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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1903
Page
5
A mother's letter describes severe epilepsy-like fits in her 18 month old son. After trials with several doctors, Dr Miles Restorative Nervine halted the seizures, straightened his body, and restored health. Mrs Uriah Nelson of Lansing Iowa endorses the remedy and urges inquiries to Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
Milton Granger was fined five dollars and costs and given a sixty day jail sentence for stealing a bicycle from Louis P. Stapleford. He had earlier tried to sell a graphophone, then rode off with the bicycle in Stapleford's sight. The officer detained him as he tried to sell the wheel at a second hand store on Barr street. The department seeks the graphophone owner.
Federal action filed in Fort Wayne targets Chicago stockholders tied to Columbia City Heel Manufacturing. Judge Anderson names G. L. McLallen temporary receiver as books and assets await transfer. Chicago parties resist surrender, facing potential contempt of court and further sanctions.
Advertising note announces lowest prices on wall paper and trading stamps at L. C. Hulls located at 830 Calhoun, inviting shoppers to visit for bargains.
The Ladies' Aid society of Bethel Evangelical church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. D. S. Oakes, 126 Woodland Avenue.
Investors can obtain a complete Allen County map at the Grocery Store in Bald win. The notice promotes access to a detailed map showing oil lease locations and associated properties for interested parties.
Senator Hanna and W. J. Curtis visited the president discussing the Panama route and canal build, with Hanna stressing broad public support for the Isthmian path. Admiral Glass sent a brief telegram from Panama, while naval units patrol the approaches as Nashville and others move to gather information.
At the Wallace opera house last night two men were killed and two women wounded after a dispute over a cigar led to gunfire as theatergoers left. Victims include Dr. W. F. Fims and miner William Cuff with police officers injured in the panic.
General William G. Andrews of Clinton, Iowa, at the Wayne son, is in town. He held the contract for interior decorations of the county courthouse in this city.
James Lewis Myers faced circuit court trial in Crawfordsville Indiana for the 1876 murder of Branson Sloan. Sloan, intoxicated, annoyed Myers the employer with money requests and Myers fled after the crime.
The passage notes a respected citizen’s movement to Tennessee and a return in August to the 314 place where he was recognized and arrested. It also highlights that former Judge A. D. Thomas, who prosecuted the murder, later serves as Myers' counsel in the case.
Michigan City records seven fires in twenty hours since Sunday night. A hay and grain storage fire destroyed a barn and poultry house at the start. The Lake Erie and Western tool house burned next, followed by a lumber yard blaze. A residence warehouse and barn burned, with several hundred dollars in damage. A forest fire rages west of the city as winds push flames toward town, with hose lines protecting homes at the hill foot.
A pure food show and fair under the Clerks' union opened last evening in Seengerbund hall. Charles Durfee received a barrel of Queen Bee crackers from Craig Biscuit Company and Christian Koch got a Great Western washer from Horton Manufacturing. Each evening a visitor will receive a valuable present, followed by a dance program.
Mrs. John Vandiver of Greensburg Indiana was killed by a train in Kokomo while visiting her daughter Mrs. Joel Porter. She was 70 years old.
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