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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
3
Special values tomorrow include roller skates at 39 cents and 59 cent pairs. Also 100 dozen ladies long Lisle gloves in black and white offered at 500 price points, with our price tomorrow at 39 cents.
Local sale catalog lists silk petticoats at 7.50 and lawn shirts at 96c, with wide discounts across corsets drawers skirts and hats. It highlights folding go carts, garden items, linoleum and chamber sets, plus extensive bargains from Jas. M. Hane.
Cure ere for prisoners reports glad at Daley and Ryan capture of two men who swindled Illinois City businessmen out of sums. Peoria detectives and local police comb through the case, noting the alleged fake organization named the Order of Rally wity Funliusters of America and potential broader wrongdoing in Peoria. Chief Klerman and Detective Lyaz praise collaborators. charges and further details expected as investigations continue.
Marion Ind April 2 The trustees of Taylor University at Dyland elected the Rev Manrog Vayhinger as president. He formerly led the Hartsville Methodist Church and served as vice president of Moores Hill College. A young figure active in the North Indiana conference he will assume duties at Taylor University nominally. His wife is Mrs Cullaway MMoger, president of the State Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Taylor is a Methodist school under the National Preachers association.
In a string of circuit court filings Perry Miller and Donny Miller face divorce and restraining orders. Frederick Tinder and others seek property and alimony rulings while cases accuse spouses of assault unfaithfulness and improper conduct. Multiple attorneys are listed, with home addresses and dates reflecting ongoing marital legal battles.
Strong pressure is urged as council committees plan a night session to review the gas contract. Some members initially opposed a minimum delivery pressure, noting differences between natural and artificial gas. The meeting aims to avoid reopening the dispute and to push ratification before federal court actions. The Spy Run avenue conference to address wire congestion resumes tonight with officials and residents expected.
Entry options announced for Spring Team courses in bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting with individual instruction across departments. Free catalogue available. contact International Business College by phone at 304 for details.
Work to repair and patch pavements on East Lewis Calhoun Wells Broadway and Evel Lewis streets will start soon as weather allows. The Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction and Barber Asphalt companies will handle pole overhauls and brick resurfacing with a plan to demonstrate on East Lewis Street. If approved the method will be extended to other streets and macadamizing may precede brick laying to ensure a durable street with reduced noise from interurban lines. The Barker company will begin patching on Calhoun Street once traction work finishes on the street car tracks.
Officials prepare for a three week annual inspection of the Port Wayne system and western lines. General Superintendent Wellan leads the party, with teams stationed at Pittsburgh and Erie to assess maintenance, improvements, and staffing, as reports to the general manager will follow.
Allen County School Teachers' special pulled from Lake Erie and Western station yesterday afternoon for Indianapolis. Four vestibuled cars and one baggage car carried about 300 educators at a $2.25 round trip rate secured by City and County superintendents. Traveling agents and local officials accompanied the party and will return Saturday evening.
Sort ostern, hes declined the aointment. ANOTHER T. BL AL RESIGNS. J. M. Jillich becomes traveling passenger agent for the Tock Lelu. His visit reveals another veteran railroad man leaving the road. Ton Clark had led Muthy, McNab & Clark loan firm in Oklahoma City. Click made three or four trips monthly to Fort Wayne for 25 years before retirement.
Col G. Thommason promoted to territory supervisor for the Wabash with additional ticket agents at Laporte Goshen Lig onter Sturuls Crawfordsville Kokomo Marian Port h ind Van Wert Lina Gund all Intermediate points. The list covers thirty one stations under his direction with passenger traffic. He also becomes collecting freight agent for the Wabash in the city. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul reports progress five miles daily on track. Through service into Butte is planned for May 1, opening farming country access.
Yard report by Clerk Harry Trost notes a substantial rise in cars hauled from February to March. March tally 10 586 versus 9 100 in February, a gain of 1 486. Freight lines show fewer emp ires, signaling improved conditions. Colonist rates good for Pullmans. Nickel Plate circulars say colonist rates will be honored as first class tickets to Chicago and Pullman cars. Pennsylvan ia railroad denies plans for further shop force cuts. Pittsburg Post reports reductions at Pitcairn and Altoona but not at this place.
The Pennsylvania system west of Pittsburg plans major upkeep leadership changes. Two chief assistant engineers of maintenance will report directly to the Panhandle and Fort Wayne superintendents, with LW Geer likely to head the Panhandle post from Columbus. A Fort Wayne chief maintenance engineer will base at Union Station Pittsburg as part of a broader reorganization to handle increased tonnage.
The draft notes ongoing delay in establishing a permanent per diem car service charge as several railroad leaders decline to join a commission led by W. C. Brown of the New York Central. President James McCrea of Pennsylvania Railroad plans to serve, while Marvin Huglitt of Chicago & North Western remains unreconciled.
A Fort Wayne resident named Mrs. Margaret Pooving praises Doan's Kidney Pills for curing years of kidney trouble. She claims the pills worked from the first dose and removed impurities from her blood, urging others to use the same remedy. The endorsement appears in a local reader narrative and cites Foster Mum Co as the US agent.
The Nickel Plate reduces freight train crews with five dropped so far and more to follow if traffic does not improve. The Lake Erie & Western announces the first Cincinnati excursion for 1908 on April 5 with return validity to April 19, fare noted from Fort Wayne at five dollars.
The brief note advertises Gold.Seal Cigars and mentions that want ads in the Journal Gazette are available. It references a simple line about Yoo a word, suggesting a tagline or cipher-like phrase without clear action or date.
Industrial notes record D Donalme resigning from a Wabash blacksmith post while Hembart, a Pennsylvania car builder, embarks on a Chicago trip. Machinist and Mrs Mart Travis plan to visit relatives in Chicano. Wabash introduces two new steel cars for Denver Rio Grande. Mrs W W Geary and her son visit Conductor and Mrs G M Cassady. An additional Great North event is noted in Penn shops with minor repairs. G B Poirs, a Pennsylvania air brake machinist, sustains injuries from a brake shoe fault. Joseph Slater, Bars for J D Christman, ferryman, returns after an injury. Fort Wayne Electric works and distress noted.
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