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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1900
Page
1
The long life of John Sherman ends with funeral plans in Washington and Mansfield. President McKinley orders flags at half mast, Secretary Hay writes a fields of praise, while Sherman's finances and legislative work are hailed as the nation’s backbone in war and peace.
The fifty year anniversary of Mr George Lehrman and his wife was observed at their Marion township home with five sons three daughters sixteen grandchildren and about fifty friends in attendance. Mr Lehrman aged 78 and wife 66 have lived in Allen county since moving to their farm sixty eight years ago. Also noted was the death of Mrs Anna Winters at Corise aged 71 and a runaway horse incident on Taylor street injuring no one.
An eight foot square steel agitator tank at the Bermudez Asphalt Paving plant near Wall street exploded early this morning, hurling debris and shattering a roof panel. No one was injured though widespread alarm spread through the western Fort Wayne neighborhood as workers switch to manual asphalt mixing while repairs proceed.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Turnbull of Bass street. H D Stone of Albion visited the city Sunday, noted as a prominent Noble county Democrat. The Lauer children of Wells street recover from lung trouble. W D Holtermian is called to New Haven due to a child’s critical brain fever. Mesdames David and John King and Gus Scott of this city are summoned to Bluffton by a relative’s illness. The engagement of Miss Lizzie Heuer and William Mayer was announced at St Pauls Lutheran church. William Merz the druggist leaves for Vera Cruz Ind with his mother returning to live here. George Eby of Eel River township married Toledo resident Lida Want. the couple will return this week. The next Northern Indiana synod meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran church will be held in Fort Wayne next October with about one hundred delegates.
The Wantington News-Democrat reports illnesses and health updates including two Dailey children recovering from diphtheria and a scarlet fever case at A F Archibald’s home. Mrs Schulte recovers after an operation at St Josephs. Community moves involve job changes for Hudgels, a new baby for Molitor, and a proposed rural mail route from New Haven. Charles Kline and Minnie Kline plan Fort Wayne visit. John Andrews improves in health and eyes leading the directory work for 1901. Inspector Conger endorses a rural mail delivery route with Harper as carrier and Morarity as substitute.
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