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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
3
A vintage guide outlines using Jap-a-lac and related finishes to renew and protect household items. It covers door screens porch furniture wicker painted trims and metalwork with specific colors and products to achieve durable, polished results.
A boiler flue burst at Mondamin Meadows dairy plant on Usher Street and Fulfield Avenue yesterday afternoon. Steam and smoke caused alarm but firefighters found no injuries and only minor external damage despite fears of an explosion.
Three residents of Centerville are dead after a blaze at the David Wetherbee home. Mrs Albert Lemm, thirty, survived after attempting to save relatives. Algurt Lemm and others perished in the flames as the house collapsed.
An early 20th century medicinal testimonial claims Dr Miles Heart Cure strengthens the heart amid weakness, nervousness, and chest pains. The user reports improved breathing and nerves after taking the remedy from Miles Medical Co. in Epihait, Indiana.
George Moore of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a near jump from consumption. He states improvement began with the first bottle and after a dozen bottles he was well and happy again. Trial bottle free. $1.09 at Dreier Brothers druggists.
Kosciusko County reports Bert Guy and others petition Warsaw city council to open Lake street south through Prairie street. The city plans to buy land for Albert Peters of Goshen to improve the open blocks. C W Scott and W W Reed urge approval of a plat in Elijah Hays addition at the south end of Detroit street. The council ends a dispute with contractor J D Katz over North Buffalo street wall and will restore it. It will also sell improvement bonds May 15 totaling 58,000 and 1,597.13 to cover East Dal assessments.
An advertorial fragment touts a medical cure by Dr Leonhardt for various ailments and lists a money back guarantee of $2.00 at Meyer Bros. Co with addresses in Buffalo. The writing is garbled and difficult to parse but centers on a claimed cure and forced return policy.
City and Waterworks firm face conflict with Warsaw residents over street improvements along North Muttala Street and back alley disputes. Proposals include extending property lines and securing permits while authorities promise proper forms and lawful process. A separate matter notes Mrs. C. W. Thomas paid $100 to relocate a house on condemned South Indiana Street. Madame Anna Gould arrival in Naples sparks a grand scene as Prince Helle de Sagan greets her with a kiss amid rumors of a quick marriage.
Hoekomo Indiana April 24 Tasse Worley Oshorn slayer of Fairy 2r Clin entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree today. Sentence was passed this afternoon under his plea of guilty his punishment is life Imprisonment.
A. Bourne, president of the Tinian National Bank in Cleveland, died today at age sixty eight.
Trustees of the fremen's fund voted pensions for two members of the fire department. Each widow receives 20 dollars per month and each child 4 dollars per month until age sixteen. One widow's husband died after a fall from a street car wheel. another husband, a hose wagon driver, was killed in an accident.
Dr. White narrowly escaped serious injury when an automobile driven with physician passengers collided with a wire fence after the steering spindle broke one mile west of Laud and Klason Dale. He suffered a slight shoulder sprain as clothes were torn and drenched in the ditch water. The machine was towed to Laud and the driver was reprimanded for driving on.
May 4 is the last day to pay taxes without a penalty. The County Treasurer’s Office will be open Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings this week for convenience. WM H Scheiman Treasurer. South Whitley Ind April 24.
Frank Bolinger of Pullman Washington, formerly a schoolteacher, married Miss Ode Miller of North Oak Street Thursday evening at 6 o clock. Rev D Ty Sanders conducted the rites at the bride's mother's home Mrs Samuel S Miller. A wedding dinner followed. The bride is described as charming. The groom has spent five years in the northwest, has sold his interests there, and has not decided their future home.
Chicago women form a self supporting art craft colony to advance women’s work. The group aims to take up and settle government issues in the West. A reporter notes Charles W. Scott of Chicago is misidentified as an attorney in a South Bend paper.
April concert in Fort Wayne draws a crowd with ties to Decatur families. Carrena presents a soda and pastry party after the event. Attendees include Helen and family members from Decatur and nearby towns.
The page lists various community items including Abram Beery ill with pneumonia at Geath Street age eighty seven, Mrs Hilon Dailey visiting Bluffton and attending Shakespears club, Miss Ian Everett at cousin Fanny Everett’s bedside, and a tax revenue note. also reports a Decatur Store sale on First Street, a harvest improving, and a Shakespears club gathering with songs, wedding description papers, unclaimed express parcels auctioned for beans, Myra and C. B. Wilcox duet, and plans for next autumn.
Decatur Indiana April 24 Members of the Ladies Shakespeare Club closed the season with a social at the home of Mr and Mrs P G Hooper. Guests joined husbands and friends for a plated supper in the dining room and library. Narcissus and cherry blossoms adorned the rooms. Mrs Blossom led a witty burlesque on modern topics and books, drawing hearty applause for clever wordplay.
Decatur Ind April 24 a large attendance sparked the Knights of Pythias meeting with the third degree conferred upon R Co Mills Two visitors G B Cramer of Kokomo and W J Connell of North Manchester spoke after the degree work the group moved to the Peoples restaurant for a banquet Also Decatur will celebrate golden wedding anniversary Martin Lord and wife with family and friends at their Maumes home the couple long residents of Adams county Mr Lord once ran the stage between Decatur and Fort Wayne via the old plank road
OH Pletcher, longtime Clover Leaf agent at July City, has purchased the newspaper and job plant from Grover C Hipp. The deal, completed April 22, reflects a shift in local media ownership as Hipp exits after a seven month tenure with Clover Leaf operations.
April report from Decatur Indiana notes Kin News Duresny stating T. W. Shelton organizes a railroad park development along the Fort Wayne and Springfield railway. The park’s incorporation is nearly complete and the project expected to open by May with Grover Hill and family relocating mid May.
Leesburg Apr entry notes 347A G Whitefeather long time editor of the Leeshore Standard recently became conductor with the Winona Interurban Railway and has moved to Warsaw on Cedar Street.
Warsaw Indiana April 24 Mayor Charles A Rigdon Hag ordered arrest of 40 plumbers and others caught tapping city sewers without permits. He states no permits have been issued in sixty days and sewer taps continue despite the rule.
Harry Dolan son of Mr and Mrs bike Dolan died at home in Chicago The funeral will be at 2 o clock Saturday at the Avilla church Rev Streight officiating Burial in Avilla cemetery under the auspices of Avilla Lodge No 6826 OFF and Kendallville and Garrett. The Eagles Charity Banquet runs from April 28 to May 2.
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