Children Play Doctor Tragedy Linked to Strychnine Poisoning
Alma Musser told how a game of doctor led to Clifford Howenstein's death from strychnine tablets and illness of Louis Kinner. Neighbors say the girls claimed play dosage while doctors and parents seek the truth amid mixed statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Howenstine
Howenstine
Alma Bullivan
Mary Musser
Juasita
Sullivan
Trowenstine Lad
the Sentinel
Musser
Alma Sullivan
Cifford Sebastian Howenstein
Julius Howenstein
Barr Street
Louis Kinner
Jeff Moore
Howenstein
W. ©. Gross
Kekionga Hive Charters Fort Wayne Ladies in May 16
Kekionha hive of the Mac cabes of the World was instituted in Fort Wayne on May 16. Grace Meredith of Wabash state commander and Maude Briles of Fairmount deputy supreme commander presided. Charter members total 25 with Eliza Bower as lady commander and 11 officers named. The Star theater hall hosted the meeting and reviews are set for the second and fourth Friday evenings monthly. The charter will be delivered publicly at a later date.
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Kekionga Hive
Star Theater Hall
Fort Wayne Banking Institute elects Scheumann president
Edward F. Scheumann of First National Bank was elected president of the Fort Wayne chapter of the American Institute of Banking at a Wednesday meeting at the Commercial club. Amos Richey and Albert Allgeler named vice president and secretary respectively, with C. J. Steins as treasurer and an executive committee including Karl Juergenson Otto Schellmann Ray Getz Edward Butler and others. A banquet committee was formed for a summer outing at Robison Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Scheumann
Jate
Edward F. Scheumann
First National Bank
Fort Wayne
American Institute of Banking
Commercial Club
Mr. Scheumann
C. R. Willson
The
Commercial Bank
Amos Richey
Old National
Albert Allgeler
C. J. Steins
Nuttman ‘Bank
Karl, Juergenson
Otto Schellmann
Hamilton National
Ray Getz
First National
F. Reitze
Edward Butler
People's Trust
Charles Aumenn
MB. Aghnaon
Ciisen
Trust
Algeyer
L. Blade
Robison Park
Willson Jastervcithigiet
Robs victim of auto collision and theft case
Louis Arens, 24, was arrested by Detective Hall after confessing to stealing $15 from Mrs. Louis Finney who was injured when her wagon was struck on the Maysville road. Finney, concussed but unharmed, had been helped home as Arens took cash from a handbag and discarded the purse nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Arens
Hall
Louis Finney
Maysville
Madison Street
Arens
McLaughlin Re elected President Of Catholic Benevolent League
Thomas J. McLaughlin of this city was re elected supreme president of the Catholic Benevolent League of Indiana at the Fort Wayne council session. Fort Wayne won the 1913 convention after Hammond bid for next year. New officers include Lauerman Hammond secretary Christen Fort Wayne Kohrman Fort Wayne Gocke Fort Wayne Mrs Matilda Smith Fort Wayne J F Byiiger Hammond and Dr J E McArdle Fort Wayne. A reception and dance at Mulqueen academy closed the session as delegates headed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. McLaughlin
Catholic Benevolent League of Indiana
Fort Wayne
Hammond
M. E., Lauerman
George Christen
J. J. Kohrman
A. A. Gocke
Matilda Smith
J. F. Byiiger
J. E. McArdle
Mulqueen Academy
Dental Inspection in Schools Highlights Health and Study Gains
Indianapolis May 18 Health talk by Dr Hartman of Fort Wayne links aching teeth and swollen tonsils to student dropouts and impure mouth disease. Dr Mason reports good school results. officers elected include Redman president and Thompson vice president. O A King named secretary and trustees chosen to lead Indiana State Dental Association.
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Indianapolis
B. Hartman
Fort Wayne
M. A. Mason
EB. Redman
Peru
Indiana State Dental Association
H. M. Thompson
O. A. King
Huntington
E M. Sparks
Rushville
J. ©. Zubrod
Evansviligg
Hulley
Marton
Cox
Richmond
National Dental Association
Cleveland
English Authority Advises Child Seats Far From Curtain
A moving picture expert insists children should not sit within thirty feet of the curtain. The advice aims to protect young viewers from distraction and glare during screenings.
Taft remarks on small headed men in clubs in Washington
President Taft addressed a Jewish temple gathering in Washington and criticized club members who use black balls to exclude prominent figures. He tied the issue to a New York congressman's exclusion and noted broader social prejudice while defending self-respect and equality.
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Washington
Taft
New York
America
New Eight Thousand Dollar Mill Opens Near Kendallville
Kendallville Indiana May 18 The eight thousand dollar saw mill north of the city is in operation. Owner John Menely of South Milford supervises by Mr Steckley. A large stock of timber is on hand to be cut for lumber and building material, with continuous operation planned.
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Kendallville
Ind
John Meneley
South Milford
Steckley
Realty Showing Steady Advance on Calhoun Street
Edward Eleindinst purchased the northwest corner of Calhoun and Brackenridge streets for 46200 through the Van Meter agency. The 66.45 by 140 foot property, once owned by William Moellering, is valued for business potential despite inconsequential buildings.
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Calhoun Street
Edward Eleindinst
William
Catholic Benevolent League Enacts Membership Expansion
The Indiana Catholic Benevolent League adjourned at Minuet Hall after enacting an age limit expansion from 18–45 to 16–50, with insurance limits for 45–50 year olds. They rejected renaming to the Catholic Family League and approved establishing a sick benefit fund in Lake County. The league will publish its official organ from Chesterton and consider reelecting top officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Benevolent League of
Indiana
Catholic Family League
Minuet’ Hall
Lake County
Catholic Columbia League
Herman J. Alerding
Wrankfort
Catholic Benevolent League of Indiana
Fort Wayne
Alerding
Supreme Council
League
Columbia League Record
Father H. Juraschek
Chesterton
T. J. McLaughlin
George Christen
John J. Kohrman
Thomas Hume Dead Former Pennsylvania Conductor
Thomas Hume aged about seventy years died at his farm home two and a half miles west of Grabill Wednesday morning after a three year illness caused by paralysis. Survived by wife, a son, and a daughter married and living in Grabill. He worked as brake man and later conductor on the Pennsylvania road for years before losing his job in 1894 during the American Railway Union strike and later moved to a farm residence. Mrs. John Ferguson of 1505 Crescent avenue was a relative.
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Thomas Hume
Grabill
Hume
Pennsylvania Road
American Railway Union
West Willams Street
John 'T Ferguson
Crescent Avenue
Beav er Went 10 Jail for Theft
Louis Beaver, amid petty city crime, received ten days in jail and a $5 fine for stealing a bale of hay to feed his starving horse. His wife, children, and the family’s struggle under poverty are described as she laments his absence in the May sunshine. A judge warned against drinking, which Beaver failed to curb, leading to the sentence. Other cases include Jim Woodworth’s fifteen day term for drunkenness.
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Louis Beaver
Beaver
First Woman’s Club Organizer Dies at 75 in Illinois
Mrs Con stance Fauntleroy Runcie of St Joseph Mo died in a Winnetka sanitarium at 75. She organized the first American woman’s club in 1859 at New Harmony Ind nine years before the Sorosis club in New York. Born in Indianapolis she was the widow of Dr James Runcie an Episcopal minister.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Constance Fauntleroy Runcie
America
Winnetka
Ill
Runcie
New Harmony
Ind
New York
Indianapolis
James Runcie
Bribery Report Ties Lorimer Election to Corruption
The Helm committee report on William Lorimer’s U S Senate election cites bribery and corruption as pivotal. It criticizes Judge Petit for habeas rulings in the Tilden Cummings and Mitchell case and recounts Kohsaat’s testimony about Edward Hines and Clarence Funk in a $100,000 election scheme.
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Springfield
Ill
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Senate
Petit
Tilden
Cummings
Mitchell
Helin
Hay
McKenzie
Ettelson
Burton
Kohlisaat
H. H. Kohsaat
Chicago Record Herald
Kohlsaat
Clarence S. Funk
International Harvester Company
Funk
Edward Hines
Mr. Lorimer
Beieves
Joint district convention of Evangelical churches scheduled
The Young People's alliance and laymen of Evangelical churches in Alien Adams and Jay counties Indiana will hold a two day district convention in this city on June 6 and 7. Sessions will be at Bethel church on Tuesday and at Crescent Avenue church on Tuesday evening and Wednesday with separate days for laymen and the Young People's alliance. Delegates from neighboring cities are expected and three outside speakers are planned. The Forward Movement mission work and August plans for Oakwood park at Lake Wawasee will be discussed.
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The
Young People’s Alliance
Evangelical Churches
Alien
Adams
Jay
Ohio
Bethel Church
Crescent Avenue Evangelical Church
Young People's Alliance
D. O. Wise
Decatur
E. EB. Miller
Markle
C. D. Rarey
J. J. Wise
Fort Wayne
C. A. Hirschmann
Oakwood Park
Lake Wawasee
Auto Fire Damages Sawyer Vehicle on South Fairfield
An auto driven by A. H. Sawyer local Burroughs Adding Machine sales manager caught fire on South Fairfield avenue at night and was badly damaged. Firemen arrived after the flames were quenched by road dust. Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer escaped injury. Damage confined to the forward section of the car.
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A. H. Sawyer
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
South Fairfield Avenue
No. 8 Engine House
Casterline Former Fort Wayne Printer Dies in Cleveland
Word reached Fort Wayne of the death of C. C. Casterline in Cleveland on Tuesday. He worked in Fort Wayne newspapers and later at the government printing office in Washington and for the Pennsylvania company. He suffered a paralysis stroke eighteen months ago. Survived by widow and three children Charles and Robert of Cleveland and Mrs. Ed Sigl of Fort Wayne. Funeral in Cleveland with Calvary cemetery burial.
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C. C. Casterline
Cleveland
Charles
Robert Casterline
Ed Sigl
Fort Wayne
Rebels Capture Corsair After Bloody Siege Near Culiacan
Reports from Via Nogales describe a twelve day battle near Corsair in the Culiacan region, Sinaloa. Rebels about 1,400 attacked a 400-strong federal garrison, leaving desolation and many dead. The final surrender came under terms allowing retreat with honors.
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Culiacan
Sinaloa
Nogales
Corsair
Caliacan
Annual Parade of the Veterans at Richmond Encampment
Richmond Ind May 18 The thirty second Indiana department Grand Army of the Republic encampment featured its annual parade with more than 2 000 veterans present though heat and age limited attendance. Ladies of the G A R rode in carriages and infirm veterans were assisted in the parade. Two likely actions include backing Congressmans Sherwoods 1 a day pension and plans to erect a Salisbury monument for Oliver P Morton born in the county. The next encampment likely will be in South Bend.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Sherwood
Ohio
Salisbury
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
South Bend
Fort Wayne Automatic Oil and Gasoline Spaoly Company Formed
A new Fort Wayne firm named the Fort Wayne Automatic Oil and Gasoline Spoly company is incorporated with $5,000 capital by August Bowser Joseph Hartman C H Rippe W V Anderson Emil Weilhe William Miller Martin F Scheele W O Gross Noah Egley J C Hutzell Fred W Meinzen F B Gahagan and Fred H Fehling. It will install oil and gasoline vending machines in city streets. The Bowser invention will supply oil and gasoline to autoists, using vendor slugs to operate machines at various points for around the clock service.
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Fort Wayne
August Bowser
Joseph Hartman
C. H. Rippe
W .V. Anderson
Emil Weilhe
William Miller
Martin F. Scheele
W. O. Gross
Noah Egley
J. C. Hutzell
Fred W. Meinzen
F. B. Gahagan
Fred H. Fehling
Autoista
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al Upleger
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James L. Robinson
Fairfield Avenue
T. J. Mlaughlin
Supreme Council’ Catholic
Benevolent League
S. B. Hartman
State Dental Society
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco 1. Madero,jr
Capital
Kane
Catholic Benevolent League
Dis
Pennsylvania
City Court
Jim Woodworth
First — Club
Missouri
NEW Harmony Lady
W. A. Johnston
Kansas
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Lawrence
Kan
Stubbs
Board of Control
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Chalkley
Helm Committee
Senate of Illinois
Chicago
the District Convention of
A. H. Sawyers
Blaze
G. C. Casterline
HERCE
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Grand Army
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