Local items mix illness births and civic notes
A broad Fort Wayne column reports Mrs. J. W. Younge ill, a McKinpie couple's new son, cathedral Christmas total of 769, and multiple city happenings. It notes doctors, marriages, deaths, property moves, school notes, legal cases, pensions, rail news, and community events with numerous named people and places.
Stevens Named General Superintendent of Chesapeake and Ohio
Georgia born George W. Stevens, 38, becomes general superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad with Richmond Virginia as headquarters. He previously led the Richmond James River and Peninsular divisions and was with the Wabash system before joining the C and O. Stevens began in 1873 with the St. Louis and Pacific and rose through roles from train dispatcher to division superintendent. In a separate note, nineteen pioneers met at Maurice Cody's home. Officers were elected: President Maurice Cody, Vice president James Ahern, Secretary F. K. Cosgrove, Treasurer Scott Swann. Edsall received thanks for ten years of service. New members admitted include C. M. Dawson, A. F. Glutting, Henry Colerick, H. C. Hanna, W. W. Rockhill, and others, all long-time residents of the county. Honorary members were S. R. Alden, W. H. Shambaugh and Christ. Bnteman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie
May Fisk
Bluffton
T. B. Empie
Wm. Stuck
Winchester Road
Grace Virgil
Bristol
St. Augustine’s Academy
Geo. Ewing
Latonia
Lexington
Hart Wayne
Avilla
Messrs
Joe Reinan
Alex
Joseph Schlatter
Frank Kink
Chas, Fitch
Lathrop
John D. Bachman
Louisa Braum
Fred W. Kellerman
Elsie Bell
John H. Teague
Bertha Langer
Edward Vinson
Flora Hansover
Viberg
John Palmer
Palmer
Charles McKee
Charles McKee & Co
Schmitz Block
Liebman & Henry
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
W. B. Smith
South Calhoun Street
Porter
St. Mary’s
St. Paul’s
St. Peter’s
Christian Haffner
Lewis Street
Stone River
Scott Swann
M. M. Thompson
Frank Alderman
Briant
Huntington
George C. Beck
Indianapolis
Fred Erb
Lafayette
Erb
Charles Budd
Hurlingham
J. E. Clarke
Kokomo
George Weykle
Weykle
Clark
State Teachers’ Association
Germany
H. M. LaFollette
Voll Seluide
Raal
Dryer
Lane
H.C. Brown
Anderson
United States Chess Association
Dave Caldwell
Frank Fisher
Philadelphia
George R. Bowen
A. C. Perrin
Fisher
Kentucky
Michigan
Republic of the United States
Julius Doriot
Charles Street
Pittsburg
Hanna Street
Bass Works
Joseph Wall
Northern
Hale
Morton Club
A. Dg. Lanbach
Charles W. Orr
Messrs. Cash Miller
Win
Indiana
Chesapeake and Ohio
George W. Stevens
Richmond
Stevens
Richmond, James River
Peninsular
Wabash
Pacific
Ohio and
Edsall
Maurice Cody
Christian Parker
James Ahern
F. K. Cosgrove
C. M. Dawson
A. F. Glutting
Henry Colerick
H. C. Hanna
W. W. Rockhill
Dennis O'Brien
Geo. H. Viberg
John G. Noll
John H. Brannan
Charles Geary
W. H. Goshorn
Robert B. Driebelbiss
John Smith
H. P. Vordermark
J. M. Robinson
Isaac Mowrer
J. B. Neizer
Ulrich Stotz
Louis T. Sturgis
Louis Hazzard
Charles S. Brackenridge
H. C. Pani
G. M. Fordney
Dr. S. C. Metcalf
John Watterhouse
John Langard
S. R. Alden
W. H. Shambaugh
Christ. Bnteman
Meet and elect officers of Summit City lodge 26 A U W
Officers chosen for the ensuing term include George R. Hench master workman J M Amoss foreman C W Holverstott overseer J B Wagner recorder J N Pfeiffer financier J P Merillat receiver C E Fessenden guide E C Hagan inside watchman J Racine outside watchman and medical examiners T H McCormick G B Siemen A P Buchman plus N Conover representative to grand lodge W 8 Harrison alternate Installation set for next Thursday.
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Summit City Lodge
George R. Hench
J. M. Amoss
C. W. Holverstott
J. B. Wagner
J. N. Pfeiffer
J. P. Merillat
C. E. Fessenden
E. C. Hagan
J. Racine
T. H. McCormick
G. B. Siemen
A. P. Buchman
N. Conover
Grand Lodge
Harrison
J. W. Spain
Evansville
Wabash
Christmas Day Celebration in the City
The day was pleasant and bright in the city with Santa Claus distributing gifts, turkey dinners at homes and hotels, church services across Catholic and Lutheran congregations, and festive events at several churches. The weather stayed fine until nightfall when rain arrived. Social gatherings closed the holiday.
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Santa Claus
Joseph Wall Dies in Northern Prison
Intelligence states Joseph Wall the colored man serving life for murder in Allen County is dying at the northern prison. Wall killed Kronkhite with a butcher knife in 1876 and multiple pardon attempts have failed.
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Joseph Wall
Wall
Allen County
Kronkhite
Farmers Alliances Form in Pleasant and Abaite Townships
Pleasant township farmers organized an alliance at Kenark school house with officers Wm Kenerk president John Corsin vice president Ghas Dalman secretary John Gride treasurer Abaite Township Farmers Alliance also organized at Center school house electing Frances Cordrey president Frank Parniu secretary and Wm A Kelsey treasurer The groups start with 35 charter members and plan Friday night meetings June 10 1890 Three delegates were elected to the County Alliance meeting in Fort Wayne on June 4 1890.
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Pleasant Township
Kenark
Wm. Kenerk
John Corsin
Ghas Dalman
John Gride
Abaite Township Farmers’ Aliance
Center School House
Frances Cordrey
Frank Parniu
Wm. A. Kelsey
County Alliance
Fort Wayne
Lake Township
Alliance
J. Rapp
Orphan home holiday gifts acknowledged by donors
The article lists donations to the Reformed orphan home including Mrs Mary H Williams Maggie Hamilton and others who gave clothing, toys, food and cash. It also notes thanks from Rev J Berrie Supt Rettig and staff.
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Mary H. Williams
Maggie Hamilton
Misses Sweeney
J. B. White
Pixley & Co
Mr. Evans
McDonald
Howenstein
H. C. Moderwell
L. Hull
Rudolph Siemon
U. Stutz
F. W. Kuhlene
Rau
R. Klaehn
J. Berrie
Rettig
Orphan Home
Lena Heines Charged With Larceny in Dress Case
Lena Heines, 1 young woman from Van Wert, was arrested by Officer O Connell and imprisoned after arraignment before Mayor Harding. She faced two counts of larceny for stealing a dress valued at 12 dollars a necklace worth 2 dollars and gloves priced at 1 dollar from Clara Kelly at Mrs Ryan's on West Washington. Kelly testified to the theft. Heines, bound over to the circuit court in 300 dollars, cried as she was led to jail in a patrol wagon.
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United States and Territories
South
Westminster Seminary
Meades, Williams
Princeton
Ill
Indiana Gas Belt
North Carolina
Daseler
Fred Black
Henry Lichstin
Frenchtown
Fred Brown
Chas. Meuze
Young Gibson
Otto Klinkenberg
H. Z. Zimmerman
Albion
Zimmerman
Indiana Supreme Court
O'Connell
Lena Heines
Harding
Clara Kelly
James Ryan
West Washington Street
Accident Injures Gottlieb S. Schwan On Bluffton Road
Gottlieb S. Schwan suffered a severe accident while chopping timber on Bluffton road when an ax struck his left leg above the ankle nearly severing the foot. A fellow worker bound the wound and Dr. J W Younge treated the injury. He will be bedridden for the remainder of winter and may be crippled for life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb S. Schwan
Bluffton Road
J. W. Younge
John Siebold Appointed Policeman in Sixth Ward
Monday afternoon the police commissioners appointed John Siebold of the Sixth ward to succeed Henry Siebold on the force. He is described as steady and worthy, to be assigned to duty soon. formerly a boiler maker at the Wabash shops. The week’s reported deaths include Pappert, Ruggaber, Crawford, Lehman, Isett, Healy, Freak, Geiger, Rebuen, and Mrs Rebuen with typhoid pneumonia listed for one and other causes noted for the rest.
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Iane Winton
Manchester
H. E. Hamilton
Grand Rapids
Salem
Ohio
Hamilton
Dr. Winton
John Diether
Oak Street
Dennis D. Spmmer
Tenth Ward
Jane Dignan
Leo
Squire Tancey
William Pappert
la Grippe
McGinty
James E. Graham
William Shaughnessy
Monroeville
Will B. Davis
New Haven
Della Broxon
Pittsburg
John Malt
White’s Wheel Works
Baptist Church
Rover
Winfield
Grant
Robert Ogden
J. M. Robinson
Miss Edgett
Chicago
Mrs. Lambert
West Main Street
John Brunikan
Organ Factory
Wm. H. Knoff
Miller Street
J. G. Geiger
Zion Lutheran Church
John Siebold
Henry Siebold
Siebold
Larceny arrests follow lively Monday court scene
In a brisk police court Monday Emma Johnson and Alice faced trouble after a cider quarrel at Calhoun and Main. They pleaded guilty to drunkenness and paid $1 plus costs. O'Ryan held Dan Schantz and Frank Grubbs on suspicion of theft. bound over for $500. Carey Harrison and Shea were jailed for intoxication.
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Emma Johson
Alice
Calhoun
Main Streets
Leonard Fuchshaber
O’ryan
Dan Schantz
Frank Grubbs
John Sheffer & Co
Grand Street
Thomas Carey
John Harrison
Patton
John Shea
Norton family appeals for aid after long trek across states
Franklin Norton and his family traveled from Montana to Idaho motioning west to Rokaway Beach New York to stay with relatives. Illness and poverty followed their journey as the infant grew gravely ill in Huntington and the town trustee aided with lodging and food.
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Norton
Franklin Norton
Montana
United States Army
Montpelier
Idaho
Rokaway Beach
N. Y
Kansas City
Huntington
J. M. Dinnen
Brackenridge
Brokaw House
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County Auditors Office
D. J. Aber
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Kendallville
Theodore Gotsch
Smith & Gotsch
Cook County
Board of County Commissioners of
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Jacob W. Martinett
Williamsport
Fred Beese
White
Father Hartman
Carrie L. Fairbank
Agnes F. Fairbank
Mary E. Brown
George D. Crane
George Hitzfield
Farmer Lepper
Charles L. Centlivre
Joseph Gabret
A. A. Purman
John Wilkinson
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Charles
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Commodore Foote
the Fairy Queen
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William Odetting
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George ©. Stemen
Peter ‘Bender
Elizabeth Bowers
Joseph ‘Harter
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S. A. Northrop
First Baptist Church
Benjamin Jemison
Hagerstown
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John M. Miller
Toledo
Indianapolis Sun
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J. L. Mitchell
Richardson
R.S. Robertson
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Ex-Prisoners’ Association
A. D. Streight
Libby Prison
E. H
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Newton
Wells County
Fort Wayne College
United States
Ady
Plymouth Deneryl
Pearl Woodward
Kate Sweeney
Ella Ella Drew
South Bend
Plymouth
Anna Houghton
Huntington City
Theodore H. Haberkorn
Frank Falker
W. E. Murray
Miami County
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Denny
Rome City
R. C. Bell
Muncie
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Webb
Manitou Springs, Col
J. Mack
Brandriff Street
Maud
J. Lion Smith
J. H. Geonard
Patrick Madden
Rudy Cummerow
Churubusco
Ellis Searles
J. W. Vordermark
Lafayette, Ind
Daniel Moore
E. Braunsberger
Williams Street
Traveling Men’s Protective Association
J. M. Boggs
Third Presbyterian
Gril
Spencerville
St. Joe Hospital
Alden
Superior Court
Richer
Water Power Company
Ga. W. Stevens
Wade
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
MEET
Lodge 36
Wit
Frank Bair
Calvin Bowen
T. M. Burnam
Wm. C. Bell
W. 8. Bush
G. E. Cour
Hiram Congleton
James Davidson
Emmon C. Forbes
John Fisher
Frank Gladio
Alex Heit
Dan Harmon
J. W. Jackson
W. R. Johnson
Jordan
Vero Kirchner
D. B. Kehler
Henry Levi
Chis. B. Lauer
William Murray
Horace Mariotte
Oliver McFillen
James McCann
Oliver Parker
George Presler
Samuel Rufner
J. F. Rodabaugh
Henry Read
H. Rose
Louis Rosselet
Julia Sandmeyer
James Stewart
George Strode
William Wilke
F. J. Wallace
Grorce W. Loan
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Kettig
Frank Welling Resigas
Coombs & Cocs
Frank Welling
Coombs & Co
Welling
Henry J. Beret
Coombs
Diebold
Wm, Pappert
Mary Ruggaber
Albert Crawford
Bessie Lehman
Martha J. Isett
Rhoda A. Healy
J. Early
George Geiger
Mart Rebuen
Weet Wayne Street
CC Weiar Nyal Panty Renae Ae
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Raine
Rorvan Boxing Powvxe Co
Ming Alfred
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Truenlmeh
Star and Stripes
Grover Cleveland
King Alfred
Dresden
Alfred
Poitier
Truebenbach
Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
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Winch
Wabash Railroad
Kam
Hood
Wellmas A Schoppman
Bnead If
BRE
Lt .Undertakers & Enbalmers
W. Berry
Cipetdavoneh
HOTEL
Eastman
Tike
Pi Boris
Pete
Benne
Wasa
Bali
Aditpess
Pethr Son Asin
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Orsale
Zanesville
Lot
Dunkirk
AIM
Ho SA
San
Fort Wayne, Inc
Langtry Medicine Company
Dean
David McCay
Brookside Farm Co
Ind
Pixley & Company
E. Berry Street
George Dewald
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