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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
11
Constable reports Haskell seeks a balm of six hundred thousand in a stateroom dispute. The case centers on compensation and property rights involving Haskell and related parties. Amount and venue are described with emphasis on restitution.
Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell filed a $600,000 libel and slander suit in Douglas County Nebraska district court against Chicago Tribune editor William Randolph Hearst. Serve of process occurred aboard Union Pacific train No. 2, with Deputy Sheriff Stewart delivering papers to Hearst’s wife as he avoided entry to the room. The petition accuses Hearst of publishing false defamatory statements in the Chicago Examiner linking Haskell to Standard Oil and alleging corrupt acts in platform and campaign finance roles.
The Indiana Baptist state convention supported county local option laws to abolish saloons and discussed a statewide prohibition constitutional amendment. Closing events at First Baptist church featured Dr. W H Geistweit on An Improved Sunday School and a hymn sendoff with Just As I Am.
Sleep renews energy for brain and body. Ongoing sleep loss drains strength and can wreck health. Dr Miles’ Nervine is advertised as calming irritability and aiding recovery, with claims of restoring vitality through rest.
A Nebraska court filing alleges false statements damaged the plaintiff’s name across multiple counties including Douglas. The suit seeks 300000 dollars in actual damages and an additional 300000 dollars in exemplary damages against William Randolph Hearst, with Smyth Smyth & Scholl and partners listed as attorneys.
City officials and McBride Electrical Construction cannot agree on differences from the municipal lighting plant project. The city claims the work did not meet specifications and seeks deductions from the contract price. The company contends for about $19,000 in purses?
A major blaze gutted the Fort Wayne Outfitters company quarters near Berry and Clinton streets early Friday. The loss is expected around 35 000, with the firm and Keefer building owners insuring about 20 500. Residents of the Foster block fled as water and smoke damaged apartments and offices above the burning furniture store.
Paris reports confirm Turkey mobilization of the Anatolian army corps in response to Bulgaria's refusal to compensate for the Oriental railroad. War seems likely as Bulgaria may push troops into Turkish territory before Turkey mobilizes. France seeks peace through renewed talks with Sofia as Iswolsky arrives to discuss future contingencies.
Mr. Rice, manager of the Majestic theater, recalls a past blaze that destroyed furniture worth about 150 dollars rented from a local firm not the Outfitters. Today similar items remain safe in the theater, prompting Rice to wonder if the earlier rule works both ways and inviting a legal opinion.
An Indiana farmhand’s letter to President Roosevelt, forwarded to the Country Life Commission, argues for shorter farm hours, orderly management, better home sanitation, and more reading and education for farmers. He urges the commission to study farm homes, promote businesslike farming, and support regular work and meals, with Sunday rest and church.
Berlin reports Armenian killings in Viranşehir by Turkish troops. Women and children endured horrific abuse as troops aimed to quell mutinous townspeople, with Armenians making up about two thirds of the population. Plunder and murder followed the military action.
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