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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1895
Page
2
The piece analyzes treasury gold withdrawals and bond issuance amid silver coinage advocacy, arguing both major parties share a gold standard stance. It critiques Cleveland era finance, recalls 1891 gold reserve fears, and endorses silver to boost prices, wages, and prosperity while noting ongoing protests from magazines and newspapers.
The New Albany Tribune questions why the government should pay a fixed premium for corn while silver gains different treatment under free coinage. It argues that granting a 50 percent bonus on bullion value parallels a subsidy to farmers, suggesting the policy benefits one class at others’ expense. The Fort Wayne Trars-Post counters, claiming government buys silver only under specific monetary rules.
A Chicago Record cartoon portrays a comically fierce fly battle in a bedroom scene. A determined pursuer berates the fly as it resists, promising a meeting tomorrow at four, with a punchy rural-sounding banter and a mock aftermath. The dialogue captures urban newspaper humor and characterful urban slang.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sells excursion tickets to Syracuse Indiana on July 29 30 and August 5 6 8 9 at very low rates for German campmeeting Young People's Alliance meeting and English campmeeting at Oakwood Park. Tickets are valid for return until August 20. Inquiries to nearest agent or L S Allen Chicago assistant general passenger agent.
The exchange between Hoar and Harvey over the silver question continues in Chicago. Several papers note Harvey’s strong points and a growing intensity in the argument with Horr, while some observers cite Horr’s scattered, less precise remarks and even a digression about aluminum.
Straws of every color and broad front trims mark current millinery. Large rosette arrangements and foliage hats are in. white gauze trim and blue tinted fabrics appear in Paris. The piece also notes adaptable hairdressing to suit face type and mentions black straw hats with rose accents and plumed details. Also includes a New Jersey road funding discussion and Montrose, Pennsylvania, mention of wide tires for farm use.
The Merchants' association of San Francisco announces a paving exposition to display current paving systems and related topics. Also notes Massachusetts road appropriation of $400,000 signed by Governor Greenhalge and mentions Niagara Falls, Nickel Plate Road, and a call to ask agents for special train schedules and low excursion rates.
Ben T Cable recalls Henry Watterson’s quick wit and a near miss to a Carmi lecture. In a Washington Star tale, Watterson jokes about time and travel as they dine, then rushes to Carmi only to miss the lecture, illustrating his as ever dramatic timing.
A large green moon seen at night in Greensburg Indiana sparks excitement recalling a prior midnight sight near Johnson sawmill. Two daring boys Thompson and Turner touched a rope on the millshed and woke with hair color shifts and a sudden return to normal after a shared dreamlike journey. Scientists visited but the tale ends with the boys restored.
A Butte story recounts a wicked gambler who offered to buy a copy of The War Cry but shifted to a three card monte scam. He allegedly won the paper from a Salvation Army seller and paid a generous price to leave her with nothing. The tale ends with the woman returning to barracks in tears, while an outdated New York Times remark critiques the gimmick as limited.
Two Selma storekeepers fueled a playful feud by offering free candies and lemonade, then cigars, ice cream, sandwiches, soup and a lavish lunch. The contest escalated with a large barbecue serving three beef carcasses and 100 loaves of bread as the other merchant prepared a counter move.
D K Persons of Red Mills Arkansas raises a freak pig described with no hair a double set of eyes human hands feet a baby like face and an air breathing proboscis from its upper eye pair valued at 1300 by the owner while neighbors note special care given to the animal.
The Connecticut house approved a good roads bill setting aside 75000 dollars to be allocated for macadamized highways. A three member commission to lay out statewide roads will be appointed by the governor, with costs divided equally among town county and state. Hartford roads are noted as markedly improved compared to a decade ago, per O L Bartlett via L A W Bodeyn, with East Hartford speculation continuing.
The text reviews macadamizing progress in towns like Glas tonbury and West Hartford with substantial expenditures and several miles of improved roads. It notes slow overall reform due to owner skepticism about costs, a $3 000 to $5 000 per mile price tag, and a failed 1893 legislative effort to mandate wider tires. The author favors wider tires as beneficial for rural roads.
A summary of European road vehicle standards detailing tire width and wheel rim requirements for wagons and carts in Austria France Germany and Switzerland. Includes thresholds by load, draft animals, and vehicle type with notes on axle alignment and tire width per country. Compiled by Roy Stone.
A Missouri congressman, Dockery, is praised for personally fixing a muddy country road near Gallatin. He donned overalls and, with laborers paid from his own funds, ditched the road and leveled the roadbed to promote better repairs and pave the way for safer travel.
Rockport proposed road improvements following a spring vote to exempt wagons and vehicles with tires of at least five inches from taxation for ten years. The idea aims to fund road building by keeping heavy, time laden wagons intact rather than cutting them up and spoiling them.
Sightings on a Blount county road suggested the probable loss of a team of oxen and a man and woman, with a gentleman and a lady’s shoes and a wag want embedded in mud, plus horns protruding. The compilation also cites humorous exchanges on politeness, a court scene, and a railroad excursion offer by the Baltimore and Ohio line for a Women’s Foreign Missionary Society event at Mountain Lake Park Maryland with a late return date.
A historic petition calls for restoring silver in coinage to pre 1873 levels. It denounces the 1873 coinage act, warns that restricting money supply harms prices and industry, and seeks organization under the Central Bimetallic Compact to educate and legislate for silver's return. The text names a signer M. Street and invites local meeting details.
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