued Dr. C E Simmonds in Lyric theater building for $2000 claiming he detained her and forced signing a note after charging $75 for dental work. Jury verdict set at $200 amid questions from jurors about work quality. Judge allowed jurors to question witnesses as to the case. Simmonds absent. located in Logansport.
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C. E. Simmonds
Superior Court
Emma Thompson
Lyric Theater
Heaton
Simmonds
Logansport
Nierman
Herman Nierman
Calrhoun Street
Charles‘ ~Centlivre
Julia
A. ’ Lang
Indictments Return in Grand Jury Case Load
The grand jury returned eight indictments before noon led by John B. Scott charged with first degree murder. Edward Lassus faces robbery charges for holding up West Main street butcher William H. Lampe. Fred McElfatrick has two indictments for conspiracy to steal tied to Pennsylvania company brags theft. John Magner charged with assault and battery with criminal intent after attacking a Swedish woman on Harrison street. Henry Paynter accused of attempting a criminal assault on a young woman at the Pennsylvania station weeks ago.
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John B. Scott
Edward Lassus
William H. Lampe
West Main Street
Fred" McElfatrick
Pennsylvania Company
John Magner
Harrison Street
Henry Paynter
Pennsylvania Station
Reichelderfer
Frank Hettinger
Jeffersonville
William Yarnelle
Charles McKinzie
Walter Miller
Frederick Gumpert
O'Rourke
Ed Lassus
Jeffersonville Reformatory
William H. Lampke
Oliver Babcock
G. L. Hobson
Henry Painter
Ira Ort
County grand jury omits indictment in watch theft case
The grand jury found no indictment for Anthony Fox charged with stealing a watch at a hotel on South Calhoun Street and ordered his release. They praised the county jail and infirmary management and proposed minor repairs. In other court actions Melvin Johnson won $80 against Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction for injuries, Dessie Pettyjohn's suit against Fort Wayne Box Co. settled for $200, and William Yarnelle received a 1 to 14 year sentence after pleading guilty in a separate hold up case.
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August A. Franke
West Wayne Street
Edward
Treuchet
Joseph Treuchet
Charles Guild
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Reichelderfer
O’rourke
William H. Yarnelle
Decatur
Illinois Institution
John A. Lee
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Charlie McKinzie
John Linzie
Michigan City
David King
Clinton Street
Wabash Company
Anna I. Hollder
Edwin C. Hollder
Anthony Fox
Calhoun Street
County Infirmary and Orphans
Melvin Johnson
No.15
Robinson & Luecke
Dessie Pettyjohn
Fort Wayne Box Company
O'Rourke
Charles McKinzie
Plainfield
Turbulent divorce case shocks superior court audience
Minnie A. Bittsberger sues William H. Bittsberger in a sensational divorce proceeding described as the worst in Judge Heaton’s experience. The trial exposes alleged cruel treatment, wage handovers, debt, and custody disputes with a city-court crowd and many onlookers, including some women witnesses and a police court regular as an observer.
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Minnie A. Bittsberger
William H. Bittsberger
Spains
Florencs Bischoff
Penn William
Bischoft
Court actions mix divorces, assault warrant, and licenses
The circuit and superior courts handle divorces for Charlotte Sunderland and a long-absent spouse, while a warrant is issued for William Knepper after an ax chase. Other cases include burglary, grand larceny, and assault trials with March and December trial dates, plus multiple marriage licenses listed.
Birth notices and Peru Furniture and Embalming company
The column records multiple births with parental names and addresses including Riverside avenue Lafayette street St. Joe road 1350 Eliza street and Wallen plus a note that Peru Furniture and Embalming company in Peru Indiana is forming a retail furniture and undertaking business with $13000 capital stock and incorporators Hush Mc Caffery Joan O. Fisher Matthew F. Harris and Patrck J. Burke.
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Charles Beck
Riverside Avenue
C. W. Steckbeck
Lafayette Street
Herbert Leonard
St. Joe Road
Joseph Conrad
Eliza Street
Elmer Cook
Wallen
Indiana
Peru Furniture and Embalming Company
Peru
Hush McCaffery
Joan O. Fisher
Matthew F. Harris
Patrck J. Burke
Money 7 Percent Loan On Real Estate or Personal Security
C F Pfeiffer offers a seven percent loan against real estate or personal security from rooms 67 in the Bass Block.
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C. F. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ginghams
Rurode Dry Goods Co
Allen County Courts
Burton Weaver
Mary Weaver
Wells Fargo~Express Company
Kit
Emrick
McKinzie
Charles
Tareeny
Jefferson
Eva Vigus
William H. Vigus
S. M. Hench
Lincoln’s. Birthday
Moyer Drug Store
Meyer
SY Penrhyn Stanlaws
Charlotte Sunderland
John Sunderland
Knepper
William Knepper
Cordeway
Schonefeld
Hlinosis Road
Albert F. Cartwright
Bertha L. Fremion
Joseph M. Oswald
Elsie M. Ellenwood
Leo G. Schirmeyer
Agnes V. Arantz
Charles P. Sarrazine
Farmer
Alberta B. Cornielle
Claude FP. Kinder
Zannetta Pequignet
Sherman, P. Stultz
Lesaut
Facigne
Paepea
Ewriss
the Enterprise Lard Press
Universal Food
H. Pfeiffer & Son
Columbia, St
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