Taft Visits Chicago for St Patrick's Day Events
President Taft, guest of Irish organizations, attends Chicago St Patrick's Day festivities. He criticizes editorial bias in newspapers while addressing a packed audience on conservation and meets with the Chicago Newspaper Club and Traffic Club.
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Endowment Committee
American Red Cross Society
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Irish Fellowship
Trish Wellowship Lab
Ireland
Consul Junior the Monkey Dies in Dallas
Consul Junior, the educated chimpanzee known as the pangée, died early today in Dallas after a four day illness of bronchial pneumonia. The valued animal, insured for $50,600 with a London company, was treated by physicians as a human until death. the body will be embalmed and sent to Europe for burial.
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Europe
Monkey Consul Jr. Falls Ill In Fort Wayne Vaudeville
Consul Jr. the famed monkey act from Dallas became ill during a Fort Wayne appearance at the Temple theater. The animal's first city show was January 84 and two days later it suffered a severe illness forcing removal from the program. Frank Bostock owned the act. manager Stouder noted a $500 weekly contract and the monkey had been the theater’s top drawing card.
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London
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Fort Wayne Buffaloes Initiate New Member Class
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Buffaloes in Fort Wayne reports a membership boom with a class of fourteen initiated at the regular meeting last week. The new members were brought into the hall adjoining the Sentinel building on West Wayne Street, which the group rents to others.
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Sentinel
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Erin's Green 1 Pein Hue Hibernians Step
In a brief sports update the Erin's Green 1 Pein Hue Hibernians take a step forward. The report notes a notable move or progress by the club in the local league.
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Erin's Green
President Taft Narrowly Escapes Collision in Fort Wayne Ride
President Taft's schedule includes a hazardous moment when his White House car barely stopped to avoid a woman on Fourteenth Street. He warned bystanders and continued to Chicago for the St Patrick's banquet, then Albany and Providence with a series of official engagements and receptions planned along the trip.
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Fort Wayne St Patrick Parade and Mass at St Patrick’s
Thousands in Fort Wayne join an Irish day parade led by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The procession stops at St Patrick’s Church for a high mass celebrated by Rev. Joseph F. Delaney and homily by Rev. Dowd praising Ireland and home rule.
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Fordner Rites Held At North Randolph Home
The sudden death of Mrs. BE Fordner Monday ended a long marriage to Mr. Fordner. Funeral services were held at their North Randolph Street home with the structure of the notice noting parents and match bossom details as read in the fragment.
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Relic Wagon Replaced by New Fire Vehicle
A historic department wagon from 1876 will be retired as the Fire Department and Board of Safety approve purchasing a new goal wagon. The old wagon, in service for 35 years, has been patched repeatedly and will be scrapped to fund the replacement.
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Death of Mrs. A. W. Tyler in Sapulpa Oklahoma
Fort Wayne friends learn of the death of Mrs. A. W. Tyler formerly of this city. She lived at the Rolling Mills superintendent’s home in West W street area. The family moved to Idaho four years ago and later settled in Oklahoma. Mrs Tyler belonged to Wayne Street Methodist Episcopal church and had many friends here who share their sorrow.
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Fort Wayne
Merchant Stewart to Locate Business in Larned Kansas
Indy Garrett notes that I Stewart a longtime merchant associated with Gers hett's will move from here to Larned Kansas to establish a business with his nephew LeRox Revhet now residing there.
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Robbery Foiled? Progressive Bank Vault Loot In Marion
In Marion Indiana on March 16 professional burglars cracked the Van Buren bank owned by Howard Brothers. They forced a strong box with $1500 in gold by drilling a vault floor using electric power and nitroglycerine. The theft was discovered at 7 am when the bank opened while no arrests are noted. The Van Buren post office has suffered three robberies in as many years, with no crew yet captured.
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Ind
Bo van Buren
van Buren
Courtroom Dramas and Local Scuffles Dominate City News
A chaotic city court scene sees a nervous woman named Nora Smith, with companions Brickley and Mrickley, fined for drunkenness after a disturbance in a room for female witnesses. Separate incidents include a vicious assault in police headquarters, a threatened attack by Daugherty on Reuben Smith, and a bond setting for Kissinger related to a custody dispute.
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Toledo and Chicago interurban to build Willow Creek bridge
The Toledo and Chicago interurban company announces plans to begin steel and concrete bridge construction across Willow Creek at Huntertown. The nearby stream is being dredged and dredging equipment will pass the site tonight during the work.
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Huntertown
Lynching in Marion Arkansas Grounds Three
In Marion Arkansas on March 18 a mob of about 300 lynched two African American men, Bob Austin and Charles Richardson, in front of the courthouse after they were suspected of aiding jail escapes. Authorities had moved the men to safety but the mob seized them and hanged them from a tree before dawn.
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Woman Shot By Husband After Quick Marriage
Albert Scherer 23 shot Bertha Wustser 17 a week after a hasty marriage at her mother's home. She was seriously wounded in the head and left arm. Scherer claimed the pistol misfired during a suicide attempt. A newborn girl, four months old, is part of the afflicted family.
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Charles Wutster
Yuselin
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Bertha VW Yirster
Dutch Liner Prince William II Sailed From Amsterdam Missing at Sea
The Royal Dutch West Indian Mail Line liner Prince William II, bound for West Indian ports and New York, disappeared after Jan 21 with about fifty aboard. Debris including a life buoy, boat oar, propeller blade, and name board were found near Belle Ile off France, suggesting the ship foundered.
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Prince Wiliam II
Belle Ile
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Porta
New York
Dailey Boom Grows for Dem Nomination in Blutttan
In Blutttan Indiana on March 18 supporters of Frank C Dailey launched a sizable candidacy boom for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. The backers say the effort has gained momentum as discussions continue, though Dailey has not commented on the drive.
Woman fatally burned in home stair accident
Catherine Blakely died after her dress caught fire from a gas stove while ironing at 429 Hillfield Street. Neighbors and family tried to save her, but the flames spread and burned her clothing and body. She died at the hospital, leaving a young daughter and several relatives grieving.
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Hi Field Street
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Tatheran Hospital
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