23 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1915
Page
1
An OCR readable snippet lists neckwear at half price including Fancy Half Price items and Tiffany initial handkerchiefs priced per box of twelve or two dollars each. It also mentions pure linen handkerchiefs and linen fabric items in colors blue and red with partial product descriptions.
A noisy sale page lists half price cuts across many items including roxford ka suits heavy cotton union fits and fancy vests. Nearly all goods from coats to gloves hats caps garters and shirts show deep discounts with one fifth to half price offers.
Local retailer announces a clearance of men’s suits with multiple price points from $33 down to $10. All Black and Stapia styles discounted 20 percent. Estimated sale items include a $20 black suit reduced to $16 and other line items noted with varied discounts.
Fragmentary sale listing shows multiple prices for boys and fancy suits. It references quantities and values such as 912.90 and 1000 in unclear currency marks, with items labeled Fantey FIKON and Fanny Suits going at various amounts.
Ad lists fur trimmed overcoats priced at 40.00 while overcoats at 90.00 appear elsewhere. The text includes garbled lines with amounts such as 9165.55, indicating an invoice or sale listing with varied coat prices and sales figures.
A fragmented OCR listing shows overcoats with varied prices from $6 to $21 and mentions a $20 and $15 price point. The readable items indicate bulk sale terms and "go at" pricing, but the full item details and quantities are unclear due to garbled text.
A sale lists 200 children's suits with an ALF price and discounts of 20 percent on some items and 10 percent on blue serge selections. The notice emphasizes reduced prices and limited stock.
Local sales listing notes vests priced at 3.00 and 5.00 dollars with additional items described as “34.00 Vests.” The fragmentary ad suggests a clearance style display, highlighting discounts and miscellaneous vest options without clear brands or dates.
A vintage notice lists trousers priced at 6.09 dollars and 4.50 dollars with other amounts including 2.00 dollars. It indicates discounts and varying stock, referencing men’s fancy Scotch trousers and store pricing details.
Ad lists shirt prices and options with references to laundering and discounts. The odd phrasing suggests a promotional catalog line from a newspaper page.
A small advert announces children's overcoats and overmats offered at reduced prices. The listing notes 200 children's overcoats and 20 overcoats available with discounts of 20 percent on other children's overcoats.
The notice advertises raincoats and Mackinaw coats offered at half price with various price points. Remaining stock notes include a range of Raincoats and Traincoats with substantial discounts and a blanket 20 percent reduction on all other buckskin coats.
Warren B Webster, who escaped from St Josephs hospital on Sunday, was found dead along the Wabash railroad tracks one mile west of Grabill. Coroner Kruse ruled death by a train. authorities believe he was walking toward his home when struck. The death follows his recent mental decline tied to his mother's death, with the body taken to Peltier's undertaking rooms.
A chaotic wartime caption text describes naval and aerial blockade actions around Wilhelmshaven with scattered local notices. The report mixes a Kaiser directive scene with multiple misspelled and garbled short items about residents, visits, and obituaries from Berne and Hartford townships, Indiana. It mentions deaths of Jonni Willman and John Ernst with brief biographical notes and funeral plans.
A new remedy from Schiffmann promises to cut household cough remedies by replacing sugar water with a concentrated formula. Two ounces mixed with one pint of granulated sugar and water yields a full pint of cough syrup, claimed to ease coughing bronchitis and hoarseness. Druggists in the city will sell it under a sale guarantee and positive assurances.
Fort Wayne readers report a local woman claiming dramatic relief from backache using a new scientific prescription. The notice mentions multiple distributors and mentions a student from Lastenpath college, along with various local residents and events surrounding the week’s happenings.
A railroad ticket office in this city was robbed of $200 early today.Station agent Victor Lewis left to deliver mail around 2:00 and returned half an hour later to find the door to the waiting room damaged and the ticket office ransacked. Investigation ongoing.
In Farmersburg Indiana the Citizens Bank safe was blown overnight with nitroglycerin and electricity. About 3500 dollars was taken. The burglary was found by the cashier this morning. Journal-Gazette Want Ads offer results at one cent a word.
Fort Wayne reports the death of Robert Loonen a French army lieutenant killed in France on January 8 He had married Miss Josephina Moras daughter of the late Hon Samuel E Marss formerly of Fort Wayne His wife and mother in law run an emergency hospital in Paris with other American women serving as nurses.
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