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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
2
A garbled text hints at local tensions over maintenance costs and alleged bribery involving officials and police raids. Names and places are unclear, but the piece suggests scrutiny of government spending and corruption allegations tied to Winona and nearby authorities.
Readers hear heated talk on temperance and freight rates with references to rail executives, politicians, and reform figures. The piece notes Taft Bryan contrasts, railroad influence on policy, and local critique of Dr Peck's Fort Wayne revival commentary amid ongoing civic reform debates.
In Indianapolis delegates of the United Spanish War Veterans of Indiana elected officers at the annual meeting. Department commander Maj W R B Doyon of Kokomo was reelected, with J Henry Meiboom of Jeffersonville as senior vice commander and Franc Kib bey of Richmond as junior commander. The next gathering will be in South Bend.
A Cincinnati cobbler named Buorger claims to made the first two piece Figure 8 baseball cover in 1864. He says the shape ease of sewing for his wife inspired the design and that it influenced manufacturing for years.
Helen Marie, five months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross J. James of 1395 Jobas street, died at 1 o'clock Monday night at the family home after a illness of a week. Mr James is a machinist employed by his employer.
County Clerk J Mason was named president as about forty clerks met in Indianapolis to organize a state association. Leonard Quill was elected secretary and William Senwartz treasurer. the group aims to systematize court matter procedures and ensure accurate recordkeeping.
Hearst urges a new party to carry Jeffersonian and Jacksonian principles, attacking both Republicans and Democrats as aligned with trusts and elites. He criticizes Bryan and Parker allies, calls for honest business, reform without bias, and a clear, sincere platform to unite voters.
The Independence party gathering in Mount Vernon and Chicago chose Charles Walsh of Town as permanent chairman after a convention, limiting speeches to five minutes and barring stage remarks on one subject. The rules committee elected Howard Taylor of Chicago as chair. An obituary note and Elizabeth Stanley’s upcoming lectures are mentioned amid lasting conventions.
Auburn Indiana July 27 DeKalb County Superintendent Dee has arranged the forty fourth annual county institute for teachers of cities towns and rural districts. Instructors for the week beginning August 4 have been selected to meet teachers needs. Names include A B Bun Van Driver of Ursinville Tege Collegeville Pa on Pedagogy and Prof Willzan H ser of Offa Wesleyan roite Delaware. Fitch & Cooper Immoertanatar will entertain Wednesday evening at a rarel.
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