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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
7
Urges prompt antiseptic cleaning of even small wounds after Independence Day celebrations to prevent tetanus and blood poisoning. Stresses soap and boiled water cleansing, proper handling of antiseptics, and immediate medical contact if infection signs appear. notes 150 to 200 deaths last year from firework injuries.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction considers building an electric line from Camden to Rockhill Indiana. Local businessmen in both towns urge the proposition and back the project.
Prof. Fred J. Reineke marks fifty years as a musician with a Fort Wayne celebration. City Packard band serenaded him at his Old Fort Place home before a banquet at Bogenschuetz hall attended by about fifty friends, who shared memories and honors. Reineke, born 1849, began on viola and brass, joined Struby’s band, led Fort Wayne City band, and built Reineke’s orchestra. He helped found Indiana’s oldest continuous band, served as first Fort Wayne musical union president, and remains a central figure in local music. He resides with his wife and daughter Florence at 405 Old Fort Place.
A fragment recalls a Fort Wayne German boy named Fred J Reineke from 1857. The piece notes his careful grooming by his mother and a proud sendoff by his father as the town marks fifty years since the event.
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