Missionary Held by Bandits in Turkish Mountains
Paris dispatch reports Miss Eilen M. Stone, a foreign missionary, captured by brigands in a Turkish mountain region. The chief demands a $150,000 ransom within 30 days or she will be killed or forced to marry a bandit. Stone has been treated with courtesy. two brigands act as her servants. The incident echoes a six year old case of Mme Gerard DeTrineville, later forced to wed a bandit and rescued after her father killed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
the Figaro
Constantinople
Mme
Gerard DeTrineville
Aged man knocked down by horse near Harrison and Columbia
William Webster a 75 year old Pleasant township resident was struck by a high spirited horse at Harrison and Columbia streets. He suffered a fractured left hip and serious injuries after being toppled while crossing with John Lathrop of Warren Ohio. Both men were knocked to the pavement before the horse fled. Webster was taken to his son in law A W Double then moved to Hope hospital where Dr Sledd reports the condition serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Webster
Pleasant Township
Harrison
Columbia Streets
Webster
John Lathrop
Warren
Ohio
Columbia Street
Columbia
Harrison Street
A. W. Double
8. D. Sledd
Hope Hospital
Sledd
Revolution in Hayti Report Reaches Kingston
Kingston reports from Havana to Kingston on September 28 state that a revolutionary outbreak in Hayti is unfolding. The German steamer brings the first word, arriving with details from New York via unspecified routes. The situation appears fluid and unconfirmed as dispatches filter through port authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
New York
Haytians discuss presidency amid revolutionary plan
In a tense scene, conspirators and opponents to President Sam clash over succession. Fouchard, a former Haitian minister of finance, now in the city, is rumored as a top choice of the national assembly. Friends warn the revolutionary movement was set long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aite
Aoath Au Prince An
Sam
M. ‘Fouchard
Finatca
Hayti
Haytian National Assembly
Mrs McKinley Doing Well After Drive
Canton Ohio September 28 Secretary Cortelyou reported at 10 30 this morning that Mrs McKinley had just gone out for a drive and she was bearing up well as the nation awaited further news on the First Lady's condition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Cortelyou
Robber falls in battle during Armada burglary
In Armada Michigan on September 28 three burglars dynamited the local postoffice safe but were driven off. One robber, John Graham, was fatally wounded and later carried by his companions as they fled toward Lenox. A running clash with deputies ended with the trio escaping into the woods, without obtaining any loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armada
Mich
D. H. Barrows
John Graham
Root Street
Cleveland
Graham
Lenox
Fatal boiler explosion at quarry kills 18 year old in Montpelier
In Montpelier Indiana last evening at 5 o clock a boiler at Spence's limestone quarry exploded killing engineer John Cripe aged 18. The boiler discharged toward a quarry and Cripe was blown about 50 feet and fell into another quarry before being found. Cripe's father stood nearby unhurt. Cause of the blast is not known. Also mentioned is Mrs. Charles Levine returning home after a week in Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Ind
Spence’s
John Cripe
Cripe
Milwa ukee Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham Cure
A Milwaukee reader testimonials relief from long standing women’s ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims first bottle gave relief and second bottle cured, urging others to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sadie BE. Koch
Milwaukee
16Th St
Wis
Lydia
Pinkham
Lynn
Mrs Charles Dalman Dies After Illness in Pleasant Township
Mrs Ema Dalman wife of County Councilman Charles Dalman died after months of cancer illness at 3 20 Tuesday at the family home in Pleasant township six miles from Bluffton road. She was 49 a longtime prominent resident of Pleasant township and member of the First Baptist church. Surviving are her husband two daughters Emma Merkel of Peru and Alice Wagner of this city three grandchildren two brothers Frank Trick Anderson Morton Trick Pleasant township and sister Mrs Clara Fell Pleasant township. Funeral services were held Friday at the residence and Prairie Grove chapel at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ema Dalian
Charles Dalman
Pleasant Township
Bluffton Road
Dalman
John Trick
Emma Merkel
Peru
Dirs
Alice Wagner
Sity
Frank Trick
Anderson
Morton Trick
Clara Fell
First Baptist Church
Legion
Prairie Grove Chapel
Arnold Sophia Jeffries dies after long illness in Indiana
Mrs Sophia Arnold died at 8 PM Tuesday at the county infirmary from a paralysis stroke suffered a year earlier. Born 1850 in Wells county, she left a brother in Michigan. Funeral at Krill homestead Bluffton road then Prairie Grove chapel. She was daughter of John and Elizabeth Ashley settlers from Connecticut, long resident of Allen county. First married to Aaron Bixby. remarried April 18 1848 to Mr Jeffries who survives. Devout M B E church member with wide circle of friends. Surviving children: Mrs Jacob Cook St Joe township, Mrs Miller and William Jeffries of this city, and Mrs Richard of Leo. Funeral Monday at Wesley chapel Bel River township.
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Sophia Arnold
M. BE. Church
Jacob Cook
St. Joe Township
Miller
William Jeffries
Richard
Leo
Wesley
Death of Mrs Caroline Bercot After Typhoid Fever
Mrs Caroline Bercot wife of Louis Bercot died early Saturday morning at the family home two miles northwest of Monroeville from typhoid fever at age thirty seven. The family has suffered a series of losses with a son and the mother dying and remaining members critically ill though some chance of recovery. Surviving are the husband seven children three sisters and three brothers with relatives in nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Bercot
Louis Bercot
Nottwest
Monroeville
Berecot
John Langard
Joseph Delagrange
Academie
Henry Roy
Joseph Dodane
Edward Dodane
Frantis Dodane
Obituary: Mrs Cecelia Blume Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Cecelia Blume wife of Martin Blume ex trustee of St Jos township died at her home after a long illness. She was forty eight years old. Surviving are her husband and eight children Albert Charles Eugene Thomas D H Katie Nora. Funeral services were held Monday at one from the residence and at two from Mayhew U B chapel Isle Blume and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Blume
Martin Blume
Nora Bby
Mayhew U. B. Chapel
Isle Blume
Ranner and Green Obituaries From Fort Wayne Area
Two death notices from Fort Wayne: sixteen year old Ranner dies after an appendectomy at St Josephs hospital. burial at St Patrick's after services at home and church. Malcolm A Green, 39, dies at home after long illness. survived by Flora Stafford wife and child, sister Gertrude and brother Seth. Funeral services from Green home Wednesday at 2 PM.
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Malcolm A. Green
M. F. Green
West Main Street
Mr. Green
LaRue
Ohio
Fort Wayne
City
Knights of Pythias
Flora Stafford
Auburn
Gertrude Green
Seth Green
Mrs Sophia Luhman Dies After Lockjaw Complication
Mrs Sophia Luhman 85 wife of William Luhrman merchant tailor on Maumee avenue died at 8 last Thursday at the family home 59 Canal street from heart failure following a severe lockjaw after an accident. She fell from a step ladder two weeks earlier injuring her left ankle. Born in Germany she lived in Fort Wayne about forty years and leaves husband four sons and one daughter. She was a devoted member of St Paul Lutheran church.
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Sophia Luhman
William Luhrman
Maumee Avenue
Canal Street
Juhman
Mrs Clarissa Johnson Rites Held At Daughter’s Home
Mrs Clarissa Johnson died at 1 o'clock Thursday of paralysis at her daughter Mrs F B Nash home. She was eighty seven, a native of Burlington New Hampshire where a son Lieut E H L Johnson now resides.
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Clarissa Johnson
F. BE. Nash
Infant Grace Barrand Dies at Two Months
Grace Barrand infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Julius Barrand of Parnell avenue died Thursday afternoon at age two months and twelve days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Barrand
Julius Barrand
Parnell Avenue
Holley Girl 14 Dies at Indiana Feeble-Minded School
Myrtle Alice Holley fourteen died Thursday afternoon at the Indiana school for feeble minded youth from cerebral congestion. The girl entered the institution from Carroll County.
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Myrtle Alice Holley
Indiana School
Carroll County
Mrs Rebecca Jeffries Dies at 86 in St Jos Township
Mrs Rebecca Jeffries wife of Adam Jeffries of St Jos township died Saturday at an advanced age of eighty six years. Death attributed to infirmities of age.
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Rebecca Jeffries
Adam Jeffries
St. Jos Township
Meet Death in Flood Trap at Alaminto Creek Prospectors
News from San Antonio reports thirteen cannibal prospectors died in flooding near the Rio Grande in Presidio county. Two groups camped one mile apart along Alaminto Creek were surprised by a cloudburst. water twenty feet high swept the ravine, drowning them as they slept at 9 o'clock. Names listed.
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San Antonio
Texas
Presidio County
Rio Grande River
William Bolis
George Holton
Henry Carter
Hernandez Costello
Philip Humphries
Peter Schaffer
Alfredo Montez
William Jefferson
Thomas Frezzell
Algernon “Rhes
Gasper Deutschman
Local notes on residents and marriages in the area
Hon and Mrs J M Robinson vacationing at Buffalo. Tacob Boerger, 84, critically ill at home in Adams county. T B Hunter returns home from Hopes Hospital improving. Traction lineman Steven Kahoe may lose sight after an on the job electric flash. Marriage notices include Ethel Pierce and Alexander Starr Reid set October 10. George Sherbondy and Edna McGee wed in Moberly. Mission feast at St John’s Church October 20 with Rev A Schaade delivering the day’s address.
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Hon
J. M. Robinson
Buffalo
Tacob Boerger
Adams County
Mr. Boerger
T. B. Hunter
Ossian
Hopes Hospital
Mr. Hunter
Steven Kahoe
The
Traction Company
Ethel. Pierce
Ogden Pierce
Alexander Starr Reid
Richmond
Ind
George L. ‘Sherbondy
Edna McGee
Moberly
McGee
St. John’s Reformed Church
A. Schaade
Cleveland
the Reformed Church
James Gould
Cincinnati
Gould
Wilburine Oil Company
New York
East
John English
St. Joe
Calhoun
Lewis Streets
William Miller
Miller
P. Ruhl
Salem
Terre Haute
St. John’s
Lily’ Marie Fox
John Henry
Miss Fox
Joseph V. Fox
Stanacher
Lewisville
Ohio
Mike Kaylor
Mike
Rural Free Delivery Begins Amid Postal Plans in Fort Wayne
A report notes last seen in a drug store while negotiating corks for vials of enthusiasm. The first rural free delivery from Pole No. 8 toward Auburn and old water roads to Academie will occur Tuesday morning. Edwin B Bowser named cartier, Miss Fairy Tilbury and Miss Flora Smick hosted a Saturday bus party at Miss Gace Whetzell’s home in Huntertown. Civil service exams for Fort Wayne post office clerk and carrier positions are set for Wednesday November 20, with applications due by October 23 and blanks available from Wi J Hess at the government building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Huntertown
Unchelon
Civil Service
Fort. Wayne
Wi J.hess
Taking Church Census the Cathedral Confronts Parish Work
Rev Father Roche and Rev P lead the Cathedral congregation in a census effort. Between seven and eight o clock the exercise gathers parish members to count attendance and engagement. The clerics urge orderly participation across church groups.
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Father
Roche
P. Oi
Sth Cathedral
Ta the
Agit
Exhaustive census work planned with two monthEnumeration period
The project aims to visit about a hundred locations and conduct a thorough enumeration over roughly two months. An exhaustive report will be prepared and likely published as a pamphlet in a formal format.
Marriage Licenses Listed for Local Couples
The notice lists several couples with license records including Charles A Botteton and Delaina G Powell Joseph C Pepe and Clara Bobay Otto Boose and Nora Ries Charles G Friedman and Louisa A Bickel Cooney Bayer and Anna Hofer J Lois Sievert and Edith L Phillips Frank D Bond and Alice Crane Frank C Current Cand Lottie M Ely David Marquardt and Cora Snider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Botteton
Delaina G. Powell
Joseph C. Pepe
Clara Bobay
Frank D. Bond
Alice
Crane
Frank C
Lottie ‘M. Ely
David Marquardt
Cora Snider
Dream of Death Verified in Evansville District
A message from Evansville Indiana reports a dream by William Vickery a wealthy Gib gon County capitalist. He allegedly foresaw his death at a Fort flour mill during the month. The strange vision appears tied to his fortune and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
William Vickery
Fort
Braich Vestanday
Wickery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Stone
Harrison and
Charles Levine
Hudson
Poraeam
Allen County Council
Arnold
Blume
Ranner
May ‘Ranner
St. Joseph’s ‘Hospital
Isidore Ranner
Lafayette Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Hesse Cassel
Luhman
Barrand
Holley
Worth
Outing
Worth & Cts
Peronles
Boston
WM. Hahn & CO
Thing & Co's
S. B. Thing & Co
Calhoun St. H. B
Tobey
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