Local notes and notices from Fort Wayne era community column
A whirlwind of short items covers births marriages arrivals health, law, and business. Residents like Mrs. Herman Tapp, Dr. Doyle, and Joseph Lemon appear alongside civic notes on deputies Heath Dalman Schroeder and changes in local offices. Community events include church installations, fairs, and property sales, with several marriages and obituaries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Tapp
Ferdinand Kirchner
J. D. Doyle
Albion
Fort Wayne
Misa Alice Click
Milleraport
Ohio
Joseph Lemon
Catharine Squires
Berry Street
M. E. Parsonage
Rev. W. M. van Slyke
Wing & Mathurin
Hartford City
Ind
Stephen Heath
John Dalman
Louis
Schroeder
Dalman
Court House
Louis Schroeder
Mr. Heath
Heath
Gas leak causes well explosion near drug store
Gas seeped from a manhole into an old well beside Scheiffer's East Washington street drug store and polluted the water. A Sunday incident, a colored boy dropped a lit cigarette and a match into the well, triggering an explosion that sent the windlass and boards flying. Mrs. Anna Summers was struck by debris but escaped serious harm. the boy fled unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheiffer
East
Washington Street
Anna Summers
Darkey
Death of Zanesville Painter Ends Quiet Family Dinner
H. H. Diffendorfer of Zanesville fell dead from heart disease while seated at the supper table last Friday evening. A longtime city painter, he was about forty five years old and leaves a widow and five children, four sons and a daughter. The funeral occurred Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Brannon
Central Grammar School
William Quaintance
Lagrange
Columbia City
T. J. Giboney
Charles Thomas
New Albany
Thomas
Evansville
Barnett
Phillip Nestle
Lafayette
Lewis Streets
Reppert
Adama Street
Nebraska
Bluffton
Hench
Fort Wayne
Lowry
Board of Commissioners
A. A. Chapin
Wells
O. B. Abshire
Winfield M. Hanna
John Lunz
Maysville
Harry Wise
P. J. Wine
Kentucky
Mr. Wise
Purdue
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
South Bend
O. D. Tillo
Newspaper
Union
Byron E. Adamson
M. Adamson
Walnut Street
Christian Chapel
Henry Geuth
Bass Shops
Theo
Thorward
A. A. Bunce
O. E. Wilson
Fort Wayne Lodge No. 116
Samuel Sinclair
William Hornung
John T. Issett
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Zion’s Lutheran Church
H. H. Diffendorfer
Zanesville
Sundey
John Vining
Manmee Road
Glasgow Avenue
John Vining, Jr
A. McKennan
Rabid dog terrorizes city before being killed
A danger marked rabid dog ran loose Sunday biting four people and attacking several dogs before being shot by Dr. Myers. The Bradley family’s water spaniel Colonel behaved violently, biting May Bradley and others. the dog later died after two bullets entered its body. Authorities cauterized wounds and searched for other attacked animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bradley
William Bradley
Central Hotel
Harry
Warner
Montgomery Street
Will Geiger
Adams Express Company
Children honored at First Presbyterian Church Sunday
Sunday was Children’s day at the First Presbyterian Church with a 4 o’clock gathering of Sabbath school scholars and friends. Rev. Leeper opened in prayer followed by a responsive reading. James McKay and Professors Crowe and Brannon gave talks on Sowing and Reaping. Dr. Moffatt addressed the children after an infant class song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Leeper
James McKay
Crowe
Brannon
Moffatt
Commencement Exercises at St Augustine Academy
The St Augustine Academy commencement will be held Friday June 19 at Library Hall. The program includes solos, piano numbers, violin, chorus, operetta The Twin Sisters, speeches, calisthenics, and diploma awards to Miss Katie Sullivan and Nellie Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine’s Academy
Mary Ephrem
Library Hall
Nellie Carroll
Kitty Sullivan
John Smith
Sophia Lindemeyer
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Sauer
Stone
Oaks Street
Hough Street
Clara E. Grosjean
Will P. Morrison
Stephen A. Northrop
J. B. Grosjean
Sunnyside Farm
Dr. Morrison
Tri-State Normal of
Angola
Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Denver
Boise City
Morrison
St. Augustine's Academy
Tancreds
A. Ry . Buckley
Kx. Linker
K. Sullivan
C. Foley
L. Ditter
Rk. Baker
M. Echenrod
V. Obneck
L. Ofenjock
M. Neitherter
S. Kane
A. Summers
Katie Sullivan
C. Donnelly
R. Baker
M. Fox
N. Sullivan
C. Graffe
M. Ryan
Fox
L. Summers
A. Christen
Wilmiery
Twin Sisters
Florence
Miss R. Fox
Gypsyhagen
F Lorence
Florence In the
Woods
Air Suissé
Eescee Czerny
Fleming
M. Chamberlain
M. Benedict
G. Brown
U. [Loiser
I. Miller
M. Kelly
C. Brennan
I. Mobr
A. Ryan
M. Simonton
G. Hogan
Glover
Pilano
Eassy
Don Pasquale
Roselien
Misa A. Ers
Faust
M. Hedekin
E. Gribbins
M. Durie
G. McClure
M. Trentman
N. Mobr
Golden Gate
M. Trentmian
Kane
K Sullivan
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Daniel Ryan
East Berry Street
Harmony Lodge No. 19
Rebekah
Charles Muelfeith
The
North Side
James Wilkinson
Simon Barney
City Hospital
Weer
Albert Melching
David M. Tillman
Atlanta
Iowa
George O. Yeager
William James
St. John Plow Company
Superior Streets
Martin Schele
Schele Bros
Scheles
Best
William Rose
Charles Rose
Christian
Auburn
DeKalb County
John Rapple
Barn
West Main Street
Michael
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
St. Joe Township
Thoreday
Wagner
John F. Redabaugh
Foster Block
Montgomery
Ala
I. Friedlich
Bam, Pete & Max
Miss
Daniel Shambaugh
Cedar Creek
Frank J. Woirol
Park Place
Joseph Whan
Baker Street
Major
Geo. W. Ewing
Babylon
L. L
O. E
Will Koontz
Roanoke
B. A. Strawn
Broadway
Albert Miller
Princeton Democrat
Thomas Qullen
Frank J. Voirol
Knights of St. John
Anthony Lehmann
Hahnemann Medical College
Christian Endeavor Society
A. K. Zartman
Minneapolis
John Hall
Ann Arbor University
Will Wilkinson
St. Paul
O. Anderson
Peter Conrad
Pierceton
Conrad
New Trotting Association
Jacob Wildey
St. Jon Hospital
Soldiers’ Home
Marion
Wildey
Scientific American
Qass Hunter
Second Presbyterian Church
Rome City
Howenstine
Anna Belle Sheriden
Taylor Street
Charles
Frank Sheriden
Ed. M. Wilson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mesars
Paul Mossman
E. J. Woodworth
Bert Rowe
Mr. Wilson
Andrew Miller
Pleasant Township
Madge Murray
Rose Gibson
Mary Randall
Huntington
George Rausch
John Zent
Frank Hoagland
Herald
John
Catholic Total Abstinence Society
Connersville
J. F. Redolf
D. P. Downs
Terre Haute
Father Champion
Logansport
J. B. Kelly
Patrick Mahoney
Jerry Boland
W. L. Heineman
State Bulletin
J. 8. Savage
Father Bessonies
Indianapolis
J. F. Stanton
Frank Bailey
Washington City
State Society
Muncie
William Enslen
Delphos
J. A. Soliday
A. Raepler
Kendallville
William Way Wallace
Markey & Mungovan
Monroeville
J. B. Pierson
Creighton
South Wayne Avenues
Belle
Beggs
Lillie Street
Daisy Beaber
Jacob Beaber
James E. Graham
Canton
Graham
S. A. Burrowes
Morgan & Beach Hardware House
Colorado
John R. Wright
New York City
Taylor University
Wright
West
Jefferson Street
Henry Hille
J. B. Reitze
Reitze
Qcontinental Fire Company
Schrader & Wilson
Sentinel
Shane
Tapp
Anna Fairfield
Thomas Green, Jr
Lucius Hershfelder
Philomena Noriny
Leonard Herstion
Gustie Holeworth
John Schmidt
Sophia Linnemeier
Wilkinson
Chas. Norriut
Seth K. Metzger
Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Almira
George W. Loutit
United States
United States District Court
Hays
Chas, Schmidt
Michael Winters
Schmidt
Agent Reed
Humane Society
Frank J. Wahlen
Cummings
Reed
Ellison
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Elizabeth Muelhreith
Angeline Shippey
Supreme Court
Nicholas Gossert
Daceler
Viberg
Monroe
Kate Hofer
Susan W. Colerick
Ludwig Herstein
Gustie Holzworth
Sophia Lannemeier
John Vinning
Fikener
Calvin Bowman
Bowman
Sylvester
Geo. Reed
Edward Nolte
Matilda Ehinger
H. W. Myer
Amelia Hackins
D. Edwin Bricker
Retta Welch
Mary Schmidt
Justice France
Charles Schmidt
Farmers’ Friend Manufacturing Company
M. P. Smick
J. B. Harper
O’ Rourke
Gronendyke
Henry B. Waldo
Catherine Koch
Alden
Daweon
John Siebold
John Knoll
Robert Ogden
Elias J. Bulger
J. M. Coombe
City of
State Va
James van Horn
Frank Schell
Shaffer Va
O. P. Morgan
A. F. Glatting
Board of School Trustees
Fred Beach
B. Bond
J. H. Bass
Beckman
Edward Beckman
Alex. Sterlin
John M. Taylor
August J. Martin
Phil Lindsay
John B. Reuss
Edward Ely
John Archer
H. Dreier
Herman J. Berghoff
Chas. F. Osntlivre
Peter Certin
M. A. Ferguson
John Mohr
A. O.trentman
Moné
Hamilton
H. O. Paul
Pacific Express Company
Justice Wilkinson
Circuit Court
E. V. Emerick
Louis O. Rosebaum
Harry O. Snow
Harry Gilbert
W.P. Breen
Roselot
Columbia Street
Justice Hays
Lewis Gibson
Wm. James
James
Gibson
Wm. Kelsey
Chas. Keller
John Drummond
Dam, Pete & Max
Nohe-Ehinger
Pauls Church
St. Paul's Catholic Church
E. J. Nohe
A. Foster
Tillie Ehinger
Father Koeiig
Amelia Ehinger
Frank Heit
George App
A. O. Gooke
East Lewis Street
White Bank
Findlay
William Moellering
Emma Summers
Norman Lemcke
Dimon
G.B. M. Bower
E. J. McQuaocar
Cheney
John G. Lehr
Theresa
R. Morgan French
Kirby O. Jackson
Baby Lange
Anna B. Sheridan
Ida Rippe
Leavening Powe
U. S. Gov’t
Prs
Clay St
Bloomington
Mus
Briggs
Putter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
Cuticura
Augustine’s Academy
Hostetter
Binder Twine
Bass & Co
Bricht
Pixley
E. Berry Street
Fort
George
Brandenburg
Companil
LO. Hull
Vatanted Saleshen
Sh. J. May &C
Minn
Janesville
Wayne Amusement Con
Louis Beilbroner
Seo'y
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