City balks at bridge funds and delays ornamental plan
The city council rejected a $32 000 request from county officials to build a steel bridge this year and chose to wait a year to fund an ornamental concrete bridge instead. Two councilors supported the appropriation while four opposed. A separate measure to create rest rooms by remodeling the courthouse lavatory and coroner’s office was discussed with no final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Centlivre
Allen Hamilton
Indiana pivot of middle west battle outlined
Chicago reports the Democratic campaign to center on Indiana as the pivotal state. W. J. Bryan will tour Poseyville Evansville Terre Haute and October dates were promised. Lamb notes Indiana’s crucial role and the temperance vote stance. Clinton W Randall of Fort Wayne died in Hutchinson Kansas leaving a widow and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indiana
Middle West
National Committee
Mack
Lamb
Bryan
Hanly
Goshen Chosen For Northern Indiana Dental Convention
In its final session the Northern Indiana Dental Society selected Goshen as next year’s convention site and elected officers including President W R Meeker Peru and Secretary W O Vallette Goshen. Committees were named with Fort Wayne and other cities represented and bonds required for treasurers. The Fort Wayne Dental Society and local groups were thanked for hospitality during the current convention as clinics and demonstrations drew 135 attending dentists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Indiana Dental Society
Goshen
W. R. Meeker
Peru
J. A. Dinwiddie
Lowell
W. OO. Vallette
J. F. Peterson
Milford
J. A. Stage
Robert R. Gillis
Hammond
N. W. Hiatt
Marion
Hugh Meier
Fort Wayne
H. H. Shafer
North Manchester
EH. H. Grace
Logansport
F. M. Burkett
Plymouth
O. H. King
Commercial Club
Perry
Court House
L. A. Salisbury
Crown Point
George Cook
Chicago
Bluffton Citizens Discuss County Fair Plans
Local Bluffton residents talk of organizing a county fair while other regional notes report deaths Mrs Charles Kinsey of Auburn dies from typhoid fever and D A Sears known as Gus Sears a notable farmer dies at LaGrange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffton
Charles Kinsey
Auburn
Kendallville
United Brethren Congregation
Warsaw
Lake Shore
D. A. Sears
Frank Stetler
Pleasant Lake
Steuben County
Angola Fair Grounds
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Decatur
Conrad Norwalt
Ossian
Huntington
Co. D. Carr
Wells County
Prohibition Candidate Denounces German American Slander
Hon Sumner W Haynes of Portland running for governor angrily rejects claims Germans oppose the American Sabbath. He cites Berne as an example of Germans obeying law with no saloon and attacks both major parties on temperance records. Gra ham presided as a male quartet sang. Haynes to speak again tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner W. Haynes
Portland
Court House
Haynes
Fort Wayne
Berne
Mr. Haynes
James E. Graham
Veteran kills comrade after vow of revenge decades old
Marion Indiana September ninth veteran William Driesman aged sixty five, a National Soldiers' home member, shot Captain George W Reepe in the back outside the home. He confessed the killing was premeditated after eight years of waiting to avenge a past abuse by Reepe. Reepe died from a spinal cord wound. Driesman claimed the act fulfilled a promised vow. Reepe's relatives live in Butler Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
William
Driesman
National Soldiers’ Home
George W. Reepe
Reepe
Two Home From Cuba Dr Barnett and Dennis Return
Dr W W Barnett and Bert R Dennis arrived in the city on their return from Cuba where they supervised development work for the Cuban Land and Development Company Fort Wayne. The party includes A D Palmer and son and Frank Brewer of Angola. They left Fort Wayne in July and reached the island on July 7. They rough it in tents while improving the company holdings coffee is under cultivation and a saw mill is planned. Miss Elma Weaver elected second vice president of the Indiana State Nurses Association. Mrs K G Fournier of Hope Hospital spoke at the Indianapolis convention and reported on her trip to the San Francisco nurses convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barnett
B. R. Dennis
Bert R. Dennis
City
Cuba
Cuban Land and Development Company
a _ Fort Wayne corporation
A. D. Palmer and Son
Frank Brewer
Angola
Barnett
Mr. Dennis
Fort Wayne
Elma Weaver
Indiana State Nurse’s Association
Indianapolis
K. G. Fournier
Hope Hospital
San Francisco
Local residents buy distant farms and city residence
John H Grisamer who lived north of the city buys the residence at 144 East Bieth Street. John Wertman of Taylor Street purchases the James Erwin farm six miles north of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Grisamer
Bieth
John Wertman
Taylor Street
James Erwin
Democrat picked to introduce option law in Indiana
Indianapolis sentinels report that Republicans have agreed on a county local option bill for the September 18 special session called by Governor Hanly. A Republican will present the bill in the Senate and a Democrat in the House. The Democrat chosen to introduce the measure is not yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Senate
House
State Anti-Saloon League
Fitch Injured While Fleeing Canadian Forest Fires
Charles B. Fitch a well known insurance man is confined to his home with a fractured left leg after fleeing forest fires sweeping Canada. He was visiting Cabri Ont Lake Temagami and Haileybury where fires forced his group to move, causing his injury during hotel stairs escape.
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Charles B. Fitch
Webster Street
Canada
Mr. Fitch
Mrs. Fitch
J. T. Stahl
Kendallville
Cabali
Ont
Lake Temagani
Hailebury
Mich
Fitch
Baker proves 10 victims of shooting in July riot
Leslie Chris Baker identified as the youth shot last July amid a chase of Harry E Kosher after a evening outing. Baker along with Ed Tourney and Phil Klingenberger arraigned on riotous conspiracy. witnesses absent, cases continued with recognizances. Other docket items include continuances for William Rhine, a ten dollar fine for Samuel Taylor tied to milk temperature, Timbers and Dolly Miller charged with immorality, and Voetter’s license violation case dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
Chris” Baker
Harry E. Kosher
Baker
Ed Tourney
Phil Klingenberger
William Rhine
Louis Zwick
Samuel Taylor
Taylor
John Timbers
Dolly Miller
Smith
Julius Voetter
Jones Leads Republican Bid for U S Senator
Seattle daily returns from a primary show Wesley L. Jones set to win the Republican nomination for United States Senator, with belated returns widening his lead over incumbent Levi Ankeny. The report also notes a London demolition reference and unrelated Dickens mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Wesley L. Jones
United States
Jones
Levi Ankeny
Huntington Fire Destroys Lumber Yard and Elevator
A dawn blaze in Huntington Indiana severely damages the Knudson Mercer lumber yard and Schulenberg Weber grain elevator on Webster Street. About 40 000 dollars in losses, 18 000 bushels of grain destroyed, four empty freight cars burned, water wells failed, but firemen saved most structures with Erie engines aiding. Suspects detained briefly before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
Knudson-Mercer Company
Webster Street
Schulenberg & Weber
Knudson- Mercer
J. S. Winebrenner & Company
Romanian Framed Up A Good Story Ends In Fine
A Roumanian who grabbed a wheel belonging to William Fredericks faced a light sentence after a tale of mistaken identity failed. He received $10, costs, and 30 days from Judge Skelton. He claimed to ride the wheel to fix a puncture but lacked biking skill. The case was part of a longer proceeding including Ned Johns and a Seidel ordinance test. The humane society and County Attorney Hoff man aided the prosecutor. Morris King was called in from Little Roumania to interpret evidence as warrants issued for selling liquor to minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fredericks
Labor Bay
Ned Johns
Harry Wiebke
The
Humane Society
Hoffman
King
Morris King
Little Roumania
Iquor
Miors
William Standard
Lincoln Beard
Nieman Aided in Rescue After Denver Rio Grande Blast
H. D. Nieman of Fort Wayne acted as a rescuer after a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive exploded at Segers Col. Engineer Lund lay over 100 feet from the engine when found. Nieman, a traveling representative for a Michigan firm, improvised bandages from shirts in his suitcase to treat severe head wounds and burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Nieman
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Segers
Col
Denver and
Rio Grande
Grand Junction
Daily Sentinel
Lund
Ind
Michigan
Stran ger Thompson Sought After Real Estate Swings
Fort Wayne detectives pursue Simon Peter Thompson who cashed a non negotiable $5,200 certificate of deposit in Columbia City and disappeared. He boasted wealth while presenting the bank form to buy homes in Fort Wayne and LaOtto, leaving two deals unfinished and alarms raised by Provident Trust and American Bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bankers’ Association
Simon Peter Thompson
Provident Trust Company
Columbia City
Thompson
Fort Wayne
Bankers’ Association
the Provident Trust Company
S. P. Thompson
Judge Thompson
Rensselaer
Indiana Supreme Bench
Whitley County
Corn Belt Bank
Bloomington
Walter Binder
Provident Institution
Bloomington Bank
Trust Company
LaOtto
Fires Twice Stop Train on Northern Michigan Trip
A. L. Randall reports forests fires forced two train stoppages in northern Michigan. He describes severe drought, smoke veiling the sun, parched land, and drifting ash while noting farmers call for aid as conditions threaten widespread fires. John J. Brennan returns from six weeks in New York and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Randall
Leland
Mich
Edward White
Randall
Michigan
John J. Brennan
New York
Brooklyn
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Struc
Ture
Hoosier State
Clinton W. Randall
Hutchinson
Kan
Ghosen
Arkansas Land
Arkansas
Kinig
Nesta
Prohibition
Marion Home
Persecutor
Sentinel
Recognizance
Auking
London
Fulwood
Holborn
Fagin
Jack
Sheppard
Bacon
Blaze
Roumanian
Eugene “Oltz
Clay and
Holman Streets
W. E. Doud
Mr. Foltz
Crouse
Foltz
Davis
Columbia
Dreuth
Northern
Mal Yeveribe
F. R
South Bendec Tyne
D San
McHenry Minhows
Bend, Ind
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