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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1901
Page
1
A brief note promotes reading aloud as beneficial for lung function and general well being. It argues the activity strengthens chest muscles aids breathing, offers pleasure, and can serve as a curative practice when done deliberately with clear enunciation and relaxed effort.
Fort Wayne officials and the Fort Wayne Traction Company debated extending interurban rights and keeping reduced fares. Scott outlined past passenger totals and 4 cent and 3.50 dollar ticket schemes. Bauer pressed for worker ticket availability and a transfer waiting room. The committee planned to report to the council after further discussions.
Handkerchiefs offered in silk and cambric patterns with prices from 2c to 1.50. An advertisement for a drug store event hints at a Thursday show and mentions various shop items and sales.
Labor federation discussions featured Mr Gompers defending arbitration while British guests like Benjamin Tillett promoted socialism and labor solidarity. Canadian representative Draper urged greater federation aid, noting Canada’s missionary labor work and immigration concerns including Chinese exclusion.
The General Electric company is reported to prepare a large issue of new common stock around 7 million dollars to distribute as a bonus to stockholders. The move, possibly in early spring, follows cautious earnings and a stock price rise amid market shifts.
fragmentary listing of personal items with names and addresses including Mrs George Winbaugh Miss Currie Vallasdale Mrs H B Grant Varl Miller Miss Margaret Cunningham Miss Anna Ruhr Miss Pearl Merts Mrs Fred Turner and small sale notes for Comic Opera at the S F M Y with reserved seats.
Dr Johnny Wishard, recently back from Persia where he served as medical director at Teheran’s American Presbyterian hospital, speaks at the First Presbyterian Church. He narrates Persian sport life and harem habits and discusses missionary work. He attended Nesr-Ed-Din's assassination era. Columbus in a Merry Sky at the State School Thursday Saturday seats at
An ornate Christmas shopping notice promotes a wide range of luxury gifts from neckwear to bath robes, boasting aristocratic style for “the American gentleman.” It highlights holiday specials and that Reuben S Patterson will feature the items, with a playful tease about festive wares.
A historical newspaper fragment describes German built air tubes tested to 2000 psi, with a triple compressor at Elm Street powering a storage tank and a copper line to streetcar tracks. The system charges tubes to 2000 or 2500 psi, then reduces to 149 psi for engine chambers, with hot water reheating before expansion to boost efficiency. It also recounts social notes including couples announced by a squire and a court case involving Amel Karher and Mr Mitchell with fines and counter charges.
In the justices' courts Squire France was called upon to perform two marriages, marking a small civil ceremony day. The record notes his service as the local officiant for these nuptials and the civic routine of frontier law in the era.
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