Railroad laws prompt Indiana railroad audit and talks
Fred L. Feick of the Trainmen’s Organization of Indiana reports railroads through Fort Wayne largely comply with recent state laws except Nickel Plate. Indicts may follow for violations, and Feick cites lack of collisions on compliant lines. He will speak in Indianapolis and Evansville urging broader federal regulation of insurance departments affecting employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Feick
State of
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Nickel Plate
Feick
Ferck
Indianapolis
Evansville
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Relief Department
Train wheels blamed in Kosciusko rail accident mystery
A Nickel Plate freight train left the rails between Claypool and Barket in Kosciusko county last Monday. Jacob Slife reported damaged ties and cut bolts revealing a section of track weakened by a prior wreck. Officials suspect a faulty car wheel caused the incident. crew did not feel the jolt and the mystery remains pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw Daily Times
Kosciusko County
Claypool
Barket
Jacob Slife
Slife
Electrification talk grows for Cleveland Buffalo route
The piece notes renewed discussion of electrifying the line between Cleveland and Buffalo, aligning with New York Central efforts to solve trolley competition. It recalls the West Shore experiment by the same interests, claimed to show success after less than two years, and wonders if Erie would adopt electric traction for its Cleveland Buffalo line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Shore
Lake Shore
Cleveland
Buffalo
Chicago
Lake Shore Electric
Toledo
Painesville
Eastern Electric
Lnle
New York
Cleveland-Buffalo
Record crowd exceeds three thousand on Rome City excursion
More than 3 500 people joined the Pennsylvania employees on the annual Rome City outing. Four trains carried the party with about 80 per car, plus unaudited baggage car passengers. The City Packard band played as the first train departed. A special rate sold 250 tickets to non employees, and 400 un-ticketed children may push totals higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Rome City
Packard Band
Pennsylvania Company
New Car Shop Foremen Named After Fatal Accident
Promotions at the Pennsylvania east yards follow the death of Charles A. Burchard. August L. Sonnenburg becomes general foreman, O. B. Shaffer advances to assistant general foreman. Senior foremen and inspectors receive shifts with R. Schmidt and others listed. Sonnenburg joined in 1896 and long served as Burchard’s assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Burchard
East Yards
Pennsylvania
August L. Sonnenburg
Burchard
O. BE. Shaffer
Mr. Sonnenburg
Celebrated Saturday Marks Welton’s Long Service at Pennsylvan ia
John Welton, a Swiss-born machinist aged 59 this June, joined Pennsylvania employees on a Rome City trip to celebrate. He arrived in the U S at eleven, began work in 1861 at age 23, and has served over twenty years at the round house. Born September 21, 1837, he will turn seventy next September and retire October 1 under company rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Welten
America
Switzerland
Pennsylvania
Rome City
Mr. Welton
Pennsylvania Company
Round House
Rudy Reinewald In New Role
Clarence Brown has become night baggagemaster at the Wabash depot succeeding Henry Hille. Brown is praised for courtesy and knowledge of the work. Rudolph C. Reinewald has taken Brown's place as day baggagemaster assistant and is well known in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Brown
Louis Leussenhop
Wabash
Henry Hille
Brown
Rudolph C. Reinewald
Reinewald
Fort Wayne
The
Sentinel
New Wabash Line Opens with Borough Branch Extensions
The new Wabash line from Wellington to Lorain is ready with all arrangements completed for opening. Branch lines extend the route, totaling about 86 long. The project price and exact opening date remain unspecified in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wélington Lorain
Bass Guild Foundry Back To Full Operation
The Bass foundry resumes full operation after a strike with all cupolas in use and no new hires expected for some time. Assistant Superintendent C. A. Cousar notes the plant runs at capacity while pickets remain outside and some former strikers work elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass Foundry
C. A. Cousar
Steel Rails Dispute Overpricing Sparks Break in Contract
New York June 26 The Lackawanna Steel Co asks higher price than 28 dollars a ton for rails ordered for delivery next year by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The rail dispute, tied to new specifications, makes profitable production at 28 dollars impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lackawana Steel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rolling Mills Shut Down For Mid-Summer Repairs
Fort Wayne Rolling Mills will idle the rest of the week for a thorough inspection and repair of furnaces and machinery. The shutdown follows a midsummer rule set when the mills began. Most furnaces were rebuilt recently. operations resume next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
New Two-Cent Fare Law Expands West
Passenger officials in western routes will meet to discuss changes in through and interstate rates as the two cent fare law takes effect in New Hampshire and Iowa. The law becomes operative in New Hampshire yesterday and in Iowa on Thursday with interstate rates adjusted at division points along state boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Nhnois
Iowa
Two Smithies Hurt in Blacksmith Shop Accident
Blacksmith Samuel Dunbar of the Pennsylvania slipped and fell injuring his side yesterday. Springmaker W C Buehler bruised his right index finger by a misdirected hammer blow and will be off duty a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Dunbar
Pennsylvania
W. C. Buehler
Boilermaker Severely Wounded in Wrist Injury
A. W. H. Horman, a boilermaker in the Pennsylvania shops, received a deep cut along the inner left wrist that opened the artery and caused heavy bleeding. He and his comrades were frightened briefly, but the wound proved less serious than feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Horman
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Pay Day Pay Car Schedule Notice
Advance notice announces the Pennsylvania pay car will depart Chicago at 6 AM Thursday July 18 and reach Fort Wayne that afternoon. It will remain there until Monday morning July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Foot injury at Pennsylvania shops ends work for Warner
M. E. Warner a truckbuilder at the Pennsylvania shops had a spring yoke fall on his right foot yesterday afternoon crushing the great toe and injuring the foot. He will be off duty for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Warner
Pennsylvania
Warner
Shopman Suffers Finger Injury In Machine Shop
J. C. H. Reville an apprentice in a Pennsylvania machine shop had the nail torn from the third finger of his right hand and the digit cut and bruised when it was caught in machinery yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. H. Reville
Pennsylvania
Auxiliary Meeting Abandoned for Fourth of July
Kekionga division No. 51 Ladies Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors abandons its meeting due to Independence Day observance next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kekionga
Italian worker loses finger at Wabash crane yard
John Sufet an Italian employee of the Wabash company has returned from the company's hospital at Peru after losing the second finger of his right hand at the first joint when it was caught in the gearing of a hoisting crane in the yards near the machine shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sufet
Wabash Company
Peru
August-Chaska Wedding at West Wayne Street Home
Miss Hannah May Chaska daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Chaska married Mr. Abrahams August at the bride’s West Wayne Street home. The ceremony began at 6 oclock with Dr Aaron of Buffalo officiating and Rabbi Starry Ettelson assisting. Reineke’s orchestra played the wedding march as the bride and her father entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaska
Hannah May Chaska
Samuel Chaska
Abraham
West Wayne Street
Aaron
Buffalo
Starry Ettelson
Reineke
Close—Boerger
Salem Reformed Church
Emma Katherine Boerger
Edward
Close
Philip Ruhl
Zartman
Grace Reformed Church
Henry Baker
Auger
Henry Seelig
East
Wayne Street
van Hellan
Charles Warner
J. F. Holmes
W. L. Sampson
C. H. Winters
Toledo
Irving Woods
Jacksonville, Il
Allen Tweedy
Clayton
Wabash
Robert Harding
Lutz
Amelia
Fremont
Mesars
Robert Horine
Delphos
Robert Bearinger
Ironton
Ohio
Otto Kirsch
Decatur
Frank Walter
Sandusky
Charles Hofer
Muncie
Susie Wagner
Cleveland
Liarence
F.beacon
Herbert J. Loney
Co. L. O. GC
Gloyd
Arvilla Moss
Willard Moss
Perry Township
Otis ’. Gloyd
B Hornaday
Dora Thompson
Kruger—Goeglein
Emma Goeglein
Jacob Goeglein
John Kreuger
Stophlet Street
Philip Wambsganns
Elaborate early wedding with lilies and peonies illustrated
The text describes multiple weddings with ornate decor at homes and churches. It mentions gowns of lace, tulle, silk, and chiffon in white and pink themes, bouquets of bride roses, lilies of the valley, and pink sweetpeas. Guests from various cities attend, with post wedding travels and new homes planned in Topeka, Denver, and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Chaska
August
Topeka
Kan
David Wolff and Son
Bryan, CO
Bertha August
Hattie Mendelson
Dan Mendelson
New York
Albert J. August
Eileen
St. Joseph
Eugenia Epstein
Toledo
Trene
Chicago
Philip Jacobs
Maurice Baer
Aaron
Buffalo
Many Weddings and a Banquet Highlight Local Society
The region records a flurry of June weddings from Miss Lillian Weber to Henry Foss and Blanche Young to Frank Donivan, with receptions and lake trips planned. Other nuptials include Ellen Driftmeyer with Harry Bennett, Lillian Block with Henry Hellberg, Iona Hudson with Frank Patterson, and Mary Maud Woods with J F Coveny, among numerous family gatherings and a Cathedral Boys' School alumni banquet at Homestead cafe highlighting community ties. The Gorrell family announces a large Robison park reunion on August 15 with J J Gorrell as featured speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian BE. Weber
John G. Fratia
Henry W. Fossa
M. E
Charles A. Rowand
Bennett
Driftmeyer
Ellen Mary Driftmeyer
Harry W. Bennett
Landeman
Bethel Evangelical Church
South
Calhoun Street
Mrs. Pennett
Lake Resorts
The
Cathedral Boys’ School
Homestead Cafe
Lucien C
W. P. Breen
Charles Ryan
Carl Weber
Albert Gessler
Louis Fox
M. W. Walsh
Thomas Cavanaugh
Joseph Ryder
W. D. Sullivan
Robert Smith
Brother Lucien
Stephen Callahan
R. W. T. DeWald
P. J. McDonald
A. W. Golden
E. J. Noll
H. I. Beuret
J. F. Delagrange
E. Perry
A. Freiatroffer
W. H. Rohan
A. D. Kelker
Tom Cavanaugh
D. H. O'Neil
Carl Schmieman
E. Ehrman
F. L. Freiburger
F. J. Callahan
B. A. Moran
B. Spanley
C. A Kelker
Harry Lowery
E. H. Gocke
Claude Meehan
J. Ryder
C. L. Centlivre
R. C. Smith
John O’connor
Harry Mungovan
J. J. Koerster
Don McDonald
L. Ittenbach
A. Callahan
E. Cranston
A. Gessler
G. M. O’rourke
George Ryder
Joseph Schnee
D. Shoemaker
Gorrell
Robison Park
J. J. Gorrell
Pulaski County
Country social gatherings across city and townships
Sunday events include BOP club members and friends at Stephen Young’s country home north of the city, with Mary Gallmeijer Lillian Sanders Anna Rothenberk Erna Hoffman Lena Westhoff Eleanore Charle Martha Luecke and Otto Koenig Mart Heine Mart Wyneken Theodore Schwankowsky Emil Luecke and others. Birthday party for Mrs. May Blume and Marion Black celebrated their fortieth year at the Blume residence in St Joe township with about twenty five guests and a fine dinner eight miles north. Peter Sorg hosted guests from the city near Sheldon including John Sorg Frank Moses E J Ehrman J M Pierre W Mannen Dierhart of Lafayette and Nellie Williams from California with out of door sports and a good meal. A surprise gathering for Mrs. Cora Nichols at Jefferson township featured a late supper and music by Anna Voral and James Linden with a large guest list including Webster Bandelier Linden Lamont McIntosh Rorick and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon—Passino
St. Patrick’s Church
Helen Agnes Passino
Peter Passipe
Jane Street
John J. Salmon
Margaret Salmon
East Butler Street
J. F. Delaney
Alice Vevia
Muskegon
Mich
Frank Dumas
Kenawee
Ind
Fred Passino
Pittsburg
Salmon
Washington
New York
Buffalo
Jamestown
B. O. P. Club
Stephen Young
Anna Gallmeijer
Lillian Sanders
Anna Rothenberk
Erna Hoffman
Lena Westhoff
Eleanore Charle
Martha Luecke
Otto Koenig
Mart Heine
Mart Wyneken
Theodore Schwankowsky
Emil Luecke
Mr. Herbert
Paul Miller
Blume
St. Joe Township
May Blume
Marion Black
Peter Sorg
Sheldon
J. D. Nichols
Jefferson Township
Cora Nichols
Gar Creek
Misa Anna Voral
James Linden
Webster
J. Bandelier
Charles Lamont
Carrie. McIntosh
Rosie
Rorick
Ruth
Bila
Croy
Ue Panny A Gron
Eva
Lan
Lambiase’s Royal Venetian Band Delights Robison Park
Lambiase and his fifty piece Royal Venetian band of Italy performed at Robison park over Sunday and yesterday to large crowds. The program featured Tannhauser with a new arrangement, patriotic numbers in spirited tempo, and strong solo work by Adah Heyman whose three-song encore impressed the audience. Miss Heyman’s contralto voice and Miss Ada Heyman’s performances drew praise, while Sig E Novelli’s baritone, though hoarse, was well sung in an Arditi selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambiase
Royal Venetian
Italy
Robison Park
Adah Heyman
Yeia
Miss Heyman
Carmen
Sig. E. Novelli
Arditi
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FCICK
Nickel Pilate Freight
Cleveland and Buffalo
Erie
NEW Car
A. L. Sonnenburg
Rudy Reinewald
New Wabash
Shopman
J. W. High
Pearl
Arden
Convoy, O
William Benson
T. W. Cochran
Rosa Johnson
van Wert
Bertha Shook
Convoy
Dan
Steiger
W. Koopman
William Patterson
J. K. Geary
S. W. Burgoon
Fred Koopman
Mrs. High
Unicago
Minerva Street
Mr. High
Eylenberg
Vanderford
Edna M. Vanderford
Charles B. Eylenberg
Ella Vanderford
Ingersoll
Free Methodist Church
Fern Vanderford
Clara Brooking
George Eylenberg
Frank Vanderford
L. Crawford
Columbia City
Carrie ‘Sherwood
Hattie
Greenwich, Conn
Center Street
Postal Telegraph
Charles Roberts
W. G. Cartwright
George
J. W. Donivan
Hellberg
Block
Lillian Block
Henry Hellberg
Patterson—Hudson
Iona Hudson
Frank Patterson
Murray Street
E. A. Bunner
Dan Clem
Lenig
G. A. Bunner
Bobo
Pens—Habbert
Sophia Habbert
Charles Pens
Henry Habbert
Jones Street
William Moll
Samuel Wagenhals
New Haven
Yale
Herbert Wagenhals
Margaret Wagenhals
Smith
Katherine
Ebensburg
W. W. Barnett
Marion
G. A. Barry
Springfield
William Alt
Joseph Benanson
Garrett
Carly Horton
Indiana Furniture Company
Bryan, C
John Brewer
Spy Run Avenue
Atchison, Kan
Phoenix Lodge No. 101
Knights of Pythias
John Sheppler
Bruder Jewelry Store
Leutenant
Battery B
Elektron
Lydia Devilbise-Shauck
Ginrhana
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