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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1892
Page
3
Local items list residents and guests in Williamsport and nearby towns. Florist George Doswell improves after illness. several families host relatives and travelers. doctors move practices. business deals include J M Brown selling store in Williamsport and Emrick taking over. Public notices of injuries, weddings, and a court case in Port Townsend are also noted.
Asa Schmuck and Miss Effie Smith joined in marriage Saturday in Ossian Indiana. Effie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Smith and sister to Charles Smith of W F Geller. The couple will reside in a neat cottage in town and are greeted by many friends.
J Gundelfinger of Terre Haute plans a March 20 opening for a clothing and gents furnishings store in Fort Wayne. He has leased the Adams Express office at Calhoun and Wayne, with Adams vacating March 15 for No 10 West Wayne. Gundelfinger intends to stay in Fort Wayne.
Buell C Webster known as Dick Webster a longtime inmate at the Northern Indiana prison was freed on a thirty day parole granted by Governor Chase. He left for Fort Wayne to visit his mother and intends to seek a perpetual parole. The news column also reports on civil cases divorces licenses wills and other court actions in the region.
A reader letter by Wn. McMurtrig of Pu. D. testifies that Royal Baking Powder is purer and stronger than any baking powder known to them, praising its quality and value.
Marvin Kuhns reportedly dug a fifty foot tunnel under the Columbus prison for three months as authorities discovered the escape plan and tools. In other news Judge Lowry and M V B Spencer attended court over Ella Dent Spencer versus the executors of B H Dent, settling for $500 and property release. A Nickel Plate brakeman Adam H Siebold was arrested for wife desertion and ordered to pay $22.50, while his wife sought divorce and support funds. Multiple marriage licenses were issued and a horse was shot for abuse by a Lafayette Street owner.
In a Friday meeting at the circuit court room Republicans from the city and Wayne township chose eighty three delegates for the county convention held today. The ticket was split between anti Harrison and Harrison factions with McDonald favored for Minneapolis. The county convention elected delegates to the Auburn and state conventions and instructed the Auburn delegates to cast Allen county’s full vote for McDonald. Several birth announcements followed including children born to Granneman Hilgemann Grimme Stolte Pett Weeks.
A ten year old boy Floyd Fisher of Summit Indiana was trampled to death by a frightened horse after falling in a barn. I Fisher of Fort Wayne has relatives and the story comes via a special dispatch. Nearby notices advertise Field and Garden Seeds and farm land purchases in Fort Wayne and district.
The will of William Colgan probated in Muncie courts leaves a large estate to be divided equally among St. Joseph's orphans' asylum in Lafayette St. Vincent orphans' asylum in Fort Wayne and St. Lawrence Catholic church in Muncie after specific per relative bequests and a monument is erected. The exact sum for St. Vincent's is unknown, but expected to run into thousands.
The Democratic nomination battle for sheriff loses Freston Chapman and Phil Lindsay as candidates. Remaining contenders are Wilkinson Mannix Clausmeier Melching and Rohan, with the contest drawing notable local interest.
The piece advocates healthy living and offers Hosttzer’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia heartburn and biliousness. It asserts the tonic also combats malaria rheumatism nervousness and debility and notes grippe resistance since its appearance.
Fire in Sheldon County destroys the home of Mr. Knock with the family barely escaping. Only a small portion of contents is saved. The house was owned by Martin Warber and was insured.
Dress goods shop announces Bedford Cords at 50 and 75 cents per yard and new embroidered dress patterns from 2.25 to 20 dollars per pattern. 54 inch all wool cloakings for capes and cloaks, new dress trimmings, laces, and embroideries. Iron clad hosiery for children touted as long wearing and durable. Ready made calico and chambray dresses with plaited blouses from 87 cents.
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