Packard Company GIS Big Orders Signal Fort Wayne Prosperity
Fort Wayne manufacturing firm Packard Organ Co reports two of the largest orders during a period of tightening credit. Plans call for eighty two high grade organs for delivery, with shipments to England noted. OW Williams praises improving demand as Pacific trip confirms a gradual return to normal conditions for music instrument exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fackard Organ Company
Packard
Bert Wayne
England
OW. Willuuns
Packerd Company
Pacific Coant
Fort Wayne
Otter Industries
Engineer Keplinger Retiring After Fifty Four Years Service
Pennsylvania Railroad veteran J A Keplinger to retire next Thursday on pension after 54 years with the company. He began as a shop aide in Canton and rose to engineer in 1863, running between the city and Creutline as steam power faded to new systems. He plans a family gathering at his Canton home with children and spouses to mark the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Trailroad Company
Paskenter
J. A. Keplinger
Comany
Br. Keplinger
Engi Neer Keplinger
Han Beer
Cuei
Canton
Creutline
Keplinger
A. H
G. F. Keplinger
C. T. Pidgeon
C. M. Jones
Fort Wayne
Claude
Warren
Charles
Frank Keplinger
Adjusted Work Hours Favor Employees in City Firms
City firms shift start times to earlier afternoon hours with 1 pm to 10 pm shifts replacing 4 am starts. Miss Fredericka Schotemeyer and others adjust schedules. Attica gravel pit delays open until early May. several local machinists switch jobs or return to city assignments. Dr. Alan Menzies lauds wartime factories and schools. Edna Tyde sues Pennsylvania line for 60000 dollars after losing legs at a crossing. brikeman alleged failure to signal backing train.
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Fredericka Schotemeyer
J. F. Silller
Ware & Hudson
Nhe
Loree
Attica
Wabash
Joseph Koberle
Wayne Knhting Mills
Milowwaukes
Wis
William Deiftmeyer
BE. A. Maskell
George L. Smit
Fort Wayne Electric Company
James Carpenter
Louis Starr
Pennsylvania
Oclwelh
Iowa
Great Northern
Alan Menzies
Chicago
James E. Whyte
Menzies
Accdsiim
Scotland
sArthur Sievold
Witbash
Clens Getty
Tr Fx
Edna Myde
Lima
Aliss Tyde
Thy Leala
Wabash cuts weekly hours to twenty seven
Wabash shops reduce from eight hour six day week to twenty seven hours weekly, three nine hour days on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Wage schedule cut as manager hoped longer hours would return. Simultaneously a reduced service cuts two trains between Peru and Toledo. Various crew reassigned to rough duty while rounds and local trips see ticket sales for homeseekers. Several local staff changes noted including resignations and new appointments at Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne Electric works.
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Fort Wayne
J. A. Swartz
Wabash
Daniel Tressler
Chicago
Tressler
Sebold
Pennsylvania
John R. Fox
Fort Wayne Electric Works
Forsytheles
Huntington Club
Jacl Smith
LF. Loree
Dela-1
Night School Opens With Large Class
At the old Utah school building last night a class of over thirty members began night school with Miss Maud Gaskins as teacher. Prof J N Study and Mr James H Fry attended. Study reviewed eligibility for learners under fifteen and said only common school branches would be taught.
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Ulah
Maud Gaskins
J. N. Study
James H. Fry
Banquet At The St. Joe Club Highlights Growth
Gronnil was broken yesterday for the new St. Joe Athletic club house with a ceremony and a banquet in the old building. The club shows strong membership and finances with twenty five new members this week. The planned club house will be splendid and the cost of the complete building is about eight thousand dollars. Mr Charles B Shreve came here due to his father L F Shreve's death and then returned to New York City.
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Charles B. Shreve
L. F. Shreve
New York City
How to Tell It Quit Coffee and Change Your Life
A short guidance piece urges readers to break the coffee habit to avoid slipping into dreary days and worsening pains. It argues in favor of asserting a right to change daily routines and start a healthier life today by choosing to quit coffee.
Postum Promises Boost in Mental Labor and Endurance
A testimonial from a former coffee drinker, ill and despondent, claims switching to Postum cereal improves kidney function, nerve steadiness, physical strength, and the ability to resume mental work without fatigue. The sponsor, Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, promotes its booklet The Road to Wellville for guidance.
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Tostumane
Postim Co
Battle Cresk
Mich
Wellville
Ant
Urio-0 advertised as cure for rheumatism
An old advertorial claiming Urio-0 cures rheumatism by removing uric acid from blood and directing readers to mail for a free bottle. The text asserts the remedy attacks systemic causes, promotes skepticism of other treatments, and lists Moyer Bros in Fort Wayne as local recommendation.
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Wiief
Smith Drug
Smith
Syracase
N.Y
Fort Wayne
Moyer Bros. Company
Calhoun Atreet
Canal Talk Rife At Toledo In Big Waterway Move
Toledo audience to hear Fort Wayne officials promote the ship canal project. President Y A Randall and Frank B. Taylor travel to Toledo with plans for a public meeting to urge letters to Congress from Indiana Ohio Illinois and New York representatives. Local speakers including W W Breen and S M Foster expected.
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YU. A. Randall
Randall
Taylor
Mr. Bush
Toledo
Logan
Mr. Logan
Indiana
Ohio
Ilinois
New York
Grilhams
Washington
Watson
Gilliams
WW. P. Breen
M. Foster
Evangelical ministers appointed across Indiana conference
Bishop Horn announces ministerial appointments for the Indiana conference of the Evangelical association. District by district, ministers are reassigned to churches in Elkhart, South Bend, Bremen, Nappanee, Mishawaka, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Peru, Wabash, Logansport, and other communities. The list includes presiding elders, named pastors, and churches such as First and Second in Fort Wayne, Cairo, Dayton, and Olney, with several vacancies noted.
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Huntington
Ind
Bishop Horn
Indiana
Clore
Bremen
Eietlons
B. ‘Schuer- Tacit
Pireult
Buehler
Nappanee
A. & Steere
Rochester
L. Newman
F. Rausch
San Pierre
G. TF. Ter
Culver
F. BE
Lake Bruce
K. BL Smith
New Paris
A. Knepper
Akron
Indianapolis
H. Baumgardner
Jansing
Third Church
D. Es Zechiel
Dayton
Commercial Sheet
J. H. Ivensi
Warne Avenue
G. B. Kimmel
East Germantown
Kobi Phillipsburg
EB. Millers
Greenville
S. Speicher
Rhigeville
W. E. Snyder
Portland
F. &. Erne
Kokome
M. L
Shields
Peru
Arma
Wabash
D. TR. Kornic
Erie
Lutmani Logans
Spik
D. Spsicher
Louisville
W. J. Braeckly
Louiselli
Elmer Praetorinus
Luehring
West Salem
W. Wellers
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Pacific Coast
Europe
Garrett Wabash
Charles S. Todd
Wabash Railroad
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Drukes Ten Glass
Augustine
Brown
Aberers
Perrysburg
Industrial Notes
Miss Maud Gasking
Jefferson School
ST. Joe Club
Canal Talk
Evangelical Ministers
the People's Store
Hartz Mountain
Ries
Quean Quality
Oxfords
the Peoples Store
Bayrhents
MLOAN
Calhoun St
Seidel Block
Bane
Agatess
Privaty
FT. Wayne Loan CO
Sevonk
Calhoun Street
W. D. Henderson & Co
East Columbia St
Henry Schone
Golf Club
Up Eodocidath
Indiana Lean Co
J. W. Thompson
W. Berry
Streat
Thiéme Bros’. Tailoring Establishment
Mary Whery
Hast Berry
Henry Ranke
Washington Bowl
West
Rush
Fort Waene
DR. Johnston
Kirkavit
Dr. AT
Firat ‘National Bank
Tome pPhone
Hattersley & Sons
Artistia Weed Mantela and
Firarplaca Fursilinga
Elef de Witlog and Supplies
Main Street
H. A. Quemling Jaitee
Bhagers
Sca Tata
Ain Serge
Rolre
To & P. mm
Nurte
Ettendanen
A. P. Buchman
Washington Street
Journal Gazette
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