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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1908
Page
15
Railroads state regular fares will prevail through Thanksgiving with no reduced rates offered. Experts expect heavy passenger traffic despite no special holiday gates and anticipate possible excursions to Chicago with limited discount plans for the holiday period. The 2 cent per mile base fare remains in effect for the time being.
Fort Wayne plant reports progress on a contract secured from government for installing Bowser equipment at Block Island Lighthouse. A carload of factory product shipped to Peru as orders pour in and traveling salesmen note strong demand. Fort Wayne discusses patent rights for a new compression gas engine with investors eyeing Fort Wayne as a potential manufacturing site for engines and autos.
The Federation of id alondey wight plans to organize in Har Eetes from the 1s jJabor unions to cooperate in forming the Woman's ie and promote union education. Over 400 Pennsylvaniashop workers have joined payrolls, boosting monthly pay by about 16000, while the car department gains staff. Peter Collins and Elmer St John of Brotherhood No 236 travel to Mancie to arrange W H Hsiston funeral. Hais ton, a Mancie yard switchman and local union member, died yesterday.
C. ER. Rorky, a shopman from Pennsylvania, joined a hunting expedition in northern Michigan. He killed two bears and a deer himself, brings back the hides for tanning, and plans to wear a four bear skin coat in winter.
Beginning Monday the foreman ski department at the Fort Wayne Electric Works will be put on full time, working ten hours per day through the week and five hours on Saturday. For a long time the men have been on an eight hour schedule. Increased demand for products is given as the cause of the change.
Freight activity on the Nickel Plate is rising as engine 228 will run around the clock with two crews. During the recent downturn, the engine was on a twelve hour shift and crews were limited. Union notices cite the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, division 13, and other unions scheduling meetings at various times and halls to discuss employment and shift changes.
Industrial notes show H G Black off duty at the Wa bash with an actout of sickness while Michal hea heads Pennsylvania machining shops planning to spend Thanksgiving in Chicago with relatives. Ter engines were turned out of tha.
Washington dispatch notes the incoming president will bring his trusted valet Lopes bare, described as highly faithful and intuitive in anticipating the president’s needs. The article portrays Lopes bare as a devoted aide who executes even minor wishes promptly and with quiet humility.
The Fort Wayne area reports heavy activity in the Wabash and Pennsylvania shops with engines overhauled and crews at work across departments. Trainmasters, clerks, and officials travel for business while employees resume duties after illnesses and attend funerals, hunting trips end, and maintenance work prepares for winter.
The Misses Goodman open a high class hair dressing and manicuring parlor at 102 West Derey Street. Phone number listed as 2164. Urban readers get new grooming option in the neighborhood.
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