Local notices and community notes from a Fort Wayne page
A collage of brief items: families welcome a son. William Jenk and Harrison street ties. Howard Leuer ill. Pythian Sisters' event planned. McNagny home from college. Eliza Wie. couples, births, and deaths. ads and staff moves. streetcar line extensions to Fort Wayne Driving Park. pension agent Spencer arriving. various social visits, business changes, and local farm moves. a minister in Muncie clarifies Mentone’s fate. plans for church services and civic meetings. school and teacher institute results. Burns, Cratsley, and other local businesses noted. weddings and baptisms scheduled. numerous residents traveling, moving, or hosting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hill
Cratsley’s
Calhoun Street
Hill
Sfudaon
Ind
Aghley
John E. Housh
Home Avenue
Archer, Housh & Co
Baptist Church
Margaret
Helen Spencer
West Wayne Street
Gottlieb Schafer
Milan Township
Sentiver
T. L. Sturgis
Wallace Street
Soest
South Calhoun Street
Will Mannix
Bond
Mias Grace
Mr. Burchard
Madison Street
A Daring Man in Jail Endures Ton of Stone Piled On Him
Charles Jones a jailed drunkee attempted escape by hiding in a wagon of broken stone. Prisoners shoveled tons of rock onto him until he turned pale and nearly suffocated before deputy Harrod freed him and set him to bread and water. Holy Week Ceremonies Outline Easter Week in the Roman Catholic Church with key rites.
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Charles Jones
Jones
Centlivre
Harrod
Christ
Lutheran Confirmation Exercises Draw Crowded Churches
The yearly confirmation exercises drew large crowds at St John's Emmanuel's St Paul and other Lutheran churches. At St John's forty five children were confirmed with totals at all churches reaching several hundred as proud parents watched the ceremony.
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St. John's
Emanuel’s
St. Paul’s
St. John’s
Weber Shootout in West Main Street Saloon
A shooting incident occurred Monday at Weber's saloon on West Main Street. Gene Herring drew a revolver on Weber, who fired but missed. Herring fled the scene.
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Weber
West Main Street
Gene Herring
Courts Hear Divorces and Contracts for Jail Stone
The county court actions include Myra Bohart seeking divorce from Willis Bohart. contracts awarded for jail stone, hauling, and road work with Baltes, Schmidt, and Bergman. Local arrests for liquor violations and aiding cases. collision of court cases, licenses, and a physician’s license. several divorce filings and a murder trial anticipated with Howley. Sheriff Clausmeier captures James Langston in city. Lemuel Paine mortgage suit. heavy docket with numerous lawsuits, pleadings, and criminal cases.
Allen county court notes and county actions
The report covers seventy five items including deaths and births, a reelection of W H Goshorn as superintendent of bridges, and several civil cases. Louis Sievers vs Peters Box and Lumber Co over $10000 arises from a Pape factory elevator accident with representation by W G Colerick and H Colerick. C H Rose vs Fort Wayne Water Power Co result: judgment of 365 dollars and injunction against overflow with appeal to state supreme court. Morris Lang liquor license remonstrance upheld. Fry remonstrance heard. Ely and Scott arrested for liquor law violation. Arthur Taylor and Cora High married. William Weber disorderly house.
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W. H. Goshorn
Bridges
Allen County
Board of Commissioners
Louis Sievers
Peters Box and Lumber Company
W. G
Henry Colerick
Zollars
J. M. Barrett
C. H. Rose
Fort Wayne Water Power Company
Dawson
Superior Court
Supreme Court of the State
R. Alden
Morris, Bell, Barrett & Morris
Morris Lang
Lang
Calhoun Street
Fry
Maples
Hugh Stewart
Monroeville
Ely & Scott
Harry France
Arthur Taylor
Cora High
William Weber
Ryan
United States
Tom Wilkingon
Albert Laverdt
Adams Township
Justice Ryan
Laverdt
Lady Lawyer Aids Deaf Husband in Court, First Ohio Bar Entry
A Wayne hotel guest, Nettie B Lutes of Tiffin Ohio, recounts how her husband N B Lutes who is deaf hears testimonies via her lip reading and rapid silent replies. The couple run a large law practice in Ohio with sister Florence Cronise also a noted attorney. Paydays in Pittsburgh shops and road crews sent many employees to the tax desks yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hotel
Nettie B. Lutes
Tiffin
Ohio
Florence Cronise
N. B. Lutes
Ronise
N. B
N.C. Lutes
Mr. Lutes
Lutes
Attempt to Kill Charged in Saloon Case
William Weber a West Main Street saloonkeeper faced an attempted murder charge after a dispute with Dennis Herring who sought whisky. He testified Weber shot as Herring allegedly reached for a revolver. Herring had challenged the quality of the liquor. The Howley murder trial opened with jury selection and featured witness William Murphy describing Martin Howley striking his mother Catherine Howley and kicking her.
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Jed Sperry
Des Moines
Iowa
Sherman Malcomb
Ethel
Sidney
Ohio
Tux Seruxet
William Weber
West Main Street
Dennis S. Herring
Justice Ryan
Chester Holder
Aterring
Herring
Weber
Ryan
Howley
Indiana
Martin Howley
Catherine Howley
O'Rourke
David Martin
Monroe
Alvin Dougherty
Madison
John M. Flough
Apson Dunton
Perry
John W. Chapman
Maison Geo. Zimmer
Springfivid
C. W. Buck
Michael Deuter
Fred Goebel
Wm. Suedehoff
Edwin Walker
Scipio
Chas. Barner
P. B. Colerick
William Murphy
Murphy
James M. Robinson
Remains of Ex Mayor Leander Simoneau Found Near Sagina w
In Sagina Mich on March 20 the remains of Leander Simoneau former mayor and ex registrar of deeds were found about ten miles down the river by two boys collecting driftwood. The body was decomposed and took time to identify.
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Sagryaw, Mich
Leander Simoneau
Saginaw
Norman French draft horses for sale near Dixon Ohio
I offer my entire herd of full blood Norman French draft horses for sale at my residence one mile southwest of Dixon Ohio on March 28, 1894. The lot includes two six-year-old stallions, five-year-old, three-year-old, and two-year-old stallion colts, one thirteen-year-old mare, and four mares aged nine seven four two, with four mare colts and two-year-old colt. All are registered. Terms revealed on sale day. wil42t 8. F. Baxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Ohio
F. Baxes
The Thrifty Store Ad Promotes Fair Small Profit
A newspaper ad argues against high priced dry goods and cheap wares, claiming many shops lose customers by overcharging or underpaying. The seller advertises a fair, small profit above cost and offers wholesale access to buy large lots, highlighting lower Muslins and Prints prices to fit thrifty times.
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Ei L. Kane
William Jenkath
Harrison Street
Howard lLeuer
Baarick
Pythian Sisters
McNagny
Columbisity
Tere
Elisaigen
Ewina
Schlau- Eade
de Wie Wieman
Frank M. Chapman
Yday
Wayne Township
J. B. McHvoy
D. W. Baldwin & Co
Rev. MacCooper
Chicago
James L. Drake
Albion
J. H. Wobrock
Adams County
Stellhorn
Roanoke
Simons
South Webater Street
M. W. Bloom
Kerlin & Bloom, Undertakers
Williams Street
Congregational Church
J. S. Ainslie
Geo. B. Robizon
Ann McWhirter
Hoagland
A. H. Bittenger
Butler, Ind
Guy Hamilton
Fred F. Fisher
New York City
St. Augustine
Fla
William B. Fisher
D. C. and
E. J. Fisher
John McDonald
Lakeside Electric
Fort Wayne
Walton Avenue
Indianapolis Sentinel
Martin van Buren Spencer
Charles Webber
Spencer
R. L. Rony
al Smeed
la Salle Street
T. Heller
Frank C. Cratsley
Florida
M. Alleger
Frank
Louis Voirol
South Bend
People's Rights
People's Party
Plymouth Congregational Church
J. Schmuck
Kessler
Hope Hospital
Canada
Milo J. Gorrell
Ossian
8S. C. Metcalf
Columbia and
Calhoun Streets
J. M.E. Riedel
Foellinger
Augusta Horstman
Wm. Horstman
Washington Township
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thomas Hanlon
Monon
Floyd County
Suditor
Fort Wayne Railway
William P. Duffy
Journal
J. W. Keller
Keller
Mr. Duffy
Indianapolis
Abolt Township
Margaret Weichselfelder
East Tabor Street
John Weichselfelder
Daniel Decker
Meadames J. Weichselfelder
J. Steward
C. Yant
8. McAfee
W. Killen
T. Gooden
H. Frech
G. Weichselfelder
G. Karber
Mertha Jeffery
Clara Higgins
Marion
Monroe Townships
Hoggland
C. E. Hellopeter
Bert Somers
W. A. Hammond
M. A. Smith
I. F. Winans
Bert Sommers
Emma Gresley
J. J. Peters
Milo Sprang
Albert Brandenburg
Ida J. McIntosh
Robert
Mentone
St. Joseph Hospital
Muncie
E. G. Erickson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sweden
Mr. Erickson
de Wald Street
Broadway
Pennsylvania Company
S. F. Gray
Nellie Hoemig
F. P. Mensch
W. P. Loring
Free Methodist Church
Knox, In
R. W. Rehrers
J. F. Somnera
Hendricks Avenue
Avilla
Mr. Fryer
Nioon Department
Pete
Max
Myra Bohart
Commssioners
Colerick and
Willis S. Bohart
Michael Baltes
Lake Shore
Fred Schmidt
William Bergman
Henry Baum
A. L. Randall
J. W. Hayden
Court of Justice France
Bagby
James Fry
Court of Justice
Emma W. Ball
Fort Wayne College of Medicine
Leroy Harris
Buffalo
N. Y
Lemuel C. Paine
Randall & Doughman
George W. McCoy
Sylvanus Fessenden
William Goodman
Nancy A Johnson
William F. Webb
Jessie Robinson
George B. Robinson
Ann McWhorter
Holland
Clausmeier
John Langston
St. Joe
Mich
Langston
Frank Napier
East Columbia Street
A. A. Miller
Hoayland
Stout
Harry C. Vianna
Mies Lulu van Slyke
Rev. van Slyke
Vern Young
Goshen
Vallejy
Charles B. van Winkle
Elizabeth M van Winkle
W.and
E. Leonard
Felts
Price
Eedie Milliane
Tiffin, Ohio
The
Wayne
Sosenheimer
Pittsburg
Tice Ryan
Court
Birkholz
Westivity
Mitsenie Semple
Dreier & Bro
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
Hremason
Our
Pixley
E. Berry
General Wallace
Crawfordsvitrg
Wallace
Col
James Fry Han
Delphi
Woodkatf
Bash & CO
John C. Pfeiffer
North Wayne
Bush
I. N
West Agne A
Columbia Sts
Pfeiffer & Schlatter