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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
10
The season for picnics and excursions is near and shoppers are urged to prepare with seasonable apparel. Exquisite wash fabrics like Batistes Lawns Dimities Swisses Organdies and Ginghams available in many designs from 10c to 50c per yard, aiming to save money for vacations.
The article promotes parasols and summer fashion with white linen styles and embroidery trimmed silks priced from 1.00 to 7.50. It highlights long silk gloves in black white and tan and notes a top stock leadership with large seasonal demand for silk gloves.
Annie E. Blanks sues the Hoff man Brothers lumber firm at West Main and Van Buren for 500 dollars claiming a windblown swinging door from the building struck her on November 22, 1906, knocked her down, and left her bedridden for four months with lifelong weakness.
Andrew Miller of Adams county sues the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway in superior court claiming damages from a fire sparked by the locomotive. Judge Zollars filed a motion to instruct a verdict for the defendant which was overruled, potentially affecting the lengthy trial ongoing for several days.
The Pacific Express company appeals a small sums dispute to the Allen circuit court after a lower court decision by Justice Tancey. The case tests the Indiana law governing delivery of express packages within cities. Costs have mounted while the main issue centers on the law's construction in a forward from Arkansas.
In Superior Court this afternoon the Andrew Miller versus Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad case proceeded with eleven jurors due to one missing, while Judge Heaton set an early adjournment for Monday. Other filings include Gustave A. Koehlinger et al demanding 3000 dollars from Emma Price et al, Rudolph Siemon suing George Rodewald to quiet title, Rolf Martin Company filing for incorporation, and the will of George Griebel entering probate with extensive property bequests to widow and children.
In circuit court Susan Covell seeks 500 dollars from the New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad for blocking Wheeler street and reducing a lot's value from 500 to 25. Breen Morris represents the plaintiff. Edna L. Lewis seeks divorce from George W. Lewis in superior court, alleging abandonment and harsh conduct since 1906. Emrick and Emrick represent the wife. Edith Overly seeks divorce from Albert Overly in superior court with 1000 dollars alimony, claiming three months without shoes and other neglect. Emrick & Emrick represent Overly. Court items note road superintendents reported to Allen county commissioners, a remonstrance against saloon licenses in Lafayette township with 216 signatures, and motions in Madden v Herber. A Tolheim gas tank issue is before Judge Heaton, with Emmons’ factory and Kabisch testimony.
The Meyer company announces fresh drugs of the highest quality across its three stores. It states a newly acquired shop at 1424 Calhoun Street is under strict quality control, with any item failing the Meyer Standard to be returned or destroyed. Customers are assured of Meyer Quality Drugs at all locations.
A roundup shows liquor license affidavits, a defense attorney, and Ed Pauley’s license request. Court actions include Workman losing an Allen county tax ferret matter appeal and a change of venue to Huntington. Justices Huser and Tancey report quarterly fees and salaries. Mary E Denzel named guardian. Litot administrators appointed.
In a superior court judgment Samuel L Morris Jr administrator of George Godsman deceased won 500 dollars from the Wabash railroad. The suit followed a September wreck at Catlin Illinois that killed Godsman and cattle bound for the Illinois state fair. Damages were sought at 10000 dollars and the verdict was by agreement with no contest. Judge Heaton overruled a motion in Andrew Miller vs Grand Rapids and Indiana case.
County commissioners paused Nick Dorlosean's license application for a Rolling Mill District saloon pending an investigation into the area. Dorlosean defended his establishment, but the board cited rioting and disorder in nearby saloons and vowed no new licenses there until trustworthiness is proven. Also mentions Frederick Meyer suing Penn for damages in a separate note.
Several saloon keepers face affidavits for failing to remove window screens on Sunday. One defendant Carl Wehrle paid a $10 fine plus costs. Others, including Joseph Schnee, pleaded guilty or prepared for court. The record also notes a will filing, a quiet title suit, a jail trial, and bar admissions. County officials inspected bridges and per capita school funding was set at 1.72 with Allen county’s total state funds $45,445.84.
C O Floyd of Kershaw S C writes that eleven years ago he nearly died from consumption yet after six months on Dr King s New Discovery his cough and lung trouble vanished and he regained his normal weight. Thousands healed yearly with guarantees at Dreier Bro drug store, 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
Charles Tarbet charged with embezzling funds from the Underwood Typewriter Co waived preliminary hearing in city court and was bound over to the circuit court on a $200 bond. Mary Nicholson and John Jones, both colored, faced immoral association charges with bonds under $50. their cases were continued to Wednesday and they sought a change of judge. Pat Sloan, a strike breaker at the Bass foundry, pled guilty through a foreman and fined $5 plus costs for rioting with strikers near the trouble site. Charles Putt, jailed on intoxication charges, claimed fifty years in Fort Wayne with no police reprieve. the judge discharged him with leniency.
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee proclaims Electric Bitters cured his back and kidney distress after a few bottles. He endorses the remedy as a proven, guaranteed cure sold at Drefer and Bro drug store for 50 cents.
Trustee Gearin reports the Fort Wayne and Wayne township census totals 15 097 eligible voters. Among them 107 colored men and 7 Chinese reside in the Third ward the ward with the largest colored voter count. Ward by ward breakdown follows with white and colored tallies.
A Washington Herald summary notes reformers and railroad leaders at a Minneapolis session debating ending free freight travel for tramps. They cite past policing limits and public assistance as incentives to mobility, with figures like Hill Harriman Murray Irelano cited as backing the end of this “abuse” in travel.
An advertisement claims Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup clears a sallow blotched complexion by stimulating the liver and bowels. It asserts the eyes become bright, the product is pleasant to take, does not nauseate or gripe, and warns to refuse substitutes. Dreier & Bro.
Edward Biekie, a recent Tuskegee Institute graduate from Cape Colony, plans to return to South Africa after the college’s commencement. He intends to apply his learned ideas among black communities there, following his notable education at Booker T. Washington’s school for colored youth in Alabama.
Rochester July 1 trials began over Captain Charles H. Hooker’s will valued above $150 000 The document leaves most real estate for a military academy site at Galesburg Illinois with an endowment fund for upkeep Heirs challenge the bequest to the United States government with Theodore Roosevelt and successors named as executors Government and city interests are represented by Attorney General Bonaparte and Mayor George Shumway respectively.
In Youngstown Ohio during a heavy rain a switch engine backed into a line of parked cars at Carnegie Steel works. One man died at hospital and about a dozen were injured including Milton Stambaugh a former education board member and labor foreman. Most victims were foreigners.
A Panama cablegram to the War Department asserts harmony and progress on the canal project. It rejects reports of officer dissatisfaction and a desire to withdraw, stating everything is going well and that those reports are false. The message is signed Godthais.
Federal officers arrested contractor D. McCard in Dallas Texas on a charge involving violations of the eight hour workday rule. The case centers on workers reportedly forced to labor more than eight hours daily.
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