Bryan and Boers If President Would Offer Moral Support
William Jennings Bryan met Chicago party leaders and left for Port Huron. He urged Democratic sympathy for the Boers over British policy, arguing moral US backing could influence outcomes under a future administration and Hague treaty terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Harrison
Altgeld
Port Huron
Mich
Bryan
J. G. Toinson
Democratic National Body
Sherman House
Democratic Party
Europe
America
McKinley
Russia
United States
England
Dewey Blundered says Wilson predicts McKinley Bryan
Kansas City April 30 Will iam L Wilson author of the Wilson tariff bill while en route from Hot Springs to Nebraska City where he is to guest J Sterling Morton said It is to be McKinley and Bryan He will blunder from politics and sail away Dewey will not get a chance to be voted down He predicted the democrats will win and the campaign will be on new lines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William L. Wilson
Hot Springs
Nebraska City
Neb
J. Sterling Morton
Cleveland
McKinley
Bryan
Dewey
Wilson
Admiral Dewey
Hope Is Democracy in Detroit as Pingree Endorses Democrats
Detroit April 30 Governor Pingree, once an independent Republican, said the people’s hope in this year’s general elections lies with the Democratic Party. He criticized trusts and dismissed leaving the GOP, stressing no change has been announced while reaffirming faith in Democrats this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Pingree
Democrats
Shope of the People
Democratic Party
Recognition Denied at Fort Wayne Traction Board Meeting
Special notice No 166 posted by Fort Wayne Traction company at their barns states the board of directors meeting decided not to recognize the local street railway employees branch. The notice was posted late Saturday afternoon and addresses the decision affecting the local branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort ‘Wayne
Trades Council Delivers Message to President Eells
Early week, Mayor Scherer and the Trades and Labor Council committee presented a request to President Eells. The outreach aimed at addressing labor concerns and seeking cooperation on municipal issues.
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Roqgest
Eells
Scherer
Trades and Labor Council
New Money Reaches Hamilton National Bank Circulation
Twenty thousand dollars in new national bank notes has been received at the Hamilton National Bank and will be placed in circulation as soon as occasion arises. This is the additional ten percent of circulation allowed under the new law enabling national banks to issue notes up to the face value of bonds deposited with the treasurer of the United States.
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National Bank
Hamilton Vational Bank
United States
First US phosphorus match patent issued in 1886
Before 1833 Vienna produced wooden phosphorus matches while Americans relied on flint and steel. A. D. Phillips of Springfield Mass secured the first US patent for phosphorus matches in 1886. Despite early resistance, by 1845 the old tinder boxes were largely abandoned and kept only as curiosities.
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Vienna
United States
A. D. Phillips
Springfield
Mass
Death of Mrs. Wilson in Matanzas Burns Fatal After Dress Ignited
Matanzas City mourns for Mrs. Wilson wife of Major General James H. Wilson military governor of Matanzas and Santa Clara who died Saturday afternoon from burns after her dress caught fire from a match during a morning drive. She was badly burned despite efforts to extinguish the flames. General Wilson and his two daughters accompany the body to Wilmington Delaware aboard the USS Buford for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Matanzas City
Wilson
James H. Wilson
Department of Matanzas and
Santa Clara
United States
Buford
Wilmington
Del
Miller Gets Ten Years For Franklin Syndicate Scam
William F. Miller, manager of the Franklin Syndicate, was sentenced in Brooklyn to ten years’ imprisonment after conviction on grand larceny. Denied were motions for a new trial and a stay. He was accused of swindling Mrs. Catherine Messer out of 1000 dollars amid claims of 10 percent weekly profits from purported stock market gains. The total secured by the scheme nears 1 million dollars with twenty indictments pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William F. Miller
Franklin Syndicate
Brooklyn
Miller
Catherine Messer
Wall paper to please you cheap at L O Hulls
Local advertisement notes discount wallpaper at L O Hulls located at 90 Calhoun Street. Emphasizes low prices and customer appeal.
Protest Against Taxes Comes Before Congress
A Washington dispatch reports that the American Chamber of Commerce at Manila will lay a memorial before Congress protesting against the excessive taxation imposed by the United States military government. The document emphasizes the burden on local business and calls for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Congress
American Chamber of Commerce
Manila
United States
Aged Pastor Rev. Andrew Zagel Dies in Mendota
Rev. Andrew Zagel longtime German Lutheran pastor died at his Mendota home after a long illness aged eighty years six months and thirteen days. He served with Missouri synod and last preached four miles from the city on Decatur road. Surviving eight Zagel children include Sophie Johanna Henry August Frederick Herman and Martin. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 from home and 2 at St Pauls Lutheran church with Rev. Lange officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Zagel
Hanna Street
Zagel
Hersbhrush
Bavaria
America
Missouri Synod of
German Lutheran Church
Decatur Road
Sophie Zagel
Henry Zagel
Johanna Zagel
August Zagel
Frederick Zagel
Effingham
Ill
Herman Zagel
St. Louis
Martin Zagel
Utica
Neb
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Lange
Pioneer Woman Catherine Ruch Dies at 70 in Allen County
Mrs. Catherine Ruch died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. William Maxwell home 3 7 Buchanan street after a long life of seventy years in Allen county born April 1 1830 she endured pioneer hardships and later comforts of modern days. She married Louis Ruch and lived on a farm until his death then resided with her children in the city. Surviving daughters Mrs. Alice Kemp and Mrs. Elizabeth Maxwell and son J Ruch of East DeWald street.
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Allen County
Catherine Ruch
William Maxwell
Buchanan Street
Louis Ruch
Ruch
Alice Kemp
High Street
Elizabeth Maxwell
J. Ruch
East DeWald Street
Fahlsing Woman Dies After Illness at Home
Mrs Elnora Fahlsing aged fifty nine died at 4 30 Sunday afternoon at her home 334 East Washington street from paralysis. Survived by husband William Fahlsing and ten children Otto Charles William Anna Clara Flora Minnie Louise Kendall all living in this city or Chicago. Sisters Mrs Thieme and Mrs Baade and brother Charles Bleeke Monroe Mich. also named as survivors.
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Elnora Fahlsing
William Fahlsing
East
Washington Street
Otto
Charles
William
Chicago
Anna
Clara
Flora
Minnie
Louise Kendall
Thieme
Baade
Charles Bleeke
Monroe, Mich
Death of Mrs Sophia Muhlenbruch at 28 Lavina Street
Mrs Sophia Muhlenbruch aged thirty wife of Dieterich Muhlenbruch died at home Saturday evening from intestinal rupture. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 o clock from the residence and at 2 30 from Emmanuel Lutheran Church with interment at Concordia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Muhlenbruch
Dieterich Muhlenbruch
Lavina Street
Emmanuel’s Lutheran Church
Concordia
Mrs Margaret Herres Dies at Fort Wayne
Mrs Margaret Herres wife of John Herres died Saturday afternoon at her home at the corner of Wayne Trace and New Haven avenue from tuberculosis. She was thirty four years old and left four children, the youngest three weeks old. Born in Germany she had been a resident of Fort Wayne for a number of years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Herres
John Herres
Wayne Trace
New Haven Avenue
Herres
Germany
Fort Wayne
Beack Mrs Bilen Stack Aged of the Late Patrick Stack
Beack Mrs Bilen Stack is identified as the aged surviving relative in the obituary notice for Patrick Stack. The fragment indicates a family connection and highlights the deceased's name and relation in a local notice context.
Mrs Stack 86 Lifespan Note in Fort Wayne Obit
Mrs. Stack aged 86 years 2 months and 25 days formerly of County Kerry Ireland married to the late Patrick Stack in Cincinnati. Resident of Richmond and later Fort Wayne for twelve years. Survived by one daughter Mrs Zuttermeister. Described as amiable and highly regarded in Christian character.
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West Jefferson Street
Stack
Mendota Pioneer Joseph Edsall dies of pneumonia
Joseph Edsall a longtime Mendota real estate and insurance man dies at home from pneumonia. He was born in this city and was brother to C W Edsall Henry Colerick and Mrs Meyer. Surviving are his wife and two daughters. His remains were brought to Fort Wayne and funeral services were held at 241 West Berry Street Colericks. Interment followed at Lindenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Edsall
Mendota
Ill
Mr. Edsall
C. W. Edsall
Henry Colerick
Meyer
Fort Wayne
West Berry Street
Lindenwood
Miss Alice A. Myers Dies at 24 in Wallen Home
Miss Alice A. Myers daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Myers of Wallen died at her home Sunday evening at age 24 from consumption after an illness of last fall. A former teacher in Washington township schools she was a member of English Lutheran church. Surviving are her parents a brother and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice A. Myers
J. F. Myers
Wallen
Miss Myers
Washington Township
Mrs Anna Grund Dies After Long Illness In Fort Wayne
Mrs Anna Grund aged 72 died Friday night at her daughter Mrs Henry Dressel’s home 133 Holman street after two years of poor health and three months bedridden Her husband died recently Three children survive George Grund of Auburn John Grund of Fort Wayne and Mrs Dressel who lived with her Mrs Grund was born in Germany and long connected with the Ladies Auxiliary of the G A R which will attend the funeral en masse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Mary Grund
Cty
Henry Dressel
Holman Street
George Grund
Auburn
John Grund
Dressel
Grund
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Mrs Mary Coleman Pioneer of Allen County Dies at 74
Mrs Mary Coleman wife of Isaiah Coleman died Friday at her St Joe township home aged 74. A pioneer of Allen County she settled in 1840 on the farm where she spent sixty years of life. Cause was bronchitis with age infirmities. Survived by husband and three children David, William Coleman and Amelia Long all living at the old home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Coleman
Isaiah Coleman
St. Joe Township
Fitch dies in Fort Wayne after long railroad career
Nathaniel H. Fitch a longtime Pennsylvania company employee and Fort Wayne resident died at 75 Douglas avenue from heart failure after a brief illness. Born in Massachusetts he trained as a shoemaker before joining railroads in 1854. He later ran a stave factory at Maples and served as Pennsylvania company passenger and freight agent for 18 years. The 84 year old was visiting his son in Jackson, Michigan, before returning home ill.
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Nathaniel H. Fitch
Pennsylvania Company
Fort Wayne
Douglas Avenue
Mr. Fitch
Arthur Fitchn
Jackson
Mich
Massachusetts
Hopkinton
Boston
Fitch
Maples
Royal
Long-lived Fort Wayne man Fitch noted for abstinence and pioneer railroading
Mr Fitch moved to Fort Wayne and worked at the Pennsylvania freight house until last September. He never drank or used tobacco, never smoked, and lived methodically. An English immigrant line traces to 1638. He witnessed early pioneer railroading, rode the Boston and Worcester line in 1880 with wooden rails. Three marriages, last to Elizabeth Reynolds in 1884. Survived by three sons Arthur Fitch and Clarence Fitch and daughter Mrs. Sarah Hohm and Joseph Fitch. He was a devoted Plymouth Congregational church member.
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Fitch
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Freight House
Mr. Fitch
England
East
America
Boston and Worcester
Elizabeth Reynolds
Arthur Fitch
Jackson
Mich
Sarah Hohm
Kalamazoo
Joseph Fitch
Mattoon
Clarence Fitch
Arkansas
Plymouth Congregational Church
Miss Mattie Bitner Dies After Illness at 27
Miss Mattie Bitner aged 27 died after a long lung illness at 8 pm Monday at the home of her sister Mrs J H Westerman 617 South Harrison street The funeral will be held at 2 pm Thursday from the same residence with relatives in attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Bitner
J. H. Westerman
South
Harrison Street
Miss Bitner
Infant Mary Bredemeyer Dies at One Day Old
Mary Bredemeyer infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Bredemeyer of 28 East Fourth Street died at 9 this morning from exhaustion aged one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bredemeyer
Henry Bredemeyer
East Fourth Street
Plea of Guilty in Forgery Case Shocks City Court
Jay L. Keplinger was arraigned before Judge O Rourke on forgery and uttering a forged instrument and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Michigan City penitentiary. Keplinger, 39, was arrested after leaving town with forged paper. Rudolph Browsoski pled guilty to petit larceny and was fined and ordered to serve sixty days. Elizabeth Ford enters not guilty on larceny and receiving stolen property. George Stanton pleads not guilty to burglary and grand larceny. trial set for next Saturday.
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Jay L. Keplinger
O’rourke
O'Rourke
Michigan City
Keplinger
Texas
Melching
Rudolph Browsoski
Elizabeth Ford
George Stanton
Court notes in Indiana circuit cases and wills
Court notes list trial dates and judgments in multiple cases including Geiselring v Steger set for May 24 and fines for assault on Haffner. Glidden v Matthews dismissed. Vesey orders partition in Bierbaum. Howe v Mahler dismissed. Kline v Pfleidner on trial. Colerick and Harris attorneys noted. Estates and guardians named. probate will filed. Dalman sues to quiet title. White sues for 772.26. Meyer ex rel county auditor sues to foreclose mortgage for 2800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deiderich W. Geiselring
Albert H. Steger
Justice France
Arthur Rodenbaugh
Lawrence Haffner
Haffner
Charles E. Glidden
S. J. Matthews
Vesey
Bierbaum
Frances M. Howe
B. C. Mahler
Kline
Barrett & Morris
David A. White
Chas. S. Bush
B. W. Skelton
State of Indiana
William Meyer, Jr
John C. Bailey
Arrests in April Reported by City Police
Lieutenant Lapp lists April arrest counts by crime type including intoxication 29 vagrancy 2 assault and battery 7 prostitution 3 petit larceny 20 burglary ? and other offenses such as passing obscene cards fast driving being a tramp unlawful fire alarm acts trespass begging on streets and related categories totalling 81 arrests by police and Pennsylvania detectives.
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Lapp
Police Department
Pennsylvania
Ccc
Ase
City officers to testify in Stanton burglary trial
Superintendent Gorsline plans to bring Indianapolis and Detroit officers to testify at the upcoming arraignment of George Stanton on burglary charges this Saturday. C. H. Sievert defends himself denying he threw a brick at Officer Pappert last Sunday and says he will appeal. Do. E. Pring reports a pocket book loss of $29 to the police.
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Gorsline
Indianapolis
Detroit
George Stanton
C. H. Sievert
Pappert
Do. E. Pring
Police
Tootsie Gets A Home After Court Day
Judge O Rourke assigns Tootsie the Hasenfuss dog to the board of children's guardians who place the pet with Mrs Ella Pickerel of Eaton Inc, sister of Hasenfuss. The dog will be sent to Raton tomorrow. Hasenfuss reveals the pet’s real name Felishia Fettik.
Ellenwood divorce granted. Wagner name restored
Judge O Rourke grants Goldie A Ellenwood divorce from Warren S Ellenwood. She may resume her maiden surname Wagner and receives 1200 alimony paid 150 yearly. John Bice begins suit for divorce from Birdie Bice with complaint by A H Bittenger.
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O’rourke
Goldie A. Ellenwood
Warren S. Ellenwood
Wagner
John Bice
Birdie Bice
A. H. Bittenger
Wayne Knitting Mill Closed for Annual Inventory
The Wayne Knitting Mill was closed yesterday for its annual inventory. John C. Marin of New York, an expert accountant, is in the city to assist with the invoice. The annual meeting of the stockholders will occur next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Knitting Mille
John C. Marin
New York
Wallpaper Sale At L O Hulls 90 Calhoun St
Wall paper offered to please you at low prices at L O Hulls located on 90 Calhoun Street with cheap options and in store deals for customers seeking budget wallpaper purchases.
Wall paper to PLEASE you, cheap at L. O. Hull's
The Lion Coffee hustlers have come to town and are exploiting far and wide the cup that cheers but does not inebriate at 90 Calhoun 81 and L. O. Hull's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Hull’s
Calhoun
Lion
Bishopric doubts in Fort Wayne selection
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune reports that Rev Father Schoenhoff may decline the vacant Fort Wayne bishopric. Friends say the responsibilities would be too demanding, suggesting he might opt out if offered the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Fort Wayne
The
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Father Schoenhoff
Women and Children Garment Sale with Bargains
An ad touts a wide selection of Lisle and gauze vests and knitted drawers for women men and children. It lists ribbed vests short and long sleeve styles with prices from 10c to 50c, silk Lisle vests, children's vests, knit waists, undergarments, shirt waists, hosiery, gloves, ribbons, underskirts and corsets all at special weekly prices. Uncle Sam stamps offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
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W. L. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Matanzas
Dress
L. O. Hull's
Joseph W. Edsall
Fahlsing
Muhlenbruch
EBRES
BEACK
Bilen Stack
Patrick Stack
Edsall
Bitner
Bredemeyer
J. L. Keplinger
COURT
Monthly Report
Calhoun St
Ior
Schmitz
Taft
Citizens Trust Mpt
Interes
Mondamin Meadows
Fairfield Avenue
M. J. Stock
T. EB. Ellison
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