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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1908
Page
8
A Port Wayne resident Mrs Margaret Pool reports long kidney trouble eased by Donn's Kidney Pills after trying many remedies. She praises the product, claims rapid relief, and endorses the Dean's brand sold by Foster–Hillburn Co Buffalo New York as sale agents for the United States.
Fragmentary OCR lists include Jacob base 401 Creighton Ave and Wells Street addresses in Michigan with names H Alberame Zimmerman Meinzen LoeSch Barr Lewarzent and others. The text appears as an address directory snippet with incomplete punctuation and unclear context.
Philadelphia January 7 The Ancient Order of Hibernians faced a ban after Rev Father McDermott refused funeral services at St Marys Roman Catholic Church for Joan Daly unless Hibernian attendees were barred The priest cited his knowledge of Molly Maguires and vowed to oppose the order, preventing the funeral from proceeding at the church with its attendance restriction in place
Sediment and smoky eliminations do not always signal kidney disease. Most symptoms come and go, but persistent signs require care. Fulton’s Renal Compound is claimed to allay inflammation and aid recovery, with literature offered from John J Falton Co and Meyer Bros Ca.
Fort Wayne native Donald Armstrong aged eighteen, son of James A Armstrong of the wholesale millinery firm Armstrong and Turner, returned to Denver from West Florida where a mistaken report claimed he had died saving a drowning man. He formerly saved two men off California coast last winter and is praised for bravery while remaining modest.
It has long been our custom to begin the year by offering Fort Wayne residents better value in shoes and rubbers at low prices. We are outside high rent pressures and invite you to inspect our bargain tables. Look for the Big Red Boot at 329 East Berny Street.
Gertrude des Roche, a rising vaudeville performer, is praised for stage presence and clever singing. Once unsure, she now draws crowds with Charles Warne and Charles Wayne, plans a London summer run, and is noted for perfect hands and feet and poised stage femininity.
Public health warnings discuss using school systems to prevent tuberculosis spread among children. The piece details cough symptoms, segregation concerns, and controversial home remedies including tinctures and pine oil, urging prompt medical guidance and caution against unsafe treatments. It notes legitimate products and patents around pine oil and injections, warning against fake preparations.
Cincinnati January 7 A U S Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a Cleveland federal ruling requiring Mayor Tom Johnson of Cheveland to pay 320,000 to Norton Coal Company after guaranteeing the traction firm's bills to Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley. The Norton Co sued when the road failed and was placed in receivership. Johnson contends lack of liable stand as the debtor exhausted resources. Wrestling showcase at Princess Rink announced for January 8.
Police report a baffling incident involving vandalism at 326 Holmen Street and a missing bay mare. Nelson Howe, 20, fled the country infirmary but is sought. A banker’s bay mare an old overcoat and two bags of corn were stolen on December 31 from Chal Laval three miles west of the city and two and a half miles north of Leonard Street. A reward of 50 dollars for conviction and 4 dollars for property is offered.
A reader seeks a second hand balustrade about 12 to 14 feet long and 30 to 36 inches high suitable for use as a desk partition. Call 512.
Edward Morris’s transfer of stock valued at about 15 million dollars places him at the head of Nelson Morris & Co. and Fairbank Canning Company in Chicago. The deal, funded by shares from his brother Tra X N Morris and sisters, merges two large food concerns, with Edward as president and treasurer and plans for major production expansions across the two firms. The estate will be tied up for twenty years to support the contemplated growth, a move viewed unfavorably by other family members.
Fragmentary notice describes want ads in the Journal Gazette charging 2c per word. It questions tenants who worry about rent and hints at a weaving of ad text and landlord concerns.
John L Herman awarded decree granting custody of John M and Tora L Herman to Gertrude L Herman. Judge Ras ward Rourke presided. Other court notes include a Delong case dismissal in circuit court and local officials visiting Woodburn to inspect a grade.
A revived businessman from Lam bert Street, Feet Mane Mn Lambert, claims a new theory on stomach illness is correct. He asserts medicines by Cooper and Nis wie can cure chronic ailments, including liver and stomach troubles, and credits his own experience with dramatic relief after trials.
The notice lists residents from Mau née, Lafayette, Pleasant, Jeffarson, Abolt, Lake, Madison townships and nearby licensed couples linked to marriage. The passage remarks many house-renters in the city and suggests a hundred would make good tenants for a house, noting readers frequently scan To Rent ads and urging the use of Journal-Gazette want ads to maximize exposure.
The piece notes how newspaper want ads serve as a barometer of daily activity and public unrest. It cites a philosopher Freemon to suggest people seek settlement only while remaining unsettled, and asserts the want ads reveal hope and aspiration amid society.
Indianapolis Jan 7 The state superintendent of public instruction Fas sall Cotton announced the apportionment of cotton school revenues for tuition, funds to be used entirely for teachers salaries. The total distributed was 1,145,362 with county allocations ranging from Clinton to Warren reflecting local needs and school staffing for the first half of 1908.
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