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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
7
A promotional block extols happiness and sun shine, blaming stomach disorders for failure. It touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal remedy that improves digestion, mood, and ambition, claiming they will bring success and money. The ad invites readers to mail in for a free sample package.
Fort Wayne unions including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and allied orders plan a Garrett gathering Sunday March 16 at the engineers hall. The program includes a free degree for a class of candidates Friday evening and initiations by several local lodges with social after-ceremonies.
The Fort Wayne Rolling Mill will remain closed until Monday due to flood cleanup. Mud and water in gas mains and pits keep mills from resuming, but orders pile up as spring nears and iron output is expected to rise once operations resume. A Chicago meeting on April 2 will address railroad wage law issues with general managers and trainmen committees.
An old medical brief argues kidney disease, called nephritis, progresses from early to incurable stages. It claims Fulton’s Renal Compound reduces kidney inflammation and warns against useless medicines, urging trials of the Fulton remedy via Meyer Bros Co agents in Oakland California.
An unexpected issue arises as the sixteen hour work limit affects dispatch and pay. Labor and management clash over compensation rules as trains run beyond the new limit, with divisions and shops facing operational strain and questions of crowding on freight runs. Z. B. Barnes returns to advisory role. a $46.80 round trip rate to the national convention stirs talk among unions.
John Divers of the Indiana Car Service Association, speaking in Fort Wayne, says freight movement shows gradual gains across local railroad freight departments. The month hints at a material increase, empties are dwindling, and business health appears stronger than during the panicky period, supporting cautious optimism for shipments ahead.
Transportation officials in Wabash are finalizing a new passenger train schedule to take effect next Sunday. Train No 6 will be removed westward, with Train No 8 split at Fort Wayne to Detroit and Toledo. A new Danville to Toledo service via Montpelier, passing through Wabash around 6 30 p.m. is also planned. Mr and Mrs James Barnett left for Los Angeles over Nickel Plate routing likely to settle there. A. G Barnett oversees an orange grove investment and B A H Barnett, formerly a bus barn manager, has just returned from a coast trip.
The Beer Drivers union announced its annual ball for Monday evening April 20 at Saengerbund hall. Committees have printed tickets and literature advertising the event. After a disappointing dance last year, organizers aim to excel this year.
The Rev Charles Stelzie head of the labor department of the Presbyterian church will lecture at Second Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne on Wednesday evening March 2. Stelzie is familiar to union leaders and readers of local papers for his writings on church labor issues.
Industrial notes record brief visits and injuries among workers. William Warmer of T P F A, C F Thiete of Chicago, Walter Barrett visiting Huntington for Bass works, JA Graham at Altoona with the Pennsylvania, and several Bass and Pennsylvania shop staff noted. Injuries include a foot injury sidelining a Blacksmith, a crane incident injuring a machinist, and a frayed steel cut affecting Boilermaker William Berenbeck. Family matters mention widner and his fireman son in Warsaw, while Yoder of the Lake Shore is referenced in an oil vector test after serving as roadmaster.
City health secretary Dr B M Van Buskirk reported yesterday that contagious diseases in the county outside the city are nearly wiped out with at most two cases remaining. Rev A K Zartman will start a Lenten sermon series this evening on The Passion for Souls with book material by Hallenbeck provided to attendees. Doctors B W Rhamy and W O Gross have completed a stomach reanalysis on Mrs Martin B Brown of Van Wert Ohio who died recently and sent findings to the coroner and prosecutor as her husband faces suspicion of poisoning.
In Kendallville Indiana the Pythian Sisters hosted district deputy chief Mrs Belle Fitch of Auburn for a drill Monday evening. The meeting drew a large turnout and Fitch praised the group's excellent work. A social session followed with refreshments served.
A Philadelphia doctor brings a patient a new food, Grape-Nuts, instead of medicine. The patient reports rapid relief from chronic indigestion, increased vitality, and clearer thinking after two months, praising the food as worth its weight in gold. The testimonial is signed by a resident of Battle Creek, Michigan.
In West William street area Fitch hosts Mr Harvey Morse while Congressman Watson, a gubernatorial candidate, addresses a court house assembly room gathering this evening.
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