Fort Wayne Advertisers and Services Directory
A Fort Wayne wide trade list features J A Shoafe and 98 Columbia street vendors, wholesalers, and retailers. It catalogs books, stationery, clothing, hats, china ware, cider and vinegar, wool fabrics, druggists, musical instruments, millinery, paints, and more with addresses across Calhoun and Columbia streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Ward
Calhoun Street
Pblg
WARDS
Donnst
Beeler & CO
Columbia Street
Commission
S Bash & CO
Wool
Fura and Pelta
Severe Storm Hits Ossian with Lightning and Flooding
A severe morning storm at Ossian began at 3 a m and ended shortly after 6 a m. Lightning struck Joseph Gorrell’s barn, burning it and eight tons of hay and thirty bushels of wheat. his horse was saved by neighbors. The store and schoolhouse were struck or damaged only slightly, aided by copper rods. Torrential rain caused water to overflow streets, described as Ossian’s worst rainfall on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian, Inc
Sentinel
Oasian
Joseph Gorrell
Ossian
Russian Minister to be recalled amid prevarication claim
Washington reports Secretary Fish urged Russia on June 16 to recall Minister Catakacazy for misconduct. Moscow replies that the Russian government will recall him and appoint M. Bodisco as consul general in New York to replace him. The issue follows tensions over official transactions and German-Russian relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Fish
Curtin
Catakacazy
M. Bodisco
Frank P. Blair
Cape May
Missouri
Gatz Brown
Grant
Shhurz
Curiosities of death by own action and mind trials
A discussion of whether a person can die by self action, with cases where mental status is inferred. Examples include a man driven to suicide by a fortune teller’s prophecy, a Paris jumper deterred by a sentry, and a bachelor who kills himself after elopement news. A Swiss magnate kissed a girl, was punished, and a court awarded damages.
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Paris
Seine
Emigration Waves and Public Notices Stir Nineteenth Century Echoes
A jumble of 19th century items discusses Boston advice and sun heat curiosities, debates on grammar and prose, misreported ages, and local school stats. It notes Philadelphia schools employing 1,539 teachers, Bishop Simmons’ illness, and Dr. Edward Myers criticizing durango in cancer treatment. It mentions Booth’s Theater, frenzied theatrical chatter, and a call for stronger law enforcement. It closes with emigration efforts: an American-Canadian program, 100,000 ready workers, and the tendency of emigrants to settle in the United States or Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Carr. Ericsson
Richard Cant Wright
Cetra Lucan Kellogg
Washington Chronicle
Olive
Philadelphia
Edward Myers
San Francisco Bulletin
Booth's Theater
Grace
Lottain
Little Nell
Marchioness
Phest
Hamtet
Lotta
Rex RorLer
Coe
Sal Mootland
Hheir
Acaume
Atlantic
United States
Poe
Canada
Sontor Confesses In Wagon Robbery Case
D W Sontor, a United States Express messenger jailed for the Aug. robbery, admits participation after varying accounts of being approached months earlier by an unnamed man who urged him to join. Scanlan and Thomas Grady are also in custody for the theft. driver Keniall denies any knowledge. The mastermind and the money are believed known to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
D. W. Sontor
United States Express Delivery
Scanlan
Thomas Grady
Keniall
Cholera measures in Prussia and Paris repair plans
In Konigsburg twenty three cholera cases with thirteen deaths prompt strict Prussian controls. Paris outlines a 350 million franc loan for rebuilding damaged by the Commune. London reports yacht maneuvering, a deadly gin explosion in Slow Market, and a Baltimore & Ohio theft case unraveling with arrest of John Ryland and suspected accomplice Carnahan.
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Bern
Konigsburg
Prussia
Paris
Thiers
London
Commodore Asbury
Egeria
Livonia
America
New York Place
Cambria
Cuba
Queenstown
Liverpool
Malta
Corkburn
Board of Arbitration
Washington
Beruin
Biswarck
Sace
Maine Central to Probe All Bridges After Rail Accident
Portland August 12 Maine Central Railroad officers order immediate investigations of every bridge on the line. Bangor station agent to provide medical aid and cover wounded riders' expenses. Coroners inquest blamed the damaged bridge. officials claim rottenness not known, though June inspection preceded orders to strengthen the structure.
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Portlanpd
Maine Central Railroad
Bangor
Double Murder Near Denver. Farmhand At Large
Denver reports a double murder three miles up the Platte River. George Banacina is dead while his sister Mrs Newton is not expected to survive. Theo Myer, the farm hand accused, is at large with a large reward offered for capture. Mrs Newton suspects her formerly property owner husband Freedenhall.
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Denver
Platte River
George Banacina
Newton
Theo. Myer
Banacina
Freedenhall
Confederate Officers and War Deaths Mentioned in Alabama
Capt. David H. Todd brother of Mrs. Lincoln and a Louisiana Confederate captain is noted for his death at Shiloh. His brother Sam Todd served as a private in the Crescent regiment of New Orleans, with links to Secretary Seward’s kin. A grim undertaker remark about graveyard trade and coffins follows, satirically praising the trade amid war reporting.
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Rome
Cosica
Cardinal Antonelli
Corti
Holy Father
M Vallens
Marseilles
Juuther
David H. Todd
Mrs. Lincoln
Alabama
Louisiana
Sam Todd
Crescent Regiment
New Orleans
Richmond Enquirer
Shiloh
Beauregard
Buell
Todd
Grant
Lincoln
Seward
Financial markets report from New York and stock activity
New York markets show firm gold at 1124 1125 and easy money at 3 percent. Stocks strong led by Reading New York Central and Pacific Mail with weaknesses in Rock Island Northwestern due to rumor-driven trading. Notable entries include United States Steel Wells Fargo and Erie with mixed readings across rails and shipping stocks.
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New York
Reading
New York Central
Scrip
Pacific Mail
Taion Pacific
Wabash
Rock Island
Northwestern
WU Cepiiagakvicaenren Leew Gksen
Pacific
Erie
Cass
Heine Acs
Pitteburgh
BTU
Valve
Cleveland Col Rock Teland
St Joe
Market report from New York August grain and commodity notes
Flour receipts 12 000 barrels sales 7 000. Wheat winter prices up 1 2, spring quiet. Testes 122 000 bushels sold 126 000 at 1 85 for No 2 spring afloat, 139 42 for winter red western. Rye scarce but firm. Corn firm receipts 169 000 bushels. sales 42 000 at 66 for common mixed western, 66 4 663s for good chocolate. Barley dull. Outs quiet receipts 50 000. sales 28 000 at 47 52 for western and Ohio. Pork easier with 10 000 barrels at 133 254 1350. Beef unquiet. Lard firm with 100 theroes at 9 9 c and 94 v for kettle rendered. Whisky 93c. Sugargeneral. Petroleum crude 13 4 4 retinet 24. Coal 5 50 6 60. Leather more active. Wool quiet and very firm.
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Western
Ohio
Result of the Elections in Mexico City August 1
The opposition leads with numbers 2,227 for Gedo and 3,00 for Diaz. Juarez reports 5,023 partses commanding Mantanzas, Cortinas holds Rio Grande, and clashes over depredations on the American side threaten a collision. Troops are sent to Bazo to stop outrages and prevent escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Gedo
Diaz
Dearo
Juarez
Mantanzas
Cortinas
Rio Jande
Bazo
Puta
New York Yacht Club Visit to Boston and Regatta Plans
The New York Yacht Club visits Boston with a dinner with the Eastern Yacht Club and a Sunday religious service aboard a yacht. A grand regatta is set for Monday with starts from Swampscott. Also noted is the Adams commission signing at Long Branch and Crooks' Apache campaign near Tucson Arizona.
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Boston
New York Yacht Club
Eastern Yachtlub
Swampscott
Market report from Cincinnati telegraph August turmoil
By Telegraph Cincinnati August 12 floor steady family 540 560 wheat quiet at 112 115 corn firm 59 53 oats unchanged at 8 to 88 rye 17 69 cotton nominally unchanged whiskeyseed to 8 provisions buoyant unsettled pork sold at 1900 bulk saleable at 606 6K 6h bacon 6 7K 73 lard 8Y butter cheese unchanged dull eggs 123 dull river risen seven inches river in channel one foot three inches weather clear in port thermometer 83
Wheat and corn futures firm with varied quotes
Telegraphed market update shows wheat prices improving by about two cents with moderate activity. No 2 red and white grades listed for Michigan and Illinois, while corn rises slightly and oats hold steady. lake freights remain firm with rates to Buffalo and Owego at fixed levels.
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Telegraph
Epo
Auswat
Michigan
Lake
Buffalo
Oawego
Wheat and Corn Markets Report From August Telegraph
Wheat in fair demand and firm with 20 000 bushels sold Milwaukee Club 120 bushels. Corn quiet and steady with 80 000 bushels sold No 2 western at 66 2 3 cents and 6 000 bushels arrived at 56 1 2 cents. Oats heavy and 1 2 cents lower. Canal freights 0 1 for wheat 1 3 for corn and 0 1 for oats to New York.
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Borrano
Milwaukee Club
Oata
Nework
Detroit Market Prices Report
Detroit by Telegraph August 12 notes mixed grain and livestock activity with wheat prices up 1 to 2 cents, corn quiet, oats records mixed. notable values include white wheat at 1 37, amber 1 240195, and Treadwell at 1 97 while No 2 white corn bids seen at 1 20.
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Telegraph
Detroit
Treadwell
Chicago Market Provisions Firm as Pork and Whisky Rise
Provisions firmer with pork sales at 135 percent and 19 6934 September rate at 12 123g yearly. Market held steady with $375 cash and strong demand for shoulders. Whisky firm with saleable stock noted.
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At &R
Milwaukee Warkers Report From Telegraph News
August dispatch from Milwaukee cites a quiet city scene and a $56334 figure in the milwaves report. Wheat market notes and local signals appear in brief status items.
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Milwaukee
Sios
Noa
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Fort Wayne Daily -Sentinel
Szwrinen Bortpixe
Calhoun
Wayne Stragta
Ay E
Daily Sentinel
Weekly Sentinel
Lyr
Fort Wayne
Uldy
Uines
Art Galeries
J. A. Shoafe
P. Stockbridge
Ienon & Bro
L. Norpennaer & Sons
Oote .& Wooster
Sain
Calhoun Streets
Ever 8Ro.'s & CO
Keystone
Columbia
Daniel Vollmer
Calhoun and
Berry Streets
Biy Goods
Ror & Company
Iliracwre
We Beltz & Bro
Calhoun. Street
B. Oakley & Son
Colamita Street
Sir P. Harper
Aveline House
Ames Marper & CO
Nix
Milliners and Nations
Medical
Eclectic School of Medicine
Edinburgh
Scotland
Jeferson Medical Colege
Morgan & Beach
Kestel
Etna
Neuberger
Mayer House
Raleigg
M. Kane & Bro
Keystone Block
J Co. Wilmo
City Paint Shop
Clinton ¢Reet
Wheeler
West Lewis Street
WOOD
Aris. Newcomer & CO
D J. Rover
Washington Streets
Gary
Lingenfeller & Bro
MAN & Rubin
Main
Dward Fleischer
Court Street
Trank Manufacturers
A J. Pickens
Cal* Houn Street
Walnut Lumber
Foffnan Bro
Mair and
van Buren
Windée Shades and
Wall Paper
Starkey
West Berry Street
Central Grocery
F.f.boltz
Calhgun ST
F. F. Bolyz
Cassimeres
Dorfrahins
Veseiags
A. Foster
Inn
Wise
Harmers
Siz
Geportea
Frank Blair
Tratz Brown
Tennie O. Claffini
Congress
Tennie Claffin
Tennie C. Claffin
German Progressive Association
the Pope OF
Algeria
8Th Avenue
20Th St
Cogny
Switzerland
Tov
Samuel Baxter
Cherokee County
Kansiz
Foreign News
J.E. Rankin
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Frank Janes
John Ryland
Ryland
James Carnahan
Carnahan
Ft. Wayne Company
Colorado
Mrs. Lincoln’s Brothers
Wayne Machine Works
J. H. Bass
Judson’s
Stillwell & Pierce’s
Wisill
Foster Bros
N. Y
Foster Brothers
New York City
Nottingham
A. Hattersley
Main Street
Clinton
Bort Wayne
Marbuce
Foreign and American
White
H. G. White
Mass
E. H. Nill & Co., Auggists & Chemists
Fort Wayne, Ind
Coal and Coke
Bass & Smith
Lehigh
Lackawanna
Youghiogheny
Hanging Rock
Salisbury
Wrassilion
Lake Superior
Financial & Commercial
New York Stock Market
John H. Bass
Colbin Street
Ind
Anzladly
City of
Walnut Street
Fairfield Avenue
Oakley Street
Montgomery Street
Lafayette Street
Banna Street
Said Street
Barr Street
Hanna Street
Francis Stree
Common Council
Brackenridge
D.ot
New York Market
Wserico
The
Wassington
Charles Francis Adams
Secretary of State
Long Branch
San Francisco
Tucson Arizona
Crooks
Peace Commission
Underwill & Mattison
E. H. Nill &Co
Calhoun St
Board of Commissioners
Allen County
Indiana
Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad
Timothy Hogan
Cincinnati
Virginia Street
Toledo Street
Lewis Addition
Coumono Council
Lts
Lewis
Don
F. P. Randall
Sau
P. Fereman
Toledo
Council
Ram. P. Fasemay
CityClerk
Staats Zeltamg
Augsditt
Buffalo Market
Chicago Market
Caioaco
Ball, Black & CO
Roadway
Building Contractors
Becker
Stateu
Sutermeister
Becker & Bond
Apli
Fxe Peat Ae En Sen Ander
Cope Enheimer
Ausid
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