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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1903
Page
6
Elias Habecker, longtime Fort Wayne resident and Odd Fellows veteran, died at his home on Brackenridge Street at age 77. He was a carpenter turned contractor, survived by four children and multiple siblings, with funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 PM under Odd Fellows auspices.
Mrs. Sarah Evans aged sixty eight a longtime Fort Wayne resident died at 10 45 PM Sunday at 624 West Wayne street from apoplexy. She was the widow of Edwin Evans who died in 1896 and was born in London Ohio to Calvin and his wife who settled in Fort Wayne about sixty years ago.
Marcellus Vanderbosch infant son of Mr and Mrs Henry B Vanderbosch of Avrils died at St Joseph hospital at nine months. He choked on a piece of eggshell while playing at home and a windpipe obstruction followed. Home remedies failed and after a physician's attempt in the city, swelling prevented relief and death occurred. The body was sent to Avilla.
Charles Freel of Huntington died Saturday night at St Josephs hospital from stomach cancer. He was 36, unmarried and a cooper. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon by Rev David Wells at Klaehn and Melching undertaking rooms. Interment followed at Lindenwood.
John Stansell a widower died Monday morning in Wayne township two miles south of the city from paralysis suffered Saturday. He was born near Dayton Ohio. Klaehn and Melching undertaking establish arrangements for the funeral upon relatives arrival from Zanesville.
Mrs. Mathilda Meyer aged 24 years 4 months 23 days died at 6 15 am at 1123 Wall Street from tuberculosis. She leaves husband Fred Meyer and several siblings. Funeral services set for Wednesday with arrangements at Emmaus Lutheran Church. John Gombert, 81, died at his son Fred Gombert’s home on East Washington Street after months of ill health. He was born in Germany in 1822 and lived in Adams township before moving to Fort Wayne 25 years ago. survived by two children including ex Councilman Fred Gombert.
Mrs Jacob Adam of Adams township mourns the passing of a longtime resident and founder of St Martin's Lutheran church. He leaves fifteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 PM from the residence and 2 30 PM at Concordia Lutheran church.
Charles W. Lindsay longtime constable and jail turnkey dies at 58 from pneumonia at his daughter’s home in Fort Wayne. Laura O Connor widow of Charles O Connor dies at 34 after years of ill health. born Laura Fields, survived by parents Amos Fields and others. Remains to arrive via Wabash Saturday. funeral from Leith street home and St Marys Church Sunday.
Joan William Zink aged eighteen year, son of John Zink Jr, 2005 Smith street, died at Hope hospital after appendicitis. He underwent surgery Wednesday morning but the disease worsened beyond recovery. Survived by parents, two brothers Frank and William, and sisters Bertha and Josephine.
Fort Wayne resident Dr George Eley died at 1 30 a m Saturday at his South Whitley home from Brights disease He was about 45 a prominent druggist and leading South Whitley businessman an incorporator of the towns light and water company Mrs Eley formerly Mrs Hannam of Fort Wayne, the city paper notes.
Savage infant James E. son of Mr and Mrs Patrick Savage of 802 Eliza street died at 8 30 Saturday from marasmus aged five weeks funeral arrangements to be announced by the family
Montomery T. Kerr, 27, of Fort Wayne origin, connected with the Indianapolis Sentinel circulation, died Tuesday in Indianapolis from typhoid fever. Survived by sister Mrs. William F. Ropa and brothers Clifton Kerr and H W Kerr. Lieut W W Kerr, Spanish American War casualty, was a brother. Remains arriving at 4 45 today on Lake Erie railway. services to be held at Mrs. Ropa home 1833 Broadway.
The ceremony took place Saturday at 5 PM with Rev J N Field officiating. Mrs Lousetta Foster of this city wed Harmon C Reed of Bluffton at the Yagerlehner home in the presence of a small guest group. The couple will reside in Bluffton after a brief city visit. Interment for a prior resident was held Thursday at Lindenwood.
Chicago buyers push December wheat to 80 80.1c as selling slows and a late rally lifts prices. Wheat led gains while corn and oats firm, pork and lard show higher futures, and various commodities including flax and timothy hold narrow ranges amid a unsettled session.
Chicago market notes list butter reach dairy creameries at 151 20c to 14 16a and eggs at 18 19c. Cheese market shows eastern dairy at 103 11jo with twins 10 103c and young Americans at 103 110.
Cattle receipts 7000 market slow with ranges for good to prime steers 5.15 to 5.65 and other classes listed. Hogs receipts 13000 today, 20006 tomorrow with market steady to lower and price ranges from 5.20 to 8.55. Sheep receipts 40006 market steady to lower with good to choice wethers 3.25 to 4.10 and native lambs 3.25 to 5.75.
Butter receipts reach 12 817 packages with market firm for extra creamery and state dairy grades. Cheese receipts 4 849 packages with prices for full cream fancy small colored and large white. Eggs receipts 9 984 packages with mixed state Pennsylvania grades and western varieties. Raw sugar quiet at 3 cents refining. petroleum refined at port 9 05. coffee steady at No 7 Rio 7 38. Molasses steady at New Orleans 31 42c.
Toledo notes on October 20 report North Lima at $1.28 and South Lima plus Indiana at $1.23 per barrel, indicating regional price movements.
Fort Wayne buyers see wheat at 80 cents a bushel new, wheat flour four sixty to five twenty per barrel, corn meal bolted and unbolted at rates around one fifty to one eighty per cwt, and various grains. Hog prices on foot five twenty five to five forty, beef and lamb values vary, hay and produce fixings list hay at four to six dollars, butter eggs lard cabbage apples onions and other items priced for the city market.
The list shows spring chickens at 10 cents per pound Ib potatoes at 60 cents per bushel honey at 14 180 per hundredweight and young ducks at 36 cents.
Information given to Queens District Attorney and grand jury details Fred Kirkman and Edward Roach proposing to poison their wife Maggie Hamilton to end the double marriage. Edward Roach admitted being approached, but rebuked the idea. the grand jury has not yet announced an indictment.
Grand jury heard from many witnesses about blackmail linked to strikes. Sam Parks of the housesmiths and bridgemen's union faces a perjury charge with potential twenty year prison term. District Attorney Jerome plans a bench warrant and arraignment next Wednesday. Parks' blackmail case against contractor Schwidt of the Tiffany studio building seeks $500, with Parks awaiting trial. He remains on $18,000 bail.
A Mazatlan storm killed sixteen residents and injured several others. The Danish schooner Clara was wrecked with the captain and fourteen sailors drowned, while ships in the harbor sustained heavy damage.
Capt Allan H. Dougall, serving in the Philippines, writes from San Fernando La Union dated Sept 8, to Indiana Eighty-eighth comrades at Auburn. He describes travel plans inland to Baguio, life among Ilocanos and Igorrotes, heat and wet season conditions, local cuisine, and hope for future reunions while sending regards to Colonel Briant and families.
More than a score of people were injured in a rear end crash on the Brooklyn elevated railroad. Six or more are seriously hurt when an airbrake failure caused the wreck as trains struggled to reach the city hall platform. Iron debris also blocked a trolley line.
Washington Pennsylvania October 20 District Attorney Underwood has filed information against Milovar Kovovich and Milovar Pattrovich for the murder of Samuel T. Ferguson at West Middletown on September 25. The suspects formerly worked for Ferguson Construction and are traced to an ocean steamer heading to their homeland. Authorities will seek arrest and return for trial in the November court session.
Fort Wayne merchants report a 12.6 percent sales gain during fair weeks compared to non fair weeks across 1900 1901 1902 and 1903. The letter argues for streetcar line improvements to enable a continuous procession to the fair and suggests rescheduling exhibits to cushion against bad weather. D N Foster urges collaboration to expand fair facilities and extend the schedule to seven days with Sunday visiting for workers.
Oakland police arrest William Carthew in Haywards California on charges of defrauding a New York bank of $100000. H B Erickson of San Francisco provides evidence. Carthew, once a bank clerk in New York, allegedly squandered the money on a woman and fled to California amid a New York reward of $5000.
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