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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1907
Page
11
The Hebrew marchers, parched after leaving the Red Sea, seek water as the Cloud leads Moses onward. At Marah they find bitter waters but Moses prays and God sweetens the water. Jahziel opposes, yet the people finally drink. Jahziel and followers fail to find water and press into the desert.
Mrs. Alice M. Smith reports she was poisoned Saturday night and believes a plot to kill her is involved She told prosecutors she was taken ill and attributes her illness to poisoning She resides at 1316 South Calhoun Street.
Indianapolis reports the death of John R. Wilson a well known attorney and former clerk of Marion county He was a Virginia native and a respected Democrat authority on legal work and historical matters in Indiana.
The Walther League elected F. A. Klein as president and R. E. Braeulich as treasurer with J. Renn Emil Haas and others named to key posts. Delegates debated whether to link with the Missouri synod, choosing independence and paddling its own canoe.
Richard Dunlap, recently paroled from the Plainfield boys' industrial school, was arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff Hattery on a parole violation charge. The steeple climbers Baker and Kemp returned from Garrett after a three day stay and achieved a 110 height climb.
Indiana harness manufacturers and dealers held a semi annual meeting in Fort Wayne to discuss improving trade conditions. About forty attendees heard from G M Scherz of Cincinnati as the local and state associations plan to boost manufacture quality and reorganize trade channels. The Northeastern Indiana Retail Harness Makers’ Association and the state group agreed to affiliate with the national body and pursue stronger membership. Dinner for officers and delegates followed at the Hofrau.
The Wayne Shoe Manufacturing company will start producing its first Shoes within two weeks at the Randall building jewelry Pearl and Harrison streets. O. M. Hart of Huntington has been named mechanical superintendent. Most machinery is installed and leather is cut for the initial output. Sixty to one hundred workers will be employed at start.
Bluffton Indiana July 12 The Fort Wayne Gas Companys independent telephone line between Bluffton and Fort Wayne came in contact with the Fort Wayne and Bluffton interurban trolley wire about a mile and three quarters north of Bluffton causing the line to burn out Flames shot from the telephone in the local office as night watchman Charles Smith answered his call but he would have faced serious danger if he had still been speaking The cross caused a vivid electrical display and nearly burned the telephone wire in two
Mr and Mrs H T Swegman returned from Delphi where they were called by news of the death of Mr Swegman’s mother. The funeral was held last Friday with hundreds in attendance. The deceased was seventy one and had lived in Delphi since 1861. She had visitors in Fort Wayne and Frankfort.
Sanitary Officer Brooking filed an affidavit Monday accusing Henry Neff of dumping refuse from a vault at 1252 L8t to a boulevard at the rear of his lot on 1428 Boone Street. The document outlines the alleged disposal incident and location details.
Emma Reffelt Ethel Woodworth Georgia Colvin and Hiram Smith faced a street fight in the city court on East Columbia Street. Fines of 1 dollar and costs were levied on all four. Smith used a buggy whip during the melee. Smith gave a different name, the witnesses say Joe. Ralph Dunlap escaped a fine. The women used assumed names and were charged with public intoxication. Colvin faced assault and battery. The session drew a large crowd and jurists noted the event as routine besides the spectacle. John Lee and Jessie Felger were fined five dollars plus costs for drunkenness. An August Miller Eix complaint against Conrad Kammeyer over a horse deal was dismissed.
Stockholders of the Tri State Loan and Trust company elected two new directors Louis F Curdes and W F Graeter at the annual meeting Tuesday evening. Herman Freiburger joined the board replacing his father Leo Freiburger. The new board lists G W Pixley W J Vesey J J Wood J W Bell R L Romy C A Wilding S M Foster S F Bowser Louis Fox P A Randall D N Foster John Drei belbiss W E Mossman August E C Becker H H Hartwig F S Hunting J B McKim William Geake and W H Shambaugh.
Little Miss Vera Sheets visiting grandparents at 2704 South Wayne avenue was left in a horse drawn wagon that ran toward a cemetery in Van Wert. Grandparents chased but could not catch it until Mr Blake stopped the horse and the girl was lifted out uninjured and calm.
Patrolmen James Richardson and James Connell resigned Monday to James Hayes, secretary of the board of public safety, amid forthcoming loitering charges in saloons during duty. Richardson served since 1894 and was seen as exemplary, while Connell had just over a year on the force.
The local carpenters union, about 200 members strong with 170 new since last April, moves this week from 619 Calhoun Street to the McDougall block where the Red Men lodge formerly stood. The group reports thriving conditions.
The Miami Athletic Association reports the gymnasium nearing completion with apparatus baths installed and decorations nearly finished. The association has 137 members and director C B Harper expresses satisfaction despite the illness of former County Surveyor Jacob Goshorn who could not receive well wishes. Yesterday marked the eighty fourth anniversary of Goshorn's birth.
Chicago and Toledo market notes show wheat open weak on rains and cables, with a later rally from short covering. September wheat around 92 cents, corn about 53 cents, oats near 39 cents. Live hogs push pork and lard prices higher while other grains hold near lows. Local receipts: wheat 458 cars, corn 415 cars. Final: mixed with slight recoveries but overall weakness in futures.
Chicago market notes show butter firm at 20 to 25 cents for creamery, eggs steady at 13 to 14 cents, cheese firm with several grades priced, poultry steady. New York markets report firm butter with official creamery prices, cheese gains, eggs at 22 to 23 cents for fancy whites, and Toledo listing North Lima at 94 cents and South Lima Indiana at 89 cents.
The page lists daily prices from traders including Wheat at 90c per bushel Corn 48c Oats 40c Rye 72c Butter around 20c Eggs 14 15c and poultry values for chickens ducks geese and turkeys. Hides wool and other fibers are quoted with varied rates. Several firms like Bush & Co Mayflower Mills MIM and Tresselt & Sons provide ranges for wheat flour bran and animal products.
Live stock and feed items with prices including cattle from Eckart Packing Co. and local markets. Beef and veal figures shown per head and per pound with grain and hay prices. Includes eggs butter onions potatoes and poultry quotes from local commission merchants and markets.
It is expected that fifty Fort Wayne members will attend the annual Knights of Columbus outing at Cedar Point from July 22 to 29. Early indications include Joseph Nussbaum C J Weber O N Henry L Henry E Derheimer C Meehan H P Lowry Dr E J McOscar Elmer Simons of Butler and John O Connor of Garrett.
Notice states Henry M. Mason has been appointed executor of the last will and testament of Thomas Meade of Allen County Indiana. The estate is declared solvent.
Wilhelmne Dicke has been named executrix of the last will and testament of Diederich Dicke late of Allen County. The estate is declared solvent and administration is granted to the executrix.
State of Indiana Allen County Court requires B. W. Oakley and unknown heirs to answer by August 29 1907 in a suit by Theodore F. Thieme to quiet title to real estate. Case proceeds in the Superior Court of Allen County April Term 1907 with non-resident defendants named.
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