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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1901
Page
6
Fort Wayne schedule notes detail mixed freight and express trains with local freight and passenger services. It lists train numbers 462 to 464 and 410 to 457 with nonstop and Sunday exceptions. Times show departures and arrivals around 3:20 pm, 5:30 am, and various local runs.
An OCR fragment references a mail and express service with numbers 200, 8880, and items No 3 and No 21, mentioning Leon Fretehe in unclear context. The legible content suggests a transit or delivery record but is too garbled to determine a clear event or outcome.
A long society page lists visits and expected arrivals including Mrs. George Fox and daughter from Danville, Miss Nellie Van Volkenhuyge, Mr. and Mrs. Haswell of Indianapolis, and plans for a church wedding. It notes a meeting of the Oleh Friendly society, and mentions community figures traveling to Buffalo and Toronto, with other items on lectures and local personalities.
Fragmentary note shows a real estate loan reference with a date line and names Mae Eble. Distinct entities include Monty, real estate loan, and Mae Eble. however details are incomplete due to damaged OCR.
Plan highlights indicate 18 miles of single track on the Fort Wayne Chicago road under construction this summer. The 79 000 gallon cistern for Arc protection will be completed today with water to be turned in soon. Existing single track between here and Chicago will be doubled where possible, expanding capacity as work proceeds this season. Personal notes list railroad staff changes and vacations among Pennsylvania and Panhandle crews, plus a few local business trip mentions.
The piece notes Pennsylvania Company workers returning from leave, officers and families visiting Allegheny, and a special ban of ring codes en route to the Pan-American exposition. It reports a $3,000,000 Chicago passenger station planned by Lake Shore, Rock Island and Nickel Plate railroads, ten stories and eleven tracks, with construction slated for fall. It covers yard expansions making northern Indiana’s largest rail complex, and Minnesota National Guard movement through the city. Freight and passenger trends on Nickel Plate and Wabash lines are described along with an incident involving a boy stopping a freight train near Port Monroe. A Vanishing issue mentions repair work and locomotive updates and promotes Donn's Ointment.
June stormy meeting of the Liquor Dealers Association in Terre Haute Ind postponed efforts to enforce the Sunday closing law. Saloon keepers threaten retaliation, plan to leave information about enforcement, while the association forms a committee to consult with local business leaders. Also mentions Dr Bull's Cough Syrup sale.
The article reports a Kentucky boom in oil speculation with mentions of Louisville and Bedford Idaho areas. It notes individuals like St Voris of Bedford and Locansport links and a prediction of the oil field’s rapid development and high potential profits.
Fragmented ad touts Allen's Footane Waker as a miraculous tool to soothe corns bunions and foot pain. It claims instant relief and targets tired aching feet with a cartoonish endorsement and low price.
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