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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1912
Page
2
Col. Theodore Roosevelt travels by train from Chicago to Oyster Bay with Mrs. Roosevelt and daughter Ethel amid quiet crowds and medical assurances of his improving condition. Doctors report stable vitals and healing wounds as entrance to Mercy hospital concludes with final dressing and preparations for the journey.
Valparaiso Indiana October 21 on board Roosevelt Cal Col Roosevelt rests comfortably and shows no ill effects of the trip Dr Alexander Lambert reports his condition normal Roosevelt says he feels fine but agrees to bed rest. Physicians isolate his stateroom and allow access only to family members to enter it and keep him comfortable with magazines onboard the train
An unclear clipping notes a motion of a train and its effect on a patient with no discomfort reported. Details about location or identities are not readable.
Unclear OCR fragment from Gary Indiana appears to reference Roosevelt and a disrupted or misread event. Limited readable facts prevent a concrete sense of person, place, or outcome.
Col Roosevelt leaves Chicago for destination aboard a train delayed by a Burlington collision at Fourteenth street. A signalman error caused the crash injuring an engineer. crowding at the station is restrained by police. Mrs Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt accompany him. two doctors are assigned as nurses.
Frederick Haiber aged 1 years died at 9 45 p m after a fractured skull from being run down by an automobile at noon yesterday at the Wells and High streets corner. The car was driven by George.
Postal authorities traced forged money orders totaling about 50 thousand dollars to a gang of ten thieves based in Chicago. A Fort Wayne couple, Mrs Edna Phillips and Thomas J Sharum alias Little Jeff Davis, were arrested. the latter believed leader. Orders cashed locally include a $25 on an $80, a $20 on a $50, and two $50s. The scam spanned many cities including Indianapolis St Louis Gary Fort Wayne South Bend Evanston Rock Island Joliet San Francisco Milwaukee and Niagara Falls.
Mrs Lettie A Barnett wife of Dr W W Barnett died at 11 o clock Friday morning at 717 Broadway from general peritonitis after a sudden illness. She was 48 and lifelong Fort Wayne resident, a First Presbyterian member, married twenty years with four children Walter, Cee Van Alstine and others.
R Lovett of South Milford Ind collided with A Haiber after a crossing attempt. Lovett transported to St Josephs hospital then sent home by physician advice. Haiber born Holsnsolen Germany June 22 1831, lived in Fort Wayne 51 years, a noted Democratic party worker and former deputy county treasurer. Survived by widow and seven children including Charles I Haiber Pasadena Cal George W Haiber Canton Ohio John Haiber St Louis Mrs John McMullen Mrs John Romick Lawrence Haiber and William Haiber of Fort Wayne.
A swine plague near Mt Pleasant five miles southwest of Kendallville Indiana has killed many hogs and caused heavy losses to local farmers. Some call it cholera while others suspect another incurable disease. swine die rapidly after infection. Farmers report losses including J B People and Graham Jost among others with substantial financial impact.
George Earnhart, formerly of DeKalb County, escaped from an Richmond asylum and attacked his sister Mrs. Minnie Creager near Cromwell. Milo Snyder, a militiaman pursuing Earnhart, shot him in the chest with a .30-20, leaving Earnhart critically wounded in the county jail hospital ward. Snyder says he acted in self defense after being assaulted.
An unclear incident description shows a vehicle skidding and injuring a person during a collision at a street location described as Ay Sh. and Indy Ost with intertwined fragments. Details on time, exact location, and casualties are unreadable.
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company faces a $500 dar n suit over a wreck at Williams and Galbraith streets if brakes had been installed as city ordinance demanded. Judge John H. Aiken filed the suit with due process. A separate case tests a long real estate trial and a will division of Mary Hilderbrand properties. May Toby cites Benjamin Toby’s drunken behavior and failure to support three children in a divorce filing. Emrick & Emrick bring a nuisance case against Dudlo Manufacturing for sewer pollution. Murphy divorce hearing of Frank and Mary Murphy leaves Judge O’Rourke to deliberate after extensive evidence.
Probate filed in circuit court for Joshua Stapleton dated June 11 1883. Will leaves all real and personal property to wife Anna O Stapleton who is executrix and bonds are waived. No estate value given. Separately City of Fort Wayne seeks new trial in damage suit against it for Carrie Smallback with unknown verdict and requested change of venue in Wayne Knitting Mills case over a $25000 explosion injury claim by Harry Mathiaa. Judge O Rourke did not act today.
In a circuit court divorce hearing between Frank Murphy and Mary Murphy, testimony from factory workers aged fourteen to nineteen highlighted harsh conditions. The couple, married since 1910 with a baby in dispute, battles over custody and alimony while Mary seeks a favorable ruling on the child and support.
A circuit court hearing examines Edward Snyder's claim to Henry Muller's estate alleging Muller's cash and property were given by Mary Snyder to Muller's estate through a supposed family chain from Jacob Snyder to Edward Snyder. Other cases involve mining stock payments in cents and divorce matters, with administrators pursuing fees and saloon license refunds.
Bruce McFarland sues Mary McFarland for divorce alleging abandonment dating from 1909 after a 1905 marriage. Mary Richmond seeks divorce from Jay P. Richmond claiming coldness lack of love and desertion with another woman and failure to provide. Attorney H W Kerr for Mary. A suit for damages by Kenneth Williams 15000 for an electric wire injury is sent to DeKalb county for trial by Judge Edward O Rourke.
Miss Elizabeth Webster aged 75 a well known Richland township resident died at her brother Albert D Webster’s home after a lengthy illness of pneumonia She had enjoyed good health until recently never married and resided in Columbia City Indiana October 21 obituary notes a single greenback entered and a chain with crossbar mentioned among scraps of the text
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