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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1902
Page
2
The Fort Wayne Gazette reports a cadaver famine in Viennapolis and a surge in dissection corpse prices amid grave robbing exposures. It mentions Foreign peace moves and a U.S. political shift as well as local figures G. Gillham and N. Weaver facing misfeasance inquiries into county books.
The Fort Wayne Traction Company and Natural Gas Company are accused of neglecting franchise terms, failing to provide safe seating and reliable gas supply respectively. Citizens demand enforcement, alleging bonds and promises to furnish services have been disregarded and public funds misused.
A fragmented plea warns that without heroic action no Liens will improve and urges a protest against official negligence to address corporate wrongs and the fate of those harmed.
Zitkala-Sa narrates a December Atlantic piece in which she roams riverbanks and hills seeking kinship with the Great Spirit. She encounters a Native preacher, questions missionary dogma, and finds spiritual strength in nature and ancestral lore.
A clipped passage discusses near spiritual themes with a line about birds waters flowers and notes ZukulaSa’s paganism being admitted. The text reads as literary reflection with no clear event or date and remains fragmentary.
Poem fragment recounts a dying soldier at Malvern Hill who kisses a woman's picture and asks his mother to tell her he loved her. Amid memories of battle and loss, the speaker questions whether heroes of war would have wished to be better men. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps author.
A meditative verse by Barriet Yeecher Slywe contemplates death as a gentle passage. The speaker describes unseen presences offering soft whispers and guiding hands that ease mortal pain and sorrow. The poem imagines death as a tranquil bridge to a loving, dreamlike state.
Crestline residents marked the turning on of natural gas with a raised platform before City Hall. Four pipes rose twelve feet from the mains as Mayor Crowe pressed a lever and sent a flame soaring, signaling gas service nationwide in the town.
The Angola Magnet reports that the Goshen and Indiana Traction Co. faces a money market delay but is prepared to begin work. President AL TH Flint says the contract for the house and rails from Pennsylvania Steel is signed, with 8,500 tons of rails secured. Indications point to actual grading starting before early spring.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention the Journal-Gazette Bank page and instruction to read more and set more for results. The text is garbled but indicates an emphasis on accessing bank page content and extended reading.
The News at South Whitey reports that Rev. Dr. Homer C. Ashcraft has announced candidacy for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1804 for the 12th district. He is believed to reside in Minnesota and may return to Whiley County to seek the seat. The piece notes preachers who leave the pulpit often fare well and suggests Ashcraft could figure in the 1804 Republican convention. Jim Robinson would likely challenge him.
A terse note quotes Lowe praising Lawyer Anderson’s appointment to the federal judgeship as a boost for Senator Bair banks, suggesting it strengthens support under political alignment. The fragment hints at party ties and political advantage without full context.
Fragmentary line suggests a question about bipartisan voting and party gratitude. The text mentions a Democratic acknowledgments and a brief reference to a Union City Post with political leanings.
Contemporary editorials praise the president's plain and forceful delivery while others critique it as not a striking state document. Commentators from Rep and Dem papers describe sincerity, clear facts, and bold beliefs, yet warn against unwise legislation that could threaten prosperity.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Father Thomas F. McGrady of St Anthony church Bellevue Kentucky has retired as pastor. He refused to retract his address in favor of socialism and announced he will write a work titled Way I Left the Priesthood. He expressed regret at the Wood family’s forced departure.
Father McGrady, known for lectures and writings on socialism, has been suspended after years of disputes with ecclesiastical superiors over his radical views. His Fort Wayne platform appearance two years ago and ensuing debates stirred controversy among Catholics regarding property rights and church doctrine.
December 7 report from Chicago notes a large turnout of northwest and missile west expatriates returning home for Christmas. A specially decorated excursion train conveying 600 travelers to Norway and Sweden departed to mark the holiday season. Most will return to the United States with plans to reunite on the return trip.
The clippings rail against Roosevelt's congressional message noting its brevity and synthesis while debating its strength and tone. Critics from South Bend Times to Philadelphia Record question timidity and urge decisive reform, with references to tariffs, trusts, and the 1904 ballot.
Former Indiana state senator from Elkhart County Hubbell wins a California Senate seat in a retest election. Reportedly prospering in California, he is said to be “rolling into his coffers.” Hon. A. W. Hendry, Steuben County pioneer and early promoter of The Port Wayne Jackson and Saginaw road, died recently.
Aide Jones, a colored woman, was arrested by Detective Rule as she prepared to leave for Indianapolis with a street gang foreman. Wanted in South Bend for stealing musical instruments, she claimed the item was repaid to a lover with his permission, asserting jealousy sparked the trouble. A midnight telegram ordered her release when the witness could not post bond.
The New York Sun critiques Roosevelt for delaying decisive action on trust regulation. It argues his push for federal power via congress or constitutional amendment is tentative, contrasting his rhetoric with a cautious, corporate-lobbyist influenced approach led by Attorney General Knox and others.
A scrambled sports brief notes Allen will not return for Tama game. The fragment references Dec 7 and a lineup change with a coach or team name Anun Lie Lo & Th dravgtitsoan, but the readable portion confirms Allen's absence and a forthcoming matchup involving Tama.
Fort Wayne records show a cold advance as a light blizzard sweeps the city. Thermometer readings fall from 10 degrees around 2 pm to minus 38 by midnight. Pedestrians seek shelter as gas office instruments log the erratic temperature drop and a brief flurry of spitting snow.
Local items describe a birth, a fallen pedestrian on Berry Street, a taxi call, and a Fort Wayne land notices update in Chicago 6 company. It notes Calvary United Brethren services led by Gideon with about 600 members after three years, plus a Frank W. Kelsey address on the group’s aims.
Readable fragments report a freed ward credited with relief from captivity. The brief item notes emancipation and return of the ward to home or authority, without detailing dates or identifiers.
The family of Mr and Mrs August Hoffman express gratitude for kindness shown after the death of their son and brother Henry Hoffman. They request that friends and Rev Philip Wamnaganna be banished from their circle during this bereavement.
Professor Lodeman, a former instructor at Cornell University, is reported dead in 1898. The notice notes he had a son and references his professional role as a faculty member at the university.
Passenger list from the steamer Umbria arriving at New York includes Mr and Mrs Putram Braglee Strong and Mrs John Dillon. Strong refused to comment on his past or furniture moves. Mrs Dillon is ill in Chicago and travels to be with her husband.
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