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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
6
Housewives compare prices and savins at the White Fru House sale. Special flour, smoked hams, breakfast bacon, granulated sugar, lard, and other items offered at low prices. Big sale ends this week with color textiles and hosiery discounts. Farmers urged to bring eggs for 1c per dozen.
Ten experienced salesmen in clothing hats and furnishings wanted to start Thursday morning. Apply at Dukes Rose Schirmeyer Co.
Atlantic City lodging ad touts well kept rooms with modern comforts. Rates daily six dollars weekly, promising scrupulous cleanliness, pleasant surroundings, bright well lighted spaces, and overall convenient location on a main avenue near the shore.
A patient recounts fifteen years of chronic car larrhal trouble and lingering health woes. After trying multiple hospitals and treatments, two bottles of Hywel Taye are claimed to have cured the condition. The account includes promotional language for a product and company Myers Thug Co, offering a remedy with implied health benefits and a sales pitch for a "germo-kiling strand" and complete relief.
A First Church Sunday School picnic outline lists athletic events at Robson Park including a 20 yard dash for girls under eight, 30 yard dash for girls eight to fourteen, 50 yard dash for ages fourteen and up, ball throwing and wheelbarrow races, and a two hundred yard dash open to all. Events begin at 3 o'clock with participation from church members and the Third Presbyterian Church choir supervising.
At Listing Presbyterian church Rev J A Daley will be installed this evening at 8 oclock with a ceremonial program in which Rev Daley is described as eloquent and beloved during his stay in the city. The service includes preludes and benediction by the pastor and features several named speakers and musicians.
United States Fish Commissioner W. Claris and Prof Charles B Wilson, with the State Normal school's biology head, will explore the Maumee river for unique mussels. They plan to send specimens to the government experimental station in Missouri after a summer of Mississippi River work.
A cooking demonstration at H. J. Ash's store features Sarah Elizabeth Craig, a Boston Cooking School alumna, showing off a modern gas range's capabilities. The event uses a National Stovetops item and aims to impress local ladies with gastronomic results during a city and county exhibition.
Coroner orders burial of a man killed in a stabbing in Wabash city over a week ago. The victim, described as a Spaniard named Manuel de Mandida, died after an altercation involving a knife. Funeral details given by Catholic cemetery officials.
Fragmented report notes youths involved with fireworks triggering a blaze after a prom on Walnut Street. Limited readable details include mentions of damages and a street address, with unclear names and sequence of events.
The case of Otto J Frazer linked to the Pivt Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction company was continued to pursue possible property losses. Frazer faces drunk charges with potential five dollar costs. Several others including Jamies Bone Fou, Wosted, Koecht, and Georgy Wor appear on related charges with small fines.
The Westminster School hosts a picnic and sports day featuring events such as a 100-yard dash open to all, tug-of-war, wheelbarrow race, potato rise, a shot put, pole vault, and a baseball demonstration. Prizes and participation open to boys and girls.
Open all summer offers penmanship English arithmetic spelling bookkeeping shorthand and typewriting. Rooms are cool and pleasant. For particulars call at the college office or phone 504.
Card of thanks from Fred Fischer expresses gratitude to Vmevda and neighbors for support during the illness and death of his son. Also lists celery plants for sale at 25c per hundred from Sweet's Celery Gardens.
A fragmented retail inventory lists items including soaps such as Gloss Soap and Naphtha Soap, Topsy Tar Soap, White Soap, and various boxes and barrels. It mentions Dirt, Dutch Clean, Bed Seal, Globe Wash, iron-bound clothes baskets, clothier pint, starch, and cleaning fluids like ammonia and halting notes on flour sacks Ossian Patent.
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