New Suit Cases and Bags for the Holidays
A local store promotes a holiday sale of over 100 new suit cases and traveling bags. The ad highlights late hours before Christmas and invites customers to shop for Christmas gifts from Reuben S Patterson.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
1
A local store promotes a holiday sale of over 100 new suit cases and traveling bags. The ad highlights late hours before Christmas and invites customers to shop for Christmas gifts from Reuben S Patterson.
McGovern dominates Gans from the opening bell, repeatedly blasting the colored challenger to the canvas. Gans shows limited defense as the veteran lands lefts and rights to jaw and body, finally collapsing in the sixth round. Weigh-in issues and forfeit talk color the lead-up, with multiple undercard bouts reported from Hogan's Clark Street venue.
A testimonial from Mr BR Gray of Amenie county N says Cham Cough Remedy is the best children's medicine for croup and cures quickly. He notes it should be given as soon as hoarseness appears to prevent an attack and advises keeping a bottle at hand. Sold by Dreier & Bro druggists.
Senator Hanna of Ohio spoke in the Senate for nearly three hours defending the ship subsidy bill. He argued the measure would grow the American merchant marine, protect Great Lakes shipping, and create jobs, saying the nation must seize foreign markets to sustain production and employment. The session also saw a joint commission resolution on a Hall of Records costs and an executive session adjournment.
Auburn Indiana marks the fifty sixth anniversary of its Presbyterian church founded in December 1884. The organization was arranged by the Rev. Wolf and Bliss with twelve original members, only Mrs Priscilla Barkley surviving today. The Rev Bliss served as longtime pastor and remains alive at age ninety. The brick church stands as one of the city’s oldest congregations.
A Crawford-McCrimmon foundry helper, Jesse Gray, was fatally burned when molten steel spilled over him while transporting a 590 pound ladle from the furnace to a mold. Gray slipped, was engulfed in white hot liquid metal, and died from the injuries. The incident occurred in Brazil, Indiana, reported by a Sentinel special.
A six month old white beagle or similar dog went missing near the Wayne hotel. The owner asks anyone with information to contact the Wayne hotel desk.
The Vance Comedy company opened a four night engagement at the Masonire theater with The Limited Mail. The house was crowded and the play drew hearty applause from pit and gallery. Bertrige enacted her part with vigor and became the star again. Tonight the thrilling Patent Applied For will be presented. Popular prices prevail.
The House continued the war revenue reduction bill debate with speakers Grosvenor Bartholdt Hill Boutelle McClellan Newlands Levy and Underwood. Bartholdt criticized the Ways and Means action and plans to offer an amendment to cut beer tax to 1.50 per barrel. Debate closes tomorrow and adjournment set from December 21 to January 3, 1904.
Sen Money to lay a resolution in the senate proposing authority for diplomatic talks with Britain to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The text requests the president to consider opening negotiations with Great Britain for abrogation, with assurance of hearty support upon action.
London reacts to the senate adoption of the Davis amendment and the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with alarm and sharp commentary. The Daily Chronicle argues the move signals jingoism and Anglophobia, risking Anglo American relations and canal interests amid McKinley’s re election.
Washington reports the ship subsidy bill is practically dead this session. Opposition from the Midwest, led by senators Nelson Fairbanks Beveridge and Cullom, grows as pressure from public opinion mounts. Some fear a heavily altered bill after House passage. The Senate endures delays and promises amendments as lobbyists push. The dispatch also notes military and revenue appointments and a pension bill in committee.
An advertisement claims strong effects for stomach and liver action improving energy and ambition. A 25 cent box is offered by Dreier & Bro Druggists. Patterson’s promotes men’s silk vests suspenders and a large holiday line with over 200 styles.
The Hamilton family extends thanks to friends and neighbors and to Co. D Third Infantry ING and S W Stirk Circle Ladies of the G A R for tokens and sympathy in their bereavement. The notice ends with an advertisement to buy Christmas jewelry from Beck and O Brien and receive trading stamps.
United States court officers led by Judge Baker and United States Marshal Kercheval arrived back in Indianapolis after a Fort Wayne session that ended due to concluded business and a thirst for water. Officers joked about local water quality amid a tour of the city’s courthouse and hotels, while noting no drinking water was available. Page’s Climax Salve advertised for corn relief and Seavey’s store promoted stoves and Kodak supplies on Wayne Street.
Indiana lawmakers study a statewide congressional redistricting plan led by George J. Osborne of Marion. The move could yield an extra Republican seat as party leaders consider Dearborn, Lawrence, and Monroe county realignments while Democrats plan a caucus to curb changes.
In Indianapolis on December 18 the prohibition state committee re elected Homer J Hall Frank Il in Edward W Clark and M J Fleming to leadership posts. The group planned immediate campaign fundraising and agreed to continue evangelistic work that aided the recent effort with district evangelists entering the field at once.
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