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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1896
Page
4
The forecast for Indiana calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with temperatures warming on Tuesday. Clearer conditions are expected to follow as readings rise modestly through the day. Temperature details remain uncertain due to shifting regional trends.
Mrs. Clarence Cromwell visits relatives in the city. A Concordia college couple, Prof. and Mrs. Zucker, welcome a son. James A. Rosseau and Emme Amelia Porter obtain license to wed. Sons of Veterans plan a social at their hall tomorrow night. Dr. Charles Miller fractures his right wrist after a fall last evening. Mrs. James Stewart of Kentucky visits Mrs. Diffenderfer on Dewald Street. Judge Lowry attends Vigo circuit court in Terre Haute on a major case. Jed Sperry visits South Calhoun Street, now based in Chicago. Ministerial Association convenes at Y M C A parlors. Mrs. Wells to lead Y W C A English literature class this evening. F F club hosted by Mrs. Throckmorton next Thursday at Lafayette and Williams. Hive 6 Ladies of Maccabees host entertainment at Mrs. Williams’s home tomorrow. Triangle Cycling Club to hold annual officer election next Thursday with banquet plans. O C C ladies entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson on West Allen Street last Saturday. Bob o Links old organization plans a grand reunion on April 7. Cash Henderson, rival to Mold the circumnavigator, due in city from Wichita to confer with Mold and manager R F Kinnaird.
A deep well on J. B. Cunningham’s farm near New Burlington reached 200 feet when water blasted from the bore, sending rocks weighing 2 to 3 pounds into the air. The 8 inch pipe pours lukewarm water at an estimated 25,000 gallons daily, keeping workers at bay as physicians weigh medicinal potential. Nearby notices promote Shamrock souvenirs and transit routes to the State Capital, fishing ads, and business chatter from Berlin on currency reform.
A secessionist group unites as the American Volunteers under Ballington's plan with military like governance. Mr Booth and Mrs Booth named joint presidents, local branches as postes, officers listed with army rank, and a white flag bearing a blue star, a white cross, forty five stars, and the motto The Lord My Banner.
In St Louis twenty five army recruits marched under Cadet Vincent red ribbons bearing Mrs Ballington Booth and God Bless Our Leader. They carried a US flag and Washington banner while declaring support for Ballington Booth and planning to raise funds and establish a headquarters.
In Aurora county a mob threat follows the sacking of the Mitchell Mail office. Editor McBride fled to Plankinton where The Standard attacks Mitchell foes. An extra edition and a lethal comment about coffins sparks fear of further arson. Terre Haute plans Pingree potato aid with Judge Taylor Father Frewin and A Herz on committee. In Crawfordsville H. H. Cross posts bond for Philip Hauk linked to Grace McClamrock death case.
William A Shoemaker Holmes ally was disbarred for one year for seeking a woman to swear false testimony for H H Holmes. The Albany Albion Paper Co assets reach 745 076 liabilities 558 161. Daniel L Bowersmith a famed Ohio journalist is dead.
Cantor O March 16 reports ex Governor McKinley told a New York paper correspondent his views lie in a Congressional Record speech from 1890. He argued Republican financial conservatism kept gold and silver together, stressing equal value and security across money forms. When asked about poverty and circulation he declined to discuss further, saying his official career is an open book.
A small riot in Niles Center, Illinois, left two men dead and several injured as a crowd clashed after tax collector Hasse tried to collect Fred Kragbein’s poll tax. Kragbein stabbed Henry Lochner. Lochner supporters beat Kragbein, with about a dozen injuries reported. Additional items note railroad pass extensions for a Grand Army encampment, a mother accidentally shooting her child, and a local cigar promo and lunch event.
Elegant suits offered at deep discounts after factory sale collapse. Oak bedroom suites priced for furniture buyers at 13 90 to 50.00, with ranges from 25 00 to 50 00 and some as low as 8 or 75 00, featuring fine finishes and carved designs.
Fragmentary note argues prohibition must apply to every deed in Lakeside to protect young children. cites enforceable public order as a key motive for restricting saloons in the community.
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