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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
4
Washington reports a weekend forecast with rain or snow Saturday and colder air in the north with brisk northerly winds. Sunday looks fair and warmer. Lower Michigan sees warmer conditions Saturday and Sunday with fair skies and winds shifting from south to west. Indiana forecasts fair Saturday and Sunday with fresh northerly winds shifting to southerly.
City residents and visitors are listed in a brief local news roundup. Hi Judge Vesey was in Plymouth on Ingal business. L H Bilderback returned from a route trip to Zanesville Indiana. L Hubbard of Detroit called on city business. C N Heaton departs for Chattanooga Tennessee for legal matters. Fred Zollars travels for business and pleasure to several points. G H T attended to National Telephone Company business in Kendallville. Thomas Williams and daughter Hertha left for Wellsville Ohio where he will work as Remington adjustor. Mrs. Harry G Crawford and daughter of Montpelier Indiana are guests of Mrs. W Dinius. Mrs. Strathers and Mrs. B Strathers of Toledo visit Mrs. Strathers’ parents, F Gramman. H E Bri of New Haven and son own ice cream factory. Guy Diehl of International Business College boards as stenographer and bookkeeper in Oklahoma and will soon start new duties.
FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CAKES. New Leghorn Citron de th Lew Lemon and Orange Peel 15 Ib California Muscatel Raisins choice are Tb California Muscatel Raisins large 12¢ Ib Seeded Califor London Layer Raisins 3 Bleached Bukuna Raisins 16e Ib Seeded Raisins 11 pkgs 12. leaned Currants 12 mince pkes i th pkgs te. New California Shelled Almonds Smyrna er Figs te Ib Fancy Smyrna Layer Pigs 14¢ th WHITH FRUIT HOUSE.
The Purst Spiritual Society announces services every Sunday in December at a hall in the Elektron Building on East Berry Street Louisville. Admission is 10 cents. The notice invites attendance and mentions elevator access and a speaker named Lycemmaa.
A snippet notes a five per cent interest rate on sums of fifty dollars or more for the purchase of city property. It mentions a Christmas gift idea and a line of watch movements from P. Scuerzinger. The garbled text references Lark Messenger Bank and a course Mt. likely location hints.
A local medical association plans a banquet on December with a professional address by Indiana physician W.X. Wishaw. The selection committee will choose a banquet site at the court house assembly room on Tuesday evening. Des Metuiskey and Ithamys will read the program, with Dr Alice T Williams of Crfum-Win City also noted.
Lawton veterans recall efforts to raise a fund for a Lawton monument in the city after General Lawton’s body was moved to Arlington. The Laylin Memorial Fund formed to raise money faced slow progress, with $500 already pledged but no further action. The old soldiers may press for an appropriation from the legislature as Fort Wayne is ignored, while a push could revive the project or return funds to donors. Hammer dampened with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm offers local relief for back and chest pains.
A fragment notes that some people are particular about their photographs and that a stamp on a photograph signals this fact, suggesting a small studio practice or local photographic habit in Port Hayne with emphasis on careful presentation.
Sirlein Porterhouse and Tound Steak Le Th Teth Pork Saussge per 5e. Home mate Sauer Kraut per quart. California seamless Oranges 11c per dozen. Turnips 10 for 5c. Cabbage 2e per head. Mixed 4 quarts. Quaker and Telmo Rolled Oats 8e per package.
Wolf and Dessauer offer a broad sale of gloves, mitts, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, wraps, neckpieces, silks, flannel waists and hosiery. Many items priced at 1.00 to 2.00 with deep discounts. Special prices on ladies wraps and a large umbrella line for Christmas gifts.
Fresh Cincinnati vegetables for Saturday morning.Fras Select oysters 26c can Fresh stewing oysters 20c can Large Kadamazoo celery 17c Fancy New York Spy apples 49c per neck New York Greenings 4c peck New York Baldwin apples 25c per peck Fancy Jersey cranberries 1c each Smoked halibut 1c lb Fresh smoked white fish 10c lb Fine fat mackerel Genuine George's codfish 10c lb Fresh dressed ducks turkeys chickens and geese Greatest Grocery Co.
Members of Sel D Bayless lodge meet at Masonic Temple at 1 o clock p.m. today to attend the funeral of Brother W. B. Adsall. Members of other lodges are invited to attend. GO. C. STEMEN, W. 1.
Local butcher shop Hilgemann and Son promotes dressed chickens and dressed dicks with home made mince meat at 10 cents per pound, pumpkin pies, prunes, sauerkraut at 5 cents a quart, rolled oats, and fresh smoked meats. They boast all first class quality and popular prices from their West Jefferson shop with two phones.
The Owl and Crescent Club plans a dance on Tuesday December 11 with admission set at 24 cents ladies free. The Golden Eagle Orchestra performs. The Calderwood hotel near Wabash depot expands Fort Wayne prestige as several high class families move in for the winter.
Salem Reformed church will conduct a bazaar in the Tri State building on East Berry street beginning Tuesday evening December 11. The sale features up-to-date fall and winter wear and a large line of sample goods at G Schmidt's Merchant Tailor, 37 East Berry Street.
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