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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1895
Page
2
The Journal accuses the council of planning to tax all new franchises at half the current prices, calling it a tool to rob the people. It warns that street car and telephone franchises are the birds in the bush, supporting present rates against new ventures.
The Journal backs voter action to lower natural gas rates but opposes letting residents vote on streetcar fares. It argues for competition to reduce costs and notes Swift's park development could attract visitors. It praises Everett for Lakeside transfers and Swift's farm improvements and references Lord Dunraven and a poet’s verse on ups and downs.
A community dispute over corporate influence and a call for popular council action resurfaces as advocates demand fair transit pricing and legislative restraint on trusts. The piece references labor rights, city officials, and a political battle tied to free expression and accountability.
The 1895 Chicago plan to shutter about 2000 saloons at midnight December 31 will erase roughly 1 million dollars in annual license fees. Brewers invest heavily in taverns and seek to reduce supply to match demand, likely lowering alcohol consumption while preserving some access. Also notes New York wood paving with karri timber and quieter streets, Melbourne bicycle‑friendly karri streets, plus From the Monkey Land by Professor Garner interviewing chimpanzees in Africa and preparing to return to the U.S. in 1896.
The piece reflects on political theater as Ty Ann notes soldiers and brigadiers debating disabilities. It lauds last week’s political “game” where Congress moved rapidly on the Venezuelan message and Hill bill, then faced treasury needs with a $40,000,000 revenue package and bonds to replenish funds within a week.
A digest of brief items on labor edicts in Kansas City enforcing Sunday rest, flood losses in Illinois, statutes on ports of entry for Indiana and Illinois, planned Amish migration to Grand River valley near Denver, convict labor shortages in Tennessee, Cincinnati seeks funds for a 1896 Democratic convention, a Millstadt mill burned for 250000, Rothschild funding Turkey, Dunraven case on America’s Cup, Atlanta exposition ending in 100 days with poor attendance, Baltimore theatre panic injuries, presidential postmaster term expirations, Minnesota reservations opened for settlement, McKinley praising revenue bill, New York tailors consider cooperative shops, Georgia Republicans set April 29 convention, Mrs Eggert’s suicide pact, Wright’s circulars to labor leaders, Mississippi capitol tower in danger of falling.
On January 14, 1896, Gates will depart Toledo at 11 a m by special Wabash Railroad train for a six thousand six hundred mile day tour through Mexico, with vestibuled sleeping cars and a palace dining car. Gates travels aboard to narrate details and a book about the trip will be available from R G Thompson.
Walter Wellman surveys the Washington view on Britain Venezuela tensions. He notes Salisbury may seek direct settlement with Venezuela, risking no new U S objections if terms respect the Monroe doctrine. If not, congressional action could prompt a solemn note to Britain while diplomats seek an honorable settlement.
From the Ottumwa Courier story, Colonel William McLean former Drake brigade commander in Arkansas and current Democratic State senator from Terre Haute drafted a vivid account of a Wabash River barge wreck. He also sparked Arkansas poetry jests about rhyming state names and wood cutting with comic verses.
Anecdotes on baggage claims delays long letters and refunds. Humorous exchanges reveal insistence on filing, sworn lists, and long waits. Other bits include school Creed antics, domestic chatter, voting jokes, and light cartoon dialogue from papers like Detroit Free Press and Roxbury Gazette.
A cryptic note lists rail line exchanges dated January 1 1896 and 1896 with figures 42 14 12 31 533, indicating a transfer or timing between the Nickel Plate route and Chicago.
The notice enumerates diseases including blood and syphilis gonorrhoea stricture varicocele hydrocele loss of manhood and impaired memory with weak back impotence and urinary complaints. It claims all arising from self abuse and kidney and bladder diseases with a frequent urge to pass urine blood and mucus in urine, all successfully treated.
Medical notice proclaims remedies for diseases of women including falling womb leucorrhoea painful menstruation and sterility. Advertises noninvasive piles cure and treatment of nervous disorders fits and chronic diseases with hours 8 AM to 6 PM.
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