Allen County Courts Hear Will Challenge And Divorce Claims
In Allen County, heirs sue to set aside the August 16 1900 will of Clara E Trick alleging unsound mind and unduly executed document depriving three grandchildren of inheritance from an estate near 12000. Defendants include George Trick Hattie Trick Alice Trick Charles Trick Dorothy Southern and executor Harvey Turner. Bertha Elinora Garrettson and Lucy Woodmansee obtain divorces in separate actions while William Waltke’s will favors the widow Johanna. Henry Mueller ruled to be of unsound mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara E. A
Dorothy E. Trick
L. Merkel
George Morton Trick
Hattie M
Alice
Charles Trick
Dorothy A. Southern
Harvey C. Turner
E. Leonard
Bertha Elnora Garrettson
Carl A. Garrettson
Nicodemus
Lucy A. Woodmansee
Wingfield S. Woodmansee
Benjamin
Fell, Son
Court limits divorces citing lack of strong grounds
The judge refuses to grant a divorce, criticizing frivolous separations and stating that divorces will not be granted unless the case clearly meets strong grounds with ample evidence. The remark reflects concern over marriages formed without serious commitment and the rising ease of seeking judicial separations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
O’rourke
Clarence Miller
Pie Miller
Ghes
Damages Sought in Suit Over Alleged Warrants and Theft
In Superior court a jury hears Margaret Lavaine's suit against Frederick A Lovine and Fred Lovine seeking 3000 damages for a warrant she says led to her arrest on charges of marlous trespass. She rented a house at Superior and Harrison streets from Fred A Levine and, while leaving, took a sink a sign and shelf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Lavaine
Frederick A
Fred Lovine
Superior and
Harrison Streets
Fred A. Levine
Trial progress and divorce filings dominate city cases
The article reports on a defendant accused of stealing a doorbell during a trial, with Judge Dreibelbiss. lawyers Emrick and Fruechtenicht guiding the defense. It notes juror Cooke's improving health and John H. Cooke’s return to seat expected, aiming to close the April term by Saturday. It also covers Gladys Sunderland filing for divorce from William Sunderland, previously a physician at Monroeville, and a separate divorce decree for Edward J. against Susie Lynch with alimony awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Dreibelbiss
Harry Hilgeman
Emrick & Emrick
William Fruechtenicht
Cooke
John H. Cooke
Miller
Gladys G. Sunderland
William E. Sunderland
Monroeville
W. G. Colerick
John A. Connolly
Edward J
Susie Lynch
W. H. Shambaugh
Wood and Townsend
Divorce Granted and Property Granted to Husband in East DeWald Case
Frederick J. Woolsey obtained a divorce from Ella J. Woolsey in circuit court. Judge O Rourke ordered the property in Ella’s name on East DeWald Street transferred to Woolsey, citing an Indiana Supreme Court ruling on marital misconduct. The article also notes prior stock disputes and a failed attempt to locate Ella, plus various docket actions and other court events of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Woolsey
Ella J. Woolsey
O'Rourke
East DeWald Street
Indiana Supreme Court
Charles McCulloch
Economy Glove Company
Margaret Lavaine
Frederick A
Frederick Lovine
Superior Street
Albert E. Thomas
Circuit Court
A. B. Jackson
Gene Jamison
Floyd Hursh
Murray Carson
Harry Gilbert
Zella Evans
Pacific Express Company
Frederick Smith
Joseph A. Lamboley
Anna la France
Sophia
Gustav S. Ulmer
Lee J. Ninde
Bessie I. Marvin
County Board of Review Advances Property Assessments 1908
The county board of review enters the last full week of its 1908 session under a June 30 adjournment rule. It speeds through real and personal property valuations, noting substantial increases from assessor figures, including a $50 item raised to $5,000. A new real estate addition to the city is under assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Review
George Kurtz
Kurt
Friend
the Lake Sho
Bark and Iron Medicine Claim Boosts Energy
An ad touts Bark and Iron as the best systemic medicine with bloodborne action. It claims reviving effects, stimulates the whole body, and injects energy throughout the system.
Kain divorce suit reveals prior marriage history
In New Haven Charles Kain petitions for divorce from Mary Kain claiming he learned before their 1907 wedding that she had been married and divorced four times. He alleges she left him on three occasions, one stretch lasting four months, and he cites residence in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kain
Charles Kain
Mr. Kain
New Haven
Emrick & Emerick
Jacob Huntine
August F. Mahler
Heaton
Charles Schurg
James O. Morse
Christina Benward
John Benward
Lavine Vs. Levine
Dispatches
Indianapolis
L. C. Hunter
First National Bank of Fort Wayne
Supreme Court
Patterson-Fletcher ad and tragedy notice
Silk half hose priced from 1.00 to 2.50 sold by Patterson-Fletcher Co. A separate notice reports Sol Lower, resident northeast of Waterloo, died by suicide Friday by swallowing carbolic acid. He was about sixty and had recently suffered a severe illness that left his mental faculties impaired. Patterson-Fletcher Co. colored. A shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson-Fletcher CO
Sol Lower
Waterloo
Mrs Elizabeth Fischer Dies at Lutheran Hospital
Mrs Elizabeth Fischer 58 9 9 died 2 30 Friday at Lutheran hospital from complications of diseases. She came to Fort Wayne from Wells county 38 years ago and married Fred Fischer two years later. Survived by husband four sisters two brothers and Em maus Lutheran church member. Funeral services Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Fischer
Fred Fischer
Hoagland Ave
Lutheran Hospital
Fischer
Fort Wayne
Wells County
Mrs Lillie McCulloch Dies After Illness at 25
Mrs Lillie McCulloch 25 wife of A G McCulloch of 19 Prospect avenue died at 10 30 pm Thursday at St Josephs hospital after an operation for peritonitis. Surviving are husband an employee of Fort Wayne Foundry and Machine Works and two children Russell and Georgia aged 8 and 4 with mother and two sisters also relatives note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie McCulloch
A. G. McCulloch
Prospect Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
McCulloch
Fort Weyne Foundry and Machine Works
Russell
Georgia
Mrs Elizabeth Cook Widow of Charles W Cook Dies
Mrs Elizabeth Cook aged 46 died Thursday evening at St Josephs hospital. She lived at 1426 Hayden street Fort Wayne before moving to North Manchester last year. Survived by two children Pearl and Ralph Cook the remains were sent to North Manchester funeral services for interment Sunday. She was a member of the Yeomens lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Cook
Charles W. Cook
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Tragedy Strikes 16-Year-Old Anna Listenberger
Miss Anna Listenberger aged 16 died at noon Friday at St Joseph hospital after a brief illness and recent surgical operation. Her remains were taken to the family home on St Marys avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Listenberger
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Mary’s Avenue
Diphtheria Claims 10 Year Old Hazel McDonald
Hazel Z McDonald daughter of Mr and Mrs George McDonald of 1204 East Creighton avenue died Thursday evening from diphtheria at age ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Z. McDonald
George McDonald
East Creighton Avenue
Death of Mrs Margaret Ryan Fort Wayne Resident
Mrs Margaret Ryan wife of City Weighmaster Patrick Ryan died at 4 30 pm Friday after an extended illness at 928 Barr street She was 76 born in Limerick Ireland March 25 1832 came to America in 1849 lived in Boston before moving to Fort Wayne in 1862 and marrying Mr Ryan in June 1863 She was widely known and esteemed and a devoted Cathedral member Surviving relatives include the busi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ryan
Patrick Ryan
Fort Wayne
Barr Street
Ryan
Boston
Infant Pitts Dies at Two Months Old in Local Home
Hilda Gertrude Pitts infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Pitts of 1014 Elmwood avenue died Saturday at 9 am aged two months and twenty four days Funeral services are set for Monday at 8 30 am from the residence and 9 am at the Cathedral The father works at the Ortman cigar factory The remains will be shipped Monday to Hagerstown Indiana for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Gertrude Pitts
W. G. Pitts
Elmwood Avenue
Ortman Cigar Factory
Hagerstown
Ind
Francis M. Rousseau Dies at 74 Shrine of Local Prosperity
Francis M. Rousseau longtime county resident died at his Covington road home from apoplexy at 7 45 p m He was born in New Castle Indiana in 1836 married Martha J Corey in 1857 and leaves a wife five children and three sisters plus two brothers Funeral services will be held at 10 o clock Tuesday morning at his residence with interment in Oak Grove cemetery
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Francis M. Rousseau
Covington Road
New Castle
Ind
Allen County
Abolt Township
Martha J. Corey
Wayne Township
West Creighton Avenue
Death of Byron Alexander Kiser Blind since four years
Byron Alexander Kiser 58 son of Peter Kiser died Sunday at 5 PM after years of disability and rheumatism. He was burned and blinded in the Boiltz block gas explosion on Calhoun street, later regained some sight and health but became totally blind again four years ago. He never married and survived by brothers Charles in the city Ellis in Atlantic City and John Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Alexander Kiser
Peter Kiser
Kiser
Boiltz~block
Calhoun Street
L. O. Hull Paper
Mr. Kiser
Widow Mary Hardenbrook Dies After Stroke at 70
Mrs Mary Hardenbrook widow of Francis Hardenbrook died at 5 80 oclock Sunday after noon following weeks of paralysis. She was 70 and passed away at her son’s home at 1818 Polk Street. The obituary notes her long struggle with illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Hardenbrook
Francis Hardenbrook
Obituary for Fort Wayne Driver at 51
A Fort Wayne Trucking Company driver died at his home 1328 Michigan Avenue Sunday afternoon at age 51. Death followed complications of diseases. He was a member of the Tribe of Ben Hur No. 15 and is survived by his wife ten children a father five brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Michigan Avenue
Ben-Hur No. 15
Death of Martha Schmidt in Washington Township notice
Martha Schmidt, two years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs August Schmidt, living five miles northwest of the city in Washington township, died Monday evening at 8 oclock. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon from the residence at 1:30 and at Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 2:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
August Schmidt
Washington Township
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Infant Henry Owens Dies of Diphtheria in City
Eighteen month old Henry Clifford Owens son of Mr and Mrs William Owens of 528 East Washington street died at 2 30 Tuesday morning from diphtheria. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 o'clock with interment in the Catholic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clifford Owens
William Owens
East
Washington Street
Electric flash on street car alarms Knitting mills workers
Miss June Center of 1205 Barr street, a knitting mills employee, is confined at home with a badly sprained left foot and ankle after a vivid electric flash hit the open street car on West Main Street. A companion was slightly injured. The incident followed a cross between a Western Union wire and a trolley line near Bluffton during a power test. Mr Vollmer, Western Union manager, was knocked unconscious but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss June Center
Barr Street
Knitting Mills
West Main Street
Miss Center
D. C
Western Union
Bluffton
Vollmer
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Ladies To Demonstrate Artificial Gas Use
The DeKalb Light and Fuel company formed by Fort Wayne capitalists will stage cooking demonstrations with artificial gas in Auburn and Garrett. Misses Kolb of Fort Wayne are hired to conduct the showcases, with one week in each city starting next week at Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Auburn
Garrett
DeKalb Light and Fuel Company
Misses Kolb
Pioneer William W Fisk Leaves Fort Wayne for Seattle
William W Fisk a longtime Fort Wayne resident and former Clay school principal formerly connected with John M Miller furniture on Main Street departed today for Seattle Washington to make his future home with a daughter. He is described as an aged man with a very wide circle of friends in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Fisk
Fort Wayne
Seattle
Wash
Fisk
Clay School
Jong
John. M. Miller
Haat Main’ Street
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Rurode
Allen County Courts
Maria Walters
Karl Walters
A. E
Thomas
Martha Curlis
Edward Curlis
H. W. Dickman
William Waltke
Johanna Waltke
Henry Mueller
Lake Shore
Walter Olds
Grace Root
Robert Foyt
Centerville
Mich
Foyt
Lima
Ohio
Schlaudroff
Meyer Brothers CO
Patterson-Fletcher
Charles Hawkins
Columbia City
Kratzsch Bros
Wayne
M’culloch
Cook
Listenberger
M’donald
Alice Garrity
PITTS
Rousseau
Hardenbrook
Schmidt
Owens
Miss June
W. W. Fisk
Pioneer Citizen
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