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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
9
A cryptic line mentions patterning in tea coating. No clear entities or events are identifiable. The readable fragment suggests a rare or unusual arrangement but lacks specifics to anchor a concrete summary.
Earl Blank, a Peru Indiana boy, is reported missing from home and believed to have run away to join the circus in Peru. Authorities learned of his whereabouts yesterday and say he was last seen with a circus employee in the area.
Mrs. George Shondell Jr. hosts 4 friends at 18 Mc Donald Street with a long list of neighbors and guests. A pair of comical tale figures recounts two women seeking fat and thin cures, ending in a clerk’s mistaken sales. Residents plan travels to Lake James and visits across Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin as sickness and recoveries highlight the community pages.
Mr. Bawin Fisher went to Walloon Lake last night for a short outing. Several residents, including Mr. and Mrs. John Lepp and family, return from a two weeks visit in Rome City. Various locals travel to and from Michiana towns, with one man missing after leaving home and authorities alerted to possible foul play. The article lists numerous trips, visits, and social events around Fort Wayne, Rome City, and surrounding communities.
Seeborg's Ready-to-Wear Store offers spring jackets and suits at deep discounts. 1908 values of 15 dollars go for 5, 20 and 25 dollar suits priced at 7 and 10 dollars. 126 E Berry Street.
To the thrifty housewife who counts every dollar nothing in the food line is more useful than the new product OUR-PTE sold in 19 cent packages for lemon, chocolate and custard pies. Each package carries a positive guarantee and yields two pies. Local grocers report brisk demand and delighted customers.
Nearby residents a. B. Pol and My Sol Koble wed at the Reformed Church in Dekely County with a white Panama bride’s dress trimmed in lace. A breakfast followed at the bride’s home and a groom’s dinner for the bridal party. Baker-Patton and Hoetzer-Helmke nuptials were also noted with details of attendants, ceremonies, and modest celebrations despite family bereavements.
Canadian Pacific shops in Winnipeg remain dark as electricians refuse to work with non union labor. Three strike breaking coaches arrived from St Paul and Chicago while workers from across the country gather. Officials say 6200 mechanics are involved across Canada with work halted at eastern yards. demands include nine hour days and removal of the demerit system. Pickets were stationed at works as the strike began.
Seventeen year old Ay A Cheviron, son of Patrolman Parreloan Cheviron, among several Indiana youths enlisting this week. Others listed include Fred Davis of Bluffton as electrician apprentice seaman, A A Cheviron of Fort Wayne and H J Griffith of Fort Wayne as apprentice seamen. The group departed yesterday for the Union station in Indianapolis en route to training, amid notes of other enlistments and gear shipments to camps and factories statewide.
Warsaw Ind Aug 6 Reporting to a ruling of the state tax board in Indianapolis the assessments of the State Bank at Warsaw and the Lake City Bank of this place are set aside because the institutions were assessed instead of the stockholders. The county auditor must assess the stockholders of the two banks.
A brief item notes a gentle snare and a trap suitable for family use. It lists an inquiry contact for A. Hat tersley at 18 East Bain Street. The item reads as a small classified notice or advertisement.
Rushville Indiana reports a farmer named Tribbey beaten and tied to a tree by whitecappers. He said he was taken from his home by masked men and tied up after rumors of alleged intimacy with Tessie Smith. The mob then reportedly menaced Smith and her family to flee the area.
Fort Wayne residents learn about kidney health and the role kidneys play in blood filtration. An ad features Theodore Heory endorsing Doan’s Kidney Pills from Meyer Bros Co and claims relief from backache and fatigue, with testimonials of improved energy and reduced pain after use.
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