Benefit Show at Majestic Theater Nets Near Thousand Dollars
The Fort Wayne Press Club benefit at the Majestic Theater in San Francisco drew a large audience and raised nearly a thousand dollars. Flowers from local florists sold well, raising 87.75, while the program featured 15 acts including music, dances, vaudeville, and an illustrated talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Fort Wayne
John T. Dougall
Daily News Force
Vesey
Flick
Doswell’s
Auger’s
Markey’s
Lanternier’s
Alexander
Mayme Blair
Louise Bond
Nellie Lawson
May Fitzpatrick
Genevieve Szink
Hadys Dawson
Esther Fleming
Florence Lang
Helen Peters
Evelyn Walter
Josephine Crosby
Ada Greene
Elgie Nelson
Dormer
Messrs. Brown and
Alter
Refugees Depart San Francisco as Men Remain to Aid Cleanup
About a thousand refugees were fed and sent east from Ogden Utah, as free transports will be limited to women and children to keep men in San Francisco for cleanup. Many children were separated from parents by the disaster and may not be reunited. Some arrived and went east under strangers' care, ranging from infants to five-year-olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
San Francisco
Pioneer Indiana editor Henry E. Wadsworth dies in Laporte
Henry E. Wadsworth longtime editor and part owner of the La Porte Argus died at 31 years in Laporte Indiana from heart disease while dining. Born March 3 1839 in a sugar camp that became Kendallville he helped establish the Argus with J B Stoll and later retired six years ago. He also served a term as postmaster and declined a public printer appointment under Cleveland.
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Laporte
Ind
Henry E. Wadsworth
Laporte Argus
Kendallville
J. B. Stoll
South Bend Times
Wadsworth
Cleveland
Death of Watts in Indianapolis Shooting Quarrel
John Watts died at City hospital in Indianapolis after a bullet wound from Mary Wooten during a dispute over $1 at 620 Blackford Street. Police say Watts demanded the money, threatened violence, and Wooten fired, the bullet entering Watts abdomen and passing through. The incident occurred early last Sunday morning.
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Indianapolis
John Watts
Mary Wooten
Blackford Street
Watts
Mary Stigess
Stone falls on workman injuring engineer in Indianapolis
A heavy building stone over a thousand pounds dislodged from the third floor of the new K of P building at Massachusetts avenue and Pennsylvania street. It crashed to the sidewalk injuring O. D. White, an engineer, tearing flesh from his arm and side.
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Indianapolis
K. of P
Massachusetts Avenue
Pennsylvania Street
O. D. White
White
Smokers Rally in Muncie After Court Ruling
In Muncie Indiana on April 27 smokers voiced anger at police by walking public streets with cigarettes in their mouths. The move came after the state supreme court ruled the cigarette law did not ban smoking.
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Muncie
Ind
State Supreme Court
Missionary Society Elects New Officers
The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Methodist Church adjourned today. Mrs. M. J. Ervin of Southport was elected president. Mrs. Lottie Smith of Marion was elected superintendent of the Young Women's Band.
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Woman's i? Missionary Society of the United
M. J. Ervin
Southport
Lottie Smith
Marion
Indianapolis Relief Fund Reaches $50,000 Milestone
The Indianapolis relief fund for California earthquake victims has surpassed fifty thousand dollars with subscriptions totaling 50,215.01. Citizens contributed to aid the victims as of April 27.
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Indianapolis
California
Huntington hotel sold to Syracuse man in surprise deal
Mrs D M Hamilton sold the Hotel Huntington in Huntington to M L Wallace of Syracuse New York. The sale follows other county news as residents engage in marriages nominations deaths and local developments across Steuben Lagrange and adjacent counties.
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D. M. Hamilton
Huntington
M. L. Wallace
Syracuse
N. Y
Christopher D. Mann
Marion
Susan Davis
Warren
Luman K. Babcock
Topeka
Steuben
Lagrange
Harvey Bayer
Elkhart
Adam Deettz
DeKalb County
Fairfield Township
Toledo and Chicago Interurban Railway Company
Garrett
Auburn
Israel Kemery
Angola
Daniel W. Jackman
Edna B. Miller
J. B. Donaldson
Ossian
Davenport
Iowa
Wilson M. Donaldson
Josephus Yareger
Wells County
Nottingham
Bluffton
Yarger
Why Good Men Shun Offices
Atlantic City April 26 Secretary of the Navy Charles D Bonaparte declared real first class men avoid high grade public service as underpaid. He said trusts and millionaires pay for what they want while the public pays little and gets less, urging fair value for public work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Agreed Plan of Co operation by Patriotic Societies
Washington April 27 Representatives of patriotic groups met to form a federation uniting Junior Order United American Mechanics Daughters of America Daughters of Liberty Patriotic Sons of America Order of United American Mechanics and Knights of Malta with 500000 members. They vow nonpartisan neutral stance on policy not directly tied to their objects promoting fraternal bonds education charity and humane laws while preserving individual group paths. Officers elected include President Joseph M Thompson Secretary Treasurer Jesse Taylor and vice presidents J A Bliss A C Bauer Fred N Webber C E Hedeker and Z P Smith.
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Washington
United American Mechanics
Daughters of America
Daughters of Liberty
Patriotic Sons of America
Order of United American Mechanics
Knights of Malta
United States
Federation
Joseph M. Thompson
New Jersey
Jesse Taylor
Ohio
J. A. Bliss
A. C. Bauer
Fred N. Webber
Washington, D. C
C. E. Hedeker
Maryland
Z. P. Smith
North Carolina
Bellevue Texas Tornado Kills Thirteen. Destruction Widespread
A violent tornado last night devastated Bellevue Texas eight miles wide, killing thirteen people and injuring many more as fires consumed ruined businesses. Fort Worth and Wichita Falls sent aid including tents and provisions, with estimated property losses around $200000.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Bellevue
Texas
Wichita Falls
Stoneburg
Sidney Webb
Associated Press
W. B. Worsham & Co
Bankers
Henrietta
Utley Declines To Comment In City Court
Frank Utley, suspected peeper, arrested at Lafayette and Madison streets after being found in an alley near St Peter's church. He admitted hugging a woman but declined to testify on loitering charges and received twenty days in jail. Other cases include Fournish fined for trespassing, Sullivan jailed for drunkenness, Todd fined for board bill, and Murphy remanded after a prior conviction.
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Frank Utley
Lafayette
Madison
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Frank Fournish
Pennsylvania
Jack Sullivan
Ora Todd
Jack Murphy
Despondent Youth Takes His Own Life Near Lebanon
Walter Shelby aged 25 unmarried, died by shooting himself near his home north of Lebanon Indiana on April 27, despondent over troubles. The notice ends with an advertisement for Pine salve sold by Meyer Bros. Co.
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Lebanon
Ind
Walter Shelby
Meyer Bros. Co
Fort Wayne Woman Sophia A. DeWald Dies at 71
Mrs Sophia A DeWald widow of George DeWald and lifelong Fort Wayne resident died after a long illness at her home in DeWald square. She was 71 and regarded for a splendid life and character.
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DeWald
Fort Wayne
Francis Lasselle
Calhoun Street
Main
Mergentheim Millinery
Main Street
Laselle Homestead
de Wald Square
St. Augustine’s Academy
Charles W. Nettlehorst
John Mohr, Jr
George DeWald
Julian Benoit
Robert W. T. DeWald
George L. DeWald
Elizabeth M. DeWald
DeWald Square
Henry J. Beuret
James A. McDonald
Lagrange
Ill
Rose Mohr DeWald
Caroline Laselle Cutler
Laporte
Francis J. Laselle
Sophia A. Dewald
Thieves Loot 1000-Pound Safe in Columbus Heist
In Columbus on April 27 thieves rolled a heavy safe three blocks along Hocking Valley tracks from Becker & Bro. general store and saloon. They pried it open and took 500 in cash plus a certified check for 2000 while the cash register was found beside the safe.
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Columbus
Ohio
Becker & Bro
Hocking Valley
Wabash Prosecutor Reports Formaldehyde Found in Milk Samples
Wabash Indiana April 27 prosecutor Brower says grand jury investigated local milk supply and found sizable formaldehyde in samples from nearby dairies.
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Wabash
Ind
Brower
Frisco Trembler Recall by Fort Wayne Traveler
Miss Helen Gill returned from California with relatives after San Francisco earthquake experiences. On eighth floor at the St Francis hotel she described initial shocks, ensuing fires, and frantic escape via ferry to Oakland. She noted famous opera figures in distress and the widespread panic and devastation witnessed.
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Helen Gill
California
Miss Gill
San Francisco
St. Francis Hotel
Fort Wayne
Pacific Metropolis
Congressman Gill
Steubenville
Union Park
Fiood
Oakland
Telegraph
Knob Hills
Market Street
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
St. Francis and
Caruso
Notable Paris Franklin Ceremony Precedes Statue Unveiling
In Paris on April 27 a Franklin celebration at the Trocadero marked the unveiling ahead for a monument to Benjamin Franklin given to Paris by American banker John H. Harjes. Attendees heard remarks by Moe Cormick and Professor Albert Henry Smyth, with Barthou and M. Chautard taking part in the presentation and acceptance.
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Paris
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
John H. Harjes
Palace of the Trocadero
Seine
Trocadero
France
United States
MoeCormick
Albert Henry Smyth
Boys’ High School
Philadelphia
Public Works
Barthou
Trocadero Square
Frankie
Hares
M. Chautard
Harjes
Des Moines Hotels Refuse Negro Guests at Assembly
In Des Moines on April 27 hotelmen refuse to host black guests during the Presbyterian general assembly in May. Local entertainment committee may offer private home hospitality after hotel refusals. Prominent Negro commissioner President J Sanders of Biddle University is noted.
Gravel Road Improvement Hearing for Joint Root and Madison
A notice certifies a petition from Root Township Adams County and Madison Township Allen County requesting a gravel road upgrade to a macadamized joint road along the Adams Allen county line. The plan, funded by county bonds, proposes grading widths and tax levies, with an April/May 1906 hearing in Decatur Indiana.
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Allen County
Adams County
Decatur
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Root Township
Madison Township
Boas
Township Twenty-Eight
Koenemann
Williams Branch
Adams
Allen
Root and
Allen and Adams
Root
John G. Hey
Louis WW. Zeigler
Jason Hoffs
August Koenemann
Eleazar Biggs
H. C. Oetting
W. A. Fenner
L. N. Grandstaff
Martin Lord
C. C. Wilder
W. W. Watts
Doctor E.B. Morris
George L. Bobily
Charles Dirkson
Charles France
Silas Miller
Henry Hackman
John Schurger
Charles F. Magley
Henry Dorheman
Corley Bultemeier
Louis Weber
Uriah Grinn
Henry Brockmeyer
John E. Mann
Erastus Fritzinger
Fred Mutschler
Paul Smithley
Ed B. Bayle
Joan McIntosh
Henry Reiter
Henry Dirkson
Henry Zwick
Ernest Schroeder
John W. Emerick
Jermiahera Draper
John C. Houck
Fred Boltemier
Charles Hockemeyer
Benjamin McIntosh
Notice to non residents in Allen County suit
Indiana Allen County court warns non residents named including Samuel Overall and Elizabeth Wines of a 1906 quiet title action. Defendants must appear and answer by June 11, 1906 or the case proceeds in their absence. attorneys listed as BITTINGER & HOUR.
Missouri Divorce Courts Unchanged by Supreme Court Rule
St Louis April 27 Judge Sale of the circuit court said federal constitution will not be the basis for validity of divorce decrees from other states. He added Missouri courts will continue the long standing custom as the ground on which to act in divorce matters.
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St. Louis
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Sale
Circuit Court
Quiet Title Suit Against Nonresident Defendants in Indiana
In the 1906 April term of the Superior Court of Allen County Indiana Rudolph E Rasterburg and Minnie E Rastenburg sue James Lawrence Lord and many unknown heirs executors and spouses to quiet title to real estate. The defendants are nonresidents of Indiana and the court orders them to answer or demur by June 26 1906 in their absence. Attest James Be Graham attorney for plaintiffs.
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Samuel Overall
Elizabeth Wines and Wines
Elizabeth Wines
Magdalene Urbine
Urbain
Urbaine
Nicholas Urbine
Frank Urbine
Alfred Frank Urbine
Alfred Urbine
Urbine
Frank
Alfred Frank
Said Frank
Louise Urbine
Louisa Urbine
Margaret Felicite Urbine
Joseph Urbine
Joseph D. Urbine
Indiana
Allen County
W. A. Johnson
State of
Allen
Superior Court
Rudolph E. Rasterburg
Minnie E. Rastenburg
James Lawrence Lord
Lord
James L. Lord
Samuel J. Dickenson
Dickenson
Samuel
J. Dickenson
Samuel J. Dickason
Dickason
Jacob Coleman
Susana Coleman
John Gillespie
Amanda Gillespie
Jont Gillespie
Theron M. Andrews
Louis
Louisa Andrews
John Hough
Hough
Susanna Kline
Susan Kline
Kline
Susana Kline
George Coleman
Catherine Coleman
Samuel Disler
Samuel Disier
Disler
Samuel Des
Rachel Hobenfels
Rachel Hohenfels
Hollis F. Gillett
Sarah Stahl
Jacob C. Bowser
Delilah Bowser
Milk Wagon Crash on Rockhill Street Ends in Spill
A milk wagon belonging to Mr Maidhels Van hitched to a team of horses ran from Rockhill Street to Mechanic Street on West Main where it overturned. The boy driver was bruised and one horse suffered a leg injury. The scene included gypsies offering fortune telling along the road.
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Press Club
Clara Zollars Bond
Sweet Home
Packard Band
A. H. Breitt
Prof. Paulsen
J. L. Verweire
Marion Purcell
Marie Calkins
Ruth Anderson
Valette Lagerman
Thelma Kruse
Geneva Rogers
Jane McCarthy
Margie Dailey
Mildred Miller
Ramora Diamond
Lee Ivins
J. Griswold
Temple Theater
Harry van Fossen
Mitchell
Love
Anna Ruhland
F. & Stonder
F. V. Culbertson
Icah Cohen
F. J. Reineke
F. ¥. Stouder
John Dougall
General News of
Mary
Workman
Northern
Bonaparte
Utley
Long
Columbus, Ohio
Helen
Gill
Great Franklin
J. L. Smith
Louis J. Geller
Christiana E. Geller
Allen Circuit Court
Bittinger & Hour
Abton
James BE. Graham
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