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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement notes exceptionally low excursion rates for trolley travel. A special round trip from Fort Wayne to Logansport via United lines is on sale for $1.05, with tickets available at the innerurban station. The offer promises a pleasant outing at a minimal cost.
A Pendleton geologist living in Fierceton explains to Record staff that interurban lines, once feared for harming small towns, now seem to help local commerce. He cites Bantverme in Allen County where merchants note initial traffic from Fort Wayne eased as trade stabilized. He endorses subsidies for the Winona to Fort Wayne line, seeing broader community benefit.
Lunch option listed as Hungarian goulash for tonight from Wiebke's Board of Trade. Classified want ads in the Journal Gazette carry single word vocations and limited wording.
The article outlines discounted rail and event fares for Republican and Democratic national conventions, with specific round trip prices, sale and return windows, and dates. It notes hotel arrangements in Chicago Denver and Lake Maxinkucket, plus staff changes at Pennsylvania Lines hotels and a layoff-related accident at a local shop. It also covers rising issues with tramps boarding freights and railroad police responses.
In Indiana the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville and Interurban lines agree to interchange freight and passenger business for the first time. The move ends long-standing clashes between steam railroads and electric interurbans, signaling a major shift in regional rail policy and operations. The C C and T L, a dominant railroad in the state, will exchange traffic with the interurban system, tapping productive regions and altering competitive dynamics.
A bulletin from Lake Shore outlines running time changes effective May 31. No. 452 will depart Jackson Sundays at 4:20 p.m. and arrive Fort Wayne at 10:40 a.m.. No. 456 runs daily except Sunday. No. 433 leaves Fort Wayne daily at 4:45 p.m. arriving Jackson at 8:25 p.m. The news notes staff movements, retirements, and shop incidents at Wabash and Pennsylvania shops, with personnel changes and equipment issues highlighted.
Lima Rhenishican Gazette reports auditor C Akerman Kaas returned from reviewing county menders at Mansfeld convent to appraise rail lines in Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago. Second track valuation rose $599 per mile while rolling stock increased $4200.10. Machinery credits reduced $2100 with net county gain $156.19 and rolling stock appraised at $47,220 per mile.
A laborer named Widrizeskh obtained four days of absence from the Pennsylvania railroad and will depart soon to join his family in Russia to establish their future home. His arrival years ago was tied to rioting in which many of his people perished, and he kept a reclusive life since.
In Warsaw Indiana on May 22 a trolley wire snapped from its fastenings on the Winona Interurban line between Minford and Leesburg. The trolley plunged and ripped wires, severing the line and pulling down poles. Several private telephones were damaged as the car moved away, with no injuries reported.
Edwin M Keever died at 1620 Wellawtreet Friday morning after a long illness. He was born in St Joe township and lived here many years. Survived by wife and one child, parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Keever Ot alster, Miss Goldfn Keever, and other relatives. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from his residence and 2 20 pm from Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. Friends may view remains at the residence only.
Fire investigators and coroner officials traced the blaze to the boiler room at the Aveline hotel site. The boiler fire charred nearby posts and wreckage, with a partially consumed coal bin and a boiler room origin. A partially burned office register was found, its owner unidentified.
Belt cars will be placed in service Sunday at icelack and operated until 10 p m. The low fare of one cent for round trip makes the trip attractive. Extra cars will run Sunday evening if weather remains mild to prevent crowding and ensure a pleasant ride.
Officials of the Fort Wayne and Wa bash Valley and the Indiana Union Traction companies completed arrangements for a daily flyer from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne beginning June 1. The train will depart Indianapolis at 12 noon and arrive in Fort Wayne at 4 15 p.m., reducing travel time to four hours and fifteen minutes. The 135 mile route will be among the world’s fastest long distance trolleys with no change to departure times for the Indianapolis United.
Transportation official R. Ty Gunn, superintendent of the local traction company, announced Belt Line cars would operate Sunday afternoon from 1 PM to 10 PM to serve riders and relieve other lines. Service will resume daily as traffic justifies it.
The Greensboro NC secretary T Albert Pearson addressed a state Audubon society convention at the high school, urging children to value birds after recounting harsh scenes of bird poachers. He outlined the national organization formed in 1886 and noted strong state networks, wildlife protections, and the economic role of birds in insect control.
A fragmented note mentions a boat meeting with a very large audience and a dinner or lunch event labeled lunch tonight. Wiebke appears as a partial name in the context. The text is incomplete but indicates a public gathering with a meal component and a participant named Wiebke.
City residents report a case of suspected smallpox quarantine for Migs Beuluk Consett after illness. Dollerhite Wol e injured while skating on West Superior Street, attended by Dr. G M Go ean. Police character Overly arrested for drunkenness at Bar rison and Main. Dr H Huvieo bought Ernet and Louise Kempt property at 122 West Wayne Street for $10,000. description notes a 160 foot depth brick building. Mr and Mrs Gus Anderson return from Jamestown after thirty years in Fort Wayne, choosing to remain.
John T. Gimpaon president of American Concrete Steel company Newark NC visited the city to arrange shipment of machinery used in the General Electric building on Montgomery Street to Pittsburg where the firm has secured a fine contract. Simpson said building material costs are low now but expected to rise quickly within two months.
Kendallville Indiana May 22 A buggy ride ends with Miss Wisie Smith spraining her ankle and needing a crutch after Dr Williams attended the injury. J B Taylor, Lake Shore pump house engineer, slips with a wheelbarrow of ashes over coal and sprains his right arm but remains at work though unable to lift with his left arm.
In W H Eater court today four youths faced fines and costs totaling 23 dollars each and paid. A high school building incident saw youths attempt to place a class banner in the assembly room but were stopped by a janitor and a police officer named Bouplas.
First News Bureau reports Miss Arli Ly hosted 22 friends for a pleasant Wednesday evening at her Lagrange residence. Progressive games and prizes, won by Hazel Balch and Bessie Lee Robinson, with roses decorating the rooms, and refreshments served, made the gathering a agreeable social event.
News Bureau reports at Auburn Indiana on May 2 having Circuit Judge E A Bratton select two appointive members for the board of review while the remaining three consist of officials already serving by virtue of their offices. The new appointees are Charles Arford of Stafford and George W Crooke of Water?se.
War saw Rich School boys and four men were arrested after an attempted entry into a building. Policeman's son Harry Thrush, Linen Tobin, Emmett Pous faz, and Frank Stewart were among those detained. Event linked to a foreign entrance breach in Warsaw Tal on May 22.
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