Bids Ranging Wide for Waterproofing Reservoir Work
Public works board opened bids for waterproofing the city waterworks reservoir with estimates from $1,087 to $10,950. Firms from New York Chicago and Fort Wayne submitted varying membrane and cement coating proposals, most with five year guarantees, awaiting final award in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
United States Waterproofing Company
New York
O. B. Menefee
Fort Wayne
Barter Asphalt Paving Company
Chicago
Metropolitan Engineering and Construction Company
Wayne General Construction Company
Fort. Wayne
E. J. Winslow
Barber Company
Metropolitan Company
Wayne Company
Superior Street
J. W. Foe
Fred M. Smith
Wells
Barr
Louis F. Curdes
J. W Close
Forest Park
Aso
Forest Park Folk
Man Bound Over on Theft Charge After Prior Arrest and Reformatory Claim
Otto Frazee told Judge Skelton he had no previous arrests besides Huntington drunkenness after being charged with stealing tools from the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company valued at $10. Detective Soliday later revealed Frazee had served a term in the Jeffersonville reformatory, prompting the judge to order him bound over to the circuit court on a $200 bond despite suspending sentence earlier due to his wife and steady work. The stolen items, including pinchers and spurs, were found in pawnshops and Frazee's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelton
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Huntington
Otto Frazee
George Soliday
Death of Mrs Maude Strack on Calhoun Street
Mrs Maude Strack 37 died of apoplexy Tuesday evening after fainting near Calhoun street in front of the Edward Cunningham home. She leaves husband Charles R Strack and five children. Priest requested. body taken to her mother's home on the Bluffton road. Klaehn and Melching funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Street
Baker
Maude Strack
Charles R. Strack
Bluffton Road
Carnahan
Edward Cunningham
Klaehn & Melching
Bhuffton Road
Pennsylvania
Death of Mrs Lottie Tagtmeyer at 49
Mrs. Lottie Tagtmeyer died Tuesday at Lutheran Hospital after five weeks of illness. She was 49, lifelong resident, and a devoted member of Trinity English Lutheran church. Survived by five children Frederick, Arthur, Lillian, Jessie and Edith, her mother Mrs Sophia Friday, three brothers, and two sisters. Remains moved to 3010 South Calhoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Tagtmeyer
Lutheran Hospital
Tagtmeyer
Trinity English Lutheran Church
Frederick
Arthur
Lillian
Jessie
Edith Tagtmeyer
Sophia Friday
South
Calhoun Street
Fast Progress on New Hotel as Iron Workers Near Finish
Iron workers on the Anthony hotel at Berry and Harrison streets are expected to complete their structural work within a week. Other gangs will then begin work as rapid structural steel erection continues and all materials for the next phase are on site.
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Anthony
Berry and
Harrison Streets
Frederick Family Reunion and Adams Township Wedding
The Frederick family held a Sunday reunion at the Gustav Frederick home near Maples with many relatives from Fort Wayne Los Angeles Hoagland and Maples. A dinner followed by a dance ended a pleasant gathering. A large country wedding followed in Trinity Lutheran Adams Township with Frieda Trier and Frederick Doehrmann and hundreds of relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Gustav Frederick
Maples
J. F. Koehlinger
William Saalfrank
Koehlinger
Ed Frederick
Fort Wayne
W. Bohde
Frieda Trier
Frederick Doehrmann
Trinity Lutheran Church
Adams Township
Franke
Feiertag
Bridesmaids in White Lace Gowns at Summer Wedding
Clara Lapp and Miss Matilda Seadie Meyer served as bridesmaids in white lawn and valenciennes lace gowns. The ceremony drew about three hundred guests at the Trier home after a church service with Mendelssohn’s wedding march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Lapp
Matilda Seadiemeyer
Lillian
Alma Lapp
Messrs
Theodore and
Arthur Trier
Martin Doehrmann
Mendelssohn
Herman Trier
Schumaker
Verweire
Mabelle C. Tennant
Ray Duane Adams
Cleveland
J. G. Tennant
Crawford Road
Dr. Zorbaugh
Windermere Presbyterian Church
Eleanor Holtz
Mrs. Adams
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sixteenth Street
Fort Wayne
Westminster Church
Adams
Duane Adams
Sherman, N. Y
Harry Adams
Sharon
W. E. Stout
Valenciennes
Dorothy Horstmeyer
Sophia Schoppmann
Miss Stout
Lawton Place
Henry Groh
West Allis
Wis
Dr. Meyers
Clinton Street
Mahar
Oldest Employes at Bass Foundry Chronical
Bruno Meyers and F. J. Luley are the oldest paid workers at Bass Foundry and Machine Co. Meyers began as an apprentice in 1856 and Luley joined in 1858 as a patternmaker. Early bosses Morris Ridley and William McCane led a plant with about twenty men. Both men remain active, while injuries afflicted two others in the works, and boilermakers Barcus and Schmidt were off duty with similar injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass Foundry and Machine Company
Bruno Meyers
F. J. Luley
Meyers
Pennsylvania
Lafayette Street
Hanna Street
Luley
Louis Grie
L. Barcus
J.A. Schmidt
Mr. Schmidt
Mr. Barcus
Eye destroyed by flying glass in engine cab
Charles W. Greenick a machinist at the Wabash shops suffered the loss of the sight in his right eye when a fragment of glass from a bursting water tube struck him in the cab of engine 609 at 3 PM Thursday He was treated by Wabash surgeon Dr Kandt and Dr R P White then sent to Decatur Illinois for further treatment The accident ends Greenick s long service from 1894 as an apprentice in the machine shop and marks his first serious mishap
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Greenick
Wabash Shops
W. A. Bell
Kandt
Wabash Company
R. P. White
Decatur
Greenick
Wabash
Arm Broken in Two Places at Bass Foundry
George Nickosh a Macedonian laborer at the Bass foundry suffered a left arm fracture in two places below the elbow at 7 o clock Saturday morning. A crane handle slipped from his grip during iron handling causing the injuries. He was taken home and Dr. McEvoy reduced the fractures. Nickosh is a longtime employee and well known among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nickosh
Bass Foundry
Nickosh
McEvoy
Waters Family Reunion At Robison Park
The Waters family held their third consecutive summer reunion at Robison Park on Saturday June 20 with an informal program of music and recitations after a plentiful dinner. More than a hundred attended as N W Beavers gave thanks and the group sang America. Recitations were delivered by Garnet Waters Alta Beavers Roy Wells Amber Waters Ralph Badia Garret Waters and Frank Waters. A business meeting followed dinner electing Charles Kerns as president Mrs Gregg as secretary and Frank j as officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shookman
Charles Ruhl
Hoagland
Findlay
Ohio
Clapper
George Clapper
John Clapper
Jerry Kitchen
Massillon
Greenhoe
Theodore Clapper
Fulton
Marshallville
Della Clapper
Dalton
Clinton Clapper
McComb
Waters
Robison Park
N. W. Beavers
America
Garnet Waters
Alta Beavers
Roy
Wells
Amber Waters
Ralph
Badia
Garret Waters
Frank
Charles Kerns
Gregg
Acretary
Frank J
Prostrated by Heat at Wabash Blacksmith Shop
The first heat prostration of the Fort Wayne season occurred at the Wabash blacksmith shop at 10 30 Thursday morning. Charles Szink a hammer operator fell unconscious while operating the big steam hammer but soon revived enough to be taken home by carriage. He had been ailing for several days but continued at work until the incident and is said to be getting along nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Charles Szink
Szink
Carpenter Henry Klenke Fractured Foot Bruise
Henry Klenke a carpenter in the Pennsylvania tank shop will be off duty for a few days after a heavy skid at work injured his foot. The incident occurred last Friday while handling tanks at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Klenke
Pennsylvania
Las
Fireman Injured on Run at Butler
J. L. Linton a Wabash fireman sustained a badly sprained arm while on his run Saturday. He is at home in this city under Dr. Kandt care. The accident occurred at Butler. Linton operates a local freight run in and out of Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Linton
Dr. Kandt
Butler
Mr. Linton
Fort Wayne
Effort to resurrect Fort Wayne Labor Federation political committee fails
Discussion on reviving the late Fort Wayne Federation of Labor political committee ends without action. Socialist nominees rated perfect on labor questions. Fleming matter not taken up. F. J. Sullivan previews recruitment for two consolidated local unions. Open union meeting Friday. unions urged to express parade wishes for Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Federation of Labor
Socialist Party
Organized Labor
S. B. Fleming
Fleming
F. J. Sullivan
Electrical Workers
St Johns Lutheran School annual concert to entertain
The eleventh annual St John s Evangelical Lutheran School concert features twenty six girls and primary grades performing under Dannecker and other staff. The program includes marches songs and hymns with titles such as Men of Harvard Welcome Annie Laurie and The Star Spangled Banner. The event runs Thursday and Friday at 8 pm in the school hall with proceeds serving the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woesebbach Ee
Dannecker
Heinrich Dannecker
Wiggert
Ela Bodred Thele
St. John’s Lutheran
St. John’s Evangelican Lutheran School
Men of Harvard
Fr. H. Gee
States
Lees Orchestra
H. P. Dannecker
Alice Klerspe
Jolly
Wilbert Lapp
Frida Manthe
Pressend Mit Schoenen Reden
J. Kerner
de Cae
V. Hammerer
Annie Laurie
W. Hammerer
Dadenk
Abeetehedes Orchestra
Asher
Armerica
America
Ed Spicer
George Washington
Lauette
Jon
Wireless Desatch
Aatter
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Terial
Board of Works Notes
Vania
Fisher
William Douglass
George Avery
Avery
Georgia
Douglass
Oscar Jones
E. D. Jump
Jones
Jump
Reformatory— City Court
Trier
Adams—Tennant
Lakes
Webster Street
G. Sutter
Briceton
Charles Kronmiller
Columbia City
Ind
H. C. Meeker
Deshler, O
Gladys Mitchell
Peru
Reitz—Wilkens
Esther Wilkens
Anna Wilkens
Charles Wilkens
Broadway
Jacob Reitz
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Joseph Kroll
Catherine Adang
Reitz
Anthony Reitz
Joseph Reitz
Joseph Hoeffer
Buffalo
Niagara
Woodburn Avenue
Hillsdale
Mich
Lillian Grout
Edwin Ball, Jr
Mary Lowe
Hazel Straight
Augusta Ball
Ella Geake
Ethel Ball
Lauretta Thwing
Bruce Burdett
Charles Whitney
Louis Scattergood
N. Crisswell
Francis Frisby
Will and Harry Lowe
E. Franke
William Bitsberger
Frank Bond
West Jefferson Street
George Ransom
Emily H. Griswold
Lottie Bennett
Darwin Myers
Edward Wagner
Herbert Lang
Brown Wood
Elwin Hulse
Do. A. Wade
Robert Morris
Robert Harding
M. V. B. Spencer
George Crane
Ben Heaton
Budd van Sweringen
Sophia Prange
Louis Wehrer
Minnie Mehlenbruck
Emilie
Marie Hockemeyer
Minnie Prange
Edith Doctor
Lillian Wehrer
Albert Meyer
Ernest Nahrwald
Fred Prange
Wilhelm
Fred
Herman
Elmer Dreyer
Ed Linnameyer
Wilhelm Kruse
Henry Kiess
Frank Nitche
August Dreyer
Erna
Mrs. Uplegger
Frisch—Ringwall
Bertha Ringwalt
Miles Sovine
Pittsburg
Middle Street
Mr. Frisch
Westinghouse Company
Hardwidge—Thrasher
Irma Thrasher
A. J. Thrasher
Boone Street
Charles Hardwidge
Bluffton
Father Herrick
Bessie Hardwidge
Ross Thrasher
Mrs. Hardwidge
Ernest Henschen
Fred Stellhorn
William Stellhorn
C. Kohlmeier
Perry Mann
L. W. Schowe
Minnie Henschen
Ernest Soest
Otto Henschen
Fitch
Old Homestead
Huntertown
Herman Brandt
Hast Taber Street
William Cope
St. Joe Township
August Busse
Carl Kruse
Washington Township
Crawfordsville
Ramsey Hotel
Bass
Moulder
Labor Federation
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