Fort Wayne Ladies Seek Help From Miss Gould On YWCA Building
Fort Wayne ladies met Miss Helen Gould aboard a Wabash train to seek support for a Fort Wayne YWCA building project. Gould, daughter of the late Jay Gould, expressed interest, received two Jerusalem coins, and promised to consider the plan after a brief five minute interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gould
New York
St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Young Women’s Christian Association
Miss Gould
Jay Gould
Jerusalem
Convicted Evangelist Returns to Prison in Indiana
Allen J. Lawrence, imprisoned for criminal assault in Laporte, Indiana, formerly escaped in 1906 while posing as Rev Williams and traveling the southwest as an evangelist. He surrendered to resume a two to fourteen year sentence, saying he had started hundreds toward righteousness. His wife, Mrs. Lawrence, seeks a divorce.
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Michigan City
Ind
Allen J. Lawrence
Lawrence
Laporte
Laporte Gas Company
Kansas
Rev. v. Williams
Nebraska
Sloan's Liniment Praised by Rutherford College Reader
A Rutherford College, North Carolina reader recounts an elderly woman’s fearlessness of death and lauds Sloan’s Liniment. The letter extols the ointment as superior among remedies, citing a brick mason with partial paralysis who improved after use.
Pioneer shoe merchant Christian Schiefer dies at 78
Fort Wayne footprints lose a pioneer. Christian Schiefer longtime shoe merchant and founder of Schiefer & Son died at 10 16 a m Wednesday at 333 East Main street aged 78 after a long decline. Born in Hamburg Germany in 1829 he came to America in 1846 and moved to Fort Wayne where he built a life in shoemaking and the local business scene.
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Christian Schiefer
Fort. Wayne
East Main Street
Schiefer
Fort Wayne
E. Vordermark
Hood
Herman H. Hartwig
H. H. Hartwig
Diederich Schiefer
Montgomery Street
Express Delivery Case Leads to Small Fine
In Indiana law requiring delivery of express matter in cities without extra charge, Pacific Express was fined $5 and costs by Judge Skelton. The company appealed to the circuit court after offering no defense. Louis L. Miller was the complaining witness. Other defendants faced various charges with fines and continuances. Christ Havens pled guilty to assault and battery and was admonished, with a further fine to be entered.
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Pacific Express Company
Skelton
S. L.morris
Louis L. Miller
Broadway
Ernest Burnett
Burt Crawford
George Wayne
W. N. Ballou
G. W. Louttit
Christ Havens
Panic on Car as Fuse Sparks Blaze in Vestibule
A Main street eastbound streetcar carrying many women encountered a fuse blow with a flash and flame in the vestibule. Motorman and conductor coordinated a quick stop. passengers rushed to exits but were calmed as the danger passed. The fire damaged the controller and scorched vestibule wood, and the car was towed to the barn.
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Lafayette Street
George Scott
Delegates Appointed by Commercial Club President Merritt
The Commercial club president Merritt has appointed delegates to the forthcoming assembly. Details on names or positions are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt
The
Commerscial Club
Columbus Investment Firm Closed as Investors Seek Answers
In Columbus on Oct 16 investors crowded a branch house after the Ell, Car ell company said to have closed. Agent L Sinclair reportedly moved to New York with books. The race horse investment firm reported severe losses wiping out capital and promising a possible reorganization within thirty days. About $200,000 was invested locally. no legal action is expected since investors were informed of the risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Carell
L.sinclair
Sinclair
New York
White moth menace to life of shade trees in city
Fort Wayne readers learn from Cornell forestry expert Fanny Taylor Hartman that the white tussock moth threatens shade trees citywide. She urges immediate action to collect cocoons and egg masses, cites past city and other eastern cases, and proposes school–based rewards to spur destruction before widespread damage.
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Civic Improvement Department
Woman’s Club League
Fanny Taylor Hartman
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Miss Hartman
Fort Wayne
Wayne Street
Buffalo
Rochester
Philadelphia
Park Commissioners
Old trees felled for new cement walks on East Wayne
Seven large shade trees at the old high school on East Wayne street were cut down by workers under contractor Derheimer to allow for the construction of new cement walks around the square, ending years of shade on the property.
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Wayne Street
Derheimer
Three Men Enter Home in Hayden Street Assault Report
Fragmentary report describes three men entering a residence on Hayden Street and beating a resident named Geoorge Litter. Source text is garbled but mentions soaking and a violent intrusion with unclear timing or outcome. Further details are unclear from the OCR.
One Dead in Cincinnati Streetcar Wreck at Mount Hope
A Cincinnati streetcar on Elberon avenue jumped the track at Mount Hope, killing attorney Harry H. Bausch and injuring six others with twenty five foot embankment in the western city end. Some injured are feared dead.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mount Hope
Harry H. ‘Bausch
Evansville Mayors View Sunday Closing Benefits
Indianapolis Oct 16 An Evansville mayor recounts the effects of Sunday closing: reduced Sunday rowdyism arrests and drunkenness, higher weekday arrests, and improved family support. letters to the Anti Saloon League summarize these changes with data and district observations.
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Indianapolis
Boehne
Evansville
Anti-Saloon League
E M. Barney
League
Bodine
Eesnes
Jamualy
Copper King Heinze resigns Mercantile National Bank presidency
F Augustus Heinze resigns to focus on rehabilitating Otto Heinze & Co. and the Mercantile National Bank suspends as copper market weakness hits United Copper. W B Ridgeley invited as new bank president. rumors of further firm failures swirl as Otto Heinze & Co and Gross & Kleeburg face losses amid a broader copper downturn.
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New York
United Copper
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
Otto Heinze & Co
Stock Exchange
Heinze
W. B. Ridgeley
Gross & Kileeburg
Wall Street
State Savings Bank
Butte
Mont
Gross & Kleeburg
Amalgamated Copper
Indiana WCTU closes 34th annual convention in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on October 16 the Indiana Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a devotional service with over 350 women kneeling in prayer. Delegates reported the 1907 meeting a success and returned home determined to wipe out saloons and breweries in the state.
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Resolutions Committee
F. B. Perkins
Kendallville
the Christian Temperance Union
Indiana
United States Army
United Voices
United States of America
Reform
National Interchurch Temperance Council
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Tippecanoe County
Lafayette
Trinity M. EB. Church
Martha Keller
Indianapolis
Medical Temperance Department
The
State Organization
Mary Moody
Department of Household Economics
Vayhinger
Gertrude Fulton
Portland
Christian Citizenship Committee
Katherine Holler
Ansel Ratcliff
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Nettie Maddox
Oxford
Frances Beauchamp
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Esther iv
Indiana Woman's Christian Temperance Uniion
Congress
Helen Stout
Huntington County
Ind
Indiana Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Satoans
Adams Named Purdue Trustee As Barrett Succession Occurs
Indianapolis Oct 16 Governor Hanly appointed Andrew A Adams of Columbia City to the Purdue University board of trustees replacing James M Barrett of Fort Wayne who resigned to join municipal government work. Adams is a Democrat and takes office immediately. He succeeds Barrett. Field also named police commissioner at Elwood to fill Harmon’s vacancy and begins his duties at once as a Republican.
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A. A. Adams
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Joseph G. Field
Elwood
Field
Moses D. Harmon
Andrew A. Adams
Columbia City
James M. Barrett
Fort Wayne
Completion of Sidewalk Project on Washington Boulevard
The contractor Lemans completed the sidewalk work this afternoon on both sides of Washington Boulevard from Pao Street to Swiney Lake, finishing the contract terms. Taps for pay and work had halted, but the project now proceeds to final settlement.
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Lemans
Washington” —Boulevard
Pao Street
Swinney
Teachers struggle to grasp Indiana new teaching law
Indianapolis Oct 16 Fassett A Cotton state superintendent of public instruction seeks to have teachers read and understand the new law on qualifications He warns of stage fright and potential quitting among inexperienced teachers while stressing the law favors experienced educators and improves wages. Also death of Nelson Earnhart in Noble county after apoplexy.
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Indianapolis
Cotton
Dld
Nelson Earnhart
Wawaka
Noble County
Nervine claims cure for nervous energy related illnesses
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for weak nervous energy affecting respiration circulation digestion and elimination. It cites a testimonial from Mrs L Burke of Myrtle Creek Oregon describing recovery after using Restorative Nervine and urges readers to consult their druggist for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles’ Nervine
Miles
Nerve Inc
Coos Battle
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Miss. Gould
Christian’ Schiefer
Wayne
Pacific
Circuit Court
Fanny Hartman Taylor
Geoorge Litter
Hayden Street
Faucustus Hrinzr
Hoosier State
State Convention of
Hon
J. M. Barrett
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