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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
4
Three thousand copies of sheet music will be given away one per person who spends at least one dollar on goods at Karn Music Store located at 9 East Columbia Street.
The forecast calls for a cooler night in Indiana with a slight warmup expected on Friday as a high pressure system shifts eastward. Overnight temperatures dip into the upper 50s to low 60s with sunny to partly cloudy skies and light winds. Friday brings a modest rise in temperatures reaching the upper 70s to around 80 degrees under mostly sunny conditions.
Mrs. A D Berothe of Wabash visits friends here. Mrs M I Bickle hosts a thimble party for Mrs F X Cable of Defiance. Ex Conductor Ed Ericson, paralyzed, declines recovery. Joe Roberts relocates Parlor to Calhoun and Montgomery, invites patrons. Mr and Mrs John T Dougall back from wedding tour at 321 East Wayne. D of H No 2 holds dress reform convention with a strong program. Mrs Taylor Heffner at 365 Lillie Street loses right index finger to blood poisoning. Doctors Porter McCasky Von Sweringen Bulson and Wheelock invited to Banquet in Indianapolis Feb 22 for Doctors Senn and Heck ton of Chicago. 25 physicians invited. Fort Wayne Curling Club cups at Centlivre Park yields Ligget 18 Copeland 16 McClelland 15 Gillie 15 Kidd 14 Gillie 13 Fox 11 Phelps 11 Stanton 10. medals to be decided Friday. J W Fahnestock resigns as Wayne Hotel bookkeeper, to move to Cripple Creek Colorado to run the Commercial House. noted as a skilled marksman.
For 15.00 cash you can order a fine suit crafted to your measurements. The offer promises workmanship guarantees and a tailored fit, reflecting a value-focused advertisement from the period.
Grand officers of the Royal Arcanum will attend a Harmony hall banquet on March 3 featuring a musical program with F. E. Stouder Yarnelle Leo Long and I C Schrader and a D and M orchestra. A prize will honor the lodge with most members in 1895. Cleary showcases spring suitings at 118 Harrison Street.
The Wayne Street M E church hosted its annual love feast by the Ladies Missionary Society last evening despite cold weather. The group reports strong local work and plans further aid for a pioneer minister in the Far West and a mission school in Alaska led by a superintendent sent by the Northern Indiana conference.
Ladies of Wayne Street M. E. church meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss raising 1000 dollars toward the new church building. A Mutual Working society is formed with officers: President Mrs Rev Bennett, Vice President Mrs John Sale, Secretary Treasurer Mrs Dr Hart man.
The Lyons company again filled the Empire last night with Hazel Kirke as the draw. The troupe is strong and commands higher prices. Tonight they present Kathleen Mavourneen and are expected to attract a large audience.
The Chicago produce market report shows February closing prices, May openings, and July closings across grains and meats. Highlights include Corn May 30c, Pork February 9.85 dollars, Lard February 5.40 dollars, and Spare Kiss 5.05 to 5.32 dollars, with gaps and notes on nominal and asked prices furnished by Gordon & Co., margin brokers.
New York money on call eased to 4 percent with mercantile paper at about 5 3/4 percent. Sterling rates declined while bankers bills and government bonds show varied quotations. Chicago grain and produce quoted wheat, corn, oats and produce prices. live stock at Chicago and Kansas City yards show cattle and hog ranges with notable receipts.
Washington debate over a proposed joint commission with Britain to settle the Venezuela boundary dispute. The British seek a stipulation to retain British-occupied territory under the flag, while the Venezuelan commission gathers maps and progresses its inquiry.
Washington notes report Hill of New York defending beer sales to immigrants arriving at Ells Island. He calls the petition drive well intentioned but misguided, tied to Puritanism and Roosevelt era crusades, as Senate and House proceedings unfold.
Time. St. Louis February 20. At 10 15 this morning murderer Fitzgerald swung off but the rope broke. Fitzgerald spoke claiming not much hurt. The execution finished quickly after a new rope was procured.
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