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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1902
Page
4
The forecast calls for brisk to high north winds on Monday with cloudy conditions and a high in the south portion. Tuesday will be cloudy with some snow in the south and winds shifting to brisk to high from the north, with varying conditions across regions.
Local items report Ivan Poland's recovery from pneumonia and appearances by Alt R A Bowler in Fort Wayne. Huntington Herald staff writer visits Fort Wayne. Trinity Albany church women plan bazaar and bake sale. Fort Wayne hospital updates on Father Haeser. First Baptist young women Bible class to meet at Miss Maid Whiteleather’s home. Mr and Mrs Frank Fisher relocate to Fort Wayne. Ruckman Garrison moving to Fort Wayne with family. Notices mention a pretty alpine hat and a sailor brim, and promotion of Rocky Mountain Tea. Patterson's offers a dressed turkey with coats at $12 or more and invites customers to claim turkey before Christmas. Frank Ryan, injured in fall, shows improvement. Patterson's overcoats touted for value. Mr Straus to meet with Joh C. Heller in Fort Wayne for farm and property listings. Straus Brothers & Co. promotes cash terms and catalogs. Economy is wealth. Patterson's prices advertised. The Gazette wants page funds and its readership claim results.
Classified notices include a piano for sale on easy payments at 1112 Calhoun Street opposite Cathedral, umbrellas in Patterson's window, and a Fort Wayne mortgage loan offer of 4 percent with minimum secured debt of 1000. Other spots promote beauty products, barbers, toilet waters from Rodenbeck’s, and a masquerade ball at Turnverein Hall.
A fragment advertises loans at a rate near eight percent per one thousand with a lender linked to Mageicare Mount & Co. The text is partial and unclear but indicates availability of small business or individual borrowing segments. Substantial contact details are missing.
Judge Cheney celebrated his birthday with a party at the Knight home attended by Logansport guests and friends. The Sans Pacon club shared an evening with the Hobrock couple, with prizes for bidding spades and rummy. Miss Ella Kemp and Miss Macshail were noted visitors, and plans for future club meetings, engagements, and hospitalities were outlined alongside Needlework guild reports showing growth and charitable distributions.
Fort Wayne residents embraced ideal winter weather with sleighing on boulevards and ponds. Four inches of ice formed on ponds allowed skating at Reservoir and Della Lake until snow partially swept some ponds. Trinity Lutheran Church ladies plan their annual sale and supper on Wednesday December 17 in church parlors.
A compiled list shows multiple transfers with parties such as John P F and Touisa Hultes to church trustees on Jefferson Street for one dollar, and transfers to Milo A Miller for two thousand dollars. Others involve Henry Griffis to Johan and Mary Noyer for a small sum, Griffis to Coverstone for five hundred dollars, and Miller to Simon Straus for three thousand two hundred dollars. Additional entries note Ferdinand Hockemeyer and Stoors Straus transfers in Milan and Scipio Townships, plus Henline to Papen and Eckels to Bushman. A promotional insert for Patterson’s clothing follows, mentioning Overcoats and suits.
The council committee tasked with inspecting the gas situation has not fixed a date to visit the field. Most members are busy businesspeople, complicating scheduling. After the next visit, Superintendent Hotmaan and other company officials will be sworn to report on the efforts to secure gas, with data from a farm tied to other gas firms in Brickford Town 3 to be included in the committee’s report.
Beck the Jeweler advertises a complete jewelry stock and a "fire line of Kodaks" for Christmas. The dealer claims reliable goods and prices as low as any in the city, located at Calhoun and Washington Streets, with a prompt to check Patterson's window for umbrellas.
The Supertor Mfg Co offers custom made waiting skirts with perfect fit and workmanship. Prices range from $1.90 to $40 per skirt, claiming lower costs than local dealers and urging a trial of their made-to-order garments. Address: 39 West Ham Street, Second Floor.
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