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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
14
Readable text outlines home beauty remedies and recipes offering face powder, a hair removal method using delatone, a dulling shampoo mix with atria root and therox, a scalp refresher, and a method to foster longer eyelashes with plain pyroxin. The tone mirrors old newspaper tips for household grooming and cosmetic improvements.
Newark Feb. 19. Four trustees for the United States Independent Telephone Co of Rochester N Y are named for the deficiency of 2 000 dollars alleged to be due to stockholders. John Johnson, receiver, authorized to sue within thirty days after notice. Trustees include Edward Bausch Thomas W Finacane Breckenridge Jones and the estate of William S Nolker.
A fragment from the Journal-Gazette advertises a live theatre event tonight at the Livie theatre titled Beile of Paradine featuring romance and entertainment. Also a small help-wanted note seeks a young man to take care of a yawn in the afternoon with address Z, Care Journal-Gazette.
Society notes describe Mrs H A Turner of Grand Rapids visiting Chicago then returning later in the week. The piece covers two weddings: Esther Dorris Gick to George Welker at St Pauls Lutheran with details of attendants, gown, supper, and guests from multiple states. and Helen Wermuth to Harry Rehm at Zions Lutheran with ceremony, decorations, bridal party attire, and reception at 3082 Suttenfield Street.
Help wanted advertisement shows Olds Coal Co seeks men at the corner of Wallace and Barr for a wash tie special. Includes Patterson and Fletcher as references or associates.
An alteration sale offers one lot of Bonne Femme curtains and assorted fabrics for home use. Features include wide filet, white ivory and Arabian colors with regular values. Prices listed around 1.70 to 3.00, with a sale price near 135 dollars for items described as large assortments. Third floor location noted for viewing.
A vivid portrayal of Atlantic Fleet target practice aboard a U S ship with twelve inch guns firing near a towing target, plus a village church fair featuring apple pies baked by farm women. The story shifts to a comic tale of a wandering merchant selling wonder drugs and a subsequent theft plot leading to reform efforts and a court seizure of vagrants.
Chicago June 1. Republican platform committee seeks to craft the official party utterance with a Taft majority of about 3 to 21. Hearings heard diverse interests to shape the language. A subcommittee, chaired by ex VP Fairbanks, drafts the platform for presentation to the convention. Members include Barnes Clark Hadley Lew Huthland Groner and H Clay Evang.
The report details Concordia College commencement exercises to be held in the college auditorium with diplomas awarded to graduates including A Baumann Berlin and several others from various U S and international locations. It notes a large attendance expectation, a Friday night college meeting, a final parade by Concordia cadets, and a dinner for graduates hosted by Captain Reese.
For years the Cape of Good Hope government used camels for postal and police communication in remote arid districts of the Cape Province extending north toward Gordons, a practice little known beyond official channels.
Fragmentary excerpts describe Cape Town replenishing camels for desert use and Bedouin escorts from Sudan. A stray statistical remark notes few fat men are criminals, with no clear explanation. Prague’s population is cited as 590,000 amid a claim linking building laws to rising deaths in fifteen years.
A Cedar Creek township reader urges the Journal-Gusette to publish figures on proposed stone road bonds. The letter analyzes interest, total cost about 100 550, and tax impacts per hundred value, arguing the levy could rise sharply and affect long term taxes even if some road projects are paid over twenty years. The writer asks who pays for roads and school needs while urging readers to consider future burden.
In Indianapolis Indiana H OBrien a noted star Charles A Greathouse state superintendent of public instruction and Ford Fairbania Tory Kay will leave tonight for Washington and Baltimore to attend the Democratic National Convention from the Fifth district. Wair hunka has sent his touring car for the trip. They will tour Washington and Baltimore before and after the convention.
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