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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1899
Page
7
Fort Wayne audiences witnessed a public magnetic healing act by a boy phenomenon at the Temple theatre. Many well known citizens reportedly received cures of various ailments through his touch, with demonstrations drawing applause amid unpropitious weather. A second demonstration was announced for Thursday night with free admission.
Youngstown Ohio reports Major John A Logan Jr son of General John A Logan died in the Philippines after gallant action leading his troops. He served on Bates staff in Cuba and San ta Clara province. He leaves a widow and three children. Mrs Logan was prostrated by the news but recovered and spoke with relatives by phone.
General Otis cites Wheaton dispatch from Manila noting Major Logan led a battalion at San Jacinto where 1 200 insurgents were entrenched in trenches. Logan and six enlisted men killed. Captain Green and eleven wounded. Enemy left eighty one dead. enemy losses about three hundred. Lawton notes captures near San Nicholas including insurgent war department records and the press. Cavalry active, roads blocked, horses foraged for rice. OTIS.
Major John A. Logan Jr. was born July 1865 in Murphysborough Illinois. He attended West Point two years, then entered real estate in Washington. After marrying Edith Andrews on March 22 1887 he settled in Youngstown. He ran limestone mining and once led the Logan Rifles militia. In May 1898 he received a military appointment.
A quail hunt at Captain Busby’s farm near Kokomo Indiana ended in a fatal shooting. William Busby fired on Owen Springer wounding him fatally and Fred Smith wounded Busby in a shotgun assault following a dispute over dogs and trespass.
Reports from the township note Rev. J. P. Meyer of St. John's Lutheran church preaching in LaOtto last Sunday. Quail hunting season opened with shots heard in various directions, prompting local farmers to consider forming a hunting club. A box social by David Felger raised 17 dollars and 25 cents. John Meyer plans to move from the township to Fort Wayne after six years here. William Darby and Miss Kate Schultz were married recently. William Felger of Fort Wayne visited his parents. Superintendent Young also visited local schools last week.
Kane's at 24 Calhoun Street advertises vast Toys and Holiday Goods inventory to clear space for new stock. Trunks and satchels priced from 50c to 10 dollars, blackboards 9c to 1.50, Children's Desks 85c to 5, Chairs 10c up, Albums 50c to 10, wallets baskets and dolls priced varied.
The Nov 14 market notes a weak Liverpool start dragging wheat lower before steadying as buyers step in. December and May contracts move, with December near 66% and May around 70c. Corn, oats, and provisions follow dull, with mixed livestock showing softer tones. Chicago cattle and hog receipts mix with firming best stock and softer pork futures. New York butter cheese eggs firmness, and Fort Wayne reports varied farm prices across grains and livestock.
Thanksgiving turkeys will be very cheap this year as market receipts for the week ending yesterday were the heaviest on record. Commission men say the turkey crop is the largest ever known and attribute the drop to efforts by the beef trust to corner the poultry market last season. Packers sent agents to the south and west offering inducements to raise turkeys, causing a rush to engage in turkey farming.
Turkeys flood markets with abundant supply driving prices down below those of beef and pork, signaling a shift in household meat choices.
After a bitter contest in Bloomington Indiana on November 14 Judge Martin ruled Peter Miller trustee of Bean Blossom township should be deposed from office. The case noted no fine was imposed though up to 500 could be. Miller had resisted the township advisory board and refused to follow its recommendations.
George Mack, a well known citizen of New Haven, died Saturday at his home. He once owned the New Haven brewery, sold it years ago, and went west for health but returned. Funeral services were held Tuesday with many local friends attending.
The Allen County Loan and Savings Association plans to occupy its new quarters at Clinton and Berry streets by Thanksgiving. The building is finished except for the heating apparatus.
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