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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
12
A historical advertisement notes Grando Gargle as a remedy for head colds and nasal congestion. It explains adenoids from neglected colds and warns of chronic catarrh. Glanda Gargle is promoted for sore mouth and throat with claims of rapid relief. Price listed for sale through druggists.
A runaway horse from Fred Hi Myers’s livery stable smashed into an iron beam near Her Gaaulvee brewery, killing the animal and injuring none of the bystanders. The horse, valued and used for a year and a half, broke free after striking the footer canal, then ran wild until it crashed and died.
Advertises Burns Palm Garden at 1204 Calhoun in the rear. Says every body welcome, inviting readers to visit the venue.
Deputy seven Coleiur Thoms Mclaughlin announced that all dispensers of narcotic drugs including physicians, dentists must apply for licenses under the federal narcotic act. Applications due by June 28. Information available at the federal buildings. Local liquor firms to handle stamps and wine sales. War news mentions Pierre Dreyfuss and other officers cited for valor.
Paris dispatch notes that the war is expected to resolve the Dreyfuss controversy that has divided French opinion. The Action Francaise periodical Grappetti is cited as a daily reminder of the ongoing dispute amid hostilities.
The Dancing Pavilion at Exposition grounds opens Monday at 11 a.m. and runs through Saturday night at 12 p.m. Ross Franklin's orchestra provides the finest open air floor in the state.
In Italy a society founded under a National Institute plan establishes farm colonies to support orphans of war and soil cultivation. Twelve colonies are under way in southern districts. Boys aged 7 to 14 will attend schools on farms, costing about 100 dollars annually per pupil, funded partly by local districts. They study cattle, silk worm breeding, crop rotation, soil care, and modern agricultural machinery. After age 21 they may become independent farmers with land leases on favorable terms.
Rain disrupted events but organizers kept hopes alive with adjusted schedules. Homecomers’ Day tours, a rescheduled Fraternal Parade, sailors of distinguished visitors including Taft and Talbot will address crowds at the pageant grounds. Businessmen waterproofed booths, while Illinois art official John Deveraux York arrived to study Indiana’s centennial preparations and discuss an army engineering corps.
The decorated automobile parade is planned for 1:30 p m Thursday afternoon in Fort Wayne. Organized by a women’s committee, the event aims to be a standout feature with many cars already prepared and awaiting final touches before showcasing along the mapped route.
The Commercial club offers help with preliminary arrangements and invites questions or suggestions via Mr BradgwoI t 529 and Mrs A Q Eb Fauge. The women’s committee chair urges swift effort to participate in the ring before the event. Taft Governor Ralston and wife, plus Indiana history commission members, will attend the parade.
A new hippodrome program at the industrial exposition draws strong crowds. Observers praise the high class acts and entertaining overall show. The two hour program features a Ferris wheel setup and wire acts on a large elevated platform, delivering just enough thrills and spectacle.
The passage notes officers and enlisted men assigned to assist in a centennial week pageant at Port Benjamin Husk in Indianapolis. Officials announce a postponement of duties for the presiding week on 26 enunt, shifting to pageant grounds to support the event.
South Bend Rotary club members who visited Fort Wayne for the Industrial Expo and pageant endured rain but were entertained by the Commercial Club. They unanimously voted to return here Friday. Wayne Rotarians accompanied them to the train, and Mayor Losey lauded their interest in Fort Wayne's amusement project.
Miss Winnie Dutton, a member of the DBalian troupe, suffered a broken arm above the wrist after a fall from a wheeled device Wednesday evening. She is confined to her room at the Anthony. The report notes her affiliations with Model Hive, L. O., T. M., and the Order of Teast- Panel 181. of Chicsxo. BLUFFTON Ind. June 6. Prof. Charles G. Fope has been named principal of Ossian public schools for next year, succeeding Prof. Anton Deich who resigned. Prof. M. A. Aldred, previously with the English Renaement at Basiac, has been offered the principalship of Company FE’s first separate Petroleum school, but has not accepted.
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