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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
12
The Quarter Century club votes for Lake Waivases as the outing site. Cars depart the Plant at 7:98 Saturday morning for a day at the lake with noon meal and 3 oclock supper. Veterans recount memories of forty years together.
Lieut. Ballard, a stunt flyer, and a Curtiss bombing plane will visit Fort Wayne from Marion Indiana for a two day exhibit at the Belgian Girl Spy attraction. The plane will feature a liberty motor with a tracing diagram to demonstrate engine construction. Public viewings are scheduled for afternoons and evenings at Baseball Park with suburban access facilitated by the chamber of commerce day association.
Mrs GA Weber announces an Ice cream social at the church corner of Buurth and Casa streets this evening. Frances Willard WCTU meets with Mrs JF Smith on Leesburg road Wednesday at 2 20 pm. Mrs J W Bo chart to conduct devotional services with a West Main street car shuttle. Loyal Woman's class at West Creighton Avenue Church of Christ holds a meeting this evening. Ladies of St Andrews Parish plan a pedto and bunua party on Wednesday afternoon with lunch at View Intertatbment. East Side division of the Ladies' Aid society of First M H church meets this afternoon with Mrs Neal at the parsonage 2530 Cloaker Park. Baseball. Park notices and a help wanted for Girls at Eagle Laundry Co.
The Industrial Loan and Investment Co of Fort Wayne reports a prosperous first year ending May, with audited books in excellent condition. Board reelects William H. Rohan, Frank H. Bohn, and others. Charles J. Steins is retained as secretary-manager. The article highlights aims to aid saving, debt relief, education, and thrift through its services and five percent bonds.
About one hundred members from the Bowser plant Efflciency Club gathered at Tri Lakes to close the 1918-19 season. Activities included a baseball game, swimming, horseshoes, and fishing with a carp misidentified as a bass. The Vets lost to the Civilians 4 to 0 while Y B Porter and Gene Sternkorb won the swimming races. Dan Milligan was delayed by four hours arriving by auto.
A fragment explains making a home shampoo from canthrax dissolved in hot water to treat dandruff dirt and oil. It describes mixing to create a perfumed preparation applied over the scalp for full coverage, drying with added fluffiness and a rich luster.
Nightfall finds club members returning home after a raid on the lakeside hotel where food was taken and disturbances occurred. President J R Matlack is credited with steering a strong season marked by residential benefits in mind and body. Activities halt until September for the new term.
Linemen employed by Home Telephone Co City Light and Power and the Traction Co walked out yesterday at seven o clock demanding a ten cent hourly raise from fifty to sixty cents. After talks, Home Telephone Co granted the increase and workers will return to duty today. City council may meet to act on the demands. Traction Co pending further conference with no action yet. المر
The Local Express office in northern Indiana is abolished and all future affairs will be managed from Toledo. Manager Woodburn announces the transfer, with W. Janssen reassigned and 25 employees redistributed to other divisional offices. Fort Wayne district shifts to Toledo under H. M. Campbell, affecting 350 local offices across northern Indiana and parts of western Ohio and southern Michigan.
The Wabash Safety committee will hold a meeting at the Anthony hotel to inaugurate the no accident campaign on the railroads. About one hundred members are expected. the banquet will be set for Wednesday noon June 1 with arrangements finalized for the meeting place.
The Wayne Knit Mills employer distributes $100,000 in service rewards. The report notes this sum greatly exceeds the amount distributed a year ago. The item also mentions 100 soft water shampoos priced at $1.00 and lists Wayne Barber Shop.
HELLINGFORS June 16 Kronstadt the naval base of Petrograd seems doomed as reports from Reval Esthenia claim a white flag has appeared over the fortress bolshevik defenders. Washington June 16 Navy department issues orders to split US naval forces into Atlantic and Pacific fleets each with four divisions of battleships and dreadnoughts cruisers destroyers submarines mine layers. Paris June 18 Wilson to depart Paris for Belgium visit at 1 o clock Tuesday night per Associated Press.
Representatives of steel, trade and allied industries held a major conference to perfect plans for a nationwide campaign to organize hundreds of thousands of steel workers. Delegates say working conditions are poor and most workers lack labor union membership.
Wayne Barber Shop advertises 100 soft water shampoos at $1.00. The old Porter house on West Wayne street is secured for 2 W. O. A annex and hosts a growing dormitory for young women. Forty girls can be jarred and twenty-five have moved in already. Apply at 207 West Warne st for rooms offered at $1.00 weekly per girl as demand is high. Telephone 772. Rooms range from $1.00 to $3.00 per girl.
The Milk Commission in Adams township met to fix monthly prices for farmers and plan an educational campaign to boost milk consumption. Producers would be paid 2.89 dollars per hundred at the gate or 3.09 with the June price, plus a one cent per hundred pounds donation to fund advertising. A joint meeting with distributors is planned, with a producers’ meeting postponed due to busy schedules.
Indianapolis reports Willam R. Compton and company of St. Louis purchased 400000 five percent state bonds issued by the state board of agriculture at a premium. Proceeds will retire 120000 debt on the state fair grounds fund a manufactur ers building new women s art building and improve drainage. Legislature authorized 500000 in bonds with 100000 more expected next year for additional improvements.
A combined Mardi Gras procession featuring Circus and Moose units moves through the city at 6:36 this evening, drawing crowd interest and festive revelry.
Squeeze juice of two lemons into four ounces of orchard white mix well to yield a quarter pint of freckle remover lotion. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and achieve clear rosy white skin at very low cost.
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