Allen County Court Notes and Local Trades
Court notes describe arraignments and suits in Allen County including a circuit case with a plea, a suit served at 1312 Eliza Street, and a venue change request against G Ellis Dunton trustee Cedar Creek township. Articles announce formation of Refractory Ore Extraction Co with 100000 capital stock and list directors. A jury verdict favors Clyde Woodworth in a horse trade suit.
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Eliza Street
Jidaze Deuten
Ohio
Jah Moonhut
Giabrois
G. Ellis Dunton
Cedar Creek Township
John H. Bass
H. J. Horstman
William Geake
Louis A. Centlivre
Gaylord M. Leslie
William Bixler
Clyde Woodworth
Superior Court
PTE Si
Perry Township
Wilmer Leonard
Charles E. Wilkinson
George Eppert
Hugo Blombach
Waite Wente will probated. multiple wills and large bequests
A will purporting to be Wilhelmina Wente’s last testament names Henry ZurMuhlen as principal heir with household goods given to Annie Wiedbruk. A later 1906 will allocates shares to Annie Underwood and others after specific bequests, with executor William Doehrmann. A prior Brannan will leaves all property to daughters Mary and Cecelia Brannan.
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Wilhelmina Wente
Henry ZurMuhlen
Annie Wiedbruk
Zur- Muhlen
Jacob Miller
William Doehrmann
John H. Brannan
Mary
Cecelia Brannan
Man seeks to set aside $200 judgment in DeWitt case
In an application to set aside a $200 judgment in the superior court against Fred Oetting by Minnie DeWitt the defendant denies service of a summons and knowledge of the action until a neighbor alerted him He narrates a string of afflictions including his wife’s death in February leaving six young children with the youngest a few years old and his bout with typhoid fever followed by his daughter’s diphtheria in Toledo and his subsequent call.
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Minnie DeWitt
Fred Oetting
Toledo
Judge Sends Ditch Case Back for Reconsideration
Judge O N Heaton rules the last ditch case lacked a final board decision and sends it to county commissioners to act again, saying the ditch report must be established or rejected. County funds are deposited under a new law with bids from First National 27 percent, Old National 19, Hamilton 11, German-American 11, Citizens Trust 11, Tri-State 16, People’s Trust 5, all offering 2 percent on daily balances and 21/2 percent on time deposits. Several old criminal cases were dismissed to clear the docket before year’s end.
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O. N. Heaton
Board of Finance
First National Bank
Old National Bank
Hamilton National
German-American National and
Citizen's Trust Company
Tri-State Loan and Trust Company
People’s Trust Company
Circuit Court
M.A
Remonstrance Filed Over Driver Ditch in Springfield Scipio
A remonstrance with 77 property owners led by William Ringwall was filed in circuit court against the Driver ditch in Springfield and Scipio townships. Emma Hudson sues for $20 monthly support from William Hudson at Fort Wayne Rolling Mill. divorce prior denied due to Epileptic seizures. Emrick and Emrick file grand larceny affidavits. bonds set at $500 each.
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Adams Express Company
Thomas Swarthwood
John Geiger
John Doe
Louis Schroeder
Vincent Perl
Leona Ashley
Stella Clayton
Joseph Schnee
Indiana School For Treatment
Emrick
Frank Summers
William Stuckey
Syrian lad pleads guilty in circuit court
George Michel a Syrian youth arrested last summer for pocketbook theft pleaded guilty today and received sixty days in jail. The pocketbook held a little over $60 as Syrians at the hearing urged leniency promising to place him at work.
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George Michel
John Christie
Otto Guljohan
Jacob Weigal
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Medical Protective Company Formed In Fort Wayne
The Medical Protective Company, capital stock 200000 dollars, filed its articles of incorporation in Indiana and plans to insure physicians against professional risks. It will operate nationwide, establish a large guarantee fund with trustee Charles McCulloch, and is leasing five offices on the Bass block. Louis Fox serves as president with B H Somers as secretary. Reverend John Barnes, guest of Mr and Mrs Louis C C Schlau droff, is visiting from Parkersburg West Virginia.
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the Medical Protective Company
Fort Wayne
Charles McCulloch
Louis Fox
Real Estate Transfers Compile by Heller
Real estate transfers listed by John C. Heller with multiple parcels in Adams, Wayne, Monroeville, and Springfield townships. Transfers include Edgerton to Eby in Shirley City, Fort Wayne Trust to Thomas West, Ellsworth to Hyser, Kelley to Dryer, Bash to Bash Fertilizer, Kinley to an unnamed buyer, and several other parcels. Some entries show nominal or small sums, other deeds note large acreage or mixed property interests across several townships.
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John C. Heller
Court Street
Edw
BE. H. Edgerton
John A. Eby
Edgerton
Shirley City
Jnc
Emma Rule
Adams
Fort Wayne Trust Co
Thomas West
Glendale Acre
Wayne Tp
John Ellsworth
J. Hyser
Abolt
Lafayette
Orin A.kelley
C. BR
Dryer
Oak Knoll
Solomon Bash
The
Bash Fertilizer Rats
H. Keegan
Forest Gauntt
Ater Loan and Trust Co
Alex. Kinley
N. E. Cor. S
Graenington
I. and Taylor
J. Privetlot
Monroeville
Caroline Blaising
Lagona
Bryant
Welling Jr
Faeny
Milan
Racheel
Israel Luther
William Hatfield
James Hatfield
John Hatfield
Martha
John Liscum
Marlette Hatfield
Washington DD
Mary. Vanzile
A.kann
Springfield
Frank
E. Purcell
Anti-Saloon Campaign Expands in Terre Haute Ward
In Terre Haute Indiana the Anti-Saloon League plans a Sixth Ward canvass after remonstrances in the Third Ward. Saloons are concentrated in the Tenderloin district where 40 of the city's nearly 100 saloons operate. Saloonkeepers hold daily meetings signing up supporters while antis claim rising sentiment demands action and enforcement of the law. Crawford Fairbanks urged compliance with law at a secret meeting as some saloons continue operations over Christmas.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Anti-Saloon League
Board of Safety
Bowery
Third Ward
Crawford Fairbanks
Sixty Saloons Alarmed In Logansport Campaign
Logansport Indiana neighbors mobilize against sixty saloons with anti saloon meetings led by Dr T L Eaton and W H Brubaker. Public cards seek power of attorney for remonstrance, while saloon backers sign pledges not to sign and accuse closure of harming business. A fund of 10000 dollars may cover litigation costs.
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Logansport
Ind
T. L. Eaton
W. H. Brubaker
Chicago
C. O. Fenton
Saloon magnate Greisheimer assigns assets in Muncie
John C. Greisheimer, prominent Muncie brewer and saloon owner, has turned over his estate to trustee George Ketter for creditors. Liabilities total about 550,000, with assets estimated near 4100,000, including leases, notes, mortgages, a barber shop, a poolroom, life insurance, and 39,000 in Muncie Brewing Co stock.
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Muncie
Ind
John C. Greisheimer
George Kettner
Greisheimer
Muncie Brewing Company
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
John C. Jackson aged 32 a shipping clerk and Myrtle L. Metcalfe aged 29. Charlies A. Zolman aged 34 a miller and Phoebe E. Smenner aged 34. Frederick Bresler aged 22 a steam fitter and Jessie W. Bitner aged 21. Bernard Koch aged 34 a machinist and Marie H. Riethmiller aged 28. Carl L. Hobrock aged 23 a clerk and Louise H. McElfatrick. James M. Chamberlain aged 37 a bartender and Mary A. Moore aged 29. Frederick Gick aged 83 a farmer and Louise Koehlinger aged 17. Nathan B. Jones aged 27 a brakeman and Josephine Mary Manweiler aged 21. Ferguson aged 25 a real estate.
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John C. Jackson
Myrtle L. Metcalfe
Charlies A. Zolman
Miller
Phoebe E. Smenner
Frederick Bresler
Jessie W. Bitner
Bernard Koch
Marie H. Riethmiller
Carl L. Hobrock
Louise H. McElfatrick
James M. Chamberlain
Eloping Reverend Cooke Pleads for Privacy After Arrest Warrant
Cooke, an unfrocked minister, and the woman Floretta Whaley eloped from Los Angeles and were found living under assumed names. He appeals for leniency, saying he desires a quiet life as a painter and father, asking the world to let him be. He recounts hardship, Yale education, marriage troubles, and his choice between wealth and love.
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Cerning Cooke
Cooke
New York
Captain Cleary
Morse Patrol Agency
Los Angeles
Louisiana
Floretta Whaley
Cleary
Balcom
Yale
Chance
Sing Sing
Hell
Goa
Not Guilty Plea Entered in Dedham Wife Killing
Dr Walter Raleigh Amesbury 49 of Hyde Park pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting of his wife Anna Rees Amesbury a Roanoke College music teacher in Salem Virginia The hearing was continued to January 2 as the family grappled with the incident in a kitchen at the mother in law’s home Christmas night Police say two shots hit Mrs Amesbury and her sons detained the suspect before police arrival He formerly served as a British Army surgeon in Jamaica.
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Dedham
Mass
Walter Raleigh Amesbury
Hyde Park
Anna Rees Amesbury
Roanoke College
Salem
Amesbury
Dr. Amesbury
Jamaica
Jennie Ross
Two Hundred Slain in the Iquique Riots
Valparaiso reports 210 killed and about fifty wounded in the Iquique clashes between nitrate strikers and police. Striker leaders, Spanish anarchists, escaped capture. Iquique quiet but most plants idle as laborers depart. Antofagasta sees continued strikes with no leaders available.
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Iquique
Valparaiso
Antofagasta
Bryan Named Senator to Fill Mallory Term
Governor Broward appointed William James Bryan of Jacksonville to the United States Senate to succeed the late Stephen R Mallory for the term ending March 4 1909. Bryan 31 and county solicitor for Duval County is a Democrat with Emory College and Washington and Lee University ties. He previously announced his candidacy for the seat.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Broward
William James Bryan
United States
Stephen R. Mallory
Bryan
Duvall County
Orange County
Florida
John M. Bryan
State Railroad Commission
Emory College
Washington and Lee University
Democratic State Executive Committee
Duncan A. Fletcher
Senator Mallory
Birth announcements from local residents record several newborns
Birth notices list new daughters and sons for families in Milan township East Wayne Street Park Avenue West Main Street and Willarreehe area. Names include Rastetter Miller Wilson Beck Oppenheimer Prange and Stier with the listed parent couples.
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William C. Rastetter
John Miller
Milan Township
Harry J. Wilson
East Wayne Street
Charles M. Beck
Park Avenue
W.A. Oppenheimer
West Main Street
Harry C. Prange
OL Willarreehe
Henry J. Stier
Harden Edge of Prison Sentence Urged in Court
The court heard closing arguments in the Harden case with Dr Sello and Herr Bernstein presenting defenses. Bernstein argued Harden acted truthfully based on public service, while Von Moltke and Count Von Bismarck statements were cited. The judge adjourned to Thursday for Harden to present his defense.
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Count von Moltke
von Moltke
Harden
Sello
Herr Bernstein
von Elbe
Prince von Bismarck
Liebenberger
Prof. Schweninger
Lost Scripture Fragment Found in Cairo Center
Freer of Detroit reports discovery of a Cairo center manuscript in Mark XVI context likely from a lost gospel. Prof. Sanders notes it dates third to sixth century and may reveal original form of the ending added to Mark.
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Freer
Detroit
Cairo
Egypt
Sanders
Mark
Mgr
Christ
Satan
God
Prof
St. Jerome
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Allen County Courts
Charles Inp
Wayne Ange
Medical Protective Company
John Barnes
Parkersburg, W. Va
Louis CC. Schlaudroff
Mr. Barnes
Ekaet
Temperance
Salvation Army
Citadel
Ensign
Susie
Martha Watkins
Santa Claus
Watkins
Army
MA Mallory
Meyer
Meyer Brothers Bea
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