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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1896
Page
4
Local notes report cloudy and threatening weather tonight with warmer temperatures expected on Thursday. Also mentions Chautauqua style local items, business notices and social happenings across Fort Wayne area with quick takes on readings, library openings, and a March sale at A F Schoch’s.
Local shoppers flock to Louis Wolf & Co as fixtures and stock go on clearance. Store doors open for a closing sale with discounts aimed at clearing remaining inventory and attracting bargain hunters.
The Fort Wayne Post praises a council vote for a bona fide corporate tax ordinance. Councilmen lauded the paper's influence in mobilizing public support and enabling passage of the pole ordinance, calling the paper’s work a victory for the people and for reform.
The Fort Wayne common council met in the council chamber Tuesday evening January 14 1896. Mayor Oakley presided with Clerk Jeffries and 15 councilmen listed. Previous minutes were read and approved. An official communication dated December 24 1805 notes approved ordinances from a special session held December 23 1895.
Fort Wayne’s Board of Public Works forwards a contract with Home Telephone and Telegraph Co to furnish and maintain city telephones at 24 dollars yearly for residences and 36 dollars for businesses, with 18 free city telephones, underground conduits, and 2 percent gross receipts to the city. The agreement details rights, street work, pavement restoration, and bond provisions.
The Report of the Committee on Judiciary and City Attorney favors disannexation of parts of South Wayne by Fort Wayne. A second finance committee report supports paying Third National Bank commissions for bonds, with a pole license ordinance under consideration. Majority vote adopted. minority opposes pole taxation for cOE DOTATIONS, urging equal treatment on tax duplicates.
A fragment lists couples including John D Keyes with Myrtle Ran som Lilburn Hoffman with Polly Reynolds George Abdon with Clara Trader and Francia Isley Brown with Jessie Anna Bond in a marriage notice snippet.
Herman Dickman five year old son of Henry Dickman of 81 Walton Avenue died recently. The funeral details are not fully provided in the fragment.
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