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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
4
A colorful clearance advert offers boys fancy suits ages 15 to 20 at half price and Buster Brown underwear for children also discounted.
The store offers outing pants at half price with prices listed from $1.50 to $3.00 for various original amounts. All blue black and staple pants are discounted 20 percent storewide.
Local retailer advertises Wayne Knit Half Hose with items priced at 25 cents 50 cents and fancy all styles in a bold storefront promotion. Customer choices include standard and fancy half hose offered at reduced rates.
The speaker defends competition and denounces private monopolies as indefensible. It details three remedies including a law against duplicate directors, a federal license system for interstate commerce, and rigorous enforcement of penalties to curb trusts.
The Indiana Furniture firm Graeter and Reul unveil grand Fort Wayne store plans. The six story structure will feature a complete fire extinguishing system, two elevators, extensive safety measures, electric lighting, glass and prism lighting, and a brick basement boiler and engine enclosure. Architect Henry W. Meyer to supervise construction with Henry C. Hochemeyer as general contractor. The project marks growth from a 600 square foot 1889 start to about 75,000 square feet of space.
The article covers rally scenes as Thomas R. Marshall, Democratic candidate for Indiana governor, and William Jennings Bryan prepare to speak after Kern accuses the Republican party of obstructing popular rule. Crowds arrive by train and banners adorn streets while the two candidates attend a reception at the Kern home.
The Bryan Kern campaign stops at the Colosseum after a noon lunch in a hotel dining room. crowds cheer as the party rides in and fills the hall for speeches by Thomas Taggart Norman Mack Theodore Bell and others, predicting Indiana’s electoral vote for Bryan and Kern and a November victory.
Rochester, N Y Aug 25 Local democratic leaders confirm National Chairman Norman E Mack has notified that William J Bryan will attend the state convention in Rochester on Sept 16 and deliver an address in Convention hall.
Tes Sentinel correspondence from Poe Indiana notes Mr and Mrs James Essig and their son John from Marion visiting relatives for two weeks. Methodists plan to attend a reunion at the park. Thomas Mullen is listed as sick. Decatur Home Telephone Co starts wiring and will extend to Poe. Cooney Drage of Fort Wayne visits the area. Mrs H E Smitley and daughters from Wær Roanoke visit P H Snider. Rev J S Newcombe and wife depart for Houtzdale Pa for a month with relatives.
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