J J Todd dies noted Indiana politician and Mason
Bluffton Indiana May 14 Jacob J Todd prominent Republican lawyer and civic leader died at 1 pm after a year long illness Brights disease. He served in many public roles including Masonic grand master delegate to the 1880 Garfield Arthur convention and townsite and asylum work and was a long time G A R member and officer. Funeral Wednesday at 1 pm conducted by grand lodge officers.
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Bluffton
Ind
Jacob J. Todd
Bright
Indiana
Masonic Lodge
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Wells County
Jefferson Township
Roanoke Seminary
Fort Wayne College
Chicago
Garfield
Arthur
Todd
Charles Foster
Harrison
Oklahoma Territory
Puyallup
Washington
Hovey
Board of Commissioners
Logansport
Richmond
Evansville
Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit
Mathews
Grand Lodge
Eastern Star
Lew Dailey
Detroit
Mich
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Old Fourth Regiment
Indiana National Guards
Chase
Sixty-Sixth Wedding Day for Caleys at Markie Home
Bluffton Indiana May 14 The sixty sixth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Samuel B Caley was celebrated at their Markie home. Mr Caley born Ohio April 1813 Mrs Sarah Duckwell Caley born January 1815 Ohio. They wed near Hillsboro Ohio May 13 1834 moved to Indiana in 1837 pre empted 160 acres where Warren Huntington County now stands.
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Bluffton
Ind
Samuel B. Caley
Markie
Caley
Ohio
Sarah Duckwell Caley
Hillsboro
Indiana
Warren
Huntington County
Tingtols
Caley Family Marks a Large Generational Celebration
In 1847 Mr and Mrs Caley moved to Union township and later Markle where they now live. They are in fair health and last week Mr Caley came alone to conduct business. The couple have nine children sixty seven grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren many of whom attended the celebration yesterday.
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Caley
Union Township
Markle
Alleged Shortage Found in County Treasurer Accounts
Shelbyville Indiana May 14 County Treasurer Lee discovers a shortage in ex Treasurer J M Wilson accounts totaling 203 40 from fifteen tax collections where delinquents paid with receipts, though books show no payment Wilson faced 31000 overdrafts at leaving office and is indicted in two cases tied to county troubles.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Lee
J. M. Wilson
Desperate Desertion of Kokomo Woman Leaves Family
Mrs. F Q Bloomfield of Kokomo runs away with a stage career leaving husband and two young sons. Her farewell letter to her husband promises care for the boys and says she will seek a life she calls less wicked, with plans to visit the boys and travel to St Louis.
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Kokomo
Ind
F. Q. Bloomfield
St. Louis
Novel plan to boost Sunday school in Logansport
Logansport churches divide the city into 100 districts each led by a designated person for one year. District leaders will quarterly visit homes with children not in Sunday school, aiming to interest them while allowing parents to choose any church. Quarterly reports will be submitted at township conventions.
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Logansport
Ind
Yeiser Buys St. Joe Weekly News in Indiana
Avilla Indiana May 15 Lloyd W Yeiser purchases the Weekly News at St Joe DeKalb County and leaves to assume control of the newspaper.
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Avilla
Ind
Lloyd W. Yeiser
St. Joe
DeKalb County
Marriage Deferred by Quarantine In Logansport
In Logansport Indiana Dr Hurty’s smallpox quarantine halted a planned wedding between Miss Addie Wissig and Thos Dooley of Marion. The couple intended to wed last week but postal bans and police guards kept them apart. They postponed the ceremony as the quarantine continued.
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Logansport
Ind
Market dull as rain-pelted wheat stalls trading in Chicago
Wheat and corn trade moves slowly amid rain in the southwest and ongoing moisture worries. July wheat climbs to 66 and backs off, while corn slips to 36 4c as weather and rail receipts affect sentiment. Pork lard and ribs show steady demand with July contracts rising to 11.70 and 6.65 respectively before easing.
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Chicago
Ggorge
Bears
Abilene
Kansas
Northwest
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Duluth
Goléc
Ealy
N. W
Market Prices Reported for Feeds and Pork
Beeswax and feathers price data listed. Timothy hay at 11.00 to 12.00 per ton and clover hay at 6.00 to 7.00 per ton. Bran at 15.00 per ton. Shorts and middling priced at 15.00 per ton. On foot pork listed at 4.80 per unit.
Petition in Bankruptcy Filed by Indianapolis Dealer
John Miller a boot and shoe dealer based in Huntington filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S court at Indianapolis on May 15.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Miller
Huntington
United States
Lawton Post is Mustered in Fort Wayne at G A R Club
Fort Wayne forms Henry W Lawton post No 590 G A R with 35 members and 11 officers elected and installed led by Commander Theodore Bly including B W Skelton E B Smith I N Medsker Sol D Soliday M R Johnson and others Mustering officer Amos R Walter assisted by Captain A H Dougall The new post plans for the future and members head to Indianapolis for the state encampment with Grace Reform Church memorials invited.
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K. of L. Hall
Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Wayne
Henry W. Lawton
Theodore Bly
B. W. Skelton
E. B. Smith
I. N. Medsker
Sol D. Soliday
M. R. Johnson
Charles Behm
W. R. Durfee
D. L. Beaker
A. W. Kintz
Amos R. Walter
A. H. Dougall
Grace Reformed Church
Indianapolis
Miners Charge McKinley With Aid to Strikers
Denver May 14 miners accuse McKinley administration of lax enforcement of alien laws. Edward Boyce of the Western Federation of Miners claims an Ottawa Washington understanding helps mine owners hire U S workers during strikes. He forwarded letters to Senator Pettigrew seeking inquiry. Pettigrew says inside access is limited but admin stance is hostile to labor. The miners' convention will review the charges this week.
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Denver
Col
British Columbia
United States
Edward Boyce
Western Federation of Miners
Federation
McKinley
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market news shows cattle receipts around 2000 with steady to higher tone. Good to prime steers fetch 5.00 to 5.75, hogs top at 5.50 with heavy and light categories quoted between 5.05 and 5.50. Texas cattle and bulls appear in 4.00 to 5.15 and 3.25 to 3.75 ranges.
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Chicago
Texas Fed
Texas Bulls
New York Produce Prices May 15 Butter Cheese Eggs and More
New York May 15 Butter receipts 10 086 pkgs market firm western creamery 1614 20c factory 183 15% cents Cheese receipts 10 712 pkgs market weak fancy large white 1014 10% cents fancy large colored 1014c fancy small white 914 934c fancy small colored 914 934c Eggs receipts 21 562 pkgs market dull storage western at mark 1234c regular packing at mark 1114 1214c southern at mark 11 12c Sugar raw steady refined steady Coffee market irregular No 7 Rio Tléc乱
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New York
Western Creamery
Rio
Tléc
Fort Wayne Markets correctedweekly prices May 16
Market summaries list Fort Wayne prices for flour spring wheat 3.40 to 4.60 per barrel and winter 3.75 to 4.00, second class 2.50 to 2.75, graham per sack 30c, wheat 72c, corn 86c to 37c, oats 24c, rye 53c, meal 1.40, flax seed 1.45 to 1.50, wool Tawashed 20 to 21c, washed 25 to 26c, green hides 71c, salted 84c, calf hides green 10c, salted 1c, tallow 4 to 4 1/2c, butter 14 to 16c.
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S. Bush & Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Graham
Dramatic Runaway Injuries Barely Missed In St Joe
A horse driven by Mrs. Daniel Goeglein of St Joe township ran away on East Main street Saturday evening. The horse turned onto Clay street throwing Mrs Goeglein from the rig with great force but she escaped serious injuries. The horse then dashed onto Columbia street and the outfit went over a high embankment on East Columbia street, causing little damage to the rig.
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Daniel Goeglein
St. Joe Township
East Main Street
Clay Street
Wall paper sale at L. O. Hulls on Calhoun Street
An advertisement notes affordable wallpaper at L. O. Hull on 90 Calhoun Street. It promotes cheap pricing and invites shoppers to visit their store for deals.
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L. O. Hull’s
Calhoun St
Calhoun Bt
I. O. Hull's
Calhoun
Republicans Set Date For County Convention Meeting
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock the Republican county central committee will hold a meeting at the headquarters in the Bass block. They will fix the date for the county convention and discuss related party affairs.
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Republican County Central Committee
Bass Block
Too at L O Hulls 90 Calhoun Bt
The brief notes a location at 90 Calhoun Street but provides no additional context or events to describe.
Ten Years of Plymouth Church Leader’s Farewell Sermon
Rev. James S. Ainslie concluded a decade as pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church Fort Wayne with morning and evening sermons to a full house. He praised the church’s growth, its finances, and its city mission, stressing orthodoxy and orthoproxy and urging civic righteousness and worldwide philanthropy as core aims. The farewell honors reflected deep affection from the congregation and the city.
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James S. Ainslie
PlyMouth Congregational Church
Ainslie
Plymouth Church
City
Jerusalem
Fort Wayne
Jesus Christ
Church of Christ
Plymouth
Horace P. Biddle Dies at 89 in Logansport Island Home
Logansport May 14 Judge Horace P Biddle longtime Indiana jurist and scholar died at his Biddle's island residence after weeks of illness He was 89 born March 24 1811 in Fairfield Ohio His career spanned Ohio Indiana and federal courts with service as circuit court judge and Supreme Court judge He published poetry music and essays and invented a musical instrument earning worldwide recognition.
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Logansport
Horace P. Biddle
Biddle
Indiana
West
Fairfield County
Hocking County
Hocking River
Logan, C
Benjamin Biddle
Territory
Ohio
General Putnam
Waterford
Muskingum River
Biddles
New England
O. Mr. Biddle
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Supreme Courts of
Columbus
United States
Eighth Judicial District
Congress
Norman I. Eddy
Surpeme
Circuit Court
Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Tyndall
Judge Biddle
London
Helmholz
America
Aaa
Fragmentary Text From Pastoral Reflection
A short excerpt describes comfort in a divine home where children are safe with the Father and the faithful are kept secure in the fold of the shepherd. The passage evokes themes of protection, belonging, and spiritual reassurance.
Township Institutes Planned by Allen County Committee
The township institute committee of the Allen County Farmers' Institute met Saturday afternoon at City Hall with twenty members present. They organized the schedule for township institutes, planning nine meetings and reserving space for at least two more pending announcements.
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Township Institute
Allen County Farmers’ Institute
Mall paper to FLRARE yon cheey Yo 0 Mall's OO Calhoun Bt
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a mall and Calhoun but lacks clear event, date, or entities to form a complete news card.
Taft's New Summer Fabrics and Bargains
Taft's announces corrected styles in wash goods millinery and neckwear. New summer fabrics are showcased with white and colored P K s chambrays and ginghams priced at 81 3c, Madras cloths and organdies to be placed on the bargain counter tomorrow with 25 percent savings.
Millinery Sale With Flowers and New Summer Hats
The department offers pattern hats at steep discounts. Trimmed hats priced from 6.00 to 12.50 down to 1.50 to 2.75. Children's trimmed hats available around 50 cents. Weekend display highlights affordable summer millinery.
Neckwear department offers largest Fort Wayne selection
Fort Wayne shoppers can find the largest assortment of neckwear with the newest and up to date styles in this department.
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Fort Wayne
Belt Buckles Sale In Fancy Metals Cut Steel
Twenty dozen belt buckles in fancy metals and cut steel go on sale tomorrow priced at 39 cents and 4Sc. The items are advertised as new and offered at a substantial discount.
Shirt Waists From Our Factory at Bargain Prices
From our own factory over 100 different styles Percale Waists that others ask 50c for your choice of several styles 29c See our better waists from GD up to 15.00
New Officers Elected for St. Joseph's Benevolent Society
At Library Hall on Monday evening the directors of St. Joseph's Catholic Benevolent Society elected officers: President John Smith, Vice President Daniel McKendry, Secretary Patrick Ryan, Treasurer Frank H. Fink. The society, tied to the Cathedral congregation, paid out over $800 in sick benefits last year and holds about $3,000 in treasury.
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Library Hall
St. Joseph’s Catholic Benevolent Society
John Smith
Daniel McKendry
Patrick Ryan
Frank H. Fink
St. Joseph’s
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J. J. Todd
ST. Joe News
Lawton
G. A. R. Organization
Veterans—Officers
Miner
M’kinley
J. S. Ainslie
the Congregation of Plymouth
Taft’s
Rambler Folks
Goodyear
A. C. Katt
Clinton St
Fred Beach
McInntosh, Huntington & Co
Cleveland
Beach
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