Train Collides With Wallace Show Wagon at Fairfield Crossing
A passenger train hit a Wallace Hagenbeck Show wagon on Fairfield avenue crossing the Pennsylvania tracks at 11:30 PM Friday. A polar bear and two Great Danes died or were injured. two men fled the scene and no reliable statements were obtained.
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Fairfield Avenue
Pennsylvania
Wallace- Hagenbeck Show Company
Ball Park
Wabash
Conrad Eggemann
Show Company
Eggemann
Wabash Wards
Thomas Shevlin
Napple
Centlivre
Waran
Irish International Pig Exhibition Opens at Dublin
Dublin May 4 The Earl of Aberdeen Lord Lieutenant opened the Irish international exhibition at Herbert park Ballsbridge with ceremony. Knights of St Patrick Castle officials naval and military officers and many public bodies attended. The Earl read a welcome address and King Edward’s message from Paris hoped the exhibition would prove successful and show Ireland's international progress. After a tour the procession returned to the castle. The exhibition is far from complete.
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Dublin
Earl of Aberdeen
Ireland
Herbert Park
Ballsbridge
Knights of St. Patrick
Marquis of Ormond
Countess of Aberdeen
Edward
Paris
Naval Exhibition Planned for May Dates in City
The naval department has arranged use of Commercial Club rooms for a May 15 16 17 exhibition to display battleships navy yards stations and coast defenses. A corps of department members will run the exhibit showing modern warfare. The display cannot be postponed to align with the G A R encampment per notice from Quartermaster Carroll aboard the Navy recruiting office.
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Naval Department
Commercial Club
Quartermaster Carroll
Navy Recruiting Office
Parade Feature At Staatsverband Annual Meeting Fort Wayne May 12 13
The St Josephs Staatsverband Indiana German Catholic societies plan a parade in Fort Wayne during their annual meeting May 12 and 13. The event will open with pontifical high mass celebrated by Rt Rev Bishop Alerding, drawing hundreds of visitors and local members.
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Staatsverband
St. Joseph's Staatsverband
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Alerding
Judge Declares A Saloon A Nuisance In Indianapolis
Judge Allen of the circuit court ruled that James Green s saloon on Indiana Avenue opposite the Shiel apartment house is a nuisance and must be abated. Schlitz Brewing Co and August Uehlein of Milwaukee, owners, were assessed 900 dollars damages. The judge noted similar cases in higher courts and cited the apartment house as a new factor. He held the licensed premises must be treated as a nuisance due to location and conduct.
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Indianapolis
Allen
Circuit Court
James Green
Indiana Avenue
Shiel
Schlitz Brewing Company
August Uehlein
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Lines Show Increased Earnings
Indianapolis May 4 G C Urquhart real estate and tax agent for the Pennsylvania lines told the state tax board the previous assessment should stand. He cited substantial rises in gross and net earnings for the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railroad and the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago lines. Panhandle Indiana divisions gains ranged from 3.2 to 24 percent, with overall Pan Handle gross up 13.33 percent and net 8.21 percent. Fort Wayne road gross up 11.12 percent and net up 12.35 percent.
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Indianapolis
G. C. Urquhart
Pennsylvania Lines
State Tax Board
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
Richmond
Logansport
Louisville
Cambridge City
Madison
Fort Wayne
Poe Area Social Gossip and Community Notes May 4
Special Correspondence from Poe Indiana notes visits among Hadley McMahon Essig and others. marriages announced for Elva Muldoon and Hubert Kleber at St Josephs church. farm spring work delayed by rain and cold. local jury Laughlin case ongoing. school closes with promotions and Miss Ketron leaves Fort Wayne.
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Sentinel
Poe
Ind
A. Q. Hadley
H. W. McMahon
Frank Heckber
M. E
Hoagland
Rev. Newcomb
Marion Shookman
John Essig
Lon Wagner
C. F. Essig
Willie Ake
Bugsy
Elva Muldoon
Hubert Kleber
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Robert Mercer
Fort Wayne
Elsie Lahrman
Gladys Hadley
James Essig
Preston Snider
George Morton
Laughlin
Joyce Krick
Iona Ketron
Robberies Hit Decatur and Local Attendance Drops
In Decatur a trio robbed the Clover Leaf and Grand Rapids railroads between 10 and 11 pm, taking about 20 dollars from the G R I night safe and roughly 50 more from a second office after a man was held at gunpoint. In nearby towns, Washington school in Logansport shows low attendance, and Angela plans a Roosevelt stop May 30 with mixed reception from officials.
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Washington
Logansport
Wallace
Decatur
Clover Leaf
Grand Rapids
Israel Stoneburner
Angela
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Lansing
Mich
Angola
Commercial Club
Militia Company
G. A. R. Post
Normal College
Loeb
Steuben County
Legal Adviser to Gov Hughes Dies by Own Hand on River
Ernest W Huffcutt once dean of Cornell Law and adviser to Governor Hughes shot himself aboard the Albany boat C W Morse on the Hudson. His body found near the upper deck with letters to the coroner and his sister. Governor Hughes mourns, citing overwork and insomnia as likely causes. Huffcutt, born 1860 in Kent Connecticut, was a Cornell lawyer and reform author who served as counsel to Governors Higgins and Hughes.
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New York
Ernest W. Huffcutt
Law School
Cornell University
Hughes
Albany
C. W. Morse
Hudson River
Morse
Huffcutt
Lillian Huffcutt
Ithaca
de L
East Lawn
E. A. de Lima
Mr. Huffcutt
Kent, Conn
Andrew D. White
Cornell
Northwestern University
Indiana University
Higgins
Fort Wayne bandman Goebel dies at 69 after long career
Frederick Goebel veteran Fort Wayne brass musician dies at 9 am at 433 Brackenridge street age 69 from Brights disease four weeks after his wife. He served in Fort Wayne City band Reineke orchestra and Navy band and played with many shows and circuses before settling in Fort Wayne in 1877. Funeral held Monday at 2:30 pm with City Packard band pallbearers named, Lindenwood burial beside his wife. survivor Dorothea Schepper Huntington and several nephews.
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Frederick Goebel
Fort Wayne
Brackenridge Street
Bright
Fred J. Reineke
Henry P. Dannecker
City Packard Band
Goebel
Henry P. Scherer
A. E. Melching
F. J. Reineke
Mr. Goebel
Messrs
Ernst Spiegel
Fred Uebelhoer
Fred Hisenacher
George Bremer
Fred Brinkroeger
John G. Strodel
Lindenwood
Navy
United States Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Admiral Farragut
New York
New England
Currier
Cincinnati
Reineke
Lawton-Wayne Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Dorothea Schepper
Huntington
Convention at Logansport Draws Walther Leagues
The six Walther leagues in the city plan to attend the district convention in Logansport on Sunday May 12. The district includes many cities and is expected to be well represented with about three hundred members from this city. An excursion will run along the Wabash for Fort Wayne members at one dollar round trip.
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Logansport
Fort Wayne
Pickpocket Incident Reported at Circus
Bert Cline was jostled in a circus crowd Friday night and found his wallet with $32 and a $150 certificate of deposit missing. He halted payment on the CD and notified police. George Stoudecker, staying with John C Figel in Bloomingdale, lost a valuable watch on Harrison street yesterday, likely to a pickpocket.
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Bert Cline
George Stoudecker
John C. Figel
Bloomingdale
Harrison Street
La Grange High School Commencement Graduates List
Commencement exercises at La Grange High School are set for June. Graduates include Ce cil Appleman Delvin Beaty Hazel Bowen Charles Cline Nina Evans Ophelia Golesche Hazel Hostetter Florence Herbert Hilda Hughes Don Jackson Laura McCluskey Hazel Mc Coy Flora Miller Merritt Rice Clarence Robinson Lara Rowe Bess Schemerhorn Theron Short Florence Smith Carl Snyder Mayme Teeter Helen Thomas Hazel Truby Dale Weir Bess Wyland Wenzel Vesey.
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Lagrange High School
Cecil Appleman
Delvin Beaty
Hazel Bowen
Charles Cline
Nina Evans
Ophelia Golesche
Hazel Hostetter
Florence Herbert
Hilda Hughes
Don Jackson
Laura McCluskey
Hazel McCoy
Flora Miller
Merritt Rice
Clarence Robinson
Lara Rowe
Bess Schemerhorn
Theron Short
Florence Smith
Carl Snyder
Mayme Teeter
Helen Thomas
Hazel Truby
Dale ‘Weir
Bess Wyland
Wenzel Vesey
Mother Dances As Children Burn Near West Branch
Four young Campbell children died in a house fire near West Branch Michigan eight miles from town after parents left for a dance leaving a stove fire unattended. The two older siblings escaped in their night clothes while the four younger ones perished. The tragedy left the parents prostrate with grief.
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West Branch
Mich
Martin Campbell
Michigan Central Railway
Fatal Hopkins Station Fire Claims Three in Bed
In a midnight blaze at Hopkins Station near Grand Rapids Michigan Mrs. Frank Telford, her daughter Sadie aged 13, and Thomas Corning aged 27 died from burns. The family were asleep when neighbors discovered the fire and alerted responders.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Frank Telford
Hopkins Station
Here
Thomas Corning
Captain Suttermeister Dies in Kansas City at 74
Captain Arnold Suttermeister, longtime Fort Wayne resident and former commander of the Eleventh Indiana Battery in the Civil War, died Friday in Kansas City Missouri at age 74. Swiss born, he came to America in 1854, recruited the battery, worked in stone and later taught languages at Concordia College before moving to Kansas City. Survived by several children and sister Mrs. Caroline Zimmerley of Fort Wayne.
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Arnold Suttermeister
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Kansas City
Suttermeister
Switzerland
America
Indiana Battery
Christian Becker
Concordia College
Caroline Zimmerley
Fairfield Avenue
Auburn coal dealers end credit business on June first
Several local figures are noted among the area payroll announcements as the county observes changes. Henry Moore, an elderly Angola resident, died Wednesday morning at seventy. Knox, a former Albion postmaster, died suddenly of apoplexy. Other items include street paving bids rejected at Columbia City and a Mt. Pisgah post office discontinuation. Kaufman and Hunt are listed among notable local deaths.
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Auburn
Henry Moore
Angola
Smith & Tangeman
Bluffton
George Gass
Marion
Pennsylvania
John Q. Knox
Albion
Palace
George W. Hunt
Kendallville
Isaac New
Wabash
Germany
Aliens Pouring In At A Rate That Astonishes
New York May 4 Through this island passed yesterday 5355 aliens and thousands more wait their turn on vessels in the harbor. Officials at the immigration station strive to land entrants quickly though each pass through registration and inspectors must judge desirability. Immigrants came from nearly every European nation with Italian entrants stating emigration fever draws many from southern Italy to America.
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New York
T Lis Island
Europe
America
Italy
Small Grocery Wiped Out by Flames
A small frame grocery owned by W. H. Morton at South Lafayette and Leith streets was totally destroyed by fire discovered at 3 o'clock Saturday morning. Morton’s stock valued 1800 to 2000 dollars, insured for 1450, with the building owned by Mrs. Lyda Anderson valued around 800 and partially insured. Frank Schuster heard burglars and alerted the fire, which grew too rapid to save the store. Origin unknown, Morton suspects matches and rats. He plans to rebuild and resume business.
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W. H. Morton
South Lafayette
Leith Streets
Frank Schuster
South
Lafayette Street
Schuster
Morton
Coldest May Weather On Record Strikes Kansas City
May records show Kansas City and northwestern Missouri registering 27 degrees, nine degrees below all prior May highs. The chilly shock followed by a rapid daytime warmup highlights the unusual early May cold spell in the region.
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Kansas City
Missouri
May frost destroys northwest Missouri gardens
St Joseph Missouri May 4 The mercury fell below freezing across northwest Missouri last night ruining gardens. Little fruit that had escaped late frosts was killed making it the coldest May night ever recorded in the area.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Missouri
Ohio Faces Heavy Rain Turned Snowstorm
A fierce rain storm in central Ohio turned to light snow last night. Cold, raw conditions prevail today with reports of widespread fruit crop damage and ruined early vegetables. Forecasts predict frost across the state tonight.
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Columbus
Ohio
Northern Ohio Snowstorm Delays Telegraph Service
Cleveland report describes a fierce northwest gale dropping heavy snow across northern Ohio. The storm disrupted telegraph service as officials note widespread delays and utility outages. In Indiana counties twelve report no bonded indebtedness while Huntington county sees a sensational case. Nora Mosher allegedly bore an infant alive April 27 and the child’s body was buried on premises. Coroner Morgan urges grand jury probe. in Grant Huntington line, Mrs. Nancy Beck dies from clothing fire after yard rubble blaze. grandsons failed to save her before she succumbed twelve hours later.
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Indiana
Bartholomew
Clay
Clinton
Daviess
DeKalb
Dubais
Franklin
Gibson
Henry
Howard
Lagrange
Lake
Madison
Marshall
Montgomery
Noble
Parke
Posey
Scott, Steuben
Sullivan
Tipton
Wabash
Warren Township
Huntington County
Nora Mosher
D. A. Mosher
Morgan
Nancy Jane Beck
Grant-Huntington County
Fisherman’s Pantry and Diet Menu Recipes
A collection of recipes and kitchen notes detailing fish hash frying with potatoes and parsley, muffins with dates, Irish stew with dumplings, split pea soup with tomato notes, cottage pudding, chocolate sauce, and a dietary cost note. Includes guidelines for veal roast stuffing, rice with tomatoes, and a seasonal orange salad with walnuts and tarragon dressing.
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Janet Hill
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Toledo
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Prof
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Spalding & Rogers’ Circus
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Thirtieth
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H. L. Sticht
H. L. Kiser
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City Board of Health
Warsaw
I. B. Webber
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Columbia City Checker
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Matilda Franks
Warren
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Silver Lake
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Chopson
Methodist Church
Goshen High School
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Princess of England
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Ligonier
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Columbia City
Winona Traction
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Kansas
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