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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
5
A garbled OCR fragment from a city news page mentions West five tet Der and Fort Wayne, with scattered names and events. It references a patent, a city matter, exams at a federal building, and various misread proper nouns, rendering a coherent story impossible without source clarification.
A fragmented advertisement from White Fruit House Department Store markets trimmed beef at 9 cents a pound veal and pork cuts, California hams, sweet breakfast bacon, crackers and tobaccos, with notices of dry goods, flour, and farm supplies. A closing bereavement note from WM F Stahlhut expresses gratitude.
Friends of Hon. Chas W Miller announce a public reception in the courthouse corridors on Thursday evening March 12 from 7 30 to 9 o clock. Mr Miller will be pleased to meet as many city citizens as possible.
A garbled early recipe style notice touts a digestive remedy with confusing directions. It claims to mix ingredients and take doses after meals, listing uncertain measurements and nonsensical phrases. The fragment mentions a sale of a supposed cure and references to quantities and preparations.
A fragmented report recounts Lieutenant Presley detailing Admiral Evans and the U.S. fleet's around the horn voyage. The piece lists sailors enlisting for training at Norfolk with travel plans from Fort Wayne to Cincinnati and onward to Norfolk, arriving March 12.
The annual meeting of the Visiting Nurse League will be held this afternoon at the West Jefferson Street Church of Christ. The program includes opening prayer by Rev. Myer Miter, secretary and nurse reports, treasurer's report, address by Mrs. Robertson, music by Mrs. Merryman and Mrs. Miller, election of officers, and other business. All interested are urged to attend. Tabitha Gold Medal awards noted.
Pots of daisies brighten city offices at City Hall. Plants bloom in the Board of Public Works and Health Department spaces, with Milas Anna Sullivan and Dennis McCarthy noted for displaying blooms in big windows. The sight draws attention from staff entering the health office and mayoral private secretary spaces.
The annual meeting convened in the Elektron building on Tuesday evening. A regular annual dividend of 3 percent was declared. Directors elected include Miles J. Porter, C A L Reed, J Mietcher Ingall, J Tapgert Priestley, Ik Ainsworth, George J. Cool, George McNaughton, James F. Baldwin, and LP Bunt among others. Officers named: President M F Porter, Vice President I M Foster, Secretary and Manager I Mors tive, Treasurer B W Gack. Old executive committee recreated.
Burglaries broke a rear window of Shu saloon owned by Charles McDonald on Calhoun Street, stealing about £12 in change, cash register money, several whisky bottles, and some cigars. Also includes an unrelated health advertisement and a notice about the Grand Rapids Indiana Railway Company annual meeting and stock transfer deadlines.
The record covers diverse cases from divorce actions and contract disputes to probate matters and venue changes. It notes a murder trial budget, a council hearing on voting machine bids, and a statewide Auburn appeal reversing a local decision. A physician’s family matters and a dubious patent elixir ad close the fragment.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and death of wife and mother. Cincinnati Richmond & Fort Wayne Railroad announces stockholders meeting in Richmond Ind. on April 2 1908 at 10 oclock am to elect eleven directors and conduct business. Secretary B Liggett notes. Want ads in Journal Gazette cost one cent per word.
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