June Hots, Obits, and Local Court Actions Highlight Fort Wayne News
June forecasts heat in the city as pension grants and memorial addresses nombre. Local cases include G E Bursley et al suing Elmer Jameson for $400, and Volney Parks et al foreclosing a $250 lien. Deaths include William Rodenbeck and Pantaleon Zuber. many marriages licenses issued. public works progress at Lake Side and Delta Lake projects. Local government moves to license dozens of taverns and redraw precincts for a broader election. Committee plans for a Farmers State Alliance meeting June 4–5 with a speaker. Fort Wayne society pages note weddings, divorces, births, and notable business moves including Max J Blitz named agent for Inman line and W P Whery’s 26 years practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Hiler
R. C. Bell
Monroeville
Middletown
Ropa
G. E. Bursley
Elmer Jameson
Joseph P. Hull
Florentine Strack
Fred Horstmeyer
Lena Aprick
Henry
Baade
Sophia Busching
John F. Burke
Kate J. Raidy
George Weber
Hannah Morhenke
Salt Lake City
E. L. Craw
Mr. Craw
Fort Wayne
Hendricks
State House
Indianapolis
United States
Turpie
Taylor University Officers Named and Talks of Fort Wayne College Purchase
At a recent meeting Tay lor university officers were named with Rev A E Mahin as president and Dr C B Stemen as vice president The Fort Wayne college trustees met to consider Taylor university officers proposal to buy the college grounds and buildings If accepted stock drives will follow to fund the new institution and modest modernization of the building is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Taylor University
A. E. Mahin
C. B. Stemen
Charles McCulloch
B. C. Schrader
Fort Wayne College
Eight-Hour Fight Benefits Carpenters Nationwide
A prominent Brotherhood of Carpenters member reports that the eight hour movement has produced 141 strikes across 208 unions involving 64,852 workers. The eight hour day was won in 27 cities for 23,355 men and a nine hour rule in 72 cities for 14,180 men, with over 2,600 wage increases. Major adoption areas include New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, St Louis, Denver, San Francisco, San Antonio, and Indianapolis. The drive added 46 new unions and 11,241 members, raising total membership to 67,200 in 622 branches, while costs reached about 385,628 dollars for the general body and similar for locals.
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Brotherhood of Carpenters
Sentinel
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
San Antonio
Tex
Indianapolis
Dance Party Plunges After Freight Train Collision
Friday night a dance at Stock's hall in New Haven ended in disaster when an uncoupled freight train section struck the party wagon on Wa bash railroad tracks. Mr Frank Johnson of the Darrow house led guests to the city and was found insensible with contusions. A young lady Johnson of the Darrow home was seriously hurt but not fatal. Sherman Nixon suffered a badly sprained ankle from the jump. The remaining party members escaped with shock and minor injuries. all injured are confined to bed at the Darrow house.
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Mary Mills
Lotta Rohan
New Haven
Samuel Hinton
Judge Chapin
A. S. Lauferty
Isaiah Josephi
Christian Baus
Adam Baus
William Rodenbeck
Charles Schaper
S. BR
Mra, QO. D. Rogers
T. J. Dills
Camden
Ind
Sophia Wiedelman
Wilmer Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Indianapolis
Wallace
J. F. Curtice
Charles W. Parker
Clara Parker
J. R. Bittinger
Reese
William
Fred Graue
Home Avenue
Rev. C. Gross
A. P. McQuisten
Max Fisher
Benj. Rothschild
Kentucky
Catholic Knights of America
South Bend
Jim Artis
George R. Hench
Justice France
Annie
Henry Klebe
Franklin Avenue
St. John’s Reformed Church
Schmidt
St. Joe River
Feeble Minded Institute
BR. T. McDonald
St. Joe Road
Stock
Frank Johnson
Darow
Johnson
Darrow House
Sherman Nixon
Oppenheim Nominated for Joint Huntington Allen Seat
The Huntington and Allen counties Democratic convention named W. S. Oppenheim for joint representative after George R. Hench declined. Hon. Montgomery Hamilton presided, with John J. Young as chair, and the motion for unanimous nomination carried. A sobering note reports Fred W. Franz, Fort Wayne, killed by machinery in Erie, Pennsylvania. Franz, 21, was a machinist who recently left Fort Wayne. remains to be transported to Ada, Ohio, for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Allen
Montgomery Hamilton
John J. Young
W. S. Oppenheim
George R. Hench
Hench
Mr. Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Mary A. Franz
Windsor Hotel
South Calhoun Street
Fred W. Franz
Erie
Fred Franz
Fort Wayne
Franz
Ada
HL. J. Sarre
Sentinel
Robert Lowry
Allen County
Tam
Do. M. Dawson
Editor
Pul. B. Colerick
Louis Brames
Allen Circuit Court
Daniel W. Souder
John B. Manning
Manning
Allen Circuit
J.J. Kern
Geo. W. Loan
Editor Sentinel
Andrew F. Glutting
Youth Hurt in Wagon Crash Near Nestel's Nursery
Arthur Stine, an apprentice for florist B. L. Auger, was thrown from a wagon on South Broadway near Nestel's nursery. The wagon collided with a sand wagon, the horse rearing and overturning the vehicle. Stine sustained fractured lower limbs and was treated at home with a plaster cast by Dr. Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stine
B. L. Auger
South Broadway
Nestel’s Nursery
Williams Street
Dairyman’s wife near death after leg mortification and amputation talk
In a southwest city farmhouse Mrs. John Smith lies dying as doctors warn an amputationship at the hip might have saved her life. Blood poisoning set in after a porch fall four weeks earlier and a newborn son rests in a nurse’s arms as medical hope rests on a leg surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey
John Smith
Tar Sentinel
Waldo Hills Convicted of Swindling in Red Deal
The jury found Waldo Hills guilty of swindling farmer William Wareno, sentencing him to three years in the penitentiary. The unanimous verdict followed a night of deliberation with an initial 10 to 2 ballot. Defense lawyers plan a motion for a new trial while prosecutors seek a higher bond or appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Hills
Court House
Bond
Alden
Hills
Henry Colerick
J. RB. Bittinger
J. M. Robinson
Fred C. Boltz
Richard C. Ross
Supreme Court
William Wareno
Robinson
Walpole G. Colerick
Sherdon and Alderman Open Farm Implements Firm
Dayton Alderman returns west and partners with D. Sherdon to form Sherdon & Alderman at 61 63 East Columbia street. They sell agricultural implements with no middlemen and emphasize fair pricing. The notice also covers a New Haven Fort Wayne Turnpike stockholders meeting on June 26 1890 and local political candidate announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Alderman
D. Shordon
East
Columbia Street
Sherdon & Alderman
Sherdon
Alderman
New Haven & Fort Wayne Turnpike Company
Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
L. M. Rogers
J. W. Vovenmanx
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Lakeside
Delta Lake
Maumee River
B. Schrantz
Joseph Derheimer
Clinton Street
Wa. Ball
Dan Ridley
Robert Hanna
Samuel Brokaw
Pantaleon Zuber
Marion Township
Hesse Cassel
Catherine Schraub
Wm. BR. Henschen
Francis Street
St. John Reformed Church
Rev. Schaaf
Max J. Blitz
Inman Line
W. P. Whery
Della E. Evans
Bridget Cody
James O’hearn
James Woulfe
South Depot
Central Grammar School
Andrew Michael
Michael
Staats Zeitung
Howard, Jr
Howard Brown
High Street
Father Byrne
St. Rose’s Church
Joseph Wood
Eel River Township
Henry White
Cleveland
Henry Baade
Sophia Buesching
Vincennes
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Peltier
Shoaff
Fred Graffe
Freds
Charles Graffe
M. App
Fred Fisher
Hoagland Avenue
Berne
Volney Parks
Charlotte Rupert
Swayne & Doughman
Adolph Poebier
Stellhorn Mill
A. J. Laubach
Brooks Brothers
Caroline Fowler
Wm. Fowler
A. H. Bittinger
England
W. G. Hoover
Fort Wayne Road
Crestline
Johanna Hamilton
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Robert S. Robertson, Jr
Columbia, Tenn
Hoffman Bros
F. R. Barrows
George B. Willey
Fanny Page
Great Malvern
C. C. Albertson
Goshen
John Brown
Vona Majors
South Side
John Street
M. ©. Cooper
St. Paul M. E. Church
Mr. English
Hoagland
Pittsburg
Scotland
Rage
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Thomas Covington
Aboit Township
Parnin
Gorrel
Retig
Winters
Tuckey
Farmers’State Alliance
National Alliance
William Kinerk
Fr. W Gieseking
John M. Mosier
Rose Certia
Northside
George Motz
Mary Griebel
Lizzie Mosier
Rose Koeblinger
Northside Addition
Elizabeth Somers
van Wert
Ohio
Amelia Griebel
Louis Langhor
Rose
W. H. Shambaugh
Pleasant Lake
O. J. Willson
Ryan
Sophias McMahon
John McMahon
Rufus Gillespie
Susannah Gillespie
Frank Sten
Joseph H. Clark
Luke M. Fleming
St. L. Ry
Chattanooga
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Charleston
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Thomasville
Pensacola
Mobile
New Orleans
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Newport News
Old Point Comfort
W. W. Carson
Ann Boggs
Elizabeth O. Hanna
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Wayne Castle
Union City
Marion
Anderson
Columbia City
the Golden Egle
Scipio, Jackson
Milan
John Morris
United States Court
Noble C. Butler
Woods
United States Circuit
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Sam Brokaw
Joseph Henderson
Warsaw
Baltimore and Ohio
Louis H. Fougeres
Wabash
Wm. E. Murburger
Robt. Hanna
Calhom St
Fort Dayne Sentinel
Iton
W.S. Oppenheim
Erie, Pa
Colored Congregation
Second Baptist Church
Harrison Street
William Ridley
Davidson
Thomas Davidson
Whitley County
Whitley County Court
H. Baade
Emanuel’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Emma Bushing
Gross
Carrie Keib
Minnie Brand
L. Brand
Sophie Schmetzer
R. Schmetzer
Emma Greu
Vinenney
Inud
W. Bushing
W. P. Ritterkamp
P. Ritterkamp
8. Ritterkamp
Beunke
W. Obleger
E. Basche
Annie Ogie
Monroe Township
Nansy
Wm. Scott
John
Elizabeth Gibbons
Muskingum County
Mr. Scott
Alien County
Scott
Methodist Church
Lindenwood Cemetery
J.S. Perrin
Schmitz Block
G. W. Saver
A. Keeler
Boone County
Tae
Hills At Liberty
Prairie Grove U. B. Church
Jamesa Sawyer
Kansas
J. D. Morgan
M. D
John Daulman
Jobn Beigler
J. C. Peltier
U.S Nuern
WM. T. Abbott
Solomon Doty
Milan Township
Cass Hunter
Fdster Sentinel
Co. Wenninghoff
William Scott
Lafayette Township
Epwakp Beckhan
Washington Township
Reasurer
A. M. Darroch
Aboite Township
Epwakd F. Clausmeifr
Smentrr
Allien County
Geo. H. Viberg
Jnc. H. Rohan
Preston Chapman
Frank KE. CosGrove
ArcoxDer
County Recorder
Louis HazzaRp
Fan Recorder
Recorder
Gro
A. Buwerlock
W. A. Reicheldehfer
Edittor Sentinel
M. M. Tompson
Llexey E. Fisener
J. H. Stellhorn
Sentinel Lease
Bass Foundry
WM. Scuwier
Michael Wouke
Mary Demoukats
H. F. Bullerman
U. S. Gov't Report
LY Pure
Demet Flannels
ASC
Tladies
Jersey
Yam
Pete
Max
Dale
Mair
Constanley
Rosa Kelly
Rockwell City
Lowa
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
Curiaco Corser Co
PHA
Pixley & CO
the Manufacturing Clothiers
E. Berry Street
George Ewald
Colt
F. M. Smith & Company
L. O. Hull
Plastico
H. Us
Arles
Tlorse Shoe Tobacco
J.E. Tobacco
W. Berry
John Richard
Saldl
Maria Richard
James BE. Grahim
W. St. Bassett & Son's
Ft. Wayne
Columbus Buggies
Philp Krauskoff
Toblas Schuorr
Huntertown
Wing & Mahurin
Pinley & Long Block
Wayne
Lorentine Ray
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