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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
3
The article details the Gerke family reunion at Robison park with about 130 descendants and lists attendees including Herman A. F. Gerke and Mrs Wilhelmina Boester. It also covers multiple midwestern marriages and engagements from Fort Wayne to Seattle, Kokomo to Decatur, noting spouses, locations, and future homes.
Governor Hanly intensifies campaign for local option with county units, appealing to church and temperance groups. He captivated Northwest Conference Methodists yesterday and plans to appeal to the Indiana Conference next, signaling a statewide push to enact the statute.
A general assembly session favored enacting Governor Hanly's temperance measures, reappropriating near revert appropriations, and acting swiftly to protect southern Indiana residents from night riders. Durbin Plan was ignored as delegates urged harmony after prior conferences.
The People's Store announces new dress goods and wash goods in splendid variety. Shoppers are invited to view, sample, and compare prices without pressure to buy, encouraging customers to inspect the new offerings.
Auction of fabrics features 36-inch all wool Herringbone in tri color effects 36-inch Granite Cloths in Fall shades 38-inch Fancy Stripes and Plaids 46-inch Fancy Striped Panama in Fall colors 46-inch Cheviots Pekin Stripe in all shades 46-inch Serges Herringbone with triple color effects 48-inch Serges Herringbone with Diack strip 14-inch Pekin Striped Novelties tailored suits 54-inch Cheviots Herringbone with black stripe effect popular.
Come in to view an extensive display of new Percales Ginghams Outing Flannels Flannelettes and Fleecedowns. Dress Ginghams priced 814c yard with a large line of stripes checks and floral designs ideal for dresses and housewear with prices 1214c and 15c yd. Bates Seersuckers A F C Ginghams Toile du Nord Ginghams in hundreds of designs.
Governor Hanly urges legislators to convene on September 18 to pass a county local option law. He travels to rally support, seeking to enlist county local option advocates and secure backing from the Northwest Indiana Conference with a unanimous pledge to aid the measure and end the saloon curse.
Sheriff Grice and Deputy Hughes arrested Bert Farner in Laf ayette on a charge of stealing a lot of harness. Authorities tie him to a past disappearance of a horse and buggy from Baldwin, with Farner believed linked to the case.
A garbled OCR list shows multiple names with ages and occupations pairing male and female individuals. The fragments suggest marriage or partnership records from Wisconsin, including farmers, teachers, and artisans, but many names are corrupted or partial, such as Bradtmiller, Reitdorf, Motz, Homeyer, and others, with ages ranging from 1 to 38.
Rural letter carriers of Indiana wrap up their seventh annual convention in Marion with Newcastle chosen as next meeting site. Officers elected include President Marion F. Elliott Jay County Vice President W J Ward Carmel and Secretary Treasurer G B W Robbins Rochester. National delegates named President Elliott Leona Funkhouser Yorktown Charles Ware Greentown Bruce Rathbun Orland John Grimes Elwood Addison Scott Fairmount. Executive committee selected John Whittinger J O Bonebrake Veedersburg Carl Spence Hartford City. Next year’s host towns include Newcastle Muncie South Bend and Ft Wayne.
Members of Branch 116 NAACP? No National Association of Letter Carriers held their first Labor Day picnic at Buter’s grove east of the city with about one hundred mail carriers and families. A 16 to 7 baseball win by the Stubs over the Storks highlighted sports contests including several dash and race events won by Esther Stahl Ray Miller Oscar Richter and others. An arrangement committee led by Henry Storch F Huguenard John Rabert W J Fields Fred Gallmeyer and E Stubnatzy organized the event which organizers plan to make an annual affair.
The birth record lists several newborn daughters born to local families including Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Cook on West Wayne Street, Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Jendorph at 811 Washington Boulevard East, and Mr. and Mrs. Hery Leitz Jr. at 949 Home Avenue. Additional entries mention births to Mr. and Mrs. J G on West Washington Street and to Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch at 3.
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