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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1904
Page
2
A major calamity strikes a Philippine city, causing extensive damage and prompt relief efforts. Local authorities coordinate aid as residents assess losses and await official updates on casualties and recovery plans.
A cloudburst northeast of Manila triggered a flood that wiped out San Juan Del Montes with about two hundred lives lost. Low districts were flooded, homes of Americans and foreigners isolated, and transport runs by boat. Seventeen inches of rain fell in twenty seven hours, and $2,000,000 in damage is estimated.
A team of forges owned by George Macrotte and driven by his employed youth drowned near Clinton Street Bridge on Monday just before 2 pm. The $200 team and wagon sank after being pulled downstream by a log entanglement. the driver escaped by leaping clear and swimming ashore with difficulty. the outfit remains unrecovered.
A Burlington locomotive fireman, C. W. Bellamy, describes a near collapse from pain and weakness, then credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health and vigor. The ad promises relief for weak, sickly people and guarantees satisfaction through Dreier & Bro.
Fort Wayne Judge Hench emerges as a potential governor candidate as northern Indiana labor circles press for his bid. He has a pro labor record in the legislature and backed bills aiding workers, bolstering his appeal to labor and soldiers who might oppose Republican nominee J Frank Hanly.
An old newspaper touts Foley's Kidney Cure as the best remedy to reduce uric acid in blood during rheumatism. A Polar Wisconsin man claims three years of failed treatment, then success with Foley's Kidney Cure, praised by local sellers. A La Porte official proposed a whipping post for tramps and vagrants, stirring city council debate.
Ernest E B Jones & Co brokers with Rialto building offices and forty five branches in four states, named receiver John A Barnes after a creditor's complaint. Assets about 30000 dollars liabilities 40000 dollars. Foley's Honey and Tar ad warns it cures early stage consumption and relieves symptoms, Dreier Bro selling it.
The Fort Wayne Guasco company’s well on the Johnson farm in Maumee township produced only salt water. The firm will not drill another well in the area and is relaying hundreds of feet of a sixteen inch main three miles south of Fort Wayne due to muck soil damage. When reconnected, gas to the city may be shut off for about half a day, possibly this Sunday.
A short ad notes Dr King's New Life Pills ease stomach and liver troubles, promising relief and cure. The product is sold for 25 cents at Dreier & Bro.'s drug store.
The Indiana state board of health reports a sharp rise in consumption in June with 383 deaths, 57 more than May, urging legislative action. The bulletin calls for press engagement to push disease control measures. Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is advertised as an effective cough remedy. Joseph Knepper, 61, a veteran of the Seventh Indiana cavalry, died from injuries after a six month-old wagon fall near Bluffton.
A garrett widow dies at seventy. a mastodon skeleton is found near Col verse in Wabash county. thieves steal a skull from Bluffton physician S A Goodin’s office. A brick venture forms in Huntington. principal W E Harsh resigns for normal school study. Warsaw youths charged with assault and robbery at the Big Four station. A Warren man’s bullet injures a neighbor’s wife. Blatc hley files complaint. Walter Brown in Leavenworth prison in poor condition. Louis Knepper travels to Bluffton to see ill brother after 35 years apart. Plus an ad for Bee’s LAXATIVE Honey and Tar cough remedy.
In a Sunday address at St Patrick's Catholic Church Reverend J F Delaney condemned the liquor traffic and its effect on youth. He denounced saloonkeepers who feign religion while running nefarious business and urged banning such men from his parish. Activation: Foley's Kidney Cure promotion follows.
Coroner Stults reports Henry Schmidt died from a wallet wound sustained resisting arrest and cannot identify who fired the fatal shot. Patrolman John Greer faces murder charges with bond set at 10,000 as witnesses debate whether four shots were fired. Evidence includes three gun chambers empty, and investigation continues.
Mrs Minerva Smith of Danville Til claims twenty years of bronchitis relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar sold by Dreler & Bro. In Logansport Mary Minnick fires a shotgun from her porch, blocking telephone workers for thirty hours until authorities intervene.
Fort Wayne names appear in several papers as residents and visitors. Huntington News-Democrat notes Henry Woehnker return after visit. Bluffton Banner says Genieve Hogan visits Alice Barr. Kendallville Sun mentions Elizabeth Chapin visiting Sophronia Emerson. Decatur Journal records Dee Eddington and Myre visit, and Phil Thompson with Mrs Yobst return. Miss Gertrude Radamaker hosts a dinner for Miss Tilla Wellman of Fort Wayne.
Huntington News-Democrat reports the Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company consumes about twenty tons of coal daily at $2,560 per ton, totaling roughly $18,250 yearly for fuel. Engines run nearly year round, with higher coal use on holidays. The company uses a cheap Pittsburg coal.
Judge Fox in Richmond Indiana refused to grant a divorce to Amanda Mauk stating her husband is a faithful, upstanding provider and a model husband who became infidel after marriage. The court found the religious grounds presented were insufficient for legal separation.
Purges impurities from the blood and strengthens overall health. Treats kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by Dreler and Bro.
New York on July 13 reports that investigators have dissipated most of the mystery surrounding the death of a young woman found in a flat building hallway. Initial suspicions of murder by throat wounds have faded as new details emerge.
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