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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1895
Page
2
The Times-Post announces new ownership will keep publishing and seek ranking with Indiana’s best papers. The plant is in first class condition and readers are the city’s best citizens. It pledges unbiased news, broad job work, and strong local advertising appeal.
The centennial celebration for Fort Wayne is proposed as a major regional event. Citizens should act quickly to awaken patriotic sentiment in northern Indiana, with Fort Wayne leading the arrangements while inviting cooperative participation from surrounding communities to honor the founding and early civilization of the northwest.
A delightful summer resort on the south shore of Lake Erie in Vermillion Ohio advertised with Nickel Plate excursion tickets offered for the entire summer from 43 to August 31 295 a bargain in the Trxs Post want column.
In Crawfordsville on August 2 the Sunday closing law enforcement began quietly as stores remained shut and prescriptions could not be filled. No Sunday newspapers were sold, a train stop drew only one sale before police intervened, and a youth was released after the mayor’s intervention. Saloons were closed though beer was bought beforehand. workers and milkmen faced summons, while meat kept without ice, with broad opposition and heated talk about the law.
In West Indianapolis the search for Mary Willams, 38, vanished from home spurred a frenzied audience of nearly 5000 residents. Mothers cried and men acted in a frenzy as hopes rose for an abduction or worse. She was found two hours later asleep in a hay loft.
Indiana weather crop bulletin reports a warm dry week with few scattered showers. General rains are badly needed as crops suffer on sandy and high clay lands. Pastures and rivers are hurt by heat. wells run dry and stock look poor. Potatoes cabbage and tomatoes lag while fruit thrives except some counties where apples fall.
In Richmond, farmers plan a massive suit against the Water Works for drought relief, alleging wells south of the city drained the country and left stock waterless after bids to supply the city failed. In Indianapolis, Maus and Jordan sue to stop releasing the City Street Railway from its contract and bond and bar extending the franchise to Citizens' Street Railway, with mayor's prior pledge noted.
Anderson August 20 Indiana Midland opened its Brazil extension yesterday. The amali te road will be of great importance to the Panhandle Big Four Louisville New Albany and Chicago Lake Erie and Western and United States Express. It will be the best coal line with direct Ohio connections and a straight service into eastern markets.
Anderson Aug 20 The reorganization of the DePauw Plate Glass company is complete and it changes its name to American Plate Glass company. It will control plants at New Albany and Alexandria with greater capacity than any rival. Mrs Florence DePauw retains the estate interest. Repairs finished, plants to start full blast. The only major plate glass company now out of the combine.
An attempt was made to rob the residence of the postmistress in English on August 2. No injuries reported and details about suspects or motive were not disclosed by authorities.
Bird family faces a night intrusion as three robbers entered through an open window. The son woke, grappled a burglar by the throat, and fired a single shot that likely ended the threat. the trio then fled. In a separate notice, a mortgage of 1,690,000 dollars from the Chicago Indianapolis and Chattanooga Southern Railway to Union Trust Company is filed in Rockport and Mitchell work proceeds to complete the line.
Indianapolis August 20 state board of tax commissioners finished equalizing real estate appraisements with more than half of the counties showing increases. In other items five hundred people followed the blackhounds at Lock Springs Ripley county but the trail ended near Holton. J S Hull's general merchandise shore was robbed.
Obituaries from St Louis to Sparta note multiple deaths including J C Robinson and Dr James H Loughredge. War fears rise over Peru Bolivia seacoast dispute. Ocean View hotel fire at Rockaway Beach claims all 200 guests escaped. Western Pennsylvania storms cause destruction and four deaths. Life sentence for George Chesebro in Grand Haven murder. Letter carriers complain post office inspectors inflate offenses. George W Clarke and Eva Mae Christian wed in Chicago courthouse. Bank of Tacoma undergoes assignment for creditors. Advent Christian camp meeting at Mendota IL with large tents. Peach tree disease alarms Decatur Michigan farmers. Michigan State Horticultural Society examines infection.
SPRINGFIELD OH Aug 20 Delegates gather as free silver and price men clash over resolutions and committee seats. Brice leaders claim control with influence on the nominating process while Cleveland reports Brice and anti Brice factions forming separate organizations and threatening to bolt if not seated.
The American bimetallic league opened its session in San Francisco as the non partisan silver convention. Leaders aim to advance the white metal and push concerted measures to promote its adoption and use.
More than 600 of the convention’s 820 members attended as organizers set up the meeting. Chairman C W Baker gave an opening address welcoming the workingmoon while lamenting the absence of bankers and bondholders. Editor C C Powering, dubbed the old warhorse of silver, asserted Nevadas would not back an anti silver candidate for president. The convention adjourned after completing organizational work.
Ex Senator Butler of South Carolina meets Senators Jones and Harris and outlines a set of silver Democrat proposals. Repeal state bank tax, coin silver at 16 to 1, retire greenbacks, govern banks under state charters, remove government from banking, halt long-term bonds, and issue small-denomination bonds if needed.
A reverend storyteller recalls a tired boy who cannot pray alone. The father enforces prayer and the boy, kneeling by the bed, prays for his father to say his prayers when exhausted.
A New South Wales mine uses molten slag in iron chambers with jets of water to generate steam for utilization elsewhere. A New York gas works board employed a dog named Beauty as assistant superintendent, noted for catching pests and reclaiming misplaced property. Barrel contents vary widely by product and state, with wine and cider at about 3 1/4 gallons and Kentucky whisky barrels from 40 to 45 gallons. Italian princely marriages conclude with a papal benediction and a ceremony at St Peter’s. Moorish rulers gifted 200 slaves to celebrate a royal marriage.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad offers excursion tickets to Mountain Lake Park Maryland from August 1 to 27 at one fare for round trip. Proceeds support the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society and Mountain Chautauqua Meetings. Return by August 29, 1895. Inquiries via B&O ticket agents or L. B. Allen Chicago assistant general passenger agent.
Opals occur in red rock veins in Queretaro on the Atlantic slope and Guerrero near the Pacific coast. German investors control mines, while old Mexican mining allowed locals to dig for pay. Prices vary from 75 cents to 5 10 dollars, with many stones cracking after seasoning. Native lapidaries may boil stones in oil to boost luster, deceiving buyers.
George Wilson a mill worker recounts camping near Ashtabula on Lake Erie when a five foot snake crawled into a companion’s shirt. The reptile, drawn to body heat, startled the group. A campened with a club, the snake was killed and the man fainted after the ordeal but recovered.
A humorous naval anecdote recalls Admiral Goldsborough's blunt insistence on his presence before daily worship aboard a Mediterranean fleet. The chaplain, earnest in duty, faced the admiral's silent protest, who finally declared that the Lord is not in his holy temple until he, the admiral, is on deck. Also notes on Gatling guns powered by electricity and animal signaling behaviors.
Advertisement notes an excursion to Niagara Falls on August 19 by the Nickel Plate road. It repeats the date and route, promotes the Times-Post job printing office, and mentions a local print shop offer.
A historical proclamation urges restoration of silver coinage to its pre 1873 status. It argues free coinage of silver and gold supported prices and prosperity, condemns the 1873 act as restricting money supply, and asks readers to form a Central Bimetallic Compact to educate and campaign for policy change. The Times-Post is empowered to organize a meeting to advance the effort.
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