19 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
1
One of the largest flags was unfurled yesterday at the park on Baker Street near the Pennsylvania Station as assistants and Emnly Employees gathered. Kanner and the company witnessed the flag rise as travelers entered and departed the station, marking a ceremonial gesture of pride.
WW. A Geiger, appointed war engineer for the HC and Y rail road and chartered Southern near Pittsburgh, Pa, born New Haven and Yale educated, previously served with XM and Penasnia railroads. He will assist at the Neville Island ammunition plant with former associates visiting. he is Trinity church superintendent and University Club member. The Gazette notes job ads for laborers at a gas plant and a local ticket agent.
A comprehensive appeal from the American Library Association urges Fort Wayne readers to donate or loan war books for soldiers. The letter lists authors and genres in demand, notes fiction intake concerns, and describes a forthcoming naval pier exposition with vast recruitment and educational opportunities.
Miss Lillien Hoppe resigns as expense clerk. Miss Tia Cohen promoted from abstract desk to expense clerk. Governor Thomas McLaughtin named extra clerk. Miss Koch advances to fill new vacancy.
Trainmaster from Wabash Priinmaster Bixby visits Pern ov city on official business. Officials confirm line duty and headquarters activities. details remain incomplete due to fragmented OCR text.
Dr Kannel has returned from Rochester Minnesota and will be in his office at 1315 Wells Street.
In Chicago on August 18 guards around a jail holding leaders convicted yesterday of conspiring to disrupt the war program were doubled. Officials denied anticipated trouble as detectives patrolled inside and outside the building. Judge Landis postponed further proceedings, saying the case has just begun.
Automobile dealers repairers garage owners and tire and accessory dealers are invited to a mass meeting on Monday night August 19 at o o'clock in the assembly room at the courthouse by order of committee A L Randall
Fragments describe hay fever relief claims with bold but garbled marketing lines. Promises of simple relief and cost efficiency appear amid distorted text about nostril balms, nasal sprays, and long tenure guarantees.
Susana Sihler, one of the city’s oldest residents, widow of Hinm Sihler and longtime Concordia Church member, died shortly after 5 this afternoon at her daughter’s home on State Boulevard. Survived by nine children, 31 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren, funeral services will be at 2:30 PM Tuesday at the daughter’s residence with burial in Concordia Cemetery.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses condemned Poles and appeals to rage with unclear names and places. It mentions a person or group possibly linked to an appeal process and references a period or date but specifics are obscured. The readable elements indicate a political or social protest theme without coherent details.
Dispatches from the Polish press report that officers and men of the Polish Carpathian Iron Brigade are advancing from Bukowing into Bessarabia under General Haller. The action recalls February measures and March provisions as part of ongoing military operations.
Capacity crowds greeted the Palace as the season opened with a vaudeville lineup. Saline Bill Parsons and Miss Georgia Kites led patriotic songs with a vocalized movie illustrating "Over There." The Three Vickey Boys offered song and dance while Mlle. Madie performed stunts and humor. The Dean Players presented a snappy modern business life sketch with typewriter and trimmings.
Charred bodies of seven are discovered near a ruined home 12 miles from Tioga county. The victims include a Philadelphia man and his wife with five children. Authorities describe the scene as a devastating blaze that burned their residence and left no immediate clues about the cause.
A Spanish note is described as a formal ultimatum linked to submarine actions. The note claims Germany must seize an equal number of Spanish ships for each merchant vessel torpedoed, and critiques a German disruption of Spain's merchant fleet while urging strong government protest if not satisfied.
Gas plant job at Superior 51 offers good pay and steady work with dependable hours for qualified applicants seeking stable employment in a manufacturing setting.
A coroner and district attorney examine a house where two bodies were found after a night fire or incident. A shotgun on the floor and a wet bullet fragment raise suspicion of murder. The case connects to a dispute from about eight years ago, with unclear details.
A 14 year old Warsaw lad died when he drowned while swimming at Goose Lake, five miles south of Warsaw, as two companions watched. A fourth diver, Willis, and another boy were pulled from the water with signs of cramps and distress, but the rescues failed. A fishing party nearby alerted Warsaw, but too late to save the boy.
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