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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1894
Page
7
The excerpt discusses court or official notices requiring publication in newspapers and mentions venues like The Weekly Car and The Sentinel as potential papers for such notices. It underscores the attorney’s role to order publication in a local periodical.
Various notices detail visitors, illnesses, births, trips to Chicago, and small events. Edie J B Reuss visits Miller of Decatur. Several locals travel to Chautauqua and Marquette. A hospital move, school vaccinations, a infant death, and minor accidents are noted along with a political notice and a Monroeville wedding.
The Fort Wayne case of Mrs Sophia Waltemath against the city for 5100 damages went to a jury and returned a verdict of 1160 for the plaintiff. She alleges the horse bolted after a dead horse on the roadside and pavement defects worsened the crash. Defended by W H Shambaugha with aides, plaintiff by S R Alden.
The state in a circuit court case against William P. Bidwell editor of the American Eagle faces a charge of criminal libel for publishing an article alleged to defame Father Borg and Sister Eudoxia of St. Vincent Orphan asylum. Proceedings show jury selection, Bishop Radmacher testifying, and Bidwell denying intent to injure.
The testimony describes a young lady inmate signaling from a asylum window and a man visiting her to hear the dungeon tale as printed in the American Eagle. The defendant explains the article was published to align with the paper’s patriotic and government-supporting mission. He supported the American Protective Association and said the paper, now ceased in the city, served its principles.
Six year old Willie Behindt of 42 John Street died Friday evening after being struck by a switch engine near the Pennsylvania coal docks. He wandered onto a adjacent track while frightened from a through train. The engine, commanded by Grabel with fireman Harry Van Allstein, could not stop in time. The German family, summoned at once, suffered a grievous shock.
Charles Weller a well known Weat Jefferson street butcher and Miss Clara Helmick eloped to Defiance last Thursday and were married that evening. They plan a bridal tour of the lakes and return via Chicago. The announcement surprises friends as an elopement. Helmick is a daughter of a New Haven farmer and recently resigned from the electric light works.
At midnight Officer McGuire pursued Eddie Driftmeyer a drugstore clerk after he refused to halt in an alley behind Groas and Pelien s drug store. The youth was caught after a brief chase and was found not to have committed any offense. Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised by a patron and 40 cent bottles sold by druggists noted. Delegates to the LA OW state meeting will travel to Indianapolis next month with a banquet planned. meeting place to be decided.
In a Sunday afternoon YMCA address W. D. Page urged Christians to engage in municipal politics to enforce laws against vice and liquor. Pastor G. N. Eldridge denounced lax enforcement and urged voting for officials who uphold the laws. Rev. A. K. Zariman echoed the duty to vote for moral government and to stand against saloons at the next Tuesday election.
An offer promotes a booklet on Hot Springs South Dakota waters and their alleged cure for rheumatism neuralgia and related illnesses. W A Thrall lists free mailing upon request with two cent stamp. Also advertising 35 complete novels and a year’s subscription to Household Topics for 30 cents.
An 19th century style advertisement touts System Pills as a universal cure and urges readers to buy a box for 25 cents or 35 cents in stamps, promising a free prize such as a gold watch or a town lot. The offer claims agency rights and stresses wide household adoption, with supplier Shaw Remedy Co of Rutherford, New Jersey. It also contains an unrelated note urging readers to examine Wayne Harness bargains at 49 East Columbia Street.
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