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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1895
Page
3
A scattered moral lesson on poker players classifying cowards avaricious men and aggressors by their betting habits. The piece contrasts fearful cautious play with bold bluffs, noting that continued bad luck can turn a good man cowardly and urging readers to observe real behavior at the table.
Tona is a small island one mile wide and three miles long with no trees but abundant rocks. A tiny village of 250 fisher folk sits along the shore near a multiuse store and hotel. Two churches, the Church of Scotland and Free Church, serve the locals in Gaelic and English. Ruins include a roofless cathedral and a broken-walled nunnery with an ancient cemetery. Nearby Columba's Bay features crags and a boat-shaped mound, while the colorful beach near Port-na-Cruaich bears the Luke of Argyll’s praise, the beach of precious stones.
A collection of items noting Berlin as a healthy city, world population around 1.55 billion in 1893, Chicago hospitals, US cultivated land, Russia wheat output, a Nevada bank check for 1.5 million, lifespans, hair density, American coffee venture in Mexico, global city面积 comparisons, Helmholtz brain note, Murat’s early life, a Georgia couple’s golden wedding, milk production tied to melody, altitude effects on blood, and a Montana court case about a woman seeking permission to kill her lover.
The Prussian ministry of education demands immediate, inexpensive health measures in rural schools. It warns against dust and skin and eye diseases, urges proper chair design, cleanliness, and limiting slate use to early primary years to train pupils to write with pen, ink, and paper.
The tall sycamores on West Hunter street in Atlanta lie rooted over twenty feet underground. Once set in a ravine bed, they grew through years of backfilled earth, now appearing at the curb. The trees possess long tap roots reaching twenty-five to thirty-five feet below the surface, per The Atlanta Constitution.
The passage recalls Henry Fawcett, England's blind Postmaster General, who, moved by news of Lincoln's death at a public meeting, expressed that better every crown in Europe fall than lose Lincoln. He then chose Miss Garrett, who would become his wife, as the companion of his life.
The French Railway Contingent in the territorial army, mainly foresters and customs officials near the eastern border, was mobilized to test readiness. The effort failed as half the troops lacked coats. The War Minister plans a thorough overhaul of the service to fix these deficiencies.
The guidance covers transplanting and top removal when half the roots are lost, rapid growth varieties for fence posts in seven to eight years, and soil types. It advises cutting blackberry and raspberry canes by one third to one half before growth starts, fencing with livestock restrictions, and spring pruning of peach trees to remove dead wood and reduce to about one third to ensure better peach quality.
The German emperor does not publish speeches as spoken. A stenographer and assistants record every notable line, then the emperor edits with his blue pencil before the final version is released to newspapers.
A survey of historical prices notes King Alfred gifting eight hides of land for a book of unknown title, Speusippus library sold for 3000 by Aristotle, and costly edible birds nests. It tracks 1846 wheat in Amsterdam London and New York, knee breeches under Commodus, a pig head purchase in Augustus era, Nebuchadnezzar era wheat and wine costs, Virginia tobacco wages for brides, early wheat prices to Columbus era, trained monkeys in Venice, and Pompeii perfume sales for 70 cents.
A Native group pursues a wild mustang on foot, relying on stamina to outpace the horse across varied terrain. The chase begins at dawn after a night near the band, with the runners stripping to moccasins, following the pony until it tires and is captured within about fifty miles.
Voltaire to Dante and Schopenhauer are cited as gifted figures marked by madness or melancholy. The text notes medieval beliefs of demon possession and cruelty toward the insane, then shifts to the Austrian postal congress preparations in Vienna and a spider-filled cave near Buena Vista cal, discovered in 1543, with tales of its long buzzing nets.
An Irish legend speaks of two islands in a Munster lake where death cannot enter but sickness and suffering persist. Immortals seek rest on the opposite shore, mirroring modern Ireland's sorrow as many yearn for America the land of the free and the home of Yankee Doodle.
A colossal tupelo gum tree near Abbeville Georgia dominates the swamp, rivaling California giants. It is ancient and likely once inhabited by Native Americans. The hollow trunk opens high and wide. the base chamber spans twelve feet in diameter, with a fifteen foot hollow extending upward for two stories.
Two Dakota women chat with a visiting Indian brave. He pretends to scalp a girl with a knife after a mock war whoop, then laughs, claiming it was part of their request. The tale shifts to a sacred tallow tree near the Chinese Emperor’s mansion catching fire spontaneously, seen as an omen by locals.
A comic tale about Jay Hawk and a jeweler discussing selling charms by the bushel. The humor hinges on the man’s claim that his daughter Jemima has many charms, supposedly priceless, and will wed next week, costing all he has earned in forty years.
Kola eating gangs in Africa reportedly earn double wages unloading ships. The piece cites Rockefeller aiming for a 500 million fortune per the Boston Commercial Bulletin. Sardou studies 15th century Paris for dramatic ideas. Rudolph Julian, once an artist model, founded London studios used by many celebrated painters.
A rock crystal lens unearthed by Layard at Nineveh is described as the oldest known lens, perhaps thousands of years old, presently housed in the British Museum. Its surface remains bright, while nearby modern lenses show damage from London fog and smoke.
Judge Tuley ruled that a plaintiff may recover losses from stock speculation only if it is proven that operations were gambling ventures and that the agent knowingly engaged in such activity with no intent for delivery. In Williams v Chapin, Chapin’s brokered trades lacked this proof, so Williams cannot recover the $2600 claimed.
Michigan authorities maintain a firm stance against unlawful interference with work. Strike leaders show conciliatory attitudes toward the sheriff and a Detroit reporter. A constabulary body is formed among strikers. Sheriff Broad returns to Marquette amid peaceable talk. Crop report notes Iowa temperate, heavy oats yield, above-average barley and wheat, corn conditions overall better than average.
New York money on call easy at 1 percent. Sterling exchange firm with bankers' rates. Chicago Board of Trade quotations show August wheat at 6 3/4 to 6 1/4 cents, corn and oats mixed. Live stock at Union Stock Yards: hogs 3.50 to 4.75, cattle 3.80 to 5.35, sheep 2.39 to 4.65. receipts varied by class.
A short critical note on a 302 page novel by W. H. Harvey titled Awale Two Nations. The work centers on a love story and traces the history of monetization and the alleged evil influences harming American prosperity. It is described as fascinating and instructive with engaging internet-era readability. (Note: price details given for various formats.)
The notice promotes Number seven by W. H. Harvey illustrated edition, 192 pages with apt illustrations. It reviews an exposure of the 1873 crime and the Harvey Laughlin joint debate. It calls the volume one of the most instructive books in the series, popular edition 25 cents, sent on receipt of price. Fort Wayne Times-Post.
At the Wabash ticket office in this city complete lines of both single and round trip tickets go on sale via Toledo and Detroit to all Great Lakes ports including Buffalo Erie Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago and Duluth Modern fast steel steamers offer speed comfort and safety A pocket book titled Mid-Summer Voyages outlines lake tours costs times and travel details State room reservations and tickets are available by telephone No 6 R G Thompson Passenger and Ticket Agent
Linwood Park in Vermillion Ohio on Lake Erie offers summer excursions via the Nickel Plate road. Tickets available throughout the season from August to August with a promotional rate period.
An advertisement for Coin's Financial School by W H Harvey with illustrations and editions in paper cloth and popular formats. It promotes the school and the continuations as essential reads on money aimed at voters, urging purchase via Times-Post Fort Wayne.
Lake Erie & Western R R announces Aug 8 1895 special excursion to Niagara Falls with side trips to Lewiston Toronto Thousand Islands and Chautauqua Lake. Includes Sunday stay at the Falls and various railroad and sleeping car options. Tickets valid return through Aug 13 with several city and monument visits.
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