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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
5
Ligonier plans a moving picture theater while Auburn mourns pioneer Mrs Orvilla Wilcox. Huntington, Wells, Noble, and Whitley counties report deaths from illness and accidents, new grain elevator and electric line proposals, and local government actions. A Danville area hail storm and a Decatur banana peel mishap also surface alongside school, road, and police notes from multiple towns.
A long list of local items from Indiana counties notes deaths, retirements, and civic changes. William Cochran of Lagrange dies at 82. Decatur plans the Forty-seventh regiment reunion on October 9. Kendallville blacksmith breaks leg. Decatur pastor resigns. Priam post office discontinued. Dutcher bakery fire. business changes at Bender Walmer firm. Eagle Hoop company incorporation in Lagrange. new Kendallville postmaster Charles Weingart and deputy H D Bodenhofer. Warsaw officers arrest Zade Sherburn on larceny warrant. Huntington storm damages Barker Brown Cogco shoes plant. Pierceton shooting suspect Roy Hunt released on bond. Lafayette express driver Frank Quigley wounded. Henry Brown barn destroyed by lightning. Waterloo Odd Fellows honor Philip Morrell. Lagrange circuit court docket heavy with divorces. counterfeit bills found in Claypool. Avilla man dislocated shoulder. South Bend meat scare and disposal. Reiffsburg store fire. Brimfield concussion. Wabash Runaway injures Samuel Stiles. Mrs S T Blizzard dies. St Joseph Valley railroad wins mail contract. Karl Gerner ill. Huntington robbery caught by foreman Copenhaver. Warsaw liquor boycott linked to Dr Hines. Kosciusko court suit over buzz saw injury to Carl Young.
Reports list John Owens injured by a broken bolt at Kendallville on the Lake Shore railroad. Other notes include the Portland Cement plant near Kimball resuming operations, a boy burned by powder near Garrett, James Oliver’s eighty fourth birthday, consular transfers for John W. O'Hara, and numerous local incidents and court actions across Noble and LaGrange counties.
Local items report engine overhauls, new showcases, and city visitors. John Galloway resigns from B&O for Atlantic Coast Line. Garrett baseball, Shamrocks pitching, and a Goshen defeat are noted along with school openings and a church reception. T. & C. I. Co. unveils a new time card, expanding car service with 64 passenger cars and improved tracks.
Mrs. N F Rowan of Mc Donough Ga credits three bottles of Electric Bitters with curing chronic liver and stomach trouble and a red skin condition. She claims to be about 20 years younger and now handles work at her husband’s store. Dreier & Bro sell the remedy for 50 cents with a guarantee.
Auburn Indiana September 3 L D Robbins bought a full block on South Main street the Watson property to erect an ice cream factory this fall doubling as his expanding business hub. County council meets three days seeking forty thousand dollars for a new infirmary and other buildings while Vera Wise daughter of Will Wise travels to Monterey Mexico to teach at a Christian institute.
The service runs one and a half hours from Auburn to Garrett Kendallville and Fort Wayne. First car leaves at 5 40 am and every hour and a half until 5 40 pm 7 40 pm 9 45 pm with last car at 11 pm The interval is now one hour fifteen minutes between Auburn and Fort Wayne The Sentinel remains active in the field.
Mrs. S. Ruppee credits Dr. King's New Discovery with saving her son's life after a severe lung illness. She notes rapid improvement after starting the remedy on a doctor's and druggist's advice, and says he has worked steadily as a carpenter since recovery. Trial bottle offered free by Dreier & Bro. distributors.
Waterloo Indiana reports Labor Day events drew many to Fort Wayne with the Lake Shore line busy and few serious accidents. The Forepaugh Sells show attracted Auburn crowds, and Karl Gerner named Waterloo Dawn local correspondent. The Sentinel touts quality service and urges subscriptions.
A health notice warns that more than half of people over sixty suffer kidney and bladder disorders usually due to enlarged prostate. It promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy and cites a 91 year old user, Rodney Burnett of Rock Port, Missouri, who reports significant improvement after two bottles. Dreier & Bro.
Correspondent notes Mrs. Peter Fackler visiting Mrs. Peter Ludurick, and Mrs. Thomas Dishong ill with others, including Mrs. Wm Scoonover and Mrs. Harriet Foulks in low condition. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wolf. Gas pipeline work continues with pipes loaded for shipment. Virgil McKee Mace and sons return to Bloomington after three weeks with their grandparents.
Dr. Thomas Finn of Boonsboro Missouri with 32 years practice says he has used every prescription for kidney and bladder diseases but finds Foley's Kidney Cure most effective for both chronic and acute trouble. It stops irregularities and builds up the system. Dreier and Bro.
Aboit Indiana correspondence reports Violet DeLong’s return from Liberty Mills and Frank Pfeiffer’s trip to Goshen. S. S. Coleman visited cousins Lewis and Warren Coleman in Warsaw. Wilson Clark tears down part of his house to rebuild. Local teachers attend Allen County Teachers' Institute with Misses Walter Olson Jennings McFadden and Klaehn. Several Aboit Methodists attend the Robison Park reunion and hear Dr. Stuart at First M. E. church. Foley's Honey and Tar remains permitted under the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
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