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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
2
The Indiana bituminous coal operators insist on raising mine prices. The newspaper notes a separate question about home coal prices and mentions ongoing political chatter on tariffs and reciprocity. Also humor columns poke fun at Governor Dalley and a sea sickness cure claim from an Italian ambassador.
Citizens press Fort Wayne common council to enforce gas contract amid claims the Fort Wayne company withholds gas. They urge court action to prevent alleged wrongful pricing and protect residents from overcharges.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt critiques British municipalization by detailing Glasgow’s extensive city control over utilities markets housing markets and public services. The piece argues the system represents a costly form of state socialism and questions taxpayer burden and efficiency cited in London Times reporting.
A Glasgow council program imagined to cut taxes expands spending from $985,000 to $8,959,000 in fifteen years with no revenue. The Times notes profits are phantom and no relief to taxpayers. Debt rises by $40 million since 1887 while assessable value grows slowly, prompting questions about private enterprise and end results.
Public lecture excerpt from The Outing presents two papers on reeducation in colleges. W A Curtis argues coeducation faces no educational crisis while May Estelle Cook from the women's view critiques segregation at the University of Chicago and discusses male attitudes and the impact on faculty and students. Evidence cites rising women in university enrollment and perceived preferences for women among wealthy families.
The piece notes growing numbers of women students and claims the university has done more for women than men, citing dining rooms in women’s dormitories and coeducational courses. It argues coeducation is widespread in the west and cautions that sex-segregation proposals have created discomfort among students.
A charity ball featured Mrs S M Foster and other trustees hosting a large reception. Mr Reineke provided music for a crowded dance floor, with a lavishly decorated hall and an elegant supper menu. Numerous out of town guests attended, and the gowns of the women were unusually elegant.
Vienna dispatch reports Archduke Ferdinand and Saxony crown princess with companions voyage to the United States, amid uncertainty about securing homes in Burau and limited chance of social acceptance.
The steamer A. T. Hopling from Detroit en route to Maumee is icebound and in danger of sinking. The crew reported a perilous passage as ice closed in, with the vessel now in the grasp of winter floes near Toledo last night. Meanwhile Sir William Matt is noted for his role at the University of Edinburgh and a vast Indian and Scottish curiosity collection at his home.
In Society several families host guests from Erie Pennsylvania Toledo and New York. Visitors include Miss Jean Warner and Mrs. T L Sturges with Miss Clara Geake and Miss Laura Schuckman returning from Toledo. A Christmas wedding unites Miss Mary M Swartzel and Mr Charles Braunsberger at a party hosted by Rev I W Field with a reception and dance to follow.
Miss Helen Biddle, physical director at the YWCA in Stree, MA, returns home for Christmas vacation to lead Sunday afternoon service at the YWCA.
In Steudenville an Austrian woman living on a houseboat attempted to start a fire with gasoline near the Cifelivist coal works across the Ohio river. An explosion burned her to death. Her husband and another householder escaped the heat but could not save her body. One Austrian man returned later for hidden money and was killed by an explosion of powder stored there.
Matthews Georgia December 2 Forward Gay a quervlant running a store six miles from here was murdered early Christmas morning and his store burned. His safe containing 1200 dollars was found open and the money gone. Gay was approached by an unknown man who asked him to challenge a hit. Gay accompanied the man to the store and did not return. His body was found among the ruins of the blaze.
The article argues that mother countries and capital drive world progress toward ending slavery, with industrial capital replacing landed or trade capital. It envisions democracy rising as labor gains power, expanding productive capacity, and promoting social control of competition, while noting mass unrest signals transitional progress and a more equitable distribution of prosperity. It contrasts this with urban life in Chinese cities where food and hot water are commodified, highlighting economical living as a primary necessity.
Harry De Windt lectured in London on an overland journey from Paris to New York via Irkutsk Siberia. A millionaire hosted the party with lavish rooms and a French chef, while the audience and arrangements drew curious remarks about Russin Crassus and other travelers.
In a February communication from Comins stun of Internal Revenue, Joseph and Gratl note possible favorable action on a pending bill in Congress. The measure would modify tax records and reduce expenses for government and distillers by delaying stamping of spirits produced before January 1899.
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