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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
15
An advertisement touts a medium sized shop at 114 Calhoun Street opposite the Court House. It claims lower expenses due to upstairs operations allow prices below competitors and highlights suits priced at 19 and 23 dollars as a grand saving, with a push to fund War Savings Stamps.
Messages received by local railroad agents recall orders to begin the new wage scale with the June pay rolls. The scale retroactive to January 1 increases clerical pay by up to sixteen dollars monthly, with a reconsideration noted but no reason given for the change.
Factory Engineer I H Freeman announces a noon meeting in building 162 assembly room to organize a mixed chorus open to all employees. Target is 125 voices to boost patriotic drives and Western Union welfare programs with aims to form women and male choirs linked to Elect ro Trehnie ela, plus a pianist Miss Thelma Hines chosen for the project. Conductors and visiting relatives noted along with a welcome for new arrivals and greetings to employees in the plant.
Wayne Knit volunteer firemen will travel to Kendallville for a convention on June 27. The group, trained and in uniform, will parade with their drum corps and have won prizes in past events. Meanwhile local workers study bookkeeping and plant operations as other employees report on duty after illness or travel.
Reports from 1898 describe Insurgents holding thousands of Spaniards and natives near Santiago. A transport with General Shafter and 16,000 troops arrived, Wheaton’s forces claim heavy gains with several killed or wounded, while General Miles warns the Philippines situation is serious.
June 17 reports multiple travels and visits in and around Decatur Indiana. Will Lyman returns to Indianapolis while family remains to visit relatives. Letters and cards note arrivals of Walter and Gene related to the family. Various residents travel to Auburn Muncie Battle Creek and Mindlay Ohio for events and visits.
A jumble of social news from Waterloo Indiana includes guests at the Johnson and Kennedy households, visits to Auburndale, and a Hudson gathering. Relatives attended a reunion near Hudson, while Mra Lima and Mr. Obs Lima joined the humam family gathering. Local residents report hospital stays, relocations, and marriages, with notices of employments, school work, and travel. Honors and changes include a clerkship in Auburn and a Montana relocation after graduation, plus injuries from an accident and a local church event.
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