Times-Post sale pledge and political chatter in Indiana crowd
A new owner pledges to keep Times-Post publishing in Fort Wayne with strong news coverage and equal ads, while the paper showcases its first class condition and reader base. The page also surveys political chatter about Miss Mooney, Freddie Sieter, Senator Brice, Justice Jackson, silver craze trends, and party maneuvering across Kentucky Missouri and the west.
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Times-Posts
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Times- Post
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Times-Post
Stuttering Sergeant and Chaplain in Civil War Tale
An old soldier recalls a stuttering sergeant named Thomas and a chaplain with a harsh manner in the Civil War. The sergeant teased the chaplain during sermons and at mess, improvising bold jokes about serious sins and the chaplain’s blessings. The humor centers on the sergeant’s stammers and risky retorts.
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Nane Thomas
Henautt
Persoi
Toome
External and Internal Medicine. Sister and Clarence debate powder use
In a Life dialogue, an elder sister urges Clarence to take their powder like a man. Clarence Callipers resents the idea, insisting he would not smear it on his face and objects to swallowing it instead.
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Clarence
Clarence Callipers
The Mohammedan Holy City Population Figures
The article estimates Mec 2 population at about 60 000 and the number of pilgrims gathered from the Moslem world in 18¢3 varies between 200 000 and 90 000.
Anecdotes of Gladstone Revealed by Hall Accents
Rev New man Hall recalls Gladstone acts of kindness in England and London. A Hawarden bouquet gift follows a servant’s week at the castle while a crossing sweeper lists Gladstone’s visits, Bible readings, and prayers.
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Newman Hall
England
Hawarden
Dr. Hall
Mr. Gladstone
St. Martins-in-the-Fields
Ogontz and Its Indian Hero
A Philadelphia seminary honors the memory of an Indian chief named Ogontz who befriended Jay Cooke in the West. Cooke later built a home near Philadelphia named for him, and the girls at Ogontz adopt his bronze likeness in seals and displays, including a World’s Fair section tribute.
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Ogontz
Ogontsz
Philadelphia Press
Virginia wedding swims river to wed in six hours
In Virginia near Charlotte Miss Ida Hamlet, betrothed to Clem Chambers, faced a swollen river to reach her groom after the wedding party, including the best man and minister, swam across. The crossing, despite cold water, kept the couple warm with sentiment and the ceremony then proceeded at 4 PM, six hours late.
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Leander
Hellespont
Hero
Virginia
Charlotte
Ida Hamlet
Clem Chambers
Lynchburg
Chambers
Japanese Whisky saki claims to outshine all brews
A Chicago Herald excerpt discusses saki, a Japanese distilled beverage from country wine, said to cause stronger intoxication than pulque or lager. It notes Jersey lightning as weaker by comparison, claims the drink’s rapid intellectual eclipse, its moderate native use, and its recent introduction to the Sandwich Islands with implications for Hawaii.
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Japan
Sandwich Islands
Chicago Herald
Water Sterilization Need Promoted by New York World
The New York World advocates a cheap practical method to sterilize drinking water. As urban populations rise, protecting water quality is seen as vital for public health. If germ contamination is prevented, city death rates could drop by substantial margins.
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New York World
Low Excursion Rates to Mountain Lake Park Md
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad offers round trip excursion tickets to Mountain Lake Park Maryland from August 1 to 27 at one fare for the round trip. Proceeds support the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and Mountain Chautauqua Meetings. Return validity extends to August 29, 1895. Inquiries to any B&O ticket agent or L. B. Allen, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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Mountain Lake Park
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Mountain Chautauqua
Allen
S Pass
Chicago
Ill
Riot at the game ends with injuries in Terre Haute
Indiana polis baseball players are mobbed after the game at Terre Haute. The crowd surged onto the field during a disputed inning, injuring three Indianapolis players Motz Hogan and Fisher though injuries were not serious. Umpire Sheridan was threatened during the melee.
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Terre Hautk
Indianapolis
Shoridan
Sheridan
Motz
Hogan
Fisher
Fatal Railway Accident Kills Chicago Man in Greensburg
A freight wreck on the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis railroad near St Paul injured six others, with one fatally. August Koenig of Chicago was killed when a piston rod broke, causing the train to derail at speed. Injured include William Pugh, Thomas Dailey, Frank Knowles, Alfred Osten, and Ralph Watson. The front box car carried coal and all survivors were taken to St Paul for care.
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Aug. W
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
St. Paul
August Koenig
San Francisco Street
Chicago
William Pugh
Birmingham
Als
Thomas Dailey
Oswego
N. Y
Frank Knowles
Cincinnati
Alfred Osten
Pittsburg
Ralph Watson
W. Kennedy
John Shay
Goodland Fire Destroys Much. Believed Accidental
A large blaze in GoopLand Aug 12 caused about $10,090 in damage including the new Baptist church and Banes & Sappa warehouse among several homes and smaller structures. W. E. Milten’s house and barn and Jacob Weyrick’s house were ruined. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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GoopLand
New Baptist Church
Banes
Tramps Fatally Wound Two Citizens in Running Fight
In Marion on August 12 a running clash between a gang of tramps and a posse of citizens and police left several injured. After more than fifty shots were fired the tramps escaped. Otto McFeely and Charles Webster suffered injuries likely to prove fatal.
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Marion
Otto McFeely
Charles Webster
Elopers in Kentucky Marriages Reported
Wasquire Hause's Easy Day in Jeffersonville notes multiple elopements across counties including Marion Larue Green and Nelson. Magistrata Hause wed William Hayes and also Laurie Williams with John Williams and Hattie Covert among others.
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Jeffersonville
Magistrata Hause
William Hayes
Laurie Williams
John Williams
Hattie Covert
Marion County
John Scott
Jennie Howard
Larue
Frank Gardner
Mollie Graham
Green County
John Brand
Lucy Moore
Nelson County
Tornado damages Rexselaer with extensive property loss
Rexselaer Indiana was struck by a tornado on August 12 lasting about thirty minutes causing over twenty thousand dollars in property damage. Fifty dwellings were badly wrecked by fallen trees. No injuries reported. Jeffersonville Indiana August 10 a convict at the southern prison cut off four fingers of his right hand to avoid work.
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Rexselaer
Ind
Jeffersonville, Ind
Southern Prison
Blaze Rips Lockport as Firemen Struggle to Contain
Ills Aug 12 The Phoenix building blaze in Lockport quickly outpaced local apparatus. Joliet Lemont and Chicago engines assisted, pumping from the Illinois and Michigan canal. Four hours of inferno destroyed McDonalds theatre O Briens saloon and many other structures. Total loss about 250000 with many dwellings damaged.
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Lockport
Ills
Phoenix
Joliet
Lemont
Chicago
D. J. Whalen
W.S. Myers
O. W. Moon
O. S. Guingr
W. S. Myers
S. Barger
Thompson
Adelman
Edward Flavin
Waldroyle
J. A. Donahue
D. C. Baldwin
O’connell & Stoan
J. S. Alexander
Young man aborts wedding after tearing license
Thomas Bannon, fresh from Jeffersonville, arrived with friends and a justice of the peace to wed Miss Minnie Williams in Anderson. As the justice filled in the names, Bannon tore up the license claiming the bride was taking too long to dress, ending the match and leaving Miss Williams heartbroken. In a separate note, Milton Foust’s spirit allegedly appeared at a seance at Indiana spiritual campgrounds saying George Hires did not commit the murder for which he was imprisoned.
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ColumsBus
Thomas Bannon
Jeffersonville
Minnie Williams
Miss Williams
Foreign mission week opens with services across Eagle Sage
Eagle Sage Indiana reports the start of Foreign Mission Week with Dr. Marshall field secretary preaching yesterday morning and Rev B M Nyce of Warsaw Presbyterian church preaching in the evening. Afternoon meetings begin at 8 led by Mrs D B Wells president of the Indiana Synodical Missionary Society.
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Eagle Sage
Ind
Foreign Mission Week
Dr. Marshall
B. M. Nyce
Warsaw Presbyterian Church
D. B. Wells
Indiana Synodical Missionary Society
Bodice Trimmings and Fichus Styles in Fashion Dress
Marie Antoinette fichus and parasol trimmed bodices are described with lace and Dresden ribbon borders. Plain silk gowns with full lace edges are praised as the most becoming backdrops for faces. A beige cloth gown features stitched godet back, tablier seams, pearl buttons, and a ripple basque jacket with gigot sleeves and feather belt. Jubie CHOLLET
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Dresden
Jubie Chollet
Abbreviated telegrams report varied events and losses
Abbreviated telegraphs note Hal Pointer sold to R D Peok of Lock Haven with private price. Al quist in Spring Valley. Mrs Minnie Pouki killed with infant by a train near Toledo. British election result shows Liberal re elected in Orkney Shetland by smaller margin. Tomahawk river flood damages an electric plant, Milwaukee wind destroys buildings. Pauline Hall entertains royalty. Salt Lake deaf mute institute burns, losses $75,000. Weather forecasts for several states. cattle flock killed by lightning in Kansas: 25 head die as herd passes through a wire fence during a storm.
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Hamlins
R. D. Peok
Lock Haven
Quist
Spring Valley
Ill
Minnie Pouki
Toledo
Orkney and Shetland Islands
Tomahawk
Wis
Milwaukee
Pauline Hall
Prince and Princess of Wales
Deaf Mute Institute
Salt Lake City
Berlin sails with American labor delegation for British congress
On August first New York the liner Berlin will carry a delegation of American workers to Southampton to attend a foreign labor congress.Samuel Gomperz, former AFL president, and Peter J. McGuire, Philadelphia, vice president, will represent their union at the Trades Union Congress of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Berlin
Southampton
Samuel Gomperz
American Federation of Labor
Peter J. McGuire
Philadelphia
Trades Union Congress of
Great Britain and Ireland
Linson released then recommitted in Gebhardt case
Indianapolis Aug 12 Jovhne R Linson railway engineer freed from workhouse after mere precaution against lynching in the Gebhardt child murder case. He was immediately released on a dormant warrant charging him with the killing. Proceedings moved to appoint a commission to examine his mental condition and he was recommitted to jail pending witness testimony.
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Indianapolis
Jovhne R. Linson
Gebhardt
Helen C Stewart Becomes Green County Sheriff
Springfield Aug 12 Mrs Helen C Stewart has taken the oath of office as sheriff of Green county. She gave no bond of 25000 which was approved and reappointed all the old deputies. She said she would rely largely on her son, a minor, in conducting the office.
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Springfield
Helen C. Stewart
Green County
Miner Narrowly Escapes Collapse In Indiana Mine
In Brazil Indiana on August 12 James J. Ruddell was working at the Peter Ehrlich mine near Newburg when the roof caved in. A large tree trunk and roots protruded from sixty five feet depth, its branches still in natural position. The trunk was soft when untouched but hardened after exposure to air.
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Brazil
Ind
James J. Ruddell
Peter Ehrlich
Newburg
Philadelphia Bell Injunction Puts Stop on Atlanta Move
In Philadelphia on August 12 a bill of equity was filed in common pleas court seeking an injunction to prevent the city from taking the Liberty Bell to the Atlanta exposition. The filing argues the historic bell is too precious to risk on a long journey.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Baseball Introduced At Homburg Grounds Near Tennis Court
Berlin August 12 Baseball has been introduced at Homburg where games are played near the lawn tennis court. One of the best players is M. Le Vicomte Leon de Janze.
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Berlin
Homburg
Ia M. le Vicomte Leon de Janze
Quotable Aphorisms From Various Authors
A compact mosaic of maxims and quotes from Tennyson Shakespeare Disraeli and others. The piece blends reflections on wisdom virtue and poetry with brief attributions showing a historical taste for moral and literary aphorisms. The fragmentary text presents a gallery of voices urging prudence service and thoughtful living.
They Club the Bird in a Native Marriage Rite
A travel tale describes a lower class rite where a mother disciplines her daughter with a rod, the marriage ceremony follows with a feast and distributing strong liquor. The event is portrayed as a traditional consent and celebration though marked by violence and intoxication.
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Ivaemala
Effect of Unsound Teeth on Horse Speed
The New York Sun notes many trotters suffer from petrous teeth affecting speed. David L. 214 owner found two teeth cutting him. after removal he regained top pace. Rosalina Wilke 24 had similar issues. once teeth were repaired, speed returned to former levels.
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David L
Rosalina Wilke
New York Sun
Excursion to Niagara Falls on Nickel Plate Road
Travel promotion notes an August 19 excursion to Niagara Falls via Nickel Plate road. The item references a job printing line at Trans-Post job office dated August 10 19 335, implying availability of printed notices or posters for the event.
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Niagara Falls
Trans-Post
Central Bimetallic Compact Calls for Silver Restoration
The document urges formation of a Central Bimetallic Compact to educate and campaign for restoring silver to its pre-1873 coinage status alongside gold. It argues free coinage kept value stable, details harm since 1873, and commissions The Times-Post to arrange a meeting to formalize the group.
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Wuerrens
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