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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
13
Decatur Ind May 31 reports residents visiting Fort Wayne and nearby towns. Mayme Teeple seeks medical results. Gillig family traveled from Fort Recovery. Social news covers weddings, visits from relatives, and plans for adenoids operation, with several couples set to wed next Sunday and local business moves noted.
Local Albion items report travels by Philpa and family from Toledo, and residents like Claude Stoop and Mrs W Hart visiting. Notes mention a literary and historical event at the home of President Min and a district converti gathering. A moving picture show drew crowds, with Jacob Raum of Sidgonter and others attending nearby events.
An alcohol free glycone extract called Golden Medical Discovery is praised for boosting blood health and immunity. The ad cites experiments on enamel and germicidal power, touts roots like Bloodroot and Golden Seal, and features testimonials from Dr. Pierce and a Lady Smith reader claiming recovery from serious illness using the preparation and other Pierce remedies.
New York May 31 assessment from investigators places John D Rockefeller’s wealth near 200 million dollars with rises since Standard Oil dissolution. Estimates note annual income from holdings ranges 55 to 66 million, plus significant income from oil and finance, while Rockefeller keeps wealth in oil, banking, and industrial stocks.
Ida Getmann and Margaret Saum hosted a bridal shower for Miss Maiminger at Burt Street home with American flags, wreaths and flowers. Guests enjoyed gifts, music and lunch as J F Palperdua returned from Fort Wayne. Notable arrests and society visits are noted along with club meetings and travel for graduates and relatives.
Decoration Day ceremonies in Albion drew large crowds with Rev. Frache of the MFE delivering the benediction. The procession to the cemetery was led by the Albion militia and included old soldiers, Masons, Pythians, and several posts. Children presented programs under the choreography of Laura Burns and Mrs. Cony.
A brief advertisement for Bates and Daler Co offering monuments and headstones. It notes raised letters as a specialty and mentions pneumatic-lettering work, with the shop at 344 E. Columbia St.
May 31 report from Indianapolis notes members of the Indiana branch of the Limited National Association of Postal Clerks voted to move their annual gathering from Memorial Day to July 4. President Milton Hoffman, reelected, led officers and delegates with aims for higher salaries, civil service advancement, sick benefit plans, and Sunday post office closure, while praising the courtroom permit for the meeting and planning next convention in Logansport on July 4.
Community notes list visits, travels, and domestic updates from Churubusco and nearby areas. Names like Mrs George Lenard, Daniel Agnew, and J Athy Grawrovk mark social calls, trips to Garrett and Kokutho, and family gatherings.
Mrs Adeline Cravens 86 visits Allen chapel cemetery and old Allen township home with Byron Jones from Portage. Fort Wayne moves see Percy Marteuck and wife resign to join a Pueblo theatre orchestra. Alvin Struian a Kendaville grad wins a clerical post in Fort Wayne with Charles Weatherhils. Various residents visit relatives in Fort Wayne Garrett Lagrange Rome City and Indianapolis. Auctioneer Tom Walnkinsg plans trip to Omaha. Hal Manon, a famed Kansan veteran of the 80s, noted as a historical figure in western Kansas Nebraska and Colorado wars.
A historic ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for colds, coughs, and pneumonia prevention. It quotes testimonials including Mrs Georgia W. Place of Ruwnonville Vermont claiming it kept her husband from pneumonia multiple times. The product is priced 60 cents to 1 dollar 90 and sold at Kreier Drugs and Calhoun Brackenridge streets.
A fragmentary report from Payne News Rayne lists several individuals including Mrs Elizabeth Lothamer and John Bolyar among Bentot township residents now in Port Waynn. The text mentions a home gathering with siblings and family, but the overall event and specifics remain unclear due to OCR damage.
Dr Evans made two hurried trips to the B A Fields home south of town yesterday to prescribe for Mr Fields who was attacked by acute appendicitis on Wednesday morning Mrs Wesley Zortman ill for two weeks with pneumonia now able to save her room Little Ceell confined to bed but Dr Evate hopes for convalescence Wordman learns of Mrs Will Rodshavar move south of Graver Hill very serious at her son Marl’s home near town Wednesday marked a day of school and church events with plans to hear Rev Mapanks at Lutheran church next Sunday evening and the graduation of seventeen of MaxoUni Dogpile next Thursday evening
Twenty-nine stands at the market remained unsold when the auction ended at 5 o clock. Prospective buyers will return on June 16 for new bids as applicants begin serving. Vendors and farmers see the west side stalls as most favorable this year.
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