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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
8
A Jersey City professor long treated for nervous headache credits Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey with cures. The ad claims the whiskey is a pure malt distillation and tonic, sold for $1 per bottle, with testimonials and free medical booklet offered by Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester, New York.
An OCR fragment from Clinton Maine mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve and a testimonial claim of curing piles and easing chained hands. It references Tervier Brothers store and suggests a general sales pitch for the product in a late 19th or early 20th century ad context.
William Flesell, who dives in the southern part of the city, was taken into custody yesterday by officers responding to a report from his wife. He claimed police acted unfairly and that he was worsted in the arrest as the details of the incident surfaced.
Brakeman Meadows retires after a factory upheaval at the Satis Manner Bowser plant. The CW Sperry ASes Sony UC Wickett group acquires Fort Wayne fundle facility on Gleison dren near the Muumme river, adding two story extensions and modern machinery. The upgraded center will serve the Wort Wayne Feordt company making handles for tools, a project tied to Sperry’s leadership and past Fort Wayne operations.
In a Lake Shore yards project at Elk Hart, electrical switching will replace six to eight men with one operator in a tower east of Main Street. The system, built by General Signal and Union Switch and Signal, uses motors, relays, and an enunciator to control yard switches remotely, improving safety with derails to prevent accidents and faster handling of trains between Goshen and Mishawaka. The project cost ranges from 50069 to 60900 dollars, and work should finish in about two weeks. The Pennsy freight department enhances claim settlements to speed payments, with new procedures to cut audit delays and streamline cross-rail correspondence.
A Pennsylvania Railroad report argues against reducing per diem car charges. It notes 78,000 foreign cars on the system on March 1, with only 9,000 foreign cars on its own lines and 43,000 on Pennsylvania rails last year. The report claims reduced charges will drive more cars to other roads, needing additional car tracers, and cites 65 percent of annual receipts going to executives. It references increases in gross earnings and notes raids affecting the East region.
The article notes a rise in gross receipts west of Pittsburgh with Pennsylvania payrolls showing a $20,000,000 increase from 1906 to 1907 and describes wage distributions among shop employees. It mentions a factory fire incident in Sullivan injuring a worker and details changes in shift schedules, including ten hour shifts being cut to four, with plans for the Canadian town move and anticipated heavier work if stock depletes.
Reports say Pennsylvania trainmen and local workers are duck hunting in the Kankakee area as the season opens. A Raven party returning on No. 38 carries belt injuries, while crews cross the Kankakee on the Chicago end of the local division. The wording notes inoculation against fevers as they pursue waterfowl amid abundant fowls.
Floyd G Meadows the Pennsylvania brakeman who fell beneath a moving freight near Wanatah Tuesday evening is resting as well as could be expected last night detailing his condition after surgery. He rallied yesterday morning from the shock and hopes for recovery are entertained unless complications arise. Mrs Laura Pragh of South Whitley returned home last evening. Texas newspapers report Southern Pacific plans to replace conductors with train agents, noting sixteen men have held the role in the past two years to collect tickets and fares. A road official says ticket scalping bans will make train agents less necessary than before.
New orders from the Pennsylvania Railroad bar employees from pledging wages as security for loans. W W Atterbury notes this remedy caused annoyance, while several staff changes and transfers ripple through shops and yards, with arrivals, resignations, and temporary assignments noted across the system.
Dreler & Bro advertise a limited offer for 66 doses of a medicine for constipation and dyspepsia. They guarantee refund if not effective, with a 48 cent prepaid pack by mail. The ad promises fast delivery and urges immediate action at their store.
Reports from Garrett indicate a spate of porch thefts including chairs cushions and even newspapers. Observers note a man bragged about not paying a year of news bills yet never missing a daily paper, claiming wind would carry away unpaid copies before owners could fetch them.
Fire at the Butler Basket company factory in Butler Inn started by 7:30 p.m. and quickly consumed the rear roof before firemen arrived. The blaze spread to nearby buildings, with losses estimated well above the insured $3,000, as stockholders including Giles of Cleveland, Warren Mason, and Knisley Dry Goods faced a busy season disrupted by the disaster.
Warsaw Indiana March 1 district steward of Goshen district North Indiana conference announced a meeting in Albion. Presiding elder Dr W Bennett of Warsaw will preside with a salary of 1050 dollars.
The conference voted unanimously to set next year at Albion and likely mark the Goshen district’s history. Rev. D H Tones of Bourbon will present a motion to continue Goshen district meetings. Dr Bennett noted attendance and quality must improve or meetings lose value. Rev D H W Guild of Warsaw favored organizing a lyceum.
At the Masonic temple in Kendallville a lively Eastern Star session initiated candidates Mary R. Miller Mary Mesers Clinton Case and Henry R. Beckman. After ceremonies the group gathered for a banquet with green and white decor and shamrock festoons. Mr and Mrs Frank Weingart hosted a reception for officers who will move to Fort Smith Ark.
An aged Auburn couple celebrates a first union in a small ceremony on March EM Hae. The narrative recalls their life together as a retired farmer and partner, marking a notable marriage in the local community.
A brick building with cement facing once adorned by polished wood rooms and verandas. Now used for prosaic business as the territorial government operates within the United States’ residence area. The history notes a 1862 meeting led by King Palatina and reflects on the shift from elegant public rooms to everyday official uses.
A blaze at Brnion J Bloom the Red Crage drug store damages the facade. Mr Ose well Bnthrayed out the conte Aetual in the Teal estate feisines Hear the City Packard Concert hand at Rurode's opening this afternoon and evening.
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