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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1908
Page
11
The ad asks how many loaves per sack and questions flour price, noting Gold Medal Flour contains more loaf yield due to the Washburn-Crosby improved milling process removing cellulose and waste and promising wholesome bread.
A Finnish tobacconist named Popp, profiting from Sunday sales, faces repeated fines under a Charles II statute in an English borough. He defends opening on Sundays to keep his shop active, noting fines and a potential year-long jail threat, while leveraging his misfortune into publicity with picture postcards and a stated intent to remain open every Sunday.
A series of birth notices lists several families across Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail Way Company regions. Each entry records newborn girls and boys born to named parents at listed streets and residences, reflecting a busy period of new arrivals in the community.
Grand Rapids Kent county Michigan stockholders meet to elect seven directors for the ensuing year and transact other business. The meeting will be held at the companys general offices in Grand Rapids on Wednesday April 1 1908 at 1 16 oclock. Books for stock transfer will be open from March 21 1908 until after the meeting. Bos Wetheany secretary.
Fragmentary OCR notes state William Eickhoff did not elope and has been remarried for seven years. It mentions his occupation as carpenter and references a son connected to Chicago Heights, Illinois, with unclear related statements about a divorce and statements by an unnamed person.
Inventory shows unit loss from a heavy wind and storm overnight. Telephone and electric companies suffered greatly while the city reservoir overflowed damaging nearby sidewalks. A fire at Henry C. Smallback’s residence in the southern city may have been caused by shining. Loss estimated at $1,000.
Senator P J Meller of Columbia City visited the city yesterday. Methodists plan to attend conference in Anderson this week. Temperance Sunday is marked nationwide with church services. Mr B Griswold will present a chalk talk on temperance before the Third Presbyterian Bible school at 9 30. Dr K Wheelock returned from Wapekunela where he read it.
Members of the United State geen pate this week became eal tiegren Mite nese This is an unnasial Reoee re ceived by few in the Masonic fretere its. Sovereig Grand Commander James D. Richardson conferred the
Experts from the Agricultural Department begin an investigation into loco weed, aiming to save Colorado stockmen millions. Professor Marsh reports loco weed is not a single plant but a group affecting grazing cattle. Findings suggest locoed animals show slow movement and nervous signs, and treatment with strychnine may salvage some lives. Extermination in fenced pastures is possible, but open ranges pose challenges.
An address in Mata Gorda County California era highlights federal workers backing Taft for the presidency. The speaker warned of a Wall Street backed compact supporting Taft’s nomination, while railing against War’s seven year fight and a controversial beneficiary inside the party.
The article traces cycling’s boom, collapse, and renewed interest, noting manufacturing jumps from 250,000 in 1904 to 750,000 in 1907 and an expected 1,250,000 bikes produced in America. It cites user enthusiasm, practical utility, and competition from motorcycles as factors shaping cycling’s trajectory.
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