The People s Property and Public Franchises Reform
A critical editorial argues municipalities should demand fair compensation for franchises and warns against improvident gifts. It cites recent auctions in New York and Chicago, noting rising, businesslike practices and a shift toward profit from public concessions. It also condemns police overreach in a local arrest and mocks spiritualist pretensions amid a broader critique of authority and public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem River
Chicago
Exhibition of Spite Hints at Secret Police Wagon Purchase
The board of public safety plans to buy a patrol wagon to hide inmates from view, angering Superintendent Lig get and his force. The piece frames the move as petty spite in public streets and notes the serious implications for community respect and policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Safety
Lig‘get
Route to the State Capital By Local Rail Lines
The notice details a Fort Wayne to Indianapolis daily route with a 7:10 am departure and 11:28 am arrival, returning at 6:25 pm to reach Fort Wayne by 10:20 pm, offering half a day's access to the state capital. It also notes Nickel Plate Homeseekers' tickets for a one fare round trip on select dates to multiple southern states. For inquiries call 507.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Big Four
Nickel Plate Railroad
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Why Didn't He Advertise Discoveries Before Columbus
A provocative note claims Captain Andrea of the Isle of Chios discovered America years before Columbus but kept silent for 400 years. The piece mocks pre-Columbian discoveries, asserting Columbus alone “advertised” the find, while others allegedly lost their lands again. It also mentions a New York Pole with acromegalia, a rare condition turning him toward simian features, described as retrogression rather than disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Andrea
Isle of
Chios
America
Columbus
Andrea
Rise in Strikes and Unemployment Through 1894 Report
Labor Bureau figures show 14 890 strikes affecting 09 167 establishments and 3 714 406 workers displaced over 18 1/2 years. Peak strikes in 1890 with 1 833, low in 1884 at 443. 1885 involved establishments fewer than any year. First six months of 1894 suggest 10 300 establishments and 482 066 workers displaced for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Bureau
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Nickel Plate trains offer low rates and deluxe service
The Nickel Plate road advertises convenient schedules between Chicago and Boston with dining cars and luxurious sleepers to Chicago, Cleveland, Erie, New York and Boston. It promises lowest rates and first and second class day coaches with colored porters. A separate real estate notice promotes a lot in Ewing's Grove facing Griffith street for sale, urging immediate calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Cleveland
Erie
New York
Boston
Ewing's Grove Addition
Griffith Street
Buffalo
California
Charley's Aunt and Trilby at the studio show
A dramatic program features Charley's Aunt and Trilby in two acts with Svengali hypnotism, romance, and comic deception. The plot follows Trilby and Little Billee through love, mistaken identity, and a Brazilian aunt impersonation, culminating in a joyful, lawful elopement and a festive finale. Tickets and travel notes for upcoming routes and winter trips are also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trilby
Little Billee
Florence
Svengali
Mrs. Bagot
Little Billeee
du Cirque Des Bashibazoncks
Musketeers
la ‘Svengali
Frilby
Ben-Bolt
Billie
Sven‘gall
Charley
Brazil
Sugar Planters Seek to Break Two Year Sell Pact
Abbreviated telegrams note Hawaiian sugar planters bid to overturn the contract to sell entire output to the sugar trust for two years. Other items report the fatal shooting of John Pittsch in a dispute over a laborer bedtime hour, and the death of George Phealan from football injuries at the University of Virginia. The National Glass Blowers' association bans ex Baker Glass workers from running his Sons on a cooperative basis. A charity meal at Walls' Mission in Chicago feeds many poor and homeless men with turkey pies and fruit. A clergyman reports on opium joints in Chicago and possible arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
John Pittsch
South Chicago
Carl Zukovitch
Zukovitch
George Phealan
Congressman Phealan
Memphis
Tenn
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
National Glass Blowers’ Association
William Baker
Baltimore
Walls' Mission
Chicago
John Rusk
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Washington Street
the Evening Post
M. E. Burns
East Berry Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank Belchin
Belchin
New York City
Julius Cesar
Story OF
Lake Erie & Western
Atlanta
Tuesdale
Brandon ‘Thomas
Charles ‘Froh
Philadelphia
Meyer’s Hat Store
Calhoun St
Elmer E. Vance
Beatrice
Temple Theatre
A. M. Palmer
Meyer’s Hat
Calhoun and
Berry Sts
Evening Post
E. Berry St
District Telegraph Office
Byraine Post
MF. Kaag
W. G. Burket
Good Fire Insurance Co
Louis F. Cardes
Romy & Bobilya
F. J. Ourtice
Schmitz
Reison
Bright
Standard Medical and Surgical Institute
N. R. Wenger
Calhoun Street
Telephone
Centlivre
L. Jaxtheimer & Son
Tailors
Tri-State Building
Court House
Simon Freistroffer
East Main Street
Henry Monning
H. Wayne St
Peter F. Poirson
East
Columbia Street
Purman Street
Peter F. Potrson
Bank Block
New Aveline
West Berry Street
Evening Post Office
Sone Thompson
A.C. Aurents
Berry Street
The _Pantitorium
J 'Haverly
Emsoyines Bureau
Ersieey Aeray
Steam Bakery
Maumee Ave
L. P. Scherer
Indiana
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