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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
10
Reported from Indiana as Fairbanks strengthens in a divided field. Delegates and party leaders assess Hughes Roosevelt tension, with Indiana’s momentum cited as boosting Fairbanks’s chances to secure the nomination. Hayes says Fairbanks grows stronger hourly as the split tightens the race.
Listing of grocery items and prices including sugar cane granulated sugar toilet paper and cheese. Partial brand names and odd formatting. reads like a local classified grocery ad with pricing and product mentions. The fragment ends with an address line at Berry Street.
The article notes that Yarite Sin and Lee and Fiddle are considered for the ticket head, with no chance of Me hand stepping to second. leadership is seen as the hour’s real issue as platform committees convene, while Republicans resist Roosevelt despite strong efforts and shifting candidate strength remains uncertain.
The Lafayette More Company adopts radiating street layout for the Lafayette Place addition bounded by Calhoun and Lafayette streets McKinnin and Pettit avenues, adding seven del ta parks and playgrounds to attract property buyers. Details available from Wildwood Sales Company or Real Estate Exchange members.
In Waukegan Illinois on June 7 the jury to try Will H Orpet for the Marian Lambert murder was completed after two votes and a third tally. Judge Joslyn began opening statements for the state while the defense sought an adjournment due to illness of senior counsel James H Wilkerson. Sixteen jurors were summoned and 1,236 men were questioned. The trial had begun May 15. Also promotions for Koehlinger Furnace Co featured at booth 115 during the expo. In Indianapolis the fifty sixth annual session of the Loyal Druids adjourned after electing John Steinecker of Indianapolis noble grand arch and Lafayette chosen for the 1917 meeting.
Decatur Indiana reports John Cross arrested on child neglect charges. Ed Green traveled from Decatur to Lansing and Midland Michigan to secure John Cross and obtain expedition papers. Cross allegedly sent his wife and children to relatives in Geneva. The wife is declared insane and awaiting admission to Havenhaven asylum.
Residents note Lafayette Place rises 1.63 feet above Courthouse sidewalk making the new flagstaff near the Community Center highly visible. The elevation has drawn families to picnics and outings, with Lafayette Place Company offering permits, and details available at Wildwood's States Company Shoat Building or Heallistite Exchange members.
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