Fort Wayne Notes On People Places and Events
Local items report Rev. D W Moffat returning from Madison Ind and Rev Dr Schaaf improving from sickness. Various residents and visitors named with addresses and travels. new hotel opening at Aveline March 15. Lent services announced at Trinity church. numerous births and marriages. business moves in Fort Wayne including drug store, insurance and real estate plans. public health concerns with contagious diseases and a stray note on a pope-like parade and local crime updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Moffat
Madison
Ind
Schaaf
Ben
John Riedmiller
T. H. Ellison
Portland
R. C. Bell
Denison
Indianapolis
C. E. Somers
Monroeville
Jerome Frye
Harrison Street
George Griffin
Walnut Street
Frank A. Aman
Poplar Street
Louis Fox & Bro
Thomas Sinclair
West de Wald Street
R. B. Harris
Ohio
Fort Wayne
E. V. Harris
James Griffith
Park Place
Gerke
Griffith
W. J. Carter
Standard Medical and Surgical Institute
Wabash
Wagner
Valparaiso
Indiana State Liquor League
C. Lumbard
John A. Baker
Aveline
Trinity Church
Joseph Chavanne
Leo
Rosella Corneille
Lina Warner
Agnes
Rosa Roselle
Celia Schoerph
Mary Casimere
Messrs
Dr. McCombs
Alex. Roy
Francis Roselle
GM. Hemphill
N. J. Hemphill
West Wayne Street
Mulberry
Wing & Mahurin
George Behler
Garrett
Church of Christ
Hartford City
Baltes
West Berry Street
Shelbyville
Columbia City
Alexander Johnson
State Board of Charities
Ladies’ Relief Union
Asa Coverdale
Coverdale & Archer
Perry J. Archer
Coverdale
B. W. Skelton & Co
Frank J. Gruber
Washington Street
Broadway
Wash McNamara
East Williams Street
W. L. Smith
South
Calhoun Street
McNamara
Noble County
Wm. N. Showalter
Simon J. Strauss
Ligonier
D. P. Miller
Richard Williams
Albion
Albert Burger
Avilla
George Lindsey
Wolf Lake
John JJ. Eley
Kendallville
Josiah Zigler
Brimfield
J. N. Yarian
LaOtto
Abram Franks
Wawaka
E. W. Matthews
Jackson
East
O'Brien
O’brien
Chattanooga
Lida Lowry
Daily News
Lucius Barbour
Coffeeville
Kas
M. F. Barbour
Warsaw Daily Times
Spellman
Winchester, Inc
Richmond
Muncie
Invitation to Topeka Chautauqua Assembly
Reverend J M Driver has been invited by Bishop W X Nixon of Topeka Kansas to deliver two lectures during the Chautauqua Assembly from June 2 to July 1 at a compensation of 100 dollars. Driver may accept as he plans a June departure for a western lecturing tour with several engagements already arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Reuss
Centlivre Brewing Company
Mt. Clemens
Reuss
Kendallville
Chas. H. Kesler
Opera House
George Oppelt
Fort Wayne
George
Pythias
D. B. Wells
Carrie B. Sharp
Westminster Seminary
Rome City
Topeka
J. M. Driver
W. X. Ninde
Kas
M. E. Church
Torexa
Brother Driver
Kansas
W. X. Nixon
Dr. Driver
West
Two Accidents Injure Three People In Local Incidents
Horace Bernard suffered severe facial injuries at B. W. Skelton's cracker and candy factory when a steel rake fell from a crane and struck him near the eye. Joseph Auth, felling a tree in Marion township, was crushed by a falling limb, tearing scalp from the bone. Jennie E. Wilson of South Wayne fractured both bones of her right leg after a fall. Dr. Younge set the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Bernard
B. W. Skelton
Bernard
Joseph Auth
Marion Township
Henry Auth
John Christen
Jennie E. Wilson
South Wayne
Younge
Rioters Kill Pole and Wound Four in Niagara Falls Tunnel
In Niagara Falls last night a riot among three Negroes and several Poles left one Pole dead and four others badly injured. A keg of beer sparked a confrontation as attackers stormed a locked shanty. John Risco died from a brain wound. Ignatius Dong, Tony Hayes, Tony Malerash, and Joe Smith were injured. Suspects Sam Barker, William Chambers, and Chas Kelly were arrested near the depot. Chambers and Kelly accuse Barker of the shooting. In New York, Burton C Webster and Evelyn Granville formalized a marriage on Washington’s Birthday after a prior common law arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Pollack
John Risco
Ignatius Dong
Tony Hayes
Tony Malerash
Joe Smith
Sam Barker
Win. Chambers
Chas
Kelly
Chambers
Barker
Court House funds debated as city council rejects joint project
Jasper W. Jones says the county will let the 14,111.32 tax levy stand for now and accumulate for a new courthouse. If not built, funds may be used for repairs and additions to the old building, with the levy possibly reduced later. Two Auburn delegates chosen for the Republican national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Sentinel
Jasper W. Jones
Board of Commissioners
Jones
Mr. Jones
Senti- Nel
Court House
Auburn
Robert Fr. Barr
Kendellville
W. L. Penfield
Allen County
A.A. Chapin
S. I. Fuller
Angola
Harrison
Indiana
Minneapolis
T. P. Leonard
Mt. Vernon
George P. Huluron
Evansville
E. T. Meredith
Washington
H. R. Lowder
Bloomfield
Jasper Packard
New Albany
James Graham
Madison
Claude Cambern
Rushville
George Roberts
Lawrenceburg
Joe Homan
Danville
Nathaniel M. Hill
Bloomington
I., P. Wells
Winchester
W. Stivers
Liberty
R. 8
O DONNELL VERSUS MAGNER LIGHTWEIGHT RIVALS IN RIOT
In Sioux City on February 7 a crowd of over two thousand watched Billy O'Donnell of St. Paul face Patsy Magner of Yankton at 32 and 122 pounds. O'Donnell dominated early and late, delivering repeated blows that cut Magner. In the nineteenth round a foul knockout left Magner insensible, triggering a riot as the referee fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Poontoon Bridge
Billy O'Donnell
St. Paul
Patsy Magner
Yankton
O'Donnell
Magner
Train Collision Kills Two in Maryland Express Crash
The Chicago express leaving Camden station at 7:15 p.m. collided at Rockville with an eastbound freight. Fireman Tuckaloo of Cranberry and Brakeman Featers of Martinsburg were killed. Engineer Peters and an express messenger were injured. No passengers harmed. Two sleepers slightly damaged. Freight left the siding caused the accident. Rev Matthew Simall of Edinburg concluded a revival at Mt Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimere
Camden Station
Rockville
Tuckaloo
Cranberry
Featers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Peters
Stabbings Usher Fatal Brooklyn Death in Quarrel
William Mc Ginn was fatally stabbed by Mary Himpler during a quarrel at 165 Sievel Street Brooklyn. Mc Ginn died after hospital treatment. Himpler, twenty three, was arrested and gave no statement. Other reports include Dr Henry M Scudder's attempted murder case in Cuigaco and Dr M W Peek's murder arrest in Cotruars Georgia. An Oregonian notes a rattlesnake tail with fifty four rattles and a button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William McGinn
Mary Himpler
Brooklyn
Mary Wiegand
Sievel Street
Cuigaco
Henry M. Scudder
A. H. Dunton
Cotruars
M. W. Peek
Chattahooche County
M. A. Thomas
Thomas
Peek
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Endorsed Against Chronic Ailments
An advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for long standing bodily complaints. It claims instant cures are impossible but asserts the tonic can address constipation liver complaint dyspepsia malaria rheumatism kidney trouble and la grippe. The text frames the medicine as strengthening the weak and nervous and recommends continual use for best results.
New Dress Goods Arrivals At Mewar and Hohn Store
New stock includes Bedford Cards at 50 and 75 cents per yard, Ladies Embroidered Dress Patterns from 2.25 to 20 dollars, 14 inch All Wool Cloakings for capes and jackets, new trimmings in gimps, moss, steel chiffon, the largest embroideries and laces in the city, durable children Hosiery, and ready made Calico and Chambray Dresses from 87 cents per suit upward.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Newman
F. C. Spiegel
Chicago
Annie Shultz
Dan Bevelheimer
M. A. Locke
Peru
A. B. Dubois
Anderson
Columbus Herald
Dr. Blunt
Elkhart
Herman Fischer
South Side
C. S. Fahnstock
Laporte
J. W. Fahnstock
Wayne Hotel
T. J. Dills
Margaret
Thomas Butler
Crestline
James Summers
Douglas Avenue
George Saul
Chicago and
M. J. Carpenter
D. J. Mackey
H. H. Porter
Indianapolis Journal
Mackey
Eastern Illinois
Ben Levy
Lima
J. M. Barrett
Tenn
Frank Baer
Wilding
Toledo
James Rowan
J. R. Thompson
Tf. C. Berghoff
A.C. Trentman
Home City
A.C. Keel
New York City
J. W. Wilding
Joseph Derheimer
Nellie Phelps
East Wayne Street
H. H. Barcus
Alonzo Huffman
Tuntington County
Mr. Campbell
Maysville
Sam Gyre
Schwanz
Mathias Schwanz
University Street
Mary Patterson
West Denald Street
H. ©. Berghoff
East Jefferson Street
F. A. Butler
Whitehouse
W. O. Butler
Col
F. N. Kollock
Capital
Sons of the Revolution
C. D
Tillo
Mr. Strong
Hot Springs
Ark
Mr. Tillo
Stephen Brunskill
Eckart Street
A. C. Boswell
The
People’s Building
Saa
Association
G. B. M. Bower
H. M. Quicksell
J. W. Cromwell
Thomas Baxter
R. C. Ross
G. H. Kuntz
J. D. Chambers
J. W. Feltz
Theodold Holfer
Worden
Batavia
N.Y
MS Lackey
Tabor Street
Charles Jones
Kalamizon
Aldive
J. W.spyder
C. A. Prankdin
Cincinnati
Brackenridge
Schmitz Block
A. J. Deitrick
Chamberlain
Tie
Thomas Tigar
Joseph W. Bell
Wabash Plain Dealer
Will P. Cooper
Borton Institute
Warsaw
John Quinlan
St. Patrick’s Church
Toby
C. D. Tillo
Frank Welling
Reinhard
Frank Gavin
Johnson
B. H. Burrell
Allen Page
Franklin
A. W. Reynolds
White
C. T. Letts
Delaware
Robert Lowry
Samuel Hench
Thomas Ellison
William
Rea
Southern Medical and Surgical Institute
Yom, Pete & Max
J. M
Joseph Rath
Burton C. Webster
Broker Goodwin
Eveylen Granville
Webster
ROYAL
Atic Gva
Cad Ib
Hales
Hiram Brownlee
Marion
S. A. Pulse
Warren
W. N. Penfield
R. P. Barr
L. W. Rouse
Charles W. Miller
Goshen
Baltimore and Ohio
Matthew Simall
Edinburg
Mt. Auburn
Ottawa
Peddeis
James Pyle
Crime and Criminals
Scudder
Peek Play Leading Roles
Mewar & Hohn
Stewart & Hahn
Boston
Calhoun St
Pixley
George Dewald & CO
Bannoge Serge
Compan ST
Oliver
F.M. Smith & GO
Crowl
New Bremen
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