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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1895
Page
2
The Times Post is renamed the Fort Wayne Evening Post under new ownership. It pledges democratic loyalty while promising honesty and fair public affairs coverage. The publisher M. E. Burns frames improvements ahead and invites public judgment on the paper’s renewed merit.
The report notes strong Republican wins across states led by New York City and Massachusetts with Bushnell in Ohio, Kan sas and Nebraska also leaning GOP while some states hint at Democratic gains in Kentucky. Overall Democrats were absent from decisive polling. results suggest a more typical Republican strength though margins are smaller than a year ago.
The press telegrams show widespread demonstrations for free Cuba, reflecting a national instinctive support for liberty. Americans overlook blood ties and language to back a people seeking self government and an end to tyranny, recalling their own forefathers’ battles against oppression.
The piece discusses Cuban governance and American sympathy for Cuba, arguing Congress should recognize belligerent rights for Cuban patriots. It previews political shifts, noting Mayor Pingree’s Detroit reelection and potential implications for Maryland’s Gorman and Ohio’s Republican leanings, amid cross party tensions.
Three forms of excursion tickets to Atlanta for the Cotton States Exposition are on sale through Pennsylvania lines. A 20 day return, a return by January 7 2896, and a 10 day return available only on specific dates. Tickets may be bought any time for the 20 day and January 7 2896 options, with the 10 day tickets offered on listed sale days. Details from ticket agents or F VanDusen, Chief Assistant.
Raggles a nine year old street-smart boy helps a hungry seven year old named Harold after finding him lost and abused. He buys supper and shelters Harold then finds a doctor and later helps Harold's family. When burglars strike, Raggles is found missing. Harold’s father and the family later learn Raggles saved the boy and prevented theft.
In Union County the reputable Bartlett Tarleton reports a confrontation with about twenty five black, headless snakes shaped like buggy whips. The creatures split around sticks or weeds, then rejoined and resumed their normal form after Tarleton struck them. He failed to kill more than a few briefly before they recovered.
The New York Sun notes John Dunn a 1442 mercer funded bells for the Church of St. Mary le Bow to guide travelers. Any person born within Bow bells could be a Londoner and a cockney, though proof remains elusive and it is treated as fact by some.
A society novelty features a dinner party wedding where invitations lead to a brief after-dinner moment. The parson is introduced in a few well chosen words, the bridegroom confers briefly, and the bride blushes as the marriage is solemnized with no further ceremony.
In a clipped report the article cites purported counts of revolutionary casualties and social upheaval in France. It contrasts claimed figures with cautious commentary on the chaotic period, noting the contested nature of contemporary tallies and public reaction.
A gray eagle hunted a rockfish in a shallow gravel bed at Octraro Creek near Port Leo. The eagle seized the fish with talons and, unable to release, was dragged under and drowned. The current carried both to a fish pit where the carcasses floated, the eagle’s grip still tight. The fish weighed 5 pounds and the bird stretched six feet wingspan. Source: Baltimore Sun.
The speaker explains that rattlesnakes do not die when cornered. They strike, then appear dead by turning on their backs and stiffening. If left alone, they raise their heads, inspect surroundings, and may rejoin life. The ruse, a game of possum, fools onlookers who fear a true fatal strike.
The author compares study to a meal and urges slow digestion of ideas. Read a few lines, pause, then meditate on them from all sides, arguing for and against, and masticate the material in idle moments. Gradual, reflective study strengthens the brain more than quick, unthinking reading.
The U S census reports show Episcopal bishops earn up to 12500 a year with rent, traveling allowances 300. average bishop about 7000. Methodist Episcopal clergy average 417, others from 500 to 1800. Catholic bishops range 2000 to 3000 plus a horse. Baptist and Lutheran salaries noted as very low. Presbyterians around 1000 to 1200.
Fashionable hosts hire exotic animals from a menagerie for evening events in New York. Lions tigers or mutated chimps are kept in elevated pens or wheeled into the drawing room. Imported from Paris via Princess de Sagan, the costly spectacle draws strong attention and bills run high, with each animal costing over $1,000 per night.
An elderly colored man known as Pop Hood laughed so hard at an alleged joke that his jaw dislocated yesterday. He was sent to Philadelphia Hospital where doctors reset the bone after trouble with the alignment. Hood, generally good natured, recalled that the joke was mighty funny, though he could not remember it clearly.
A British officer argues China is two centuries behind Japan, claiming Japanese are brave, temperate, patient, and energetic. He notes many Chinese are 200 years behind in development and praises the discipline seen in Japanese barracks.
A fragmented excerpt presents supposed last words of Franklin and a note on a sleeping apartment. The text alternates between garbled phrases about dying, disease, and advice on apartment orientation for dry warmth and cheer, lacking coherent context or clear event.
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