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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
8
In Allen County courts a man and another party filed a suit seeking a change of venue. The case involves John Dorris of Chicago and was sent to Vintney Caudis on the application for venue change.
Catherine Anweiler charges William G. Anweiler with a heated dispute that left her incapacitated for four days. She seeks child custody and support, citing curses, threats, property damage, and danger to their four children aged fourteen to seven. Suit is dismissed.
The will of Mrs Isabelle D Bowen, who died after inhaling gas in her Barr street sleeping apartment, was probated in circuit court. The estate is to be divided among her relatives to cover expenses and costs, with the grave and burial arrangements noted.
Judge Heaton presided as Pearl and Jacob H Everding faced divorce proceedings after ten years of marriage with two children. The hearing, where Everding reportedly cursed and threatened, concluded with the case under advisement. Separately Dora and William Graper sought and received a divorce after police court troubles. The Meriwether will was probated naming Mrs Georgetta Meriwether executrix without bond, dated 1830.
Advertises Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil as the best choice, emphasizing purity and freshness with a 50 cent large bottle. Also reports a circuit court order to prevent a husband from visiting his wife and children at their home on Broadway. Old case dismissals and civil suits touch local trials and property petitions.
In a Superior Court divorce hearing Clara Fieldner testified that her husband Jacob Feldiner threatened to throw her from a window when she refused to give him 1.75 of wages paid to her by a kind employer. She said he drank heavily and provided no support after their May 1906 marriage ended in December. She noted the couple had a child born six months after the wedding, which Jacob acknowledged only by marriage, and that his mother informed him of the birth. Separate items list jurors drawn and grand jurors for the new term of the credit court.
The C. W. B. M. of the Third Church of Christ held its first meeting Friday at 1419 Hurd Street, with about twenty ladies showing strong enthusiasm. Mrs. Barton, Mrs. T. H. McCormick, and Mrs. Hobbs spoke, Mrs. F. C. Brown sang, and the next gathering is set for the third Friday of next month at 1508 Hurd Street.
The Lutheran Orphan Society held its annual meeting at St. Pauls Lutheran Church on Sunday evening and re elected all current trustees. Rev Philip Wambigan was named president Rev William Moll secretary and G Spiegel treasurer. Choirs and Concordia College students contributed musical numbers.
Fort Wayne Federation of Labor passes resolutions denouncing James H. Watson of Rushville as an enemy of organized labor and calling for his defeat. The text outlines labor's plan to organize political action, form a labor committee, and coordinate with Indiana and American Federations to oppose Watson while preserving nonpartisan aims.
Carrie Ferguson, manager at Wolf & Dessauer, was approached Sunday night on Berry street near Fairfield avenue by a man who held a club over her head and demanded money. Her scream brought help from a residence, causing the assailant to flee. A similar hold up occurred in the same area.
Weekly sale highlights cheap values for a broad range of household items from pails and kettles to blankets and dresses. Numerous pieces priced under a dollar including china ware, linens, clothing, and sewing goods. One thousand more bargains await shoppers at Fort Wayne's great store.
An advertisement notes carload assortment in the city with prices from the beach to $6.50. The line lists Jas. M. Kane at 614 Calhoun St as the seller.
Chicago market opens firm with strong buying from commission houses and shorts. May wheat rises toward 1.00 to 1.02 as receipts in the Northwest lag and Kansas City stock declines. Corn and oats follow wheat's tone with mixed near-term gains and later pressure as sells rise. Lard and ribs edge lower while close quotations show modest gains for wheat and mixed results for corn and oats. Toledo prices mirror steady wheat with May at 1.02 and July at 91 1/2 cents, corn at 61 cents.
East Buffalo New York on January 28 reports hog receipts 5 610 head with 1 520 shipped to New York and 7 410 prior day shipments. Hog prices range 4 60 to 4 70 with pigs and lights unsold. cattle receipts 100 and steady butchers market. lambs top at 7 75 with steady sheep. Chicago Illinois also on January 28 shows cattle receipts around 800 and market steady beeves 3 75 to 6 80. hogs about 33 head with lower by 4 20 to 4 55. sheep and lambs receipts 16 000 with lambs 5 00 to 7 25.
Market notes from Pittsburg and Chicago on January 28 show light cattle receipts and steady hogs with mixed prices. Sheep and lambs fall, butter cheese and eggs in New York and Chicago hold firm with steady to higher tones. Toledo reports North Lima at 94 cents and South Lima Indiana at 9 cents.
A price list covers Barr Street Market items including Wheat at 96 cents per bushel Corn 5 dollars 650 bushels Oats 60 cents per bushel Rye 60 cents Butter 20 27% Eggs 22 cents per dozen Beans 2 dollars per bushel Onions 35 cents per bushel Turkeys 1 dollar per dozen Chickens 10 cents per pound Ducks Goose Pork and Honey and Nuts quotes appear with varied unit measures. Wool and hides prices are listed from S Bash & Co. Well totness Co and Eckart Packing provide additional quotations for wool hides calfskins and leather products.
Quotations list a range of farm commodities including wheat rye corn oats and barley with prices per cwt bu ton and per pound or dozen. Also included are local poultry butter eggs onions apples potatoes and hay and coal market figures from several buyers and brokers at multiple street addresses.
Scottish folk in Fort Wayne marked Robert Burns day with song and story followed by a banquet and dances. Prof. William L. McMillan offered a Burns life talk while Miss Mary Christie and David McKay read verses. An entertaining highland fling was showcased by Geordie McKinsey and others.
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