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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1901
Page
11
Listings offer fertile lands in Daviess county and White River bottoms for 20 to 40 dollars per acre with easy payments. Several buyers from Allen county have already moved to Daviess county. Correspondence is solicited.
Judge Hench returns from Wolf Lake. Scarlet fever cases reported at 345 East Washington and 365 Hanna streets. Births include a daughter to Ber cot and a daughter to Sorg. Indianapolis dentist Guy Emrick back for studies. Rectors and lectures announced. Weddings and engagements of Morris Olds and others noted. Typhoid cases easing. various community updates and society notices.
At 361 East Wayne Street George Patton owned and W F Rosenwinkel occupied a home badly damaged by fire discovered shortly after midnight Tuesday. The blaze confined to a closet near Rosenwinkel’s room spread to the bedroom dining room and damaged curtains draperies and carpets. Estimated loss about 360 with contents ~300. Rosenwinkel awakened by smoke and called the fire department.
Detective Cooling took two young men to the col lar and ordered them to hike for Roanoke or face a tour of the detective bureau. The men glanced at their tin badges and fled toward the nearest highway to Aboit township.
Roy Ackerman and F. E. Roye from near Versailles Ohio ran up a lunch bill at Fort Wayne depot, refused payment, and were found with two revolvers. Judge Louttit sent them to eleven days each for carrying concealed weapons after police processed the arrest. York Allison, known as Yorkie, intoxicated at No 24 Chicago street, staged contortions before a doctor declared plain drunkenness with a long drink tally noted by an official scorer.
At Altoona Pennsylvania last week the National Association of Local Preachers of the Methodist Episcopal church elected officers for the coming year. The slate named Dr B Stemen of Fort Wayne Indiana as President with George W Finlan of Hagerstown Maryland First Vice President John R Wright of Wilmington Delaware Second Vice President W WM Walker of Youngstown Ohio Third Vice President George B Jones of Philadelphia Secretary D H Kenney of Huntington Indiana and George W Mooney of New York as Corresponding Secretary. Boards of directors and trustees were also chosen.
Contractor L A Shutt reports a 14 by 20 foot substation near Roanoke for the Fort Wayne and Southwestern line was cracked by heavy rains. The ground proved unstable, requiring the brick structure to be torn down and rebuilt with extra heavy stonework.
L. R. Welker a Wells street grocer bought bananas from an Italian merchant. Monday a tarantula jumped from a bunch and bit his arm. He killed the spider and found another crushed in the fruit. He preserved both in alcohol for display at 116 Wells Street.
Alfred Hattersley and his sons Byron and Willis acquire the Mergel business property at Main and Calhoun for 331000, with J T Wagner and Hauer Ortlieb handling the deal. The three story brick site houses Alter’s cigar shop Wrobock’s restaurant and O Reilley’s saloon on lower floors and lawyers’ offices above. No changes planned until leases expire. future plans include a modern tall building.
Flora Indiana Oct 16 The wild man who terrorized women and children in the area was captured last evening five miles south of town in Charles Hill woods by Vincent McCarty and James Jordan. He fought hard, wore tattered clothes, and has long untrimmed hair and beard. He cannot speak and gibbers like an animal. He will be held in Delphi jail until further plans.
New Haven police arrested T. T. Rogers of Grover Hill Ohio on a bigamy charge filed by John Yeaton. Yeaton says Rogers has a wife and children in the south, while Rogers reportedly has another wife in Grover Hill.
The English hotel and restaurant at Calhoun and Washington streets was sold by John Meshberger to W. Gerry and Charles Kline, who will operate the business as Kline Bros under the same name.
Miss Gerke daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Gerke died last Wednesday afternoon at the McKinnie farm south of the city.
Two men calling themselves detectives from Roanoke with tin badges, claimed by a Webster agency, visited Ida Mack's Indianapolis mansion on Tuesday afternoon. They caused trouble but were stopped by police, who provided protection.
In the Indiana Synod Dr Hunter and speakers from New York and Philadelphia addressed attendees. Trustees named include John H Holliday C D Van Nuys David Van Dyke Thomas H Spann and Charlies Littie. The board of education is debt free and can grant $100 yearly to students. The erection board says fifteen to twenty churches completed daily nationwide and 6,900 churches aided in 47 states. 300 of them in Indiana.
The Monroeville Breeze notes Judge Aiken of the Allen superior court is wisely denying several divorce petitions. The editorial argues too many divorces are granted and urges stricter practice to keep couples together, urging couples to endure their troubles.
Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction begins grading on the Huntington to Wabash extension. Five teams operate west of Lafontaine street with work along the canal right of way secured. Crews will be expanded as needed to speed progress.
Charles Bryson petitioned for a supposed bounty for all Spanish-American War veterans. A treasury auditor’s circular now confirms no such law exists, ending veterans’ hopes for Uncle Sam’s payment. Fort Wayne locals pressed authorities for relief, but officials state no entitlement applies.
In Thorntown Indiana on Tuesday night a runaway buggy crash injured four youths. Miss Maud Anderson appears fatally hurt with brain concussion. Claude Fryback from Frankfort sustains internal injuries and broken ribs. Minnie Griffey and Fred King face less severe injuries. The collision occurred when the buggy struck a loaded hack in a dark side street.
Nickel Plate Road offers half price round trip tickets to Buffalo on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays starting Oct 5. One way first class limited fare is cut in half with a return limit of five days after sale. Inquiries to local agents Fort Wayne Indiana offices C A Asterlin or R J Hamilton.
The co partnership between Eugene C Shell and Adam C Buettel under Pape Furniture Co has been dissolved by mutual consent with Adam C Buettel retiring. All claims owing or due to the company will be paid and collected by Eugene C Shell. Fort Wayne Ind Sept 3 1901.
C C Pfeiffer offers loans on real estate or personal security. Rooms 6-7 Bass Block, 1711.
Mrs. William Jenkinson at Hope hospital is reported somewhat improved from typhoid fever. Separate notice promotes farm loans at 6 percent interest with no commission, offered at Heller's Abstract Office on 32 East Berry Street.
Matthews a town of 2 500 people with fifteen saloons raised funds to rent part of a livery barn as a jail. The stall was not equipped and the marshal installed an iron door and bars at his own expense. The rent became due last week and was not paid, so the jail was abandoned.
Mayor H. C. Berghoff today filed application to join the Allen county bar. The recommendation by William Shambaugh was presented to Judge Aiken and the case referred to a committee of T. E. Ellisen, Homer C. Underwood, and William H. Shambaugh to report on the applicant's qualifications.
Brief death notice states Mrs Sarah He Gumper, formerly of [Location], died at Butler. Details are sparse. obituary lines indicate a prior residence and family connection, with no dates or survivors listed in the readable text.
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