09 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
1
George Jacobs Music House advertises a holiday sale featuring Weber and other piano brands, Estey organs, violins, mandolins, music boxes, and accessories. The store pledges honesty and urges customers to visit for demonstrations and economy through patronage.
Dee Abe Ariel from California outpointed Buddy Ryan in a six round fight in Chicago. Ariel led by a hard chase, knocking Ryan down in round three and gaining the edge with clean punches. Preliminary bout saw Billy Harchford defeat George Clonree by decision.
The Baseball players and league officials met in New York to discuss imports and election questions. The Seurtve committee and candidates for president and secretary, including N. E. Young James Hart Barney Dreyfus and Charles H. Ebbette, had the schedule under advisement today.
The text imagines varied notes from Cannon Fleming about Tennyson, mentions Senator Hoar in Worcester and a John Hancock connection, then shifts to tales of Miss Bracion, royal German guests, and early English emperors. It recounts a Milwaukee rector incident with Bishop Thompson, a quip by Herbert Spencer, a Baltimore divorce linked to insect collecting, and ends with Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims and pricing.
A massage service from Cleveland advertises an expert masseuse for bath rooms. The notice claims customers will become regular patrons after trying the service. It mentions ten barbers available at The Wayne constantly.
The Journal Gazette page indicates readers gravitate toward concise results oriented content. It stresses that shorter lines yield higher engagement and repetition of key outcomes.
Fire at the wholesale liquor house of Frodwig & Kahn on Main Street in Cincinnati caused damage estimated at 2007 dollars. The blaze started in the afternoon and affected part of the building. Fire crews battled the flames as witnesses reported smoke and alarms.
A deadly blaze swept through a factory on 62 Canal Street in Chicago today, gutted the Marshall and Huschart Machinery Co building and damaged four adjacent structures. The loss is estimated over $100,000 with several employees escaping harm as the alarm spread.
Mrs Laura Exmoxs of Walkerville Ontario writes of relief from five years of ovarian trouble and discharge after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says the medicine corrected weakness and faintness within weeks and saved her from surgery, urging others to try it.
The executive committee met to arrange the annual meeting set for the second Monday in January. A three member committee will organize details with no outside speakers. All city charities will present reports on work and results. Other societies include St Vincent de Paul Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Ladies Aid and Relief unions. Mahter said calls for aid were few this year with most requests from ill or injured people.
The board of public works met yesterday to review urgent matters. A new street plan is proposed for Liberty Street and West Design Avenue, with a related case at 1407 Smith Street. Street and park crews will address the issue and nearby safety concerns.
Councilman Sormart urged the board of public works to fix the Fourth street crossing approach by the Tike Shore railroad after complaints about flooded approaches and water pools. The board promised a remedy.
An old advertisement touts Radway Ready Keller S as a universal remedy for headaches toothache neuralgia rheumatism back pain and more. It claims quick relief from many ailments and promotes long term cures and prevention for colds coughs sore throats and bronchitis with broad, generic assurances.
Train schedule fragment shows daily services between Indianapolis and Cincinnati with through connections via Connersville and Cincinnati, including times around 3 00 PM to 7 15 PM. Weathered OCR mentions unions and delays but lacks complete details.
A garbled listing presents westbound and eastbound train numbers and daily times from La Porte Logansport Columbia City and Butler Indiana. The fragment mentions CG W Hartman traveling passenger agent Loganport and A W Wartman IT, with various daily frequencies and exceptions by Sunday.
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