Local Fort Wayne Notes On People and Projects
Dr Geary of Coesse attends city business Professor Crull and daughter Sophia return from Rome City Mesers Chapin and Denny fit offices with large model drawers Mrs Bartley’s improving after belt line car injury at St Joseph hospital Albert Roy returns to Academic Station after typhoid relapse Carl Swain spoke at St Joe township meeting Dr Rea offers guaranteed professional service Hattersleys new building excavation near bus barn to beautify East Wayne St Hon J Shutt returns from Montana mining trip Prospect avenue man injured by falling pulley at new power station Ivan Dove injured hand at Electric light station several hospital cases including Paul Corneille hand injury at City Flouring Mills tragic baby deaths at Fort Wayne funeral details Fort Wayne lake project proposed near Spy Run area Maumee Valley Monumental Association forms to photograph battlefields for World’s Columbian Exposition in Toledo.
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Anna Bartley
St. Joseph Hospital
Albert Roy
Academic Station
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Hattersley
Wayne Street
Shutt
Spencerville
Ind
Montana
Indiana Mining Company
Poesten Emerick
Prospect Avenue
Maumee Valley
State Historical Society
Ohio
Public Schools List Teachers for Coming Year
The Seysrinet publishes the school list as next week opens. A large increase in scholars is noted and the school board and superintendent are praised for their efficiency. Special teachers and principals for multiple schools are named with grade groups and janitors.
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Seysrinet
School Staff Rostered Across District Institutions
A list of school staff members names several principals assistants and janitors across multiple schools. Entries include Hamilton School East German School West German School and Franklin School with repeated roles such as principal assistant and janitor.
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Pranklin School
Mary E. Freeman
Jessie Robigon
Mary Hedges
Emma C. Weber
Bertha Ritter
Carl Schwarz
Sarah C. Schaaf
Elizabeth Rohlmann
Fire Island sale linked to quarantine use by state
Fire Island was sold to a purchaser believed to represent the state for about $210,000. The deal includes the hotel, thirteen cottages, 125 acres of beach land and a steamboat. Governor Flower had urged Dr. Jenkins in New York to buy the island for quarantine or refuge use for passengers aboard the Normannia.
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New York
Fire Island
D. S
Sway
Governor Flower
Dr. Jenkins
Normannia
Syracuse
N.Y
Herald
New York Bay
Sandy Hook
Berkman Talks of Sentencing and Suicide Threats
In a Pittsburgh plea for the 1906 trial, Alexander Berkman says he would rather hang than serve a long term, stating he would not endure any sentence beyond ten years. He admits planning the attack on Mr Frick, accepts responsibility, and says his comrade Frick showed fear during the encounter.
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Prrrsaivne
Derkmien
Mr. Frick
Berkman
Indiana Saloonkeepers Convene First Annual Session
The Licensed Saloonkeepers League of Indiana opened its first annual convention in Santanarotts with 230 delegates and several hundred visitors. William Beatty presided as president. Dennis Palmer chaired the permanent officers. James F.P. Wilson served as secretary as committees were formed. A notable aim is to adopt a constitution and elevate the business by weed out disreputable characters. The gathering included welcome remarks by Mayor Thomas Sullivan and a keynote address by John Kammeron of the Ohio league.
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Santanarotts
League of Indiana
William Beatty
Indianapolis
James ST. Moore
Beatty
Thomas Sullivan
Dennis Palmer
Kokomo
James FP. Wilson
John Kammeron
Ohio League
Paints promise long lasting durable white finish
The advertisement touts a long lasting hand somer finish that outlasts rivals, offers strong wood protection, and costs less initially. It notes tinting options beyond white using National Lead Co. pigments.
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National Lead Co
Hoosier News Highlights From Across the State
A roundup of local events: Elwood schools strained for space. Mrs. E. C. Wilson, ex mayor’s wife of Noblesville, dies. Vermilion County soldiers hold Newport reunion. Newport cholera anxieties in Jeffersonville. New Albany Presbytery to meet at North Vernon. Rev. Harry Nice accepts Kingston Presbyterian call. West Lafayette Methodists plan new church costing 10 000 dollars. Lafayette gravel pit cave-in kills Sherman Hickmen and injures Patrick Troy. Peter Kelley of Portland dies. remains buried in Sydney, Ohio. Crawfordsville militia guards Chicago on Columbian Day. Rev. A J Arrick resigns Stratford City church for Mt Sterling Kentucky. artesian well struck in Charlottesville. water pure and tasteless. William Snyder of Tippecanoe killed by tree in storm. 4500 barrel oil well near Portland with six square miles undrilled. Dublin United Brethren dedicate new house of worship led by Bishop Becker. Joseph Wynne of Volga vanishes after wagon trip to Madison. William R Snyder of South Raub dies in orchard. Edward C Hanagry of New Albany dies of consumption leaving $100 000 estate.
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E. C. Wilson
Exmayor
Noblesville
Vermillion County
Newport
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Harry Nice
Kingston Presbyterian Church
West Lafayette
A. J
Arrick
Startford City Presbyterian Church
Mt. Sterling
Charlottesville
William Snyder
Tippecanoe County
Portland
United Brethren Church
Dublin
Becker
Akron
Ohio
Joseph Wynne
Volga
Madison
William TR. Snyder
South Raub
Rosetta Reeder
Lafayette
Edward C. Hanagry
Merchants’ National Bank
Personal Items From Exchanges Across Fort Wayne
Gossip from exchanges notes visits by A Diamond and wife S and I Pettlitzer and A Copinus of Fort Wayne to Pettlitzer brothers in Lafayette. B J Woenker and wife of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in Huntington with Mr Woenker’s parents. Joseph and George Stults came to Fort Wayne for Dr Charles Stults’s illness. Colonel and Mrs E Briant attended funeral of Briant’s brother. Wm T Briant and wife also attended. Ed Hardy returned from a three week race tour in Indiana and Ohio with Coleridge and Laura Trego winning money. John Connolly arrested in Fort Wayne and wanted in Wooster Ohio for safe robbery. he has wife and family near Swan in Noble county. Mrs Erickson of Fort Wayne visits Mrs M A Shulsza. Misselhorn and Emma Wallace of Fort Wayne spent Sunday in Kendallville. Fred Susches, a Fort Wayne wheelman, visited Bluffton. Miss Myrtle Herbert and Miss Marguerite also in town. Charley Dalrymple rode from Fort Wayne for Sunday in Bluffton. Miss Lola Conover visited Fort Wayne. George and Chester Thein of Fort Wayne visited their aunt Mrs Gottleib Wang.
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Lafayette Courier
A. Diamond
I. Pettlitzer
A. Copinus
Fort Wayne
Pettlitzer Brothers
Huntington Democrat
B. J. Woenker
Woenker
Huntington Herald
Joseph
George Stults
Charles Stults
E. Briant
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Wm. T. Briant
Logansport
Ed Hardy
Indiana
Ohio
Speedera
Coleridge
Laura Trego
Indianapolis
Columbus
Kendallville Sun
John Connolly
Wooster
Connolly
Swan
Noble County
Noble county’—Mrs. Erickson, of Fort Wayne, Is the Guest of Mrs. M. A. Shulsza
H. Misselhorn
Emma Wallace
Bluffton
Fred Susches
Myrtle Herbert
Marguerite
Charley Dalrympie
Lola Conover
Mollie Crowningfield
George and
Chester Thein
Cgottleib Wang
Mystery Confession Clears Death of Terry Quill
The death of 15 year old Terry Quill of 45 Washington street is explained by the confession of George McKenzie, an 18 year old former playmate, who admits pushing Quill down an air shaft after a quarrel. Quill’s body was found two months after his disappearance.
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Terry Quill
Washington Street
George McKenzie
Quill
McKenzie
Market prices and grain futures across multiple cities
Wheat, corn, oats and other commodities quoted with Sept and Oct futures. Cattle, hogs and sheep receipts and prices reported in Sioux City and Topeka markets. New York and Fort Wayne prices given for wheat, corn, oats, rye, sugar, coffee, lard and eggs. Also notes on butter, cheese, hay, hides, tallow and a medical ad for Moffat's Pills.
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Toxepo
New York
C. P
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Fort Wayne
Graham
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