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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1899
Page
5
Dark colored outings and dark fancy prints priced at 4 to 121 percent of a cent, dress goods and fleeced undergarments discounted, gents and children's wear marked down, carpets and oil cloth offered at low rates. Do your trading at the Boston Store where prices are always the lowest.
Beech Grove residents and nearby farmers are shown plowing and preparing fields for wheat. Attendees from Beech Grove joined the Disciples meeting at Saturn Sunday where Rev. Ireland preached in the evening after returning years ago as a regular preacher. Munson Chapel Sunday school plans a Five Points picnic on Saturday September 9 as Kress remodels his home enhancing the area. A traveling evangelist spoke at Beech but audiences were small and offerings modest, leading him to move on to new pastures. Lafayette township Sunday schools plan a convention in October with location to be announced.
Preparatory examinations at the Fort Wayne College of Medicine are held today as the school plans a formal opening for the fall term on Wednesday morning. A faculty meeting last evening arranged the start of work. Attendance is expected to exceed last year by more than fifty. Mrs. Fred Griebel and her daughter from this county are visiting friends in New York City.
Fort Wayne drew about twelve thousand crowds in the afternoon and perhaps fifteen thousand in the evening for Labor Day at Swinney Park. Congressman Robinson delivered an emphatic labor centered address praising workers and urging unity. The athletic program featured bicycle and running races, a balloon ascent, and a large evening parade with prizes awarded for costumes. The Trades and Labor council and the Knights of Labor organized the event, marked by smooth proceedings and ideal weather.
Hoagland reports Mr Bardy of Buffalo visited Dr J L Smith last week. Mrs Emily McIntosh returned from Reed City Michigan after a week with Mrs Curtis. Berne defeated Hoagland Stars 11 to 6 in last Saturday’s game. Mrs Rose McIntosh and Mrs Maggie Gresley came back from a month with Rev J W English Allegheny Pennsylvania and Mrs Kate Merriam Pittsburg. Rev R C Jones and wife began their summer vacation Monday evening. The W C T U plans an entertainment and social in the town hall Saturday evening.
Last Sunday burglars broke into J C F McMahen's home while churchgoing, removing a door panel with an ax and ransacking the house seeking money, with Miss Grace Hazzard hearing activity and the thieves leaving before she returned. Other local notes: Mrs. Wageman ill, Sunday services arranged, and local incidents including a horse theft and a nonserious fall at the cider mill.
Superintendent Gorsline received from Columbus prison authorities a photo of Albert Eder the man who attempted to rob Mrs Sechrist's saloon. Eder had served a term in Ohio penitentiary at Defiance for stealing. See new shirts Patterson's.
Wheat held steady with December easing from early highs amid heavy northwest receipts and active selling. May trading around 74 cents, corn and oats mixed on weather and speculative cues. Provisions steady as hogs firm, pork and lard prices posted gains. extensive price list for nearby contracts and farm staple goods.
Chicago livestock market overview shows hog receipts 9000 today with 25000 tomorrow and 3303 carried over. Hog prices ranged 4.15 to 4.60 for mixed and butcher grades, with heavy types 4.30 to 4.55, lighter weights 4.20 to 4.70. Cattle receipts 5000 with steady to strong tone. Beeves 4.50 to 6.60, cows and heifers 1.75 to 5.15, Texas steers 3.50 to 4.10, westerns 4.00 to 5.15, stockers 3.00 to 4.90. Sheep receipts 14000 with market steady.
Butter receipts for three days total 17 616 packages with market strength. Cheese receipts three days total 13 746 packages with firm market. Eggs receipts three days total 20 871 packages with firmer market. Sugar and coffee markets noted as quiet with various grades and prices.
Fort Wayne prices for flour and grain list spring wheat 4.40 to 4.60 per barrel, winter 3.55 to 3.60, second class 2.00 to 2.25, Graham per sack 30 cents, and multiple items including corn meal 1.00, oats 20 cents, rye 48 cents, flax seed 90 cents to 1.00, timothy seed 1.00 to 1.25, clover seed 3.25 to 3.50, wool washed 22 to 24 cents per pound, and green, singe, salted hides at 03 to 0 cents per pound.
John W. Hayden of this city has been chosen to succeed August E. Martin as deputy collector in Fort Wayne. The resignation of Martin, stamp agent here, opens the post with a large stock of revenue stamps held at the office. Hayden, foreseen by The Sentinel, has not yet stated his decision and may attend a conference with A. E. Nowlin in Lawrenceburg before starting.
The rainstorm last Friday was reported as very needed. George Morrow and Brit Brighton traveled to Michigan on business while Effie Morrow and Fred Winkler returned from Jay county. John Anderson family visited Bryant Indiana and John Hamilton plans to move to Michigan. Several young men from this place visited Marion last Sunday via Fort Wayne for a lively outing. Sam Barnes, Wabash agent at Woodburn, died Saturday morning of typhoid fever and was buried in Wabash. William Burket's little child is ill with cholera infantum. Sunday school is held next Sunday at 3 p.m. All are invited.
Cedarville social report notes a well attended party hosted by C Zimmerman last Thursday. Rev J J Fred and family returned to Geneva. W Sterick is adding a new extension to his house. J Dickover of Fort Wayne is the local carpenter. Miss Belle Knoble of Leo visited Sunday. T McComb buried his infant Monday. M E church to hear Rev Cheno next Sunday evening. Local young men report bad luck with their rigs.
A 29 year old Hoosier farmer of Dutch and English descent invites letters from single women aged 24 to 29 who fit a modest refined profile. He lists height weight eye color hair and moral traits and states he uses no liquor or tobacco. No city ladies widows or Catholics need apply.
The superior court will not be in session this week. The September term will commence next Monday.
In Washington township Munson's grove last Wednesday August 30 Banner Union Sunday School held a picnic with about a thousand attendees. Superintendent J C F McMahen led the welcome and the program featured Reverend speakers and harmony with Sunday school work. Ice cream peanuts and fruit were sold, the event cleared about 40 over expenses and no tobacco was sold. The day was praised as one of Allen county's best Sunday school picnics.
John Klever hosted a stag party at his parents country home in Hesse Cassel last Sunday for Perry Stahl who will soon wed Mr. and Mrs. Klever’s daughter. The gathering featured a kingly dinner and various rural amusements enjoyed by the young men in a hospitable setting.
The eighteenth annual reunion of old settlers from Ohio Pennsylvania and Indiana will be held Thursday September 28 at Meets grove near Ossian Indiana. Hon W H Eichhorn of Bluffton will give the welcome address with a Buckeye state resident to respond. Afternoon speeches by Rev W M Hamilton and others. English and German addresses plus instrumental and vocal music. Ossian band will play all day. Exercises start at 10 a.m. Cheap railroad rates arranged.
A Sunday school picnic and basket dinner will be held next Saturday September 9 in the grove near Five Points. About half of the invited twenty five Sunday schools have signified their intention to attend and a splendid time is assured. An invitation is extended to all to attend and enjoy one of the old fashioned picnics.
Miss Pearl Stevenson and Charles Bremen, prominent Monroeville residents, were married Tuesday morning at St. Rose's Church with Rev. Father Pacquet officiating.
County Superintendent Young asks The Sentinel to announce that newly adopted texts will go into use at the opening of the fall term Monday September 18. The books include geographies arithmetics and third fourth and fifth readers.
Fred W. Ranney of Fort Wayne has enlisted with Captain Ranke’s Twenty-eighth battery and requested transfer to Captain Ranke’s Thirty-ninth regiment. The War Department approved his assignment. Other new volunteers include Arthur J. Judd and Edward G. Hessert of Fort Wayne, John Carpenter of Upper Sandusky, Glen Gardner of Wabash, and Daniel Campbell of Angola.
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