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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
5
Market list shows fresh dressed poultry and varied meats with per pound prices for bacon hams lard and fish. Includes items such as Dandy Hams Picnic Hams dry salt pork and salted mackerel with Lake Herring options and mixed herring products.
Ai TV dews Attelley BY Emrick is in Houdage for att Weal business. Frank John of Auburn visits M Vred Reuse. Miss Nette Lewds of Lynnaveny restores home after a sert vets ties. Mrs George Saluey of Oakland aideaWent to hospital for serious operation. Grace Reformed ladies plan church social this afternoon with refreshments. West Wayne street couple Bricker attend golden wedding in Hickaville. Niner Muhler considers Gulf Mexico purchase. spends time there. Clerk H W Becker permits $1,000 dwelling on Sherman street. Murry Eckart to close Princess cinema for summer. Ray Morton to manage father's business in Van Wert. family to travel to Scotland and Wales.
Prof C T Lane announced the 1908 Fort Wayne high school honor list with Lela Rick as valedictorian and Miss Marie Ehle as salutatorian. Honor students include Robert Lane in Latin German, Mise Verman in English German, and Mildred Wagenhals in Latin Greek. Names and addresses are given for several students and their families in the district.
Special bargains at White Fruit House department store include buckwheat flour, granulated sugar, potatoes, maple syrup, oranges, dried apples, lard, butterine, crackers, seed raisins, and more. Also on offer are ready to wear spring hats trimmed by top milliners, imported flowers for hat trimming, and new spring hat designs. Floor specials feature carpets, rugs, kitchenware, and a payment plan. Farmers receive 14s per dozen for fresh eggs during the sale.
Birth notices record new daughters born to families in Jackson and Madison townships. Mr and Mrs Frederick Wberling in Jackson welcome a daughter, as do Mr and Mrs George Gettel in Jackson, Mr and Mrs Lewia E L Hey in Maumee, Mr and Mrs Christ E L Heckler in Madison, and Mr and Mrs Homer Lennsington in Jackson, noting several spellings and township variations.
An OCR fragment lists soaps powders and household items including Gloss Soap Dutch Cleanser Red Seal Lysol Dandy Broom clothes pins bottle bluing ammonia starch matches and various brands. It resembles a dense shop ledger or catalog of common retail items with quantities and prices sparsely noted.
A dense grocery ad listing granulated sugar, flour and cereals, butter, cream cheese, Swiss cheese, rice and oats, coffee blends, herring and sardines, onions, potatoes, beans, cranberries, and fresh produce. Includes phone orders and delivery note.
The Erie railroad plans to match the Nickel Plate rate to Chicago on April 11, as advised by officials of the Fort Wayne and Walcast Valley Traction company. The trolley plan will serve both excursions with reduced city rates. Huntington to a $2 excursion rate is noted. A biographical fragment mentions a man moving to Crassling, then to Columbus Junction, Iowa, in 1886, later running a hotel until retirement for ill health. He leaves a wife and sister, Mrs. Anne Belle McClinton of Marion, and the remains were interred at Crestline.
William A. Smith, longtime Fort Wayne railroad conductor and Culhoo n street restaurant proprietor near the Pennsylvania tracks, died March 26 at Columbus Junction Iowa. Born December 26 1846 in Blair County Pennsylvania, he was remembered by older Fort Wayne residents.
A Mallard Duck featured among specials with live lobsters and items such as black bass halibut white fish frog legs and squabs offered at the Hof Bray venue.
A travel scope begins in the ward featuring Peirce’s Golden Hla cottes with plans for a guided tour. Residents anticipate a kickoff event and road routes, highlighting local landmarks and community feedback for the journey.
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