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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1907

Page

5

First Communion At St Pauls And Cathedral Rite Observed

Sunday May 26 nine youths at St Pauls Catholic church receive first communion and renew baptismal vows. Cathedral rites include forty young ladies and thirty-two young men partaking first communion and renewing vows with Rt Rev Bishop Alerding presiding.

St. Paul’s Catholic Church Herbert Nichter Carla Brunner George Koontz Edward Link Frank Pfeiffer Amanda Leonard Mary Brillmeier Mary Schmitt Veronica Zuber Alerding Sodality Nora Brower Loretta Didier Alice Thompson Georgia Weaver Lillian Honthein Florence Laibe Stella Clemmer Grace Henderson Regina Kamphues Grace Keeley Marie Mercer Walter Stephen Metker John Joseph Vorndran Thomas Anthony Huguenard Julius Frederick Manuel Henry Joseph Voors Robert Joseph Magers Winfred Charles Ro Jape Leslie Joseph Alexander Ralph Joseph Grime Paul Joseph Glutting Alfred Joseph Thompson Francis Joseph Moritz Joseph Charles Toussaint Marvin Anthony Luegring Stephan John Weber Charles Alphonse Girardot Adrian Joseph Hayes Francis Joseph Davis Edward Joseph Schreck Charles Aloysius Shoeff

William Martin 74th Birthday Celebration At Broadway Home

Saturday marked the 74th birthday of veteran house mover William Martin. A large gathering of relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin at 1439 Broadway to honor the occasion.

William Martin Mrs. Martin Broadway

Fort Wayne retirement brings 53 years of work and family ties

Longtime Fort Wayne craftsman and house mover Mr. Martin, born Germany May 18 1833 and resident for 53 years, raised or moved 1300 houses. He married twice, with children William Christian Lewis and others in Fort Wayne Garrett and Decatur areas. Active in St John Lutheran church and several Lutheran congregations, he attended a tonight celebration as religious work and church involvement marked his life.

Martin Fort Wayne Germany America Whitley County George Eberhart Huntington N. G. Olds & Sons Garrett Auburn Decatur Mr. Martin St. John’s Lutheran Church Schaaf St. John'’s Church

Painter falls fifteen feet from swinging stage at Joly home

Albert Blakely, painter with Volmerding & Blakely, was injured when a swinging stage collapsed at Frank Joly’s residence, 1119 Lake Avenue. He suffered a fracture to a leg below the knee and a broken arm, after misplacing his foot while pulling himself up. He resides at 73 Baltes Avenue and was attended by a surgeon at home.

Frank Joly Lake Avenue Albert Blakely Baltes Avenue Volmerding & Blakely Blakely

Cogan Faces Vagrancy Charge in City Court

John Cogan, in ragged clothes with safety pins, resented a vagrancy charge in city court and said he is a beggar. A $5 fine and costs were imposed after he admitted he never worked and survives by begging. He was jailed after questioning in the Pennsylvania yards. Cole Case Continued. A Bass Foundry guard, J. J. Cole, got a continuance until Tuesday morning on incident and battery charges with a $50 bond. A strike-breaker, Lew Clark, was fined $1 and costs for drunkenness after a disturbance.

John Cogan City Court Pennsylvania Yards Cole J. J. Cole Bass Foundry S. L. Morris Lew Clark Majors

Marion township Sunday School holds first convention of year

Special correspondence from Poe Indiana reports Marion township Sunday School association convened in the Christian church for an afternoon and evening program. Rev S G Battenfield A S Cowell and others led talks on several topics while the Poe orchestra and a youth class sang. Local social visits and a recent wedding are noted along with typhoid fever affecting Mrs Walter Rayner.

Sentinel Poe Ind Marion Township Sunday School Association Christian Church This Place Model Bible School John Essig Willi Roberts William Essig Monta Fort Wayne Man Roberts Hoagland Owls Smith and Ruhl Emerick Miller Frank Snider Edward Somers Iona Ketrow Florence Morton Walter Rauner Clarence Stout Thomas Mullen Harley Somers Etna Trenary Ossian Martin M. E Mr. Somers Simon Somers Huntertown Miss Trenary John Trenary Somers Clark Essig James Deel Walter Rayner

Census Count Noted for District Population

A recent police census lists District of Columbia residents at 29,591 with 96,188 identified as negroes.

Washington District of Columbia

Postoffice Robbed in Pasadena Stamps Stolen

Pasadena California May 18 robbers blew open the main Pasadena postoffice on North Raymond avenue between Union and Holly and stole 13000 dollars in unbroken stamp packages from the safe location and time of the break-in not specified in the readable text

Pasadena California Cal Raymond Avenue Union and Holly

Weber elected Indiana Travelers Protective president

Anderson Indiana May 18 John H Weber of South Bend was elected president of the Indiana Travelers Protective Association at its seventeenth annual convention. W B Chambers of Terre Haute was re elected secretary and treasurer with vice presidents Tom Burke Kokomo John Watt Fort Wayne Jeff McDonald Crawfordsville and trustees R G Weber Harry Meyer and Herman Zimmerman all of Terre Haute. About 500 members and 420 delegates attended. a 9 am street parade drew 1 000 men but rain halted the procession half a block from start.

Indiana

Fatal Smash on the Evansville Car Lines

Evansville Indiana May 17 a street car manned by non union men jumped the tracks at Eighth and Walnut crashing into a corner building burying three people under debris Two men suffered skull fractures and a baby was trapped for twenty minutes all fatally injured The accident followed a front end fight between a union sympathizer and the motorman After sixteen hours service resumed with non union crews as mob violence and strikes continued involving cars and drivers

Evansville Ind Eighth Walnut Streets Eighth Street Evansville and Southern Railway Company Second Street

New York Firemen Save Imperiled Comrades

In New York on May 16 a group of about six firemen were trapped in the hold of a burning oil barge at the White Star line piers in the Hudson. They were rescued by fellow firefighters after a burst of flame and smoke. All six victims were seriously burned but expected to recover. the barge sustained only minor damage.

New York White Star Line Hudson River

Priest Retires As Otis Church Welcomes New Pastor

Bishop Alerding names Rev. Felix Seroczynski, formerly of SS Cyril and Methodius North Judson, as pastor of St Marys Otis Indiana succeeding Rev. Irvin Rasczkiewiscz who retires due to age. Seroczynski grew up in Fort Wayne with parents still residing there.

Alerding J. Rasczkiewiscz Felix Seroczynski SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church North Judson Irvin Rasczkiewisccz St. Mary's Church Otis Ind Rasczkiewiscz Fort Wayne Father Seroczynski

Butler county infirmary funds misspent in graft probe

A report to the governor by State Examiners J. A. Bliss and H. H. Brown finds Butler County infirmary directors spent about $100,060 illegally from September 1, 1903, to January 1, 1904, amid a graft inquiry in Columbus Ohio.

Columbus Ohio Butler County Infirmary Aday J. A. Bliss HH Brown

Christian Endeavor to hold international convention in Seattle

Boston May 18. Announcement in Christian Endeavor headquarters outlines the twenty third international convention to be held in Seattle July 10 15. Rev Francis E Clark to preside with speeches by prominent figures including Charles W Fairbanks and Handel Messiah concert with 150 piece orchestra and 1500 voice chorus.

Boston Christian Endeavor International Christian Endeavor Seattle Wash Francis E. Clark Lincoln Hotel Board of Albert E. Mead Washington William H. Moore John Pollock European Christian Endeavor Union St. Enoch’s Presbyterian Church Belfast Ireland Shaw Clark George Nicholls M. P London England William Phillips Hall American Bible League New York van Ogden Vogt World’s Christian Endeavor Union W. S. Chamberlain United Society of Christian Endeavor For India Burmah Ceylon J. H. Straughn West Lafayette College Ohio Amos Wells

Well Known Rounder in Washington in Trouble

Washington May 18 Gaston C Philip of New York and Washington a prominent club man shot and dangerously wounded Frank B McAboy a night carriage driver after a quarrel over a commission the two men had spent the night together at the Arlington hotel Philip was arrested McAboy lay wounded in his room with a bullet in his left breast and the revolver lay in Philips hand. Philip who has lived in Washington for years has prominent local connections.

Washington Gaston C. Philip New York Washingion Frank B. McAboy Philip McAboy Arlington Hotel

Miss Carrie Noble Wraps Up Successful Cedarville School Term

May 18 Cedarville district reports Miss Carrie Noble closes a term in St. Joseph township with a big community dinner and an instructional program. Nearly 100 attend despite bad weather. each child receives a souvenir. Noble plans Valparaiso University studies this summer. Elsewhere in the region plans: Prof. A B Stevens studies sewerage for Angola. Rev. Hendricks takes charge of South Milford M E circuit churches. Warsaw church stained glass windows damaged by stones. Edgar Nelson Wilson, five, breaks leg from a tree fall.

Cedarville Carrie Noble St. Joseph Township Miss Noble Valparaiso University A. B. Stevens Jackson, Mich Angola Rev. Hendricks Muncie South Milford M. E Warsaw Edgar Leon Nelson Wilson Ligonier

Strike Wreck Attempt Halts Oak Summit Streetcars

In Evansville Indiana on May 18 a rock weighing about half a ton was placed on Oak Summit line to wreck a street car. It was found before cars passed and traffic was resumed with non union workers from St Louis and Nashville. Mayor Boehne ordered special patrolmen as 130 conductors and motormen join the strike with no settlement in sight.

Evansville Ind Oak Summit St. Louis Nashville Boehne

Nominal Tender of Troops In Evansville Amid Street Strike

Mayor Boehne of Evansville says no troops are needed to control the Evansville street railway strike but would request them if required. He explains that allowing uniformed police on cars could trigger a citywide labor strike. Private Secretary Gemmer in Indianapolis relayed the governor's office inquiry.

Indianapolis Gemmer Boehne Evansville Boehbne

State Tax Board raises Indiana corporate property values

Indianapolis May 18 The state board of tax commissioners closed its first session by boosting the statewide corporate property assessment from 224 377 446 to 236 790 754 a net increase of about 12 million dollars. Railroads especially steam lines saw large mileage and main line increases, while interurbans stayed near last year and express and telegraph firms faced mixed changes. Western Union’s assessment fell by nearly 1 million.

Indianapolis State Board of Tax Commissioners Express State Board Western Union

Deaths, marriages, and notices from Adams County

W. H. Shepherd of Hartford township dies at 67 from paralysis. Curtis Franks, Bluffton carpenter, dies from a spinal fracture after a fall. Marion seeks Grand Army of the Republic encampment funds next year if locals pledge support. Myrtle Barker and Harry Wheeler of Huntington wed in Kalamazoo and will reside in Napoleon. R. C. Houser, visiting Ossian after 25 years, founded Ossian’s first graded school 32 years ago.

W. H. Shepherd Adams County Hartford Township Curtis Franks Bluffton Marion Grand Army of the Republic Myrtle Barker Harry Wheeler Huntington Kalamazoo Mich Napoleon, O R. C. Houser Michigan City Ossian Houser

San Francisco Committee of Seven Assert Control Over City Affairs

In San Francisco on May 18 reports describe a five-organization committee of seven wielding influence over municipal governance. The group claims Mayor Schmitz promised to follow their directives, including police, works board, and street department changes, under a ten line agreement.

San Francisco Committee of Seven Schmitz Works Board F. W. van Sicklen

Compact 19th Century Luncheon Menu Fragment

A fragmented ledger style lunch listing includes oatmeal dates cream sugar salt pork hominy muffins coffee and cream, followed by luncheon items such as creamed asparagus omelet warm rolls and weights or quantities scattered in text. The readable items suggest a historical meal plan or ration record with mixed measurements and totals.

Proper Diet Principles For Healthy Living And Menu Balance

Guidance on nutrition explains that protein fats carbohydrates minerals and water are essential. A well balanced daily menu should provide about 100 g protein 113 g fats 317 g carbohydrates totaling 2500 3000 calories with seasonal fruits and vegetables and digestible combinations. It notes beans beat meat in nutrition per weight and suggests potatoes mainly as carbohydrate and recommends pairing vegetables with nitrogen rich foods.

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