Man Killed by Nickel Plate Train Near St Marys Bridge
Thomas Overly a 60 year old laborer living with Jacob Weiss at 817 St Martin street Fort Wayne was struck and killed by an eastbound Nickel Plate passenger train No 4 about 100 feet east of St Marys bridge at 8 pm Thursday. Witness Henry Hottendorf reported seeing the man moments before impact and the body was identified by brother Daniel Overly. Surviving relatives include four children Anna Elza Albert and William and brothers Martin David Samuel William and sister Matilda Pangburn of Sand Lake Michigan. Overly had worked cleaning alleys and similar tasks around the city. The death was instantaneous with a head severed and injuries described. Burial arrangements were handled at Kinehn and Melching undertaking parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Overly
Jacob Weiss
St. Martin’s Street
St. Mary’s Bridge
Henry Hottendorf
Herman Street
Hoffman Mills
Hottendorf
Police Department
Reichelderfer
J. E. Stults
Kinehn & Melching
Overly
Weiss
Custer Street
Daniel Overly
Sand Lake
Mich
Fort Wayne
Anna
David Heninger
Elza
Albert
William Overly
Martin
David
Samuel
Wiliam Overly
Matilda 'Pangburn
Mary
Notable Overly Family Ties in Fort Wayne Obit
Dishong of Hikhart and Daniel and Isaac Overly of Fort Wayne are named relatives. The deceased lived with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weiss in this city. Mr. Overly served in the army with company D Fifth cavalry Ninetieth regiment, joined by his brothers Daniel Isaac and Samuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dishong
Hikhart
Daniel
Isaac Overly
Fort Wayne
Jacob Weiss
Mr. Overly
Fifth Cavalry
Ninetieth Regiment
Isaac
Samuel
Poe News Briefs From Poe Indiana June Gathering and Sale
Sentinel correspondence from Poe Indiana notes Fort Wayne visitors the Mercer and Essig families visiting relatives. It mentions a public sale at H K Turner’s old homestead near Hesse Castle, with a large crowd and a church lunch. Also lists local social visits and illnesses among residents.
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Sentinel
Poe
Ind
Frank Mercer
Fort Wayne
Robert Mercer
William Comer
John Essig
Harve Essig
Gladys Hadley
Ida Lahrman
John Mercer
Clark Essig
James Essig
Verba Mercer
Ethel Snider
H. K. Turner
Hesse Castle
Christian Church
Thomas Mullen
Decatur
George Heckler
Hubert Kleber
Kleber
Henry Muldoon
Everett
Six Lectures by E P St John at Indiana Convention
The 43rd annual Indiana State Sunday School convention at Grace M E church Kokomo June 18 19 and 20 features E P St John Hartford School of Religious Pedagogy who will deliver six lectures on Childhood Boyhood and Girlhood Early Adolescence Later Adolescence plus stories and grading the Sunday School The event aims to advance Sunday school education with a mass meeting format and Kokomo hotel arrangements are $1 per day Programs from the State Sunday School Association in Indianapolis.
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Sunday School Forces of
Indiana
State Sunday School Association of
Grace M. E. Church
Kokomo
Ind
E. P. St. John
Hartford School of
State Sunday School, Association
Indianapolis
Blue eyed baby Emily gains twelve foster mothers
Emily, an orphan from Des Moines, has been adopted by twelve Drake University students who will each care for her every six weeks. The girl will move among homes on Twenty sixth Street in Des Moines, receiving a new wardrobe and different motherly guidance from each of her twelve foster mothers.
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Des Hoines
Emily
Iowa Children’s Home
Emily Smryes-Smryes-Alsit
Drake University
Edna and
Ann Smryes
Drake
Misses Smyres
Smryes
Miss Smryes
Foundlings
Twenty Sixth Street
Edna
Anna Smryes
Alsit
Shears
Thompson
Hopkins
Smales
Miss Smales
Daughters of the American Revolution Dedicate Wayne Trace Boulder
The Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter will dedicate a boulder at Wayne Trace on Friday June 14 1907 at 4 PM at the corner of New Haven road and Wayne Trace. The program includes Hail Columbia Invocation unveiling remarks and an address by Paul B. Mossman with citizens invited to attend. Wayne Trace access via East Lewis street cars. Also noted: A V Holloway and William Holden will open an ice cream factory at South Whitley and Currysville post office in Wells county will close June 29 with rural delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Penrose Wayne
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mark Wayne Trace
New Haven Road
Wayne Trace
Columbia
Samuel Wagenhall
P. A. Randall
Paul B. Mossman
America
Lewis Street
A. V. Holloway
William Holden
South Whitley
Currysville
Wells County
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Quick Comfort for Tight Shoes
In a pinch, ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after Allen's Foot-Ease. It relieves tightness, burning, swelling, and blisters, claiming instant relief and all-day comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 26c, with a free trial package and sample of Foot-Ease Sanitary included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Grain Growers Frame a Great Combine 10 Rule Prices
The American Society of Equity forms the Grain Growers Department to control grain prices. It adopts a constitution and bylaws to regulate distribution and set minimum sale prices for crops including wheat and broom corn. The group plans low interest loans via about 535 banks and aims to hold grain in union granaries until target prices are met, with a European shipping agency in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
American Society of Equity
Grain Growers’ Department
Charles A. Walsh
Ottumwa
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Independence League
Hearst
Walsh
Pauley
Association Statistician
Grain price control officers set contracts and salaries
The officers may contract with railroads and elevator concerns hire field agents and organizers and decide minimum selling prices for wheat oats corn barley rye buckwheat hay and other crops. The president and secretary are to receive 35000 annual salary.
Unsuccessful drowning attempt in Rock Run creek reported
Bridget Shea of Goshen, 50, attempted to drown herself in Rock Run creek on Thursday. Col. I. B. McDonald, previously ill, is now critically ill at his home in Columbia City. Ellsworth Souder of Columbia City jailed for failing to pay a 20 fine and costs after liquor sale to a minor. Adams county school commencement at Decatur on June 22 with 127 diplomas. Winslow’s Syrup for teething is reportedly approved under the Food and Drugs Act. June 30, 1906 Serial No. 1098.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Shea
Goshen
Rock Run Creek
Col
I. B. McDonald
Columbia City
Ellsworth Souder
Adams County
Decatur
Dr Charles Zimmerman Specialist at Harrison Street
Dr Charles Zimmerman, medical specialist, located at 1010 Harrison Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zimmerman
Harrison Si
Ft. Wayne, Ind
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