Midnight cab fare and a Kansas field encounter
An old man argues over a cab fare after 10 PM in New York, insisting on a legal fare of four dollars. A cow and mule plow a Kansas field as a widow negotiates, while a color man is stopped by a police officer with a bag containing a chicken and a cat escapes into a tree.
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Broadway
D-Street
Grand Central Depot
New York
Ségerin
Heere
Kansan
tSartinly
Younguys
High Street
East
Peter Jackson
Corbett
Bob’ Persimmons
Washington Star
War or Peace in Canada Stubbed by International Roar
A wartime vignette shows an envoy from the United States visiting Canada to persuade peace but ends in a lopsided brawl. The envoy, beaten and disheveled, reports Canadians will not accept peace and demands war. The tale captures cross border tension and the temptation to resolve disputes with force.
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Canada
Venezuela
England
United States
Republic
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Nobleman and baron seek wealthy wives in New York ads
A New York paper lists personal ads from a mysterious nobleman and a baron seeking affluent wives hoping for matrimony. Readers speculate the notices are publicity or pranks, with locals joking about royal identity and possible impostors amid the city’s gossip.
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Anonous
New York
Ighnesa
Prince
Broadway
The Old Olympic Games by Allan Marquand explored myths
The article surveys how Greek myths credit various tribes with founding Olympia and linking the festival to Zeus Cronus Hercules Apollo and Hermes plus Achaeans Strabo and Etosians. It notes Homer’s references to contests and possible Egyptian wall paintings dating to the second and third millennium BCE.
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Olympia
Greece
Zeus
Cronus
Heaven
Achaeans
Atreus
Strabo
Hercules
Apollo
Hermes
Ares
Allan Marquand
Stockton Kansas Man Serves Horse Meat For Beef
A Stockton Kansas stockman secretly slaughtered a horse and served its meat as beef for Sunday dinner. He revealed the ruse after many ate large roasts and steaks, displaying the horse's head tail and hoofs as proof while involving his family. A Pawnee Indian festival case also reports Crazy Horse’s medicine falsely promising bullet protection and a tribal council ordering dispossession of property and livestock.
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Stockton
Kan
John Wells
Oklahoma
Black Bear Creek
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horeé
St. Louis
Republic
Footpath Music From Rubbing Shoes at Summitt Floral
A reader explains a curious pastime along the southwest corner of Summitt and Floral avenues. By rubbing the shoe sole from curb to sidewalk, a vibration emerges that sounds like a wineglass note. The writer repeats the experiment, claiming music with each attempt.
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Summitt and
Floral Avenues
St. Paul
Monaco Prince Grants 50 Year Gambling Concession
The prince of Monaco grants an extended fifty year concession to a gambling establishment in his sovereignty. The deal includes an annuity increase to 400 thousand dollars, with profits reported around two million dollars per year, making the arrangement seemingly favorable.
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Prince of
Monaco
Boston
Wabash Railroad schedule changes take effect March 22
The Wabash announces new daily trains with fast through service. Westward service from Fort Wayne departs 11:05 a.m. to St. Louis 10:35 p.m., with a Limited Fast Mail at 6:30 p.m. arriving St. Louis 2:50 p.m. and Kansas City 10:35 a.m. Hot Springs 5:25 p.m. Eastbound No 46 shifts to 11:45 p.m. from 1:15 p.m., reaching Toledo 2:35 p.m., Cleveland 5:55 p.m., Buffalo 10:30 p.m., New York 10:35 a.m. via Lake Shore-New York Central. Parlor car to Toledo, then sleeper to New York. All trains run daily.
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Wabash
Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Kansas
City
Hot Springs
Kansas City Union Dépot
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York City
New York
Reliable Model Steam Bakery Easter Cakes and Bread
The bakery proclaims itself best in the city for Easter cakes, bread, and related baked goods. Orders are delivered promptly after calling phone 388.
Fort Wayne Annexes Lands Known as Orphan Asylum Grounds
Fort Wayne council passes an ordinance annexing lands described as the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Grounds to the city limits. The territory includes part of Lot 8 in Wells Reserve and a rectangular frontage on Wells street in Allen County. The measure takes effect after passage approval by the mayor and two weeks of newspaper publication.
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City of
Fort Wayne
Well
Allen County
Indiana
Wells Street
General Ordinance No 51 Regulating Gas Pipes in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne passes General Ordinance 51 requiring licenses from the city comptroller to lay or maintain artificial and natural gas pipes in streets and public places. Annual statements, pipe charts, and license fees of one quarter cent per lineal foot are mandated, with penalties and repeal of conflicting ordinances. Local officials R J Fisher and W T Referies sign the measure dated March 24.
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Fort Wayne
City of
Sai City Comptroller
Tas Evrenine
Evening Post
E. Berry St
Ind
Uncalled for Advertisements in Evening Post Letter List
The Evening Post notes remaining unanswered advertisements including entries such as B and 7 C and H and 3 D and 4 Furnished Rooms at 1- Box 2 and 3 Mrs H C B and 3 Mr H L and 2 I and 1 Miss M and 2 Partner and 2 W J and 3.
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District Telegraph Office
Evenixe Post
Care Evening Post
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R. J. Fisher
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Spy Run Ave
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Dispatch Office
Clinton Street
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Mix B. Fisher
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Orpan Lome
J. G. Hartman's Cigar Factory
Maumee Ave
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Fairfield Ave
Romy & Bobilya
Normandy
F.j.curtice
Schmitz Building
Louis F. Cardes
Pixley-Long Block
Emmett Martin
Corner
Hanna & Buchanan
Talep
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M. Wayne
Kokomo, Ind
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Care Home
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Hank Sus
Mowry
Frank Leslie
Opular Monthly
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