St. Joe Clubhouse Nearing Completion
Readable fragments indicate construction progress on the St. Joe clubhouse. Details are limited but suggest soon opening or use of the facility by local members.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
7
Readable fragments indicate construction progress on the St. Joe clubhouse. Details are limited but suggest soon opening or use of the facility by local members.
Chicago June 20 union leaders Joan Brittin Gyree Lakey and Charins G c of the Carpenters union city were ordered to thirty days in jail for violating an injunction against strikes on buildings under work stoppage. Judge Carroll of the Superior Court overruled a previous ruling. The men claimed they did not know of the injunction but faces fines for contempt remain in doubt as the record continues.
J. W. Bell Supply Co advertises wholesale prices on garden hoses at 141-113 and Columbia Street, urging customers to ride and buy during the Fourth of July period.
Large retail notice from White Fruit House advertising weekly May bargains. It highlights new potatoes at 2% per peck, bulk hotel and boarding house pricing, floor specials on skirts and wash wear, silk sale, towels, prints, gloves, belts, buttons, ribbons, and china. It notes the 3rd floor specials and Axminster rug sale, plus farm eggs offer and store hours with a closing Saturday.
They happen every year and possibly this year will be no exception. The unfortunate can visit ten of our stores for fresh clean surgical dressings reliable antiseptics ointments and salves. Remember cleanliness is crucial in treating wounds bruises and more. Bring your physician's prescription here for clean fresh stock.
Willa Boren a lineman for the city electric light plant narrowly escaped being crushed this forenoon while assisting in taking down an old pole at Sam and Jackson streets. A mantle detached, the pole began to fall. he braced, the hand spike slipped, and he threw himself to the ground as the pole crashed within inches of him. He escaped unharmed.
Walter Masher and wife report a burglar entered their north Jim Street home this morning. The thief opened drawers, ransacked rooms, took one dollar and $3.42 from Masher’s trousers, while a watch and chain were left untouched. No clues to the thief’s identity.
Brett, a family theater manager in this city, was taken to his home with typhoid fever after months of illness. He had been able to work until suddenly worsening, and friends and local residents wish him a speedy recovery as Mrs and Mr Hathaway support the theater during his absence.
Bluffton Indiana reports ten saloons shut at 11 tonight amid a remonstrance filed in February. Henry Beltler on Walnut Street and J. E B McClelland on North Main Street abandon businesses as licenses expire, bringing total to four. No further exits until September. late July licenses note Alex Bolvin and Cal Ditzler expiring February 1903. The remaining store hours indicate a mining-related facility and a period from July to a late July closure. Patterson Tletcher Co.
Water revenue is due at the flat rate. Bring your service number when paying.
A bicycle stolen from the Journal-Gazette office is now identified. The police urge the thief to return the bike to the Patterson store with witnesses noting weight and attorney details. This action could prevent further trouble and expenses.
Twenty cents savings highlighted on Deller Shirts in a great remodeling sale. DURES ROSE SCHIRMEYER Co.
A fragmented ad touts weighty nickels and household savings. It promotes Easy Tasit soap at five cents a cake, claiming thrift against rising expenses and urging women to “get argentated” with the product for longer value.
The article records a police court session detailing multiple defendants. Fines set for Meane, Willacy Coby, John Richard Wax, William Foyle and Oli A McMilian, plus bonds for several others. Anna Ovetia, a Romanian woman, was taken into custody with her child near the rolling mills. Edna Allen and F Gerd received light penalties for minor offenses.
The Her. Ww. pastor of Trinity M. E. begins a series of prayer meeting talks on Christs Revelations of Character. Topics cover Two Builders Two Worlds One Worshiper Two Judgments Two Kings Two Thieves with dates from July 3 to August 6.
Rev Norbert Felden, three years as assistant at St Peter s Catholic church, is appointed by Bishop Alerding to pastor the North Judson church. He will soon assume charge after ordination. Felden has been popular with all classes and especially artists. Also an ad notes a children s clothing sale at Dukes Rose Schirmeyer Co offering 1/4 to 1/2 price reductions.
Wayne Township trustee Cornelius S Gearin received quarterly reports for the patril ending June 30. Justice Huser shows docket fees totaling 9.15. Justice Taney presided over a busier court with 172.45 turned into the treasury. Patterson-Fletcher Co. ad noted on page 2.
The Fort Wayne Retail Grocers' Association voted at a recent meeting to close all association stores on the fourth, while keeping shops open Friday night. The move follows the pattern set by most other Fort Wayne merchants.
A rep from the Easy Truss company of Kalamazoo will visit Randall hotel today to explain the truss. Letter Files priced at 16c and 23c, regular prices 20c and 35c. Fort Wayne Printing Co located at 214 216 East Main Street.
At the last meeting of the Retail Merchants association it was decided that all members keep open Friday evening July 3 and close all day July 4. A W Jaxtheimer pres.
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