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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
12
Long OCR narrative recounts Alfred Packer the 19th century Colorado cannibal convict. It details his 1874-1878 trials, alleged famine survival in San Juan Mountains, his confession, public opinion, and eventual sentence for murder. The piece notes his early life, parole refusal, and later notoriety as a symbol of extremity in frontier justice.
Power station on Spy Run avenue cut power after a misfired relay and equipment failure. The outage affected dozens of blocks causing street lights to fail and residents to seek alternative power sources for several hours today morning.
Poorly edited notice states two Fort Wayne cases will come in for hearing on June 5 in federal court. Names include Fred C. Botts and Henry O. Pont. witnesses listed include Robert Dickson Glen Jolmann Lance tan do William McGivin Frank Lsy and Delvort Bowman. Details are fragmentary and unclear.
An extract from a letter by Rev. R McNewell in Tabris Turkey Describes a deadly avalanche on the Turkish mountains near Khanli Doa naming survivors and the rescue efforts A man recounts being buried and later found alive The narrative details weather, injuries, and the precarious fate of climbers with strong mentions of names and places from the American mission effort.
William Dafforn of Fieaanit lows hip not Fort Waysn resident offers to share toward yutertuiciae the voleraca for those who come to Fort Wythe to attend the encampment. Mrs Dafford served in the war with the Futeontt Infinnn volunteers and a hag Jocuted seventeen of his old orn rides will accompany attendees to the city each night by trolley during the encampment.
The Wayne Rolling Mill considers adding a Davenport mill to expand capacity at the Insitelon plant. General Manager Asch says the upgrade would be definite by May and significantly boost output for smaller sizes. Production is already strong and the new mill would improve efficiency and delivery times.
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