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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1908
Page
15
Inland report states Joan Weern will speak here Wednesday. A special train service is planned on the interurban route in the northern part of the state, with many services abandoned.
William Willis, about fifty, a conductor for Nickel Plate at Bellevue, was killed in Continental when a rail broke free at a crossing. The pilot on which he stood was torn, and he was crushed between the engine and detaching rail. He died nine hours later at St Joseph's hospital after severe injuries including compound knee fracture and abdominal trauma. The crossing had long caused trouble due to rail and tie work. Willis leaves a wife and sons. funeral arrangements pending under company auspices.
Superintendent RK Lakson of the Nickel Plate Railway states Clyde Pritchard will likely be appointed agent at the Fort Wayne pond. Pritchard, already in the ticket office, is praised by superiors and popular with traveling public. appointment may take effect November 1.
Laborers at Wa Kuiteng mill and nearby shops paused operations to hear Taft's noon speech, with some dismissals reported but most workers remaining within a short walk of the speaker's location as the visit proceeded.
A lengthy industrial and social update notes a back from a two week automobile trip by a superintendent and several union and machine shop members. It records travel through Ohio and Kentucky to Louisville and on to Mammoth Cave, with returns via the Ohio River to Bucyrus. Also detailed are health issues, workers’ illnesses, and a large roster of shop personnel, trips, and assignments at the Fort Wayne area plants, plus a church service for railroad workers and various personnel changes and medical incidents.
Robertson drives the Locomobile to victory in a grueling endurance race. He battled tire trouble and flames, maintaining lead past Chadwick and Lytle, while Striker and Keene suffered setbacks. Final times placed Robertson ahead by nearly four minutes as Locomobile claimed top honors.
An unclear note describes a person named Jack Case entangled in a legal matter amid a fragmentary report. The text references editing, a presumed feature, and a date placeholder with many garbled phrases, giving no verifiable details.
Lagrange Indiana October 24 James Geren, longtime chief clerk in Bi R Steele & Co grocery, was purchased and will move to Elly after election. Reports say the Me. Geren and family are prominent in church and society. Pallerain Kievens sell at $3,000. Taft’s speech was interrupted by a man passing a box of cigars.
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