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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1912
Page
8
Local grocery listing shows produce and pantry items with prices including onions at 91-2 per pound and fancy tomatoes 121-2 per fanex. Mentions melons strawberries raspberries pineapples and various sugars and baking supplies.
Local grocery listing from Wayne features Best Country Butter 2¢?, Wabash Creamery Butter 30¢, Georgia Watermelon, Sugar Cneed Ham, Extra Fancy Lean Bacon 1?, Pure Home Rendered Lard 14¢ per pound, Wisconsin Cream Cheese 16¢ per pound, and Extra Fine Swiss Cheese 2k¢ per pound, with contact at 30 Broadway and Home Phone 1719.
Dressed young roasting chickens at 17c a pound and spring broilers dressed to order. Elgin tub butter 80 to the tub. Fresh produce includes cucumbers radishes rhubarb beans peas tomatoes lettuce cabbage asparagus. Dried fruits and canned goods featured with prices for cocoa coffee and cereals. Clearing staples like beans oats and rice plus household items such as soap lye and matches with low prices.
City news item highlights Mrs J Folaon hoz gana jo Winona teremith over Sunday with friends and repairs. Attorney J B Harper recuperating. Mrs Hattie Rittman of Huntington Ind underwent serious surgery at St Joseph's hospital. Dr Rosenthal attended. Water and road conditions reported between Suntartown and Kendunvitla. Hilda Zollinger 17, ill with scarlet fever, sent to St Rochus Hospital. Dr Ht Wenger touring the west plans return around July 1. North Side Construction awarded contract for water main under Cent livee's brewery distance 2500 feet north. Oak Knoll residents to benefit from improvement including McClureg McCaskeya and others. main pipe four inches.
The only candy kitchen in town makes its own ice cream. It is described as delicious and refreshing, appealing to locals seeking a fresh treat from a local establishment.
Manager Rice outlines formation of a new stock company modeled after Our Own to present winter shows when road tours pause. He aims to feature top attractions on the road and retain Frank Jones from the old stock, with other big names like Gladys Deslye and David Sffield in the new ensemble.
South Whitley and vicinity report a flurry of social visits. Geo Baird travels to Wayne to visit son Cary Baird and family. Nina Cleveland wed Otis Losmount of Larwill at Pierceton. Mattie Myers wed Ernest Ketre near Sidney. Mrs Jennyie Stanley marries Joan A Humes in North Manchester. Rev Keosy officiates. Enos Stanley dies at 78. local dances draw crowds at Kopp hall with Huntington orchestra. Several residents shuttle between North Manchester, Mishawaka, and Columbia City for visits and work. townsfolk comment on a Baltimore rumor later clarified.
An advertisement touts last car of Michigan potatoes with quick action urged. It notes quality better than new arrivals and lists Wiener & Company at Calhoun and Grand Sts, with phone numbers, plus Patterson-Fletcher Co. slogan and other promotional lines from a colorful, chaotic blot of ad copy. It also includes a testimonial about Meco Bitters from C B Rader praising health benefits for stomach trouble and rheumatism, and promotes electric bitters with a 6 cent price at Dreyer Drug Co.
Edward Beek and Johnn Hartman confessed forgers were certified to the circuit court to judge Moangovan yesterday and jailed in default of IA bonds. Tom Hayes fined $25 and costs for carrying concerted weapons after a week’s intoxication and wife abuse. brass handcuffs found. George Sanders arrested for carrying a revolver, fined $20 and costs. Tom Mattingly, struck by a Wabash train while sleeping near Market Street, released. Joe Lugar, jailed on grand larceny charges after embezzling $33, telegram claimed suicide then retracted. Yack Kelly and William Stagle fined for drunkenness. others held over or noted. Weed-cut violations continued. property owners warned to clear weeds or face fines, with some leniency after humane concerns. Beautiful grove lots offered at $750,000 per block, two acres per lot, terms one-third cash. Louis F. Curdes listed in Shoaff Building.
Daredevil Eric performs a 60 foot wire slide from a pole across the bayou at Robison Park on Sunday June 30 with two shows 5 30 and 9 30 pm. Manager Willichs promotes the hazardous act, plans multiple shows including July 4 and July 7, insisting spectators witness the dangerous feats.
A fragmented price list shows various flours Pillsbury butter and eggs Fresh county eggs Mason jars jar caps and related canning goods. Also listed are tyres seal waxes jelly glasses and canned goods including beans corn pumpkin pink salmon and kidney beans. The text is partial and OCR garbled but items and prices are evident.
An odd sales note touts Milan kits for potato bug control with claims of curing white diarrhea gapes and preventing chicken cholera. It promises savings, a 50c booklet, and promotes a balanced feed product as healthier for flocks.
Waterloo, Ind. June 28. A man named Alex Polesko fell from a moving freight near Ambrose Remedy place. He was bruised but not seriously hurt and told conflicting tales of being a murderer from Cleveland heading to Chicago. two men attacked him, one by the arm and one by the shoulder, then he leaped off to escape. Police later recovered the assailants in Kendallville and Auburn and no charges were filed. Polesko remained under care while authorities investigated the conflicting accounts.
Moose members are called to assemble at the lodge room Monday evening July 1 1912 at 7pm to join the Moose Carnival parade as designated by the Moose committee.
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