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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
4
A single shoplifting incident was reported to police during the holidays. A long-time customer of the store was found leaving with a pair of 50-cent gloves. she confessed, returned the item, and was not detained due to her years of patronage. Police praised overall vigilance and urged continued caution. Also included is an advertising note for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, touted as safe for children.
John Fisher of Wilkes-Barre offers $12,000 cash to a woman who meets his ideal to become Mrs Fisher. She must be childless, German, know poultry, run a yard, and understand Jasmine. He is bashful, well to do, handy about the house, and will not marry with children. He publishes his search in the press.
Oil operators report weather and road conditions hinder drilling as heavy rains swell roads in Ohio Indiana and West Virginia. D S Wakenight notes deteriorating access complicates bringing in machinery and supplies to remote pools, elevating operating costs amid stalled advances.
Ohio Indiana and eastern oil shipments for the period show totals near 1.85 million barrels with daily averages around 97 thousand. The Crown Oil company sells Grant county holdings to National Oil, 750 acres across nineteen wells, valued about 360 thousand dollars, with capitalization of 500 thousand. Multiple wells across Grant, Madison, and surrounding townships report varied outputs from dry holes to twenty to fifty barrels per day, while new drilling activity continues in Franklin, Monroe, Center, and Washington townships.
The ad claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed children for fifty years and is the best remedy for wind and colic. It markets to mothers worldwide and urges buyers to ask for the product by name at twenty five cents per bottle.
The Yule log tradition in northern England involved placing a huge log on the hearth Christmas Eve. Families gathered for ceremony as the log burned, lit with a preserved brand from last year. The fire was believed to ward off evil spirits and a failed blaze by nightfall was a bad omen. Princess Rink opens in skating this afternoon and evening.
Eighty percent of factories expect to use producer gas. Glass makers in the Thesas belt monitor results from Ball Brothers Boldt Glass Heminn gray Glass in Muncie. While under 5 percent of large firms use gas producers, about 50 percent are investigating, says the Muncie Star. Managers in Grant Madison and Delaware counties foresee reduced natural gas dependence as cold weather approaches. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets praised by H Seitz of Detroit for restoring appetite and easing digestion. sold by all druggists. Eyery box warranted.
Indianapolis December reports the legislative visitation committee has begun drafting its 100 page plan with cost estimates for improving state institutions. Some members back separating the women’s prison and girls’ industrial school, while others oppose removing facilities outside city limits. Heating plants and maintenance costs rise as enrollment grows.
Buffalo, Dec 21 The Lackawanna Steel Company the world’s largest independent steel maker received its first ore shipment from upper lake points. The Moss Taylor steamed to the new canal unloading dock with 6208 tons marking the plant’s opening. The firm with 40 million capital will employ 15000, and steel production will start in a few weeks as buildings and machinery are in place across about two square miles.
Our Mr. Straus will be at the office of John Haber abstractor in Fort Wayne every Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. Buy farms for cash or sell on time. Write for catalogs of farms and particulars to Straus Brothers & Co. Ligonier, Ind.
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