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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Evening Post

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1896

Page

2

Subscription Rates Written Out

The notice lists subscription terms by mail per year and by week by carrier, with daily mail options and weekly prepayment. Prices show annual and weekly amounts, indicating prepaid rates.

Letter on street railways and a national senate reform

The piece argues eight tickets for 25 cents would undercut walking costs, boosting ridership. It also reprints W U Jones’s Chicago Chronicle letter criticizing federal supremacy and Senate power, urging constitutional change to strip the Senate from revenue bills and promote direct House control.

Charles McCulloch Inediana W. UT. Jones Chicago Chronicle Jones The Chronicle Washington Senate United States House of Representatives House Wahlliam H. Jones

Respectable Old Forger Arrested in Washington

Gen. C. L. Williams, 75 and an invalid, was arrested in Washington on a forgery charge. He allegedly offered a Christmas dinner to a Baltimore charity, copied the matron’s name on a $220 check, and obtained $120 cash after goods totaling $100 were charged, with the charity covering the rest.

Washington Gen. C. L. Williams Baltimore Williams

Soldier Died at Yuma Then Supposed Return With Blankets

A Phoenix man disputes a Yuma tale in the Journal Miner claiming a prominent Yuma resident died during a heat wave and was cremated in Los Angeles. The tale says after hours in a furnace at three hundred degrees the body sat up and cried to close the door to avoid catching cold.

Yuma Hades Phoenix Journal-Miner Prescot Los Angeles

Route to the State Capital by L E W Ry Fort Wayne to Indianapolis

The notice outlines a new time card effective Oct 20 providing Fort Wayne to Indianapolis travel from 7 10 a m to 11 28 p m and return from 6 25 p m to 10 20 p m enabling a half day at the state capital. It also includes a string of brief, humorous clippings from various papers.

Fort Wayne Indianapolis

Bold Michigan Avenue Joker Confronted by Courageous Stranger

A young man on a Detroit car tries to reclaim a dollar after placing it on a seat. An elderly woman sits, pockets the dollar, and warns she will fight if needed. Crowd laughs as the man exits, while she vows to uncover his actions.

Sis Topeka Journal Michigan Avenue Detroit Tribune Bobby—Popper Mr. Ferry Cincinnati Enquirer

Humorous Snippets and Mild Excerpts Collected

A mixed set of brief comic vignettes and social quips from various papers includes a boastful horse and a laden ass on a highway, a nosy fashion incident about a woman’s gown and hat, and a young couple’s theater outing. Also noted is a color map comment from a Chicago post and opinion on rising posters.

George Chicago Post

Medical Ailments and Treatments Mentioned in Historic Notes

A catalog of maladies including blood poisoning syphilis gonorrhoea stricture varicocele hydrocele loss of manhood urinary issues nocturnal emissions impaired memory weak back impotence and diseases from self abuse kidney bladder Bright’s disease diabetes with notes that a frequent urge to pass urine blood in urine and mucus in urine were all successfully treated.

Bright

Quips and Quirks from Old-Time Anecdotes

A collage of witty exchanges and humorous asides from early 20th century papers. Jests range from dress fitting comments to antique revolvers and gallery visits, with punchlines about misdated weapons and social foibles.

If I Refuse to Marry You What Then

A dialogue from the Boston Courier presents a suitor's question about proposed marriage. The reply suggests that refusing would lift months of doubt and fear, yielding happiness if the union is not pursued.

Old Grimm Hiram Wallace Hargreaves Cincinnati Enquirer Boston Courier

Engaged Man Suffers Cold Meme From Fliegende Blatter

A humorous exchange notes Tom’s cold affecting his engagement with no taste. The caption references Fliegende Blatter and promotes the Fort Wayne Evening Post subscription.

Tom Fort Wayne Evening Post

Application for liquor license in Fort Wayne

Notice to citizens of Allen County Indiana that a applicant will seek a license to sell spirituous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year at a business location on West 16 feet of a lot in Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne Allen County Indiana Board of County Peter F. Poirson East Columbia Street Purman Street Bank Block Ind

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