Naval hero dies rear admiral Bunce succumbs to cancer
Hartford Conn Oct 19 Rear Admiral Francis M Bunce U S N retired died at his home after a long battle with tongue and throat cancer An Civil War veteran he commanded the expedition with General Gilmore in the reduction of Morris Island and served on the Patapsco He was wounded in 1863 and later helped move the Monadnock to San Francisco In 1898 he retired on age limits and lived quietly in Connecticut
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Hartford
Conn
Francis M. Bunce
Francis Marvin Bunce
Naval Academy
Wilmington
N. C
Morris Island
S. C
General Gilmore
Fort Sumter
Patapsco
Charleston
Dahlgren
Monadnock
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Admiral Bunce
Admirl Sicard
North Atlantic
New York Navy Yard
Connecticut
Poultry and Pet Stock Show Planned for Fort Wayne
The Fort Wayne Poultry and Pet Stock Association, newly organized, aims to educate and benefit the city through displays of poultry pigeons pheasants Belgium hares and other stock. The show runs January 14 to 18 1902 with a preliminary meeting at Turnverein building October 21 inviting all fanciers to attend.
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Fort Wayne Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Fort Wayne Association
Fort Wayne
Turnverein
Harrison and
Main Streets
John Y. Ferguson Dead in Nebraska
Ainsworth Star Journal notes the death of John Y. Ferguson at Methodist Hospital in Omaha from dropsy. Born near Ossian Wells county he was 57. He served as a corporal in Company F 88 Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War and was remembered by local veterans near Fort Wayne before moving westward and later to Brown County Nebraska.
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Ainsworth
Star-Journal
John Y. Ferguson
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Ferguson
Ossian
Wells County
Iowa
Brown County
Neb
Man Finds Pocketbook Seeks Owner After Eight Years
John Miller of Indiana reports a pocketbook with a large sum of money found eight years ago on a public highway. He published notices and received over 300 responses with failing matches. He asks police to locate the owner. if none is found the money may go to charity.
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Indianapolis
John Miller
Miller
Doctor W H Tolman to Speak at Commercial Club
Dr. W. H. Tolman of New York, famed lecturer on social and industrial topics, arrives from Indianapolis and will present his lecture Social and Industrial Betterment or What More Than Wages at the Commercial club rooms this evening. Admission is free. the public is invited to view about 200 stereopticon views.
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W. H. Tolman
New York
Indianapolis
Alexander Johnson
Tolman
Fort Wayne
Commercial Club
Nelson buys Kansas City Times to run two papers
William R. Nelson, former Fort Wayne Sentinel part owner and Kansas City Star owner, purchases the Kansas City Times from G. Lee Chrisman. The Star is independent with Republican leanings while the Times has been Bryan democratic. plan to run the Times as an independent morning edition of the Evening Star. Editorial staff were let go and partly rehired. The Times changed owners three times in seven years.
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William R. Nelson
The
Sentinel
Fort Wayne
Nelson
Kansas City Star
G. Lee Chrisman
Kansas City Times
Star
Times
Evenig Star
the Times
Merit Manufacturing Opens New Calhoun Factory
A fledgling factory on Calhoun Street within the Fleming Building employs about twenty five women making ladies waistwear. Manager A E Harris said on Monday morning fifty workers would be at work, signaling bright prospects and rapid growth for the Merit Manufacturing company.
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Merit Manufacturing Company
Fleming Building
Calhoun Street
A. E. Harris
Mrs Mary Carroll Mook Visits in City from Wisconsin
Mrs Mary Carroll Mook of Allen county recounts her roots as she visits her sister Mrs Stephen W Chase at 176 Hullman street. The Mooks lived near the Penn House farm north of town in the 1850s and moved by wagon to Wisconsin in 1855 with their two children near Prairie du Chien.
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David Mook
Boscobel
Wis
Stephen W. Chase
Hullman Street
Penn House Farm
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Mook
New Officers Are Chosen At State Conference
George A H Shideler of Michigan City elected president with Alexander Johnson heading the executive board Indianapolis chosen as 1902 convention city after the tenth annual state conference of charities and correctional work in South Bend.
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South Bend
Ind
State Conference of Charities and Correction
Indianapolis
George A. H. Shideler
Michigan City
Charles H.grout
F. H. Gavish
A. H. Graham
Knightstown
John M. Browne
E. Bierhaus, Jr
Vincennes
John H. Bloss
Muncie
C. G. Thompson
Lafayette
Mary Smith Lewis
Greensburg
Margaret F. Peele
C. M. Kimbrough
Thomas KE. Ellison
Fort Wayne
John B. Stoll
E. S. Rice
Logansport
George F. Edenharter
H. P. Pearson
Bedford
Mary T. Wilson
Evansville
Orlando Shandy
Petersburg
A. G. Weatherby
Bloomington
W. A. Noyes
Terre Haute
John H. Holliday
Elizabeth McIntyre
Patoka
Egbert Gawthrop
Milford
C. A. Waldo
W. T. Stott
Franklin
Addison ©. Harris
A. Herz
Burlington
Towa
F. Moran
Purdue University
Demarchus C. Brown
Deborah Wall
Grant County
Marion
J. G. Winfrey
William W. Ross
Boards of County Charities and Correction
Mysteriously Missing Kokomo Attorney Allen Shewman
Allen Shewman an attorney ex city clerk and railway promoter is missing from Kokomo Indiana since he left for Chicago on business four weeks ago. His brother in law says all efforts to locate him have failed. He previously ran street railways at Racine and Green Bay and sought an electric line franchise to Indianapolis. His family is well to do.
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Kokomo
Ind
Sherman
Racine
Green Bay
Wis
Indianapolis
Noblesville
First Beet Crop Carload Shipped to Jackson Michigan
The first car load of beets from this year’s crop on the state farm near the city was sent today by Lake Shore railroad to Jackson Michigan to be processed into sugar. About twenty five tons were shipped, and Superintendent Johnson predicts the crop may become a permanent Allen county effort due to its promising yield.
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Lake Shore
Jackson, Mich
Johnson
Allen County
Bethlehem Lutheran pastor declines Decatur call
Rev. H. C. Jans of Bethlehem Lutheran church near the city has declined the invitation to become pastor at Decatur after earnest solicitation from his congregation. Bethlehem, a branch of Emanuel church, owes much of its prosperity to his efforts.
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H. C. Jans
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church
Decatur
Bethlehem Church
Emanuel Church
Bewitched His Horses Case Reported in Jasper
Jasper Indiana October 19 Mrs Kathrine Ferry of Ferdinand was involved in a reported incident related to horse behavior described as bewitching or spell related. The brief item notes the local inquiry and names involved.
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Frank Olding
Olding
Kean
Eby
Jasper, Ind
Katherine Ferry
Ferdinand
Messenger Armitage Surrenders Over Bank Shortage
George Armitage, missing messenger for the Bank of New Amsterdam, walked into the Tenderloin police station and surrendered. He offered no statement about the $5,900 shortage, carrying $31.40. Investigators noted drafts and funds were returned by a mysterious colored woman, a lead the police later discounted.
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New York
George Armitage
Bank of New Amsterdam
Tenderloin
Armitage
Ambassador Choate Home From London Refuses Canal Talk
United States ambassador to Great Britain Joseph Choate returned on the steamer Philadelphia from Southampton and declined to discuss the isthmian canal treaty or any related talks. He planned to stay in Washington until New Year and then confer with the President and Secretary Hay. Evarts said Choate would proceed to his Stockbridge summer home after a brief stop.
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New York
Josephh. Choate
United States
Great Britain
Levi P. Morton
Francis H. Greene
Philadelphia
Southampton
Washington
Hay
England
Evarts
Ambassdor
Stockbridge
Mass
Monument at Valley Forge Dedicated by Daughters of the Revolution
Philadelphia observers mark the first Valley Forge monument dedication honoring 1777 78 soldiers. Governor Stone Senator Penrose Peter Boyd and Miss Adeline Wheelock Sterling spoke as officials and societies attended with city troops. A granite obelisk fifty feet tall bears camp life panels and the colonial flag. A diphtheria case at 38 Taylor Street and scarlet fever at 27 Jane Street were reported.
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Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Daughters of the Revolution
Governor Stone
Penrose
Peter Boyd
Adeline Wheelock Sterling
The
Daughters of the Revelution
Society
Washington
Taylor Street
Jane Street
Doehrman Attends Pleasant Township Wedding of Sister-in-Law
Member Doehrman of the board of works attended the Pleasant township wedding Tuesday evening. The bride is the daughter of William Echrader, formerly a deputy sheriff in the county.
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Doehrman
Board of Works
Pleasant Township
William Echrader
McCausland Contempt Case Ends in Settlement and Divorce
Judge Aiken explains the contempt order and jailment related to Dr. McCausland. He notes alimony settlements occurred outside court and a $700 payment settled prior obligations. Mrs. McCausland receives a divorce decree and the court orders assignment of any life insurance policy naming her as beneficiary with a due date for the return.
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Aiken
the Sentinel
E. V. Emrick
McCausland
Vesey
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Bunce
Ing
W. R. Nelson Purchases
Senti
State Charities Conference
George W. Shideler
Dent
Executive Board
Messenger
Ambassador Choate Home
Causland
tempt—Court News
Thieme
East Columbia Street
Thing & Co’s
Earth
S. B. Thing & Co
Calhoun St
H. B. Tobey
Chester Repeater
C. €. Schlatter & Co., Hardware and Fine Tools
Boston
WM. Hahn & CO
Farner
Holman Street
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