Local news highlights and brief notes from Fort Wayne
Summer ending and local items include J A Bookwalter ill with typhoid in East Lewis Street. Notables Herman Berghoff in city, W A Smith and Ernest Piepenbrink guests at Maples, Mrs Reardon’s chimney blaze, Elizabeth Single dies at 44, and Charles G Conn’s rise from laborer to 200 workers. Also rattlesnake sighting on West Berry, Morrisons’ health episode, Frederick C Franke wed to Frances Quick, new Monon dining car feature, Indiana militia to Chicago world fair dedication, W Hart s uff dies at 42, cholera immigrant handling on railroads as carriers seek first class appearance.
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Herman Berghoff
Chicago
Will Scheiman
Pfeiffer & Schlatter’s
Decatur
W. A. Smith
Ernest Piepenbrink
East End
Maples
Nester
Colonel Conn
McLain
Alleghany City
John Seaton
Alleghaney City
Mr. Wolf
West Berry Street
J. W. Morrison
Washington, D. C
Morrison
Frederick C. Franke
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railroad
Big Rapids
Mich
Frances Quick
Franke
W. F. Rahe
Broadway
Mlinois
America
Anvorant Goveror Rocxie
Indiana
Wiliam D. Hartsuff
West Jefferson Street
Unadilla
St. Louis Republic
New York
Buffalo
Bourke Cochran to Speak Here September 30
The Democratic orator Bourke Cochran, famed for his Chicago convention speech, plans a September 30 address here. In a New York interview he predicts New York will cast over 50,000 votes for Cleveland, with strong Republican support among German voters. He defines great oratory as arising from opposition and clear principle, not mere politeness.
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Bourke Cochran
New York
Cleveland
Cochran
Depew
Chicago
Iis
Fort Wayne Man James Cunningham Arrested in Chicago Robbery
A Chicago telegram reports Fort Wayne resident James Cunningham was arrested after a street robbery attempt near Prairie and Cottage Grove avenues. Officer John Wrenn intervened as the assailants demanded Clark’s gold watch and money. One suspect escaped. Cunningham confessed his name and origin, aiding further leads.
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Chicago
Henry Clark
Thirty-first Street
State
Clark
Prairie and
Cottage Grove Avenues
Norge
John Wrenn
Cottage Grove Avenue
Wrenn
Armory
James Cunningham
Fort Wayne
Ind
Healy
Henry Ha Is Lying at the Point of Death at His Home
Henry Harber, a Nickel Plate conductor, lies near death at 390 Hanna street after injuries in Continental Ohio three weeks ago. He has suffered repeated hemorrhages as his condition worsens. The piece then argues against the idea of free trade, defending a revenue tariff and contrasting it with protectionist policy.
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Henry Harber
Hanna Street
Continental
Ohio
N. Dilferbough
York, Neb
Cholera scare spreads across ports and cities
A lengthy dispatch reports suspected cholera in Enizaneth and multiple port quarantines. It notes a Polish factory worker admitted in Staten Island, hospital quarantine, shipboard cases in Hull and Hamburg, and a nun’s death near La Libertad. New York health boards deny city cholera. other cities report outbreaks and religious admonitions as Canada warns and prays for calm.
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Enizaneth
N.dj
John Cussick
Staten Island
New York Board of Health
Moravia
Normannia
Scandia
Bohemian
Heligoland
la Britagne
Washington City
Cambria
Furnessis
Wyoming
Gravesend Bay
Bohemia
Loxnox
Hull
Hamburg
Panama
San Salvador
la Libertad
Pacific
Republic
Europe
Havre
New York
The
Health Board
John Knox
Allan State Line
State of Nevada
Glasgow
Maine
Knox
Roberts
Bureau of Contagious Diseases
West
Twenty-third Street
North River
Nevada
Minas
Tenn
Mayfield
Ottawa
Ont
Archdiocese of
Canada
Campaign Meetings Scheduled Across Allen County Listings
The Democratic county central committee of Allen County announces a slate of campaign meetings from September 28 to October 3 in multiple towns. Speakers include Hon. R. C. Bell J. M. Barrett W. P. Denny N. D. Doughman C. Dalman and others plus Miss Luella Meeks of Genoa returning from a visit.
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Democratic County
Allen County
New Haven
R. C. Bell
W. P. Denny
Arcola
J. M. Barrett
N. D. Doughman
Wallen
E. O'Rourke
W. S. Shambaugh
Huntertown
Allen Zollars
W. Schaden
Leo
S. M. Foster
P. B. Colerick
Telkers
Wayne
J. M. Robinson
C. Dalman
Monroeville
B. F. Calvert
Aboit Center
Pleasant Center
C. Bell
W. H. Shambaugh
Milan Center
St. Joe Center
M. Hench
P. W. Schaden
Middleton
M. Foster
John Rodabaugh
Luella Meeks
Genoa
Fatal Runaway Crash Kills John Poinsett Near Pfeiffer Farm
A runaway team crashed into a buckboard returning from the city injuring John Poinsett and Mr. McCormick. Poinsett died Monday morning from severe wounds after 14 stitches and abdominal injuries. He was about seventy, leaving a wife and children. Funeral planned at his Goshen road home with Rev. S A Northrop officiating.
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Pfeiffer
John Poinsett
Poinsett
Mr. McCormick
Dunn
Mr. Poins
Mr. Poinsett
Goshen Road
S. A. Northrop
Thurman Tips and Local Notes from Thurman Tip
Thurman Tips reports a flurry of small local items including J F Gebert gravely ill with typhoid, Mrs John Mower visiting Lyons Nebraska, Tip Perkins tin wedding anniversary, Ed Chausse and Christ Koester visiting Huntington, William Hazelet and James Evard heading to Washington, D C, Miss Bogue visiting Fort Wayne, Delbert Miller and Miss Cora Hodges wed at Maysville with Rev Kain, reception at William Andrews home, and general congratulations and gifts noted in Sunshine.
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Kain
William Andrews
Fort Wayne woman praises Stackhouse Institute cure
Mrs. Elma Pool of 30 Buchanan street recalls a two year illness starting as a severe cold that caused headaches, dizziness, and organ troubles. After treatment at Stackhouse Medical Institute in Fort Wayne her symptoms vanished and she urges others to seek care there. The ad lists low charges, free medicines, and contact details for the Stackhouse Mexican Institute in White's Bank Building with hours and a $1 consultation.
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Nevada
Ohio
Elma Pool
Buchanan Street
Fort Wayne
Elma
Stackhouse Medical Institute
Stackhouse Mexican Institute
White
New Bank Building
Wayne and
Clinton Streets
Masonic Temple
Fort Warvye, Inc
Duel on Wheels Ends in Death Near Tonganoxie
In Leavenworth Kansas on September 19 two rivals Dudley Grant and C D Preston dueled over a Ton ganoxie belle Miss Sutton. They rode wheel to wheel with butcher knives. Grant was fatally injured after a crash and Preston escaped to Indian Territory.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Dudley Grant
C.D. Preston
Miss Sutton
Grant
Preston
Prairies
Tonganoxie
Indian Territory
Fire at Rockaway Beach destroys hotels and harms people
Reports from Rockaway Beach indicate a large blaze at the seaside museum area, with Far Rockaway aid en route as lines fail. Six hotels reportedly destroyed and two lives lost, while Somerset editor Joseph B. Rucker was shot and wounded nearby, prompting pursuit.
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Rockaway Beach
Far Rockaway
Rockaway
Wabash Line Half Fare Round Trips West
Round trip tickets to all points west sold by the Wabash Line at half fare on dates above. Through Sleeping and Reeling Chair Cars to Kansas City provided without change. Phone number: 6 17-d&w-1m.
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Kansas City
D&w
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