Spring Cloths and Lace Specials at Cloak and Suit
Our Cloak and Suit department showcases distinctive styles and quality fabrics. Warm weather fabrics are at their best now with lawns batistes dimities organdies and silk novelties offered at attractive prices. Norman dy and Point de Paris laces on sale 10c a yard, with wide inserts. Visit the third floor for carpets rugs and curtains to beautify the home without straining your purse.
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Normandy
Point de Paris
Fort Wayne Gas Firm Seeks Transfer of Case to Federal Court
In superior court today Fort Wayne Gas Co filed bond and motion to transfer the old injury case against it and Schlitz Brewing Co to the U S circuit court. Suit seeks $1,500 for damages from a neighborhood gas explosion. Judge Heaton will rule next Monday.
Hundred affidavits filed over unpaid dog tax in Wayne Township
Afternoon court session in Justice Hawthorn's court saw exactly one hundred affidavits filed charging Wayne township residents with owning or harboring dogs for which the tax remained unpaid for last year. The proceedings indicate broad enforcement of local dog tax compliance.
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Wayne Township
Hawthorn’s Court
Walters Divorce Suit Filed Over Cruelty Allegations
A complaint filed in the superior court by Julia J. Walters seeks a divorce from Edward Walters alleging repeated fist strikes and contemptuous treatment during their marriage from February 6, 1903, to April 27, 1907. The suit names attorney G. W. Louttit and notes earlier marital issues and accusations of chastity.
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Julia J. Walters
Edward Walters
Walters
G. W. Louttit
Court
Perry Frederick
Lizzie Parker
Cedar Creek Township
Wabash Railroad Files Record-Breaking Mortgage
The Wabash Railroad company filed in the office of County Recorder George L. Ashley this morning a mortgage described as the largest in the county by pages and words, covering a vast sum and emphasizing the financial scope of the transaction.
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Wabash Railroad Company
George L. Ashley
Hypothecation of Holdings for 200 Million Loan Described
A long instrument hypothecating all holdings to secure a 200 million loan from Bowling Green Trust Co is filed. Trustees J C Van Blarcen and J B Forgan oversee a 102 page record with 34 000 words and a 34 dollar recording fee. The loan runs 50 years at 4 percent with gold as payment, covering all indebtedness and debentures.
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Bowling Green Trust Company
J. C. van Blarcen
J. B. Forgan
New Liquor License Rule Enforced by County Board
County commissioners adopt a new rule requiring a $100 license fee to be deposited with the county treasurer before any liquor license application is considered. The change aims to stop delinquent dealers who failed to obtain or pay for licenses.
Will of Richmond musician Frederick Goebel totals 13000
Three days before his death the aged musician Frederick Goebel made a will listing $13,000 in gifts to relatives and friends. He left $2,000 to Jacob Bilcer, $1,500 to John Bilcer, $500 to John J. Bilcer, $500 to Charles W. Bilcer, and $2,000 to George W. Kensill, with liberal donations to a local church and an orphanage in Richmond.
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Frederick Goebel
Richmond
Jacob Bilcer
John Bilcer
John J. Bilcer
Charles W. Bilcer
George W. Kensill
Vegetarianism as Superior Diet Promotes Malta-Vita Wheat
A persuasive piece argues vegetarians live longer with less illness and greater vitality. It promotes Malta-Vita, a pre digested wheat product, as the best form of wheat food, claiming quick maltose absorption and energy, and notes it is sold in ten cent sealed packages by grocers.
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America
Earth
Malta-Vita
Will of May 1 1907 names multiple beneficiaries and executor
The will of May 1 1907 bequeaths $1 000 to Mrs Dorothea Scheffer $1 900 to Edward Scheffer $1 000 to Christ Boehm $1 000 to St Johns Evangelical Lutheran church $500 to Rev H P Dannecker and $1 000 to the orphans home of the Evangelical Lutheran joint synod at Richmond Ind $500 to John Lotz If proceeds exceed bequests residuary shares are to be divided among beneficiaries Dannecker named executor Taken Under Advisement In a divorce case Maggie Mueller vs Henry Mueller evidence was heard and the matter taken under advisement The judge questioned the mental condition of the husband Revoked His License Harry Alderman's saloon license was revoked for not paying county license fee The board may appeal but Alderman faces daily liability if he operates without a license Sues for Damages Nate L Bowman sues William Bartenick for $5 000 alleging injury from a brick vent collapse at a Pearl street building Emrick Emrick represent Bowman
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Dorothea Scheffer
Edward Scheffer
Christ Boehm
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
H. P. Dannecker
The
Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod
Richmond
Ind
John Lotz
Dannecker
Harry Alderman
Alderman
Nate L. Bowman
William Bartenick
Pearl Street
Emrick
Dr. O H Meyers Opens New Dentists Office
Dr O H Meyers, after a decade with Dr Williams, moves to his own stylish quarters in the North American building on Clinton Street opposite Masonic Temple. A University of Indiana graduate, he is praised as one of northern Indiana's best dentistry practitioners. Friends visit to extend congratulations at his new, well equipped office.
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O. WH. Meyers
Dr. Williams
Clinton Street
Masonic Temple
Dr. Meyers
University of Indiana
Cenistry
Indiana
Meyers
Allen County Map Co publishes new county plat book
The Allen County Map Co releases a cloth bound plat book of Allen County with linen lined paper. It contains a full county map, twenty township maps detailing farms owners acres roads lines railroads and more. A state and national map are included. Also issued is a large county wall map for schools and public spaces. Available from T L Fisher 128 W Jefferson St or county surveyor office.
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Allen County Map Co
Indiana
United States
Allen County
T. L. Fisher
W. Jefferson St
Mrs Catherine Rowe Found Dead at Bluffton Home
Mrs Catherine Rowe aged 57 was found dead in bed at her Bluffton residence Monday morning by her daughter Mabel who shared the bed. The husband Albert Rowe was employed as a teamster in Fort Wayne at the time.
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Catherine Rowe
Bluffton
Mabel
Albert Rowe
Fort Wayne
Man Jailed and Woman Fined in 1905 City Court Case
A city court jailed a young man for ten days under a harsh 1905 statute after he was found with a keeper of a house of ill fame. The woman paid $15 in fines and costs, though the text hides her name and uses an assumed alias. The episode drew pity from a mother in court as the pair faced social disgrace and the ongoing vice trade. The report also notes other cases including drunkenness penalties, fines for three women picked up on the streets, continued cases for two men, and an acquittal for Thomas Leonard on an assault charge.
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Louise Smith
Clinton Street
Louise Wiley
John Irwin
William Totten
Charles Bennett
Thomas Leonard
Bartholomew
Toledo
Fort Wayne
van Wert
Anderson
Christian
Cleveland
Fort Wayne Population Estimate Put At 61,705
Postmaster Hanna based on a city census by mail carriers reports Fort Wayne's population at 61,765. The three week effort covers most residents with mail delivery, except about 100 people in isolated rural routes. School trustees estimates suggest the city may reach at least 69,000.
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Fort Wayne
Hanna
Board of School Trustees
Three Die in Beaver Brook Fire Near Hazleton
A mother Mrs. Joseph Ducavey and her two infant children perished in a late night blaze destroying a block of three family homes at Beaver Brook near Hazleton. The fire, possibly caused by an overheated stove, gutted houses owned by C. M. Dodson & Co, operators of the Beaver Brook anthracite colliery.
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Hazleton
Beaver Brook
Joseph Ducavey
Ducavey
C. M. Dodson & Co
Enumerators Report Shows Growth in Fort Wayne Schools
The city’s ten school enumerators report nearly five hundred more pupils eligible for public schools, signaling population growth. About 16 500 school aged residents live in Fort Wayne, roughly a quarter of the population. Mrs Thomas Pritchard of Troy township Wells county was injured falling on a cellar stair. Wells county common schools hold first county commencement at Bluffton opera house June 7 for 128 graduates with Dr S D Foss of Antioch college to speak.
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Fort Wayne
Thomas Pritchard
Troy Township
Whitley County
Common Schools
Wells County
Opera House
Bluffton
S. D. Foss
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Tragic double murder suicide in Washington home
William O. Rice of 131 Hickman Street South East Washington shot and killed his wife, mortally wounded his baby, then killed himself. Police report the domestic tragedy occurred today revealing a fatal sequence inside the residence.
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Washington
William O. Rice
Hickman Street
South East
Bartholomew Charged in Mail Fraud Case
Ellis Bartholomew a former Pleasant Hill Ohio bank president and promoter of electric railways was arrested in Fort Wayne on charges of using the mails to defraud. He allegedly issued money order blanks through the Bankers Money Order Association and sought funds to settle losses. He admits issuing some orders but blames an employee. authorities say the total could be much larger.
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United States
Ellis Bartholomew
Pleasant Hill
Ohio
Madison Avenue
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Bartholomew
Fc Wayne
Baker Street
Post Office
Geo. H. Christian
Cleveland
John A. Scott
Nickel Plate Railroad
Christian
T. J. Logan
Logan
Indianapolis
Mat Bartholomew
Bankers’ Money Order Association of New York
American Exchange Bank
Dayton
Laura
Galion, O
Bankers’ Money Order Association
New York
Marion and Bucyrus
W. E. Moser
Moser
Ready Money Corey to be kept from church affair
New York May 7 Bishop Burgess of Long Island vetoed plans for the marriage of William Ellis Corey and Mabelle Gilman at Garden City cathedral. He stated no clergyman in the Episcopal diocese would marry a divorced couple and doubted any minister would perform such a ceremony. He opposed remarriage of divorced persons.
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New York
Burgess
Long Island
William Ellis Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Garden City
Corey
Reconciliation in Family Over Steel President Marriage
Pittsburg on May 7 reports that William Ellis Corey of United States Steel plans to wed Mabelle Gilman in New York on May 13 with his father A A Corey and mother and sisters Ada Corey and Mrs Elizabeth S Riggs in attendance. His divorced wife Mrs Corey No 1 fled to Florida after a family reconciliation.
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Pittsburg
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Mabelle Gilman
New York
A. A. Corey
Ada Corey
Elizabeth S. Riggs
Brooklyn
Riggs
Laura Cook Corey
Corey No
W. E. Corey
Corey
Florida
Henry McCrony
Wilkinsburg
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
James Buchanan
Buggy selections offered by J. W. Bell store
The J. W. Bell firm at 111 113 East Columbia Street advertises a spring sale with the largest line in the state featuring 200 buggy styles for buyers to choose from.
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J. W. Bell
E. Columbia St
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Rurode Dry Goods Co
Allen County Courts
Fort Wayne Gas Company
John Wilhelm
Schlitz Brewing Company
Heaton
Board of County Commissioners
Ed Woebber
John A. Biddlecome
Marguerite Biddlecome
Gandy & Hilgeman
Frederick G. Sellers
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Louis L. Gerardot
Wood & Townsend
John H. Crago
Chicago
Stults
Harry Dickmeyer
Court of Justice
Hawthorn
Harry A. Wiebke
Henry Hockemeyer
Lizzie S. Pageler
Superior Court
Henry W. Pageler
Guy Colerick
Pagelers
Elizabeth Blue
Jacob W. Keller
Guardian Bond
Peter Freiburger
Frederick Foerster
Robinson & Luecke
Clara Doehrmann
William Doehrmann
Monroe
Milan
Hockemeyer
Jefferson Township
Senna
Charles Akers
O'Rourke
Funk
Springfield Township
Benjamin J. Woods
Harvey C. Walker
Ruby May Walker
Court House
Harry W. Lewis
Lewis
Calhoun Street
Justice Hawthorn
Michael Spitz
Washington Township
Jacob Rudisill
Spitz
Rudisill
Ida A. Gamble
Eugene Gamble
Grice
John Waters
Coldwater Road
DR. O. H. Meyers
Freak Law
City Court
Fort Waynes
Ledo
Mabelle
D&m
F.M. Smith & CO
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