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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1896
Page
4
Toledo editorials condemn municipal gas ownership and car fare hikes while defending private electric lighting firms. Discussion targets Fort Wayne politics, journalistic integrity, and local business interests. Notoriously long 1886 affidavit against Catarrh Cure supplements include Cheney & Co claims.
Central Labor Union supporters and allies filled Cooper Union denouncing 110000000 for coast defenses and navy expansion. Speakers linked war to capitalist policy, criticized armor plates on ships, and urged workmen to oppose militarism and protect social reform.
At a Cleveland gathering Henry George denounced President Cleveland's Venezuela policy as insane and warned against a planned standing army. He urged liberty over order and opposed war, calling for a new political party to curb monopolies and centralized power while defending workers rights. Other speakers included Weissman Harris and Fitzgerald as resolutions urged antiwar, pro-labor stances and coalitions to block coast defense bills and naval buildup.
A detailed list of church activities across Trinity Episcopal St Andrew's Mission Calvary U B church Westminster First Presbyterian Third Presbyterian Berry Street M E churches and A M E church. Listings include service times Sunday schools Y P S C E and special events with several pastors named and a sign language sermon at St Paul’s.
A historical deluge of rhetoric labels a reformer as a “peace at any peace man” who argues a truly Christian nation would lack standing armies, navies, soup houses, and tramps, reflecting anti‑militarist and anti‑poverty sentiments from a bygone era.
Bradstreet's notes unsettled trade with unseasonable weather hindering general merchandise distribution. Shoes groceries dry goods millinery and light hardware show activity but overall movement remains flat. Fewer business failures reported, 271 nationally, with price gains in wheat corn oats copper and lumber offset by declines in pork lard cotton and steel related products.
Several local figures declare intentions to seek party nominations. W. S. Ganpy lists candidacy for joint senator from Allen and Whitley counties under the Democratic banner. Sipnry C LuMBarp and H. P. Scimrur announce mayoral bids, subject to Democratic nominating conventions. Chauncey B Oakley seeks re election as mayor pending Republican convention action.
The office of city clerk is sought by Mr. Borror subject to the Republican nominating convention. Wo. T. Jerrenies.
Mr Frank Purcell of the Ninth Ward is announced as a candidate for council man at large subject to the Democratic nominating committee. The notice appeals to many Democrats to support the bid.
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