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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
11
The largest class in Fort Wayne High School history graduates with high honors. Details highlight the school's record size and exceptional academic achievement among the students.
Fifty four students, the largest Fort Wayne high school class, receive diplomas at a packed forty second annual commencement. Thomas R. Marshall delivers the address on education’s purpose, stressing life and service beyond book learning.
An essay praising national virtue through religion morality and knowledge argues that republic longevity rests on education of character not territory. It recalls classical Greece and Marathon while urging fidelity to fathers precepts and the life of patriotism and universal values.
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas reports Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and lung remedy, claiming it cured consumption in early stages and noting universal satisfaction. Dreier & Bro.
About two dozen city physicians hosted a Thursday evening in Dr L P Drayer’s honor. They presented burlesque portraits by Griswold and a leather Carnegie hero medal, and Dr Drayer promptly hosted a luncheon afterward.
Bishop Alerding ordained three men Rev. Father Joseph Mutsch Rev. Father George Ungermaier and Rev. Father John Kasprzykowski to the priesthood at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Appointments announced assign Mutsch to St Mary’s Lafayette Kasprzykowski to St Stanislaus Michigan City and Ungermaier to visit Europe before future post. Also noted were several clergy attending and visiting dignitaries including Very Rev A J Morrissey and Very Rev Gilbert Francais, with Francais to be stationed at Notre Dame.
A. T. Thurnes of Bluffton O testifies that Foley's Kidney Cure relieved years of kidney and bladder trouble. He reports brick-dust like sediment and says he now feels like a new man after using the medicine, claiming it did him $1,000 worth of good. Dreier & Bro.
The ladies auxiliary to B. of R. T. will decorate graves July 1 in Lindenwood cemetery. Departed sisters Mrs. Angell and Mrs. Kerr to be honored. Arrangements committee: Sister Cassie Clark, Sister Amelia Fink, Sister Sophie Dent. Members invited to meet at the chapel at 2:30 PM.
A vintage remedy claims to treat heart, liver, and cold symptoms by acting on the bowels. The review touts Bee’s Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar as driving out the cold, clearing the head, relieving coughs, and cleansing mucous membranes through the throat to bronchial tubes, sold at Meyer Bros. Drugstore.
The Senate on June 22 adopted a joint resolution expressing horror at reports of massacres of Hebrews in Russia and offering heartfelt sympathy to those bereaved, stating the people of the United States are horrified by the persecution of Jews.
Chicago reports recount Richard Ivens being executed for the January 12 killing of Mrs. Bessie Hollister. He faced the drop with wavering courage, attempted a last prayer, and collapsed mentally as the sheriff hurried final steps. The case centered on a strangling tied to a copper wire and a chilling police confession portrayed as coerced under pressure and hypnosis. The crime involved Hollister, a prominent printing firm head’s wife, whose disappearance spurred a rapid arrest and trial ending in a stay denial by higher authorities.
Diplomas were conferred on ten graduates by Bishop Alerding at St Augustine's academy diamond jubilee exercises held in Library hall. The program featured a chorus, vocal solos, a classical drama Court of Juno, nature-themed addresses by four graduates, and the presentation of diplomas by the bishop assisted by Rev. Roche. Commercial course certificates were awarded to Eiva Marie Bu Julia Lordier Henrietta Edna Marie Getz.
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