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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1896
Page
5
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies over Indiana with a drop in temperature tonight and into Wednesday. Lows near the mid 30s to 40s, daytime highs in the 40s to 50s. Winds light from the northwest.
Local society items note Loesch's Toilet Cream promotion and club meetings at Hibernian hall Puff's hall and Fort Wayne Temple of Pericleans. Reports cover a silver wedding surprise for Mr and Mrs Griswold a Paris harp prize by Effie Douglass Putnam and a child education lecture by Mrs Lucretia Treat. Also listed are upcoming Democratic Club talks and a high school girls glee club forming with officers named. Jim Corbett passed through Fort Wayne heading east, and a few social visits are noted among residents.
Laura Benn Indiana March 10 Rose Dixon a society belle danced at a Leap Year Ball and drew attention to Harry M Warden a young business man son of a wealthy widow The next morning Dixon eloped with Warden from her father O Dixons home They later returned from Chicago where the marriage was performed The groom will come back later Dixon from Mexico MO had moved to work in woolen mills and led social life The groom's mother has not learned of the elopement.
Manistes, Mich March 10 Jacob Shelineis died after failing to withstand a taunt about his drinking. He had stopped drinking four months earlier but was provoked by old companions and wagered he could drink three shots of whisky. He drank three, collapsed, and died within two hours. Saloonkeeper and others face possible charges. Also notices advise Wabash excursions on selected dates and announce Dan Meyers & Son opening a branch at 103 East Wayne street with plans to meet seasonal demand.
Found cow owner address F this office. For rent a nicely furnished room in a cozy flat with all modern conveniences and no other roomers. Address D this office.
A late train excuse circulates in the Pittsburg shops as engineers report slack in work at Foster’s waist factory and several men return after illness. Wabash shops adopt a ten hour scale with optimism. Deaths, illnesses, and family events influence attendance with workers like H W Sloat and Frank Wiegand among those off duty.
Mrs. Bossier aged 72 of 18 Bass street was injured last evening when a chair she stood on to hang a curtain slipped causing a fall. She has a two inch scalp wound sewn by a physician and remains in serious condition at home due to age. Local cigar ad follows.
Albany organizer Manning arrived in Indianapolis and challenged W A Sutherland Archer Baxter and D S Alexander to admit New York Republicans support Morton. He claims New York bosses sent emissaries to Indiana, denouncing the move as brazen. Manning says most New York Republicans favor McKinley and accuses Platt of seeking to win negro delegates elsewhere with illicit offers.
Abbreviated telegrams report the Barnum widow, now married to Demetrius Callais Bey, plans to leave him after estates failed to materialize. Other items note an unidentified man found hanging in a box car in Evergreen Park, described as a poorly clothed despondent laborer. Obituaries list Louis Darwin at 107 in Black River Falls Wisconsin and several others in New York, St. Paul and Minneapolis, with brief mentions of ages.
Five dollars a month to stop paying rent and build a home on a monthly plan at Lakeside. The Land Co in Room 7 Pixley Block can arrange the money. Talk with Mr Howey the Secretary. Five dollars down and five dollars per month buys a lot. Encourage young men to save and own a home.
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