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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Simon Street
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Broadway
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William H
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Lotta Hunter
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New York
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Huntington
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Wayne Natural Gas Company
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Wm. Fleming
R. C. Bell
Rinehart
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Cooper
Prof
Rodgers
Fort Wayne Post
Travelers’ Protective Association
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Indianapolis
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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
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Rasselle
Krueper
Hardendorf
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T.P. A
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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.
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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.
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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.
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M. P. Emley
Huntington
Oklahoma
Mr. Knapp
Wabash Road
Guthrie
Huntingtonians
John L. Dille
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