Allen County Trustees Discuss New Depository Law
County Attorney G Hoffman explained the upcoming depository law to township trustees and advisory boards in the courthouse assembly room. He outlined how deposits are made, bonds required, and emphasized selecting banks within the state to avoid cross border errors. All townships in the county were represented. A civil suit between D F Sieling and W Franke over an alley was settled before trial in the circuit court. County commissioners received printing bids for the treasurer’s office with Globe Printing at 219.90 and Fort Wayne Printing at 220. The Globe Printing company won the contract.
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Court House
BE G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Ohio
Diederick F. Sieling
William Franke
Globe Printing Company
Fort Wayne Printing Company
Globe Concern
Will of Martin Ziegler Probate Disturbs County Court
The circuit court probated the unsigned will of farmer Martin Ziegler of the northern county, leaving $600 to son John for his mother’s life and funeral costs, $100 each to daughters Dotter and Dotter Ann, with no rest of estate disposition. Other court items include guardianship for James W. Maloney, incapacity case for Rose, a folk-story city court incident, and various local offenses and trials including Derlosan’s gun case and ongoing Romanian rioter proceedings.
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Martin Ziegler
John
Mary
William Goodfellow
James W. Maloney
Defeat of Second Indictment in Schaden Saloon Case
In circuit court, an attempt to defeat the second indictment against William C. Schaden failed on a legal technicality. Otto Seidel testified he was in the saloon Sunday and bought beer, with another man buying a cigar. Patrolman Frank Cheviron corroborated. Judge O'Rourke allowed the trial to proceed, with evidence touching on the Sunday in question.
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William C. Schaden
Ury
Otto Seidel
Frank Cheviron
Schaden
Man Testimony Rebuttal Fails in Circuit Court
Deliberations loom as jurors likely to be sent for the end of the term with testimony from men inside the saloon. The defense appeared weak and no refutation of the witnesses' claims was attempted. A verdict may arrive late this evening as the circuit court session wraps up. Mrs. W. H. Hudson seeks relief in superior court after a nickel plate incident leaves her destitute, applying for a further allowance to cover basic needs and noting about six dollars held by the rolling mile company. The distress argues against the theory of a suicide attempt. Dena Kelker receives a divorce from John Kelker citing hitting, desertion, and failure to provide over three years. Two additional divorces granted to Frederick C. Pabbert from Henrietta Pabbert and Alice Manly from John Manly. Roemke ditch project approved by commissioners after hearing in Maumee and Milan townships.
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Hudson
Rolling Mile Company
Dena Kelker
John Kelker
Heaton
Frederick C. F. Pabbert
Henrietta Pabbert
Alice Manly
John Manly
Receiver Appointed for Keystone Grocery Firm
MONDAY. A. H. Perfect & Co. sought a superior court receivership of A. R. Walter & Co. Keystone grocery stock placed under care of William J. Barr for creditors. Walter and Weaver named as defendants. alleged debts total $3,203.91. Stock valued under $7,000. Also, Hyndman obtained a restraining order against Albert E. Carroll over farm utility wires to Indiana School for Feeble-minded Youth. Fort Wayne Rolling Mills ordered to pay wages into court for divorce settlement. Case against William C. Shaden resumes as state questions evidence in saloon Sunday case. Good Citizenship league members questioned. Ada McCormack seeks writ of mandamus to force city to divide sewer assessment of $4.39 into ten annual payments.
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Heaton
A. H. Perfect & Co
A. R. Walter & Co
Keystone Grocery
William J. Barr
Walter
Amos R. Walter
Charles W. Weaver
Samuel Hyndman
Albert E. Carroll
Indiana School For
Institution
Colonia
Fort Wayne Rolling Mills Company
Hudson
Columbia Street Mission
William C. Schaden
M. A. Mason
Good Citizenship League
Ada McCormack
Superior Court
A. M. Schmidt
Breen and Morris File Action Over Installment Pay
The controller refused to fill out the required blanks or supply them, and Breen & Morris filed the action as a result.
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Breen & Morris
Saloon Case Deliberations End With Suspected Disagreement
Proceedings in the William C Schaden saloon case concluded for the day after jury deliberations stretched past 3:30. City Attorney Colerick moved to strike questions in the Home Telephone interrogatories over poles and wire routes. Court actions included Gerlach seeking Ada Gerlach’s trunk from Bush and wife, Battenberg seeking divorce after elopement in 1901, and three Hud son children committed to Allen county orphans home.
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Guy Colerick
Home Telephone and Telegraph Company
William A. Gerlach
Ada Gerlach
BE. K. Bush
Breen
Morris
Bush
George F. Battenberg
Ethel Iona Battenberg
Alton Schesley
Leo R. Hartzell
William S. Hudson
Allen County
Markets Open Firm Then Fall on Large Wheat Selloff
Chicago wheat opened firm and weakened under heavy selling pressure from 727 car receipts reported in Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago. December dipped to 92 1 2 cents before a late rally left it about 15 16 cents lower at 92 1 2 to 92 3 4 cents. Corn followed wheat down, December at 56 1 2 to 57 1 2 cents, while oats and rye posted lighter prices. Closed with wheat at 92 3 4 cents, corn near 55 1 2 cents, and pork and lard futures mixed in the nearby market. Toledo grain prices showed spot and near prices varying.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Shorts
C. Satmiats Park
East Buffalo Market Hogs and Sheep Close Mixed
East Buffalo New York reports Hog receipts of 2550 with shipments mostly to New York and prices for heavies 5.95 to 6.90, bulls and roughs around 5, sheep and lambs receipts 1600 with lambs at 37.25. Chicago and Cincinnati markets show varied cattle and hog totals and price ranges, with hogs at roughly 4.95 to 6.20 and lambs around 4.00 to 4.16 in several regions.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Esterday
Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Fiiaee
Pittsburg
Igh
Ogs
Butter and Cheese Markets Show Mixed Telegram Readings
Chicago reports butter prices steady to firm with creameries at 22 23 cents and dairies 21 via, cheese market easing in New York with September and October figures varying, receipts 8 605 boxes. Other markets note live poultry steady, turkey 14 cents and chickens 9 cents, while Fort Wayne markets list North Lima 94 cents, South Lima and Indiana 8 cents.
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Chicago
New York
Akima
Baegs
Pennsylvania
Toledo
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Special Sale Opens November 12 at Kane's Store
A statewide promotional sale runs from November 12 to November 30 to clear winter merchandise. Santa headquarters will occupy space in the Kane's store, with hundreds of deep discounts on coats, hats, gowns, shirts, skirts, underwear, linens, and small goods including coats, gloves, hosiery, dresses, curtains, and tools, all advertised with low prices to attract shoppers.
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Santa Claus
Tbs
Kane
Floor Oil Cloth At Low Factory Prices
Advertises floor oil cloth and linoleum at reduced factory prices. Mentions 1 yard 25c 144 yard 40c 2 yards 50c 2 yard 75c yard table oil cloth 19c yard black oil cloth 25c yard.
Local Market Quotationes and Birth Notices
Quoted commodities and market bids for wool oats corn and h0gs with prices from Hocking Valley Massillon Pocahontas and West Virginia. Also numerous birth announcements listing names addresses and township origins across multiple families in the area.
Local couples listed in city directory notices
A compiled list shows numerous pairs with ages and occupations, including Herman Yerrick a 21 fireman paired with Lydia E Long 19, James Lenox 34 carpenter with Catherine Lauer 27, Henry Scheefer 40 motorman with Mollie Miller 20, and others such as Aumann 26 farmer with Mathilda Scheumann 24, Franklin 2T teamster with Ella Hentzell 23, plus additional couples like Walter Mater 27 farmer with Pearl Mix 26, Bacon 28 well driller with Bessie Marquardt 18, and Langhorst 25 book keeper with Edna Joly 21. A second listing repeats Herman Yarrick 21 fireman with Lydia Long 19. The record notes numerous civil engineer and dressmaker pairings and other tradespeople across the city.
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Herman Yerrick
Lydia E. Long
James H. Lenox
Carpenter
Catherine C. Lauer
Henry G. Scheefer
Mollie K. Miller
Henry J. Aumann
Farmer
Mathilda Scheumann
James M. Franklin
Ella M. Hentzell
Walter Mater
Pearl A. Mix
William L. Bacon
Bessie A. Marquardt
Beryle Shelley
Bertha Stephan
August R. Langhorst
Edna V. Joly
George C. Koehl
Fionia E. Middleton
George KE. Sherrad
Elsie N. Meads
Charles C. Welton
Grace I. McCauslin
Clarence G. Garton
Minnie Zehender
Arthur S. Bland
Katherine Walton
Wayne Camp Nesbit
May Beatrice Woolsey
Herman Yarrick
Lydia EF. Long
The Anthony Named Fort Wayne Hotel
The board of directors chose The Anthony as the name for the new Fort Wayne hotel to be built at Berry and Harrison streets. Other names were considered, but The Anthony, honoring the city’s namesake soldier, was deemed most desirable.
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Fort Wayne
Anthony
Berry and
Harrison Streets
City to Begin Wiring Work Soon for New Electric Plant
The copper wire for the citys new electric light plant is being unloaded from the cars. The board of public works has not announced an exact start date but it is likely work will begin this week. The Home Telephone and Telegraph company may seek an injunction and file a bond the city desires to have in place to protect against damages.
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Cara
Board of Public Works
Lkely
Home
Telephone’ and Telegraph Company
Ttt
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Rurode Dry Goods Co
Allen County Courts
Skelton
Rolling Mill
Nick Derlosan
John Cetti
BE. V. Emrick
Derlosan
William Jones
Arcola
Nelson Blakely
Otto EE. Wolf
Meyer Brothers
Fornt
Meyer
Maumee
Milan
Grain and Provisions
Ray
Jas. M. Kane
Calhoun ST
Turkey
Weil Srbthers & cCo.s
Hague
Ecxhart Packing Co
Ian
Hocking Valley
Massillon
Jackson
Pocahontas
Fort Pocahontas
Cannel
West Virginia
Pray
Tresselt. & Sons
Schmanttegat
Merenante
J Johnson
Bart Street
East Columbis
Howenstein & Peoeae
East
Columbia St
John J. Disser
Pontiac Street
John Payton
Oon
Charles Eels
Maumes Township
Byron Lake
Milan Township
George Haffner
East Lewis Street
Alva Anderson
St. Martin Street
Max Schmeeders
East Creighton Avenue
Frank Joluszio
Smith
Lafayette
George Dolan
Charles H. Smith
Wabash Avenue
William
G. L. Kruse
Walter Street
Albert Henning
Michigan Avenue
John B. Hessert
Ross Street
Claude William Moore
Georgia Street
Nelson Garwood
Burgess Street
Luke J. Flood
Boone Street
Henry Warfield
Brooklyn Avenue
Samuel Roush
Eckart Street
George Beaver
Euclid Avenue
Maurice B. Meyers
Clay Street
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