17 Feb 1882
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1882
Page
1
Reports recount the destruction of a thriving Missouri village by fire and a fatal dispute between two brothers in Missouri. A woman dies near Shelby Ohio, an Indianapolis undertaker handles a drunken intruder, and Vienna faces a threatened total water supply failure.
A Telegraph dispatch reports Robinson Missouri nearly wiped out by fire yesterday. Ten stores two hotels post office elevator burned with only one store left standing. Losses around 80 000 dollars with 25 000 insured. Fire started in rear of a storehouse.
An Indianapolis undertaker found a man very drunk outside his shop and locked him in a coffin to teach him a lesson. The inebriate awoke crying that he was dead, leading to an explanation and the man leaving wiser.
Feb 17 report from Cleveland states Mrs Scoville delivered a letter praying forgiveness for her brother Guiteau to Mrs Garfield this morning. A city paper reporter noted Vira Scoville declined to confirm the letter’s authorship while a lazy companion suggested it came from Mrs Scoville.
Charles Sundemeyer dies after a Tuesday dispute with his brother Christian over a land sale in Pinckney township Warren County Missouri. Christian Sundemeyer, who drew a knife and stabbed Charles, was arrested.
Ay Telegraph reports seven new smallpox cases and five deaths in Cuicano on February 17. The anti monopoly league plans a rent crusade starting May 1. Anxiety from Keryon & Co. failure eases as money remains available. suspensions unlikely to resume.
Mrs Emam Pelecere of Shelby Ohio died yesterday afternoon while en route to buy butter. Her husband and four children at home, three ill with measles, came searching after she failed to return. He found her body in a roadside ditch, face down, water five inches deep, under distressing circumstances.
A woman collapsing on a plank during a crossing scene was seized by a fit and died before regaining consciousness. The report notes no further details on cause or witnesses beyond the medical condition.
A Vienna dispatch reports fresh anti Jewish disturbances in the Kiev government. The military governor general Count Tattleben declined to intervene without explicit instructions from St. Petersburg, a stance that caused a painful impression.
The week brings multiple tragedies and happenings from Wave land to Huntington. Deaths include Mrs Lea during dressing, A C Royer in Stockwell, Geo Kline from mill injuries, and James Ellis killed in Hazleton. A charitable revival at Edingburg reports over fifty conversions.
A blast at Professor Jackson's pyrotechnic shop in OuEstEr Pennsylvania destroys the mansion formerly Admiral Porter’s. At least fifteen to twenty killed and about fifty injured, with many bodies and victims strewn across the ground as flames spread and rescuers work amid chaos.
A young man about to wed remained quiet and downcast when asked about the marriage, revealing a fear he chose not to discuss. The reason for his distress and what he fears will be disclosed later.
A new post office opens at Gal in Hendricks county with Andrew J. Gibbs named post master. Additional commissions announce postmasters Albert L. Stuart at Lockport Carroll county Thomas W. Lacer at De Gonia Springs Warrick county and Joseph O. Lambert at Cross Roads Henry county.
Dr Salomon Stough of Waterloo, long a U S pension examiner, was arrested in Waterloo on affidavit by detective A E McDonald and jailed on $2000 bail. Testimonies show he accepted bribes to influence disability examinations dating back to 1868 with ongoing yearly payments. Other local crimes and a missing watch are noted as side items in Justice Ryan's court.
Misa Maggie Shively stayed with her parents in Mt Summit over Sunday. Wilde drew a sub urban crowd and received unfriendly impressions. Clarence Sears died at his father’s Glasgow avenue home last night. D B Hodges of Haverly’s Mastodon minstrels visits city. show on the 27th. Weather indications forewarn lower lake region colder with snow and shifting winds. A Berry street resident thanks readers for remarks. Norman Franklin Wade of Wade and La Clede visits his mother. Theodore Tilton travels to Pennsylvania to lecture. Max Lade learns of his mother’s death in Stettin, Prussia. she left about $8,000 to him and another son.
Notice states dog tags are available at 54 Calhoun street and owners must report dog counts to the township trustee for registration. Constable to kill any untagged dogs after April 1, 1882, with fifty cents paid per dog killed. issued by Charles Birener, Trustee of Wayne Township, dated February 15.
The note advises choosing shirt cuts tailored to Golden and Monahan. It emphasizes fit considerations and suggests trying specific cuts that suit both individuals.
The notice lists sugar price drops and grades including Best Standard Coffee A at 9x, Coffee C at 8c yellow sugar 7c, granulated and cut leaf 10c, crushed and powdered 10c as Froir House offerings.
An ad touts Sanford's Radical Sare as a safe American distillation of witch hazel pine fir marigold and clover blossom. It claims a few doses relieve violent sneezing watery discharges from nose and eyes cure headache nervousness and fever danger. Complete treatment priced at one dollar.
Purported advertisement asserts Burnett's Cocoaine saves hair by stimulating roots and restoring natural growth. Claims product is absolutely pure Burnett's Flavoring Extracts.
Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup is praised as the prescription of a leading female physician and nurse in the United States. Used for forty years with wide use by mothers for children, it relieves pain, cures dysentery and diarrhea, and quiets wind in the bowels. Price is 28 cents per bottle.
An advertisement touts Cuticura and Cuticura Soup for skin ulcers sores and scrofulous swellings with claims of external cures and Cuticura Resolvent as a blood purifier. It also pitches Parsons Exterminator for rat and roach control and promises quick, cheap vermin elimination for barns and homes.
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