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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1908
Page
6
Friends of John Hay and Andrew Carnegie fund a memorial library in Brown University to honor Hay as a scholar and citizen. Brown will build a library with a 150000 dollar gift plus Carnegie support, featuring extensive stacks, reading rooms, cataloguing facilities, and special collections.
Brown University plans a modern John Hay Library to honor the alumnus. Architects Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge design a 120 by 103 foot Indiana limestone building housing 300,000 volumes for 200 readers and multiple special collections. The $250,000 project mirrors English Renaissance style and aims to make literary treasures more accessible to the public.
A vintage ad urges using Gold Medal Flour for angel food cake and addresses Belinda with a directive to avoid failed results and emphasize quality ingredients.
Floyd Wharton of North Calhoun street fell from his bicycle on Wells street when his trousers caught the chain. He fractured his arm above the wrist and was treated by Dr. J W Kannel before being taken home. He is employed at Centlivre brewery battling department.
Dr H J Ranke returned home from Colorado. Walter Hunt visits his parents for Sunday. Barrett of the National Association of Retail Druggists is in town meeting local druggists. Miss Mary E Whelan leaves for Terre Haute to study in the summer school. Ray McAdams and Lee Hartzell visit relatives this weekend. Indiana national guard infantrymen depart for Fort Benjamin Harrison target range. Company D to be represented. Comstock lode mule work shows long daylight absence.
Independence Day celebrations in South Whitley Indiana drew crowds from surrounding towns. Businesses stayed open and thrived as a citizens committee led by W S Lancaster organized events. The day featured a tight wire walking act among other amusements.
Four wires stretched between poles in front of Norris Pharmacy frame a street fair where the fifteen-year-old boys’ race sees Cunningham first, the men’s race is won by James Johnson, and the fat men’s event is claimed by a 300-pound competitor.
A physician reports reducing prostatic enlargement and curing about 90 percent of cases through an inflammatory approach. The claim suggests significant improvement in patient outcomes for this condition.
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