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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
5
A contest announces prizes for short stories about your garden with top awards of $5, $3, and $2 in seeds. Entries invite writers to submit garden themed fiction or essays for a community competition.
Readers share experiences growing vegetables in a thirty foot square space. S. Bush & Co offers prizes of seeds for the best letters, judged by Mr. Charles Guelf of Cambridge, N.Y. Letters must be under 200 words and received by early May for publication in the Journal-Gazette.
Local market notes show wholesale and retail prices across Fort Wayne for dairy butter eggs grains and produce. Prices include Elgin creamery butter 30 to 34 cents per pound, Michigan potatoes 70 cents per bushel, onions 50 to 15 cents per bushel, apples 2.76 per barrel, turkeys 17 to 18 cents per pound, and wheat 92 cents per bushel among many items.
Readable items show prices for sugar and beech bundles, corn, potatoes, straw, and various livestock categories. Entries mention city scales, vendors Burcell & Pearse, and multiple horse types with price ranges and weights, though many figures are garbled.
A flood of notices list Allen county residents announcing candidacy for state representative sheriff coroner recorder assessor and other offices. Names include Nelson H Whittern Robert R Shurley Thomas J O Connell Henry F Bullerman Harvey C Crabill Joseph F Getz Christian G Vonderau John A Bushman J D Butts Vidl I Spindler William H Scheiman J H Stellhorn Henry E Granning Herman Fenker and Thomas Want ads note primary May 1 1908 and May 4 5 in the Journal Gazette.
A readable reminiscence recalls Paul Revere’s 1775 ride to warn of British forces. It notes the North Church signal of two lanterns, the trek from Boston to Lexington, and the ensuing battle that sparked the Revolution. The piece cites Longfellow’s poem and praises the gist of the historic alarm despite some historical inaccuracies.
Kendallville Indiana April 17 personal items list residents visiting relatives in Toledo Bluffton and Sturgis. Miss Mabel Rider and Flora Wakerman plan a May 20 westward trip to St Louis Topeka Kansas City and other spots. Community updates include health, transit, and fair ground drainage progress with local officials and residents named.
Albion minor news reports an April 17 gathering at Mrs Stire’s home. They discuss economics and women’s topics with demonstrations in Bavarian cream and a talk on homemaking relations. Mrs Dr Green presents papers. Mrs Hickson and Mrs Taylor hold roles as officers. The event includes a prize drawing and a soft entertainment segment after business.
Miss Lydia Young received a potted hyacinth as a prize at a luncheon where sweet peas were favors. Marriage licenses issued include Otto Ernst Mertz and Johanna Elizabeth Ahrens and Grace Lavada Birch and Charles William Wheeler. County officials elected R B Wood as chairman and J A Harkless as secretary treasurer. Michael Fanning spoke. the event featured a lecture in the afternoon and a high school band.
Early today Mrs. Ed Sidener, 27, suffered a left side paralysis and is reported to be worsening with little hope of recovery. She is daughter of Mrs. Ann Charter. Also Mrs. W. H. Zern, at 753 Richmond street, was stricken with a stroke causing right side paralysis but is improving under care. she previously had a similar attack last summer.
Ralph Kime son of Mr and Mrs J J Kime of this city has been working as a draughtsman for a large New York firm arriving home for a few hours visit with friends Relph and Mrs J J Kime will then depart for Cincinnati where Relph has accepted a position His friends here congratulate him on success in his field
Bockwurst and potato salad offered for lunch at Wiebke's Board of Trade. The menu notes day and night service.
Albert Mutchini, employed at the Decatur packing plant in Decatur Indiana, severed his left hand between the thumb and index finger when a butcher knife slipped. Four or five stitches were needed to close the wound, and he will be out of work for several weeks.
Hogs sold at 5.92 with steady to higher demand, while sheep and cattle saw mixed gains and losses across markets. Chicago reports strong hog activity, top hogs paid for a carload, and overall receipts near 106,750 hogs for the week with substantial unsold stock. lamb and sheep prices rose on good Friday demand, and regional markets in Pittsburg East Buffalo and Cleveland show varying cattle, hog, and sheep movements. A quiet wedding occurred at the Presbyterian parsonage in Decatur, Ind, uniting Lee Harvey and Georgia Fetterman with local friends surprised by the private ceremony.
Kendallville Indiana April 11 Jacob Keller has returned from Florida where he spent the winter He was accompanied from Cincinnati by his son Louis J Keller says he had a good rest and is feeling much improved His numerous friends will be glad to hear of his improvement
Decatur Indiana April 47 The Euterpean club held a regular meeting with a Liszt program led by Mrs. Co B Wilcox and Mrs. F M Schir Meyers. New officers elected include Mrs J C Patterson president Mrs John Peterson vice president Mrs Earl Adams secretary and treasurer Mrs WW E Nachtrich corresponding secretary The Interpeans close season May 28 and resume October 1.
Sixteen young friends gathered at Miss Lottie Allman’s Oak Street home for a birthday surprise. Miss Minnie Missellam and Miss Lillie Beeknam led the group, presenting a souvenir spoon to Miss Allman. Refreshments followed a pleasant, evening gathering.
Chicago April 17 Nothing doing today in the grain business as the holiday slowed activity on both sides of the Atlantic. A small curb gathering of board of trade men appeared, curious about western weather and the drought threatening winter wheat in Nebraska and Kansas. Butter steady. cheese market unsettled. eggs firmer. poultry alive unchanged but dressed prices firm for spring chickens Philadelphia broilers and turkeys listed.
The dry goods market was very quiet today due to the holiday observance. A sale of 0 bales of carpet wool for export appeared as a trade feature that week. Heavy cotton goods trend lower and cotton yarns remain weak with very soft prices.
City scales showed light receipts with fourteen loads of hay, one load of oats, and one load of corn. Prices mirrored the day prior. Langard’s Saloon advertises Genuine Turtle Soup for tonight’s lunch.
In Kendallville Indiana on April 17 a good sized crowd attended the First Presbyterian church concert featuring the choir with local talent and Prof E G Hesser performing Stainers sacred cantata The Crucifixion The doors closed promptly at 8pm to enhance the listening experience No admission was charged though a collection was taken A lunch followed at Langards
Bruce Hartenck son of Mr and Mrs GW Hartsuck of South State street has been elected reader of the Wabash College Mandolin Club. He studied at college for two years and has served as pianist for the Glee and Mandolin clubs, building a notable musical reputation amid the group’s successful recent tour.
Fish dinner served from 11 until 2 today at the Hof Brau, price set at 25 cents.
Abraham Gillespie, an Jefferson township pioneer born April 11 1824 in Franklin County Ohio, died at his Troy township home April 17 at 5:25 PM. He had lived 50 years in Jefferson township, remarried to Velma Taylor, and is survived by his second wife, two sons Sylvester Gillespie of Florida and Ivora Gillespie of Kansas City, plus daughter Eudora Swihart and a sister in Kansas City. Funeral set for 9 AM Saturday at the old Methodist church in Jefferson township.
San Diego Cal April 17 with sailing orders for six o'clock tomorrow morning the stay of the American battleship fleet ends tonight. The visit of sixteen ships to this port will be remembered in local history. A ball for junior officers at Hotel Del Coronado was the most spectacular event of the fleet’s four days of entertainment with elaborate decorations.
A fish dinner offered today from 11 o clock until 2 o clock priced at 25 cents. Proceeds support local community efforts.
Superintendent Edward Raver of the city street car lines said hourly cars will run to Robison Park Sunday if weather permits, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A large car used on the Broadway East Creighton line will operate as weather remains cool, following about 4% patronage last Sunday.
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