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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
7
Readers are urged to try Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to stop offensive breath from indigestion smoking and onions. The ad claims charcoal absorbs gases and odors improving breath and even blood purity, with a free sample offer and a mail-in address in Marshall Michigan.
Indianapolis March report states former Rugby Indiana postmaster Arry Gilland arrested on charge of being short in his accounts. Father made good part, but balance over $1,500 remains. Gilland operated a general store in conjunction with the post office.
Mme Anna Gould sails from Cherbourg for New York aboard the White Star line ship Adnatte, accompanied by three children. They leave amid mention of a wedding trip and the voyage will take them across the deep blue sea.
Rumors say the Fort Wayne Knitting Mills plans to raise capital for broad expansion in Fort Wayne. A possible long term lease on the Olde Woodward works building is discussed, with denial of specifics by secretary Theodora F. Thieme. The firm operates mills in Fort Wayne Garrett and Roanoke, employing over 1,000 locally, and may open a new branch or convert existing properties as growth proceeds.
The rumored Wabash time card surfaced showing trainmaster C Wells has posted new instructions at the telegraph office. A key change adds a new eastbound train from the city with senior conductors and brakemen given preference. No 21 departs Toledo at 7 20 a m to Fort Wayne arriving 10 40 a m, cutting Fort Wayne arrival by five minutes, while No 18 leaves Fort Wayne at 11 50 a m for Toledo. Crews get an hour ten minutes rest in Fort Wayne. No 1 departs Toledo at a.m turning via No 14 Fifth District.
Detained Elmer St John causes altered travel times with trains at Toledo and Danville, while local politicking unfolds at federation headquarters. A wartime style account depicts a doorway sentinel, rival figures Watdon, Miller, and Taylor seeking influence, and union affiliations shaping election efforts.
An anxious Portnaylyn agent questioned a Columbia City resident around 6:15 PM about a mistaken geography claim. The dialogue touched on trains eastward and a student’s earlier misstatement, revealing confusion during the nighttime interaction.
The Bass Foundry Machine Company completed a monster crank shaft weighing 95 000 pounds with all appurtenances, marking the largest such construct by the Bany works. It ships to a Cambridge firm with a cross compound Corliss engine order. Cylinders measure 30 and 60 inches. The engine is rated at 1000 horsepower and can develop up to fifty percent more if needed.
The Wa rbash shops veteran foreman Charles W W Bente marked forty two years in the trade, celebrating a birthday anniversary after thirteen years as a painter and eight as foreman. The piece mentions transfers, staff movements, injuries, and local railway activity surrounding the Wabash and Pennsylvania shops, with notes on workers like Night Yardmaster Ramy, watchman Cherfos Thompson, and others, alongside routine incidents and forthcoming changes such as a new roundhouse at Delray.
The passage notes Mr. Snyder presenting Tim with a silver set and mentions a recent honeymoon. Attorney and Mrs. J Shannon Nave of Abies are identified as freight agents, with Mrs. Nave also noted. Wayne Inglal and others are cited as distinguished professionals in the region, and Gilbert and Nave are described as former friends and Attica neighbors prior to the agent’s appointment.
For over sixty years the syrup is marketed for mothers to soothe children. The text touts a universal distribution by druggists worldwide, priced at 25 cents per bottle, with a June 2 date and Berint No. 3088, under the food and drug act.
Friends of candidate Hon. Chas W Miller announce a public reception in the courthouse corridors on Thursday evening March 12 from 7 30 to 9 00. Miller will greet as many city residents as possible.
Warren chairs hearings on restoring rights to black troops. Tillman demands full reports and president's message, while Foraker says the president lacks power to reinstate without Congress. Bailey spars with Wyoming and Ohio senators over strategy as pay and reenlistment terms loom.
The text urges stopping promiscuous eating when weak and trying Grape-Nuts with cream for breakfast. It explains Grape-Nuts is made from wheat and barley and provides phosphates needed to rebuild brain and nerve cells, framing it as Nature's food not drugs. There's a Reason.
The dialogue centers on when the president will introduce the order dismissing the men referenced in the pamphlet. Mr Warren and Mr Foraker discuss dates and the president's progress toward justice, with the senate agreeing to print the general reports and the message in one volume as Tillman suggested.
The March 17 issue of the Journal Gazette advertises want ads at a rate of one cent per word. Readers are invited to place classified notices by counting words and submitting copy to the newspaper office.
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