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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
6
On Friday expect increasing cloudiness with fresh south winds. Saturday likely fair to partly cloudy for most areas with winds turning from the south. Kentucky and Michigan show similar trends with rising cloudiness and a chance of rain in the southern portions, accompanied by fresh or southwest winds.
Local items note Charles and Miller confined at home with tonsillitis, F Yerveire ill, Pfeiffers traveling to Omaha for Christmas, Yaple and Heaton moving into new offices, a pony sleigh incident with no damage, and upcoming church meetings. Also report hand injury to George Peppler, amputation to Dr. A H Macbeth’s patient, a sleigh car mishap near Wayne and Lafayette, a recovery runaway team and a near collision at the streetcar crossing with minor injuries.
Christmas season push advertises largest assortment in city. Chocolate creams box bon bons and peanut crisps sold by 1b and 2b. fancy mixed nuts 19¢ quart. frost fresh cookies and goody packages. Also notes White Fruit Rouse birthday reminder at Wayne Street church and sale of pocket knives and table cutlery at Green's near Cathedral with umbrella bargains.
Local advertises Granulated Sugar City Flour Prunes Evaporated Peaches Apricots Navy Beans Canned Corn Tomatoes and Candles. Trading Stamps offered. Store at 1402 Calhoun Street featuring goods from basic staples to gift items. Al J Blitz promotes Christmas cigars and prices.
Leaders in notions the toy and nation business boast twenty years experience. Our buyer uses excellent habits to sell a superior grade at lower prices than competitors. Inspection of our stock shows easy access at 109 B Main, with Henry J offerings and Apnelty-made shoes at 1416 Caltointon street.
Kane's offers special prices on albums toilet sets smoking sets manicure sets dolls go carts wagons sleighs printing presses hobby horses shell toys tool boxes magic lanterns toy pianos and more. The old reliable James M. Ka Feldman trading place opposite the Cathedral presents umbrellas and glass stock with prices below all rivals.
Ad promotes Oyster Pattie Shells Timbale Shells Lady Curls Charlotte Russe Chocolate Belairs with prompt delivery. Mentions Mrs Austin's Gorn Flour and Christmas fix up. References to bath and toilet goods, Roger & Gallet, Feldman's Umbrella bargains near Cathedral opposite Calhoun Lou Block.
A fragmented OCR item from Dallas area notices references Bird Toilet Waters and Fob Chaing at Dallas F. Green's. Readable text shows uncertain phrasing and names, suggesting a local ad or product mention with incomplete details.
Local headguest Linus Gandy promotes superior candy offerings at 1404 Calbown Street, promising better sweets than any other house in the city.
Beck the Jeweler at Calhoun and Washington Streets offers a complete stock of jewelry and Nodaks for Christmas. Prices claimed as low as any in the city. Contact numbers listed as 18 or 1216 Rockhill Bo. He notes wintering horses and reliable merchandise.
Our Mr. Straus will be at the office of John Heller abstracter at Fort Wayne Indiana each Tuesday evening from 6 to 7 p.m. The firm buys farms for cash and sells on time and invites inquiries for their list of farms and particulars. Straus Brothers & Co Tagonier Indiana. Wear Henry J Appeity muscled shoes 1416 Calhoun Street.
The notice promotes low fares for holiday travel on December 24 and 25 and January 1, 1903, via Pennsylvania Lines. E R Ross, ticket agent in Fort Wayne, offers information on rates and train times.
Notice of no carload of nurse trees available at 1208 Calhoun Street. Parties seeking trees for eluent or other purposes advised to cultivate before purchasing elsewhere. Mentions 1981 Best Engravers at Green's Arcade.
A Journal-Gazette page highlights Gold Glasses at Green's Arcade and urges readers to try and use the items for results. The notice emphasizes availability and reader engagement with the promotional display.
A contractor from a local asphalt company told the Times that two to three weeks will pass before the council reviews a $17,000 main maintenance bond. He said the bond would be pledged for acceptance by property holders on the street and the firm would take charge in a few days.
A brief classified notice notes football and sewing machine bearings as pleasures, urging a Christmas gift for the wife. It promotes sale by C Schlatter & Co at the corner of Columbia and Clinton streets, with M J Blitz mentioned.
An advertisement-era notice touts Rundell Proprietary Co claims of curing rheumatism with a written guarantee or money back. A testimonial from Mrs Elizabeth Greenland says she was bed bound with inflammatory rheumatism for eleven weeks in 1895 and was cured after using Haytog lowell’s Rheumatic Cure, with several bottles. City listings show druggists and an unrelated shoe store at 1416 Calhoun Street.
Classified item offers a money loan with personal security from Charles F. Pfeiffer at Bass Block Rooms 7. Also an ad for a good second-hand upright piano available on easy payments from Gay Conklin at 3112 Calhoun Street opposite the Cathedral.
The Wabash railroad advertises round trip holiday tickets at usual reductions. Offers include 1 and Jan 1, good to re in 2, 190%. Also public notices for money to loan at 12 and 1 percent interest. Lane & Co., 19 Court St, promote loans.
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