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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement claims catarrh is caused by germs in the airways and not a blood issue. It asserts that standard tonics fail, promoting Hyomel as the only inhaled remedy to eliminate germs and cure catarrh, with a money back guarantee from Myer Brox Co.
Mr TG Chamberlain of Clinion Malta testifies arnica salve Bucklen's Arnica-Salve works. He says it cured piles cracked hands and an old sore without leaving a scar. Available 25 cents at Draley Brothers' drug store.
The federation endorses Fred Feick for Congress as the St. John trial board fails to return a decision, retaining the body with instructions to act. Delegates report St. John missing. written notice to appear for trial is issued. Journal-Gazette criticized. Werkman defends himself while endorsing Feick and Hurty policies. The Theatrical Stage Employes report a prosperous, newly amalgamated organization.
Huntington Herald reports widespread retrenchment with all mechanical departments at the Erie Railroad to cease operations until April 1. Emergency work only in roundhouses. thousands idle, pay reduced by about one quarter. Labor unions reject a ten percent wage cut proposal and await Erie management response. A related note announces a railcar troupe itinerary and travel details for a Grand Opera company trip from Erie to Grand Rapids via multiple lines.
Poorly legible OCR shows an advertisement about a tonic called Reat Juice. It mentions health claims like headache relief and general well being. The copy is garbled and difficult to parse.
Nickel Plate Railway announces new motive power for the Fort Wayne division. Engines begin arriving at Conneaut from Dunkirk with two Class P locomotives already reaching Conneaut. Six more engines follow amid planned builds, tests, and initial round trips between Connaught and British, then Fort Wayne to forward yard service.
The Shannon Copper Company of Arizona signed an order with the Delater Concentrating Company for Helater tibres following successful demonstrations. Wayne product achieved leading efficiency in trials with related machines, boosting confidence in Deister’s performance. Shannon promptly placed the order after tests showed Deister outperformed rivals by 10 to 16 percent.
The Great Northern Railroad, under a receiver, says it will hire nonunion machinists and boiler-makers at Elkweth shops. A letter from Master Mechanic St Neuw Bert to I AL Philley notes the company abrogated its union agreement and established an open shop. Elkweth, a city of 9,000, will employ workers under this arrangement.
Miss Helm Harper resigned her ethnographer post at Port Wayne Electric and heads to Detroit to work for Ford Motor Company in advertising. Her brother Harry Harper is Detroit’s advertising manager. he formerly managed ads for Howser in this city.
New Orleans, March 23. Robert Babbbngton, a man from Indiana, reportedly jumped from a hotel window in a state of agitation. He paced a hotel corridor before the act, and a bystander fired a pistol in the frenzy. the strike failed, and the man died from the fall.
The Supreme Court split opinions in two cases involving state railroad rate laws. Minnesota and North Carolina laws were deemed confiscatory and unconstitutional, showing clashes between state and federal courts. Justice Peckham authored the majority, with Justice White dissenting in the Young case. The decision upheld limits on state authority to set transportation rates and highlighted the tension between state enforcement and federal due process. The cases centered on Minnesota Northern Pacific rate laws and North Carolina’s ticket pricing, with key figures Attorney General Young and Sheriff Hunter involved in the later stages.
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