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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
4
Local forecast for Saturday and Sunday notes scattered thunderstorms and cooler temperatures. Strong southerly winds shift to northwest with squalls. Sunday brings showers, brisk southwest winds, and increased danger from squalls. Lower Michigan expects showers and northwest to northwesterly winds with squalls and Sunday clearing.
Local notes report Miss Lillian Ortman plans a visit to Toledo and Bury to stay with Mr. and Mrs Ernest Hil yeman of South Broadway. The community records births, new arrivals, and upcoming changes as various residents travel and prepare for events.
A fragmented grocery listing shows blackberries raspberries nutmeg melons and California fruits for Saturday. Prices noted include 20c a dozen for wax lemons 10c per dozen for California peaches and 4c for certain oranges. Mention of preserving kettles and a fruit house appears amid unreadable garbled lines.
Saturday specials abound with Hammocks on sale at 83 and 98 cents and a full stock of Fishing Tackle led by the Milwaukee reel with spooling device. Also featuring Gen dron Baby Cabs and Go-Carts, base ball gear, parasols, tennis and croquet goods, trunks, bags, toys and notions at Kane's 24 Calhoun Street.
At Hilgemann and Sons. Chickens ten cents per pound. Cucumbers, fresh potatoes, lemons and other produce priced per unit. 121 and 128 West Jefferson Morron Street listed as contact.
Fragmentary OCR lists sale items and prices for red slippers and boots. Mentions Calhotty Braet and a Miss Tobry with assorted figures like 3 to 8 for children and $1.15 for others.
Fragmented OCR text shows an old advertising page for produce and goods from The New Keystone store. It mentions Michigan old potatoes green peas cherries and canned goods with prices and phrases about mailing or delivery, plus garbled lines about neckties and promotions. The readable items indicate a local grocer listing items and prices with period advertising tone.
Saturday sale notice from Rich Grocery and Meat Market offers lent potatoes and fresh pork chops, each listed as 6 pounds, with three tracts of 0 acres including road farm houses and bank barns for trade or sale. May exchange for city property. For details call Freistroffer in Room 2h Bank Block.
The notice lists prices for berries vegetables and fruits including large strawberries gooseberries currants pineapples wax beans sweet peas sweet corn cucumbers grown cabbage new potatoes old potatoes southern onions and more. Prices range from 1 cent to 70 cents per unit or per peck.
Classified ad seeking immediate rental of a one room dwelling near Calhoun Street opposite Cathedral. Also lists items for sale including graphophones and a guitar with prices. Contact Guy Conklin, the Everett piano man, at 116 Calhoun Street.
Fort Wayne customers are promised the largest rocker sale ever, with four handsome rockers offered at record low prices. Hite & Co announce the event will begin Monday and urge readers to watch Sunday morning’s Journal-Gazette for further details.
Incomplete notice lists Pine FBO and a contact at Montgomery street Niger's. References ice cream quality and a phone number. Text is garbled and unreadable, with scattered place names St. Joe Benton Harbor and miscellaneous personal details.
Miss Maryihn Horstmeyer is very seriously fit. Mr. Paul Jolson visits Albion. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Asterline leave for Buffalo. Mrs. J. Tt. White at Bear Lake for summer. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mossman go to Winona. Miss Minnie Valentine to Paris TH. to visit friends. Mrs. R. L. McGee returns from Green Springs. Miss Annie Ward leaves for Springheld for month. Mrs. E.G. Aiken and children visit Montpelier. Mr. Charles Rabbits visits friends. Miss Lott Sloan travels east from Chicago. Mrs. A. Le Randall to Rome City for cottage. Mrs. Harry Orr and children go to Rome City. Mrs. Henry Allen visiting con viniting. Mr. C. I. Allen heads home to Schoolcraft. Mrs. CO Hailer and children to Mackinaw City for summer. Willard Collie retires from northern Michigan. Miss Anna Sephel and Mr. Well Mc-Deniel marry in Fort Wayne. Various social visits and a musical at the Gusching home.
All trimmed goods will be sacrificed to make room for the placing of the fall stock. Prizesent in two. Mya, Frank Alderman, No. 128 Cathoun alreet, Buy your otraw hat of Patterson.
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