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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1896
Page
4
Indications show rain or snow across Indiana tonight into Thursday. Meteorologists warn of wintry mix possible in northern counties and caution slippery roads after sunset as precipitation moves eastward. Stronger snowfall may affect highland areas and travel conditions.
Division No 3 A O H plans gathering tomorrow evening. Miss Kline visiting on Baker street. Miss Altedge in Springfield visiting friends. Bob Lyons Fort Wayne road engineer visiting his best girl in Crestline. St Pauls M FE church Ladies Aid tea at Mrs Alia Ponsett 491 East Wayne. Mrs Elizabeth Stoll funeral at Salem Reformed tomorrow afternoon. Fort Wayne Lodge Elks invited Perry Randall R B Hanna Henry Eckart Chas O Connel M J Blitz. Eva Hartman to Syracuse New York for about two months. St Julian council C B L to surprise Thomas Majors on Hoagland avenue. Randall hall entertainment for Ford Zouaves benefit. Allen County Medical Society meeting Dr S H Havke notes medical exam for lost mental faculties. Judge Lowry in Crown Point for Lake County circuit case charter of Whiting. Blacksmith George Killen nearly suffocated by gas leak in cellar. Misses Lavon Maud Sperry entertain friends with dainty luncheon. St Julian Council CBL meets at Library hall. John Goodman invited, new applications received. Miss Lottie Grimes hosts cards and dancing at East Pontiac Street. Stockholders Findlay Fort Wayne and Western railroad reports read.
The item lists plans to push eastern and western extensions, marks a baby birth for George Swartz, a poverty ball by Kendallville Dancing club, and George Webber resigning to farm in Adams Township. Also notes billiards prospects, horse purchase by Pat Scully and Albert Hettler, and a Fin De Siecle club ball with a 18-number program and an elegant supper hosted by a reception committee of Miss Hutzell, Rosetta Baker, Nellie Cody, Mary Cody, Mary Furste, Loretta Dittoe, and Mary Fry.
Indiana oil regions see hotels filled and land trades surge as contracts for hundreds of new derricks are let. Operators lease vast tracts, with timber and equipment in high demand, while Grant and Huntington counties lead in undeveloped territory termed ten-barrel land.
Eleanor C. Ransom known as Mother Ransom, a famed Civil War nurse, served from Memphis to New Orleans, helping soldiers and founding homes. After the war she aided Richmonds Home for Friendless Women, engaged in Epworth League work, and at eighty returned to help the Friendless home before moving to Madison, Ohio.
Indiana reports show Governor Matthews proposing a deal where Democrats would not challenge 25 holdover senators if Republicans accept a 1885 legislature election act. Democratic state committee endorses the compromise while radical Democrats resist. A Indianapolis meeting of Gowdy and top lawyers discusses testing the 1885 law with few firm conclusions.
News brief roundup of multiple incidents dated Feb 5 and Feb 6 including white men expelled for disorderly conduct at a revival near Rockport, an arm wound to Rev Pingree, a fatal assault in Rockport, a near miss injury at a mill shaft in Indianapolis, a cave discovery with youths and rifles near Decatur, Purdue leadership decision, a missing man in Madison, a mine death in Brazil, a gubernatorial candidate in Anderson choosing not to canvass, a starch company merger in Keokuk, and an Indiana Illinois Wisconsin weather outlook.
New York money on call at 4 per cent, mercantile paper 5 per cent, sterling steady. Bond prices show strength with 4s and other issues active. Chicago grain and produce board reports mixed wheat at 65 to 68 cents, corn around 24 to 31 cents, oats nominal, lard and butter prices noting small changes. Chicago livestock prices list hogs mixed to heavy, cattle and sheep figures published for day’s receipts and price ranges.
TheWabash line offers round trip excursion tickets to Hot Springs Arkansas at low rates good 90 days. Through sleeping car service from principal stations with one car change in St. Louis Union Station. Hot Springs touted as government endorsed health resort with many hotels and clinics for rheumatism skin and stomach issues.
Washington notes sift through Cuban resolutions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as potential mischief in foreign policy. General Weyler may shape the Cuba rebellion, with US action looming if abuses arise. Pension Night anecdotes and Mrs. McKee’s Washington circle add social color to a tense policy week.
A recipe to mend glass with a cement made by dissolving half an ounce of gum arabic in a wineglass of boiling water and adding plaster of parts to form a thick paste. Apply with a brush and hold until it hardens. if multiple pieces broken, wait until each layer is fully set before adding the next.
A humorous exchange in the New York Tribune features Mrs. Fussy-Well lamenting a lack of kitchen skill from her father while remarks about carving provoke a sharp retort from her companion. The snippet captures domestic humor and period banter.
Until March 1 you can buy a tailored suit for 815 in cash. The fit and workmanship are guaranteed for first class quality. Open every evening until 7 o clock for custom orders.
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