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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
8
Freight movement across the eastern routes is rising, with H and DB road officials inspecting. The year is marked by widespread shifts in homes and furniture as people relocate, buying more shipments of household goods. The Pennsylvanian system notes a 16 to 20 percent overall freight increase, driven by coal storage and intensified traffic on the Pittsburg and middle divisions.
A April 1 reorganization affects the New York Central Passenger Department after General Passenger Agent McLeish resigns. Names moved include Samuel Movily, C. Hilleary, L. A. Schroder, W. El. Carthy, A. H. Breed, and others, with several Toledo and Cincinnati shifts. A special calendar project and Mexican calendar notes accompany the changes, plus a visiting inspection train from the Cincinnati area to Toledo and Dayton.
The Princesee Manufacturing Company on North Harrison Street has moved to a ten hour workday this week. The plant had paused during the money stringer era but is now operating at full force. Between thirty and forty men and women are employed in the manufacture of.
A sensational tale detailing electric belt pretenders who claim to cure weakness and disease. The piece lists dubious remedies, praising quick, miraculous results and suggesting home use with questionable potions and baths.
Caremaker and Mrs August Ttuhn departed for New York yesterday, en route to Germany for a visit to his childhood homeland. Tfhn, employed at the Bossy foundry, granted two months leave to visit his old home, marking his first such trip in years. Fort Wayne Pennsylvania engineers face updated seniority voting rules and crew changes set to take effect April 1, as R Colmey and R J Lyons finalize the new craw list.
The Migraths present Around the Clock at the Majestic this afternoon and evening with strong audience applause and frequent encores. A special matinee features Around the Clock while Madam Butterys is set for Saturday. Also noted are railway and theater developments, local staff changes, and a new Auburn theater project with Ben Hur staged spectacle promises.
An automobile overturned near Garden City two miles southeast of Columbus injuring Jules Meters of Seymour and Jack Syth of Saulsville. The car, valued at about 3000, wrecked. both men suffered serious injuries including facial wounds and bruising after the vehicle rolled forty feet and the tires burst.
Henrietta Crosman returns with The Country Girl, a comedy long noted in England and America. The late Augustin Dale produced it years ago and it will feature Crosman on Thursday evening, continuing a celebrated stage legacy.
The ad proclaims Pure Medicine as always pure safe and beneficial with no changes needed at Hoo's Sarsaparilla or its advertising. It urges compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Law and public sentiment while promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla in liquid form or as Sarsatabs for appetite and blood.
Advanced Vaudeville at Tan Burke's Temple features Pheastat and the School Girls act drawing big crowds this week. Pete Baker remains a beloved figure as audiences recall his early days and enduring charm. Separately, the Winslow Gas and Coal Company, long idle since three years ago, has changed hands under a receiver and plans to reopen mines and sink new shafts, reviving employment for hundreds of miners on about 1500 acres of coal lands.
A new firm plans to revive aging Indiana mines, signaling renewed mining activity. Details on mineral focus, locations, and timetable were not fully disclosed in the fragment.
Frank Draper of the Watch Tower Bible Tract Society from Allegheny Pa will address a meeting at the G A R hall next Sunday March 29 at 2 30 PM His topic titled He Cometh With Clouds and Exo Shall Sea Him promotes a religious union of denominations through a biblical message.
Waterloo Ind March 26 Win Swarts a prominent resident is critically ill and rapidly fading at home. His relatives and friends are summoned as the situation grows more serious. Mrs Bees Wwise of Corunns is caring for him.
The Sypphise News Bureau reports a birthday notice for Arie Wertzberger. In Decatur Indiana on March dh, Maye friends of Mariers Gelleions Peautiful gathered to honor her with a gesture from Mise Matte, ending the hour with a small gathering.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple personal names such as Blanché Biggs Glo Lake Gladia Vera Eady Bunions Smith Hope Kapengardner Peri Or ant Kenneth Stangle Vane ISON arty Olle Seth Bay Harley Nel son Biggs Glen Bowie Walter Werts jerger Fred Saar Roy Daugherty Toward Foughty.
Decatur resident Charies Sobst, a well known local plumber, returns from a Texas trip with plans to relocate next fall. He visited Hourton Gelvaston and other towns, expressing desire to move with his partner to a farm near 3 keaton to raise Tulеr.
Virginia candy sale details list peanut candy at 29 cents and spearmint 12 cents per pound for two pounds. Advertisement notes laxitive property and mentions Adenta brand.
George G Renshaw of Cincinnati lectured at the Christian Church in Decatur delivering a talk on Christan patriarc to a latee audience. Auburn March 26 D E Harrington, once of Auburn, now in Indianapolis, returned to Auburn noting improvements during his thirty year absence and said he likes Indianapolis but was glad to visit DeKalb county and meet friends.
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