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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
3
Fine ten room residence at 1239 West Berry with all conveniences reception hall bath furnace electric lights hot and cold water and cement cellar. Inquire Carl J Weber phone 149 and 1902 care Seavey Hardware Co.
In Warsaw Indiana on May 16 the will of Jacob Rouch of Wateem was filed with County Clerk T G Stout after he slashed his throat last Sunday night. The document names Perry Fairley as administrator with bond set at 3000 dollars. Real estate is to be sold and legacies include 2000 to Ly an of Wr and Ferry Fawley and 1000 to Myth Fawley. residue divided among several individuals including J St Conhs and Sarah Diskop.
An excerpt lists symptoms such as poor appetite sour risings nausea indigestion dyspepsia biliousness costiveness and female illnesses and mentions malaria fever in a period context, reflecting common disease concerns and medical terminology of the era.
An old advertisement quotes Mrs. P R Southard of Woodmere praising Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for restoring health after nervous exhaustion and sleep loss. The copy extols the whiskey as a pure malt distillation, claims broad cures, and urges readers to buy only the bottled product from Dusty Malt Whiskey Co, Rochester New York.
A report from My Bist News Bureau notes the roadbed between Kellalville and Garrett is washed and slurred by recent heavy rains. Portions under the T and C track show significant wear and water damage, with conditions described as severe near the suspension.
Obscure wartime style notes include Salvation Army appeals from Warsaw and Fort Wayne officers, a barber shop opening in the Hay hotel, and a request for clothing and household items for the Reeve home. Also reported are the probate of Sarah McDaniel's will in Decatur and a Kendallville fish burial effort.
Kosciusko County notes report Justice J A Yours in critical condition after operation. Velonias family, Mrs. George Dresser, Lena Hessel to host next meeting. A dog fight in January attracts crowd. four Warsaw women enter a washery to see injuries. Center street hole caused by heavy rain. water on roads north of Watseka near two feet. William Hill of Silver Lake marks eighty fifth birthday with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs W L Bodkin return from Albuquerque after a year away. Mr and Mrs Eg Grives have returned.
Dead fish litter river banks as workers and residents note a continuing decline along the Nile during Pharaonic times. Boxes weighed about 150 pounds each. two sons were buried along the shore. Local officials warn authorities and residents to observe the ongoing calamity while other town matters, like a school building on Wation Street, await sale. Deputy wardens in Indiana arrest two men for illegal fishing in Deep River, with fines posted.
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