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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
5
A baby girl was born to Mrs Willim Rodenbeck, and other local families welcomed arrivals. City officials report business visits, a rector’s funeral, and a court club planning meeting. Military and police matters include Marine Corps enlistments, temperance lectures, and a Knights Templar event with a Packard band.
Allegan grows quiet as Giay T-Mrry Uanmah Melameh Cuiy marks her 700th birthday. Residents recall decades of residence and a life tied to local factory whistle routines. A birthday celebration is planned with a community turnout at a nearby venue.
White Fruit House department store lists everyday groceries and specials from fine dry strawberries to navel oranges, cabbage, and wax fruit. It highlights floor china, brown graniteware, and carpet deals with weekly discounts and new shipments.
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Purfec Hon at Indianapolis on Wednesday evening subscribed $5000 toward the erection of the new Scottish Rite cathedral in this city. With this amount the subscription committee has about $100,000 in hand. The cathedral will be of great architectural merit.
Roy Benton, seventeen hours old, appeared in court on three charges of assault against his younger brother. His mother Mrs Sera Benton arrived and regretted the arrest, claiming the youths were wrentla. The case continues as Lerton holds a hearing. train climbers were fined and jailed briefly for copper theft and drunkenness.
Low travel rates take effect May 7, 12, and 28 with return options May 14. Tickets priced at 400 dollars from Fort Wayne and 2.50 from Huntington for round trips via the Witbush Valley route.
A dense grocery ad lists items and prices including cheese flour lard beans prunes and coffee. It advertises fresh produce and dairy products with notes on quantities and brands and invites customers to phone orders for home delivery.
The decedent, a long respected member of St Pauls Lutheran church, died at his home on 1043 Beur Street after a fever illness. He was born in Germany and aged around 32 years. Survived by wife Louise Beck and one son, plus other relatives. Funeral Sunday with service at St Pauls Lutheran Church and burial at Concordia Cemetery.
DR IL W COBLENTZ appears in a brief public notice noting a relocation or address change to 29 West Berry Street for the named party, with scarce context about the action or proceedings and no further details available.
A rustic catalog of produce and goods listing Yellow Perch dressed and other seafood poultry tomatoes potatoes apples onions cabbage and various fresh vegetables. It includes prices per pound per bushel and per quart along with coffee beans rice sugar and baking items.
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