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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
5
The report details the winding up of a gas receivership tied to a New York event on Wednesday evening. It notes a formal process overseen by a committee with ties to local and regional administrations. No further substantive details are clearly legible in the fragment.
Real estate transfers listed include parcels in Holler country with sections and additions, transfers involving Fort Warne Trust Co and various buyers like Maes Yau and Mary Smut, plus multiple lot and subdivision references in Wayne and West France areas. Names such as Teyga Andrews and Wiebe appear, with prices and trust actions noted amid a dense enumeration of parcels and street names.
Train fare to Chicago and back set at 2.00 for the round trip on August 29 via Nickel Plate Road. The notice appears among fragmentary timetables and local travel ads with incomplete names and garbled text.
A farm house was burglarized while the family was away on Thursday night. Entry appeared to be forced with valuables taken. Neighbors reported suspicious activity but authorities have no leads on the perpetrators.
A Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley plan routes 500 troops by interurban to Indianapolis for the state encampment at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Frank Hardy oversees the contract transfer of lines from Alaska, Albion and Fort Wayne. Troops pass through this city September 11 with special cars and trains granted right of way to reach Indianapolis on a tight schedule.
Fragmentary notice records a birth in a household with names such as Jatin Quen and Javierson, mentioning Mr. and Mrs. W. Lowell and others. The text is garbled, but indicates a newborn child born at 82 Ewing Street and references a family surname Fatterson-Fletcher.
Traction company announces September 1 start for the new route through Marion and Blain with services every two hours. The plan links Wirbash Valley, Kekoma, and the east and west segments, aiming to connect through Marlin with through traffic on the Firth route.
Aug 14 report from Angola notes a wind event near Slenten and Wichwire causing a small eyelon like damage along Pigeon Creek. Timber loss in the range of several thousand dollars reported as officials assess impact. Seeley
City news items list Abe Tevy traveling to New York and Boston on business. Councilman Harrison improving after illness. Day Clemens family taking Segard weeks at Lake EF. Richard and J. Guy Richard of Worcester visit. Lida Reynolds of Manroertil underwent appendicitis operation at St Joseph's Hospital. Sergeant James Laced on furlough from Marine station in Detroit. George Bremer recovering from a fall dislocation. A shed destroyed on East Lewis Street. Senator Lew Wy Ly and Colonel Beasive return from a mining trip. Pisher sent to county jail after earlier week. Pryor to Human Sehlandrot costs discussed at institution. Doctor attends a patient, Trent, with stomach troubles. Frauke Saylor continues geological work for Canadian government and plans weeks at Mackinaw, surveying waterways for proposed Fork Wayne canal.
The White Fruit House department store features a wide sale of fruits and vegetables including Harti and Cream Cheese, California plums and grapes, large peaches, Valencia lemons, Michigan peaches, home grown pears for pickling, large watermelons, celery, onions, cabbage, cooking apples, Spanish quinces, and Denver onions with assorted prices as read from the ad.
A bustling storefront advertises granulated sugar at 5 cents per pound, onions 25 cents per peck, yellows and sweet corn at low rates, fresh eggs 19 cents a dozen, and butter 45 cents. Canned goods, baking staples, and laundry supplies fill the rest, with Mason jars and vinegar offered in various sizes.
A garbled OCR snippet lists various preserved meats and cheeses with per unit pricing, mentioning pink salmon hams and bacon, fancy hams, cheese items like Brick and Limburger, and unclear measurements. The readable items reference dairy and meat products without clear totals or dates.
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