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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1899
Page
10
Trustees place Berry Street M E church property in the hands of real estate agent W E Doud to be sold for a new location and building. The sale aims to finance a modern worship space near Calhoun street while preserving accessibility for Berry Street members.
Reports from Wabash, Kokomo, and nearby towns recount a broken arm on a Lodge of American Plowmen candidate in Kokomo, a missing man near Wabash with no clues, and Ex Marshal Bill Brown killed by falling logs near Reiffsburg. Plymouth residents plead guilty to horse stealing, with lingering hints tying to a Michigan officer’s death. Nurse Genevieve Brady in Huntington awaits San Francisco post hospital offer, and Bluffton’s Mrs. Bain suffers multiple injuries from a runaway horse. News of Orland seeking a weekly paper and Goshen Traction’s plant hints, plus a Jay county showman scandal over a deceased boy’s body, round out this mixed local notes page.
Mrs John Falcones of 71 West Williams street reports relief from long running kidney pain after using Doans Kidney Pills from Meyer Bros. Co drug store. She says after two boxes all former symptoms vanished and her health improved, noting family history of kidney trouble. Doans Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent in Buffalo New York.
A. F. Glutting broke his left arm above the wrist after stepping on an unseen banana peel near the Brinsley barn Friday evening. He fell while walking toward Calhoun street after tying up his horse. Dr Whery treated the injury, calling it serious. Several others also met with misfortune in similar incidents during the day.
William Langhorst, a Scipio township farmer, was badly shaken in a Friday runaway when frightened horses veered toward a narrow farm gate. The wagon hit a post, he was thrown unconscious, and bruises and cuts were found at his home after he was helped by his hired man. The wagon was wrecked.
Mrs T B Toures of East Wayne street severely scalded on Friday afternoon when a pitcher of hot water spilled as the handle broke. The liquid burned her right arm and was treated by a physician.
Fred Long of Fourth street fell from a fence at play Friday afternoon and cut his lip on the sharp edge of an inverted tin can, suffering a painful minor injury.
George Viberg was kicked in the knee by a feral horse he tried to control in Maysville on Friday. He drove the horse to the Martin feed barn where it was found to be incurably frenzied and shot. The knee injury will cause him to limp for some time.
Mrs. Williams of Fort Wayne, visiting Huntington, fell on North Jefferson street near Matilda while using a cane. She sustained painful injuries and required carrying home, escorted by A. C. Crites.
Carrie Deppen, 15, died Tuesday evening at Dittoe's Lakeside after collapsing in the store. Dr C E Heaton could not revive her. she had purchased meat and spoke with proprietor C J Dittos before sinking to the floor and dying within minutes.
A teenage girl died suddenly as onlookers misread convulsions. Coroner Barnett reported a thymus gland tumor ruptured, causing hemorrhage into the pericardium and heart failure. Postmortem examination confirmed the cause and noted long standing illness.
A New York notice details a W C T U aligned home coterie with Gertrude Louttit Maude Bower leading and monthly meetings through May. The plan lists November through September sessions with devotional talks health topics and emergency guidance by several named speakers and organizers. Significant injury case notes Gordon and Dilworth offer 116 to settle damages for Edgar F Kline age 8 after a street collision.
Cc J Welker offers regular value items at 75c with drawers at 35c. Fifty dozen ladies fleece lined hose priced at 50c now 38c. Thirty floor oil cloths this week and movable dress goods sold at 50c.
An Indianapolis dispatch claimed cruel treatment of Charles Hummel at the Indiana School for Feeble Minds, but investigation found no evidence of abuse. Attendant Neal’s mild brush with a boy’s leg was ruled against the rules, yet not malicious, and the arm injury resulted from a fall. Secretary Butler concluded the allegations were trivial and unsubstantiated.
The passage discusses urging restraint against unjust censure and the spread of baseless tales, emphasizing the harm of circulating unverified stories and the responsibility of public discourse. It notes the need for factual accuracy and measured commentary in community affairs.
Terre Haute Indiana observed the fifty ninth anniversary of the six sisters of Providence arrival from France at a log house north west of the city where they began the order in the United States. The site is now St Marys of the Woods the mother home with about 1000 members. Alumni reunion and a multi day visit to the alma mater followed. Little Renah Werstein is seriously ill.
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