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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
7
Report highlights new Sweden style massage movements and latest facial treatment improvements. Mentions poll trends, anemia, constipation, neuralgia, nervous complaints, paralysis, rheumatism, and nerve center disorders with notes on digestive weaknesses and health remedies.
July marked a peak in local building activity with substantial permits issued. The Pennsylvania Railroad received a large permit for Shops valued at 209000, while June also showed high activity, pointing to continued construction and repair work through late summer into winter as builders anticipate ongoing demand.
A battered OCR advertisement from Fort Wayne Loan Company offers weekly payments on loans with small sums like five dollars, promising fast approval and flexible terms. It emphasizes confidential service and the ability to borrow against personal property, with phrases about repayment via weekly installments and potential collateral. It uses old fashioned phrasing and hints at pawn like loans.
A Dayton sourced Times Star report says seven men were fearfully burned by a natural gas explosion in a Stoddard building in Cincinnati. Injuries include severe burns to arms and faces. victims listed include Faward Bank, Edward Bucher, Tobias Werburn, Daniel Holgaper, and others with varying burns. The cause is believed to be a gas leak and ignition unknown.
A mob of 150 men dragged Craven from Leesburg guards, entered the house, and hanged him on a road near Herndon. The crowd fired about five hundred shots as the body was raised, despite pleas of innocence and claims the man was jailed for a different crime. Governor Montagne ordered the Light Infantry, but the lynching occurred before troops arrived.
An advertisement touts L. B. A Blood Balm prepared to purify the blood and cure a wide range of conditions from rheumatism and skin eruptions to cancer. It promises 10,000 free treatments, offers medical advice, and lists The Blood Balm Co of Atlanta Georgia as the source.
Linen suits and related garments reduced to half price. All men and boys linen and white duck pants included. Reuben 8 Patterson.
Auction style ad from Beck & O'Sriens Jewelers announces Wayne knit hose and watches available at half price. Note references to repairs, other goods, and location on Lau Block Calhouin Washington Street. The ad uses old fashioned wording and lists a contact or seller in Patterson.
Attorney Bleckkamp located heirs to a German estate and will divide 3009 dollars among Katherine Tieke and Pauline Krimael-Schellman. The note praises Bleckkamp for past success in locating John Schmidt and earning trust of German officials.
Sale notice for Sweet Orr and Wabash 5e and $1.00 overalls priced until Saturday night. Patterson heading the ad with Revnen 8. Presented in a compact wartime era classifieds style, listing brands and price points.
City notes misread items as Township Tiustes Livis Schirmey is ill and confined to his home. Trlermational Printing Pi 8 Uition meets this evening in Tristate hall. W. B. Mossman and G C Orr were in South Bend on telephone business. Alleghe hunters recreate at Mokr cottage over several days. Fulton of Huntington attended a festival yesterday. Tikva Ablave operation by Dik Miles Porter successful. W A Waswater to be installed as Western Union manager. Martin Nelson will lead Union press teams to Chicago for collaboration and possible Philippines trip. Government to ship cowny bass and pickerel. anglers rejoice as Sylvin Lake fishing remains decent despite depleted timber areas.
The United States has engaged in surveys since March on the Wabash region in Indiana. Topographer hh has spent two and a half months surveying Bumneyville Petersburg Gibson Pike and Warrick counties. The maps highlight coal deposits and the rise of natural gas, with borings planned for oil. The historic Wabash and Erie Canal route is traced, and sheets for the map are expected soon after July 31.
By 1:20 this evening, women deemed a public nuisance in the business district must relocate to specified areas as ordered by Mayor Berg. Police warn noncompliant occupants will be arrested tonight. several owners sought an extension and secured a later deadline.
A clipped notice requests a two cent stamp for a special July Review of Reviews edition. It covers the history and development of the Northwest and the Chicago and Northwestern railway, highlighting the only double track line between Chicago and the Missouri River. Signed A. H. H. Wasgener, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
Richard Simons and Ellis Neichart, junk dealers from Huntington, were arrested after a raid on a local beer bottle operation. They confessed to buying over twenty dozen bottles from Wisconsin bars and shipping them to a local bottling company. A separate case lists a March 8, 1897, statute on digging or setting beer bottles. penalties included fines. Other notes mention Willam Hoehstetter and May Boughman facing charges, and delays in a different case until August 6.
A July meeting established the American Steel Foundry Trust with Joseph F. Schwab, brother of Charles M. Schwab of U S Steel, as president. Officers include Daniel Kayes, Claven Howard, FB Br. Patterson as secretary treasurer, May Pani executive, and directors such as S R Galloway, Lewis Nixon, and George B. Leighton.
Product advertisement text claims Candy Cathartic repairs digestion and liver while you sleep, with unclear branding and a mention of druggists. The readable fragments imply a sales pitch for a laxative tablet stamped OC and other obscurities. No verifiable events or people are present.
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