13 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
1
Congressmy Jam Nular reports a San Francisco labor leader urges focus on policy over substitution. He, a Mousters' Union member and delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council, is recognized as a labor congressman within the community.
E N Dochterman, formerly assistant ticket agent at Nickel Plate, arrives home after three months in service and reports his commissioning as second lieutenant. The article discusses his career from Fort Wayne to Chicago and Cleveland, then training at Camp Taylor. It also debates the role of women in industry postwar and labor’s stance on wages and employment, emphasizing the natural division of labor and the need to balance wages and opportunities.
An ad touts Wryeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a convenient tonic to darken gray hair naturally. It claims rapid results, restoring a youthful look after one or two applications, and notes the product is a cosmetic not a medical remedy.
The United States Employment Service issues three posters stressing cooperation of labor and capital during reconstruction. One urges workers to value both labor and capital, another calls workers to settle into suitable jobs for success, and the third promotes transitioning from war work to peace work for the next generation under Secretary W. B. Wilson.
A wartime employment bureau sent twenty three men to Hog Island for shipyard work. The crew included fifteen machinists and other laborers, with a mix of colored workers.
An apprentice at the Pennsylvania Co. boiler shop is confined home with a severely bruised knee after a scaffold collapsed at the shop. The incident involved the scaffold being erected around a boiler.
A repair collapse knocked a worker named Leheiman to the ground. The injured man was rushed to Latham Hospital where company physicians provided treatment before he returned home to serve a several day sentence.
Illness hits a third Nickel Plate employee at the freight station slowing duties. A damaged clerk, Williamlink, was unable to report for duty yesterday morning as a wire from Toledo said G. Miller, now chief clerk in the Wabash offices, would arrive and take over duties.
Mr Miter expected in the city Thursday but delays at the Toledo office prevented his arrival. Eyare has held the chief clerk role and upon Mr Miter’s arrival will take the accountant’s desk. Miss Levy handles the work in the interim. Steel for the New York Centen toa docks at Lawton Park area is arriving and will be erected once foundations cure. The docks are to be completed for winter use with knockdown components awaiting setup and riveting.
A German band and wounded soldiers at a hospital near a prison hospital celebrated the armistice signing. Americans and Germans alike joined the parade and sang the U S anthem, showing cordial reception and hope for postwar relations.
The Senate weighs President Wilson's five year rail control plan amid private talks by business leaders. Industry officials argue continued government control risks delay and disruption while proposing remedial regulation and a stable policy basis for public discussion.
Washington reports that Congress will recess for three days under an agreement between Senator Martin and Representative Kironin. Democratic leaders in the Senate and House said the rush of work created opposition to a longer recess.
Dec 13 report states Charles Tiez was elected director general of the emergency fire company, succeeding Charles M Schwab who resigned last week. Tiez holds the roles of president and general manager of the corporation.
A carload shipment of Sweet Cider arrives, linked to Charles A. Hoffman as the recipient or point of contact. The note confirms delivery details and intended distribution or sale under Hoffman’s coordination.
Auburn Indiana gears up for a district Knights of Pythias gathering with about 1000 members expected from Allen DeKalb LaGrange Steuben Noble and Whitley counties. The event will run Sunday through Monday at the Court Theatre and Commercial Club Building with parley sessions, receptions, musical acts and a keynote by Charles L. Pulliam.
The advertisement promotes Wendell's Ambition Plus as a nerve tonic for debility nervous prostration and fatigue. It claims to restore vigor within days and offers a refund if unsatisfied. Sold for 50 cents with Meyer Bros Co four stores authorized to refund purchase price.
Jest offers 200 new wool patterns at $35 per suit during the Holi days to keep tailors busy. An extra pair of pants adds $2 and doubles suit life, saving $10 to $20. Oriented to customers paying $10 to $320 more elsewhere.
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