Dr Wessell dies at 74 after long career in Fort Wayne dentistry
Dr David D Wessell longtime Fort Wayne dentist died at 1 am Tuesday at his Monroe Street home age about 77 pneumonia caused death He was born near Ithaca N Y August 23 1832 taught school at 17 studied dentistry in Chautauqua and medicine in Michigan practiced in Ohio Indiana and finally Fort Wayne where he ran a dental office in the Foel Mager block for over 35 years He authored many inventions including farm gate seat lock carriage springs and dental appliances He married Anna E Smith in 1864 and leaves four children and three grandchildren Funeral services will be private Thursday afternoon with viewing from Wednesday noon to Thursday noon
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David D. Wessell
Fort Wayne
Denter
Monroe Street
Welsell
New York
Ithaca
Chautauqua
N. Y
Trumbull County
Ohio
Wessell
University of Michigan
Northville
Mich
Lordstown Center
Indiana
Avilla
Znanesville
Weirell
Foel- Mager
Wassell
Rolighem
Weisell
Albion
Anna E. Smith
J. Garis Weisell
San Antonio
Tex
Carrie Pairfield
Fort, Wayne
B. A. Hemsteger
E. N. Welsell
Chicago
Death of Fort Wayne patternmaker August M. Rensman at 25
August M. Rensman, a young patternmaker formerly with Bowser & Co., died at his home 707 Walnut Street at 1 am Tuesday. He was 25 years four months and sixteen days old, born in Fort Wayne, educated at St Paul parochial schools, active in Knights of Columbus and St Paul’s church youth group, and a member of the Patternmakers' union. He is survived by his parents Barnard and three sisters and a brother.
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August M. Rensman
Bowser & Co
Walnut Street
Mr. Rensman
Barnard Rensman
Fort Wayne
St. Paul
Obituary notices for Overly Lawrence Bailey families
Clara Overly and family mourn the death of Mrs Phoebe Overly aged 53 in Grand Rapids from heart neuralgia. Valentinea Lawrence aged 72 dies in Marshall after medical treatment. Mrs Josephine Leffey Bailey aged 82 dies at Fort Wayne home of her daughter Mrs George Salt. Funeral services for the three are planned in Fort Wayne and Perry township, with shipments and morgue arrangements noted for relatives.
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Lawrence
Valentinea Lawrence
County Infirmary
Marshall
Mich
Fort Wayne
Klaghlin & Melching
Obituaries From Payne Area List Stablier and Listenberger Pioneers
Ephraim M Stablier a wealthy Paulding county resident died at his Payne home aged 70 surviving wife and nine children including Samuel Jacob John Edward and Dora Stablier Mrs Geo Grooms and Mrs Will King plus others from Payne Listenberger Amos Lirstenberger aged 60 of St Marys Avenue died after fifteen weeks illness from ruptured blood vessel in the head survived by wife two step daughters three brothers and four sisters funeral planned at Kinelon Malching chapel interment at Hibbard Carl John Neeb seven year old son of Mr and Mrs August Neeb died of facial cancer at 726 Poplar Street services at St Johns Lutheran church Malinda Dammeyer daughter of Fred Dammeyer died at seven years nine months six days liver complaint funeral at Trinity Lutheran church Diederich Mrs Fredericka wife of Rev W C Diederich Madison Township pastor died at Lutheran hospital aged 51 following surgery survived by husband daughter Mrs Herman Hoffman and three sons Henry William Paul Diedrich three brothers and five sisters also noted are the wider family connections and locations through the listing.
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Stablier
Ephraim M. Stablier
Paulding County
Ohio
Payne, Ohio
Samuel
Jacob
John
Edward Stablier
Geo. Grooms
Albion
Will King
Charles Armstrong
Dora
Jennie Stabber
Payne
Listenberger
Amos Lirstenberger
St. Mary's Avenue
St. Rochus' Hospital
Mary Baughman
Fort Wayne
Agnes Thompson
Cleveland
George Listenberger
Henry
Jacob Listenberger
Neeb
Carl John Neeb
August
Poplar Street
Helt-Miller-Still Company
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Malinda Dammeyer
Fred Dammeyer
Adame Township
Fiqua Road
Trinity Lutheran Church
Diederich
Fredericka Diederich
W. C
Madison Township
Hoagland
Herman Hoffman
Smithstreat
Henry, Wiliam
Paul Diedrich
Henry C. Pan
Charlies A. Paul
John C. Peters
Caroline Storm
Charlotte Kern
Elizabeth Paul
Frederick Bande
Henry Lepper
Smith
Raidy
Mary Traldy
Hoagland Avenue
James Roach
Patrick McCarty
Ashtabula
St. Patrick’s Catholic
William E. Harden
Elimwood Avenue
Harden
Fredericktown
Fort
Bass Foundry
Mulder
Thirty Second Regiment of
Kentucky Volunteers
Bass Works
Friends
Stryker, O
Amelia Duquel
George Prinson
W. B. Brady
Samuel Wagenhals
Stryker
John &. Schawe
L. W. Schowe
Washington Township
St. John's
Benjamin
Edwin, Raymond
Lester Schowe
Sophia
Amelie
Mary
Clara Schowe
St. John's Reformed Church
J. H. Boseh
German and English sermons at St Paul Lutheran church
Obituary notices and funeral plans for several Fort Wayne residents. Residents Mary Raidy 75 dies after caring for husband, with pallbearers from St Johns. William Harden 64 dies after long illness, survived by two daughters. Frank Messman 34 dies of tuberculosis, survived by wife and siblings. John Schawe 87 dies after long TB illness. services scheduled near Washington township. Funeral times, churches, and locations listed.
Infant Amos Joseph Lauer Dies at One Month
Amos Joseph Lauer infant son of Mr and Mrs Amos Lauer of 1905 Hanna street died suddenly Sunday night at age one month. Mother found him in bed at 7 30 this morning funeral services Wednesday at 4 30 from the residence and at 2 from St Peters Catholic Church
Death of Lydia Corvin at 78 in St Joseph's Hospital
Lydia Corvin a widow about 78 years old died Thursday at St Josephs hospital where she had been living for two years. She formerly resided on Fairfield avenue.
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Lydia Corvin
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Infant Felger Dies at Twenty Days of Age
Donald Joseph Felger infant son of Mr and Mrs Albert St Felger died Thursday evening at twenty days old. He passed away from exhaustion at the age. The family resided east of the city. Services and burial arrangements were not listed in the fragment.
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Felger
Donald Joseph Felger
Albert St. Felger
Aga
Radeauske Infant Funeral and Solon Death Notice
Funeral services Saturday from the residence with interment at Linsden Wood. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Tony Radeauske aged two days died Tuesday afternoon. Remains moved to Schone undertaking rooms. Funeral later from St Peters Catholic church Solon Agnes M Solon dies at five o'clock Tuesday evening after appendectomy. She is survived by her parents three brothers and a sister.
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Morule
Linsden Wood
Radeauske
Tony Radeauske
Smith Street
Schone
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Agnes M. Solon
Bernard Solon
Sico, O
Hammond Widow Anna Hammond Dies After Illness at 85
Mrs Anna M Hammond widow of Charles Hammond died at 4 PM Tuesday at the home of her niece Mrs John Funk 1217 Lake Avenue from pneumonia aged nearly 85. Born in London England September 5 1824 she came to America in 1851 and settled on a farm south of Fort Wayne. She was a member of the Methodist Protestant church at New Haven. Two brothers survive George A and Ambrose Middleton.
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Fort Wayne
H. H. DeWeese
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
The
Rosary Society
Riethmiller
Fairfield Avenue
Anna M. Hammond
Charles Hammond
John Funk
Lake Avenue
Hammond
New Haven
London
England
America
Methodist Protestant Church
George A
Ambrose Middleton
Elizabeth Krickmore dies in Sheldon at age 75
Mrs Elizabeth Krickmore widow of William Krickmore died Tuesday at her home in Sheldon at the age of 75. Death caused by uremic poisoning. She was widely known and esteemed. Survived by six sons and a daughter. Funeral services Thursday at 10 from the M E church in Sheldon with interment at Zanesville.
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Elizabeth Krickmore
William Krickmore
Sheldon
Krickmore
M. 2
Zanesville
Wets Claim Forged Statements Taint Cadillac Vote
Rev N C Shirey of the Anti Saloon League denounces forged statements attributed to Cadillac ministers and officials about post vote conditions. He says signatures were faked and that Cadillac men deny uttering the remarks. An official denial was sworn before a notary, countering the misinformation. The article notes alleged misquotes by a liquor forces interviewee twisting words to fit a polemic.
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N. C. Shirey
Anti-Saloon League
Cadillac
Whitley
Siveriff
Shively Tuoesay
Rev. Shirey
Shirey
Mrs Marshall Hospitalized Forces Governor to Cancel Appearances
Mrs. Marshall, wife of Governor Marshall, underwent an operation in Indianapolis and remains hospitalized. Her illness prevents the governor from attending the Scottish Rite banquet and the hotel stockholders’ banquet this week. A Goshen company, Triad Engineering and Construction, with $10,000 capital, was incorporated to build electri c ines bridges sewers and general construction, with Pl A Butterfield A W Malone and A Burnette as directors.
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Marshall
Indianapolis
Mr. Marshall
Triad Engineering and Construction Company
Goshen
A. Butterfield
A. W. Malone
Milford
A. Burnette
Warsaw
Mrectars
Lifes Work Ends for Gifted Woman
Dr Nellie B French a leading Fort Wayne dental surgeon died at 215 West Superior Street at 4 Saturday morning after a six month illness. Born Dayton Ohio June 3 1844 she moved to Fort Wayne early and entered dentistry in 1859. She passed the state exam in 1897 and practiced until recently, renowned for progressive methods and extensive, lucrative work. Survived by sisters and a brother. funeral at Lindenwood Monday at 2. Interment private. Pallbearers from the dental fraternity listed.
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Garth
Nellie B. French
West Superior Street
Miss French
Dayton
Fort Warne
Samuel French
8. B. Brown
Dr. Brown
Rho Hid
French
Isaac Knapp
Ely
Alge Mere
Miss Wrench
Trinity English Lutheran Phires
George Vouch
Slouder
Mra Z
HM. Meter
de ’. Weicken
Mee Surdy
Threefold murder suicide shocks Danville UK
Word arrives of Robert Strawser, rural mail carrier and ex-resident, killing his three children with strychnine then taking poison himself. The four bodies were found by the children's mother. The crime occurred Sunday night. Coroner investigates. wife cites possible insanity.
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Danville
Robert Strawser
Plaza
Strawser
Chased Out of Town After Hotel Room Scandal
A man claiming the name Taylor, attached to a theater company, was given an hour to leave the city after being found in a room at the Hodekin house with a young girl. The girl's father asked for no affidavit and, on his promise to supervise his daughter, both were released. The hotel proprietor avoided a charge of keeping a house of ill fame. Wabash plans to organize a YMGA branch. A county jury in Albion found for the Phoenix Accident and Fire Insurance in a $5,000 policy dispute with George T. Butler, who sued for $1,500 after losing an arm in a Fort Wayne brick factory. the defense claimed Butler had policies with two other companies and hid anтомotion.
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Taylor
Hodekin
Wabash
YMGA
Babe at Woodburn Fatally Burned in Accident
Dorothy Louise Presdorf aged two died after sustaining burns that covered most of her body. The infant, the daughter of Noah and Mrs. Presdorf of Woodburn, was injured Friday when she tipped matches from an incubator onto straw as her mother briefly left the house. Fire was extinguished with difficulty and she died Sunday after two days of agony. The burial occurred in Bluffton. James Tucker, 53, of Logansport, died after falling from the bluffs into the Wabash near the Logansport Country Club Saturday night. his body was found Sunday morning.
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Dorothy Louise ‘Presdorf
Noah Presdorf
Woodburn
James A. Tucker
Logansport
Wabash River
Logansport Country Club
Rider in peril after horse struck by streetcar near Jackson
Frank L. Armstrong of 1161 Wabash avenue narrowly escaped death when a leading horse bolted on West Main Street and the horse he rode was struck by a streetcar. The rider was pinned briefly beneath the horse but suffered only painful bruises. The other horse escaped after the collision. the motorman stopped promptly. A Hunington youth, Charles Hasty, was hurt when an Erie freight train derailed near Uniondale, found delirious after the fall.
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Frank L. Armstrong
Wabash Avenue
West Main Street
Jackson
Armstrong
Columbia City
Charles Hasty
Hunington
Erie
Uniondale
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DR. C. D. Weisells
Siddenl
D. £. Wessell
Rensman
Clara, Miss
Julia
Miss Rose and
Bernard Rensman, Jr
Phoebe Overly
A. W. Overly
Grand Rapids
Melvin and
Edward Overly
Grace Good
Undertaking Rooms
Schone & Co
Lindenwood
Francis Bailey
Jule
Victor Pepe
Perry Township
Frank
Joseph
Paul Bailey
George Salt
St. Vincent's Church
Dammeyer
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Jacob Miller
Ch. Luehr
William Hockemeyer
Herman Hockemeyer
Frederick Grotrian
Willian Melcher
Ernest Koenemann
Michael Fackler
Hoffman
Messman
Frank Messman
South
Calhoun Street
Guselle Street
Mr. Messman
Herman
Paul
Joseph Messman
Ouls Nahrwald
Zion's Lutheran Church
Showe
St. Peter's Catholic
SOLON
Wets
Michigan
Illinois
Babe
Noah
Presdorf
J. R
Need City
Tustin
Take City
Manton
Traverse City
Fife Lake
Mkatkaska
Minielona
Alba
Moyne Falls
Petoskey
Pellston
Tigret
Richmond
Sturgis
Inclualva
C. L. Lockwood
Grand Rapids, Mich
United Specialists
Sears
Wright Brothers
United
West Wayne Street
Tam
West
Wayne Street
Mort Wayne
Mall
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