Wreck Death Toll Shocks Chesterton Rail Crash Inquest
South Bend June 21 coroner opens inquest into the South Shore head on collision near Chesterton Saturday night. Ten killed and forty injured. motorman Reed killed, conductor Kinney among injured, investigation blames eastbound crew for misread orders.
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South Bend
Ind
South Shore Traction Railway
Chesterton
Carson
Buckhart
Porter County
Kenney
Epworth Hospital
F. T. Moore
E. T. Moore
Hillsdale
Mich
A. Moore
George A. Reed
Michigan City
Villa Grove
Ray F. Merriman
Charles Johnson
Porter
Edward Gilbertson
A. Barber
Mishawaka
T. Moore
William Leon
Dowagiac Motor Works
Dowagiac
F. A
F. L.tucker
Rose Hershey
Goshen
Co. A. Simmons
Benton Harbor
Nan Larson
Charles Nice
Gary
Edward W. Burlingame
L. V. Lee
Albert Pagels
Louis Mantoffel
East Gary
A. C. Phillips
Chicago
George Aaron Robertson
Sidney
T. W. Luce
Knox
T. W. Loose
Paul Wilson
Cleveland
H. A. Wallace
South Shore
Stella Mendyke
South Chicago
Charles Swanson
Rustale
Mick
Michleg
Michigan
Shore Line
Wilfong
H. V. Wallace
Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Line
South Shore Road
Wilson Crossing
Farmer
Fred Carrigan
Lake Shore Railroad
E. G. Blake
A. G. Tillitson
Reed
Bergin
David Crawford
Assailant Escapes After Mob Pursuit Near Warsaw
A drunken assailant, Ancil Zimmerman, fled as a posse closed in after he assaulted Ruth Wright, nine, near Mentone. Zimmerman, a fencing gang worker on the Winona Interurban project, confessed but escaped when laborers and neighbors intervened. Wright later filed charges in circuit court and vowed pursuit if Zimmerman is found.
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Warsaw
Ind
Ruth Wright
Harry Wright
Assaust
Ancil Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Winona
Peru
Mentone
Wright
New Old Fort Knitting Co Elects Officers and Plans Factory
Officers chosen Friday include President Henry C. Berghoff and Vice President Alexander B. White. R. P. Hinman serves as secretary and manager, T. E. Bennett as treasurer. An executive committee of Hinman, Berghoff, White, Curdes and Foster will direct business for erecting the new factory on the White grounds. The first 10 percent stock payment is due by June 30.
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New Old Fort Knitting Company
Henry C. Berghoff
Alexander B. White
R. P. Hinman
T. E. Bennett
Mesarg
F. Curdes
Stoakholderd
Hinman
Bennett
Prohibition Leader Dr. Samuel Dickie Attacks Liquor Trade
Great educator and prohibition leader Dr. Samuel Dickie delivers a sharp speech in debate with a leading pro-saloon advocate. He scorches the liquor traffic with pointed rhetoric and calls for stricter enforcement and reform.
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DR. Samuel Dickie
Saloon's ruinous impact on citizens and society outlined
The speaker argues that saloons destroy wealth, health, and reputation, harms employability, and poisons politics. Citing Crowley v. Christenson and church opposition, he portrays defenders as distillers and bartenders while praising women’s temperance groups and condemning liquor interests as a national threat.
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United States Supreme Court
Crowley
America
Christian
Temperance ‘Union
Co operative Plan Gains Strong Support in Fort Wayne
Bea dell Co launches a co operative plan for the People's Store in Fort Wayne. A $100000 preferred stock issue at 7 percent is sold in $10 shares with limit of ten per buyer. Shareholders receive 7 percent dividends and 5 percent discount on purchases, tying investors to the store. Henry Beadell presides, Nate Beadell as secretary treasurer, with John Porteous and Archibald Mitchell on the board.
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Beadell & Co
People’s Store
People's Store
Henry Beadell
Fort Wayne
People of
Foyt Wayne
Allen County
Indiana
Nate Beadell
John Porteous
Archibald Mitchell
Messrs. Beadell
Commercial Club
Voting machines arrive for city primary elections
Thirty five voting machines were received by the county commissioners on Monday. Some were placed at city hall and the courthouse while the rest go to the county power house. They will be stored until the city election board distributes them. Voters will have time to practice voting by machines before casting ballots.
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Court House
County Power House
City Election Board
Cyclist Injured in Collision with Child at Street Crossing
C R France of West Warren Street, employed at The Sentinel building, suffered a dislocated right shoulder after he veered into a curb to avoid a girl on a bicycle. The incident occurred Saturday on South Hanna Street and left him sidelined for several days.
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Cc. R. Francs
C.R. France
Warne Street
Santinel Bullsing
South Hanna
France
Senate to Postpone Income Tax Debate Until Tariff Settles
Washington June 19 Senator Bailey and other tax advocates push to defer income and corporate tax questions until tariff schedules are disposed of. Aldrich outlines a plan with attorney general input and a formal postponement awaiting schedules, while Heyburn opposes any tax approach. The finance committee also moves to adjust hides tariff, removing hides from the free list with a 15 percent ad valorem duty and a duty drawback when exported as leather.
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Washington
Bailey
Senate
Aldrich
Heyburn
Finance Committee
Wells Boy Hunter Nabbed For Boarding House Theft
Walter Wells a 17 year old resident of Oliver street was arrested at Huntington before noon Saturday on charges of stealing 60 from Mrs. McDonald a boarding house keeper at Smith and Wallace. Detectives recovered 54.50 with 50 entrusted to McDonald by a boarder. Wells denied the charge but a purse tied to his leg held $50 and the remainder was found in his pocket. He had been preparing to go west when captured.
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Kelly
Racea
Will Mee
Gary
Kenney
Reed
Shimmel
Wilson Siding
Stutmann
Kerrigan
Walter Wells
Oliver Street
Huntington
Willson to Sing at Coldwater Sacred Concert
Clinton R. Willson of this city will be tenor soloist at a Baptist church choir concert next Sunday morning. The program From Olivet to Calvary by Maudner will be performed.
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Clinton R. Willson
Baptist Church
Thatity
Olivet -To- Calvary
Maudner
Vite Ces
Fort Wayne Catholic Central High School to Open in 1909
The Fort Wayne Catholic high school for young men will open in September 1909 under Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding and the Brothers of the Holy Cross. It will repurpose Library Hall at Calhoun and Lewis for classrooms and offer Latin scientific and commercial four year courses with semi annual exams and annual graduation honors.
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Fort Wayne
Herman Joseph Alerding
Diocese of
Brothers of the Holy Cross
A. E. Lafontaine
Calhoun
Lewis Streets
Michael P. ‘Kinder
Schoel
Cathedral
Clinton and
East Jefferson Streets
Sisters of Providence
Regents of New York
Associated Colleges
Commer
Celal
Young vandal receives brief sentence and fines
Charles Bauer, seventeen, was fined 5 and 10 days in city court for destroying a shade tree in front of George Weil’s home. Sentence suspended but fine payable. Reuben Pratt acquitted. Other youths bound over after vandalism incidents. John Wright charged with silverware theft. Walter Wells guilty of robbery. Blanch Curry jailed for drunkenness. Harry Reaser case postponed.
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Charles Bauer
Bowers
George Weil
Frank R. Dulin
Reuben Pratt
Shaughnessy
Bond
John Dillon
Toledo
John Miller
Henry Putnam
John Brown
Charles Kelly
John Wright
Wayne Club
Walter Wells
McDonald
Blanch Curry
Harry Reaser
Elks Attend Funeral of Editor W A Geiger
About thirty Fort Wayne Elks members attended the funeral service for editor W A Geiger in Churubusco Sunday afternoon. Geiger, a Fort Wayne lodge member, had ritualistic services led by the Elks along with the Masons and Knights of Pythias at the River Baptists Church in Markle.
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Fort Wayne
Geiger
Kal
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United States Brewers’ Association
New York
United States
People
Wells
Lenz
Coldwater
Catholic
Central High School
Bishop Alerding
City Court
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Markle Eo
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