Court Narrows Liquor Transfer Near School in City
The commissioners court argues the Procter liquor law ban on saloons within 400 feet of schools applies only outside incorporated cities, but the board will not grant a transfer to rotate a saloon opposite the old high school on East Wayne street. Norman Hendrickson seeks the license transfer to 124 East Wayne street, with a circuit court decision likely. Also notes suit against former guardian Hill and bondsmen for 320, uncatalogued balance. guardian Emrick sues.
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Commissioners’ Court
Procter
East Wayne Street
Norman Hendrickson
James Lord
Circuit Court
The
Guardian
Frank A. Emrick
Servatus Shafar
Servatus
Hill
J. Theo. Druceck
John H. Keeler
Emrick
Margaret Johnson
Harold Johnson Warner
Lizzie
Thomas C. Warner
Alden Converse
Margaret Raeder
Bell J. Raeder
Lizzie E. Warner
Florence Stauffer
Horace Stauffer
Duvall Walters testifies in robbery trial of Farnans and others
Duvall Walters spent most of the day on the stand in circuit court detailing the alleged robbery by Joe and Will Farnan in a shed east of the city with Fay Martin and Lillian Hammond named as aiding. He stood firm on cross examination, adding a new note that a drink was offered before the assault, which he refused until another party drank part of it. The case is expected to finish tomorrow. In a separate matter, Kerr Murray Manufacturing receivership hearings focus on how funds moved under officers over several years before the firm went to receivership. Fort Wayne Steam Ry insolvency inquiry and remarks about salaries at $350 per week appear in advance of further actions.
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Duvall Walters
Joe
Will Farnan
Fay Martin
Lillian Hammond
Kerr Murray
Sol Wood
Kerr Murray Manufacturing Company
Ellen Flanagan
Ambrose Flanagan
George Fosnought
Abraham Ochstein
Wil Farnan
Duvalle
Indianapolis
Farnans
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Statutory Change Drives Defendants to Circuit Court
Prosecutor Hilgeman moved Charles D. Miller to trial in circuit court on a neglecting a child charge under a new statute. The law requires defendants in wife desertion and child neglect cases to go to circuit court for trial if bond is unavailable, replacing prior lower-court remedies. The outcome includes Miller pleading guilty and opposition from Hilgeman and deputies to the enactment. Also noted are divorce proceedings, a complaint about a faulty horse, four robberies sentencing, a verdict of guilty after brief deliberation, and an incorporation filing for Wayne Pharmacy Company with $10,000 capital.
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Carrie L.killen
George Killen
Colerick
Hogan
Harry Hilgeman
Charles D. Miller
Circuit Court
General Assembly
Miller
Mr. Hilgemann
Stephen A. Callahan
Frank BR. Dulin
Carrie Sillen
Wayne Pharmacy Company
H. W. Ginty
M. E. Dickson
J. E. Allport
Fort Wayne Churches Debate Sunday Theater Protests
Fort Wayne churches and church societies condemn Sunday theater and moving pictures as a breach of Sabbath law and public morals. Congregations from Wayne Street M E, Grace Reformed, Plymouth Church, and Third Presbyterian pass resolutions urging closing theaters on Sundays and adherence to state law.
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Fort Wayne
Glain
C Church
Grace Reformed Church
The
Plymouth Men’s Bible Class
Plymouth Church
Third Presbyterian Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Third Presbyterian Church
Court hears testimony in Duvall Walters beating case
Lillian Hammond and Fay Martin testified in circuit court about beer purchases and their involvement with the Farnans in the February assault on Duvall Walters. Hammond denied key confessions, saying fear led to the police statement.Separately, Mrs. Huguenard’s judgment against Fort Wayne city for her husband’s death at the lighting plant will cost only a small portion due to liability coverage. Barry Sweet received a two to fourteen year sentence in Jeffersonville for larceny from Moellering Brothers and Millard’s store.
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Hammond
Alexander Huguenard
Fort Wayne
Barry Sweet
Jeffersonville
Moellering Brothers
Millard
Woman sentenced to up to twenty years for robbery in Indianapolis
Lillian Hammond received a five to twenty year term in the women's prison at Indianapolis. She is the first woman in fourteen years to be given a prison sentence in the local court. The last similar case involved Mattie Hassenfuss Fay Martin Will Farnan, who aided the Fay Walters and inspired the crime.
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Lillian Hammond
Indianapolis
Mattie
Hassenfuss
Fay Marti Will
Farnan
Fay “Walters
Women face no prison in aggravated offense sentencing
Judge Eggeman imposed the sentence but saw no flaw in the record. The young women cried as they were sentenced, each hoping youth would sway jurors.
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Eggeman
John H. Miller
Wabash Railroad Company
Ballou
Hoffman
Romberg
Markets and Quotations Across Grains Produce and Stock
The listing outlines grain prices for wheat oats and corn with various milling products and flours from G. Tresselt & Sons and Mayour Mills. It also covers butter eggs potatoes apples cheese and poultry prices from Wiener & Co Beyer Bros Co and Retail Street Market with live stock figures for cattle calves veal and lambs.
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Wiener & Co
C. M. Wiener
Elgin Creamery
Michigan
Well Bros and Co Hide Goods Listed
A fragmented ad from Well Bros and Co shows hides and leather products with varying grades and prices. Cured calf skin and horsehide values, rubber, ginseng root, goldenseal root, wool, hay, and corn are mentioned with assorted unit prices and measures.
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Well Bros. & Co
Weile
Rhussia
Chicago Market Tones Mixed in Early May Grain Trade
Chicago market notes show mixed session with domestic and foreign wheat futures easing after initial strength. July corn declined on light supply and buyers held back amid drought relief expectations, while pork and lard prices moved with early sales listed at 12.20 for pork and 31.05 for ribs, among others.
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Chicago
Hottomestic
Foreign
Asagorbsty
Ulingis
Ladieua
R Gay
We Bay Park
Alood
Chicago and Toledo Grain Prices Reported May 13
The report lists grain and product prices in Chicago and New York with detailed bids for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, clover seed, timothy, and lumber futures. It notes flour market steadiness in New York and provides cash, May, and future prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and related commodities across Chicago and Toledo exchanges.
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Iour Mills
Chicago
Avash
Northern
Hearthern
iSic
New York
Toledo Grain
Toledo
Alsike
Timothy
Indianapolis Market Report Highlights Livestock Prices
Indianapolis May 18 Hog Receipts 16 600 head cattle 950 sheep 450 calves. Prices for steers range from 7.85 to 8.50 dollars and heifers from 7.00 to 7.75 with various grades noted. Coarse to good quality cattle pricing appears steady with markets described as fair to good.
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Indianapolis
Market Report on Cattle Pricing and Grades
Auction notes show bulls and calves trading with export Hulls at 5.77 dollars. Heavy weights range around 3.40 to 8.50 for medi an and mixed grades. Good to choice Nest and good lights priced between 4 raughs and 7.85 dollars.
Live Stock Receipts and Markets Across Two Cities
East Buffalo New York May 18 hog receipts 4000, shipments to New York 1700, hogs steady with various grade prices. Sheep receipts 6600, market steady. cattle receipts 100, Chicago reports hogs steady with prices from 5.40 to 8.45 and cattle mixed with beef, Texas steers and calves prices listed.
Pittsburg Market Report Hogs Sheep Calves May 13
Pittsburg reports May 13 with hogs receipts 1800 head market higher heavies $8.80 heavy workers and pigs $8.90 light workers. Sheep and lambs receipts 1000 head top sheep $5.75 top lambs $8.00 calves receipts 1000 head market steady top $9.50.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati Market Whipsaw on Cattle Hogs and Sheep
May 18 report from Cincinnati lists cattle receipts at 130 head with quiet trade. Steers sell from 5.25 to 8.00, heifers 6.25 to 8.00, cows 3.25 to .50, calves 5.50 to 9.25. Hog receipts reach 2,037 with slow trade. packers 8.35 to 8.50, sows 5.50 to 7.75, pigs and lights 5.00 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 258 with slow market. lambs 4.50 to 8.00, spring lambs 6.00 to 9.50.
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Cincinnati
Chicago and New York Market Report May 13
The butter market in Chicago held steady with firm tone and mixed receipts around 27 031 cases. Potatoes and poultry showed no change as New York reports butter and eggs firm with varied firsts and extra firsts, while poultry prices stayed quiet. Foreign markets reopened after a holiday aiding trading tone in London and broader London accounts.
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Chicago
New York
Egees
London
Accou Ala
Market opens flat then strengthens as bulls push prices up
The market opened level or slightly above yesterday's close amid uneven activity. Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific and Jersey Central slipped a point or more each while broad gains followed as prices advanced with bulls placing more buy orders and several major stocks finishing higher than yesterday's close.
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Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Jersey Central
Paradise Restaurant vs Anderson Vlasos Strategos and Diamond
Indiana Allen County Superior Court notices defendants Peter Anderson and John Vlasos are sought for failure to respond to a complaint filed by Restaurant China Company. They are alleged to have departed the state with intent to defraud creditors. They must appear by July 7, 1913, to answer the suit or face default judgment. Clerk WM E Gerding seals the record May 14, 1913.
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State of
Indiana
Allen County
Restaurant China Company
Peter Anderson
John Vlasos
G. K. Strategos
James Diamond
Paradise Restaurant
John Vilasos
John Viasos
Fort Wayne
A. D
WM. E. Gerding
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate for Anna Sutorius
Creditors heirs and legatees of Anna Sutorius deceased must appear in Allen Circuit Court Fort Wayne Indiana on May 29 1913 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Theodore F Sutorius administrator witness the clerk of court April 30 1913.
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Hei
Anna Sutorius
Allen
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Theodore F. Sutortus
E. Gerding
Allen Circuit Court
Appointment of Administrator in Indiana Estate
Notice announces the appointment of an administrator for George Collins estate in Allen county Indiana and an administratrix for Augusta Meyer estate in Allyn county Indiana both stating the estates are believed solvent. The attorneys listed are Arthur W. Parry for the Collins estate and Meyer as administratrix.
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George Collins
Allen County
Indiana
O. Gross
Arthur W.parry
Augusta
Meyer
Allyn County
Ieee
First witness testifies in Doris Underwood murder case
Wilbur Sims police secretary identified the revolver, collar and tie used to shoot Otis Fisher as Doris Underwood stands trial in Muncie Indiana. Prosecutor Mann called the opening statement saying the act was a deliberate attempt at murder. Ada Underwood was sworn in while Doris postponed taking the oath. Fisher to be the main state witness.
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Muncie
Ind
Wilbur Sims
Doris Underwood
Otis Fisher
Sims
Mann
Fisher
Underwood
Edward Tuhey
Ada Underwood
Sturgis
Ada
Doris
Pittsburg Superintendent to Face Charges in Public Inquiry
S L Heeter head of Pittsburg schools expected to arrive from North Manchester Ind to answer charges of alleged misconduct before a citizens committee resuming sessions at noon after a ten day recess. The inquiry continues as officials seek details of the superintendent's actions and affiliations.
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Pittsburg
S. L. Heeter
Manchester
Ind
Citizens
Inidana
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Allen County Courts
Edna Davis
Joseph A. Davis
See Street
Emrick Areher
Edith L. Davis
Arthur W. Davis
Graves
R. AB. Dreibelbiss
Rochester Bridge Company
New Haven Bridge
George Jaap
Eel River Township
Elkhart Bridge Company
B. L. Gallagher
R. B. Dreibelbiss
Sarah A. Geiser
Frederick Geiser
Goeglein
Milan Township
Hasen
Estill
Io Midah West
Walter
Pennsylvania Road
Charles Miller
Munsch
Marion
Madison Townships
Grodman
Madison Township
County Commissioners’ Court
G. Tresselt & Sons
Graham
Beyer Bros. Co
Ec. D. Tall
Wisconsin
Hickens
Abertdalh
Carnery
Fred Eckert
Lapa
Chicago Cash Grain
Aurode
ONYX
Gordon
JAEN
Munsing
N. & N. B. Hosiery CO
Cooper Klosed Krotch
White Cat
Stretton Union
Stephenson
V. D
Richelieu
Redfern
East Buffalo Market
East Buffalon
M. Y
Texas
Pittsburg Market
Markt
Chicago Market
New York Market
Wall Street
Chrank J. Doent
Shot Fisher
Heeter
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