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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1895
Page
3
The notice lists daily and weekly subscription prices and delivery options for the Times-Post in Port Wayne Indiana. It requests readers to order by postal card or telephone and to report delivery issues promptly.
The Times-Post announces continued publication under new owner C. L. Drummond, pledging first class plant condition, strong news coverage, fair treatment, and aggressive advertising, with full-service job work aimed at Fort Wayne businesses.
Editorial calls for the board of public safety to end the mock inquiry and pursue the Bowers case with earnestness and impartiality. It denounces derision, threats, and hypocrisy while urging decisive action, and rejects associating the case with Whitney or the next Democratic nomination. It also comments on party politics and public morals.
The Times-Post notes the board of public safety will not conclude the Bowers case before Oakley’s administration ends next spring. The piece predicts tangled investigations, possible police involvement, and public disclosure revealing tarnished reputations. It also mentions October gold tides and Morgan’s reserve work as context.
A horned lizard, likely carried by wind from distant regions, was rescued by a Philadelphia hotel clerk amid gale winds and rain. The reptile, described as broad with thorny armor and a horned head, is headed for the Academy of Natural Sciences for study and safekeeping.
A pamphlet from the Society for the Protection of Birds notes white aigrettes come from egrets. The bird, smaller than the English heron, nests in warm climates with plumes prized for millinery. Hunters target young birds, causing many deaths and injuries. The piece contrasts domestic scenes of a husband and wife during house cleaning.
Colonel Munnerlyn's dog Hugh, a somnambulist, dozed on the upstairs porch of the Arlington Hotel in Atlanta. He suddenly leaped toward the baluster, misjudged the drop from the upper level, tumbled about twenty feet, and then rose, glared around, and walked away as onlookers laughed.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad offers round trip excursion tickets to Mountain Lake Park Maryland from August 1 to 27 at one fare. Proceeds support the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society and Mountain Chautauqua Meetings. Return tickets valid until August 29, 1895. Contact any B and O ticket agent or L B Allen assistant general passenger agent Chicago for details.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio as a summer resort on Lake Erie with Nickel Plate excursion tickets all summer. It also promotes Timms-Post job printing and asks for business. listings show rail excursions to Cleveland and Lake Maxinkuckee with specific dates and rates, plus an Niagara Falls trip on Aug 19.
A historical plea advocating the restoration of silver coinage to pre-1873 standards. The text calls for organized action, education campaigns, and political work to restore silver to equal terms with gold, criticizing moneyed interests and urging a public meeting called by the Times-Post.
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