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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
5
A garbled community page details Mrs Vetherduie Germain visiting, hospital visits, and a regular cenunner meeting. It notes church activities, a communion service, and plans for a new club house with a raffle and sale. The fair date and prize values, including a piano, are announced and a trip summary mentions residents visiting Texas.
Advertises a wide sale at White Fruit House with emphasis on big savings across groceries and dry goods. Highlights ham, lard, flour, sugar, potatoes, butterine, lemons, dried apples, chocolates, oranges, bananas, and footwear and textiles. Notes payment plan and floor sections plus general store urgency.
Notice to stockholders of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway Company announces the annual meeting to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and conduct other business. The meeting will be held at the company’s general office in Grand Rapids, Kent County, on Wednesday April 1, 1909 at 8 o'clock. Shares of stock will be transferred before March 22, 1909. Secre tary reports.
Meyers Disinfectants cost little and do much to prevent illnesses caused by germs. Regularly disinfect sinks basins drains toilets garbage cans and other spots around the house. Housecleaning should witness liberal use of a good disinfectant to reduce germs kept in subjection by cold weather. Chloride of lime carbolic acid crude carbolic acid formaldehyde sulfur candles make good disinfectants. Special We offer Chlorozone a convenient disinfectant for home use at 25c a bottle.
A city addition of new apparatus prevents an insurance rate rise. The board increased facilities and fire mgnt to avert higher premiums. Fort Warner’s rating remains unchanged under the state plan, despite discussions of a broader hike.
Advertisement style notice claiming a quick sale for a modern home at 201 Woodland Avenue with contact Isade Wisay of Bass Building and a phone number. It also promotes Fidllister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a liver and bowel cleanser and health tonic from Meyer Bros. Co with mentions of remedy products.
Lydia Auger states she will continue her business unaffected by any past agency with W. J. and N. S. Vesey, signing off with respect.
The Interest in demonstrations of electrical cooking has grown so much that the schedule extends Lily daily from 1 to 1 1/2 o'clock mornings and 2 to 4 o'clock afternoons. Each attendee will learn cooking without fire using the new appliances. Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co announces a complete display room with range and heating devices.
Demonstrations on electrical cooking are conducted this week at the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company offices located at 614 616 Harrison Street. Sessions run mornings from 9 to 12 and afternoons from 2 to 5, inviting public participation and observation.
A convoluted court record outlines cases involving several defendants and a Pennsylvania removal for an April proceeding. The plaintiff seeks damages tied to a car incident and related claims. a separate matter discusses a $500 damages award against a company and a $250 judgment for a PIOUE matter. The document notes actions by judges, administrators, and local officials in a municipal context with references to attendees and dates.
Former Barber Asphalt Paving Company official Robert Whaley killed himself in Waste where he had previously resided and worked. Whaley, longtime superintendent in the district, left the Barber company years earlier and later served as western representative. details of his suicide remain unclear but his cheerful demeanor had faded. Guy Conklin.
Announcement details the opening of a new town in Mata gorda county Texas. It invites readers to attend the event at noon on April Mone de W Fitch and Sons. Also promotes an railroad stockholders meeting of the Cincinnati Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad Company held in Richmond Indiana on April 2 1908 at 10 a m to elect directors and conduct other business.
A chaotic catalog notes Ladies white lawn waists in multiple embroidery styles with prices from 8c to 4.35, plus skirts in black mohair and Copenhagen blue at reduced rates. Also advertised are lace curtains, belts, vests, petticoats, drawers, stockings, gloves, and assorted domestic goods with low sale prices and specials for tomorrow.
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