23 Sep 1896
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1896
Page
1
Guidance urges clients to request court notices be published in The Weekly Sentinel to maximize circulation at the same price. It explains readers may choose the paper for such notices and champions The Sentinel’s broad reach.
Notable items include illness of Mr. Charles Archer of the north side and family births at Monroe Street, with a ten pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. Ewila Schank. Local editorials note Father Dominic Shook’s church dedication, the grand jury visit, and upcoming Catholic and Sunday School events. Reports cover injuries, weddings, farm news, and a Bohemian band project along with harvest fruit shipments and municipal gas work.
In circuit court Judge O Rourke sentenced George Brooke to two years in the penitentiary for forgery. John Paine received thirty days for assault at Centlivre Park during The Last Days of Pompeii. Trials were scheduled for William Klug and Charles Lewin next week and the case against Caaper II for a hearing next Monday. The grand jury inclines indictments including George Brooks and Charles Lewis for burglary and assault. Carrie L Buellyn Oliver Hebert’s case sails to the superior court on appeal from Justice Huser’s court.
A stranger named Frank Naab assaulted a man at the east yards injuring him badly. Police were alerted and moved quickly to the scene. No attackers could be identified at the court, and the mayor ordered the eight men jailed on general grounds while an officer with Lieutenant Biayele conducted further inquiries.
A garish report describes a carved garnet embedded in lava crust found by Mr. Schmelzer's nephew while inspecting a specimen brought from Alaska by his uncle, Mr. Matsch. The discovery occurred after months of study and is deemed valuable by jewelers. The scene includes other oddities and a discussion of a cocking main involving betting and dead birds.
In a long Gazette article Colonel Robertson argues Patrick Henry delivered his famous oration before the Virginia House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, not in Richmond. He accuses Bryan of ignorance and defends the Richmond church episode as part of a broader political debate.
Supreme Lodge announces new name for Uniform Rank Knights of Pythiae as Knights Loys, with divisions becoming companies and twenty one members per company. Motto changes to honor justice and loyalty, Supreme Council to be called Supreme Assembly, local lodges alerted by officials. Also notes low wall payers at L C Hulls and south excursion rates via Louisville & Nashville Railroad. market on Barr Street to open for retail six days weekly. prohibition on selling from wagons on Harrison Street.
A large crowd gathered Sunday afternoon as the cornerstone of the Went Jefferson Street Church of Christ was laid. Rev L L Carpenter gave an address, prayers followed, and a box with church papers, a Bible, a Fraser book, and a church directory from 1804 was placed inside the stone
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