Cheap fares and the Consolidated’s 3 cent question
A Fort Wayne discussion compares electric and horse power costs to argue the Consolidated Railway could carry passengers for 3 cents. Boston area data show electric operation at 1.53 cents per car mile vs 9.56 cents by horse power, with profits rising as costs fall. The Boston report notes 1895 net earnings of 12.11 cents per mile, suggesting savings would push fares down while maintaining income.
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Pingree
Detroit
Board of Works
Consolidated Company
Fort Wayne
Boston
North Shore Traction Company
Boston and Lynn
Cincinnati
Stanley
Consolidated
Covington
Mt. Adams and
Eden Park
The
Traction Company
Former U S marshal Bill Scott works as day laborer near Logansport
Bill Scott once helped break the Dalton gang, now 53 and scarred by bullet and knife wounds works at Kenneth quarries west of Logansport Indiana. His arm leg and face bears marks from his dangerous past and he remains vigorous despite financial reverses.
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Logansport
Ind
Bill Scott
United States
Dalton
Kenneth Quarries
Dalton Gang
Kansas
Coroner Sells Body to Medical College in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on January 14, Jessie Milburn died and disputes over her remains intensified. The coroner sold the body to the Indiana Medical College after undertakers and friends of Milburn, who died yesterday, clashed over burial authority. The coroner refuses to issue a burial permit, claiming state law gives the body to the college, while undertakers plan to bury the body without a permit and later face a legal contest for possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpianapolis
Jessie Milburn
Medical College
Mount Jackson
Indiana Medical College
Mecca farmer seeks wife in Younestown
Frank Bradley of Mecca Trumbull county arrived in Younestown Ohio on January 14 to shop for a wife. He wore a pale pink necktie with blue forget me nots and says he will provide a fine home and his farm if he finds the right partner. He is new to wife hunting and seeks a pretty bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younestown
Ohio
Frank Bradley
Mecca
Trumbull County
Bradley
Labor Relief Benefit at Empire Theatre Jan 16
The Labor Relief union, aided by Empire theatre manager Louis Heilbronner, will hold a benefit on Thursday night January 16. Three thousand tickets are on sale to union members at 10 cents each to raise funds as the union’s finances are low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Heilbronner
Empire Theatre
Labor Relief Union
Chicago Produce Market Prices Report
January to May and July futures quoted for corn oats and wheat with cash bids and opening and closing figures. Market from Gordon & Co. margin brokers in the Whitebank block notes price movements and bids for Park Laro and State Rims contracts.
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Wacat
Laro
Gordon & Co
White- Bank Block
Flying Squadron Ready and World Tour Hinted
Washington reports warm reply from England to Olney as to protecting Americans in Transvaal. Novosti notes Menelik’s alliance with Groggehem and Makalle siege. McKinney honored at Bacota banquet with Venezuelan officials praising the U S. Ex-Queen Lil may receive pardon January 17 in Honolulu. Flying Squadron commissioned at Portsmouth with orders to Berehaven and possible round-the-world voyage.
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Fort Makalie
St. Petersburg
Novosti
Menelik
Abysinia
Groggehem
Fort Makalle
Bacota
U. S
McKinney
Portsmours
Admiral Dale
Spithead
Berehaven
Ireland
England
Brenzinger’s Bakery Bread and The Wedding Tale
A humorous tale contrasts Brenzinger’s Bakery Bread with married life. The couple’s honeymoon yields not harmony but hunger as the oven fails and quarrels arise, ending with a moral about young women's choices before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenzinger
Sioux City Wedding Bid Sparks Racial Tension
Paul Mahnke and Lulu Smith plan to wed amid controversy as Lulu, a Black woman, awaits trial for larceny in the county jail. Mahnke’s father contests the marriage saying he is underage. the youth claims he is nearly 22 and aims to marry in jail next Friday.
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Sioux
City
Paul Mahnke
Fred Mahnke
Lulu Smith
Young Mahnke
Telegram Reveals New Light on Ethel Hilborn Disappearance
A Fort Wayne search for Ethel Hilborn, 14, now missing, follows reports she left home with stepbrother Miles Leslie. A Marion telegram traces her past, noting their reunion in Fort Wayne after travel from Muncie and North Manchester, with Leslie tied to a cigar firm.
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Fort Wayne
Ethel Hilborn
Marion
Miles Leslie
Leslie
Muncie
Miss Hilborn
Manchester
State
Child roasted on stove in Tremendous cruelty case
Torexa January 14. Mrs. Charles Dean left two children alone. A stranger, a man who quarreled with Dean, allegedly placed the baby on a red hot stove. The child died from its burns. Indignation runs high as a suspected attacker is sought. Also promoting a local sale at The People’s Store with free Bursley’s Blend Coffee and Fox’s Crackers during the event.
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Burstey
Fox
People’s Store
Ethel
Torexa
Kan
Charles Dean
Dean
Bursley
Hillsdale Gas works explosion injures engineer in Mich
The Hillsdale Gas Company plant exploded at 10 oclock burning large sections of a brick building and scattering masonry over several acres. Engineer Henry Canfield stood outside the furnace and was blown fifty feet yet unharmed. Fire caused by misalignment of beams near retorts smothered as flames reached the purifying room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdate
Mich
Hillsdale Gas Company
Henry Canfield
Divorces and street railway contract under review
County commissioners have not signed the Consolidated Street Railway contract and sent it for revision, likely to J. M. Barrett. Delilah Rodehever sues Henry Rodehever for divorce on desertion since 1892. E. V. Emerick represents the plaintiff. Other court notes cover Foulks vs Jackson trial, a sensational divorce case, and various minor hearings.
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Board of County Commissioners
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Delilah Rodehever
Henry Rodehever
E. V. Emerick
Christian Stucky
John Amstetz
J. H. Eckles
August Buff
Frank Sterling
Lake Township
Squire France
O’rourke
Tri State Building and Loan Association Officers Elected
The Tri-State Building and Loan Association met last evening at Vesey and Heaton to elect officers. G. W. Pixley was chosen president with D. N. Foster as vice president and C. A. Wilding as secretary. J. W. Bell became treasurer and W. J. Vesey served as attorney. A large board of directors and a board of managers were named, led by Pixley and Foster.
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Tri-State Building and Loan Association
Vesey & Heaton
G. W. Pixley
D. N. Foster
C. A. Wilding
J. W. Bell
W. J. Vesey
H. C. Paul
M. Foster
W. Pixley
W. E
Mass Meeting Call by Fort Wayne Democrats for Campaign Organization
A mass meeting is planned in the circuit courtroom on Jan. 15 1896 at 7 30 p m to organize for the coming campaign. The call is signed by numerous Democratic city central committee members and Democratic citizens of Fort Wayne inviting all residents to attend.
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Democratic City Central Committee
Fort Wayne
Circuit
Allen Zollars
John Ward
P. W. Schaden
Chas. F. Mahler
Y. Offenloch
A. W. Golden
F. M. Smith
I. C. Meyer
C. McCulloch
J. M. Barrett
M. V. Walsh
W. W. Mungen
A. I. Friend
C. E. Reese
KE. H. Parker
A. Hattersley
Louis Fox
H. M. Diehl
J.R. Merriweather
Louis J. Bobilya
M. Himbert
W. H. Shambaugh
August Korn
F. W. Bandt
Frank J. Geiger
H. F. Bullerman
P. J. Scheid D. Petgen
C.L. Smith
F. A. Bloomfield
W. J. Hass
R.W. Learmonth
H. T. Schwegman
Henry G. Sommers
E. H. McDonald
Wm. Doehrman
City Council to vote on Home Telephone contract changes
A major council meeting focuses on the Everett contract, the pole ordinance, and a signed Home Telephone company deal. Changes include city ownership of a 200 wire duct at company expense and five year gross receipts relief, with a $18,000 bond for 50 years.
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Everett
Pole
Home Telephone Company
Board of Public Works
Fort Wayne
A. J. You
You
Thomas D. DeVixziss
W. H. McCrenvanp
Henry A. Reed
Fort Wayne visits and local events in Whitley County
Father Ellering and several Fort Wayne residents were seen in the area. William E. Magsey traveled to Summit City yesterday while Miss Flo Jones returned to Fort Wayne at noon. The opera with Lambert and Darwin Root of Fort Wayne is billed as a season event. Otto Binder visited friends after plumbing work in the city. The Whitley County Teachers Association met here last Saturday with Mrs Emma Mont McRae in attendance. An oil company forms in thin places and drilling begins in Jay County. location details are uncertain.
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Father Ellering
Fort Wayne
William E. Magsey
Summit City
Flo Jones
Messrs. Lambert
Darwin Root
Otto Binder
A. Hilbert
Whitley County Teachers’ Association
Emma “Mont McRae
Jay
Annual Clearing Sale Promises Deep Winter Reductions
A 1886 notice invites men to a January 2nd clearing sale offering steep discounts on foreign and domestic clothing and related items, signaling substantial winter reductions.
Fire Alarm Responds To Blaze At Eliza Street Barn
Fire engines from houses No 1 and 4 rushed to 169 Eliza Street to a small frame barn behind the residence of Charles Smith. A dropped match ignited shavings, destroying part of the barn. Firefighters contained the blaze with minor damage. See Frank Klotz's ad on page 3.
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Charles Smith
Eliza Street
Exclusive Cloak and Fur House announces big Fort Wayne sale
The Exclusive Cloak and Fur House promises the greatest cut price sale in Fort Wayne with adver tisements to follow. The sale starts Thursday January 2nd, 1896, and the house vows no misrepresentation and cash only while closing out.
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Fort Wayne
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Empire
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Transvaal
Olney
Salisbury
Washington
Great Britain
Louis Salisbury
Delagoa Bay
South Atlantic
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Honolulu
Li Lung Yew
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Life
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Tom
Ned
Sioux City
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Squire Taney
Charles Ross
Reuban Yarian
Yarian
Ross
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Foulks
Jackson
Gus Jackson
Doughman
Harry Hanna
Elmer Leonard
Lulu Woods
E. Y. Emrick
Milton B. Woods
Ada Woods
Jeteias
the Building and Loan Association
Democratic Organization
Vonn Mann
F. J. Gruber
G. R. Hench
E. L. Daseler
Alfred Hattersley
H. H. Bohen
Spencer
Braon
Wudoe Aprulll
C. W. Edsall
Isaac Traverman
Brad Machal
Ragu Wvevwly
D. J. Shaw
B. Bond
Wisner
Edward J. Ehrman
D. M. Monahan
Charles Dittoe
William Meyer, Jr
Henry A. Read
George Henkenius
A. LI Utiedel, Thomas Meegan, S. C. Henderson
S. McMahon, TW Millan
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J. H. Hobrack
G. P. Gordon
E. J. O'Connell
J. T. Leary
R. J. Fisher
Wm. Stephen
S. C. Lumbard
E. M. Wilson
M. C. Gross
Council
Byrnes
Greater New York
New York
Europe
Greater
G. W. Steinacker
Owe
Columbia City News
Fire Department
Frank Klotz
Exclusive
Cloak and Fur House
V. Gutermuth
D. Monahan
Hatter
Calhoun Street
Cleary
Honrison
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