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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
3
The Water Works Department warns that any person using a public fire hydrant without a prior permit will be prosecuted and fined one hundred dollars as provided in General Ordinance No. 942.
A fundraiser on voter qualification sparks debate at the Ontario court. Officials question who may be deemed a qualified voter amid remonstrance proceedings and administrative law concerns. The attorney general and county attorney weigh in as the commission faces confusion over voter eligibility.
A cosmetic claim introduces Phelactine as a non depilatory, non electrical home method to remove facial and body hair. It promises roots removed instantly and discreetly, with instructions to apply at home and see results in minutes, while claiming the product is harmless and odorless.
Special Judge Dav Charles Eyad fined the thieves $75 each and suspended a one year ten fourteen year prison sentence pending careful conduct. The men were arrested in Crnvan and pleaded guilty in criminal court. John A. Suver was granted a divorce by Judge Williene Lilau in the superior court yesterday.
One of the active members of the City and Suburban Building group has expanded its activities to tackle the housing shortage. The organization focuses on home rites and general real estate, with Perry J. Archer and WIL Scheiman among officers and J. B. Bunning leading the sales department.
In superior court Judge Ballou granted Lao Vitantonio a divorce from Lavel Vitantonio yesterday and ordered the plaintiff to pay $12 weekly for the support of a minor child. The defendant was granted restoration of her maiden name, Lavel Countryman.
Commissioners Philip Zoercher and N E Todd of the State Tax Board will be in Fort Wayne next week Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday to hear complaints on corporations and related tax matters.
American scientists produced a chrome antiseptic called Kioria adopted by military hospitals. Wounds healed in a quarter the time, with the tablet form dissolving in water for skin issues. It claims 100 times germ destruction, soothing, nonpoisonous, and useful as mouthwash.
A fragment lists a tonic claim about nourishing the nervous system and blood with a Wevillian Phosphate tablet to gain weight and energy. It urges readers to buy a three weeks’ course from a druggist, promising improved appearance and endurance. Also notes Allen county board of review hearing on property assessments with few complaints yesterday.
The defense in Dr W W Barnett versus Hope Beth Baptist Hospital took charge of proceedings late yesterday morning and the case will require another day to finish. Barnett seeks 16000 damages for his wife death in an elevator at the local hospital last year. In other action Thomas Madden was committed to the Indiana reformatory for six months to five years, sentence suspended on good behavior after being found guilty of auto theft. Walter Stokes faced auto theft charges, pled not guilty then changed to a plea of guilty. verdict pending. Straus Brothers sold property in Whitley to Robert H Carlson of Allen County, deed recorded. Charles B Wolf faced bond set at 1000 on passing checks without funds. case continued to June 21. The case of Charles M Preble against William G Haiser and others for 500 on contract was settled in superior court yesterday.
Marriage licenses listed for Frank sob draftsman with Marie Stephens Glenn R Wells draftsman and Velma Peli Arthur C Didier cigar maker and Eleanor Woenker Herman Kase fireman and Minnie Rodenbers Ellsworth Hutzell clerk and Marie Kurloch Frank W Reichelderter cherist and Beatrice C Hoyle Real estate transfers reported by Fort Wayne Abstract Co. include Fred E Zollars et ux to Waid Whit es as lot 2 8 B Bond's umd add for 12800 Mary Raupfer et al heirs of Benjamin Kaupl deceased to Emil Waid Int 1 Edsall's sub of LaGroves Zar 38M Fortense Mohr and husband to Hermann Pellak for 3 Rockhill & Nelson's add J William Wolfgand et vx to Tri-State Loan & Trust Co trustee lot 193 Eliza Wannases add for 3.50 J M Miller Realty Co to Avah J rett et ux lot 13 Morton Place arts for 6000.
Fragmentary text discusses the meaning of the Boy Scout uniform and its signaling of readiness. It emphasizes that every scout in uniform represents the same ideals, regardless of status, and frames the uniform as a distinctive symbol.
A former Chicago hospital head nurse narrates the health turnaround of Freddie Price, a Hoosier wrestler, who praises Tru tone as a tonic restoring his appetite energy and strength after years of decline. He credits the product for his renewed vigor and urges others with run down conditions to try it.
A Fort Wayne testimonial features Mrs. Frank Torrence a trained nurse describing her recovery after an influenza illness with Trutona. She praises the medicine calling it an efficient system builder that revives vigor and strengthens nerves and urges others with stomach liver or bowel troubles to try the tonic.
The notice details a network of vendors and partners across Indiana including Bluffton Hubbard Wells Drug Co. Butler Geddes Berne Stengel Craig Churubusco Briggs Be Columbia City Keiser Decatur Smith Yager Garrett A S Smith Geneva Deitsch Drag Sto. The list implies a distribution or sales reach spanning multiple towns and firms in the region.
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