Aged Fort Wayne Resident Dies After Illness
Ernst Richter aged 68 died at 7 30 this morning at his son Paul Richter 522 Hendricks street from Brights disease He had lived with his children since retirement and recently with Rev Bruno Richter at May City Iowa Born in Lansen hausdorf Saxony he came to Fort Wayne in 1885 He worked at Orff mills and Horton Manufacturing six sons survive Max Paul Otto Ehrhard Emil and Bruno Richter all listed with locations Fort Wayne Minnesota Chicago Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Richter
Paul Richter
Hendricks Street
Bright
Bruno Richter
May City
Iowa
Fort Wayne
Mr. Richter
Lansenhausdorf
Saxony
Orff Mills
Horton Manufacturing Company
Max and
Otto Richter
Minnesota
Ehrhard
Emil Richter
Chicago
Death of Valentine Gutermuth in Fort Wayne
Valentine Gutermuth long active in Fort Wayne business and a traveling representative for Paragon Shirt Waist company died Sunday morning at his home 1203 Maple Avenue after an extended illness from diabetes. He was fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Gutermuth
Fort Wayne
Paragon Shirt Waist Company
Maple Avenue
Mr. Ottermuth
Funeral Held for Fort Wayne Cloaks Merchant
Fort Wayne mourns the death of Mr. Gutermuth a longtime cloak and fur dealer who traveled as a salesman for Paragon Shirt Waist and earlier led stores in Kansas City St Louis and Fort Wayne Born in Baltimore he moved to Fort Wayne at eleven and built a respected career Surviving wife and five children plus a grandchild attend his services at Lindenwood Interment followed at Lindenwood with Rev Henry B Master presiding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gutermuth
Baltimore
Fort Wayne
Foster Dry Goods Company
Root & Co
Rw Rode Dry Goods Company
Gutermuth
Kansas City
John Taylor & Co
D. Crawford & Co
St. Louis
Fort Warne
Paragon Shirt Waist Company
Gertrude
Evelyn
Margaret Gutermuth
Fred G. Diehl
Clarence H. Gutermuth
Mr Gutermuth
Fort Wayne Lodge No. 14
Tribe of Ben-Hur
Modern
Henry B. Master
First Presbyterian Church
Lindenwood
Death of Fort Wayne Resident Frank Degitz at Age 69
Frank Degitz a longtime Fort Wayne resident died at 11 30 am Saturday from age related causes just before turning 70. Born in Germany on March 4 1837 he came to America in 1871 settling in Fort Wayne. A blacksmith by trade he later served as a city crossings inspector and had been retired for the past fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Degitz
Fort Wayne
Leith Street
Mr. Degitz
Germany
America
Mains Removed From Home at 663 Putnam Street
Mains were removed to the home of the son Charles Degitz at 663 Putnam Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Degitz
Putnam Street
Death of Fort Wayne veteran Charles F. Close at 73
Charles F. Close a longtime Fort Wayne resident died at 9 Saturday morning at his home 825 East Lewis street. He was 73 and suffered heart trouble and dropsy. Close had been in failing health for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Close
Fort Wayne
East Lewis Street
Obituary: Death of Fort Wayne Resident Mr. Cloge Close
Local obituary details the life of Mr. Cloge Close born 1834 in Sandusky Ohio. A Civil War veteran wounded at Shiloh and Chickamauga he later worked at a foundry and cooperage and served Grace Reformed Church and Sion S Bass post G A R. Survived by wife Lydia Schrey and five children with funeral services arranged by Grace Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloge
Mr. Close
Sandusky
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Texas
Fort Wayne
Ass Foundry
Cleveland
Lydia Schrey
Edward C
Walter F
Raymond C. Close
H. EB. Metzner
Ernest A. Close
Hartington
Jacob Close
Venice
William Close
J. H. Kowalk
Elizabeth Lutz
Fremont
Close
Grace Reformed Church
Sion S. Bass Post
Grace Reformed Caurent
A. K. Zartraan
D. D
Tragic TB Death Of Lafay ette Orphanage Child
Sarah Laffaquax, 12, died at 8 this morning at St. Vincent's orphan asylum from tuberculosis. Her father and a brother live in Lafayette. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 PM from the orphan asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Laffaquax
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
Lafayette
Orphan Asylum
Infant Constance Disser Dies of Pneumonia
Constance Clara E. Disser, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Disser, died at age six months four days at 447 West Pontiac street from pneumonia. The father works in the motive power department of the Pennsylvania company. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock from the residence and 2:30 from St. Peter's Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Clara E. Disser
J. J. Disser
West
Pontiac Street
Motive Power
Pennsylvania Company
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Goetz Child Dies of Scarlet Fever at 6
Antoinette Goetz six years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert Goetz died at 4 30 Wednesday morning at the family home 1111 Maumee avenue from scarlet fever She attended mass at St Marys church Sunday morning and was taken ill soon after reaching home She had been attending St Marys
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Goetz
Hubert Goetz
Maumee Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s
Della Witte
Chris Witte
George E. Sosenheimer
St. Patrick’s Church
J. F. Delany
Adeline Luley
Julian Rosenberger
Miss Luley
Sosenheimer
Frank Lingrey
Hoagland Avenue
Ross Lewin widow dies in Fort Wayne at 70
Mrs. Sarah J. Ross Lewin widow of the late H E Ross Lewin died Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs. F L Markey 1219 Michigan avenue at age 70. She had been an invalid for years and was born in Rochester New York later moving to Fort Wayne. Her husband a prominent contractor died November 26 1906. She leaves two daughters Mrs F J Markey of Fort Wayne and Mrs D B Kehiler of Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah J. Ross-Lewin
HE. A. Ross-Lewin
F. L. Markey
Michigan Avenue
Ross-Lewin
Rochester
N. Y
Fort Wayne
F. J. Markey
City
D. B. Kehiler
Lafayette
Funeral Services Held For Local Resident
A funeral service was held privately at the residence on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock for a local resident who had been ill for two weeks.
Infant Alice Hausbach Dies of Spasms at Two Months
Alice Martha Hausbach infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hausbach of 315 West Pontiac street died at 5:50 a m Thursday from spasms at two months three days. Father Charles Hausbach a machinist for the Wabash railroad. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p m from home and 2 p m from St Patrick s Catholic church. The babe grand daughter of Philip Graf grocer. Funeral Saturday at 8 30 a m from home and 9 a m from St Peter s Catholic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Martha Hausbach
Charles Hausbach
Pontiac Street
Wabash Railroad
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Philip Graf
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Maurice Connett Dies at 50 in Country Home
Maurice Connett a farmer aged 50 died Friday afternoon at his brother’s residence 517 Montgomery Street He was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Connett
Ton
Montgomery Street
Reginia Reisinger Died After Weeks of Illness
Miss Regina Reisinger aged 27 died at 9 AM Monday at St. Josephs Hospital from stomach trouble after several weeks of illness. A native of Germany she belonged to St. Mary's Catholic church and was a niece of grocer N. Klug of 1406 Hanna Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina Reisinger
St. Josephis
Miss Reisinger
Germany
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
N. Klug
Hanna Street
Mrs Elizabeth Gusching Dies at 93 in Allen County
Pioneer Allen county resident Elizabeth Gusching died Sunday morning at St. Josephs hospital aged above 93. She was widow of Baltazar Gusching and long stood in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gusching
Allen County
St. Joseph’s Hospital
C Gusching
Baltazar
Gushing Matriarch Dies After Long Fort Wayne Life
Birth in Oberlauterbach Alsace Germany November 15 1814. Immigrated with husband Baltazar Gushing violinist to America in 1853. Lived in Franks Ohio Hadley Indiana and Fort Wayne. Husband and two sons died in Civil War. Survived by Joseph and Jacob Gushing. Funeral at 8:30 and 9 from 1523 Wells Street and Church of the Precious Blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gusching
Oberlauterbach
Alsace
Germany
Heidelberg
Stratsburg
Baltazar Gushing
Paris
Gushing
America
Franks
Seneca County
Ohio
Indiana
Hadley Station
Fort Wayne
Charles
John
Holman Street
Joseph
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lake Shore Railroad
Jacob Gushing
Wells Street
Church of the Precious Blood
Mills George W Mills obituary notes long life in Lafayette township
George W Mills aged 81 longtime Lafayette township resident died Friday after several weeks illness Born Coshocton Ohio March 15 1828 Married Margaret Hill in 1848 The Mills moved to Allen County over fifty years ago and he later enlisted as a soldier in 1864
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Mills
Lafayette Township
Mr. Mills
Coshocton
Margaret Hill
Life of a respected farmer Mills noted for large family
Mr. Mills, a highly regarded citizen, leaves eight children: R. B. Mills and Joseph Mills near Aboite, Elizabeth Logan, John and Grant Mills of Fort Wayne, Matilda Aiken near Zanesville, Ellen Saurer of Forest, and Jennie Vardaman of Huntington. Funeral services were held at Beech Grove church with long-time membership. burial at Roanoke.
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Mills
R. B. Mills
Joseph Mills
Near
Aboite
Elizabeth Logan
John
Grant Mills
Fort Wayne
Matilda Aiken
Zanesville
Ellen Saurer
Forest
Jennie Vardaman
Huntington
Beech Grove Church
Roanoke
Widow Adeline S Spalding Dies in Fort Wayne at 62
Mrs Adeline S Spalding 62 died at 6 25 am Monday at 1024 Columbia Ave after seven days illness She was born in Milan Township daughter of Wilkes Gillette longtime Allen County resident and widow of Whard Spalding Surviving children Josephine Schuey Winnifred Spalding John R Spalding Clark Gifford W W Spalding and Mrs Charles Baum all of Fort Wayne Funeral services Wednesday at 1 30 pm from her home Lindenwood Cemetery is the burial place She ran a dairy on South Calhoun for twenty years
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Adeline S. Spalding
Columbia Avenue
Spalding
Wilkes Gillette
Allen County
Milan Township
Elizabeth Bolander Dies in Findlay Ohio at 62
Mrs Elizabeth Bolander widow of John Bolander died Sunday in Findlay Ohio at age 62. She lived in Fort Wayne many years ago and was well known. The remains were brought to the city and taken to the home of Richard Allen at 916 Clinton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bolander
John Bolander
Findlay
Ohio
Bolander
Fort Wayne
Richard Allen
Clinton Street
Bush urge for Fort Wayne canal deep waterway briefed
Charles S. Bush sent to Washington a comprehensive brief advocating a Lake Erie to Lake Michigan deep waterway via Fort Wayne. He argues low transportation costs are key to national commercial strength, cites current freight tonnage, estimates future gains, and calls for tariff revision to aid pulp and straw use, boosting mills and public benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Bush
Washington
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Fort Wayne
West
Fort Wayne Canal
Congressional Committee On Railways and Canals
Bush
Paper Trust
Central West
Carpenter Falls Forty Feet At Coal Docks
W H Fox a carpenter with the Pennsylvan ia coal docks gang fell forty feet while repairing docks at 10 o clock Wednesday injuring his back ribs and ankle. Dr R P White oversaw care and Fox was taken to St Joseph hospital where injuries were diagnosed as a sprained ankle a badly wrenched back and several fractured ribs on the left side. Fox lives on Winter street and the accident happened when a board he stepped on gave way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fox
Pennsylvania
R. P. White
St. Joseph Hospital
Winter Street
Schaefer Short-Changed After Circus Cash Exchange
Charles Schaefer of New Haven Avenue reported to police after a Monday circus visit that he lost 25 dollars in cash in a bill exchange scam. He had 30 dollars, gave a man large bills for small ones, and later found he had five one dollar bills instead of six five dollar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schaefer
New Haven Avenue
Bank Heist Report: Man Named James Hiveley Implicated
A man identifying himself as James Hiveley allegedly used a counterfeit note to defraud Columbia City National Bank of $30 about one month ago. Officers report the incident remains under investigation with few other details released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hiveley
Columbia City National Bank
Well Known Nickel Plate Man Is Killed
Thomas M. Leonard, a veteran Nickel Plate engineer, was killed by lightning at his Bellevue home at 2 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Walter M. Leonard, his son and a dentist in Fort Wayne, was notified and traveled to Bellevue. Leonard began rail work with Nickel Plate after opening and had long served in both freight and passenger operations, leaving Fort Wayne on locomotive No. 3 the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Leonard
Bellevue
Fort Wayne
Adjusting Matters For Wabash Train Crews
Wabash engineers and enginemen expect an adjustment soon to grievances from the sixteen hour law enforcement. They seek mileage calculations for tied up trains at way stations as new runs rather than continuous mileage. A Chicago conference produced an improved construction of the law, now before General Manager Henry Miller and General Superintendent S B Cotter for favorable action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Chicago
Henry Miller
S. B. Cotter
Peculiar Round House Accident Injures Man
August Neff, an attendant at the round house, was struck in the face when a boiler filling plug blew out under pressure while an engine was towed from the Pennsylvania shops. The blast fractured skin on his nose and forehead, blackened the area around his eyes, sprained an ankle, and he was sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Neff
Round House
Pennsylvania
Neff
George L Wall Named Data Collector for Railway Group
George L Wall is appointed data collector for the American Railway association to settle per diem freight rate charges. Presidents McCrea Elliott Finley and Tuttle reportedly supported the choice. Wall, formerly Fort Wayne resident and assistant engineer of motive power for Pennsylvania, left three years ago to become Lima Loco chief engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Wall
American Railway Association
McCrea
Pennsylvania
Elliott
Northern Pacific
Finley
Southern Pacific
Tuttle
Boston and Maine
Wall
George Wall
Fort Wayne
The
Lima Loco
Death leads to obituary mix up for Fort Wayne man
A misread telephone message caused the obituary notice of David L. Terry to be published. Terry, a former Fort Wayne resident and Pennsylvania Freight Office clerk, now lives at Convoy Ohio. The Van Wert Bulletin reports Opal Terry three, died suddenly at Convoy while visiting. the notice incorrectly identified the deceased as the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Terry
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Conroy
Ohio
D. L. Terry
Convoy
Terry
B. H. Terry
Arizona
Tort Wayne
Crane signal man falls at Pennsy shops injuring wrist
A.C. Boehm, the crane signal man at the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, fell Thursday morning and struck his right wrist. He was attended by train crews and taken to the hospital for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsy Shops
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad orders 2000 all steel cars
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad ordered Standard Steel Car to start building 2000 all steel cars for its lines. One thousand coke cars and one thousand gondolas will move coal and coke to the lakes. Construction begins as soon as completion is achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Standard Steel Car Company
Old Bell Recovered From Kentner Creek Wreck Site
Workmen from the Wabash section unearthed the bell from the 1891 Kentner Creek wreck near Wabash. The bell, cracked and broken, was divided among railroad and interurban workers who made keepsakes from the metal. The Kentner wreck happened July 3, 1891, when a flood weakened the bridge and the freight engine plunged into the creek, leaving twisted iron across the bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Kentner Creek
Kentner
German born workers depart Fort Wayne for emigration
Machinist Herman Scheumacher and Machinists apprentice Max Brand of Fort Wayne Electric Works left the city with plans to sail from New York to Germany. Scheumacher, once in Brazil, returns at his father’s request. Brand, in America five years, nearing completion of his apprenticeship at the Lights before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Scheumacher
Max Brand
Fort Wayne Electric Works
New York
Germany
Scheumacher
Lights
Brazil
Brand
America
Train Kills Farmer's Horse Near Middlepoint
Engineer A A Miller on Pennsylvania train No 15 struck and killed a farmer's horse near Middlepoint on Thursday morning. The engine traveled about a mile per minute and threw the horse about twenty feet after it wandered onto the railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Miller
Middlepoint
Dog Bite Causes Minor Leg Wound in Pittsburgh
J. B. Brown, a Pennsylvania resident on Home avenue, was bitten in the leg by a vicious dog Monday evening while walking from Fairfield avenue to South Wayne avenue. A surgeon dressed the wound and no complications are expected. Brown has notified the dog owner to keep the animal chained or muzzled henceforth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Brown
Pennsylvania
Home Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Wayne Avenue
Mr. Brown
Thumb Nearly Severed In Machinery Incident
Al Ringle a machinist at the Pennsylvania shops suffered a severe thumb injury Monday afternoon when it was caught in gearing. The bone remained unbroken and the company surgeon believes the hand will not be permanently crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Ringle
Pennsylvania
Family Photo for President from Warsaw Family
Mrs William Hoover of Warsaw presents her husband with their thir teenth child, six boys and seven girls, all living. Mayor C A Rigdon will send a photo of the family to President Roosevelt in South Bend Indiana on May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
William Hoover
Warsaw
C. A. Rigdon
Roosevelt
Society A Country Party Hosted by the Sprankles
Mr and Mrs Fremont Sprankle hosted a dinner party southwest of the city entertaining numerous ladies including Mesdames Ambler Bartlett Brosius Crousé Craighead Erwis Edmunds Jacobs Kimmel Lackey Lefkauf Gusching Rousseau Ruvey and Mr and Mrs Henry Brosius James Erwin George Grouse and Dr Cecil Kimmel. Lydia Stevick celebrated her eighty second birthday Sunday with relatives and close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Sprankle
Mesdames Ambler
Bartlett
Brosius
Crousé
Craighead
Erwis
Edmunds
Jacobs
Kimmel
Lackey
Lefkauf
Gusching
Rousseau
Ruvey
Henry Brosius
James’ Erwin
George’ ‘Grouse
Cecil Kimmel
Woman's Club League Renamed and Expanded
The Woman's Club League has changed its name to the Woman's League and plans broader work across art domestic science education civic improvement philanthropy and industrial efforts. New bylaws outline dues promotions membership eligibility and federation duties with emphasis on inclusion of women’s organizations in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club League
Woman's League
I. N. Taylor
Clrb League
Association of
Federation
Indiana State Federation of Clubs
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Fort Wayne
Woman’s League
Club League
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Goetz
Hausbach
Connett
Reisinger
Mrs
Alien County
Min
Bash
Commercial
Pennsy
Schaefer
T. M. Leonard
Belle
Vue
Dave Terry
Shop News
Belic
H. Scheumacher
Sosenheimer—Witte
Bleekman—Maxwell
Geraldine Maxwell
Lee
Arthur Bleekman
Gloyd’s Mill
Methodist Church
Mr. Bleekman
Gebert—Sarazen
Lizzie E. Sarazen
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