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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
7
A. Hardy of Rast Wilton Meine praises Bucklen Arnica Salve for curing sores ulcers and burns. The preparation is sold for 25 cents at Dreier Brothers drug store and has saved many doctor bills according to the testimonial.
The readable fragments describe tenants and rent concerns or disputes, with garbled phrases suggesting discussions about rent, responsibilities, and possible landlord tensions. No clear events, names, or dates emerge from the damaged OCR text.
Amid colder weather and rising unemployment, women and children trespass in city rail yards to collect coal fallen from trains. Officials warn of accidents and have ordered police to stop the practice. Despite few prosecutions, many tons are reportedly carted away yearly by those unable to buy fuel.
The Pennsylvania railroad orders Bowser works to supply multiple large oil storage tanks for the receiving of oil at the round house on Fifty-fifth Street Chicago. Bowser meets demand in supplying sands and oil storage methods, aiming to reduce fire risk in oil houses and tents used by several roads in the south and west.
A large group from Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad offices attended the funeral of James Meriwether in Dayton. Brothers Frank Meriwether and engineer Michael Lunn arrived late. ten Wabash section foremen were questioned by road foreman about the book of rules as he tours the district. The Meat and Butcher workers held a mass meeting in Carpenters hall with C F Smith addressing the gathering.
An advertorial urging readers to quit coffee to restore red blood cells and health. It cites Pastura as a superior substitute and endorses a book for proof, claiming coffee harms blood and health. The message presents a health claim and a product substitution as a remedy.
A testimonial advertisement claims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve pain without habit formation. It asserts fewer attacks over time and mentions rapid relief for feverish backache and pleurisy injections. Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart Indiana sponsors the offer.
A call from a traditional union standpoint invites all interested in studying race redemption from greed and graft to attend. It promises consideration for any practical plan for immediate or permanent relief of needy workers out of work and stresses cooperation of labor and capital.
Industrial notes report Mrs. Kelleher ill with typhoid fever at home while her children suffer grip. rail workers and managers move positions, travels, and injuries noted. Nickel Plate adds ten cabooses as freight demand stabilizes. officials discuss east and west business, yard duties, and crew changes. A Jersey cow at Pennsylvania station caused delays until secured in a crate on a wagon with spectators watching the scene.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup at an Illinois lawyers banquet lauded Joe Cannon as a steady hands at the helm. He argued that leadership should be guided by ideals and practical action to steer America through panic, greed, and unrest toward progress.
The Chicago street railway crisis was debated at length in the U S Supreme Court as shareholders seek an appeal from Judge Grosscup’s order to reorganize Chicago’s street system under an ordinance. The city objects, calling the appeal a delay tactic with rights set to lapse February. Attorneys Crawford McAuley led for petitioners. Wickerman Guerly and Burry for the city. Burry urged striking out scandalous reflections on Judge Grosscup.
A barn on Stephen Emenheizer's farm in Jackson township burned, trapping none as horses escaped. The blaze destroyed a binder wagons a hay loader and other implements valued about 2000 with 1000 insured on equipment and contents and 750 on the barn. Local fire and insurance details are noted as the loss estimate.
Special to the Journal-Gazette. Mrs Macy Kalb known as Grandmother Kalb wandered from her son's home in Huntington on Tuesday night and was found this morning frozen in a pond. She was seventy three, prone to hallucinations, with little supervision. Death from exposure.
Dr Tay Aspy of Grieve filed affidavit to transfer Lucy Welds of Horsford township to the Easter insane asylum at Richmond. Welds, 44, inmate at Richmond from 1899 to 1908 after previous commitments, has repeatedly threatened self harm and children. The Snyder family, noted for long insanity history, figures in the report.
A fragmentary line mentions a states clerk approving an application and a return to a show. It references Flessis ill, a HAYIUM Ws Show, and a sale of items at half price. Catterson-Pletcher Co appears in the readable text.
Zack Wilson, proprietor of a salon, was found guilty in Justice court of carrying concealed weapons and of allowing his place of business to remain open on Sunday. He was fined $2 and costs on the first charge and $10 and costs on the second. He is said to be near quitting the warfare he has led, deeming the conflicts too costly.
Fragmentary notice lists a sale of many items from AT stick at half price, with partial names Patterson Pletoner and Hoge involved. text is garbled but indicates a scheduled sale date starting February 1.
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