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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
7
Freight traffic is very heavy across railroads with 500 to 70 carloads daily moving west from Pennsylvania and similar volumes east. Wabash and Nickel Plate report strong freight business while lake shipments rise. Local freight houses are crowded and workers are increased. food notes warn goods alone cannot sustain meals.
Pittsburg reports the western division advisory board of the Pennsylvania voluntary relief department elected Crawford Griswold with 1 202 votes out of 3 317. His rivals were Geo M McManigal and O Irvin Bir. Griswold, foreman of the bridge and box carpenters, will travel monthly on division duties while remaining carpenter foreman. George Meek Man is retiring from the board after 15 years.
Grand Rapids and Indiana adopts a man time card with the Northland Limited to run from Cincinnati to Mackinac Island starting the 24th. Engineers Ames and Cushing, firemen Craven and Horgan will crew the Grand Rapids leg. Kether and Wagner crews Richmond leg with McMilan and Sonday as firemen. The Northland Limited features sleeping and dining cars and travels through a scenic route to a popular northern summer resort. Pennsylvanian company declares a 3 percent semiannual dividend, boosting stock to 4 percent. Panhandle system follows with a 214 percent preferred dividend and 14 percent common dividend.
Official figures show Pittsburg tonnage rising sharply since 1902 with 88,000,000 tons then and an expected 110,000,000 this year. For the first five months of the Guiretti year the gain was 20 percent over the same period in 1905, signaling continued congestion at Pittsburg terminals and eastern rail lines. President Cassatt later intervened to relieve the strain on train movement.
An editorial style mix touts Apiteze as a nutritious crisp cereal with vegetable trot claimed to energize the system and maintain rich red blood. It recommends thirty days of use and highlights ongoing business notes about Pittsburg terminals, debentures, and rising net earnings with substantial cost management.
Friends of John W. Daly, assistant Kenora passenger agent of the lake Stores, announce his wedding to Miss Elizabeth Robertson of Jacksonville. The ceremony is set for June 23 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville. The couple will tour Europe for their honeymoon and return to Cleveland around mid August.
Funeral services were held for brakeman Edward Jafever who died from injuries in a Pennsylvania railroad accident. Allen, J.B. Quinn of Nickel Plate attended in Canton, with 30 locals joining in the procession. News notes cover shifts at Bass Foundry, Wabash, and Nickel Plate shops and local travel to Detroit for an excursion. Local police and shop staff changes are listed alongside miscellaneous city happenings.
Representatives from Michigan and northern Indiana attend the Evangelical Synod district gathering in Wamasit at the German Evangelical Church. about 120 attendees including 70 ministers, with officers and committees to be elected and sessions running through Saturday.
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