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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
10
A fragmented item notes a questionable price quote of 3.50 for a Reds offer and mentions obscure names such as Nabe and ma Arotg-Yay, without clear context or outcomes, reflecting a partial market blip from an OCR source.
Fort Wayne and northern Indiana firms face minimum fines of 1600 up to 10000 under the corporation tax law as the government steps up prosecutions. About 250 firms may be targeted with no leniency due to rising delinquencies and late reports. Receipts from May stamp sales at the local revenue office rose to 27168.41, aided by closure of the South Bend station and breweries expanding wet territory.
Dayotn Ohio Sunday Schools Association closed its fifty-second annual convention with protest resolutions against cigarette traffic in the state and a call for a constitutional amendment to prohibit sale. The group awarded banners for organization, teacher training, and county work and outlined a sustaining membership plan to reach 4,000 members.
Baracas at First M church gather Saturday at 7 p m sharp to plan entry for a parade convention.
The notice advertises choice live stock meats for sale and compares prices to premium meats. It also promotes the Hord Sanitarium in Shelbyville Indiana offering cure claims for liquor or drug habits with a three week guarantee. The facility features a staff of physicians and nurses, pleasant grounds, ventilated rooms, and quality cuisine.
Representative Warburton of Washington denounces Democratic wool tariff revision and argues tobacco should bear higher duties. He notes sugar taxes dwarf cigar taxes, citing the burden on workers and the wealthy who use sugar and cigars. He warns protectionism shields wool industry but raises revenue via tariffs.
Indiana governor issues executive order altering hospital districts for the Insane. Southeastern Madison gains Harrison Rush Vigo Fayette Clay Owen Morgan counties while central gains Grant Madison White. eastern adds LaGrange Steve n Noble DeKalb Huntington. Evansville south district loses Harrison. northern district loses White LaGrange Steuben Noble DeKalb Huntington. Shifts aim to ease patient transfers. Brimwell Patterson Fletcher ad note appears.
The Lagrange Tribe of Red Men held a baseball team meeting on June 3 at this place. Floyd Lemoredux was chosen manager and captain, Jess Long was elected secretary, and the team adopts red as its color. The squad plans a game about two weeks from Sunday against a test lodge team.
The event at Fort Wayne Indiana announced prizes for decoration with three categories. First prize awards $25 to the top decorated business house, second prize $16 for the second best, and third prize $10 for the best decorated private house. Turner colors are tick rel and gold.
The notice describes a sewing pattern with details on shoulder shaping, yoke depth, box pleats, embroidery, and gathered gissevep. It lists material varieties, pattern number 6,348 in sizes 33 to 44 bust, requiring 2 1/2 yards of 20 inch material. Orders may be obtained by sending ten cents to the payer’s office.
A lively June picnic vignette recalls a day at Sanée School with gleeful crowds and playful verse. The event features trees, birds, playful animals, and a damp ground, ending with a lighthearted wedding toast and comic exchanges about a best man.
A garbled OCR style notice warns about pattern numbers and correct sizing for a requested item. It mentions Fashion Pattern No 6246 and urges accuracy in size and measurement details to ensure proper fit. The fragment indicates a guidance note rather than a full listing.
Lagrange incidents include Mr and Mrs Edward Royer returning from Kansas visits and Mr Clarence Troxel with family traveling to Sturgis to visit friends. Miss Hope Hale Holden a Huntington Public Schools teacher visiting family returns to Bellevue Michigan for summer with brother Harvey Holden. Peter Feber formerly on Lagrange’s baseball team joins Battle Creek in the Southern Michigan League.
A local notice mentions chicken dinners at Hof Brau today and details a transfer of Lagrange county from a district for insane patients to the Eastern Hospital for the Insane in Richmond. It notes earlier moves to Paner asylum and Loganaport and cites transportation convenience for officials. Also lists a Hatfield farm court sale with 153 acres and facilities for sale.
Washington June 9 The army moves forward with the second step in the gradual withdrawal from the Mexican border after President Taft approves War Department order. About 4000 soldiers at Galveston Texas and 1880 at San Diego California will return to their posts.
Mrs Athina Bekemeyer former acting territorial governor of Oklahoma died early today in Guthrie. A confidant clerk to Governors Barnes Ferguson and Franz she was a pioneer newspaper correspondent and wife of Otto Bekemeyer, a local newspaperman. Cruel murder reported in Portland as bodies of a man, his wife, and two children found beaten to death at Ardenwald home.
One of the week’s pleasant social events occurred at the Karme home of Miss Treia Voight on a June Thursday evening. Misa Mabel Murch and bassiema Voigt hosted about thirty young ladies for a surprise kitchen shower honoring Mrs. Florerte Sewell, June bride. Lanterns decorated the lawn, music played, and a late-hour collection of gifts greeted the honoree along with a lawn lunch.
Notice states Fort Wayne Gun Club members attend opening shoot Sunday at Germania Park. W H Scherer referenced. Patterson-Fletcher Co involved. Ethics line quoted about bathing gales in the city.
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