Local Business Directory Listings Fort Wayne Indiana
Wholesale and retail drauggists and merchants occupy Main Calhoun and nearby streets. Firms include Foote & Wooster Meyer Bros & Co Daniel Vollmer M Kane & Bro J C Wilmott W Wood Newcomer & Co O R Rover Lingenfelser & Bro Lindeman & Rubin Pickens Foreman Bros D L Stabery and others with addresses on Calhoun Main Columbia West Berry and Clinton streets. Attorneys at law Graham Gottshall operate at 7 East Main Street over the Auction Room.
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Foote & Wooster
Main
Calhoun Streets
Meyer Bro's &Co
Keystone Block
Columbia
Daniel Vollmer
Calhoun and
Berry Streets
Il Lingenfelser & Bro
Columbia Street
Lindeman & Rubin
Trask Manufacturers
Cal- Oud
Walnut Lumber
BRO
van Buren Streets
D. L. Stabery
West Berry Street
D. Hillegass
Merchants’ National Ank
Main and
Calhounatredta
Fort Wayne
Indiane
A. H. Bittinger
Qogtez
Merchante' National Bank
Indiana
Rockhill Street
Jas. E. Geasam
M.&b. V. Gotenart
Lady’s perilous voyage to find her wartime lover ends in foundling scene
A young American woman fleeing New York sought her German betrothed in Hamburg and Berlin. She gave birth in Berlin and struggled to place the infant at a Vienna foundling asylum, then faced mourning and hope as the child’s fate intertwines with an adopted mother and a hospital mystery.
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New York
Germany
Vaterland
Hamburg
Berlin
Murray
Vienna
Foundling House
Children’s Hospital
Amelia
Amelia Allen
Greek Adaptation of Ex Celsiors Crowning Tale
The piece revels in a humorous Irish dialect narration about a boy eager to reach the mountain top despite a dangerous snowbound trek. A chorus of local speech and playful spellings follows the boy and an older couple offering colorful commentary as night deepens and the journey continues toward the summit.
Lothan and the Duchess Circle in a Satirical Tale
In Lothan or the Adventures of a Young Gentleman in Search of a Religion a wealthy Duchess and her daughters host a dinner party. Lothan, dazzled by courtly wealth and a Cardinal’s presence, encounters Mary Ann an American innovator of a new faith and faces a dying vow.
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Bret Hart
J. BR. Osgood & Co
Boston
Lothan
Benjamins
Tam
Mary Ann
Lathan
Lothaw
Lady Coriander
Four Men Convicted of Murder Of Man Yet Alive
The Evansville Journal reports that in 1868 one man named David Crayton, believed dead after a mob attack, survived. Four accused African Americans were convicted. one for manslaughter and three as accessories. Crayton, alive, was later seen in Paducah by Irwin Alexander and Jack Stone, with Crayton recounting his escape by swimming from the Quickstep after fending off attackers.
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Henderson
St. Louis
Evansville
Paducah
Crayton
Major Robinson
Dexter
Clayborn
David Crayton
Towit
Ed. Brooks
Mike McLean
Silas Davis
John Clayborn
Parrott
A. L. Robinson
Pony
Irwin Alexander
Jack Stone
A Double Elopement Tale From Fort Dodge Readers
A Sioux City column recounts a Fort Dodge double elopement plan turned sour. A railway brakeman courted two girls, fomented jealousy with a rival, and plotted flight to Sioux City hotels before事情 unraveled. One woman ended despondent, another took a hotel kitchen job, while the first lover forgave the affair and the brakeman con tinues working the line.
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Sioux City Journal
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Prakoman
Exisent
Third Street
Davy Jones
Here
Logax Renounces Poker for Full Membership in Church
The scene recalls Jouyn A. Logax once famed poker player and card sharp who after probation in the Methodist church reports having joined full membership. A publican and sinner named Jack recalls a past draw poker win, while Logan asserts he no longer plays games of chance.
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Jouyn A. Logax
Methodist Church
Jack
Logan
M. &. Church
Unrest in Tuk Clamaf as chasseurs capture station
Last night chasseurs seized Tuk Clamaf station at bayonet point. Three hundred insurgents killed. Château d Issy attacked by two Versailles regiments. 300 Communists found in the deserted castle surrender and march as prisoners of war.
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Tuk Clamaf
D’issy
Versailes
Salutations of Island Peoples and Dutch Customs Described
A historical passage notes islanders near the Phillipines greet by touching a hand or foot to the face and Laplanders press noses earnestly. Dutch greetings include Smaskelykeren and How do you sail reflecting early republic navigators. Comparisons liken Spaniards and French to manners of salutation.
Morton praises administration while opposing Congress control
The article critiques Mr. Morton for praising the Grant administration while opposing Democratic control. It notes disputed tax cuts and debt payments, arguing tax reductions favored Massachusetts and Pennsylvania manufacturers and harmed Indiana residents, with figures on tax remissions and per capita effects.
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France
Morton
Buchanan
Grant
Mr. Morton
Indiana
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Republican Opinion on the Legal Fender Question
A historical letter attacks the Court’s sudden reversal of a prior judgment arguing it weakens respect for judicial decisions. It contends that judgment value rests on fairness, not the number of judges, and warns added judges may be biased. The piece includes an unrelated apology from J. V. Hart about a tailoring dispute with S Sheldon.
Georgia man finds 35 pound diamond of high value
A Georgia man discovers a diamond weighing about 35 pounds and of first water. He refuses an offer of 25 dollars, underscoring its exceptional value and rarity.
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Georgia
Wife saves husband by submerging to hold his head
A Illinois man attempted suicide by drowning in six inches of water but could not hold his head down. His wife waded in with rolled trousers, sat on his head, and held him under to prevent his self harm. A fashionable wedding tour shifts from Europe to California.
Night gas tragedy in Albany family home
A father John Donovan mother Mary and their two children aged 11 and 3 suffocated by coal gas in their Bassett Street house while another daughter was rescued. Neighbors found the scene after smelling gas and a lamp remained lit. coroner to hold inquest. The rescued girl is expected to survive.
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Africa
Arracum
Carmine
China
Albany’ Journal
Bassett Street
John Donovan
Mary
Thomas Lynch
D. V. O'Leary
Mulligan
John
Local notices and incidents reported in Lafayette and nearby
A thirteen year old, Dunny Lemonin of Evansville, is fatally stabbed by a companion. A man running a Lafayette stink factory is burned out. Nicholson street work in Lafayette proceeds under contested specifications. In New Albany, Irishman Hefferman fatally assaults a woman’s son with brass knuckles, leading to a fatal shooting. Preparations for a large corner laying at Smithson College, Logansport, May 9 under Masonic auspices include railroad discounts and invitations to educational groups. A theft plunder case near town ends with one suspect jailed after a barn chase. a pursuer is wounded and loses a finger. Boonville Enquirer reports Warrick county arrests for alleged revenue violations and licensing failures affecting elderly residents, with many facing travel to Indianapolis to answer charges.
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Evansville
Griswold
EB & C
Cuares Taylor
Vincennes
Fulton County
Vevay
Voma
Lap
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Anderson Herald
Wit Thomas
Galveston
Kosciusko County
Babb
Clark's Hill
Lafayette Journal
James M. Marshall
Richmond Telegram
Elder
Democratic Herald
W. T. Dennis
Cal. Johnson
Palladium
Patriot
Mising Sun Recorder
Messrs. Butz & Son
Terre Haute
Hoffman
Crawfordeville Review
Council Chamber
Lew, Wallace
Frank Surton
National Bridge
Richmond
Sutton
Six-Mile
Wells County
Poor Farm School House
Terre Haute Opera House
Opera House
Vincennes Sun
Dunny Lemoninn
Peter Lemonin
Bachmeyer
Lafayette
Third Street
New Albany
Hefferman
White
Smithson College
Logansport
Atonic
Friends of Liberal Education
Eero
Isaac Sheckels
John Jackson
Goshen
Obar
THE
Boonville Enquirer
Stresta
Warrick County
Roe
Ronahoss
Jack
Indianapolia
Workman burns from spilled melted brass at Cincinnati lock factory
A Cincinnati lock factory worker spilled melted brass while handling a molten ingot. He left work claiming illness after smelling woolen burning all day. His wife found brass mass in his boots and scorched woolen stockings, confirming the injury.
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Cincinnati
Professor Whipple Affair at Hilldale College
The Hilldale College president admitted seducing Deacon Bayliss’s wife and sought the deacon’s prayers after fearing reputational damage. Contrary to sensational guess, the deacon forgave him, choosing prayer and forgiveness over retribution.
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Whipple
Hilldale College
Mich
Deacon Bayliss
Michigan
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Rover
Calhoun
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General Dubierg
A.C. McManus
East Main Street
Ind
James R. Bobo
Decatur
Allen
Adams
Wells
George Trenham
Ewing’s Hall
Harrison
West Main Street
H. H. Hossler
Hamilton’s Bank
HAE
Richardville
Saint Mary's
Asid
James R. Godfrey Archange Godfrey
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Wm. Evans
Washington Democrat
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Oxford
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Webber
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Tuer
Europe
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