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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1906
Page
14
A garbled advertisement touts a home cancer cure by claiming no pain or surgery. It promises free information and contact details for steps to obtain unnamed remedies, asserting rapid, safe cures with no medical expense. It reads like a sensational medical scam targeting ill readers.
Fort Wayne’s pay days fill city streets with wages from railroads and factories. Major firms including Lake Shore Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad pay monthly or biweekly, supporting local merchants as billions circulate through wages and salaries. The article notes extensive payrolls, overtime, and the economic ripple across housing, groceries, and services, underscoring Fort Wayne as a key western commercial center. It also reports Baltimore & Ohio’s move toward a pension system funded by gathering payroll data for about 60,000 employees, with 40,000 names collected and 20,000 remaining, as relief officials compile records for active and inactive staff.
Master Mechanic Georgy Wy Smith announced Perry A Thompson as chief clerk of the aban here. Thompson, a longtime stenographer in LNG gutster and former Morvey and Tir Four road worker, is popular with staff. He will share quarters with Thomson, recently with the company, in the same room and seat.
The Wabash railroad company will pay May wages to its employees on the 10th of May, one day before a company excursion to Detroit. It is expected that a large number of workers will join the trip, described as a pleasant outing.
Cairo becomes a more convenient hub as river traffic offers lower freight rates than overland routes. Wood, cheaper to obtain in Cairo, supports moving plant machinery there. The Pennsylvania Railroad and Cambria Steel aim to order about 20,000 steam steel cars. 186000 tons of steel rails will be needed for 1907 repairs. Local Pennsylvanian officials say timing for new orders is uncertain, with contracts likely next month.
Passenger train No. 3 of the GR & 1 was three hours late arriving yesterday due to a derailment caused by a broken truck on a car at Fountain City. The delay affected service to the city with the scheduled 3 40 p m arrival pushed back.
J A Tipton becomes fireman on the GR&1N and G Ingersoll to address Railroads MCAA men. Bass works operation reports engine slip at South Towers. Storeng to depart for Western trip. Kelley takes clerk role at Pennsylvania trestle house. Column notes nine locomotives repaired at Pennsylvania works. Downey and Schmidt on Nickel Plate, Welgo returns after three week vacation. Kansas City signs a union station plan. $600 million rail electric equipment appropriation cited. Haberkorn to Detroit for a Marl ing Wireheel post. Pennsylvanians now employ 422,000 at Pittsburg Erie lines. Stapleford to West Virginia on business. Generators shipped to Atlantic City for relay tests. Wabash delivery en route with German Raphala to Springfield to pick up Baptists. Hiller injured at Pennsylvania freight house but not seriously. Baggage forwarding system to improve with duplicate lists and checks to prevent loss.
The Packard Plano plant moved a carload of instruments to California and rare organs to the southern states. The factory has been busy all year, employing large forces and operating ten hours daily. Current salaries are higher than ever before.
William H. Olds, president of the Olds Wagon Works, announces the plant will be moved from this city to Cairo within months. The move follows shipments increasingly going to the southern western region.
An advertisement touts Hoststter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to prevent long sick spells. It claims early signs include coated tongue poor appetite bad taste in mouth and restless sleep urging immediate use to combat biliousness and stomach issues.
Kratzsch Bros announces store closure Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare the greatest money saving sale in Indiana. Service resumes Thursday morning January 7th with ads to follow in the Journal-Gazette. Fort Wayne location at 618 Calhoun Street.
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