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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1895
Page
2
The Engineering News notes Toronto bought and sold its streetcar lines in 1891 for 1 453 788, granting a 20 year franchise later extended to 30 with annual 800 per mile plus a share of gross receipts and complex fare provisions. City receipts from rentals and percentages totaled 424 606 for a period Sept 1 to Dec 31.
Tomorrow is a holiday for thanks and feasting but many households face poverty. The piece urges readers to help others by providing a Thanksgiving dinner or donating to relief associations such as the Princess rink and associated charities to ensure proper distribution.
Alaska advices say England seeks a Yukon border claim via Pyramid Channel while strategic reshaping could lure Colorado fields. Uncle Tom’s death in Lexington prompts sly quips as Kansas Senator Porter faces ridicule over funerals. Cincinnati Debs curry and Chicago laundry feud spark political humor. Turkey lunch offered at Ed Pauley’s 204 Calhoun Street on Thanksgiving Eve.
A collection of reflections on humor temper and governance. It highlights the czar’s appetite shaping politics and notes Rev Claude Robateau’s attack on international marriage while recounting Abraham Lincoln’s rigid honesty with a small post office savings envelope.
With the new time card in effect Oct 20 leaving Fort Wayne at 7 10 am and arriving Indianapolis 11 28 am then returning depart Indianapolis at 6 25 pm and arrive Fort Wayne 10 20 pm this offers a half day at the state capital. Nickel Plate will sell Homeseekers tickets for round trips Nov 26 27 and Dec 10 11 to Alabama Kentucky Louisiana Arkansas Texas Oklahoma and the southwest phone 507.
A Fort Wayne notice describes A M Palmer staging of Trilby by Paul Petter with an attentive cast. Taffy loves Trilby while the Laird plans to propose and Little Billee frets as Trilby appears in Vivandiere dress. Svengali’s barbed remarks heighten the plot as befits the production.
Low rate passes advertised for California and western resorts Florida and the South with variable routes and generous return limits. Details available from local Pennsylvania lines agents, including Fort Wayne contact J. B. Ross. Also for sale: prime lot on Griffith street in Ewing's Grove facing the 20-3t Pixley-Long Block, inquire L. F. Curpes.
In Cincinnati Eugene Camp recounts Bishop Potter visiting Boston where a wealthy hostess arranged a lavish silver dressing room. The bishop, accustomed to fine things, was surprised by the display but kept quiet during his stay and departed after a few days.
Washington dispatch describes a forthcoming message to Congress by President Cleveland. The currency question heads the agenda with plans to retire greenbacks and defend the gold reserve, while the Venezuela boundary issue also looms large amid cabinet and Senate maneuvering.
A head end collision between freight No. 25 and the overland flier near Shoemaker, New Mexico, left two mail clerks from La Junta dead and seven others injured. Conductor Robb died in Las Vegas hospital. several victims are seriously hurt with burns and broken limbs.
In Abbeville South Carolina on November 27 a mob of thirty to forty men tried to seize prisoners charged with Narcissa Bagwell’s murder. Jailer Nance and his father the sheriff prevented the lynching with aid from the Abbeville Rifles, and the mob dispersed.
Seventy corpses recovered from ruins of a Palma cartridge factory after an explosion likely caused by a discharged worker. Twenty four injured transported to hospital, with most expected to die. Queen regent provides 10000 pesetas to victims’ families.
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