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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
6
A noisy sale listing lace curtains and porch furniture with wide price cuts. Includes regular and sale prices for curtains per pair and figures for skirts shirts and dresses, with mentions of reductions and unclear remaining stock. The ad references tub skirts and inner wear with speculative pricing amid general sale language.
Duty to keep tracks enclosed and reimbursement sought. Robinson and Liecke tied to attorney duties. Noah R. Wenger sues Rush to quiet title. Zeigler sues for partition. Beinger as guardian and others report on various guardianships. Wilhelmina Houser seeks divorce from David G. Houser with custody and alimony issues. Frederick Renier ordered to show cause in court. Licenses and sales notices. multiple small ads and a local closing notice for groceries on Wednesday.
The report lists a series of local happenings including a planned ice cream social by the Women's Resist corps at 713 Kritters, Bertha Leikhanf of Thion sustaining a severe hand injury, and various daily events across Fort Wayne and Logansport. It mentions traction company meetings, Mr. Gus Willson’s return to Chicago, Scottish Rite temple construction, hotel work, Randall Hotel injury, a pony shot near New Haven valued at 250 dollars, a large Sunday dinner for 55 guests hosted by Mrs. Luisa Grabner, Walther league delegates from Cleveland, and multiple street gas works around Maumee avenue and surrounding streets.
A historic newspaper ad from White Fruit House highlights low prices on bacon coffee tea olives crackers and other grocery items with specials on eggs jars and household goods. It promotes a second and third floor sale layout and invites farmers to sell fresh eggs while in town.
The Kelsey family reunion is set for August 19 at Swaine Grove near Roanoke with music speeches and an old fashioned country dinner. More than 20 percent of Kelsey descendants attended last year. this year’s turnout is expected larger. The Robison Park Crouse family also held a Sunday basket dinner with games, while officers and arrangements were elected and named for the ensuing year.
A fragmentary clipping presents disjointed phrases about time and life. It mentions a “Busy Task,” a “soft, creamy father” and “the purity of spring” in a hazy, damaged OCR snippet with no clear events, names, dates, places, or verifiable facts.
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