Fort Wayne Sees Shortage of Girls in Factories
Fort Wayne Indiana April 24 four to five hundred girls could find ready employment in local factories and the city with three thousand girls already working. Wayne Knitting Mills leads employers with over a thousand female workers while Fort Wayne Box Co and others hire sizable female staffs. Factories post ads seeking help though shortage persists year round and some managers cannot recruit sufficient workers despite fair wages.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Wayne Knitting Mills
Fort Wayne Box Company
Electric Works
Denver Praised by Hoosier Writer Amid Western Growth
Shelbyville Indiana reports Denver as a remarkable city on a barren western plain. The piece notes rapid growth since 1858, 2,000 school age children, daily rail traffic, grand blocks worth up to a million dollars, the Brown Palace hotel at one and a half million, the Equitable Life building costing $3,000,000, a large public museum, three smelters yielding $30,000,000 yearly in precious metals, a giant 350 foot brick chimney, and water from South Platte and Cherry Creek with a Chamber of Commerce exhibition building open to visitors.
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Shelbyville
Ind
S. B. Morris
Denver
Union Station
Seventeenth Street
Brown Palace
Equitable Life Insurance Building
South Platte River
Cherry Creek
Chamber of Commerce
Manufacturers of
Thirteenth Street
Capitol Hill
Broadway Street
Trinity M. E
Statehouse
Great Circus Interests Fill Capitol Hill District
The article describes a thriving urban district with two major banks occupying upper floors and a busy observatory atop a building. Capitol Hill features palatial homes, parks, schools, and extensive streetcar networks, while noting notable figures B. E. Wallace and Carl Hagenbeck. The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus comes to town on April 2 with mid air acts, wild beasts, and 300 arena champions, promising spectacular performances.
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Universal
B. E. Wallace
Carl Hagenbeck
Wild Animal Kinxy
Stillingen
Hamburg
Germany
Mr. Hagenbeck
Mr. Wallace
Indiana
Peru
Indianapolis
Hagenbeck-Wallace
America
Plan celebration at completion of Garal canal project
Hammond Indiana April 24 September 30 1909 mark the expected completion of the East Chicago company digging a four mile canal ten feet wide and fifteen feet deep. The waterway will link Lake Michigan with the Grand Calumet river and serve Indiana Harbor East Chicago and Hammond with an inland waterway about 200 feet wide and 30 feet deep at a cost of five million dollars.
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Hammond
Ind
Calumet
East Chicago Company
Lake Michigan
Grand Calumet River
Indiana Harbor
East Chicago
Decatur set for city primary elections this spring
Decatur Indiana citizens buzz over forthcoming city primaries. Democrats will hold a primary next month with date TBD while Republicans plan theirs later. both parties seek candidates for city offices amid ongoing campaign talk.
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Decatur
Ind
Candidates Named in City Election Rumors
Rumors say E Burt Lenhart Charles Christen Samuel Doak and Henry Lankenau will run in the Democratic mayoral race while Oswald Weinhoff and R Earl Peters seek city clerk. Old councilmen are expected to seek re nomination. Simeon Fordyce is mentioned as a possible Republican mayoral candidate.
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E. Burt Lenhart
Charles Christen
Samuel Doak
Henry Lankenau
Oswald Weinhoff
R. Earl Peters
Simeon Fordyce
Morristown Prepares for Old Folks Singing Event
Morristown Indiana gears up for the Old Folks singing event on the fourth Sunday in May at the M E church. Two remaining Old Harmony singers Leonard Hackleman and Mrs Phoebs Cotton are noted. a younger Diapason class has taken their place. Large crowds are expected.
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Morristown
Ind
M. E. Church
Old Harmony Singers
Leonard Hackleman
Phoebs Cotton
Manilla
Hell
Sure Sign From Courier Journal Quips On A Wedding
A witty telegraph exchange about a young man who has married the speaker’s daughter ends with a bemused note that the groom wired collect. The Louisville Courier Journal captures a lighthearted greeting to a new union.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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