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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
8
A baking day feels disrupted by spoiled flour until Washburn Crosby's Gold Medal Flour steps in to help. The ad promises biscuits rolls and bread improve with Gold Medal Flour, asserting you can't make poor bread with it.
A. M. McCrachen resigns from the post of general superintendent. Plans call for extending the Fort Wayne system and Panhandle yards. Engineering work and property purchases proceed, with completion anticipated this fall or early 1909 as the Pennsylvania lines upgrade facilities at Conways yards and Pittston.
J K McCracken of this city was informed that his brother A M McCracken has resigned the general superintendency of the Loula ville Mendergon and St Louis railroad. Lucien J Irwin has been named supervisor. Resignation effective April 8. The McCracken family previously built the L Ht St L line and ran it after promoters failed.
Lumber dealers plan protest over an expected two cent per hundred pounds increase in lumber rates. Railroads cite higher equipment costs and reduced revenue as justification. The move is viewed as a probable first step toward further rate increases east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac.
Yard Clerk Harry Frost completed a large task at the Wabash shops by rearranging dusty dust covered file records. He tagged volumes and placed them in orderly sequence so anyone can reference an old recount instantly. He believes in semi annual house cleaning.
An advertisement extols Grane Jute made from whole wheat and barley with diastase to aid digestion and brain function. It quotes a Town man and a 70 year old who credit Grape Nuts and Postum with improved health, regularity, and easier work, citing long use and better vitality.
A newly married couple attracted attention at a Pennsylvania denot last night as friends and the public fixated on the bride’s striking beauty and gown. The groom humorously requested two train tickets at a station, prompted by his bride, while labor rumors swirl about a promotion at the creeting shops and Mrs Hughart of Grand Rapids dies at eighty two.
A. Molenbacker traveling through the Nickel Plat region yesterday spoke on a one dollar round trip rate for 100 miles set to apply this year. He indicated the plan mirrors last year’s arrangement and will be extended to other routes across the area.
Railway activity dominates Fort Wayne news with notes on personnel shifts, injuries, and travel. Workers from Wabash, Pennsylvania, Norfolk & Western, and Nickel Plate report faded injuries, resignations, and new routes as executives and agents tour cities including Huntington, Lima, and Indianapolis. Nearby rate sheets show Pacific coast and Denver tariffs, while several mechanics and engineers recover from illnesses or prepared moves to Fort Wayne or Baltimore.
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a rapid cure for catarrh with a inhaler kit and drops. It promises five minute relief from nasal and throat irritation, claims to kill discharge and restore mucous membranes, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Mishawakata to host two large hundred dollar watch plants by Kayengweod Watch Company, Chicsee. The factory will occupy seventy acres on the north site, measuring 654 feet long and eight hundred yards wide. Operations expected to begin by August 15.
Teer Wood, publishing Wolf Lake Trolley, appeals to patrons to raise funds on short notice as owners threaten to remove marred fixtures. Goshen district Enworth convenes in Mishawaka June 17 18, expected to attract 200 to 800 attendees. Patterson Fletcher feature noted on all pages.
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