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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1896
Page
2
The piece urges lower street car fares in Fort Wayne arguing a nickel fare is too high for workers. It cites operating cost reductions, benefits to riders, and calls for morning and evening rates at 3 cents or eight tickets for a quarter. The note contrasts Detroit's mayoral victory with Fort Wayne's demand.
The piece catalogs British seizures from 1704 to 1815 including Gibraltar Mauritius Ceylon Malta Trinidad and more, condemning imperial conquest. It argues other powers must check Britain’s policy of aggression for self preservation and contrasts public utilities with monopolies.
A city report indicates the street car corporation is directing disputes under the cover of anonymous messages. Officials warn this tactic obscures accountability while affecting operations and public trust.
Dr Jameson the South African adventurer used Helena as a base during Northwest visits from 1875 to 1886 with hunts on Mussel Shells creek and in the Judith Basin. Li Hung Chang is described as degraded and ill, while Emil Ney heir to Marshal Ney contends for large estates in Paris amid a costly legal saga. Major Girardey claims invention of a deadly bomb used in wars. US Venezuela policy states no military action until a formal commission report and British verdict is given.
The Gates special Pallman train will pass Fort Wayne via Wabash R R at 1 30 p m on Tuesday January 14 for a 30 day 6600 mile tour of Old Mexico the Egypt of the New World. Pullman compartments dining library and observation cars comprise the train. For rates routes and maps contact the Wabash Ticket Office telephone No 6 7 6.
With the new time card in effect Oct 20 leaving Fort Wayne at 7 10 a m arriving at Indianapolis at 11 28 a m and returning leave Indianapolis at 6 25 p m arrive Fort Wayne at 10 20 p m thus giving parties an oppo us.
Washington dispatch profiles Justice Brewer and the new Justice Peckham. It lauds Secretary Lamont as the era’s hardest working and most popular cabinet member, noting his door policy for ex secretaries of war and his tireless rounds with callers and errands.
Washington dispatch reports a new Chinese language newspaper at Peking called The Wan-Kuo-Kung-Pao Universal Intelligence edited by Kang Chang-Su a Canton native once in Confucian disfavor. Backers include Yuan Shihkai and other high officials. funding from Chang Chih Tung and imperial relatives. two dozen editors and printers planned. aims to spread Western knowledge and publish related books. Peking Gazette noted as oldest paper.
Mrs. Billus asks about the call board and its construction, while Mr. Billus responds that it is made of deal, depicting a playful misunderstanding in a Chicago Tribune style exchange.
A collage of humorous lines from papers like Detroit Kree Press Indianapolis Journal and New York Tribune. Characters tease duties and bashfulness while a Chicago Record quips about a trolley accident with a fatal outcome.
A list of ailments including blood poisoning syphilis gonorrhoea and related conditions. Also notes symptoms such as nocturnal emissions impaired memory weak back and impotency with references to kidney bladder Bright's disease and diabetes. Claims all issues are successfully treated.
The stockholders of the Fort Wayne and Decatur Gravel Road are summoned to a meeting at the Wayne hotel parlors on January 21 at 2 p m. The agenda includes election of officers and other business that may come before the assembly.
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