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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1895
Page
2
The Times-Post declares plans to continue publication and elevate its status to rival Fort Wayne papers. It touts first class facilities read by the city’s best citizens and promises unbiased news reporting and broad job work services under manager DreamMonn.
The column blends inspirational maxims with practical notes on gold mining in Maine. It cites the value of small duties, self-reliance, and suffering, then reports a Lewiston nugget of gold weighing over an ounce found by a miner near Byron earning a few dollars daily.
Newark New Jersey has completed a census showing its population increased by 40 000 over five years to 221 000. In 1890 the count was 181 000 as recorded by the federal government, indicating sustained urban growth for the city and surrounding area.
In Arabia a plant known as the Laughing Plant yields seeds ground into powder. A small dose provokes effects akin to intoxication, making even the sober dance, shout, and laugh with madmanlike boisterousness.
A maritime note claims albatrosses can linger beside ships for two months, never alighting or resting. It is believed they sleep while perched on the wing, a remarkable behavior observed at sea.
Fashion notes describe ongoing shift to one material dresses and smooth fabrics. Crepon loses favor to glace silk and other fabrics like batiste organdie and pique. Sleeves gain box pleats and chic trims, with midsummer gowns featuring white, pale green, or colored linings, lace, and ribbons.
Fashion guidance covers tan shoes cleaned with ammonia water, dust cloaks, mourning colors for weddings, mauve and gray, muslin blouses, pique fabrics, and summer outfits. Men’s tailoring favors white trouserings, a dark blue lounge coat, optional waistcoat, and leather belt. Bathing attire features beige wool wrapper, blue braid trimmed blouse, white flannel dress, and white linen bathing shoes with blue lacing.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad sells excursion tickets August 1 through 27 for one fare round trip to Mountain Lake Park Maryland. Proceeds aid the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society and Mountain Chau tauqua Meetings. Return validity until August 29 1805. Inquiries to B&O ticket agents or L A Allen assistant general passenger agent Chicago Illinois.
An Iowa correspondent shares a detailed plan for a homemade corn cutter that can harvest about five acres per day. The device uses 2 by 6 runners, crosspieces, knives attached to a platform, and a driver or rider. Caution is advised as the mechanism is dangerous if mishandled.
A Kansas station guide to efficient ensilage. It advocates growing corn near the silo, cutting at the right stage, using a two knife sled cutter, and loading with low racks. Two teams and three wagons keep pace, with one unload and one feed man at the cutter. Scoop distribution via a straw sack, no salt, and a tight silo. Green grass top layer plus earth cap completes the method.
A writer in Farm Poultry recalls starting with Barred Plymouth Rocks Black Minorcas and mongrel hens. He details egg production by breed Minorcas Plymouth Rocks and mongrels, noting Minorcas lay large white eggs Plymouth Rocks brown eggs and mongrels small white eggs. He prefers pure breeds for utility and beauty, citing Hamburgs as strong egg producers around 165 per year and a Silver Spangled Hamburg laying 151 eggs in six months while noting meat color and delicate young.
The article advises cutting schedules for clovers, alfalfa, bluegrass, orchard grass, tall cat grass, and timothy to preserve feeding value, warning against overripe or overdried hay. Millet handling is critiqued to avoid seed loss. It also covers silage filling, corn varieties for silage, and celery crop practices in Kalamazoo and bee-keeping notes.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advertises very low excursion tickets to Syracuse Indiana on July 29 30 and August 5 6 8 9 for German campmeeting Young People's Alliance meeting and English campmeeting at Oakwood Park. Tickets valid for return until August 20. Inquiries at nearest B&O agent or L S Allen Chicago IL.
A call to form the Central Bimetallic Compact urges reestablishment of silver coinage to pre 1873 levels. It condemns the post 1878 gold standard, argues bullion value faltered, and urges education and political action to restore silver, with The Times-Post empowered to convene a meeting.
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