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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
9
A description of children's dresses and fabrics highlights silk, gauze, lingerie, silk trims, and washable Beavies cloths. It notes warm separate garments, various colors such as blue brown and dark red, and styles with belts joining skirts to overblouses.
The Journal Gazette pattern department offers May Monton No. 645 for children aged six with sizes 24 yards 32 or 24 yards 44 inches wide. Send 19 cents per pattern plus 2 cents postage, and a ten cent co receipt. Include size and pattern name, mail to Fellon with payment to receive by return mail.
A long fragment details a bustling social scene with travel, visits, and gatherings. It lists hostesses and guests, dinners, dances, and party decor across several households, noting birthdays, engagements, and upcoming travel. Names include Mrs. Miles, Miss Alma Young, Miss Alma Molt, Mrs. Harding, and Miss Kathleen Garven, among others.
A finel-gray serge pattern for a growing girl dress with waist fullness, turn-back collar, and long back hem lines. Pattern available in sizes up to 14 years, yardage varies by fabric width, price 79 cents, pattern sent with order and 10 cent postage.
A historic Scottish Rite convocation plans initiation across Tuesday and Wednesday in this city. Secretary Charles Read predicts about two hundred Masons will attend as degrees from four through eighteenth are conferred by Port Wayne lodge and Emmanuel chapter Rose Croix with leaders including William Geake and James B.E. Harper coordinating ceremonies across sessions and responses from prominent members expected.
In Chicago Jerome United States district attorney El W Sims filed for a writ of certiorari to the U S Supreme Court. Attorney General Parle argues over the form of the application. If the court denies the writ the case could be decided on the merits by the higher court after a retrial.
Fire and water damaged the editorial and composing rooms of the New York American, hindering the morning production as reporters and compositors faced disruption. No word on injuries or final print status was given, with continuous efforts to salvage the issue underway.
In Des Moines a secret session of the Anti-Saloon League delegates charged Prohibitionists with treachery and refused to rule out alliance with the Prohibition party. State superintendents claimed Prohibitionists sought to defeat temperance aims by creating divisions and aiding liquor interests during the Nebraska campaign.
Judge Tag Jer in federal court names Warren Siekoell and Frank A Scott as joint receivers for the Municipal Traction and Cleveland Railway companies. Each posts a 100000 bond. Receivers take control immediately under court supervision to preserve the property while final rights are reserved for later hearing.
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