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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
2
A roundup of notable deaths and civic notes across Noble, LaGrange, DeKalb and surrounding counties. Obituaries include Philip M. Brown Bluffton and George Werntz Auburn Junction. Fire, saloon, and public works updates from Kendallville Warsaw Lagrange Goshen and Decatur.
The item notes a receiver to be sold under foreclosure and reorganized. It also lists local changes in postmaster appointments and a spate of regional incidents, including deaths, crime, temperance actions, and railroad service updates affecting Wells, Noble, and surrounding counties.
Miss Sophia Schroeder spent last week with Mr and Mrs Charles Gallmeier. Fred Heckman and Martin Reinking returned from Texas last Wednesday praising the climate. They also purchased a quarter section each.
A 50 year old Freidheim congregation member hanged himself in his barn after preparing for church. He left a wife and two daughters and had a history of melancholic spells. Neighbors found his body as he moved from the house to the barn. Also noted is the arrival of Mr. T. J. Jamison from Kimmel to visit his ill mother in Hoagland.
Lafayette Ind February 18 There is growing interest in preventing consumption by testing cattle for tuberculosis. The tuberculin test measures temperature changes after tuberculin injection to confirm disease. It is non experimental and can be applied by any competent veterinarian.
The notice cites Mrs Winslow's Seething Syrup for children as guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act dated June 30 1906 with Serial No 1093.
The Plymouth Congregational church Men’s Club organizes its second annual patriot ic entertainment in the church parlors on Friday Feb 21. The program features solos shadowgraphs and a George Washington theme with appearances by Washington and Martha and a sequence of historical skits and musical numbers.
Jackson Landers a prominent Indianapolis citizen died of acute uremia at St Luke's hospital in Chicago after an operation. He was about forty five years old and his wife Mrs Landers stayed with him until death. His body arrived in Indianapolis today. He was the son of William Landers and the youngest of eleven sons with Franklin Landers a former representative and presidential candidate.
By 1 30 p m 114 tickets were sold across three lines headed to Texas New Mexico Arizona and other western points. Nickel Plate led with a noon departure party of 32 bound for Delhart Texas while Pennsyl vania sold 82 tickets to Texas and 16 to New Mexico. Bashaw line reported 35 total sales by 1 30 p m and more sales were expected tonight with J C Melenbacher guiding the Nickel Plate party to Chicago.
Henry Hille, baggageman at the Nickel Plate depot, was burned about the face and head when furnace gas exploded as he opened the door to replenish the fire. His head and shoulders were enveloped in flame briefly, skin blistered, hair singed, but he kept working and did not leave.
An ash pan dropped from a locomotive at the Pennsylvania erecting shop cut M. L. Burns’s lips at 10 o clock Tuesday while he worked in a drop-pit. Two teeth were broken and the company surgeon dressed the wounds.
Louis H. Teussenhop a baggagemaster at the Wabash depot faced a near fatal encounter Saturday as a storm raged. He rounded the end of a car near the depot and collided with an oncoming train, outran it and escaped with no harm despite the engine cylinder rubbing his arm.
Evansville Indiana February 18 The Ohio River climbs at a steady pace reaching 36 5 feet with a forecast rise to about forty feet delaying ships and submerging landings near Paducah. Wabash at New Harmony climbs backing water ten feet flooding corn lands while families evacuate islands. Rail lines resume service though repairs delay through trains and branches.
Cincinnati reports rising floodwaters with the river near the danger line as rain potential tonight could shape the crest by tomorrow or Thursday. Thousands evacuated as lowlands flood. Marmet coal fleet moved to Coal Haven for safety amid submerged ice pier and drifting debris.
A pumpboat was swept away by a swift current and sank in twenty feet of water while the chimney remained intact. No further details on location or casualties are provided.
In Henderson Kentucky on February 18 the J B Williams towboat was swept against a pier of the railroad bridge. Four coal laden barges sank as flood and wind struck. Refugees crowded Henderson as boats rushed to assist. Lives endangered and stock losses expected.
Gallipolis Ohio February 18 The crest of the Ohio River flood passed the town with the level at forty seven feet The river carries heavy floating ice from the Allegheny valley the worst since 1884 Nearby towns are partly inundated and extreme cold adds to the suffering.
William Jennings Bryan attended a bustling Indianapolis banquet hosted by the Indiana Democratic club with nearly 700 guests. John W. Kern introduced Bryan, while Tom Taggart was absent due to floods. Bryan urged a strong campaign, praising Democratic unity and promising a Democratic victory.
Mrs. Frederick J. Woolsey, tied to a suit by her husband Nobile G Olds E H and William H Olds and Charles McCulloch, is believed to be with friends near Fort Wayne avoiding custody proceedings. Police sought her location as injunction action over 8000 dollars of Economy Glove stock and joint account funds proceeds.
In a city court hearing atch Dick Brown was bound over to the circuit court on a $200 bond for assault and battery with intent to kill. The incident, at Adam Weber's home on Montgomery Street, involved Rule's pocketknife stopping a gunshot, Brown claiming self defense amid accusations of marital strife. Other docket items included Chris Raquet loitering and John Maxwell with Ed Harris drunkenness, each assigned brief penalties.
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