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Fort Wayne Evening Post

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1896

Page

4

Weather Indications For Indiana Showers Rise In Temp

Indiana forecast shows showers tonight with rising temperatures. Expect likely fair Thursday followed by colder Thursday night. Likely cooler Friday.

Indiana

Belotts Cigars and Local Notices Highlight City Life

Belotts at 82 Calhoun street offers cigars and a fine line of smoker articles as residents note social events. Births, anniversaries, and gatherings fill the page with mentions of a new son born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Wolf and the tin wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Watt. Lectures by Col Robert G Ingersoll and a city sleighing party at the White Fruit house add to the chorus of local happenings with guest visits, suppers, and tastings threaded through.

Belotts Calhoun Street W. H. Watt Robert G. Ingersoll Masonic Temple I. D. Cassanave Julia Cassanave J. H. Simonson Gabriella Cassanave Lulu Barrows Notre Dame Joe McKinnie McKinnie House Calhoun Wayne Streets McKinnie White Fruit House Foster Koons Misses Lottie Lowry Lizzie Riemann Anna Wanker Emma Koons Sadie Smith Mary Cairns Minnie Riemann Carrie Welton Emma Muhlenbruch Messrs Archie Winter Chas Schafer John Sheriden Wm. Aumann Gust Muhlenbruch Wm. Schophorst

Indianola Lodge Elects Officers and Initiates Members

Indianola Lodge No. 311 Order of the World held a well attended meeting with strong enthusiasm for the order. Nine new businessmen are to be initiated January 14 at O R hall. Officers elected: Past President Doctor G W Miller President K B E Gerberding Vice President George W Louttit Secretary and Treasurer Frank Rupert Chaplain J W Henry Marshal W F Svest Guard F D Blake Trustee Jacob Bill A C Wert of South Bend is soliciting for membership and is reportedly successful.

Indianola Lodge No Order of the World G. W. Miller K. BE. Gerberding George W. Louttit Frank Rupert J. W. Henry W. F. Svest F. D. Blake Jacob Bill A. C. Wert South Bend

Clearing Sale Cuts Across Suits and Overcoats

A clearance sale reduces prices on adult and children's suits and overcoats. Men's and young men's suits drop to lower tiers, with children’s items marked down by 25 percent. Deals list several price points from 20 to 6 dollars.

No National Holiday Exists Says Lawyers on Labor Day

Lawyers say there is no national holiday in the United States and that Labor Day is a holiday only in Washington DC unless states enact it. The 1894 Labor Day Act applies to DC and to other holidays as defined by state law, not as a nationwide federal holiday.

United States District of Columbia New York Tribune

Pranks of Scottish Fairies Restore Lost Child

In the Scottish north a belief holds the fair folk haunt hills and may steal nourishment from convalescent mothers. A fisher's child is claimed by a beggar woman, health fades, an old man declares the child an image, and a black hen is used in a ritual to recall the bairn. After a potently ritual act the child recovers and thrives.

Scotland Nat Scottish Review

Northwest Washington Pointer Snatches Pocketbooks

A trained looking pointer dog from northwest Washington specializes in stealing purses and hand bags. The animal targets yards and stores, escapes capture, and returns loot to an unseen master, suggesting deliberate training despite no owner seen.

Washington Washington Star

Bourne’s historic cellars linked to Plymouth and Dutch traders

The Bourne town attractions include two side by side historic cellars dug by the Plymouth colony and Dutch traders. Structures above them held goods vital to both sides, with Governor Bradford noting the block house dates to 1627, seven years after the Mayflower landing.

Bourne Mags Plymouth Colony Bradford St. Louis Globe- Democrat

Boys See Little In Girls In Quoted Adage

A New York Advertiser quote cites a boy noting girls are many kinds and that one girl can act like thousands. He adds that some kinds are better than others but none surpass boys, and that the less he knows about girls the better.

New York Advertiser

Postmaster Peterson Robbed of $20 in Thomson

Jan Davis reports that C A Peterson, Thomson Minnesota post master, was robbed last March of twenty dollars. The fragment notes the robbery and the involved official but provides limited further detail.

Pulitzer Ready to Meet the Taste Made by the Bay

New Years, Jan. 8. The World today editorializes on Senate actions. It credits Senator Lodge with enlivening debate by quoting section 5885 and asserts the law forbids pressuring with foreign governments to incite raids. It defends Olney’s enforcement and criticizes critics for cable diplomacy with foreign dignitaries.

Pulitzer Senate World Today Lodge Olney Cleveland Lord Salisbury Prince of Wals Duke of York Rothschilds

Building Collapses In Winterset Stone Structure Ruins Two Properties

A two story stone building housing C D Revington hardware collapsed in Winterset Iowa trapping nineteen workers in a cellar. The west building owned by C Danforth and used by Smith Drug Co also suffered near total ruin with losses totaling at least seventeen thousand dollars. Several workers were injured but none seriously. Bevington faces six thousand dollar damage to the building and four thousand to hardware stock while Danforth records three thousand and Smith four thousand in losses.

Winterset C. D. Revington & Co C. Danforth Smith Drug Company John Couth William Krell John Hoisington Couch T. F. Mardis

Striking Against the Machine in Chicago Stoneyards

Chicago stonecutters went on strike with 800 workers quitting as stonecutting machines threaten jobs. The union says modern engines replace skilled workers, while overseers remain needed. The dispute pits wage gains against automation across all Chicago yards.

Curiaco Chicago Stoneeculters

Bowser Oil Tank Agents Gather for Company Meeting

Bowser Oil Tank company traveling salesmen, over 40 agents, gather at the works for a two day business session and a grand banquet at the Wayne hotel hosted by their employer Mr. F. Bowser.

Bowser Oil Tank Company F. Bowser Wayne Hotel

Special Pullman Train to Mexico Passes Fort Wayne

Gates announces a special Pullman train bound for Mexico will depart Fort Wayne via Wabash Railroad at 1 30 p m on Tuesday January 14. The journey covers 6600 miles through notable regions ending in Mexico City amid eastbound passage.

Gates Fort Wayne Wabash B.R Mexico T Ri

Insurgents Near Havana as War Flames Reach Guanajay

Reports from Havana describe cannon fire near Guanajay and insurgent advances within nine miles of the capital and two miles from the Ita water supply. Spanish forces claim victories near Havana and gunboat Ardilla seizes four insurgent vessels while refugees flood the region.

Valdex Ita State Department Washington Havana Guanajay Pinar del Rio Suarez Valdez Calabazar Vento Hoyo Colorado Maulin Garro Baracoa Markgip Correspondencia General Campos Ardilla Zayas Caimito Guayabal Punta Brava Valdespino Puerto la Guiara Marrero Santa Clara Pancho Carrillo

State Department Sees No Havana Information January 8

Reports say no official word on Havana's condition has reached the State Department or Navy. Officials note Cuban intelligence is alarming and Spain's Minister De Lome denied by saying insurgent falsifications drive the rumors. The Ohio Senate honors the late Allen G. Thurman.

General Campos Havana

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