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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
7
Methodists at Minneapolis debate abolishing the amusement rule as 1 350 of 2 078 district superintendents deem the current discipline ineffective. Bishops urge Wesleyan balance and urge abstention from dancing theaters and gambling while opposing Wall Street gambling.
A. F. Naylor of 913 West Main Street has developed a cloth and celluloid transparent barrel head. The U S patent office will award the patent in June to the Perfection Biscuit company, with Naylor receiving a half interest and a sales manager role. Heads are already in use nationwide and will be made in Fort Wayne.
Elwood Indiana May 3 Silas Parker was struck on the head by a hail stone while riding a bicycle and fell unconscious in the street. A passing wagon rescued him and doctors said his injuries were not serious.
Jacob Reichelderfer, aged 78, lives on the same 160 acre farm north of town started by his father after arriving from Pickaway County Ohio in September 1840. He recalls wolves and wild turkeys, attended Springfield township school, and has been a Lutheran deacon and choir leader. Married in 1856 to Sarah Harter, they celebrated a long life on the farm with five children and daily Sentinel reading.
The Decatur Herald recounts a 1840s stage coach robbery near Monmouth involving Fort Wayne banker J. D. Nuttman. Bandits searched passengers while Nuttman hid cash in his silk hat, eluding capture and revealing early Indiana law on bank cash reserves.
The annual commencement at St Peters Catholic church on Wednesday evening will honor eight graduates: Colette Thiele Anna Kinder Frances Wyss Valentine Berg George Jansen Justin Klingenberger Frederick Mayer Robert Nahrer. Rev Charles H Thiele will deliver the address and confer diplomas. Orths orchestra and Prof F Binder accompany the program.
Columbia City Ind May 2 Supt J C Sanders has chosen speakers for the two main events of commencement week The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Dr S A Lyons of Reed Memorial church Richmond Ind The graduation exercises speaker will be Hon Jenkin Lloyd Jones head of the Abraham Lincoln Center Chicago Ill
Marion Indiana May 2 James Hodges advertises for a wife to quit bachelorhood. He has received 115 replies from prospective brides and will marry July 4 in New Harmony. Hodges a farmer, asks suitors not to write further as the chosen bride is a resident of New Harmony.
In Peru Indiana on May 4 the bodies of a baby and a man were recovered from the river at Fre mont street within a week. An infant found by boys was wrapped in a black silk skirt and likely lived only hours. The man, about five eight and 125 pounds, aged 42 or 43, appeared to have died days earlier and was un identified. A second brief item notes Rev Charles Martz 60 ended his life by entering a rain barrel head first amid suspected insanity. Also reported are updates on Stokes Jackson critical with pneumonia in Greenfield and the death of Judge W A Cullen aged 77 a former state senator and Civil War lieutenant colonel.
Washington May 3 A crank entry plot scene at the White House was halted by police as picture men and a gray bearded organizer attempted a staged entry. Taft, returning from Savannah and Augusta Ga, plans Maryland campaigning before Monday primaries and a Baltimore stop before heading to Cincinnati.
Bellefonte May 3. The state acquires over 4 000 acres near McBride's Gap for a new central penitentiary with a 200 000 site plan. The project includes a trolley link to State College and aims to replace overcrowded facilities while aiding local farming and dairy industries. Warden Francis leads the land transfers as titles pass to the state.
Marion Indiana May 3 A local fraternity of former high school pupils conducted an initiation last night using a hearse They drove through the streets with members on top and the initiate held inside Women with children on the streets were frightened and many police calls were made but the youths escaped The motive or explanation for the wild drive was not given.
New Orleans reports eight drownings after a Mississippi river levee breach at Morganza Louisiana. As floodwaters rise Bayou Sara and nearby towns face potential inundation while Baton Rouge defenses brace and rescue efforts continue for residents and livestock.
At the general conference in Minneapolis on May 4, delegates including Benjamin Edsall of Newark urged amending section 260 to strike dancing and other amusements from church discipline. The issue sparked debate over compulsory morality versus church flexibility and also touches on ministerial discipline and salaries. A related Indiana Democratic Editorial Association event in Fort Wayne June 6 8 will feature Governor Marshall and other leaders, with a large turnout expected and travel plans organized.
Bluffton Indiana firefighters will not bid for the 1913 Northern Indiana Volunteer Fire Fighters convention citing the need to raise about 806 dollars which they cannot justify at present. They may pursue hosting in 1914. Arrangements have begun to attend the Dunkirk convention on June 26 by automobile with uniforms for a prominent role in the day’s program.
Norman Barr advance agent for the Harry Long Carnival company arranged for shows in Bluffton Ind during the week of May 13 to 18. The Paxon Island grounds east of the Wabash bridge were rented and the company will arrive Sunday the 12th to set up for the run.
Columbia City Indiana May 3 news reports B F Gates Samuel F Trembly A B Monh ero and John Gates form a new onion concern. They plan a large storage building 150 by 74 feet at Finn Green on Pennsylvania Railroad right of way and seek to lease land for onion farming nearby.
Marion Indiana May 3 William Prickett then a farm laborer with eleven cents in his pocket was informed he inherited $25 000 from ranch owner Frank Horch of Pocatello Idaho. Horch credited Prickett for rescuing his two daughters from a burning home years ago. Horch's brother J H Horch traveled to deliver the bequest.
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