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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1908
Page
10
An exceptionally low rate of one cent per mile with the effect. Special round trip tickets from Fort Wayne on the interurban station for $2.08. Road on Wasted and local vary, will cost you to participate in a good work and enjoy a delightful trip for a small amount of money.
A fragmentary diary aboard the Loyal Mail 65 recounts Dr M oscar and fellow passengers including priests and brides amid sea life. The piece notes gossip, humor, and social mix among clergymen doctors and lay travelers while reporting on Marconi wireless attempts and a christening at sea.
Four thousand dollars in purses for stake races at the Fort Wayne Fair. Entries closed May 15 with about one hundred entries listed so far, including top trotters and pacers from the Grand Circuit. Stables have until June 16 to name horses for the $4,000 total purse and the event marks a historic first for the association.
In Montpelier Indiana a 2:16 Trotting Class with a $1000 stake drew entries from buyers including Hanes Ruckels of Glenville Ohio and Dick Wilson of Rushville Indiana. Other noted entrants include Boone Bros Holland Austria Clover Bottom arm Donelson Tennessee and Thomas Tipnit Siney Ajution Tiviss and Coplen Pierceton. Breeders and stock farms such as Grove stock farm Tadlangla Ii eryat Banite Sigh PB John ii Cutson and George McHatia are listed among the participants.
A stove sale at Fox Bros & Co offers a Range originally priced at 45 dollars now reduced to 36 dollars. The event highlights a significant discount for kitchen ranges and invites shoppers to visit the store for demonstrations and availability.
Two memorial services will honor the fallen soldier in Fort Wayne today. Morning sermon at Bethany Church by Rev. J. A. Daley at 10 39. An afternoon gathering at the Majestic theater at 2 80 with Captain T. W. Blair presiding. The program includes prayers, songs, and addresses by Huntington Ladies Quartet and Rev. A Sim Bong among others.
Gas work continues in city streets with multiple lanes scheduled for May 26, including Calhoun, Creighton, Lafayette, and Woodland corridors. Notices list precise blocks affected, with repairs extending along Kilfea, Taber, Sultenfeld, Fontise, Leith, and Esmond areas. Local want ads in the journal Gazette emphasize concise notices.
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