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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
3
The Independence discussion centered on whether a traction company may urge workers to vote with their conscience. Statements claimed corporations have no right to influence employees and stressed neutrality regardless of party. Local officials, including Mr. Eui mune, affirmed commitment to letting workers decide freely between Democrats and Republicans.
Local promotion offers 00 topcoats raincoats and overcoats for sale in sou La enbase from Admiral Coffee at the Pattersons Fletcher Co. store.
New Haven Indiana residents Mr H T Schnetker and son Norbert returned Tuesday from a brief business trip to Chicago. Mrs Vooras Reilly of Woodburn visited Jacksonville for devotion services and other relatives gathered for harvest season observances. Fort Wayne parish life featured a Mass and benediction with clergy from nearby towns, while a sermon on The Joys of Heaven drew parishioners. Local businesses opened a new bil rd roof and cigar stand in the Hilker building as part of ongoing community activity.
In Mal Oen 2n court terms a debtor and a company faced docket actions. A note for $195 on a deed of sale and an indigent claim against Simeon Ronny were highlighted alongside a lien involving a Harrow company and a property transfer.
Advertisement praises Scott's Emulsion as nourishment and medicine for malnourished children who overtax digestion and fail to grow. A small dose three times daily is claimed to work wonders, with an offer to mail a “Complete Handy Atlas of the World” after sending name and address.
The circuit court opens with George Mor administrating the Budd estate in a $19,000 claim against Central Ualen Tel phone and Edgar Taylor, local manager, alleging fatal sparks from a dangling wire near Baker Street. Earlier, a $33,000 suit was filed. Budd leaves no wife or children, with his father and sister and brother as surviving relatives. Attorneys P. B. O Colerick and J. Ryan represent the plaintiffs. Also before Judge Heaton, Nelson Hoffner seeks $2,000 from Edward Wolfe in a collision case last May when Wolfe’s car struck Hoffner, though Wolfe denies negligence. Other actions include FLOP company v. Andrew P. Sullivan for $200 on a note, Dratbelbles representing, and Flora Hasson v. Zack Moison for $200 on a note, with Emritks as attorneys. Licensed marriages listed for Robert Mellor and La Gamble, Louis B. Pirn and Laurien Rundell, David S. Jacobsen and Mayme J. Pith, with George Ailey and Frances H. noted. PATTERSON-TLETCHEME CO.
Civil War veteran Waite, aged 87, buried in Ligonier after dying at his daughter’s Kendallville home from heart failure. Born April 10 1843 in LaGrange County, he served in Company C Thirtieth Indiana. Survived by wife and children and was laid to rest at nearby cemeter y after services at the daughter’s home.
The notice promotes American Air Cleaning company with a distinctive big blue wagon and the slogan cheaper and better than any system. It presents a historic 1918 hardware cleaning services claim.
At Auburn October 27 two Richland township youths Frank Swinders and Harry Delong pleaded guilty to destroying windows and doors of a schoolhouse near their homes. Swinders received a sentence of eighty dollars and Delong two hundred forty dollars, with additional costs. Local residents complain about repeated vandalism affecting township and individual property.
J E Pomeroy asks the circuit court to grant a civil divorce to Mrs Anna Beaty of this city from her husband John Beaty a longtime market operator. Accusations include years of intoxication inhuman treatment and associations with indecent characters. The petition seeks custody of two children an eight year old and a daughter born recently and alimony of 200 dollars.
Returns from five precincts in Lagrange and surrounding townships show narrow opposition to the railway subsidy. Bloomfield township voted against the subsidy in both Bloomfield and other precincts, with strong anti subsidy tallies in several locations. Proponents face a costly campaign as election expenses loom.
Prominent 2 Austen lady applies for divorce amid public scrutiny. The fragmentary text extols Hyomei as a quick remedy for croup and throat diseases, citing testimonials and a London pastor. The ad-like content includes medical claims and product endorsements with disjointed references to brands and figures.
The Noble County bar honored Judge Joseph W. Adair with a Scottish ring presented at his retirement. Resolutions praised his 20 years as judge and long service in the Noble and neighboring circuits. The event included officers and a follow-up gathering, marred only by a later accident injuring a courtroom official.
The report records a Police Court case in Puisan where a defendant was fined nineteen dollars plus costs for a charge tied to testimony. A separate appeal related to a sentence and fines of forty dollars is noted, with details about assessments and timing referenced but unclear in the fragments.
A newspaper brief reports that a pedestrian suffered facial injuries after being struck by a motor vehicle on a street in Lagrange. Details are limited due to the damaged OCR text, but the incident involves a driver and a bruised face.
In a late evening ceremony at the bride’s sister’s home in Nort Whitley Street, Mr. Ira Whimmer hosted the wedding of Ida Show of Wilcity and William J. Mexown, General for Kooper at Calling Hillen. McKown, married seven years, now with two daughters and a son, will reside at their new home.
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