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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
7
An old advertisement promotes Epster offering 10 am to 8 pm consulting hours at the corner of Washington and Clinton Streets. It claims Epster can reveal every life detail and provide financial and health guidance, promising to rescue readers from ruin and boost fortunes through his counsel.
A clairvoyant offers satisfaction guaranteed or no fee, claiming to reunite lovers, locate buried treasures, interpret dreams, and reveal friends and enemies. He asserts capable of advising on lawsuits and easing anxieties, urging thousands once separated to seek his counsel for a better future and future patronage.
Five gangs work to restore lin es after Sunday storm cripples Pennsylvania West of Clark Junction. Ice coated strands, 1239 poles blown down, heavy shafts strewn across right of way. One wire finally passes to Chicago but trains delayed. snow rain and cold worsen Montana telegram service.
Time cards from Pennsylvania railroad show train No. 17 will operate westbound on Mondays as usual with baggage cars and passenger coaches. An extra section of No. 3 was added to handle heavy westward business, while eastbound service remains unchanged. Some readers fear this signals broader restoration of recently halted passenger trains.
The city sees increasing cattle shipments with a special train sent yesterday afternoon. The Wabash turned over cattle to the C H and Dee line for Findlay Ohio, marking a notable eastward livestock movement after a prior slump tied to the debt money marker.
A private telegram from Indianapolis claims T L Lewis of Bridgeport was elected president of the United Mine Workers of America, defeating WW Williamson by a wide margin in a 400000 vote, carrying all but nine Pennsylvania districts. Official results expected in two weeks.
Word from Cleveland states New York Central will shorten the Twentieth Century Limited timetable between Chicago and New York by one hour westbound and a half hour eastbound. Effective next Sunday, westbound departs New York at 3 30 p m arrives Chicago 9 00 a m for 18 5 hours. Eastbound leaves Chicago 1 30 p m arrives New York 9 30 a m for 19 hours.
Eugene Shadlex previously a harness maker at Johns-Thompson Saddlery and Joy Engernign depart for a westward tour with stops in Denver Salt Lake City Los Angeles and San Francisco en route to Portland Oregon where they plan to settle. J W Burns may remain as railroad YMCG secretary for at least another year amid uncertainty about his future.
AW Hicks, night yard master for the Pennsylvania, is on duty at the airport for a short hunting trip. Frank Schwarla, a machinist who recently took a sixty day leave of absence from Pennsylvania shops to investigate, is mentioned in relation to the duties and movements surrounding the yard operation.
Carleton H Huiehlusnn, a Boston banker and broker, testifies after eight years of chronic stomach trouble and failed cures. He reports five to six weeks without solid food, sour stomach, gas, and constant fatigue, then rapid improvement after using Cooper's medicine. The firm Dreier & Bro sells the preparation.
Reports list a series of railroad workers on duty and off on various illness injuries and travels. Mentions W T Simmons G N Thomas George Ryder J Rohle J M Lane TL Wilson Lieut Nenfer W F Morrison I S Bloss John Bliger and others. Notes changes in Lake Shore time card and funeral attendance for T R Pickard.
Fort Wayne leaders and legislators press for a Great Lakes waterway linking Lake Erie to Chicago via the St Joseph and Elkhart rivers. Promoters argue shallow or deep canal would supply water power, stabilize river flow, aid wartime needs, and boost northern Indiana industry with government aid. Local officials vow strong backing at Indianapolis meeting and Washington talks to secure canal funding.
Paris reports a lake accident at Bois de Boulogne where about thirty youths fell through ice. Firemen with searchlights recovered two bodies, while initial fears exhausted. The incident ends with confirmation of two drownings and no mass fatalities.
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