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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1908
Page
18
Shoemaker's Poultry Book and Almanac for 1903 describes various thoroughbred fowls with illustrations and pricing. It explains poultry management topics including incubation, brooding, diseases, and poultry houses, aiming to guide farmers in successful poultry operation.
Cincinnati and other cities crack down as bucket shops face indictments and closures. Morehead Co and George H Stapely Co lead the wave of prosecutions. Oklahoma and New York enact anti bucket shop laws while Chicago damages decline. The system spans 1000 shops nationwide with vast wire networks and heavy political graft, harming countless innocents.
The article notes the Allen Progressive Church spirit fowday Jiggatalon in two regions with Rev Sydney Goodman of Ascension Episcopal and Pastor of the Mens church delivering sermons amid tobacco smoke. It highlights the Mens club origins, Goodman's outreach in Toronto Columbus Zanesville and Atlantic City, plus skating rink use of Oak Park church under Rev EB Snyder.
A historic exposé details how bucket shops mimic legitimate boards of trade, stealing price quotations from the Chicago market to rig fake exchanges. It traces Odell & Co and Edwards-Wood schemes, wire tapping, and fake brokers, noting government fights, injunctions, and eventual decline from Maine to California. The piece condemns embezzlers and praises regulatory action against counterfeiters and fake financiers.
The report covers several cases in a police court. John Lissenbderger, a wife deserter, was remanded to county jail for a suspended sentence. Ruth Campbell and Esther Kelder faced immorality conduct charges. Ruth received a four dollar fine and ten days in jail, Esther, claiming to be from Ausuca, was given poor results. Charles Laisure was fined one pound and sixty days in jail with punishment suspended, ordered to sign in weekly. A juvenile case involving Berton playmate was referred to the juvenile court.
A vintage notice promises a free home treatment for bed wetting claiming spanking fails and a constitutional cause exists. Mrs. M. Stragiers of Bex W Notxe Care Tad offers instructions by mail, advising mothers to write for relief without sending money. The ad also claims benefits for adults with urinary issues.
Edmonton dispatch details Canada’s vast northern forest nicknamed Canada’s Wend Box. Government aims to protect the region as a reserve while rushing the Grand Trunk Pacific line north of Saskatoon to Winnipeg. Rail construction, fire patrols, and lumber demand drive plans for northern development and a transcontinental route.
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