Garrison Jr. Ends Life on Eve of Marriage in New York
Daniel E. Garrison Jr a St. Louis industrialist from a prominent family shot himself at the Waldorf Astoria while awaiting his fiancee. He left two letters one to his father explaining his suffering from kidney trouble hay fever and asthma the other from the fiancée urging him to cheer up. He resided at 5240 West Westminster Place and was 42. The death followed a visit to New York with his father and son Daniel E. Garrison III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Daniel E. Garrison, Jr
St. Louis
Waldorf Astoria
Mary
Corrugated Steel Bar Company
Garrison, Jr
Daniel E. Garrison
West Minster Place
William G. Moler
Garrison Sii
Mr. Garrison
Mr. Garrison, Jr
Electric donations boost St Josephs hospital bazaar
At a Sunday meeting in St Josephs hospital rooms the ten day bazaar for the hospital building fund was boosted by a donation from Edmunds Construction company of ten electric dining room domes valued at 25 dollars each and wired free for recipients. Governor Thomas R Marshall could not attend the opening, prompting a new speaker committee led by Rt Rev Mgr J H Dechtering Rev Jos F Delaney and Rev John R Quinlan to pick a speaker. Tickets for the parade total 5000 already sold with Elks and Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers among large buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Hospital
Edmunds Construction Company
Thos. R. Marshall
Bbazaar
Robert W. T. DeWald
Mr. DeWald
St. Joseph's
Sisters of the Poor Handmaids of Christ
Cleveland
Saratoga Springs
The
Elks and
the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen Ind. Engineers
Girl Dies of Fright in Cincinnati Dream Beheading
Marie Hackett age 15 dies after a dream in which her mother is beheaded. Her sweetheart Harry Homer 17 drank wood alcohol after seeing her coffin and lies in critical condition at a city hospital. He had been struck by lightning last December and is believed to be mentally unwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Marie Hackett
Harry Homer
Miss Hackett
Homer
Uck
Smd At
Garrison family link to NY tragedy noted in St Louis
D E Garrison Jr. was found dead in a New York hotel on Sept 2. He planned a October wedding to Miss Mary Williams of New York and to move to Buffalo to head a firm branch. His father D E Garrison Sr. and grandfather D E Garrison III traveled with him. The Corrugated Bar Co president, a widower, offered no reason for the suicide amid hay fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
D. E. Garrison, Jr
New York
Mary Williams
Garrison
Rye Beach
N. Y
Buffalo
Waldorf-Astoria
D. E. Garrison, III
Canada
Corrugated Bar Company
No report made in Tiolley case
An alleged attempt by Nettle Bourlie of Columbus Indiana to lure seventeen year old Sadie Holley of Fort Wayne into a house of ill repute via the mails has not reached authorities. Police say the girl has a good Fort Wayne reputation and the matter is now in hands of the W C T U. Letters will be reviewed by post office inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettle Bourlie
Columbus
Ind
United States
Sadie Holley
Thomas Street
Abbott
Fort Wayne
Bourlie
Holley
Post Office
Sheldon News Notes and Local Appointments
Sheldon Indiana reports preaching services September 10 at 2 30 p m by Rev Stright. prayer meetings Sundays. updates include family visits hospital returnees bank earnings three weeks visit relatives moving doctor from Fort Wayne to Sheldon with office in Kaufman house. several local brief updates on residents and outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mattei
Chicago
Robert Mattei
L. I. Anderson
Maxine
Jacob Walker
Dr. Hess
Fort Wayne
Sheldon
Kaufman
Miller
Dessie Scnell
Quingy
Jud Reed
Ora Bowman
Ulrich Baker
Lake George
Angeline’ ‘Warcup
Huntertown
Erma Swank
Wanted Girl for General Housework at No 306 West Creighton
A shortage of details but the notice seeks a girl for general housework. Apply at No 306 West Creighton Ave. The message includes an age placeholder and unclear contact data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creighton Ave
Veterans Association of the Pennsylvania Company Holds Second Banquet
Eighty five members attended the second annual meeting of the Veterans' Association of the Pennsylvania Company. President Samuel S. Kelker presided as reports and elections followed by a banquet with speeches from General Superintendent A. M. Schoyer and other officials. The group aims to grow the organization beyond two hundred members next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veteran
Schoyer
J. H. Hobrock
Ward
Wardrop
C. D. Gorham
W. M. Wardrop
E. G. Estry
John EE. Ross
Allen Hamilton
Crawford Griswold
Samuel 8. Keiker
Long-tenured railway staff hold varied promotions through years
The article lists numerous employees and their career progressions from 1867 to the early 1900s. It details Charles T. Matott Chester Darnell J M Reagans J H Hobrock Richard E Doty George E Graham Joseph W Keeler Homer B Reynolds George Miller and others, noting their initial positions and subsequent promotions within the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Matott
Chester Darnell
Chicago
J. M. Reagans
Motive
J. H. Hobrock
Shoup
Richard E. Doty
George E. Graham
Crestline
Fort Wayne
Joseph W. Keeler
Homer B. Reynolds
Ada
Ohio
George Miller
Daniel Petgen
Samuel Henderson
Copper, Pipe and Tin
Poe News Highlights Local Visits and Masonic Postponement
In Poe Indiana on September 6 Mr and Mrs George Morton visited their son Chauncey Snider from White Pigeon Michigan. The Olive Branch lodge postponed their scheduled Masonic degrees and banquet to October 6. Local residents including Martin Reinking and family and George Kuntz of South Bend were noted as visiting or staying with area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Ind
George Morton
Chauncey
Hoagland
Chauncey Snider
White Pidgeon
Mich
Clem Smith
Perry R. Caston
Frank Morton
Henry Neiceiter
Simon Somers
Gon
Wm. E. Dalman
Olive Branch Lodge
A. M
Martin Reinking
Wm. Heckman
George Kuntz
South Bend
Margaret Chapman
Wakerton
Picture Tragedy Repeats In New York Show
At a New York moving picture showing last night Raoffelo Richetti and his 18 year old daughter Rosa watched a tragedy about a father who killed his daughter and then himself. Early today Richetti went to Rosa’s bedside and shot her, then fired a bullet into his head. Both probably will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Raoffelo Richetti
Rosa
Richetti
New Pastor Installed in Monroeville Circuit
Rev. E. E. Campbell was installed as pastor of the English Lutheran church at Monroeville and also serves Flat Rock and Marquardt. The three charges form one circuit with services held in Monroeville Flats Rock and Marquardt. Campbell moves from Princeton Iowa and will relocate his family next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Alberthus
Christ Lutheran Church
Monroeville
E. E. Campbell
Flat Rock
Marquardt
Mr. Campbell
Flats Rock
Mr. Albert
Alberthus
Campbell
Iowa
City Board Orders Diphtheria Precautions In Huntington
Huntington Ind Sept 4 The city board of health suspends opening of State Street school for fall term and cancels sessions next week due to diphtheria. A second death in the Bair family prompts quarantine and closures of Condit street M E church and Lindsley street Apostolic Holiness church as cases rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
City Board of Health
State Street
Leslie R. Bair
William D. Bair
Condit Street M. E
Lindsley Street
Apostolic Holiness Church
Death from lockjaw claims Portland boy
Edward Jennings Doty ten year old son of Leonard and Cora Doty died Monday at 2:45 am at his North Merida street home after a two week illness from lockjaw. He had injured his knee in a drag fall two weeks earlier and tetanus developed Saturday morning. he suffered greatly until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ind
Edward Jennings Doty
Leonard
Cora McKikendall Doty
North Merida Street
Three Men Die In Velvet Special Wreck At Fremont
Three men are dead after the Soo Line Velvet Special derailed near Fremont Wisconsin when a mislaid switch caused the northbound train to jump the track. Engineer August Kuester 55 North Fond du Lac and two unidentified tramps riding blind baggage perished. Fireman Earl Heinsen escaped with bruises and is not believed fatally hurt. Several others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Wis
Soo Line
Chicago
Twin Cities
August Kuester
North Fond du Lac
Earl Heinsen
Seven Drown When Monster Freighter Strikes Launch
At Toledo on Labor Day morning the 35 foot Nemo was struck by the 500 foot freighter Philip Minch half a mile north of the Red Can buoy. Seven men aboard the Nemo perished. Michael Mayer survived. Bodies not recovered. Captain Cummings and crew witnessed the collision as Nemo deviated from the channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Maumee
Michel Mayer
Norwood
Philip Minch
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Harry Batch
James Wisler
Thomas Purcell
Sumner Street
Fred Shane
Cowell
William Blatt
Norwood Avenue
William Carroll
Rudolph Yunker
Dorr Street
Kelly's Island
Labor Day
Michael Mayer
Mayer
Perry Street
Swan Creek
L. B. Cummings
Minch
F. P. Cummings
Abner Susler
August Swen
Cummings
Lawsuit arises from Kingsland trolley disaster claims
The estate of L. C. Justus seeks $10,000 in Bluffton court amid forty three damage claims against Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction. The firm argues passes exempt it from liability, citing intercompany courtesy contracts. Thirty nine claims have been settled, leaving Justus and three others, including death of Silas E. Thompson, Fred Jones, and Lloyd Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne and
Wabash Valley Traction Company
Kingsland
L. C. Justus
Bluffton
Traction Company
Justus
Marton, Bluffton and Eastern
Fort Wayne Company
Silas E. Thompson
Fred Jones
Lloyd Brown
County W C T U Elects Officers At Monroeville Meeting
The Women's Christian Temperance union of Allen county met Tuesday in Monroeville electing officers for the year led by President Mrs C S Ridenour Fort Wayne Recording Secretary Bertha Youse Monroeville and Corresponding Secretary Mrs Al Smith Monroeville The vice presidents are local union presidents Mrs Henry Emrick Hoagland Mrs Daisy Julian Harlan Mrs Lucy Youse Monroeville Mrs Herbert Ra Grabill and Mrs Rhoda Jones Resolutions urged boycotting the Allen county fair citing liquor sales and horse racing ministers asked to preach against attendance Rev Lt D Reh spoke in the afternoon and Rev Mr Campbell English Lutheran addressed the crowd on The Church Against the Liquor Traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Allen County
Monroeville
C. S. Ridenour
Fort Warne
Bertha Youse
al Smith
Ida Youse
Hoagland
Henry Emrick
Daisy Julian
Harlan
Lucy You
Lt D. Reh
Mr. Campbell
English Lutheran Church
Second theft arrest for Martin Hayes at Fort Wayne dairy site
Martin Hayes, 15, of 732 Riverside Avenue, is arrested again for stealing $9.55 from Moritz Bauer, a Fort Wayne Dairy driver. Detective Pappert recovered the money. Hayes tailed the driver to the wagon at the plant, repeated the act in Bloomingdale, and is now under probation supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hayes
Riverside Avenue
Moritz Bauer
Fort Wayne Dairy Company
Pappert
Butler
Bloomingdale
Fighters Share After Battle In City Court
Fred Beckstein and Frank Wolkey, both deaf, appeared in city court Monday with black eyes from a prior debt dispute. They pledged to argue and forget, shaking hands on the witness stand after prosecutor Hilgemann warned against renewed hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Beckstein
Frank Wolkey
Hilgemann
Jay Beaumont
John Ailes
John van Alien
Mike Brennan
William Weiss
Frank Smith
Joe Benz
Dick Brennan
John Henry
Joe Thompson
Fort Warne Dairy Company
George Waldschmidt
Jake Soliday
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Daniel .E. Garrison
Self
Gift of Edmunds Construction Co
Gov
Marshall
Girl
Tiolley
Sheldon News
Pennsylvania Veterans Association
J. N. Rohyans
Pennsylvania Veterans’ Annual Meeting
Elks’ Home
Nickel Plate
VETS
Niagara Falls
POE News
City Board
Lockjaw
Kelly Island
Big Lake
Lad
Dairy Company
Henry
Bieberich
Lnte
Adolph C. Bieberich
WM. Fruechtenicht
Atty
Mary A. Collins
James B. Hare
Harper & Eggeman
Alfred L. Schulenberg
Alien County
Indiana
Ida M. Schulenberg
McAdams & Hartzell
Attys
State of Indiana
Essie P. Fisher
William H. Fisher
Superior Court
WM. BE. Gerding
Underwood & Gearke
Flaintiff
State of Indiaa
Ira E. Hall
Edward Roy Conklin
WA. E. Gerden
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