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Indiana fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday and rising temperatures.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1896
Page
8
Indiana fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday and rising temperatures.
Local social notes cover Harmony lodge installation, visits by Miss Ella McCrea of Wabash, and a string of gatherings from Lakeside to Buchanan street. Diphtheria in Kossuth Hassler’s family and a family disturbance at 46 Chicago street are noted. Also mention of trips to New York, religious talk at the Jewish temple, and marriages listed as Licensed to Wed Ezza Poulson and Daisy Curtis.
Young men from 14 to 19 years receive price cuts on suits and overcoats as coats are marked down twenty five percent, streamlining summer wardrobes with lower costs.
Obituaries report the deaths of Mary A. Lowe and Benoni P. McLain both longtime Fort Wayne residents. Lowe aged 89 was mother in law to Joseph L. Gruber. McLain born in Ohio in 1814 resided in Fort Wayne and leaves two daughters including a Bloomingdale teacher, with funeral set for Monday at 2 PM. Henry C. Graffe’s funeral was held at 9:30 AM from the Cathedral with a large procession and siren of local groups present. Remains interred at Catholic cemetery.
A group of Fort Wayne capitalists formed the Home Telephone company in the Wayne hotel parlors. They subscribed £50,000 in stock and named Bush Beers McCulloch Vesey and Fox to the organization committee as they plan to apply for a city franchise.
A torch carried by an Ab bott Well Sanitarium employee started a small tower house fire around 9 am. No. 1 engine arrived after the blaze had been extinguished. damage likely under 40 dollars. Separate chimney fire at Rev Wagenhall’s residence was out before the fire department reached Clinton and Wayne streets. County Clerk Harry Meditzer marks 26th birthday today. St Andrews mission hosts Sunday school at 3 pm. Other text notes a Brooklyn Life quotation about women and emancipation.
Insurgents push toward Havana triggering martial law in Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces. Cavalry under Lacret and Bandera wing show rapid movement toward La Pointe and La Catelina near Guanabacoa, with urgent city defenses being prepared amid anxiety over the looming threat.
Louis Ohnhars surveys a new toll line from Lima to Findlay via Beaver Dam and Bluffton, connecting with St. Marys and Wapakoneta lines. Work to start soon on the Delphos exchange. Beers toll lines aim for 1000 miles of wire linking Delphos with nearby towns. Also Lake Erie Western ticket offer to Atlanta at 21.05 for 20 days and 28.30 to Jan 7, 1896.
New York shows money on call easy at 6 7 percent with sterling firm and government bonds weak. Chicago Board of Trade quotes Wheat May at 58 1/4 cents, Corn around 27 1/2 to 28 cents, Oats near 18 cents, Park and Lard futures mixed. Butter eggs and poultry prices listed. Potatoes and apples noted. Chicago live stock at Union Stock Yards: hogs 2.70 to 3.70, cattle 2.00 to 4.50, sheep 1.00 to 2.90, with various grades and receipts indicated.
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