Fort Wayne canal gains ear at Washington hearing
P A Randall reports a respectful hearing before the house committee on railways and canals for the Toledo Fort Wayne and Chicago deep waterway survey. He and colleagues Bush and Taylor push for favorable report on the survey appropriation though uncertain of session approval.
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P. A. Randall
Fort Wayne
House Committee On Railways and Canals
Washington
Toledo, Fort Wayne
Chicago
Randall
Congressional Committee
Bush
Frank B. Taylor
the Sentinel
Committee On Railways and Canals
Taylor
Watson
Hemenway
Gilliams
Probasco
Cincinnati
Defiance
Ohio
Congress
Mason sues traction firm for 20000 after fatal crash
Ozro Mason of Urbana files a $20,000 suit against Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co. for injuries from the Oct 18 wreck that killed his fiancee Miss Katherine Freshour. Mason, 22, says the car struck the buggy at about fifty miles per hour and left him unconscious for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Ozro Mason
Urbana
Fort Warne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Katherine Freshour
Mason
Farmhouse Fire Near Lima Destroys Ruhl Residence
The Benjamin Ruhl farm home near Lima in LaGrange County burned Tuesday night after catching fire from chimney sparks. Firefighters battled the blaze but the house was destroyed, with the cause attributed to chimney embers.
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Benjamin Ruhl
Lima
Lagrange County
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Sleep and Relief
A testimonial advertizes Dr Miles Nervine as a non opioid sleep aid for nervous unrest. It claims improved sleep after one bottle and offers a refund on the first bottle if no benefit, citing Mrs May Scott of English Indiana and Miles Medical Co. as the producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Miles’ Nervine
May Scott
Ind
Nerv= Inc
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Interpreted Scene Details From Disturbing Alleged Incident
Readable fragments describe a child with facial marks and scratches on the forehead temple nose neck and shoulders suggesting injuries in a religious frenzy context. Article outlines danger signs and seeks care while noting unspecified location and authorities responding to the incident.
Burglars Loot a Daylight Safe at Liebman Residence
Thieves pried open a window at 344 West Wayne Street and stole about $70 in cash and jewelry valued at around $600 from E. F. Liebman, contractor. Gold watches, rings, pins, bracelets, and two gold chains were spared from a small safe. Police, aided by Patrolman Bob Dickson, questioned two suspects later identified as Pember and Smith, with Fort Wayne claimed as their home. no solid connection established.
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E. F. Liebman
West
Wayne Street
Berry Street
Minnie Liebman
Liebman
Bob Dickson
Dickson
Ewing Street
Pember
Smith
Fort Wayne
Wayne Knitting Mills Plans Capital Stock Increase
Wayne Knitting Mills issued a letter to stockholders outlining plans to raise capital next spring. The capital stock is expected to rise from 700000 to 1000000 dollars with common stock increasing from 425000 to 600000 and preferred from 275000 to 400000. New stock anticipated to be quickly subscribed at 126.
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Wayne Knitting Mills
Koenig Medicine Co Holds Chicago Annual Meeting
The Koenig Medicine Company held its annual meeting in Chicago on Wednesday. The board of directors chosen includes Herman J. Berghoff of Chicago Henry C. Berghoff Louis Fox A Dreter and FF Eber.
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Koenig Medicine Company
Chicago
The
Herman J. Berghoff
Henry C. ‘Berghoff
Louis. Fox
A. Dreter
FF. Eber
Lamphere Held on Murder Charge in Gunnes Fire
Laporte Indiana April 30 Raymond Lamphere arrested on suspicion of starting the fire that destroyed Mrs Della Gunnes country home and killed Mrs Gunnes and three children He is held on a first degree murder charge He gave conflicting statements about his whereabouts before and during the fire He admits passing near the house while en route to a job six miles away between 3 and 5 am Tuesday morning The will left $15000 to the three children with any surviving issue to the Norwegian orphanage in Chicago Victims to be buried in Forest Home Cemetery Chicago
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Easton
Fetheroll
Nazareth
Irene May Smith
Henry Smith
Alliance
Smiths
Bachman
Earth
Smith
House of God
Dexter Portland Cement Company
Smith Wirl
Laporte
Ind
Ray Lamphere
Della Gunnes
Gunnes
Chicago
Forest Home Cemetery
Fire at Shelby disorderly house endangers sixteen women
La Crosse Wis April 30 Indignant residents of Shelby suspected of setting fire to a large disorderly house that opened after the new closing order took effect April 15. In the blaze sixteen young women inmates narrowly escaped death as heroic firemen saved lives.
Smooth Thief Steals 17 Dollars From Millers
A young man entered H M Millers wallpaper shop at Calhoun and Butler and used the telephone. He left with seventeen dollars from the cash box after the safe was left open and the office unattended. A female clerk was absent and the thief departed claiming he could not get the number he wanted. Police circulated a description and search to locate him.
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H. M. Miller
Calhoun
Butler Streets
Miller
Scottish Rite committee tours Ohio cities for new home plan
The local Scottish Rite Masons committee led by Charles E Read Albert E Carroll and F W Freese left for Cincinnati to study the cathedral and gather ideas for a new Scottish Rite home. They will be joined by M S Mahurin of the local architectural firm and will visit Dayton and Columbus before returning.
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Charles E. Read
Albert E. Carroll
F. W. Freese
Cincinnati
Reasonic
M. S. Mahurin
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
Crippled peddler resists arrest in south side incident
George Culp, visibly crippled and on crutches, fought Patrolman Heller after being barred from selling wares to several women on the south side. The officer subdued him, sitting on him until transport arrived, following complaints he insulted multiple ladies who refused to buy.
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George Culp
South Side
Heller
George Strod
Nine Dead in Trolley Collision Near Ypsilanti
An interurban trolley collision near Ypsilanti on the Jackson and Chicago line leaves nine dead. Detroiters Carmen Charles Fay and Giovanni Garbarono among the dead. other riders and a Detroit motorman among the injured. Uninjured passengers aided the injured as emergency crews rushed to the scene.
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Carmen
Charles
Detroit
Faye
Ypsilanti
Garbarrono
Giovanni
Howard
G. H
M'Millen
John
Howell
Mich
Paget
Ann Arbor
Limited
University of Michigan
Kaleel Shaheen Bankruptcy Trial Set For June 9
A jury will hear the Kaleel Shaheen bankruptcy case in Fort Wayne federal court on June 9, marking the first jury action in local bankruptcy sittings. Mrs Farrah seeks the debtor be declared bankrupt, with attorneys Judge Hench and Judge Colerick demanding trial. W. and E. Leonard and Wood & Townsend represent Mrs Farrah.
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Kaleel Shaheen
United States
Fort Wayne
Shaheen
Farrah
Hench
Colerick
W. and
E. Leonard
Wood & Townsend
Roosevelt berates congress over four battleships pledge
In Washington and Cincinnati reports the president harshly rebukes Congress for snubbing his message. He says the pledge he made on election night would not have been made if foreseen the current frame up. A senator ally notes Congress’s indifference and tries to explain the rift. The president insists the pledge stands despite political maneuvering.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
the Enquirer
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Schell Heads College in Iowa Presidency
Dr Edwin A Schell pastor of the First M E church in Laporte Indiana has been elected president of Wesleyan College at Mt Pleasant Iowa He will resign his Laporte post in a few weeks He is a former Epworth League secretary and once a Methodist bishop candidate Also noted Lisbon child Dale Cline suffered a scalp wound and bruises when a wagon overturn occurred.
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Schell
Epworth League
Laporte
Crawfordsville
Methodist Episcopal
Little Dale Cline
Lisbon
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Cannon
Indiana
Fairbanks
Gilhams
Fort Wayne Canal
Speaker Cannon
Mr. Taylor
Sherry’s
Traction CO
North Dakota
Wheelock & Wheelock, Ents
Embden, N. D
Homstead
Wheelock & Wheelock
John Durkin
Zumbrota
Minn
Swent. Swenson
Rugby
N. D
Wells County
John Meisner
Tower City
Minnesota
Frank Koenig
West Wayne Street
Berghoff
Lamphere
la Crosse
Smooth Thief
Morey
Ypsilanti, Mich
Jackson and
L. M. Chamberlain
Edward Dewitt
George Meade
Surry
Wesleyan College
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