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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
3
A historical editorial argues canals as national solution to transport costs and resource waste. It cites railroads’ high charges, calls for a Chicago to Lake Erie ship canal, and outlines feasibility and national benefits, urging federal action and public- private collaboration.
Society notes announce the engagement of Miss Alice Edna Fairfield daughter of Mr and Mrs Cyrus K Fairfield to Prank Edward Davis of Babylon LI The Fairfield lineage traced to early Allen county settlers and Asa Fairfield of Fort Wayne Also marriages Mizer Fuhrman Abbott Bunnell Rorick Sorg Misner McCabe Dillon Hosler and others are listed with local clergy and reception details
A list of guests from New Haven includes Misses Lizzie Goeglein Clara Bradman Minnie Bremer Sophia Goeglein and others. A party at Mr and Mrs Mike Cullen’s home featured games and supper with Theresa Niedhart and Butler winning high scores and Cecilia Baker the consolation. Additional attendees included Anna Linton Louise Glasenkamp Laura Wilson and several families.
Charles Emory Smith editor of the Press and former minister to Russia and postmaster general died at his Philadelphia home from heart trouble after a month of illness. He was born in Mansfield Connecticut in 1842 and held major roles in journalism and politics including editor positions in Albany and Philadelphia and serving as postmaster general under McKinley.
Charles E. Redrup and Charles Miller, bartenders at nearby Harrison Street saloons, were struck at the Calhoun street crossing as a Pennsylvania Limited pulled out and No. 6 approached from the west. Redrup suffered hip and back injuries with chest pain and vomiting. Miller had minor bruises and could return to work after treatment. No blame was assigned to the passenger train engineer.
Sylvester Colaldi, a laborer in Fore man Ed Ehinger's Wabash shop crew, had his left leg struck by a heavy locomotive tire at 10 am. The piece weighed hundreds of pounds and officials feared severe injuries, but Dr. Kandt reports the leg is not seriously damaged. Colaldi, single, has worked at the shop about a month.
Re. F. Lane of Pennsylvania Railway failed in a dash to catch an engine near Hanna street last Thursday. His left knee clipped the end of a tie, bruising and cutting the cap. A comrade dressed the wound before he sought the company surgeon for further treatment.
Pipefitter M. A. Augier of the Pennsylvania shops suffered injuries when his bicycle slipped on ice Thursday. He fell face first, was placed on the absentee list, and his countenance was somewhat disfigured.
Charley Stoll, a machinist for the United States government, sent a post card from Panama showing a flood scene from December 3 1906 when the Chagres river rose fifty three feet in twenty four hours. He asks if a similar rise in the St Joe would affect Lakeside. Stoll went to Panama about eight months ago and appears to be doing well there.
John Kleemeier, a lathe operator at the Bass blacksmith shop, burned his eye days ago by a hot steel chip and caught a cold in the wound. He is severely affected and will miss work for several days of treatment.
A slow freight train on a rural line near Rochester struck a steel rail and shifted it aside without serious damage to the locomotive or tracks. The incident occurred Saturday night as the train moved one and a half miles from Rochester and caused minor disruption.
A derailing plot hindered by timing. Rail placed to derail a passenger train due at about 2 o clock, risking great loss of life. The freight train approaching from the opposite direction displaced the obstruction without harm as the passenger train ran late.
J. M. Zollars, a longtime worker at the Pennsylvania planing mills, nearly severed one finger when caught by a saw. He was taken to the company surgeon for possible finger preservation. A. J. Huber also injured a finger at the planing mills yesterday, but less severely.
William Fels of the Bowser works suffered both hands burned while trying to extinguish a closet fire at his home Sunday night. The accident put him on absentee list at the factory for several days. The fire's origin is unknown and caused little damage.
William Stark's return home led to a drunken uproar with his in laws and wife’s testimony about abuse. He fought furniture and bottles until Patrolman Shaughnessy intervened. Stark, a Kreindinst's saloon porter, was fined five dollars plus costs, with a separate case list for other drunks and a public sale notice for January 28.
The Jefferson club schedules an important Wednesday meeting at its rooms on 19 Calhoun street to finalize arrangements for the annual banquet to be held within weeks. State prominent speakers will attend, and organizers expect it to be the greatest affair of its kind by the Democratic organization.
Alexander H. Patterson 72, vice president of the Duquesne National Bank, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in Pittsburg. He was one of the city’s best known bankers.
Two affidavits allege Jennie Balls sold liquor on Sunday with May Wells as the complaining witness.
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