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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary notes allege severe harm from rats in Fort Wayne and urge drastic actions. The words mention extermination, illicit remedies, and unsafe sale of products by various vendors. The text references poisoning methods and unclear costs, reflecting a chaotic, unreliable historical record.
Fort Wayne meeting of the Twelfth Counselor District Medical Society covers medical inspection of schools and sanitary standards. Dr Hurty condemns government budget limits while Dr Bruggeman pushes a resolution demanding sanitary, safely built schoolhouses and compulsory medical examinations for children before and during school attendance. New officers elected include President Buchman and Secretary Buskirk.
A bygone notice advises using Easy Wash soap for house cleaning. It claims the soap leaves surfaces gleaming and acts as a roach destroyer, driving bugs away as it cleans woodwork corners and prevents yellowed drip marks.
Decatur Indiana April 21 grand jurors reported to the court that in eight days they examined 116 witnesses and returned many indictments against alleged county inv elaborations. Foreman PL Andrews of Us Gite led a panel including FH Runyon Geneva Alley Gascater Mont township John J Nos h Bt Mary's township Ernst Schlickman Decatur Iglin Gieckler Union township.
In Decatur Indiana a special session of commissioners discusses a proposed grant related to the Indiana Pipe Line Company. The garbled text references a night meeting, a prairie or river setting, and a tentative date and time, with unclear details about bids or approvals. The report is fragmentary and difficult to interpret.
Remedies for Dissasoa and insect poisons outline when to spray apples with lime sulphur wash Bordeaux mixture and kerosene emulsion. Directions cover aphids scale moths borers cankers and other pests with timing from fall to late spring and August applications, including bark bands and protective washes.
The document blends historical war cloud references with orchard pest control advice. It lists Italian Turkish war imagery and Turkish leaders alongside detailed gardening treatments for pears, apples, plums, currants, and berries. It prescribes Bordeaux mixture, lime sulfur, kerosene emulsion, and poisonous sprays for various diseases and pests, with timing tied to bud and fruit stages.
Hiram Percy Maxim, son of the famed machine gun inventor, unveils a noiseless gun that silences all sound and smoke. He envisions its use in warfare and hunting, but warns of its potential for murder and crime, urging Congress to curb production to prevent abuse.
Fragmentary OCR passage references intervals of three weeks, vines and meters, industry terms, and various names. lacks coherent events, dates, or places to form a factual summary.
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