28 Feb 1871
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1871
Page
1
A Fort Wayne business directory lists premier vendors across many trades. The notice details N Ward wholesale china ware 48 Calhoun Street and numerous merchants at Calhoun Street Columbia Street and vicinity including hardware, dry goods, hats, millinery, clothing, trunks, tobacco and more, inviting readers to use the reference to save time.
An archival timetable lists departure and arrival times for trains and mail routes connected to Fort Wayne with stops at Jacks on, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Toledo. It includes daily and selective service notes, mail close times, and postmaster initials J. J. Kamm P. M.
Washington reports rising support for annexation in Congress and among previously opposed groups. Predictions say the Joint High Commission could push annexations to British West Indies Canada Cuba San Domingo Haiti. President appoints H D Cooke for District of Columbia governor. North Carolina officials head to testify on Southern outrages.
A distinguished Japanese party led by Prince Mitsu Fujimi and Lord Mori arrived in New York after traveling from San Francisco. The delegation includes seven attaches, eighteen students, and two secretaries, aiming to study and prepare for civil service roles in Japan. The group proceeds to Washington to meet the U.S. Minister.
A narrator describes his horse Jeri Cho a mare famed for extreme shying at telegraph poles haystacks barley sacks and even a lead rope bite yet remains oddly calm before dangers while dreaming of crossing the Holy Land. Separately Catholic clergymen gather funds in Ireland and America to build a cathedral in Cork with help expected from Irish Americans.
A motion by Mr. Scott to adjourn until Thursday at 2 o'clock passes after a quorums discussion. The Senate votes 27 to 10 to adjourn sine die as the House meets at 9 and 21 members are present. A telegram notes the Forty-seventh General Assembly’s fragmentary existence ends March 6 by constitutional rule.
In Thornburgh the prisoner Doric facing nine year sentence received a motion for a new trial by attorney C I Reeve on grounds of an unfair trial. O Connor to be remanded to await the May term judge’s decision.
The article surveys Catholic and Protestant education in Cincinnati Brooklyn and India, notes sisters of charity and st Josephs in Brooklyn, cites funds to Allegheny College from a judge's estate, Jewish inmates visitation in New York prisons, rapid church growth in Sweden, a New York university fund drive, Unitarian and Presbyterian giving, a Pennsylvania liquor liability bill, and a polemic on papal authority asserting Catholic unanimity with the Pope’s temporal power.
Fort Wayne markets show mixed commodity readings across grains, butter, and livestock with quotes for flour and wheat varied. The Fort Wayne Lumber Market lists clear and select boards with price ranges, while regional telegraph notes provide corncob and butter steadiness and brief price cues for cotton and groceries.
C C McManus attorney at law advertises collecting and general business services from office at 5 East Main Street Fort Wayne Indiana seeking clients and legal matters related to debt and collection practice.
Merchant's National Bank and Allen Hamilton & Co. announce approval after thorough review to act as agents for the sale of the e Bonds. Fort Wayne National Bank is also listed among endorsing institutions and Pacific Loan referenced.
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