This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
20
Boston Store unveils a broad clearance with discounted linens blankets and undergarments. Items include table linen, bleached linen, 10 4 and 11 4 cotton blankets, all wool blankets, bed comforters, and various undergarments for men women and children plus lace curtains carpets and drapery accessories. Prices slash hundreds of items across departments.
John Magner received thirty days in county jail and a ten dollar fine after a city court verdict for simple assault and battery against two knitting mill workers along Lake Erie and Western railroad tracks. He was chased and captured with deputies near Lindenwood cemetery after removing his shoes to aid flight.
After a stop at the Pennsylvania depot Officer Neufer apprehended a man on a charge of intoxication. He was assessed $1 and costs.
South Bend Times praises Thom as R. Marshall for a brief yet electrifying address at the Twelfth district convention in Fort Wayne. The report notes his skillful word painting and the way the speech fit both the speaker and the moment, stirring the audience.
Fort Wayne students from Capital University in the Ohio Lutheran synod left for Columbus to resume their studies after the holiday vacation. The party included Theodore Dannecker Gotthold Geueber Otto Sauerteig Carl Brandt Magnus Certia Carl Kronmiller Andrew Cutter and Fred Dreyer.
Detective Charles Lenz of the city police left Monday afternoon for Elyria Ohio to testify before the grand jury in the James Groton murder case. Groton asserts he was under arrest in Fort Wayne for vagrancy on December 14 and has summoned Lenz to verify that fact. If Lenz’s identification is definite it could establish Groton’s alibi versus a murder charge tied to a shooting earlier in Elyria, where a 16 year old boy identified him.
The Concordia Singing Society held its annual meeting on Sunday and elected officers: President Paul Richter, Vice President Herman Hammer, Recording Secretary John Wehmueller, Financial Secretary Fred Wehnert, Treasurer Ernest Hinke, with trustees A Albrecht Adolph Haller Ernest Hammer and standard bearer Gustave Benecke.
Deep interest prevails as revival meetings run each evening at 7 30 oclock. This week topics include The Official Member and the Revival The Womens Societies and the Revival The Sunday School Young People and the Revival and Work for Everybody All the public is invited to attend each night.
San Francisco January 6 three persons died when a fire destroyed the outbuilding at the French Hospital used as a laundry and power plant. The third body, believed to be Michael France's wife, was found after flames subsided. Loss exceeds 50 000 dollars, plus damaged electrical apparatus. The main hospital building was briefly threatened as nurses evacuated patients amid a panic.
Local خبر notes numerous Indiana obituaries and events. Albert Stioman of South Milford dies of consumption. Thomas McKinstry ex-sheriff of Miami County dies at Peru. Morgan P. Jones of Mishawaka injured by streetcar. Granville Williams of Angola dies. Postmaster changes, alums elected, and a broad list of local incidents, accidents, and community updates across LaGrange, Huntington, Wabash, Kosciusko, Whitley, and surrounding counties.
Fort Wayne mayor William J. Hosey used police power to threaten a city shutdown from Saturday night into Monday, enforcing closed doors and curtains while saloonkeepers faced lax enforcement and failed convictions. The scene featured bells on cash registers still ringing and the clink of glasses as bars kept cash flowing despite crackdowns.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.