Miss Myrtle Nickels and Huntington club talk
Miss Myrtle Nickels of Putnem street will address Huntington Literary Society in Huntington Indiana tonight. The Rev Dr J N Brown from Tr Ey will speak, following his participation in the dedicatory services at the Third Christian church last night.
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Myrtle Nickels
Putnem Street
J. N. Brown
Will Spear
Herler
Huntington Literary Society
Huntington
Ind
Brown
Third Christian Church
City Eyes Conduit Purchase Aimed At Street Relief
City plans a conduit purchase from Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction to place underground fighting equipment and wires on Calhoun and Clinton streets. Officials say transfer could close today, promising economy and avoids tearing up the street with poles. Council meeting called for Tuesday to discuss street name changes and Finance Committee to review Comptroller Schwittdt report.
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Clinton Streets
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley
Calhoun
J. Frank Mungovab
Boerger
Schwitdt
Ennuel
Jail Free of Negroes Women and Insane In County Sheriff Report
Sheriff Jensa Grice announced the county jail is for the first time under his tenure free of inmates labeled insane, Negro, or female. He noted no Negroes, insane, or women prisoners have been housed for a period, with only a week containing an insane person. Beautiful weather drew many visitors to the jail as a band of twenty six mission workers held services attended by nearly all prisoners. There are about thirty six persons confined in the institution, a comparatively small number.
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Jensa Grice
Grice
Similar Name Mix‑up Delays Doctor on Transit Line
Dr Charles Rothschild faced a busy Saturday misdirected by two similarly named stations Nine Mile House on the Decatur trolley line and Nine Mile on the Bluffton line. He was sent to the wrong Nine Mile adding travel time before returning to the Bluffton route didn’t ruin his day.
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Charles Rothschild
Nine Mile House
Decatur
Peter Knoche Dies of Old Age in Fort Wayne Home
Peter C. Knoche, longtime Bass Foundry employee and Fort Wayne resident for thirty years, died at 2234 Thomastreet at 10 10 Sunday morning aged 75 years. Born May 14 1832 in Osterholz Germany he spent early years in canal boating and married Christina Karsten in 1858. Survived by wife, three daughters, seven children total, twenty grandchildren, and several siblings. Funeral at home Wednesday at 2 pm with private burial in Lindenwood cemetery.
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Peter C. Knoche
South Aide
Bass Foundry and Machine Company
Thomastreet
Knoche
Stelnan
Hanover
Germany
Mir
San Francisco
Cal
Lindenwood Cemetery
SING OF BOBBY BURNS PROGRAM IN FORT WAYNE
Fort Wayne residents of Scottish descent will attend a Burns tribute Friday at Caledonian Society Hall 34 Calhoun Street. An evening of addeosons and musical numbers plus supper and a Scotch dance follows. Professor MacMillan will speak on Burns and Rev Frank Van Pax will discuss tours in Scotland. WW Affleck will share Scotch anecdotes and literature insights with performances by Lainson Wisen Cohen DeVariss Bond Smeal and others.
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Fort Wayne
Robert Burns
Caledonian Society
Tts
Calhoun Street
MacMillan
Burns
Frank van Pax
Vhird Presbyterian Charch
Ascotland
WW. Affleck
Lainson
Clint Wisen
Leah Cohen
Clara Zollars- Bond
Elizabeth Devabiss
James Smeal
Ten Reasons to Travel Texas with Our 1900s Sales Caravan
Travel advertisement outlines a San Antonio stop for 24 hours and a land sale offering 860,000 acres near a Southern Pacific line at 10.90 an acre. It touts favorable climate, abundant wells, perfect titles, low taxes, and easy Oklahoma City side trips, with claims of large rainfall and strong state metrics.
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San Antonio
Texas
Southern Pacific
Diviskin
Oklahoma City
Union
Eugene M. Fitch
Mar
Monroe W. Fitch & Sons Agency
Bell
Saloons Run Quietly in Fort Wayne On Sunny Day
Fort Wayne saloon screens were drawn back as crowds strolled in bright sunshine. Police had little to do, with empty rooms and no visible back room activity. One arrest was reported, a negro held for investigation amid melting snow and mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Hunting for a Buyer by Personal Ad
The Journal-Gazette notes that seeking a purchaser for any item in person is hard, but easy when using their classified want ads. The piece highlights the efficiency and reach of printed ads for connecting buyers and sellers.
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Journal-Gazette
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Fort Wayne Reader Say Relief
Mrs Lucy Edge of 728 North Fifth Street Deegtur Indiana testifies she used Doan's Kidney Pills and found relief from back ache side ache headache and urinary trouble after years of kidney discomfort. The ad claims strong customer reports from Fort Wayne and urges readers to ask Mayer Bros Co for testimonials and mentions Poster Milburn Co as U.S. sole agents.
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Lucy Edge
North Fifth Street
Deegtur
Ind
Dean
Dot
Fort Wayne
Mayer ‘Bros. & Co
Milburn Co
Buffalo, N
United States
Doan
City officials visit Kenosha to inspect alarm systems
Mayor William J. Gosey and board members George Hermann K Rieman and Martin H. Ankerbruck with Chief of Police toured Kenosha to study its police alarm setup. J J Hayes joined part of the trip, stopping in Chicago en route home. Milwaukee Alarm and Gamewell systems are bid candidates for a new local installation.
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William J. Gosey
George Hermann
CO. K. Rieman
Board of Public Safety
Martin H. Ankerbruck
Kenosha
Wis
J. J. Hayes
Lef the Safety Board
Chicago
Milwaukee Alarm Company
Grocery list from old catalog style ad reads like fragmented items
Readable items include Our Rio Blend Our Gertin Breakfast and Our Mocha Blend coffee. potatoes fancy bare Oaks. Sauer Kraut per gallon German Dill Pickles and Mustard Pickles. multiple soaps and brands. various matches and tobacco products. flour brands and wheat types. scattered prices and packaging terms indicate a damaged OCR of a general store price list.
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Rio
Perth
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REO
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