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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
8
Local industries announce extended or altered workweeks with 60 hour schedules and Saturday shifts. Departments, like plant operations, will maintain ten hour five day weeks, while some shops move to thirteen hour days. No discharges reported as the industry adjusts staffing for upcoming weeks.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a guaranteed cure for catarrh bronchitis coughs and grip with a money back promise. It describes a personal inhaler device sold for 1.00 plus a 50 cent bottle refill and cites testimonials from customers who claim relief after use.
The board will meet in New York next week to reorganize after a stockholder vote. Directors elected include Col Reynolds and Edward O T Jurkey as chairman, with key officers retained. Proxies of George Gould and others were voted, and no board contests emerged.
Responding to an Akron appeal, George Tlurding of the central labor body convened a committee to solicit funds across the city. The committee, Clayton I, Johnhseon J C Werke, and Perse Hell Mas Harding, plans a citywide drive to aid two Pookbinders union members jailed after rioting in Hair City.
Efforts to raise 995,000 stock would move the Entige Rick 7 Mond Hat factory from Richmond Ind to this city. The firm offers to transfer $25,000 stock at invasion price to a new concern financed by local capitalists, shifting control from former management. About 200 workers could be employed, with expansion and heavy advertising planned as The Wayne brand.
A fragmented promotional piece extols a Digest or Dyspepsia remedy, citing Lord Bacon like wit and medical authority. It touts digestion aids, health benefits, and urges readers to send payment to a Chicago or New York mail address for the product brochures and sample tablets.
A local collection effort was noted to aid Moses Moten in a community drive. The text mentions multiple names and a faulty recount of events at a street scene with warnings of police involvement and potential future trouble.
A faulty bridge near Wee Swinney Park on St Marys is again on the blink as an order from Superintendent McKim halts traffic. Across No 2 track locomotives run at high speed. J Kurt Johns of General Electric head to New York, while a meeting of supervisors from Vision Treaters is planned at the central plant. Three machinists report to Beefer Tank Works. a newspaper claim of 100 night-shift hires is dismissed as false.
Preparations outline an electric power scheme for Wabash shops with Wanasa Valley Traction supplying power and line changes. The report lists numerous staff movements, site work progress, and travel among Pennsylvanian, Bowser, and Fort Wayne plant personnel, including boiler and blacksmith updates, resignations, and upcoming events.
The Majestic features a lively program with Miss Marry, Miss Dun, and Wright Huntington in The Girl I Left Behind Me. Performances continue with strong reviews of the army drama and military settings, while preparations for The Christian and Tall Caine pieces unfold.
The Saturday matinee and night show at the Ma ideath features Buster Bryn an musical comedy with a long running county run. It showcases the boy character and his friends in a popular cartoon style with a trio and a girl background. New costumes and songs are included and a revised edition titled Brown will be shown. Children under five may attend free at the center.
Thursday activities include attendance at funerals and sickness reports among railway workers. Conductor G Fletcher and others return from illness. new hires like William Schaerer. Frank Fits and Kimball Piano prize winners noted amid meetings of railroad classes and restriction quarantines affecting staff and families.
An unclear early 20th century style text discusses health, digestion, and the impact of bowel movements on the blood and general strength. It mentions dietary factors, medical tonics, and the idea that regular bowel action is linked to overall vitality, with references to treatments and health products.
A fragmentary notebook style letter details a farmer's daily hardships and thoughts. The writer laments routine toil, recalls scenes with family and neighbors, and hints at a difficult, improvised life on the road and in fields. The text captures a rough, personal voice amid blurred names and places.
This wartime style advertisement promotes Kodol, claiming it rapidly eases indigestion by digesting food and restoring mood. It asserts wide health benefits from preventing nervous dyspepsia and even links digestion to serious diseases, urging readers to try the product with a money back guarantee and to visit a druggist for purchase.
The article extols a new form of amusement at the casing era describing it as the best entertainment introduced. It claims the attractions will please every reader and notes a phrase about judgment in love and war as a proposed title.
In today’s page the ad hints at a final day for a funny picture and promises a complete change with a new baking plot. It urges readers to catch the show tomorrow for a hearty laugh as the whole scheme shifts. A busy schedule lists matinees and evening frames with times and venues.
The Fort Wayne Federation of Labor urges all workers to attend Friday evening’s meeting at Princess rink. President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation will speak on labor’s problems, addressing organized and unorganized laborers alike.
Fragmented notices report births: a daughter to Marlon A. Uraichord and family in Fonsland. a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph Minnluly in Radisen Ship. a child named Usath and Mes Barish dorish in Ghill. A separate note hints at relaying a Columbia avenue streetcar line expected to complete by a near morning.
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