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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
7
Daily rail timetable notes departures from Indianapolis and Cincinnati with through connections to Waterloo and New England Express No. 18. Includes arrival cues to Toledo Cleveland Buffalo New York and notes exceptions for Sundays and holidays.
The timetable lists outbound and return trains from La Otto Indiana to Butler Logansport and Logansport connections. It covers No 18 16 daily eastbound to Butler No Ld 469 daily except Sunday and other daily services to Logansport with varied schedules. It notes late morning to afternoon departures and a mixed set of daily and except Sunday or Monday services. Contact for rates and information is W. Barimas passenger agent Logansport Indiana.
Fragmentary OCR mentions train routes between Fort Wayne Grand Rapids and North with times around 22:8 pm and arrivals noted. It references Richmond Cincinnati connections and rapid transit terms, but details are garbled.
Fragmented OCR shows Co H D Ranawat operating the Fort Wayne and Western Railway. Arrives No 4 mat Avsite No 88 freight. Trains daily except Sunday. Mentions direct connection for Gineannatl and Intermachqte points and Levins Crom the anti c Winans.
An advertisement letter from Mrs. Ingram of Stonesty credits Dr Miles Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine with curing her heart and nervous ailments after failing with other remedies. She details chest pain, breathlessness, dizziness, throat pain, sleep loss, and leg numbness, then reports complete recovery and urges others to use Miles remedies.
A brief notice states the product will return money if not satisfied, sold and guaranteed by Meyer Bros. Co. through Borsale. The wording implies a sales guarantee and a merchant nickname or brand. The fragment emphasizes a money back offer and seller identity without fuller details.
A large audience attended rites at Newis synagogue in honor of Chanukah's Feast of Light. Rabbi Cohn urged heroism in history, praising Judas Maccabeus and the Maccabees for religious and political freedom, noting Chanukah as a turning point linking Judaism to Christianity and world history.
Celebrated in Jewish homes the feast of Chantika is observed by lighting eight candles each night. The children of the congregation will attend a service at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning when all eight candles are lit. this evening the gang people will hold their annual festival in Standard Nail with a play titled Chananka Boxes.
The Temple Theatre announces matinee Rip Van Winkle and evening Oliver Twist, followed Monday by The Lonnie Brier Busts at the Masonic Temple. Veteran stage star J H Stoddart will play Lachlan Campbell, a landmark event in his sixty year career and a notable literary and dramatic highlight.
The annual meeting in Indianapolis elected officers for the next year. Judge Daniel Wait Howe serves as president with John Guburn as first vice president and Captain W T Finglist as second vice president. Bishop D O Donaghue and C B Cotta hold treasurer and secretary roles. Frank H. Wynn joined as a member.
In Cincinnati on 2h Tients, Roose and Inglebs lead two at Reants and four corporals and thirty privates of Company M third infantry from Fork Chomas Ky to Canton where they will serve as the special guard for McKinley’s tomb. They relieved a detachment of the fourteenth infantry.
Multiple cities report record cold as December temperatures plummet. From Hutchinson Kansas to Mexico Missouri and Evansville Indiana, readings fall below zero with widespread frost and fuel shortages noted. In Kansas City Missouri the thermometer drops to zero and winds ease.
Snow has fallen for over forty eight hours in the lower lake region and a northwest gale drifts snow across tracks. In Laporte Indiana a foot of snow blankets the lake shore line while large drifts disrupt schedules on the Big Four Erie Nickel Plate and Baltimore and Ohio routes. Urban electric roads deploy slow plows to keep cars moving amid the storm.
Special to Journal Gazette reports La Porte Indiana on December 24 that capitalists will file a plan within days to promote an electric railway linking La Porte and Logansport and a branch from Bass Lake via Lake Maxinkuckee to Rochester. The project aims to form a tunnel-like connector between lines under construction in the region and attract eastern investment to finance and build the line in the coming year.
New York Dec 26 Call money was in steady active demand The tile rate was 2 per year at which level some very large loans were made Most of the demand due to the readjustment which is easily made after a holiday especially if the news day falls on a Friday Banks have marked up their forms though a few minor time money transactions were reported.
Indiana governor remains silent on his message to the General Assembly after returning from Florida. Officials say he has held several conferences with a committee he named to probe prison labor, but has declined to reveal his intentions.
Statements to officials suggest the governor may reject further centralization of dependent care. He reportedly will not back two new state institutions for epileptics and is expected to support separating the women's prison from the gifts industrial school, following remarks at the charities conference.
An official letter from Rome creating a coadjutor for Archbishop Elder was received in Cincinnati. A vote by the archdiocesan council and bishops will be sent to the propagandists for recommendation to the pope who will announce his decision.
In Rome on December 26, Bishop County rector of the Catholic University in Washington appears favored for the Los Angeles bishopric. When the congregation or the propaganda meets on January 19, filling the vacancy will be among the earliest orders of business.
Cardinal Gibbons left for Pittsburg to take part in the golden jubilee celebration of the Passionist order. President Lor spec offers use of his private car attached to the 7:0 p.m. Pittsburg train. He expects to return to Baltimore early next week.
The board of public safety held a special meeting last night and promoted Henry Guthaug and Fred Rohlman from the extra list to the regular fire force. P G Ludeman and Janus Bremer were added to the extra list to fill vacancies. An additional appropriation was passed to fund two more men, as Chint Hilbrecht argued the force was too small to maintain a sufficient truck crew.
A deteriorated report notes the elderly Mr Dee Der Benny Vi from Miami County in the state legislature tour shows severe impairment on his right side two miles south of his position. He can fall and is described as yellowing with age near seventy.
Real estate sales detail several transfers including East Berry Street property for 4000 dollars to Louis C. Schumdralt et al. properties in Wayne Township for 219 dollars each to Maurice Wickert and others. Madison and Scipio area lots sold for 4000 and 38000 dollars. Stull to Jonathan Shull for 5400 dollars on same property.
A holiday sale advertises closing out toys and holiday goods at actual cost. The notice invites shoppers to East Main Street, urging a clean sweep over the next few days for New Year's silks and fire seats for children.
Dr Karled Jones of Newcantie visits Fr Guy Amrick and relatives over the holidays. Miss Saran Katnot from Chicago stays with Mr and Mrs Levington at 304 Fest Jefferson. Ernst and Charles F Reibling depart for Susquehanna to visit friends. Miss Angie Taener of Urbana visits, Mr and Mrs Whit Moucnius host on South Hanna Street. Mrs We 1 Mocloving returns from eye treatment with Dr Hatz. Grocers and shops listed around West Main and Micholas tar.
Rodenbeck’s at 1004 Calhoun Block offers a display of fancy perfume boxes and brands including Roger & Gallet Hour Pigant Legrands and other holiday fragrances for shoppers seeking gift options.
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