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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
10
A 1 cent offer promotes Stearns Electric Paste to kill cockroaches at night with a pan of dead roaches by morning. The paste is claimed to kill rats as well and does not blow into food. Sold by druggists or stores, prices are 25 cents for 2 oz and one dollar for 16 oz from Stearns Electric Paste Company Suffala NY.
A select Catholic choir directed by Rev. S. M. Nenn will assist clergy during the Tenebrae liturgy at the Cathedral this evening and Thursday at 7:30. The ceremony includes the consecration of holy oils at a solemn pontifical mass led by Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding, with multiple clergy and visiting priests assisting in the sanctuary.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction reports January earnings up from a year ago. This January gross reached $103,019.96 with expenses $57,496.94, net $45,523.02. last January gross $91,178.15, expenses $34,795, net $36,382.72.
George Ruch lies in a semi conscious condition at his East Van Buren street home in Columbia City Ind His strength is failing rapidly after a three year battle with a progressive paralysis He is a well known county figure and many friends regret his deteriorating condition without hope of recovery
Dennis Gallivar of Columbia City was awarded the West Market street sewer contract over Moellering Construction of Fort Wayne and Aker & Kessler. Gallivar bid 89 cents per foot, including catch basins, compared with 92 cents for Moellering and 93 1/2 cents for Aker & Kessler.
An April 14 report from Columbia City Indiana details a benefit dance at Armory hall for the Columbia City Grays base ball team. The Allen orchestra provided music for waltzes two-steps quadrilles and special numbers, with ticket receipts yielding a handsome sum to support the team’s season opening and equipment.
Fred H Lancaster formerly with Lancaster Bros. & Co. has accepted employment with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He will work in Columbia City and surrounding counties under A. M. Johnson, filling a post recently vacated by Herber Knight.
A voice extols root juice as a soothing tonic that rapidly cures indigestion bloating belching heartburn and sick headache. It claims healing powers for the liver and kidneys and urges readers to buy at any drug store to end their suffering.
A fragmented ad lists several Fort Wayne area farms with 36 to 80 acres, black soil, level terrain, good buildings, and improvements. Prices vary from 1 to 3.5 per acre with trade-ins possible. Notes mention near interurban lines, railroad stations, tiling, wire fences, and barns. Some entries refer to mule listings and unspecified deadlines.
A map shows the Chelsea area with the burned district in black. Estimated losses total about 8 million dollars, with 10,000 homeless, 4 dead, 60 injured, and 6 million in property loss. About 4,000 buildings were burned or swept by fire, covering 14 percent of the area. Important buildings and many churches were destroyed including city hall, armory, post office, libraries, hospitals, banks, hotels, and numerous churches and synagogues.
The threatened walkout by city drivers did not take place as union leaders demanded that all drivers join the union. The city declined such action, though it had earlier expressed a preference for union membership.
The Fort Wayne Retail Licensed Liquor Dealers' Association yesterday elected officers. President Otto J. Strate, Vice President James O'Ryan, Corresponding Secretary B. Weber, Financial Secretary Henry Barat, Treasurer George Ortlich. Trustees Frank Deck Frank Bousher Wi A Winbke Christ Hezer and Wenty Straun.
Real estate ads list farms and houses for sale or trade across Cedar Creek township Allen County and nearby areas. Properties include a 10 acre Cedar Creek farm, a fort Wayne modern house near Creighton and John street, a one acre parcel in Clearen County Oklahoma, and a quarter to half acre rental option. The notices invite trades for smaller farms near Fort Wayne, with rental opportunities and pasture land. Agents Bittinger & Houck advertise contact at 3174 2 Lens Block, Fort Wayne.
The notice lists several properties for sale including a modern Lakeside house with payment plan, ten acres with a house and barn south of the city near Decatur interurban, a Fulton street lot near Jefferson, and a promising bargain on a Webster area home priced at 2500. It notes the City and Suburban Realty Co offering house construction on payment plans with inspections at the office of W. E. Dou d over Old National Bank.
A column lists seven and nine room cottages on Suttenfield and Thomas streets with prices from 1200 to 2200, plus a suburban home near Wells Street with 8 rooms and improvements at 3300. It also notes farms of 94 and 165 acres with timber, soil, and buildings priced around 5600 and 13000, plus modern and rental properties near Pontiac Calhoun and W Jefferson streets. PIXLEY LONG BLOCK offers offices and residence phones.
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction issues February timetable with local trains from Fort Wayne to Huntington Wabash Delphi Lafayette and to Indianapolis and Bluffton. Limited morning and evening departures include city stops. fast meals served on Roos line at lunch. Toledo and Chicago Interurban services list Fort Wayne departures to Butler Garrett Auburn Kendallville and more with multiple daily runs. Roster notes baggage on trains and chartered car rates. James D. Mortimer, Receiver.
Railway notes from Fort Wayne and Springfield line mention Reamar Street station and Fort Warne area, with unclear details on status or schedule. The readable items reference the Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Company and a station at Reamar Street, but lack complete facts.
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