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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1889

Page

3

Local briefs reveal a busy Fort Wayne scene

May 1 opening at Barr street market. Oscar Wobrock buys a Huntington horse. Rev D C Woolpert lauded in Knox, Indiana. Amos Widner granted a pension. Schmitz block replacing old Calhoun Washington frontage. several marriages licenses issued. Forepaughs circus slated for Fort Wayne. rail work on American Midland line progresses. multiple legal notices, divorces and estates filed. local deaths and society news fill the page.

Barr Street Oscar Wobrock Huntington BR. C. Bell Knox Ind Amos Widner Messrs A. H J. R. Bittinger Warsaw D. C. Woolpert Charley Schapper Willie Graney Miller Callie Schooley Sioux City John Powers East Wayne Street

Fireman Almost Roasted Alive By Shirt Pocket Fire

Martin Ocker a Nickel Plate fireman staying with James M Gouty at 179 West Superior escaped a severe bed fire caused by matches in a woolen shirt pocket He woke to flames leaped from bed clothes and ripped burning shirt from his body While others aided him Dr C B Stemen said Ocker will likely survive but suffered severe burns to arms shoulders and back

Martin Ocker Nickel Plate Road James M. Gouty West Superior Street Ocker C. B. Stemen Sunriven

Monroeville Postmaster Sparks Republican Outcry

Hugh Stewart's appointment as post master provokes fury in Monroeville with a meeting to repudiate the selection. A petition urges the president to remove him, and locals plan to collect mail at Dixon Ohio while critics denounce Judge Taylor and GOP leaders for meddling in the post office fight.

Monroeville Hugh Stewart E. W. Meeks Morton Club Stewart Dixon Ohio Judge Taylor

Week’s Deaths Reported by City Undertakers

The week ending April 27 lists twelve deaths from consumption including Samuel B. Kelsey aged 60 Isidor Bellinger 24 Flora Kinkead 21 Jennie Young 23 and Henry Krause 56. Other causes include Emma Springer puerperal fever Walter R Peerson one year Theresa Vaugier 82 Charles Ertel seven months and Wn Wetzel 72 with inflammation of the bowels and bronchitis among infants H W Aiker 10 months.

Samuel B. Kelsey George Wells Emma Springer Walter R. Peerson Albert H. Grigsby Theresa Vaugier Charles Ertel Henry Krause Wn. Wetzel H. W. Aiker

Fort Wayne Post Holds Pro Tern Officers Meeting and Delegates

Travelers Protective association of Fort Wayne met at the Business Men's Exchange Saturday to elect officers and state convention delegates for May 18 in Indianapolis. Officers named include President Frank Riblet and Vice Presidents Charles Falk Sam Hanna E R Harden dorf. secretary treasurer August Krueper. Delegates to the state convention listed with at large names FJ Noll Charles Falk and others. The group aims to present Frank A Caswell for the national convention in Atlanta. Also noted is the Fort Wayne Post A being the largest in the state. Afterward Jennie Young’s funeral was held at Lindenwood with a large crowd at Congregational church.

John McCain Lillie Diehl D. M. Allen Simon Street William Martin Broadway Louis E William H Katie Richards Lotta Hunter St. John’s Reformed Church J. Marsh Coombs New York Queenstown Mr. Coombs League A. Northrop Huntington Jerald Northrop Peck Wayne Natural Gas Company Thompson Salamouse Company S. B. Bond Charles McCulloch Wm. Fleming R. C. Bell Rinehart Dreier Bros T. M. O'Leary Dwenger United States Washington Charles Carroll Carrollton George Washington Catholic Legion Knights Trinity Episcopal Church General Washington Salem Church A. K. Zartman Carl Schaaf C. F. Kreite Wayne Street Church van Slyke Scackelford Mahin Cooper Prof Rodgers Fort Wayne Post Travelers’ Protective Association Business Men’s Exchange Indianapolis Trank Riblet Charles Falk Sam P. Hanna E. R. Hardendorf August Krueper S. J. Smith Ric Shoaff J. A. Roselle Tony Heit H. V. Root Herman Reichert Samuel Chaska F. J. Noll F. E. Nash George B. Saylor PF. A. Caswell W. S. Party Daniel Hudgell FLN Nash Post Mesurs Manning Rasselle Krueper Hardendorf Stone Heiblett Smith Reichert Heit Wuestis Miller Sterne Penn Frank A. Caswell T.P. A Atlanta Post A Fort Wayne

Train leap ends in tragedy for Pittsburg youth

This afternoon between 1 and 2 o'clock east bound Pittsburg freight train workers saw Harry Robinson, son of Henry Robinson, attempt to leap between cars. He fell and was crushed, left arm torn from socket, body cast aside. He was carried home to 70 Melita street. Local women offered comfort as The Sentinel calls for harsher penalties to curb dangerous railroad stunts by youths and stern action against blaming parents.

Pittsburg Harry Robinson Henry Robinson Melita Street Robinson

Wild Frenchman Seized After Perry Township Alert

Jules Martin of Perry township reported to Sheriff Viberg that a armed stranger roamed Perry woods threatening residents. The man, intent on returning to France, carried a revolver a Winchester rifle and a pitch fork. Viberg captured him without violence and jailed him.

Jules Martin Perry Township Viberg France

Crowded Fields Residents Describe Guthrie Visit and Local News

A pair of Huntington citizens, J. W. Knapp and M. P. Emley, recount their Oklahoma trip. Knapp notes roughing it, avoiding work, and claims of low crime aside from gambling. disputes fraud rumors in town lot locating and defends John L. Dille’s conduct. Also mentions Senator Don Cameron and family sailing to Europe, and a local buggy wagons ad urging Parham’s Barr Street shop for bargains.

J. W. Knapp M. P. Emley Huntington Oklahoma Mr. Knapp Wabash Road Guthrie Huntingtonians John L. Dille Dille

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