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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
3
A lullaby poem describes a pappoose sleeping in a bitchen nest beneath a moonlit prairie. The coyote, owlet, and pine winds set a somber night scene while the father dreams of hunt and fight, and the child rests until morning light.
A veteran train dispatcher recalls a near collision on the Union Pacific line near Leadville. An overlooked block caused two engines to run past blocking points, risking a fatal crash. After a tense delay, both engines passed safely and the crew exchanged relief and cautions on proper block and meet procedures.
In the Life of Jaimes Molmes a tale follows Damer a royal house scion and former queen’s page. Aging, he is pensioned off yet attends royal events where he misreads a queenly face and asks a gardener who the lady is. The queen consoles him with fond pity.
Chambers Jotter notes the House of Commons ends each sitting with the cry Who goes home? shouted by messengers and police. The custom, born from protection against footpads, persists though danger faded. Also mentions 75 percent American enlistments last year and vanilla cultivation in Vera Cruz with Jaap, a medicinal plant, tied to Jalapa.
The article outlines six Hindu rites from birth to death, detailing each stage. It describes the moment of destiny written on the infant’s forehead, first solid food and naming at six months, initiation at six years, marriage, funeral rites, and offerings to the soul of the departed.
Henry Seaman, wife, and young brother ride a flooding Bayou Cum Best house on its roof as a ten foot plus alligator taunts them. The sinking home, raging waves, and perilous voyage stretch their nerves until a final wave leaves the monster to drift away and the family to safety on the exposed roof.
The essay by Dr Henry Smith Williams in the November North American Review argues that harmless lunatics outside asylums resemble unloaded pistols in danger to society. He links such individuals to a range of crimes, blaming communal tolerance and urging lessons to prevent safe residence outside asylums.
The New York Sun urges Congress to adopt a practical immigration restriction measure promptly as spring entries begin. It dismisses repeated investigations as redundant, notes Ellis Island volumes remain large, and argues for enacted law in the new session.
John Sartain, America's best known engraver, recently turned eighty five. The Philadelphia Record credits him with advancing the profession, noting his shift from pure mezzotint to combined stipple and mezzotint. He also held editorial roles in Campbell's Foreign Monthly Magazine and Sartain's Magazine.
In a rambling memory, an old woman and a girl search a picture store for a wedding present. They bumble through stock, the clerk helps, and the elder recalls the phrase it was “wy an itching” before naming a chrome or similar item.
Miss Pruncefote daughter of the British ambassador pursues miniature painting with notable works displayed in the embassy. Miss Emily Wallah, a society figure, also excels in miniatures under skilled instruction. The widow of Marshal MacMahon, though devout and Legitimist, faced unpopularity at the Elysee and was described as a devoted wife and mother with a sharp tongue. A London Sun snippet reports Montclair New Jersey as a large suburban parish with about 1,000,000 residents in New York City’s divisions and references churchgoing in Montclair.
The excerpt cites Baron Thiebaud’s memoirs claiming Marie Antoinette moved between private rooms and the Chapel Royal in shabby thin cotton, easily mistaken for a servant among attending noblewomen. It also notes Lord Vivian’s death from pneumonia near Italian waters and his long service as diplomat, with Tennyson recalling Sir Walter Vivian in a playful society context.
The article surveys Lake Superior water level, earthquake timing, rain drop sizes and hollows, river discharge calculation, the Bruce telescope bound for Arequipa Harvard observer, common mile variants in English speaking countries, and early deep sea telephone use by divers with helmet headset and earphone.
A miscellany of moral reflections on virtue and restraint contrasts with antiquarian details about chimney use in 1200s England and early modern habits. The piece surveys cultural shifts, then traces Britain’s expansion in India, noting territorial gains and demographic contrasts with the United States.
A survey of ancient baby charms from Ireland to Spain notes hair belts in Ireland, garlic and bread in Holland, red ankle ribbons in Roumania, safety pins on the necks of Estonian infants, tongs or knives in Wales and parts of England, moons and tongues in Vosges, Breton oiling and binding, Greek cradle rituals, Scottish empty cradle superstition, a London book under the head and silver in the bath for wealth, Turkish amulets with forehead mud, and pine tree tricks in Spain for luck.
A St Louis Globe article reveals a plain horse with a white star living in a White House conservatory stall, sharing space with the President. The horse is cared for by Edgar R. Beckley, the long time White House mail carrier, who ferries mail daily rain or shine.
The most valuable temperate fruit is the apple, Pyrus malus, native likely to the northwestern Himalayas. In North America five small trees and two shrubs represent the genus, including the fa miliary wild crab apple Pyrus coronaria with large fragrant blossoms and fruit, the Southern crab Pyrus angustifolias noted for beauty in spring, and the Oregon crab Pyrus rivularis with a pleasant sub acidic fruit.
A collage of quips and social snippets touches on female roles, census notes, stuttering, long marriages near Richmond, hat-vanishing mishaps, ball chatter, typewritten letters, piano care, dinner introductions, a Chicago survivor with cash, and a Hungarian coronation crown with gold settings and a diamond-free tally of precious stones.
A friend recalls a Niagara story from early days when Goat Island faced a moored canoe. An Indian girl untied the rope and pushed the craft into the rapids as a sleeping man woke to a life threatening drift. The canoe vanished and he vanished with it, while the girl vanished into the forest.
The 1885 Canadian law imposing a $50 duty on Chinese entrants and vessel landing limits is being challenged as violative of the China England treaty or its spirit. A Chinaman is to test the act before the Supreme Court, risking refund of admission taxes if struck down.
An antiquated passage outlines that all English sovereigns sons receive special offices as princes. They enjoy precedence, are hailed as royal highness, served at table and addressed with deference. Subjects must uncover, bow, and kiss hands upon admission. Letter and bill heads reference Times-Post job office.
A Fort Wayne Wabash ticket office offers complete lines of single and round trip tickets to Lake Superior and Ontario routes via Toledo and Detroit. Modern fast steel steamers connect Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Mackinac Island, Chicago, and Duluth with intermediate points. The Lake tours book Mid-Summer Voyages outlines costs and durations. State room reservations and tickets available. telephone No. 6. Rt. G. Thomison, Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio offers a delightful summer resort on the Lake Erie south shore with Nickel Plate railroad excursion tickets available throughout the season. Excur sion tickets via the Nickel Plate road offered during the entire summer. 4A8-ag 91-205.
W B Harvey offers Corn's Financial School a 150 page illustrated text that simplifies money topics for schoolboys and touts it as the mass textbook. A popular 25 cent edition and a cloth bound 1.00 dollar edition are advertised along with Coin's Ur to Dare, Harvey's 200 page sequel.
Norfolk merchants report the peanut market as unusually slow this season with thousands of bushels stored unused, and only weeks remain before the new crop becomes available.
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