Miller Watson War Shapes Fort Wayne Republican Defeat
In Fort Wayne the Skelton-led faction lost ground as Watson and Miller forces battled for Allen county delegates to the state GOP convention. Louis A. Rose won the chairmanship with 52 votes to 39 for Hartzell, and William Jefferies became secretary. The new central committee aims for Democratic victories in November.
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Fort Wayne
B. W. Skelton
Watson
C. W. Miller
Allen County
Miller
Judge Skelton
Skelton
Rose
New Aveline
Hogan
Louis A. Rose
William T. Jefferies
Lee J. Hartzell
Ernest W. Cook
Eel River Township
Democratic County Central Committee
Johnson
Relief Promise for Dr Miles Ant Pain Pills Across Diseases
Mrs G Webb of Austinborne Ohio testifies the pills relieve headaches backache and grippe. claims husband with pleurisy improved in minutes. The ad asserts no habit formation and urges purchase from local druggists with a refund offer from Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
LaGrippe
Priest Raszkiewicz Marks Sixty Years in Priesthood
Rev. Father Urban Raszkiewicz of Otis Laporte county has completed 60 years of priestly service. Born July 22 1824 in Szaale Lithuania he studied in parish and Franciscan seminary Plack and was ordained in 1848. He endured Prussian persecution, aided Polish missions, and later served as dean and rector of St Marys Otis.
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Laporte
Ind
Father Raszkiewicz
Otis
Urban Raszkiewicz
Szaale
Lithuania
Plack
B. Tomeszowski
Prussia
Germany
Franciscans
Dwenger
Fort Wayne
Rome
Propaganda
Cardinal Ledochowski
United States
St. Mary's Church
Temperance Gains Ground in Indiana February Report
A February progress report on the anti saloon campaign shows Indiana reaching 794 dry townships out of 1,016 and a dry population of 1,517,000. In twenty months, 14 cities and 40 county seats have gone dry, with Fort Wayne now housing as many saloons as Mississippi? no longer wet in the state. The notice lists remonstrances and saloon totals by ward and township across Greenfield, Bluffton, Frankfort, Kendallville, Auburn, Valparaiso, Bremen, Inwood, Culver, Grass Creek, Vigo, Waterloo, Fayette, Middle, Ohio, and Tuce townships, totaling 120 saloons and 55,233 people.
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N. C. Shirey
Fort Wayne
North Carolina
Indiana
Sullivan
League
Shirey
Greenfield
Maxwell
Mohawk
Bluffton
Vera Cruz
Wells County
Dry
Frankfort
Kendallville
First Ward
Second Ward
Auburn
Valparaiso
Fourth Ward
Bremen
Marshall County
Inwood
Grass Creek
Fulton County
Vigo Township
Knox County
Bicknell
Edwardsport
Sandborn
Dicknell
Waterloo
DeKalb County
Fayette Township
Vigo County
Middle Township
Hendricks County
Ohio Township
Warwick County
Tuce Township
Spencer County
Drunk Sanderlin Held For Investigation After Fort Wayne Incident
In Fort Wayne a drunken William Sanderlin formerly from Monroeville pleaded guilty in city court. Police said he wandered at the Wabash depot and told the judge he was chief engineer of a steam heating plant. He couldn’t bond and was held for investigation. another case, Kokomo Bill Quinn, was fined 100 dollars and jailed 30 days with sentence suspended if he leaves Fort Wayne forever.
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William Smith
William Sanderlin
Monroeville
Harry Beverley
Skelton
Wabash
Sanderlin
Ilinois
Fort Wayne
Quinn
Employees Fill Oliver Home in Mass Viewings
The remains of multimillionaire James Oliver were viewed by about 15,000 people in South Bend Indiana with 6,000 being Oliver’s employees. The viewing spanned from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. yesterday, reflecting the extent of public interest and the reach of Oliver’s influence.
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South Bend
Ind
James Oliver
Ohio Republicans Endorse Taft for President in Unified Convention
In Columbus, 1908, Ohio Republicans endorse William H. Taft for president and instruct all delegates to vote for him. The platform extols law enforcement, liberty, tariff reform, a national health department, naval expansion, and protections for labor and capital while praising Roosevelt’s administration and Ohio’s congressional delegation.
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Columbus
Ohio
William H. Taft
Taft
Dick and
Foraker
Ohbie
Harris
Republic
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Republican Party
Senate
House of Representatives of
United States
Okbio
America
Jane
Burton
Nick
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Myron T. Herrick
A. I. Vorys
Andrew L. Harris
Longworth
Mr. Longworth
Kansas
Roosevelt
Kansas Given to Taft March: Aide When the
A fragment from a Kansas news item notes March actions involving Taft and an aide. The text is incomplete, but hints at political maneuvering or patronage related to the Taft administration. No full names or dates are recoverable from the readable portion.
Postmaster Rules Arrears Ban on Newspaper Delivery
The Postmaster General orders daily papers stopped after three months in arrears and weeklies after a year for second class readers. Publishers face loss of second class privileges for violations. The Sentinel notes some subscribers are in arrears and pledges notices to readers, with future reminders before one year behind.
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United States
New Police Captain Named From Within
At a recent safety board meeting Patrolman Richard Kelly was appointed and tonight will assume duties as police captain. Serving seven years on the force, he is married and resides at 2138 West Leith Street. The selection pleased the department, with no hard feelings among applicants.
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Board of Safety
Richard Kelly
West Leith Street
Kelly
Mrs Julia Harsch Dies in Norwalk Ohio at 43
Mrs Julia Harsch, aged 43, died at her Norwalk home on Wednesday. Born in Fort Wayne, she lived there with family members later moving to Norwalk. Survived by husband four sons and daughters and seven siblings. Relatives from this city attended the funeral set for tomorrow.
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Julia Harsch
Norwalk
Ohio
Harsch
Fort Wayne
Maumee Avenue
George
Henry
Theodore
William Gebhard
F.C. Meyers
Michael Krickmann
Elma McIntosh
Muncie
First Brick Fort Wayne Landmark Faces Demolition
Wreckers tear down the old Schwieters bakery building at 205 East Columbia Street, the city’s first brick structure and a veteran of Northern Indiana history. Built a century ago as a residence, it later housed the Schwieters bakery and was celebrated for hand made bricks and large fireplace. The site will host a new auto garage for George Aldrich as owner, ending a historic era. The narrative also recalls shifts in local taxation from 1897 to 1907 affecting poor relief funding across many townships.
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Schwieters Bakery
Columbia Street
Fort Wayne
Indiana
A. G. Barnett
John A. Sheaff
Schwieters
B. F. Pettit
George Aldrich
The Expense Reduced Poor Cost Less Than Ever
The Indiana board of state charities reports 1907 township aid to poor cost $227,304.71, a notably lower total than in earlier years. Comparisons show aid in 1891 reached $560,000 and 1893 about $630,000, reflecting a marked reduction.
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Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
Fort Wayne School Buildings Declared Entirely Safe
Anshem Fuelber of the Fort Wayne city school board says the city’s school buildings are entirely safe and no horror like Collinwood could occur here. He notes some structures are old and will need replacement, doors open outward, fire escapes unused on the high school, and Jefferson school’s three stories had escapes stored and later sold for old iron.
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Anshem Fuelber
Fort Wayne City
Collinwood
Fort Wayne
Mr. Fuelber
Jefferson School
Hoagland School
Death at Indiana State House Prompts Inquest
Benjamin Franklin Taylor aged sixty was found dead in a room at the capitol in Indianapolis after taking carbolic acid in a state of despair. He has relatives in Plainfield.
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Indianapolis
Benjamin Franklin Taylor
Capitol House
Plainfield
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Father Raszkiewiscz
Spain
City Court
Oliver
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East Columbia Street
Harrigson
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Crawford County
Polk
Monroe County
Union
Perry County
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Trustee Fuelber
State House
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