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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
3
A poem from the New York Herald laments the change in gender roles as suffrage arrives. The speaker recalls past male deference to women imagined as goddesses and questions whether progress came at a cost. The verse contrasts old myths with modern political equality and ends with a stark claim about the vote transforming society.
A British officer recounts selling his Delhi commission after mutiny days and teaming with his loyal Indian servant Meer Alee later renamed Hopkins. They dig the Ram Bagh yard near Ferozabad discovering gold coins, a golden pagoda, and pearls beneath temple tiles. Crown agent warns, but treasure, labor, and a shared fortune follow, ending with Hopkins in London.
A London News report notes a street phonograph exhibitor in Utrecht playing tunes when the music stopped. A listener heard the word Blalt spoken in Napoleon Bonaparte's voice giving the Waterloo battle order, prompting amusement at the antiquity of invention.
A jokester at a table of belles tries a pepper gag claiming the pepper is half peas. The landlady rebukes the gag declaring she uses no adulterated goods. He clumsily retorts about p's in pepper as a dessert chestnut twist ends the exchange.
A near relative of General Grant reports Ferdinand Ward living a secluded life with money, recently married, avoiding business until his past is forgotten. He is said to be interested in a Connecticut printing office and, occasionally visiting to set type, a trade learned at Sing Sing.
A New Orleans physician with extensive snake study states snakes cannot bite. He explains the jaws are linked by cartilage, not hinged, and cannot close with force. Fangs hook into the object via the upper jaw while the lower jaw plays no role. The motion resembles a man striking into cotton or a bale.
Ella Sherwood defies Protestant father by marrying Franklin Langdon a Catholic. The father clashed with the couple, was arrested for disorderly conduct, and detained briefly before release. The couple wed at a Catholic cathedral and departed for New York.
An old tale recalls a haying period when rats swarmed a barn. Allen, a participant, stood over a sack as workers beat the structure causing rats to fall into the bag. He swung the sack, counting 500 dead rats weighing two to three pounds each.
An elderly Pennsylvania woodsman explains how hemlock porcupines feed. They live in hollow logs or under roots and travel between a big hemlock and their home. They climb trees easily, and removing their tails can trap them. they mainly feed on pungent hemlock foliage, leaving leaf piles beneath trees as evidence of meals.
A widow with two to three children faces poverty after loss of her daughter and her son. Neighbors mention a stingy neighbor Miss J who gave five cents to a schoolboy for shutting a cellar door. The widow uses the money, plus remaining molasses, to make fifteen cornballs that entice local schoolboys, turning hardship into a small culinary venture.
The Ply mouth trader grew from selling town school items for a cent each to a retail venture that, over fourteen years, made Mrs. K a homeowner free of mortgage with bank funds. Her grandson, now fourteen, helps mark a rise in her merchandise variety and family status.
A surgeon recalls a desperate suicide attempt where a man slashed his throat but kept the jugular intact. The windpipe was severed and later repaired, with the patient briefly saved by prompt action. A house surgeon panicked and handed the knife to the operating doctor, who performed the fatal cut amid a chaotic scene.
A correspondent recalls Verdi’s unpaid struggle in Busseto and Milan, where carpenters at the Scala paused their building to applaud the premiere of Nabucco after the chorus Va pensiero, signaling Verdi's future fame despite poverty and rejection.
A Winnweiler man smeared his face with beet juice and left a pistol by his bed to see if his wife would cry at the sight of his supposed death. She screamed and neighbors gathered before he sprang up alive, prompting police to intervene for causing a disturbance.
A 16 year old boy, angered by parental reprimand, handed a revolver to his six year old brother and compelled him to shoot. The younger boy fired once, killing the older sibling instantly, according to Berlin papers.
A Georgia town claims the meanest man. He gave wood to a poor widow then hired a Black man to steal it back and had him arrested for theft, sentencing the man to twenty years in prison.
A small man on an electric car yields his seat to a robust woman who clings to a front strap. He jokes that she cannot sit where he sits, she agrees and waits as another passenger rises. The piece closes with a quip about Moroccan women and birthdays, as Mrs. Jones mocks the notion.
A line from the Boston Courier depicts Steigher murmuring about leaving while Miss Nycegirl, weary and heartless, quips that he would make an excellent auctioneer. The exchange hints at a peculiar social scene and a sharp backdrop of sly humor.
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