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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1895
Page
3
A placid man visits a livery to buy a mule. He asks if the animal will kick and is told it won’t. The buyer declines, saying he does not want a freak, while the dealer’s attempt to prove otherwise ends with the stable boy tickling the mule’s heels. The tale ends with the buyer walking away.
A Cornhill Magazine portrait of Amle the navvy, a tireless laborer whose daily routine blends backbreaking digging with constant eating and drinking. The narrative emphasizes his perpetual toil, high stamina, and relentless pace as he tunnels and drains water to sustain himself.
In the richwest territories of au atades dogs are trained for sled drawing. Teams are fed four pounds of frozen fish before start and at harness, with four pounds given daily. They travel up to ninety miles a day as drivers urge them with a whip.
A Harper's Magazine writer estimates Paris rotting wealth from rubbish at millions. Some 50 000 ragpickers, including 20 000 women and children, collect daily about 1 200 tons of merchandise to sell to wholesale dealers for around 70 000 francs. They work in shifts from night through morning, with scavengers and runners moving freely, treating dust bins as their market and life practice.
The piece notes Brooklyn is ringed by numerous burial grounds with more than 8.10 thousand dead inside city limits and additional cemeteries just outside, Washington and Lutheran, shaping the city’s surrounding resting places.
A method to waterproof shoes uses paraffine dissolved in benzine. A tiny amount of paraffine makes a flexible, durable water barrier that dries quickly and can be brushed onto uppers and even soles. It resists wet conditions, remains pliable, and does not shine like untreated leather.
A collection of curious statements covering costs of a first class warship, hypnotism laws in 3NLGIUM, dogs aiding life-savers, nail growth as health indicator, wealth notes about COLOR sno SPRINGS, seacouks at English gatherings, world salt trade, U S debt interest, Australia natives, Paraguayan kissing custom, Mahomet’s tomb diamonds, a Storms family, California geological oddities, a talking cat in Wilmington Delaware, coffee health effects, green snow sites, a sea of boiling mud on Juvanea Isle, and a Massachuset factory error in steel grading.
An assortment of maxims on virtue prudence and public virtue from authors including Solomar Swift Franklin Shenstone Locke Montaigne Sigourney Burke and Goldsmith. It concludes with commentary on market prices noting customers seek best quality and buyers pick the best while markets vary.
George Vanderbilt’s Rembrandt collection is hailed as the world’s finest. Mary Mapes Dodge and Kate Field push phonographs over stenographers. A Wyandotte baby born with six fingers. Italian Chamber of Commerce chief backs a federal quarantine. NYC socialites ink Paderewski phrase on hose. Joax W Guanttham of Johnston County has seven daughters, six married to men named John. Sarah Bernhardt in Vienna dresses judged. Leon Abbott Jr resigns to join Wert’s staff. Haggard’s home life described as simple and devout.
A collection of humorous maxims and quips about human folly and social quirks. Includes lines on bore, war horse, gossip, enthusiasm, honesty, and daily life observations from early American periodical humor.
A lengthy excerpt extols Bessford in Armagh as a model community with 5000 residents, no jail, pawnshops, or licensed pubs. Mills employ men and families, granite houses are orderly, streets gravel, and windows bloom with flowers. Mothers and babies frequent yards. doctors scarce. no sign of sickness or decay observed.
In Ukrain Rusala society the woman initiates courtship by visiting a man’s home to express love. If the man accepts, they marry. if not, she stays to persuade. The rejected suitor cannot insult her or expel her without risking vengeance from her friends. His remedy is to avoid marriage by leaving.
The passage notes varied practices where women initiate courting and hold postmarital influence. It cites the Isthmus of Panama, the Ukraine, Auni and Vigrees in Cabul, Nuairs of Malabar, and the Garo of Assam, describing female-led initiating behavior and inheritance control as a common thread.
A collection of famed last sayings from historical figures. Includes William Pitt the younger John Newton Isabella of Aragon John Locke Andrew Jackson Francis Marion Grattan Richard III Patrick Henry and Martin Luther with reflections on fate faith and farewell.
This historical digest lists steam driven innovations and milestones from 1580 to 1880 including earliest disinfection use, elevated railways in New York, Persia and China rail openings, the St Gernano tunnel, Westinghouse brakes adoption in England, vast British railroad employment and expenditure, ships and subs, steam hammer at Woolwich, steam powered printing in the United States, and long distance travel times.
A collection of kitchen and home tips including burns care with drink ecream and mouth soothing, rust removal with emery powder and oil, caution about firing in newly papered rooms, mending linen with Ness or tambour cot, a fruit lettuce and violets dessert described by Mrs. Sutton Harrison, and advice on utensils with Russian bristle brushes. It also gives dumpling instructions for cranberry boiled style with a softer dough, layering six dumplings in a deep pan, sugar and butter, baking, and serving with a saucebouat dressed liquid.
The text presents tangled musings on love contentment and aging. A boy declines to yield his seat to an older man while a casual remark from an organ grinder anecdote hints at transient visitors in London. The fragmentary style mixes aphorisms with character sketches and stray thoughts.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's 4 million dollar religious gifts highlighted with references to Daniel Webster and novelist George Edgeton. Updates include Gov Aviston's anticipated Lehih University presidency, John B. Brewer as president of North Carolina Baptist University, and Caroline Dallas recalling Webster’s harsh remark on women expressing opinions. Also notes on a magnet once worn by Isaac Newton and shipman Ames Risk of the Mallory Line. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia famed for extensive tattoos, and Emperor William planning a lavish Romnten lodge upgrade with park additions and a large ice area.
A compilation of oversized claims about global marvels from bridges and walls to deserts, caves and extinct records. It notes Tara rng China length and height, Nome catacombs interments, the Great Wall, Paris library holdings, Mammoth Cave exploration, and a humorous aside on Jay Gould's obituary clippings totaling over 20 000.
A wild account claims Australian natives employ a string of human tail tied above a bite and a knife cut to vent punctures, followed by washing water and rubbing the limb for about twenty minutes, as a curative snakebite method. A Lincoln woman later swallowed her brother’s clogged razor while cleaning, requiring surgery to remove it and likely recovery.
The article states that the United States wealth, including lands, buildings, railways, is estimated at 64,000,000,000 and the total money of all kinds at 2,108,130,09a, as provided by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Hamlet Jensen of Manchester Iowa used his wood chopping skill to fend off a charging wildcat. He swung his ax in a horizontal slash and nearly severed the beast’s neck, saving himself from injury.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri will start a fourth term while his brother Representative Cockrell of Texas begins his first. The senator is two and a half years younger but has an eighteen year lead in Washington experience. Both Cockrells are lawyers.
The article notes 2,394 black employees in federal service earning about $2,000 a year from the treasury. It states 75,000 to 50,000 African Americans live in the capital, with substantial wealth accumulation. It urges educated young men to relocate to the South to uplift the race’s central condition.
Experiments across several seasons indicate that feeding pigs with a mix including corn yields pork with more lean and less fat at no extra cost compared to corn only. The program aims for higher quality meat by varying feed, suggesting better pork outcomes around the Great Lakes region.
The Wabash ticket office offers single and round trip tickets via Toledo and Detroit to Great Lakes ports including Battle Mine Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago Duluth and intermediate points. Modern fast steel steamers promise speed comfort and safety on fresh water. An illustrated guide titled Mid-Summer Voyages outlines tours costs durations and is available by request. Telephone 6 Kh G Thompson passenger and ticket agent.
Linwood Park in Vermillion, Ohio, a sunny summer resort on Tanke Erie’s south shore, launches Nickel Plate excursion tickets for the entire season from June through August, offering affordable travel to visitors seeking a seaside getaway.
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