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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1896
Page
4
An ad note touts a gift offer of 100 paper holders with framed portrait displays. It lists numerous discounted goods for tomorrow including table linens, silks, bed spreads, hosiery, lamps, wraps, belts, corsets, dress goods, and more with many items priced at low sale rates.
March 10 offer cuts fares to southwestern points, a deal promoted by M. C. Boxer, District Passenger Agent, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Transportation officials advertise reduced rates for travelers on the Nickel Plate line.
Miss Hattie Fowler hosts Sewing club at home. A. O. H. Division 3 meets at Library hall. Holy Land scenes with stereopticon to be shown at Trinity M E church. Play For Fair Virginia to benefit Fort Wayne Cycling club. English Lutheran church holds evening entertainment and supper. Fort Wayne High School elected to North Central Association. Misses Lehr entertain guests Miss Bromley. about 20 couples attend. Ads from A Sexoon and Louis Wolf & Co. announce tailored suits and new goods. Empire theatre reports large audiences. Ten Nights in a Bar Room and An American Beauty showings with leap year special and ladies matinee.
The Pittsburg engine No. 210 burst free at the round house doors and toppled into the transfer table pit. Officials cite a throttle valve leak and closed cylinder cocks causing steam to escape and wheels to move.
Notice announces the dissolution of the partnership Bourie Trentman & Co. consisting of B. A. Bourie A Trentman and D P Murphy and states the business will be continued by B A Bourie. Either party may receive and receipt for claims due to the firm with Fort Wayne dated February 26 1896.
Are bound to win customers. We keep the best stock in the city and our prices are absolutely the lowest. Inspection invited. Louis Wolf & Co. Arcade Dry Goods Store.
Last Friday in town Fort Wayne men Frank Falker John Mungen and Henry Manniffg with Frank Horn of St Louis took a calf from Charley Bol yard wrapped it in a horse blanket and placed it in their carriage. A search followed the calf was recovered and a scuffle broke out in Henry Blaising's saloon. Fights touched several locals with blows and a chair strike. The group later buried the hatchet and returned the calf. The episode closed with apologies and no lasting harm.
Mary Martian Houlihan aged 66, born near Dingle Ireland, died this morning at her Fort Wayne home. She came to America as a young woman, lived in Chicopee and settled in Fort Wayne in 1864. She leaves her husband John Houlihan and eight children, six living: Michael, John Jr., James, Thomas, Bridget, and Johanna. Funeral 1:30 pm Sunday from St Patrick’s Church.
San Francisco reports Rev C O Brown on the witness stand recounting his life and clashes with press coverage while defending his conduct. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announces a reorganization plan with Belmont and Butte joining the committee. Tuskogee hosts a large Negro conference as leaders from multiple states gather to discuss progress and remedies. Princeton students burn an effigy of the king of Spats during a campus demonstration.
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