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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1900
Page
12
The Modern at 140 Calhoun St offers a full selection of clothing, boots, shoes, and millinery with low priced knee pants, knee suits, men’s pants, boys’ suits, ladies’ kid shoes and men’s dress shoes. Call for more details.
The Weekly Enquirer promotes a census based guessing contest with a $25,000 prize pool. Readers submit population estimates for the United States excluding recent acquisitions, with prizes tiered from $3,900 to $7,500 and additional cash for many smaller guesses. Subscriptions are required.
Henry Sordelet, 13, formerly of Fort Wayne, disappeared from Toledo on November 19. He later worked in a Kane Pennsylvania restaurant earning $15 per month, traveling through Fort Wayne Louisville Coveland and Erie. His father found him, and the reunion was happy. He plans to stay home and repay his family’s sorrow while showcasing a novelty “patent reversible non splitable pants and suspender buttons” craze.
George Jaap denies any link between Hon. T. E. Ellison and a milk trust in Fort Wayne. He explains the so called trust is not a real dairy cartel but a plan by western associates to secure centralized depots, pasteurize milk, and standardize high grade supply with dairymen paid for deliveries only.
A Fort Wayne group led by Col. and Mrs. R. S. Robertson sails March 3 from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm II for a three month tour of Europe. The twelve includes Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and several others from Indiana Kentucky and New York. Stops cover Gibraltar Genoa Naples Rome Florence Venice Munich Nuremberg Dresden Mayence Cologne Amsterdam The Hague Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Paris and London with most returning in June.
Fort Wayne capital showed little interest in the project at 111 as officials noted tepid financing prospects and limited enthusiasm from investors. The discussion focused on potential hurdles and the need for revised terms to attract funding.
The passenger and freight agents of the Central Traffic association will meet in Fort Wayne on Friday March 9 for a social reunion. About 200 top railroad hustlers will attend to enjoy the day. Organizers are George T. Pingree R O Rankin and R J Hamilton. The Wayne hotel hosts the event with Rankin serving the evening banquet.
The New Haven Telephone Company began operating at 2 o'clock Thursday morning, with the exchange now in working order. A crossing dispute with the Bell company delayed later traffic, but the home firm completed the line by Wednesday night and transmitted the first message at 2 a.m.
March 1 to August A Bowser will depart Fort Wayne for Alaska to inspect the Alaskan Petroleum company interests. He aims to reach the oil fields quickly with tools and supplies to accelerate drilling. The Alaska property is viewed as valuable and stock is expected to sell quickly once offered. He will stay in the fields for several weeks.
Henderson Oliver, about fifty, a former Grant county lawyer and newspaper publisher, died Monday at Uniondale after a three year kidney disease battle. Survived by a widow and several stepchildren including Laura Melsheimer, he lived in Jonesboro and Dun Kirk before moving to East Wayne street last fall. Remains were taken to Jonesboro for interment.
Advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure la grippe. E. W. Grove backs each box. Priced at 25 cents. Also notes central passenger association mileage tickets valid on Nickel Plate between Buffalo and Chicago with several dated travel terms.
D Shordon & Co expands to join three floor building beside existing double store, creating one of the largest Agricultural Implements and buggy outlets in the state. New site fills with Deering Binders Mowers Hay Rakes Binder Twine Syracuse Plows Hoosier grain drills Turnbull wagons Case cultivators and more. First floor houses a large stock of buggies and carriages at unmatched prices. City Clerk Manning reports Mrs. J H Wilder now resides in Wyoming Ohio and will be informed to her sister in the east.
Advertisement from Paul Manufacturing Co Bloomingdale seeking butts or small timber of any kind at their Bloomingdale corner location. Includes instruction to contact at 6th and North Calhoun.
Swayne & Swayne advertise loans of $500 or more at 5, 5 1/2, and 6 percent interest. They offer prompt money on real estate or personal security, with $100 or multiples due at each interest payment date, and describe offices in Bass Block.
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