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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
2
A new owner pledges to keep the Times-Post publishing and improve in Fort Wayne. The paper aims to print latest news impartially, offer job work, and attract local business patrons while reporting on city politics, economics, and transportation fare reductions.
In Muncie on August 30 representatives of 31 Indiana window glass makers formed the T Hart Selling agency to control output and set Sept 21 factory openings. Officers include J G Sayre president and T TH Johnson vice president with plans to raise prices and wages and coordinate with eastern and western firms to cover 65 U S factories producing about 20 million dollars worth of glass.
Aug. 30 Liberty reports saloons defeated by Nicholson law by eight signatures. Kinaston notes Cuba insurrection struggle, Martinez de Campos says autonomy only way Spain can keep island. Cubans jubilant. Kingston Jamaica denies Campos letter report. Defender defeats Vigilant in rough weather 24 miles in 18:03, Defender superior in all conditions.
An evening paper claims ex Postmaster General William H. Bissell has been offered Justice Jacksons seat on the U S Supreme Court by President Cleveland but is unlikely to accept Emory Spear chosen as orator for the Cotton States exposition opening and has accepted Postmaster General Wilson named an honorary member of the Greenbrier Hunting club which spans 50 000 acres The Brazilian minister Mandonva reports pacification after a long revolt in Rio Grande do Sol state.
Indianapolis reports indicate cyanide of potassium used in the Pitzel murder with bottles found under a Irvington cottage and bones recovered. Detectives travel to Philadelphia as Holmes speculates on the bones and a scheme to take children to Europe to avoid testimony in an insurance swindle.
A historical note explains OK as a colonial corruption of Aux Cayes in San Domingo and its rise to popularity during Andrew Jackson era politics. It traces the joke by Major Jack Downing that Jackson endorsed papers with OK meaning All Correct, and cites Nashville court records showing OK or OR meanings, with Democrats adopting OK as a party cry.
An ambulance brings a badly bruised young woman to a New York tenement hospital. Her mother fears her husband’s violence but the doctor notes she is only stunned. The husband, Magsey, is later revealed to be present in the building as the scene unfolds.
United States money markets show ease with bankers’ bills and forex rates quoted. Grain futures at Chicago reflect varied openings and closings for Wheat Corn and Oats while Park and Lard prices move. Live stock at Chicago unions report cattle hogs and sheep receipts and bids across categories with specific price ranges for various grades.
Decatur Aug 380 H M Romberg a leading liveryman left two months ago to Hamburg Germany. He has been seized by German authorities and sentenced to twelve years for whipping an army official before his emigration. Romberg is a Democratic central committee member with a wife and five children here who are distressed by the news.
A tale from a England conference on technical education in villages contrasts confidence with ignorance. A laborer misjudges flints as growing. a speaker mocks certainty and notes carnival masks as social corruption. An English fox hunting scene shows caution and secrecy among sportsmen and keepers.
In Crawfordsville on August 30 General Lew Wallace said he never heard of any bid for the congressional librarian position and would not accept it if offered. He named Spofford as the only fit man for the job and dismissed rumors of dishonesty as untrue.
Fire caused by an exploding lamp burned the home of Andrew Roth in La Crosse Wisconsin late last night. A five year old child perished in the flames.
A French traveling show features an elephant said to play the Russian hymn on a piano with its trunk. The animal trembles with fear when recognizing its mother’s ivory in the keyboard and refuses to perform. The proprietor switches to the band playing the Russian Hymn and Marseillaise as the audience applauds.
A tomato weighing eleven pounds and three ounces was raised by Samuel Marlow in Adams on August 80. The fruit measures thirty nine inches in circumference and is ten inches thick, showcasing extraordinary size for a home garden effort.
Jeffersonville Aug 30 Robert Martin 70 year old head sawyer at Howards ship yards dropped dead of heart disease in sudden collapse while at work leaving wife and family.
Aug 30 report of Jo Wrennfick a 20 year old who shot and killed his mother after drinking and quarreling with Eva Nelson at the Wrennfick home. He threatened Eva, seized an old musket, forced her to leave, then shot Mrs. Wrennfick as she returned, killing her. He raves and threatens suicide claiming he did not know the gun was loaded. Also notes Corydon Fair opening with fruit vegetables apples and pumpkins on display including apples twenty inches in circumference and pumpkins weighing seventy five pounds.
A Coryphon resident reports a hen that sat on her own eggs all summer after setting in early spring. The eggs never hatched, and the hen has only recently begun to leave the nest, indicating a prolonged incubation and steadfast setting behavior.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Lancadale, 54, wife of Mrsa Langadale, is reported dead in Indianapolis on August 80. The obituary notes her spouse and age, with no further details available in the fragment.
A friend sent Mr. George Gould a book with his card, while another tale recalls a friend’s maple sugar cake misadventure dampened by a butler who mistook it for dynamite. A Brooklyn grammar school boy reports a comical verse about girls, clouds, and fears of guns.
Low rates to Linwood Park in Ver million C offered during summer months by the Nickel Plate road. A delightful summer resort advertised for travelers seeking affordable getaways. Job printing services available at the Twys Post job office.
Nickel Plate approves special round trip fares to Hibbard Indiana, junction for Lake Maxinkuckee. Tickets are valid Saturdays for outbound travel and Mondays for return trips. Source notes 8-20-0-27-376.
A man in green goggles describes a life of bad luck and failed ventures. He speaks of health decline, lost friends, and inability to pursue his artistic interests. Attempts at political work, real estate, or canvassing fail, with more misfortunes piling up. He admits only curiosity about what misfortune comes next to prevent suicide.
A Cincinnati man relays a tale of a giant prehistoric relic found near Glendive Montana by railroad workers. Col J T Ray claims the vertebrae indicates a biped about sixty feet tall with a human backbone ten times smaller found nearby. Smithsonian and Oberlin reportedly examined the find as highly valuable for North America.
A hungry diner hints at an extra pie cost, a lunchroom cashier notes the extra nickel. A New York school teaches poor children to make and dress dolls for a living, funded by fifty cent weekly fees with materials supplied by the children. Vienna ladies host a bazaar selling only game items with antlers and ribbons. Paris actresses reportedly wear delicate paper lace, a cheaper alternative to costly real lace.
Linwood Park Vermillion Ohio on Lake Erie promotes summer visits with Nickel Plate excursions. The ad touts low-cost first class job printing and invites business, noting discounted rates to Louisville for G. A. R. encampment events from Sept. 12 to 14.
A historic motion urges formation of a Central Bimetallic Compact to advocate restoring silver coinage to its pre 1873 status. It condemns the 1873 act, decrying restricted money supply, falling price levels, and economic hardship, and calls the Times-Post to convene a meeting to organize and educate for this campaign.
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