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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
12
In Kendallville Indiana on June 7 the council session elected Victor FE Canode a Democrat to the post of school trustee succeeding J O Reinaehl a prominent hardware man. Canode is described as a popular figure among locals pleased with the victory.
The notice touts the Bayer Cross on genuine aspirin and urges buyers to choose unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for relief from headache toothache neuralgia and cold. It advertises handy tin boxes of 72 tablets for a few cents and mentions larger packages.
In South Milford Indiana the city opened bids for a retaining wall at the city park near Lake Trani. Only Moelering Construction Company offered 15.75 per cubic yard, higher than the 14.00 per cubic foot engineer estimate, and the bid was rejected with plans to re advertise. A five member citizen committee plus farmers urged light and power installation for South Milford and potential wiring for Hehe and Helmer. The council directed action on the venereal disease ordinance and district remodeling plans for Williamson Hardware, with Frank Thompson entering a new business venture after resigning his teaching post.
WANTED Expert repair man. Schieffer Auto Co., 718 Barr Street. Affidavits by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney T. V. Tersb skelnat Sam Villas and the tin Creamery tom, yany, ducal ice cream manufacturers, accused of selling ice cream below the standard. Analysis by inspector Jon HW. Ale and others, third affidavit examined. Proceedings set in mayor's court by Friday, June 0, with additional cases against Charles Kallwasser for selling sausage contrivances without label and Charles Henley for alleged sanitary conditions at his slaughter house.
An ad promotes Rotary Scrubber cleaning services with local contact numbers. A Bluffton arrest report notes Charles Aeist facing failure to provide for his wife, waived preliminary hearing, bound over to the grand jury with a $304 bond. his father Jacob List posted the bond. Also a help-wanted notice seeks boys over 14 for beet fields at Woodburn with room and board offered.
Load ice Weather Bureau data for the 24 hours ending 7:00 AM July 11. Includes hourly temps, daily extremes compared to last year, precipitation totals, barometer, and humidity readings. Also an advertisement note for seed potatoes and eating stock with delivery from J W Bash & Co.
Peggy Hull profiles Nicholas Girkuvle a lean seventeen year old veteran of three years in the Russian army. scarred by saber cuts and bullets he resents Bolshevik inaction and longs to fight again. orphaned in Petrograd he fled to Siberian garrisons and after crossings with Czechs and Bolsheviks he was discharged in Vladivostok yet his hope to serve remains undimmed.
Fred Lamar, son of the Moose cam, nursing a severely torn right shoulder after an attack by the outlaw lion Sheba at the baseball grounds last night. Spectators aided as attendants drove the lion away with forks. Lamar, scarred from prior incidents, returned to his tent unassisted after medical help. The crowd panicked briefly as the animal leaped and the trainer fought to subdue the beast with his own defense and forks.
A recipe using bread crumbs dried currants and raisins sugar eggs milk and bread to form a fruit studded bread pudding. Mix beat pour over crumbs let rest bake in a water bath until set then turn out and serve with a sauce.
Nearly one hundred members attended the Alumnae banquet of St Catherine's academy at St Patrick's Lyceum. Fifteen new members were admitted from the 419 graduation class. Toastmistress Miss Alice O'Riy presided as Rev Joseph F Delaney and others attended the social function after an evening of speeches and performances by Misses McGuire McMullen and Hosford with musical numbers and vocal solos.
Cromwell News Cromwell Ind June 17 Herman Cole and wife visiting his former home. He left 28 years ago and this is his first visit. He is in the garage business and doing well. Frank Chagman has been appointed superintendent of the school for the coming term. No other changes in principal or teachers. Roy Exton Milton Moore and wives were Fort Wayne visitors. Vern Lindsay and family return from Bryant Ind. Roy Mangat Roscoe Dabber take positions at Mishawaka. Mrs Gellawsy daughter Hinaman and Mrs Gleda Wright visit Milford. Hob Maggart at Mishawaka Tuesday. Brent Smith returns from Boston Saturday. Joe Calbeck Fort Wayne visitor. John Miller sick. Sam Gallmew moved to Ligonier to do office work. T B Robbins and wife viewing Niagara Falls. Geland Halderman home from Columbia City. Braden Hadley resigns from South Bend post and returns home. Mia Wawa Lung of Wewaka visiting. Mrs Helen Kreager and Grace leave Tuesday for California.
An advertisement offers enamel repainting for Fords using a new rust preventing method. The work is completed in a few hours with no delay, at 703 Maiden Lane, with good pay and Western Union noted.
A speaker argues marriage and housework are a hard job for women who chase status and money. She warns such pride harms husbands and children, urging women to value home duties and parental responsibility over pursuit of office life and wages.
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