Gas leak causes explosion injuring repairman at Ackerman home
Bernard Luebenjans of 1129 Hayden Street, a Fort Wayne Gas Co worker, was badly burned when a gas leak in the Ackerman residence at 1118 Hanna Street exploded after he used a lamp to inspect a cellar leak. Mrs Ackerman escaped injury. damage to the house and contents estimated at $100 as onlookers gathered.
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Bernard Luebenjans
Hayden Street
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Martin Ackerman
Hanna Street
Ackerman
Luebenjans
Manth Drug Store
Lewis Street
A. L. Schneider
Chicago Centennial Opens With Plans For Six Day Celebration
Chicago marks the centennial with a six day program starting today. The opening features an Indian show at Lincoln Park with six tribes and Charles Pokagon among them. The highlight is a night powder burn symbolizing the 1871 fire, set for twenty eight corners near the elevated loop. Mayor Harrison welcomes attendees at the public library as tablets are installed and city buildings are decorated.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Charles Pokagon
Pokagon
Public
Harrison
Emperor William Might Not Attend Wagner Monument Unveiling
Berlin reports uncertainty whether Emperor William will be present at the Wagner Monument unveiling on October 1. The organizing committee drills trumpet courtiers for a salute, but many foreign artists declined invitations and disputes with German musicians reduced guest turnout. The Wagner family also supposedly will not attend, according to the latest Beyrouth report.
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Berlin
William
Wagner
Beyrouth
County W C T U Convention Meets In Allen County
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Allen County plans a convention in October. Members are urged to attend and participate in the event highlighting temperance work and community outreach.
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Women’s Christian ‘Temperaunion
Allen County
Bulgaria’s Army Structure and Mobilization Plans
A detailed overview outlines Bulgaria’s war strength including 324 field guns and 9 mountain batteries, plus garrison artillery, howitzers, and engineers. It notes proposed rearmament with modern Creusot-Canet and Krupp ordnance, horse shortages using Bulgarian ponies, and a mobilization plan to field six infantry and one cavalry division within ten days, with total potential armed strength exceeding 5,400 officers and 200,000 NCOs and men.
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Field Telegraph Company
Shipka
Silistria
Bulgaria
Principality
Foiled Robbers Stop Train Near Plummers Ledge
Engineer George W Boss halted a passenger train at a danger signal near Plummers Ledge eight miles from Whitins Station after spotting a tampered lantern signal. He continued, fearing a robbery and possible loss of life, and reported the incident to Superintendent Whaly.
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Woonsocket
R. I
George W. Boss
Plummers Ledge
Whitins Station
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Boss
Providence
Whaly
Bacon
Founding a Bellamy City and garden city idea
A reforming English plan for a new city arises from Ebenezer Howard's Garden City concept. The piece notes migration of industry to smaller towns, and Howard's role as a stenographer and social-question expert who credits Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward as a formative influence. The author envisions dirt flying as construction begins within months.
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Royal Commission On Labor
Commission On the Housing of the Poor
Garden City Association
Fururea
Garden City
Ebenezer Howard
Howard
William Dean Howells
Royal Commissions
Golden City
Edward Bellamy
Northern Indiana News Briefs of Financial and Local Incidents
A Chicago syndicate plans a 200000 hotel in Peru. Mrs. Coble of Ridgeville died by carbolic acid. Peat deposits found near Center Lake. Whitley County schools consolidate with fourteen districts closed. A Logansport judge’s appraiser was dead six years. Fred Kesling escaped then recaptured at Wabash infirmary. G R Kinsley injured in bicycle fall near Columbia City. Elijah Pease’s Bluffton home burglarized. $150 cash and $600 bank certificates taken. Two state banks may open in LaGrange with Sol Mier arranging a branch. local parties plan 50000 capital. Dr McKinney of Banquo, Huntington county, and his journey with funds...
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Chicago
Peru
Coble
Ridgeville
Center Lake
Steuben County
Whitley County
Logansport
Wabash County
Fred Kesling
Kesling
G. R. Kinsely
Columbia City
Columbia Township
Elijah Pease
Bluffton
Sol Mier Company
Lima
Lagrange
Dr. McKinney
Banquo
Huntington County
Murder Paymaster Killed by Dynamite Charge near Washington
In Washington county a paymaster Ferguson of Ferguson Construction is killed when a dynamite charge exploded under his buggy on the West Middletown road. Contractor Martin wounded. satchel with about 3500 dollars missing. Suspects Frank Francis and Joseph Huston in custody, locals search for the fleeing robbers.
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Washington
Ferguson
Middletown
Frank Francis
Joseph Huston
Ferguson Camp
McClay
West Middletown
Patterson Farm
John Welsh
Welsh
Louis Liggett
Martin
Ferguson Construction Company
Washington County
Pittsburg
Mr. Martin
Mr. Ferguson
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Martin Luebenjans
Kaiser
W. C. T. U. Convention
Hugh Clark
Wabash
Bellamy
England
Indiana
Washington, Pa
Yrsee
Rant Pitanyias
Eepe
Samuel Pivcher Tyree Leat
Herman Wie
Od Vrei
New York
Bears
Castoria
DR. Wenger
Bright
Ailmer‘s
N. R. Wenger
Calhoun ST
Fort Wayne, Ind
Meyer Brothers’ Company
Too Druggists
Calvary U. B. Church
George F. Byrer
J. W. Lake
Calvary United Brethren Church
Byrer
Fort Wayne
Warsaw
Hoosier
Stony Point
Kosciusko County
Otterbein University
Raat
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