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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
27
Mrs Mollie Desmond died after 18 months of treatment for swallowing 144 needles in a suicide attempt. Doctors had removed 132 needles in twenty five operations and believed none remained before a heart region pain led to her death. An autopsy will determine if a needle pierced the heart or caused peritonitis.
The Indiana State Board of Finance allocated state institution funds under the new public depository law. Banks in Michigan City Logansport and Logansport had no applications. funds for state hospitals and prisons were redistributed to other banks, with governors suggesting priorities for institutional convenience. Awards include Old State Bank Evansville 306000 for Southern Hospital for the Insane and First National Bank Peru 50000 for Northern Hospital for the Insane among many others across the state.
Chicago notes at the National Ethical convention a session endorsed Sunday saloons as an ethical necessity. Dr Emil G Hirsch of Chicago and Prof Nathaniel Schmidt of Cornell urged toleration of Sunday saloons as a modern city necessity.
Fragmentary notice indicates a gathering of sportsmen to discuss how distribution among hunters will be allocated. Details are unclear in the text.
Clarington Ohio December 40 Edward Hutchinson station agent for the Baltimore and Ohio was robbed bound gagged and murdered early today and the station burned over his head. Burglars fled with money after taking watch and cash. Hutchinson lately moved from Newark Ohio where he was known. The motive may have been recognition of the agent and burglars tried to burn the body to hide their identities.
A Polander named Tony Bergen pleaded guilty in city court after three days without food. He arrived by Pennsylvania freight, spoke no English, and was unemployed. Lieut. Lapp provided him lunch and advised seeking work. The article also notes other petty cases including a $1 fine for Henry Pervilla after a wager and a ten day jail term for Fred Oesterman for rubbing a popcorn cob on his mother's lips.
The city health department reports two smallpox cases on Monday. Dale and Carrie Tonkel, residents of 1307 Scott Avenue, recently arrived from the country and are listed as patients.
James Ballinger, a farm hand employed since November near Prairie Switch, is found drowned in about three feet of water in a ditch beside the Wabash tracks one mile east of Prairie Switch. Coroner Stults suspects alcohol impairment and notes Ballinger was about sixty. He disappeared Saturday from Ellison farm. his body was recovered Monday by railroad section men and later moved to Klaehn & Melching burial parlors as relatives are sought.
In Garrett Indiana on Saturday reports claimed 200 men stormed Adam Stewart's clothing store to claim suits for accepting Baptist faith. The story was denied by Stewart and the church, which noted 200 seekers at revival and 12 reclaimed with 84 uniting. The church declared the tale a lie and praised the revival results.
Information from Rensselaer Indiana dated December 30 reports the death of Zimri Dwiggins at Lincoln Nebraska. Dwiggins was formerly in banking and later engaged in other ventures. The notice notes his passing and summarizes his career from banking to later activities.
Henry C Zollinger longtime Fort Wayne resident and former public works member died at 7 40 pm at 110 West Superior street after a brief illness. He served in the Eleventh Indiana battery and the Eighteenth Indiana battery, endured wounds and captivity, and later led a chair factory and wagon business with his brother. Survived by wife seven children five grandchildren and four brothers. He was a Republican and active in fraternal and veteran organizations. The death ends a prominent civic career dating to Adams township trusteeship and the Fort Wayne board of public works.
The deceased will be laid to rest after services at St Johns Reformed Church and local residence. The S. W. Stirk circle, Ladies of the G A R, will conduct flag services over the body at the residence Wednesday at 2 PM. Remains to be placed in the Odd Fellows cemetery receiving vault in New Haven.
Pittsburg December 30 A 26 year old miner John O Millian was rescued after three days trapped in a room off the main entry at Hils worth Number one mine Ellsworth thirty miles from Pittsburg He ignited a blast which loosened earth blocking exit Officials found him escaping the debris and he attacked rescuers before being subdued He was taken to the county home at Arden and was insane from hunger and fear.
Efforts are under way to bring the North Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to Fort Wayne for 1909. Wayne Street church launched the invitation, with Fort Wayne pastors planning to present it to the April 1908 session in Anderson. The conference includes over 250 pastors and churches, draws thousands of visitors, and has not held sessions in Fort Wayne for many years.
In the recent election of Protect ed Home Circle No. 275 the group named John Wetrick as Past President Frank Schuh as President William Young as Vice President Mrs Morse as Juardian Miss Jennie DeArmott as Chaplain Samuel Lewis as Secretary John Humfrey as Treasurer Paul Schuh as Guide Mrs Tillison as Companion Ike Boyce as Sentinel John Morse as Watchman Mrs Lillie K Rob inson as Representative and Miss Gertrude Troxell as Pianist for the upcoming year
The board of deacons of the First Baptist church invites members and their wives to a banquet on January 9. An interesting program is planned with Professor Gerald B. Smith of the University of Chicago delivering the address on The Church in Modern World.
Lion S. Basspost and the Ladies of the G A R will hold their annual installation of officers on the second Friday in January in the Elektron building. The event is described as exceedingly interesting and impressive with a large crowd expected to attend.
A412 W. Wayne St. property near Sentinel office in Calhoun listed with four doors west of the landmark. The record notes E. F. Sites D. D. 8 as the contact or owner details.
London confirms the body in the High Gate vault is Thomas Charles Cruce, not a lead roll. Exhumation followed a lengthy perjury case linked to George Hollamby Druce’s Portland dukedom claim, with police at all cemetery entrances. Robert Caldwell faces fresh perjury charges as his dual personality tale unfolds.
Wabash Indiana December 30. The Rebecca White estate in Philadelphia has paid a second dividend to White's institute in this county. Mrs White owned Lehigh mining stock of unknown value? The annual income so far totals 700 dollars. The institute is maintained solely by the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. Rebecca White was a daughter of the founder of the institution.
Warsaw Indiana December 30 Presiding Elder Bennet of the Goshen district condemns cigars cigarettes and pipes as sins saying smokers ruin their bodies and minds with nicotine and hints at a nationwide movement to abolish tobacco after liquor.
Wabash Indiana prepares for a Lincoln League state meeting February 12 and 13. The city will house visitors, arrange home accommodations, and host an informal first night smoker. Band performances and brief speeches from state candidates are planned, with a main address by Senator Beveridge expected in Eagles theater.
John Pyle, a pioneer resident of Kosciusko county, collapsed and died at his Warsaw home. The death followed a revival at the Methodist church led by Rev. Tillman Hobson and Attorney Albert Smallt of Anderson. Pyle had not been ill for years and had expressed a wish to live his life again and devote his remaining years to helping others.
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