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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
19
Reformers celebrate an acquittal of a Chicago saloonkeeper seen as a setback, while vigorous law enforcement pushes reopen dormant Missouri statutes in St Louis. Sunday saloons face renewed scrutiny as authorities intensify action.
Missouri’s dramshop laws are now enforced in St Louis with Sunday closures and curfews. Saloons, barber shops, grocery and meat stores face strict limits, while Chicago and Kansas City cases are cited to illustrate nationwide pressure for prohibition.
Premium lists for the state corn show are distributed as corn men anticipate strong competition. Trophies on display at Purdue will be awarded for one year with winner names inscribed on the cup. The event links with the Farmers Short Course and includes instruction in corn stock dairying poultry horticulture and household economics. Samples must arrive by January 13 and may be sent by express or friends. rules and divisions available from G I Christie Lafayette Ind.
Owen Gray attended an event hosted by Migs Meet Books Fe, serving as guest of honor. The reception highlighted literary discussion and local author participation.
John W. Dennis, 56, a farmer from north of Roanoke, was struck by an eastbound Wabash train near a curve east of Roanoke. He died within minutes after being thrown about 50 feet, with his left leg severed and head crushed, en route to Fort Wayne hospital.
A large crowd gathered at the Charles Boger residence near Big Rapids Michigan on December 30 to welcome new residents from Indiana. Forty three attended, eight families celebrated and elected officers for the Me Costa County Hoosier Club with a yearly reunion and picnic planned.
Vere Coapstick, 21, was elected Sunday superintendent of the Geetingsville Presbyterian Sunday school in Frankfort Indiana. He is the son of William Coapstick and has long been active in Geetingsville church work since childhood.
New York reports anxiety over the yacht Coronet missing since leaving the Orient bound for San Salvador. It carries Sanford of the Holy Ghost and Us society of Maine returning from a Holy Land pilgrimage. The Barkentine Kingdom, from Portland, Maine, to meet Sanford, has reached San Salvador, but the Coronet has not been accounted for.
A Victorian style guide lists green dressing for lamb with bread crumbs lemon rind thyme parsley and butter, notes creamed fish from leftovers baked with oysters, and offers economical luncheon ideas using beef bouillon rice croquettes and tomato soup with white sauce.
Investigators linked a drowned woman to a strangulation death after Friday finds of a red skirt an underskirt and a silk waist along the Passaic river shore and near the Idle Hour yacht. Two men on the yacht were detained as suspects amid a boardings and missing items.
Jacob Wiegal testified he obtained a stolen watch and fled in fear then tried to pawn it in Chicago. Police traced the item to a Pennsylvania depot theft and to German acquaintances in Fort Wayne. Guljohan was arrested and both men were bound over to circuit court on $500 bonds. Other cases include a drunken conviction and an amicable settlement in a trespass dispute.
A gradual fall in area rivers since Monday afternoon with the Maumee near the Columbia Street bridge lowering slightly. Floodwaters covered the district around Baltes Avenue and reached the front portions of the lots at their peak state.
Boston December 31 Secretary of War Taft spoke after a banquet of Merchants and Manufacturers association defending Roosevelt's policies. He blamed lawless trusts for the financial panic and mocked Senator Foraker on the rate bill. Taft warned repeal of the Sherman act would surrender the country to corporate powers. The Somerset hotel crowd cheered for the next president as Taft spoke.
Fort Wayne shows a prosperous year in building with 1907 investments totaling 1,193,530 dollars, surpassing 1906 by nearly 250,000. There were 504 permits issued, averaging 2,368 dollars, including repairs and additions. Court-house figures show 784 marriages and 1,197 engagements in the last three months.
News item from New Albany Indiana reports that a bachelor great uncle died in Germany leaving a 5000 legacy to the heirs of William Scherer. The legacy will be divided among five children after a letter from Germany confirms the bequest and that funds were awarded promptly.
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