Spring and Summer Garments Sell at Lower Prices
Bright days ahead prompt preparation with complete stocks of Spring and Summer wear. Lowered prices drive big sales of suits waists and skirts as fashion items move quickly.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1907
Page
8
Bright days ahead prompt preparation with complete stocks of Spring and Summer wear. Lowered prices drive big sales of suits waists and skirts as fashion items move quickly.
One of our strongest departments features complete lines for men women and children from top makers. Despite rising costs the store continues to offer all regular underwear at traditional prices, delivering savings to shoppers.
Allen County court notes show 90 percent payment of assessor bills due to a shortfall of 264 dollars from a 4192 dollar appropriation after deducting Betzold’s salary. Other townships’ bills fit the appropriation. Wayne is overage. Remaining funds to be sought. Damages suit over a pedestrian struck by a car seeks 3000 dollars. Several divorce and custody actions unfold with restraining orders and adoptions in process. Contracts are awarded for bridges and culverts totaling about 5000 dollars. Venue change granted in the Fort Wayne Employers case.
Judge Ed ward O Rourke heard petitions by Guy Coler ick for Central Ohio Paper Company Toledo and Cleveland Paper Manufacturing for appointment of a receiver. The company, merged with Merchants' Sale Book trust of Chicago, has been largely inactive. Nearby, the Parker estate heirs controversy was also before the court for division action.
Saturday Josephine Hoover alleges in the superior court that Charles Hoover is in possession of a farm and has appropriated it for his use and is dissipating its income. The filing claims a complaint was entered and the case proceeds in session.
Myrtle Zimmer files in circuit court alleging Cyrus Zimmer feigned love to secure her signature on a deed transferring their jointly owned home to his parents John G. and Susan Zimmer. She says prior to April 4, 1906 he was cold and abusive, then four months before the transfer he displayed profuse affection.
The advertisement promotes truss fitting services for hernias, claiming to have returned ruptures to proper position and to hold them in with firm, comfortable designs. It lists spring elastic silver and water pad options with soft or hard pads and guarantees fit and comfort.
A divorce suit filed by Jennie Klenke cites Louis Klenke as a husband who drank, abused her, and twice left her senseless, prompting the decree. The report covers court actions, jail transfers, and a series of local nuptials and social notices amid ongoing legal proceedings.
Tuesday reports include Josephine Barrick's divorce from William Barrick in superior court citing his excessive drinking and failed reform. Mary C. Smith wins divorce and child custody from William Smith after years of abuse and lack of support. Concurrently county officials discuss a stone road project along county lines and John M. Reinewald sues the City of Fort Wayne for 4000 damages after a bicycle accident.
Andrew J. Braun hosted the Atoz club eight miles north of the city with guests George Lenz Paul Keller Henry Gollmer and Herman Kaade. A Krauskopf home east of the city hosted a Sunday gathering of young people with a long list of Misses and Messrs including the Krauskopfs. Stephen Young’s farm three miles north hosted a lively Sunday afternoon and evening with Alm Rehling Bertha Brandt Carrie Ertel Bertha Kuchuk Emilie Young Theresa Young Sarah Henschen Clara McQuistion Anna Henschen and many others enjoying games cards music and a hearty supper.
A series of proposed marriages lists pairs with ages and professions, including Earl Thrasher and Olive Payton, John Tubbengans and Frances Schnoesenberg, Frank Schramm and Minnie Kegelman, Anthony Kern and Emma Goethe, Ira Croy and Bertha Miller, Joseph Richter and Rose Geary, Clarence Draper and Tillie Brooking, Merel Sarber and Avilla Hardenschild, Ernest Rolf and Louise Hitzemann, Clement Houser and Monica Schimele, Ernest Schulz and Mamie Hanson, Eugene Keck and Lavina Baughman, and Russell Huber with Ethel Jonnston.
Multiple birth notices report a series of new babies from families in Madison and Jefferson townships as well as Monroeville. The records list parents Alfred France Louis Urbine William Gable Ed Gerardat August Fuelling Cully Long and Fred Doris with sons and daughters born at home or local addresses.
Transfers to Waters to Wilding for $275 with part of section details. Reichelderfer to Vallien for 350 on a Springfield township lot. Scherer to Ulmer for 200 involving Lot 7 and adjacent parcels in Wayne township.
Property transfers across Perry and Milan townships include Wesley Waters to Bliss Waters for 5000 dollars in Perry township section 27, and multiple parcels in Sheldon, Adams, and Pleasant townships. Transactions involve Mowry & Hickox additions, Branning’s and Hanna’s adds, and several trusts and companies, with notable totals: 2060, 700, 500, 2600, 300, 200. Public works also approves vacating Lawrence avenue and alleys in A. C. Baker's addition in Washington township.
Superintendent Thomas Turflinger and wife host county officials for dinner to mark completion of additions and improvements at the county infirmary. An inspection of the buildings will follow, with the board of commissioners as guests of honor.
At a cabinet meeting Attorney General Bonaparte presented the Devlin report on the alleged assault on Japanese residents in San Francisco. He said initial stories were exaggerated and the problem stemmed from police protection issues during the strike. Secretary Root will decide on any further action.
Dr. T. C. Stankard, once police surgeon, links recent Terre Haute shooting and self harm incidents to moving pictures and city life tragedies. He notes six self-harm attempts by women in ten days and two men shot, with three crime-related factors tied to revivalist reform efforts and underworld despondency.
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