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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
3
fragmented OCR item lists train numbers and services for the Fort Wayne and Western Railway. mentions presider and various express and local freight operations with unclear details. focuses on schedules and mixed services, including mail and freight lines and daily departures.
Timetable fragment lists Lake Erie and Western routes with South and North lines. Mentions freight, Sunday exceptions, numbers for trains 40 42 4, and daily listings. Contains partial station names and timetable codes. no clear event or outcome.
An ad touts a Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine as superior in value speed and ease. It promotes Rotary motion ball bearings durability and backer support, claiming savings in work time and tighter stitches. It urges readers to buy for home use and compares favorably to copper machines.
We offer a selection of water colors and a new lot of Charles Dana Gibson picties priced at 1.08 and 2.00. Potential buyers are advised to view before purchasing to choose a pleasing plegure for Christmas.
The Ways and Means Committee reports to Congress on trimming war time taxes, proposing a roughly 411 million reduction while anticipating a 60 million revenue to cover ongoing extraordinary military expenses. The plan seeks to balance deficits from postwar costs and Navy needs, with Secretary of the Treasury projections showing varying surpluses and deficits through 1902. Speaker Payne plans to bring the measure to the House next Tuesday after caucus talks with minority members.
The St. Dow Valley Grange met to consider legislation to ban hunting between November 4 and November 16 and to revise the trespass law requiring written permission to enter another’s land. Members supported the measure and urged state action.
A second survey by T A corps of engineers studies the proposed electric line extension in Payton and Preble counties. The plan envisions a grant of right of way over county roads and a transfer of the Tracy Traction company line between Paxton and Baten to the Tay’r Traction company for operation.
A damaged fragment from The Herald reports a French-Canadian wooer complaint involving Joseph Martello of The Lot Bay. The text references British subjects and questioned aid, with unclear context and missing details.
Economy 23, a general exchange firm at 246 Calhoun Street, advertises buying selling and trading services for all kinds of goods and storage for furniture.
The report details improper public spending on Rathbone residence leasing and furnishings including plumbing, chandelier, and household items. Bills to New York and Washington firms total several hundred to over a thousand dollars, with some items deemed illegitimate. Some payments to R H Cowan & Co for printing are approved, while disallowances total 1,281 for department building repairs and a 12,000 deposit credited erroneously.
John King was whipped by his wife at their home after returning from downtown in an inebriated state. The confrontation spilled into the street as Mrs King pursued him with the whip, then retreated inside, followed by an onlooker.
Fragmentary OCR lists pensions for Indians and a long roster of names with dollar amounts and locations. Entries mention Toi yannapoltes, Center Mainz, Willan G Casey, Ava Wotton, and 817, with various sums and places like Versailles and Mall offering context for a broad, disjointed notice.
A fragmented notice mentions Cay ray de oe grews mond Monty loan items and wares including glass and sterling silver tableware. It references Scherzinger 5 at Penne bay night games during Christmas and New Year and lists W. G. Baade's Calhoun Street address.
Mrs Luwise Bradmitter a well known pioneer of Alla Eunmmey died Friday night at her son's home in Hartman Street at seventy eight. She was born in Germany and came to the U S in 1824 with her husband. She left many descendants including forty three grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Services Sunday afternoon at 2 from St Panst Lutheras. Louise Swayne, 26, wife of Prof Swayne, died Friday at St Roche s Hospital for Consumptives. Her husband is in Marion. Dragger Caroline Trigeger, wife of Carl Dragger, died Friday at 26 Fay Street after a fever. Remains will be shipped to Winnebago county Wis for burial, probably Sunday.
The state convention of the Young Men's Christian Association meets in New Albany with about 150 delegates. An address titled Our Supreme Need is given by Henry E. Tasevear, secretary of the Kenne association. Officers elected include President J C McChurkill Evansville and first vice president I K Lilley Indianapolis.
A bold notice invites readers to consult a psychic at 418 Harrison Street near Washington Street. It promises astonishing abilities to reveal past and present, foresee outcomes in health and business, and guide clients without writing. Hours are 9 AM to 8 PM, admission 50 cents.
Hattersley and Sons advertises steam and hot water heating services with artistic wood mantels and fireplace furnishings for homes and businesses.
The Indiana Grand Lodge Board of Arbitration completed a two day session in Indianapolis noon yesterday. Members included Grand Master Workman T. D. Neal, recorder George R. Hench, Evansville past Grand Master Workman C. Gening, and other officers. The panel reported adjustments of several claims and a review of lodge affairs, with a satisfactory overall condition reported.
The U S Mortgage and Trust Co of New York offers unlimited Fort Wayne loans at 5 percent. Owen N Heaton, attorney for the company, accepts applications at his office corner Court and Berry streets. No delay in closing town. Repayment anytime any amount.
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