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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
10
An advertisement claims a large box from Meyer Bros will restore digestion and vitality. It touts relief from indigestion and stomach pain and promises clear skin and bright eyes as signs of good health.
A fragmentary poem mocks refined taste and culinary fancy, praising humble fare over elegant dishes. The voice contrasts rustic sustenance with costly delicacies, hinting at a future observer who notes the irony of appetite and social taste.
The Hinman Co at 608 Calhoun Street offers 9 by 12 tapestry rugs in various sizes from hundreds of pieces. Prices drop from 12.50 to 9.95, highlighting a clearance style sale.
Mrs Lydia Powell of Dry Ridge Kentucky says she could hardly walk before using Cardus. She reports improved health allowing four mile walks and easier work after the remedy. Cardus is advertised as a women’s tonic containing ingredients targeting female complaints.
An elderly buskeeper recalls river travel on the Mississippi aboard the City of Natchez. He describes the social life and poker games featuring Beauvoir, Gas to n, Gaston, and Lestrange with guests from New Orleans. A pivotal hand ends with Gaston shot dead, seeding mystery among players and bystanders as the crowd disperses.
Kendallville, Ind June 4. Notables and locals visited today as Jersey cattle and sales drew crowds. The Noble county Sunday show convention held sessions with Hazel Laws addressing, Rev Freghiey elected president, and the O E S set 20th anniversary plans. Federated meeting prep and Kendallville alumni gathering noted. Foster's ads conclude the list with rug and carpet promotions.
At Kendallville Indiana the Whitford Bros Jersey cattle sale drew strong bidding from locals and outsiders. Plymouth Laddie sold for 4000 dollars to Frank Depew of Auburn while Foxs Haus sold for 1850 to Cam Kimmel. A. P. Walker led purchases among Hoosier buyers with fifteen head.
Decatur Ind June 4 Misa Gusta Cramer a chief operator at Citizens Telephone Co celebrated seventeen years with the firm. A surprise party of fellow operators presented red velvety hot house roses and they shared lunch in a social gathering.
In Pittsburg on June 4 the old board of directors of the Pennsylvania Company was re elected at the stockholders annual election. A meeting of the board for officer selection will be held later in Philadelphia. Five people died in Cincinnati when gas fumes overpowered them in a grain well at the Bucks dairy in Fairmount. Kuhne and Co. advertise real estate financing at low rates.
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