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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
18
London reports two major finds in Egypt: ancient crude manufactures claimed to be about 100000 years old, and a cache of sixth century Greek papers including twenty five leaves of apocryphal sayings of Christ in Coptic translation of a lost Greek original. Also parts of Matthew Mark and Luke in Greek.
New York July 18 two autos returning from Coney Island crashed head on on Ocean Parkway at express train speed. Thomas F Donovan of New York died after being impaled on wheel spokes. Chapman Ropes of Morristown New Jersey and an unidentified man were fatally or seriously injured. A third car narrowly avoided the wreckage.
A. C. Gholston, a well known educator, killed his wife in Fort Smith Arkansas by kissing her then drawing a razor across her throat while in an embrace. He was said to be insanely jealous and the act caused a local sensation.
Raleigh July 17 Federal and state courts appear poised for direct conflict as T E Greene a Southern Railway ticket agent faces charges for selling tickets above two and a quarter cents per mile. An order sent Greene from jail to the sheriff shifts custody amid sudden trial tactics by his counsel.
The board of commissioners obtained 500 to hire an examiner to audit county records back to 1895 and pursue due in and out fees from former sheriffs and county treasurers. Officials said one official already turned 3500 into the treasury and the rest will be pursued once exact amounts are known.
Justice Ingraham announced the appellate division held the ballot recount law for the mayoral election unconstitutional. The court will stay proceedings and send the case to the court of appeals for final decision amid related Brooklyn rulings on Hearst’s recount claim.
Mrs Jennie Hauenstein and her thirteen year old son Vernis leaped from a second story window at 736 West De Wald street when fire from a gasoline stove trapped them. The home of H T Stapleford sustained damage. loss valued at 300 to 400 dollars with insurance. The boy sprained his left wrist. neighbors alerted the fire department.
Indianapolis July 17 The Federation of Catholic Societies announced Boston as the site for the next convention with old officers re elected. The convention adjourned after the resolutions committee postponed action on a Catholic Y M C A until next year and denounced socialism while acknowledging some socialist demands as acceptable and reaffirming its stance on divorces.
Floyd Rumbaugh, once sentenced to twenty years for manslaughter in the murder of Enos Rath, former marshal of Hicksville, has been granted parole by the Ohio penitentiary board of pardons. His co-defendants Frank Zuber and a man named Johnson faced life terms. Johnson died in prison, Zuber remains incarcerated. Judge Snook, who defended the accused, has long argued their innocence and helped secure the parole.
Rome reports the pope has ordered a congregation of inquisition to denounce sixty five propositions condemning modernist authors. The syllabus argues divine inspiration does not guarantee all scripture, the resurrection is not historical, the church’s authority is political, and Christian doctrine evolved through eras before reaching current beliefs.
Advertisements claim Allen's Foot-Ease lets ladies wear shoes one size smaller and makes feet feel easier. The copy touts comfort for various foot ailment and claims quick relief and better fit.
Stephen B Bond a longtime Fort Wayne banker and Packard company head died at 2604 Fairfield avenue at 1 pm after a heart ailment. Born October 17 1833 in Lockport New York he built a local financial empire, led Fort Wayne National Bank then Old National Bank, helped found the Packard company and the Michigan Stone company. He married Jessie Vermilyea in 1863 and had ten children.
Two Fort Wayne men Judge W. J. Vesey and W. E. Mossman are leading stockholders in the Huntington Trust company formed to capitalize at $50,000. Vesey travelled to Huntington for a meeting to organize the bank whose location is set and officers are to be chosen this afternoon.
Mrs John Coudret of 1308 Lafayette Street asks police to locate her husband who left a week ago claiming to go to the grocery and has not returned. The family of five is left penniless and hopes for information.
A tornado and intense rainfall damaged St Joseph and surrounding areas. Homes were wrecked and cellars flooded while the family of Daniel Riordan narrowly escaped debris as their house was lifted and found shelter in the basement. Dozens of houses lost foundations and crops face heavy losses with several residences struck by lightning but no fatalities.
Heavy rains north of Kansas City raise the Missouri at Kansas City to twenty three feet. Cellars in wholesale houses in the West Bottoms flood mildly while truck gardens at Quindaro suffer about twenty thousand dollars in damage. Families relocate to higher ground as Kaw River also rises.
Mrs. Albert Mertz of 1911 Pine Street told police a trunk in her home was robbed of $10 on Wednesday afternoon. The thief did not remove the trunk from the dwelling, unlike recent thefts in the area.
Indianapolis July 19 Acting under Attorney General James Bingham opinion State Auditor Billheimer refuses to recognize branch state and private banks and orders them closed. Valparaiso bank branches Wanatah Covington Cates Perrysville and Brownstown State bank locations mostly closed though Valparaiso may close Wanatah.
Dentist address listing for E F Sites D D S in Fort Wayne Indiana. Office located at 112 West Wayne near Calhoun four blocks west of Sentinel office. Local ad style notice in Fort Wayne.
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