Long life ended Col Richard W Thompson passes away
Terre Haute Ind Feb 9 Col Richard Wigginton Thompson died at 1 10 this morning after a day of hourly expectation His brain was paralyzed yesterday and he lay unconscious all day His son Richard W Thompson Jr of Marshall Texas will arrive tomorrow and Fred Thompson is in California at his bedside were his son Harry and two daughters Mrs D W Henry and Miss Mollie Thompson
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Terre Haute
Ind
Richard Wigginton Thompson
Roberts
Colonel Thompson
Richard W. Thompson, Jr
Marshall
Texas
Fred Thompson
California
Harry
D. W. Henry
Internal Revenue
Henry
Mollie Thompson
A Long Public Career of Col Richard W Thompson
Col Richard Wigginton Thompson of Culpeper Virginia born June 9 1809 built a public life across Indiana and national service He served in the Indiana legislature 1834 35 36 as colonel on Governor Noble’s staff He declined a second term in Congress was secretary of the navy under Hayes and later chaired the Panama Canal company He was a famed orator remembered as the Old Man Eloquent close friend of Oliver Morton and Voorhees known for his humor kindness to children and steadfast public service.
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Richard Wigginton Thompson
Culpeper County
Louisville
Lawrence County
Ind
Lawrence County Seminary
Bedford
Indiana
Thompson
Noble
Congress
Taylor
Austria
Lincoln
Hayes
Navy
Panama Canal Company
America
Vigo County
Internal Revenue
Terre Haute
Colonel Thompson
Robert C. Winthrop
Massachusetts
Bradbury
Maine
Winthrop
Governor Bradbury
Mr. Thompson
John Adams
McKinley
Hoosier State
Oliver P. Morton
Knights of the Golden Circle
H Po
de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Panama
United States
Minneapolis
Harrison
Daniel W. Voorhees
Voorhees
Senate
Northwest Indiana Beet Sugar Development Organized at North Judson
The Northwest Indiana Beet Sugar Development company formed in North Judson with local and Chicago capitalists. It plans to secure a charter and buy out the Boston based New England Beet Sugar company to revive a beet sugar project after its previous factory plan faltered due to eastern money stringency despite 6,009 acres of beets contracted.
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North Judson
Ind
Northwest Indiana Beet Sugar Development Company
Chicago
New England Beet Sugar Company
Boston
Burdock Blood Bitters touted to cure dyspepsia
An advertisement claims Burdock Blood Bitters quickly and permanently cure dyspepsia and regulate and tone the stomach. It presents the tonic as a remedy for digestive discomfort and related symptoms.
Is it a burn Use Dr Thomas Electric Oil
An advertisement fragment promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for burns and minor ailments. It suggests using the product at druggists for coughs and colds, though the text is incomplete and dated.
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Thomas
Dr. Thomas
Lawton Buried With Impressive National Tribute
Major Henry W. Lawton was buried at Arlington National Cemetery after church services at the Church of the Covenant in Washington. President McKinley and top officials attended as three thousand troops in full dress escorted the flag-draped caisson to the grave. Dr. Striker praised Lawton as an ideal American soldier, a modern Bayard, whose life embodied courage and devotion to liberty.
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Washington
Henry W. Lawton
National Cemetery
Arlington
Church of the Covenant
H. M. Striker
Hamilton College
New York
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Army
Navy
Lawton
Lawton Fund
Catafalque
McKinley
Corbin
Col. Bingham
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Pierce
Laurton
Warley
Uberty
Ana
Big Mormon Colony Planned in Wyoming Desert Basin
Cheyenne Wyoming February 9 arrangements for a major colonization project in northern Wyoming's Big Horn basin have been completed Mormon leaders secure 200000 acres under the Carey act along the Stinking Water river local canal and irrigation systems will be expanded with new canals and reservoirs hundreds of Mormon families are selling property in Utah and plan to relocate this spring with an expected immigrant flow of more than thirty thousand people this year.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Utah
Two Deaths Reported In Local Families
Lucien John Fry age 19 years 9 months dies at 256 East Washington Street from stomach trouble after three months illness. He was a Cathedral parish member and survived by his parents and seven siblings Will Frank Mary Agnes Florence Howard and Henry Fry. A second death notes an eight year old boy succumbing to membranous croup after a few days illness. his father is a traveling salesman for Moellering Bros. & Millard.
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Lucien John Fry
Henry W. Fry
East
Washington Street
Will
Frank
Mary
Agnes
Florence
Howard
Henry Fry
Deaths: John Q. Lyle at 66 in city
John Quincy Lyle longtime Bass Foundry employee died Wednesday at his home 328 East Jefferson Street of liver cancer after a seven month illness. A native of West Virginia he was 66 years old and well known in the city for his skilled toolmaking and friendship among coworkers.
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John Quincy Lyle
Bass Foundry and Machine Works
East
Jefferson Street
Mr. Lyle
West Virginia
Pioneer Whitley County resident dies at 82
John Oser, longtime Jefferson township resident and Whitley county pioneer, died at his country home near Arcola from heart trouble at age eighty two. Survived by four sons John William Frank and Michael and two daughters Mrs John Clark and another daughter. Funeral held at Arcola Catholic church at 9 30 Monday with Rev Yenn officiating.
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John Oser
Whitley County
Arcola
Oser
Jefferson Township
Father Oechtering
Yenn
Alter Named Manager Of Robison Cars Section
Albert C. Alter will head the Robison cars suspension and be in charge of excursions theatrical events and sports for the Fort Wayne Traction company next season. He previously led races and his admin isation is praised as he takes wider duties to boost attendance in Fort Wayne and nearby communities.
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L. Scott
Fort Wayne Traction Company
Robison Cars
Albert C. Alter
New Avelias House
Newsdenier
Alter
Mrs Conrad Dreyer Dies at 44 in Union Street Home
Mrs Conrad Dreyer died at 9:30 p m Tuesday at the family home 133 Union Street after kidney trouble She leaves her husband and four children.
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Conrad Dreyer
Union Street
Death of Flora Yeague at Indiana school for feeble minded youths
Flora Yeague, a 14 year old pupil at the Indiana school for feeble minded youth, died Tuesday from double pneumonia and diphtheria after a three day illness. She was sent to the institution from Bartholomew County.
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Flora Yeague
Indiana School For
Bartholomew County
Death of J B Messe in Van Wert Ohio
Word was received in this city Thursday of the death at Van Wert Ohio of J B Messe. The deceased was formerly a resident of Fort Wayne and was well known. He was a member of Sumit City lodge No 36 A O U W.
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van Wert
J. B. Messe
Fort Wayne
Sumit City
U. W
Otis to be Detached as Philippines Governor General
A Washington dispatch says Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis will leave his post as governor general of the Philippines and commander of the Pacific department after the arrival of the new Philippine commission. He seeks a respite and will be relieved after the commission arrives in Manila, likely late April or early May. Arthur MacArthur is expected to succeed, with the commission under the War Department. The Taft commission's powers mark a shift in administration policy and place the Philippines under domestic authority.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Elwell S. Otis
The
Philippines
Department of the Pacific
Philippine Commission
United States
Otis
War Department
Arthur MacArthur
Death of Josiah Henry in Washington township
Josiah Henry died at 10 o clock Thursday morning at his brother in law John Oswald s home in Washington township four miles northwest of the city. He was sixty three years old and death was caused by inflammation of the bowels. Henry had recently moved to this county from Tennessee. There is no surviving family.
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Josiah Henry
John Oswald
Washington Township
Henry
Tennessee
Mrs Maud Ward Dies at 27 After Week of Illness
Mrs Maud Ward wife of Charles Ward died at 7 o clock Friday morning at 31 Smith Street from heart trouble after a weeklong illness. She was 27 years old and survived by her husband and one son. She was a daughter of William McMullen.
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Maud Ward
Charles Ward
Smith Street
Death of Mrs Sophie Goertz at 30 in Marion township
Mrs Sophie Goertz wife of Theodore Goertz died of consumption Friday morning at her home 68 Pontiac street aged 30 years 1 month 13 days She was daughter of the late Ernest Pruesse of Marion township and leaves a husband and a nine year old daughter.
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Sophie Goertz
Theodore Goertz
Pontiac Street
Elyia Liquid Cream Balm Announcement
Advertises Elyia Liquid Cream Balm for nasal use with atomizers. The liquid version includes a spraying tube and is priced at 75 cents. It claims rapid absorption and retains the medicinal properties of the solid preparation. Sold by druggists or by mail.
Judge Vesey Warns Attorneys in Will Case
Judge Vesey summoned lawyers in the Nestel will case and warned that parties connected to the suit had been seen with jurors. The dispute centered on possible contact, with all sides denying impropriety. Trial appearances suggest at least ten more days of proceedings ahead.
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Vesey
Nestel
Pri
Rosenthal and Fasnice Divorces Granted in Maysville Court
Judge O Rourke granted Moses Rosenthal a divorce from Ilda Rosenthal with custody of their child. In a separate case Clara B Fasnice was granted a divorce from Niscni B Fasuite and allowed to resume her maiden name Clara B Minnich. both families reside in Maysville.
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O'Rourke
Moses Rosenthal
Ilda Rosenthal
Clara B. Fasnice
Niscni
Clara B. Minnich
Maysville
Court Notes From Fort Wayne Court Actions
Multiple cases scheduled in Fort Wayne courts include John Suelzer vs City of Fort Wayne with a mandatory examination on February 13 at 10 a.m. The late Michael Ehle’s will leaves all to children with a $20 monthly wife support, executor William Ehle named. Several road disputes, divorce petitions, and trial dates set for February 9, 16, 19, and 20. custody and support orders issued in Thekla Nebur case. final administrator reports filed for Ernest Heinig and Henry C. Graffe estates. note on a $1,600 note suit by Cyrus H. Barker. Shultz vs Houk trial set for February 22.
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John Suelzer
City of
Fort Wayne
Breen & Morris
Michael Ehle
William Ehle
Reuss
Washington Township
Jacobs Road
John Forbing
John MacIntosh
John J. Reed
John P. Evans
J. F. Schell
Circuit Court
Ora Shannon
Beirthe Shannon
J. E. KR
France
August Nanne
Justice France
Frank Jeobison
Johnson
George
Hiram Porter
John Pvans
O'Rourke
Vesey
Thekla Nebur
John Nebur
Millie
Theodore
Mary
User
Cedfry Creek
John Hensinger
Herman Leschner
Ernest Heinig
Cecelia H. Graffe
Henry C. Graffe
Cyrus H. Barker
William E. Mossmen
Harper & Wilson
O’rourke
William H. Shultz
Joseph C. Houk
Frightful Blunder Promises Quick Healing Salve
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as a remedy to kill pain and heal burns, cuts, scalds, fever sores, ulcers and boils. It claims to cure skin eruptions and piles, sold by Dreier & Bros. druggists for 26 cents a box with a cure guaranteed.
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Dreier & Bros
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