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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1908
Page
9
Finely colored post cards featuring buildings, scenery, comics and more attract buyers. A batch of 500 assorted cards including bromide varieties and birthday greetings sells for a low price. Richardson advertises at Broadway location with postpaid delivery and trade terms.
The Democratic National Committee and arrangements subcommittee, in Denver, report the new auditorium for the July convention will be the most comfortable and desirable hall ever used. They review seating, hotel accommodations, and preliminaries, with a reconvening in Chicago about five weeks after this session. The visiting committee was entertained at the Democratic club.
In New York a hearing in the Heinze mercantile bank case was delayed from today to January 27 in U S circuit court. An advertisement urges Advice to Mothers to keep children healthy with Hoallister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Meyer Bros. Co. tablets.
Sheriff Grice and Deputy Eusenhut answered a report last evening to John Reinhart's farm ten miles east of town where Reinhart was found acting strangely after his wife had just died. Officers took him into custody following the chaotic scene and a doctor had previously visited.
A home remedy explains heating granulated sugar with Pinex and Norway White Place Extract to create a cough remedy. It claims rapid relief within hours, with cost comparisons favoring a homemade syrup over ready-made versions. Local druggists reportedly endorse the recipe, with refunds offered by Toomey and others.
A man threatened a demonstration at neighbors tending Mrs Reinhart. After his wife died he grew quieter and was warned by officers to behave. he promised to comply. Mrs Reinhart was a widow who had remarried Reinhart years earlier and had several children.
Kansas City Mo January M A world’s record was broken during the first tour of the six day bicycle race this afternoon. Twenty six miles and seven laps were completed on a twelve lap track in convention hall. The previous record for an hour was twenty four miles and one lap on a ten lap track. Pogler and the Root and Fegier team led the distance while Distad Monroe and Bistab Stenhour were distanced in the first sixteen minutes and dropped out. Monroe and Morgan will each ride stone, with a handicap of fifty miles for the six days. Read the Patterson for bargains.
Antonio Bavari is charged with killing four people whose bodies were found buried near his home. Victims include Liombo Minichellg, Frivola Paftetth, and Palvette, with Minichellg a market gardener, Paftetth a garden worker, and Palvette a longtime keeper. Mintchelles death appears linked to a blow to the head with a sharp instrument.
A Wells Street woman reported a drunken man entering her room and lying on her bed. The intruder, evidently in a drunken stupor, was expelled and no police action followed. Separately, Louis Bowmen was arrested on drunkenness and linked to a jewelry theft case involving a man named Frank Smith. A. J. Ruti, a Bass strike worker, was picked up on drunkenness after an incident at a rescue mission where he caused trouble seeking admission for his family.
The Majestic hosts The Three of Us with Rachel Crothers play and a strong Madison Square cast led by Edna West and Olga Nethergale in Carmen. Notables include Lionel Belmore Langborn Burton Adeline Bourne Gertrude Elliott and Katharine Stuart as the English company brings refined performances to Friday evening showings.
The first U S production of Peggy Machree, an Irish musical comedy starring Dania O'Sullivan, opened at McVicker's in Chicago on January 3. The piece uses Irish songs and themes, with O'Sullivan praised for his performance and a dreamlike Irish mood throughout the show.
Doris O Sullivan performs with a dreamlike Irish soul, claiming a vivid Celtic essence in song. The Hudson Sisters and The musical Bensons appear briefly as juvenile acts, while a notice notes the Howell and Scott act delivered humorous moments. The program repeats throughout the week.
At the temple this afternoon and evening advanced vaudeville features Watson Hutchins and Ed Edwards delivering a knockout act in the vaudeville exchange. Rogers and Mackintosh present a funny sketch Out of Sight while Howell and Seeth offer Hebrew parody routines amid nervousness and strong performances.
Norwalk Ohio January 20 The Norwalk Savings Bank made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of its creditors after a meeting of directors and officials. The move followed the recent Ohio Trust Company assignment and heavy withdrawals made it impossible to weather the storm. Buren and E. G. Themes were appointed as assignees. The bank is believed to pay creditors and depositors in full. December statement showed resources of 288000 with deposits of 235500.
Jan 20 report states the Commonwealth Trust and Savings bank, started two years ago as a strictly union labor bank, will be wound up and dissolved. The experiment cost stockholders about 76110 dollars and they will receive approximately seats on the dollar.
The new chair man of the Democratic State Committee in Jackson plans a reception tomorrow evening in the city. Distinguished Democrats from across the state will attend and many will give addresses. About 160 volunteers have joined committees to assist with guest welfare and event success.
In Muncie Indiana on January 20 a gas reducing station operated by J J Cope of Gaslight and Power suffered a massive blast minutes after the superintendent left for the day. The brick structure in a residential district was wrecked with a $5,000 loss estimate. nearby homes escaped damage.
Jymiltius Wawertuiek a one year old Polish child died Monday at St Vis cents orphanage from pneumonia. Father believed to be in South Bend. Remains to be moved to Schone undertaking in Greenfield Indiana. News dateline Greenfield Ind Jan 20 In establishment.
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