Court News Divorces and Judgments in Superior Court
Judge Vesey grants Louise Smethers a divorce from James Smethers with $50 alimony. Agnes Weininger wins $334.84 against Benjamin Ellert. Edward Schroeder vs Henry Seymour et al yields a decree quieting title. Old National Bank vs Belger Lennon Brames awards $685.84 with Brames as principal. State of Indiana vs Anna Schreck appealed for malicious trespass. Susan Farra vs Francis Farra divorce case dismissed after multiple filings. Hattie M Driver sues for divorce from William Driver with $3000 alimony sought.
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Vesey
Louise Smethers
James K. Smethers
Agnes Weininger
Benjamin Ellert
Edward Schroeder
Henry Seymour
Old National Bank
M. F. Belger
E. J. Lennon
Louis Brames
State of
Indiana
Anna Schreck
Squire France
Susan Farra
Francis Farra
W. & E. Leonard
Hattie M. Driver
Squire William Driver
Maumee Township
Man Clings To Rope During Park Flagstaff Repair
Joseph Henry Speer a bass painter in Bloomfield New Jersey climbed 125 feet to replace a broken rope at dawn to avoid crowds. He tied the new rope to his shoulder and was hanging head downward when the rope held and prevented a fall.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Joseph Henry Speer
Speer
Speer Rescued After Gripping Freefall From Cross Bar
Speer escaped injury during a tense fall when he slid down the rope from a cross bar and clung for half an hour. Police officer Lawrence H. Shorter meanwhile recovered Speer's coat and vest and pulled the rope, ending the perilous incident.
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Speer
Lawrence H. Shorter
A Pioneer Returns to Fort Wayne After Thirty Years
G S Eccleston of Swanton Ohio visits Fort Wayne as guest of his daughter Mrs N E Miller at 379 East Lewis Street. Once a canal boat operator and longtime resident, he recalls old days and familiar faces, noting few reminders remain besides landmarks on Columbia and Dock streets.
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G. S. Eccleston
Swanton
Ohio
N. E. Miller
East
Lewis Street
Eccleston
Fort Wayne
City
Columbia
Dock Streets
Mrs Wones Dies at Wolcottville After Illness
Mrs. W R Wones wife of Rev W R Wones dies at home in Wolcottville after a long illness. The remains go to Ohio for burial, passing Fort Wayne at noon via the Grand Rapids and Indiana line. Rev Wones formerly led Trinity M E church here. Fort Wayne friends mourn her loss.
Walther League elects officers at Cleveland meeting
At the Walther league annual meeting in Cleveland, officers chosen include President Louis Honsbehn, Secretary Henry Mobis, Financial Secretary W. C. Baade from Fort Wayne, and Corresponding Secretary M. Nippman from Milwaukee.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Walther League
Young People’s Societies
German Lutheran Church
Louis Honsbehn
Henry Mobis
W. C. Baade
Fort Wayne
Ind
M. Nippman
Milwaukee
Paying the Freight War Costs Rise in British Estimates
London reports supplementary estimates due to extended South Africa war total £11,500,000, lifting overall allocations for the war to £34,500,000 and raising the army estimate to £74,309,153.
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London
South Africa
Middletown Notes Include Births Visits and Local Happenings
Local items report a birth to Mr and Mrs John Dennis and a busy social week. Dr William Ruhl and family visited John Ruhl. Sunday school groups plan a Poe picnic on August 11. Misses Dora and Grace Todd visited the Van Horn sisters. several locals attended a Fort Wayne horse sale. teachers of the Sunday school hold Friday meetings for songs and practice. اللي
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Wm. Ruhl
John Ruhl
Poe
Guy Hadley
Messrs
Harley
Lucius Somers
Dora
Grace Todd
van Horn
Nine Mile House
George Shookman
Fort Wayne
Louis Grodian
Mace
Clyde Shookman
Date Barclay
Charles Mailand
Simeon and
Lewis Grodian
Nettie Brown
Hartzell
Simeon Somers
Lee Hartzell
Frank Hubler
New Comet Discovered by Dr Brooks in Aries
Geneva New York July 24 Dr William T Brooks director of Smith observatory reports a new comet found the morning of July 23 in the eastern heavens Its discovery position was right ascension two hours forty two minutes forty seconds declination twelve degrees thirty minutes with northerly motion The comet lies in Aries and features a bright stellar nucleus and a broad tail This marks the twenty second comet discovered by Dr Brooks.
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Geneva
N. Y
William T. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Discovery
Aries
Brooks
Local Births and Community Notes From Perry to Cleveland
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Jennings of 2 Hugh street. Another daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hoy of Perry Indiana. father is Perry postmaster. Grace B. and Charlie Hoyt share fourth money in a 2 27 pace at Cleveland. Prof. Price returns from out of town with bride. they plan a three week wedding tour and will reside on Scott avenue. Hannah Rocks resident of Bloomingdale injures finger. steel fragment removed by Dr. Sults and recovery expected. Grace Reform church picnic scheduled at Bercot's grove south of the city Thursday afternoon with a strong program.
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C. P. Hoy
Perry
Ind
Grace B
Frank Bogash
Charlie Hoyt
Cleveland
Scott Avenue
Hannah Rocks
Bloomingdale
Joseph Siults
Grace Reformed Church
Bercot’s Grove
Church Event Schedule and Local Movements Report
Wagons will leave the church between 7 30 and 9 a m and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon for varied activities. Dr W F Schrader and George Stouder depart for Kenton Ohio for health related reasons. Dr Schrader travels for his health. Miss Hattie Steller recently moved from Hope hospital to Mr and Mrs John Schophorst home, then returned to Angola with Paul Ritter. Miss Steller shows signs of good recovery.
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W. F. Schrader
George Stouder
Kenton
Ohio
Schrader
Hattie Steller
John Schophorst
Hope Hospital
Angola
Paul Ritter
Miss Steller
Hand Injured Girl Scalded at Home
Maizie Sargent, 106 Wells street, spilled boiling water on her right hand and arm Monday afternoon. Dr Joseph Stults dressed the burn, described as painful.
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Maizie Sargent
Fatal imagination leads to Mrs Jones death in Marcus Hook
Philadelphia dispatch reports Mrs Anna M Jones of Marcus Hook Pa swallowed a lizard while drinking water. The reptile repeatedly entered her throat and she feared a fatal choking. She died last night from a heart condition, with no strangulation found.
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Philadelphia
Anna M Jones
Marcus Hook
Ancient glass shared same parts and methods through time
The article argues that the earliest glass possessed identical component parts as modern glass and that the production processes appear consistently similar across historical eras.
Injury to Little Girl in Indiana Horse Incident
Five year old Lucy Hill of Kokomo suffered a jaw fracture in three places and a skull fracture after being kicked and trampled by a family horse. Doctors fear she cannot live. Lucy is the niece of President Hill of the former State baseball league.
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Kokomo
Ind
Lucy Hill
Frank Hill
President Hill
Train derailed by landslide near Wabasha kills two
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger No 2 ran into a landslide at King's Coulee near Wabasha Minnesota. Engineer Hathaway and Fireman Thomas were killed and several passengers injured as heavy rains loosened earth from a steep Mississippi bluff. A wrecking train was dispatched from La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
King’s Coolie
Wabasha
Hathaway
Thomas
Mississippi River
St. Paul
STATE RESTS IN JESTER CASE
Evidence closed for the prosecution in the murder case of Alexander Jester over the 1871 killing of Gilbert Gates. The defense motion to dismiss the jury and declare Jester not guilty was overruled as Capt. Julius Dunn testified to a pool of fresh blood in Hulen lane and to rumors of two men matching Jester and Gates passing through days later.
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New London
Alexander Jester
Gilbert Gates
Julius Dunn
Moberly
Hulen Lane
Jester
Gates
Witness Claims Persecution Amid Family Testimony
The witness and his relatives testify amid claims of persecution. The remarks depict a tense scene as the testimony unfolds with assertions of ongoing harassment and bias.
Secretary of State John Hay attends Mrs Stone funeral
Secretary John Hay arrived in Cleveland at noon from Washington to attend the funeral of his wife’s mother Mrs Amasa Stone. He was met at the depot and taken to the Hay home on Euclid avenue. After the services he plans to travel to Canton for a conference with President McKinley before returning to Washington.
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Cleveland
John Hay
Washington
Amasa Stone
Hay
Hay Homestead
Euclid Avenue
Canton
McKinley
Baltimore and Ohio to Take Over Pittsburg and Western
Announcement from a B and O official says a majority of the Pittsburg and Western’s preferred stock has been secured. Within three months B and O will assume control, potentially stopping a foreclosure sale on bonds totaling over 3 million dollars.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mercantile Trust Company
New York
Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company
United States
Mrs Thomas Hall Improves After Serious Illness
Mrs. Thomas Hall of Hendricks Street who has been seriously ill is slowly improving.
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Thomas Hall
Hendricks Street
Rail executive moves offices to Arcade building
Commercial Agent Hall of the Findlay Fort Wayne and Western railroad is relocating his offices from Dr Worch’s late location in the store to rooms in the Arcade building.
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Hall
Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railroad
Dr. Worch
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