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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1905
Page
4
Thunder showers and cooler weather expected across portions of Lower Michigan and Ohio. Sunday brings fresh south winds turning variable with generally fair conditions on Monday.
A fragmented local column lists social events and personnel moves. Mentions include weddings, club meetings, and church activities at several addresses, plus updates on company offices, executives, and a few legal or civic items. Names and places such as Winond Aen Jodie, 1705 Wells, Cathedral Draygie club, Library, Montpelign, Ind, and Port Wayne appear amid scattered dates and partial details.
In a Chicago probate proceeding Frederick Smith seeks to set aside his mother Elizabeth Swiths will. The action asks to establish the validity of the will and names Fillier of Chicago as the beneficiary. They plan to take depositions in the Smith will dispute before Judge Rol Dreibelbiss and Judge John Aiken.
Pythian Memorial Day event calls all Knights of Pythias to meet Sunday at Phoenix Lodge 122 Washington Blvd for a march to the cemetery where services will be conducted Visiting Knights are urged to assist Committee Furnished Gotlese with five rooms and local business notices referenced in the column.
A garbled advertisement-like page from the White Fruit House markets a discount ledger with cheap groceries and household goods. It touts a large 1st floor grocery department and 2nd floor men’s and mercantile sections, naming items such as sweet hams, bacon, potatoes, onions, linen, cottons, and various fabrics, with heavily discounted prices and emphasized low-cost shopping. The piece imitates a modern store circular, highlighting bargains and the “big store” concept.
A Fort Wayne lodge promotes a new song titled Bick Among the Clover and the Bees with a free picture on every copy. Tickets are two dollars, and inquiries can be made at the Wabash Ticket Office or hall. Kodak rentals offered at one cent per day.
Fred Glassman, a wealthy farmer from Laporte County, was committed this afternoon after a breast Salven incident. Michigan Dyt ywl. Jame 17 appears corrupted but indicates official action.
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