Local News from The Weekly Sentinel May 23 1894
Notable items include births, engagements, and deaths in Fort Wayne area. Born to Mr and Mrs Archibald on Hanna Street a son. Michael Leilly, ninety two, dies at county asylum. Engagement announced Miss Helen Stringer to William Glenn. wedding planned early June. House fire and police actions reported along with minor local incidents.
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A. F. Archibald
Hanna Street
John Wessel
St. Martin Street
McKay
Battle Creek
Crawfordsville
Michael Leilly
Sylum
Pennsylvania
Asylum
Helen Stringer
West DeWald Street
William Glenn
Schlaudroff
Franklin Avenue
Peru Journal
Thomas Hill
Organ
Fort Wayne
Robert Miller
Third Street
N. A
Howe
Tommy Dizon
Efternoon
Show
Soblandroff
Liggett
DeWald and
Barr Streets
William Gravity
Plymouth
Mabel
Boston
T. A.borton
Ralph Eddowes Beebe
Wilmette
Mr. Eddowes
Geneva
Lattimore
Miss Barton
L. Kleinrichert
Anus
Mary's Church
Father Pochtering
Lawrence
New Haven
Mertin Dentsel
Auber
Decessed
Indiana
Revenue Service
Selis Hrothers’ Circus
Melle
George Kunis
J. Scintler
Maumee Avenue
Germany
George Kuntz
William Gallmeier
Marion
Old Country
Minnie B
West Lewis Street
Army of Commonwealers marches toward Centlivre Park
General Randall and 240 soldiers begin trekking from Columbia City toward Fort Wayne. Mayor and Supt. Liggett plan to meet them west of Bass farm and escort the column through Fort Wayne streets toward Centlivre park, where they will camp tonight and be fed by local unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall
Columbia City
Fort Wayne
Slep
Messrs. Centlivre
Centlivre Park
Warnaw
Pierceton
Fair Grounds
Oakley
Liggett
Bass Farm
Spring Street
Huffman Street
Huffman
Wells
Sixth Street
Spy Run Bridge
Spy Run Avenue
Frank Schaeffer
Oscar Wobrock
Sextixet
Centlivre
TWO DOCTORS EXPELLED FOR SECRET ALLIANCE AND SMALLPOX CHARGES
Allen County Medical Society expelled Dr Dinnen and Dr Myers after an all night session. Secretive proceedings, locked rooms, and a smallpox related placement at Hope hospital cited as motives. Public opinion divided on radical measures amid debate over treatments and Ely's Cream Balm praised by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen County Medical Society
Drs. Dinnen
Myers
Little Bond
Hope Hospital
Dr. Myers
Dr. Dinnen
Insurance Rates Spark Fort Wayne Protest Conference
Merchants in Fort Wayne oppose a new insurance rate schedule as it raises overall costs by 10 to 20 percent despite some reductions. A conference will meet near week’s end or early next week between two local company agents and the rates committee to adjust inequities and consider individual reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Committee On
Bride seeks void marriage after alleged drugging in Hanover Hotel
Catharine M. Shacklette of Alexandria files for nullification of her marriage to J. Roas Landers of Chicago, saying the wedding at Hotel Hanover on April 26 was procured by fraud and coercion while she was under the influence of a drug and without her knowledge or consent. The suit, issued in Poinaperrusa Pennsylvania, names Landers to appear and answer. The case is returnable September 17. Shacklette is 65, Landers 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poinaperrusa
Catharine M. Shacklette
Alexandria
J. Roas Landers
Chicago
Hanover
Landers
Shacklette
Sheanskia
Castoria Promotional Verse From an Oral Ad Copy
A nostalgic promotional verse traces Castoria use from infancy to adulthood, claiming lifelong reliance on the product as a remedy or comforting staple across stages of a woman’s life. The misspelled lines imitate a vintage advertisement tone.
Death of a tramp sparks medical college dissection plan
A dead tramp Louis Mette alias Fred Snyder, aged eighteen, died after vagrancy at Fort Wayne county jail. His body was given to Fort Wayne Medical College for dissection despite pleas from Chatsworth, Illinois, and his foster father’s refusal to claim the remains. The case raises questions about charity and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Medical College
Louis Mette
St. Joseph Hospital
Tak Srs- Tines
Mette
Fred Snyder
Wabash Round House
France
George C. Siemen
Louis Matte
Chattsworth
Dr. Siemen
Metta
Clarence H. Smith
Plaindealer
Cll. Siemen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dean Sig
Clarence H Swita
Stemen
Jollowa
Fort Warne
Larence H. Smith
Chatsworth
Deak
St Joseph Hospital
C. B. Steven
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