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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
7
Madrid reports the liberal bloc pins hopes on church state reform and public education to advance national progress while Premier Canarias faces potential fall. If he loses, opponents may pursue monarchic overthrow, including political assassinations as a preliminary phase.
Crawfordsville Indiana February reports superintendent Lugraeue N Hines chairs the Northern Indiana Teachers Association executive committee and has prepared the twenty eighth annual meeting program to run four days in Fort Wayne. Highlights include lectures by Shackleton and George Allen with sections on high school grade art manual training and music while two thousand teachers are expected to attend from northern and central Indiana.
The Maumee fishing club purchased a lot at Lake James to build a premier club house with ambitious architecture and appointments. The project, approved at a meeting, will proceed with design and construction efforts and a large membership base backing the venture. The club will host events and a dance at Brannen's Hall in April to showcase the plans.
A reader notes that a high cure exists that promises to treat any cough and can be obtained cheaply. The advertisement urges keeping a bottle in the house and using it as a preventive wash or remedy, claiming doctors and nurses recommend it and that it costs only two shillings.
Witness Brelsford testifies to a scheme draining the state bindery funds with inflated bills. He describes four forged or padded invoices totaling about 13,700 with only partial goods delivered, revealing a pattern of graft and misappropriation in 1905 1906. The committee warns testimony cannot be used in criminal prosecutions.
An old advertisement from Green Bay features a claim that a honey and tar product can prevent and cure common childhood ailments. It asserts effectiveness for infant illnesses and cold symptoms, praising a method to make children take the remedy. The text credits Wyo Orletelm Green Bay and references Oleys Honey and Tar by Drelyy Bros.
Washington reports a Hart investigation into the Sugar Trust alleging a sale of four hundred thousand acres of friar lands in the Philippines to associations or corporations. The action is said to violate the constitution and threaten peace in the islands. The piece also touts a patent medicine ad for Maley’s Kidney Remedy, unrelated to the main item.
Sonn Richmond of Auburn says his daughter ran away with a man named Aidan. He located her here but she could not be located yesterday. He planned to file an affidavit against the man for abduction, while the daughter was living with him at the time.
Fragmented ad text touts Polex Loney as a fast remedy for hoarse coughs and stuffed chests. Claims imply rapid relief and healing from cold symptoms through a simple product.
Indoe defendants face ongoing trial on liquor and public disorder charges. Sturgeon, owner of a Sturgeon Street saloon, remains jailed awaiting bond resolution while witnesses and others, including Pat Murphy and Jack Bender, face varying intoxication and public disturbance counts. The case drifts with no set hearing date as judges consider pending liquor act penalties and related charges.
The report details the state jail in August with 37 male cells, one for women and one for boys. It notes stone construction, iron doors, high ventilation windows, weekly disinfection, and clean water. Prisoners are separated by sex, juveniles kept apart, and work encouraged. Beds, bedding, toilets, and plumbing are described as serviceable though improvements are urged.
President Taft addressed the New York Republican club at a February 11 dinner, praising the Payne Aldrich tariff and defending administration policy. He argued for stronger law enforcement, criticized Wall Street criticism, and urged changes to business methods to align with the law while defending the 1908 platform and anti monopoly aims.
The transcript describes a drunken scene with Garnett Ethels and Myrtle Green facing city court for drunkenness, with Myrtle fined and held for forgery after Edward Johnson waived a preliminary hearing. Details include witness testimonies about drinking in a wagon and disputes over rights to alcohol. A judge remarks on penalties, and John Johnson’s forged check case emerges with bond set at $200.
Fragmentary report shows a $10 theft case involving Blanche Ouring and Edward Wallace fined $3 and costs after involvement with an invest or watch around a leg. The text is garbled with police station references and names.
Indianapolis report from February 1890 describes efforts by authorities to halt pool rooms in southern Indiana. A campaign seeks a permanent injunction against a telephone company carrying racing reports, aiming to shut Lawrenceburg and other rooms patronized by Ohio and Kentucky men as part of a gambling dispute. Governor Marshall notes lawless acts such as dynamiting are expected responses in communities tolerating gambling establishments.
Walter Wiehe placed his watch on a cigar and left it behind as a customer cried out. The timepiece was taken while a woman wailed. staff could not locate the suspect Ak. Pfeiffer offered money to loan on real estate or personal security at Acoms 6-7, Base Block.
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