13 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1871
Page
1
The notice lists publishing details for the Daily Sentinel and Weekly Sentinel including prices by carrier and mail for different periods. It names the publishers and local office location at Calhoun and Wayne Streets and provides annual and half-year rates.
Fort Wayne readers can reference the leading Fort Wayne firms including art galleries books and stationery wholesalers and retailers, dry goods grocers hardware hats and furs millinery merchant tailoring and clothing and many others listed with street locations and partners. The directory highlights first class shops such as J A Shorite N P Stock Bridge Giemon & Bro Rash & Co Me Woodward Vogel & Son Linde man & Kubin and A J Pickens among many others.
The text records Masonic bodies meeting in Wayne with details of st a ted communications each month. Officers and secretaries named include Ferd Bultz and Shoah T, with various titles and positions listed among wardens and trustees. The fragmentary OCR preserves multiple names and roles across Lodges and Chapters.
LEAT HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY No 1 meets the first Wednesday of each month with Foreman F G Vogel and Secretary A H Carter. OPE HOSE COMPANY No 1 meets at Fireman’s Hall on the first Thursday of each month with Foreman J Q Beard and Secretary Henry Colerick, nov 8 day.
The text presents Napoleon I as captive and addressing French electors, urging unity under a government chosen by the people and denouncing illegitimate authority, while calling for order and peace. It contrasts his personal losses with France’s disasters and emphasizes national sovereignty over dynastic claims. Other items report a brutal assault in Marblehead, shifts in theater and acting wealth, and various local anecdotes.
Commodore James Asbury says a general challenge for the Queen's cup will be issued within weeks. He will enter the new 520 ton yacht Livenia for the contest after Cambria failed to win last summer. Horace Greely spoke at Eclectic Medical College graduation of fourteen grads including four from Massachusetts. Dan Noble, a bond robber tied to Royal Insurance case, surrendered by his bondsman and jailed. George B. Davis sues the New York Times for libel over arson charges. Garnier defeats Cyrille Dion in two billiards matches by wide margins. Steamers Iona and Zoe cleared for France with provisions.
Washington February 12 information says Sir John Rose will decline serving on the British government commission to settle the fishery question and Alabama plans. His successor may be the Duke of Argyle or Duke of Devonshire, private reasons given for the step.
A fragmented price sheet lists furs and skins with per pound and per unit values. Entries include deer skins in red and blue, early gray, winter, raccoon varieties, mink sizes, muskrats, wolves, skunks, foxes, opossums, and common house cats, alongside notes on quality and handling.
The Stark County Demokrat notes Jacob and Rebecca Kaufman in a long marriage tale. They wed fifty years ago in Pennsylvania, faced divorce, and later joined Canton life. He, now about seventy five, has cared for three motherless grandchildren with a younger wife, whose blessing is wished for their future happiness.
New York telegraph report shows weak gold market with opening and closing prices unclear, loans around three percent, clearings at 28 million dollars. Stocks steady to strong with New Jersey Central and Northwest refiners lifting, money easier around four percent. Western unions, rail and telegraph stocks listed with bids and yields, while commodities include steady cotton and higher breadstuffs with mixed grain prices and receipts noted.
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