Fort Wayne Market Prices Corrected Daily by 8
Fort Wayne markets report current price quotes for commodities including Wheat at 65 to 67 cents, Oats 28 to 30 cents, Corn 45 to 48 cents, Rye 48 cents, Barley 45 cents, Butter 14 to 15 cents, Eggs 10 cents, Beeswax 25 cents per pound, Oil meal 1.25 dollars, Potatoes 50 cents per bushel, Feathers and live geese at 45 cents, Rags 50 cents per cwt, Hides green 7 cents per pound and Hides cured 8 cents per pound.
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Bush & Co
Fast Trotting Dominates at Freeport and Joliet Races
In Detroit meet. Klamath defeats William Penn in 2:07 heat with a new 2:08¾ mark. Penn led early then faded as Klamath surged to victory amid tangled sulkies. Brown Hal Jr. shines in 2:15 trot. Baron Rogers sets track record at Freeport 2:13. Joliet and Elyria meet. multiple winners set fast times across 2:12 to 2:34 ranges.
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Detroit
William Penn
Klamath
Penn
California
Kline
Vestige
Brown Hal, Jr
James L
Will Penn
Mascot
Hal Pointer
Rubinstein
Directly
Hal Dillard
Nightingale
Brown Hal
Little Joker
Toxie R
Bravado
Petering
Freeport
Taylor’s Driving Park
Baron Rogers
Winnie H
King Holiday
Wesley R
Giles Noyes
Sphinxetta
Dentine
Maria
Crabtree
Sir Eld
Desmond
Windler
Joliet
Ill
Queen McGregor
Tom Ogden
Wheeler T
Elyria
Extyria
East End
Antic
Operelie
Major Wolf
Glenwood
Dick Wills
Lea
Kapolina
Nancy W
Potatoes Drop Prices Across Market Listings
The notice lists Missouri potatoes down to 65 cents per bushel for carloads, with a 25 cent drop noted. Other prices include flour at 3.50 per bag, city flour 4.00 per barrel, dairy butter 18 cents, creamery butter 22 cents, eggs 15 cents per dozen, hams 11 cents, shoulders 7 cents, and fruit house mentioned in closing.
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Missouri
Country Mills
Deaths and Funerals Miller and Bahret
Two infants die in city homes. Herbert Miller aged 10 months lived on Force street died yesterday at 5 pm from spasms. Edwin Bahret aged 2 months of Will Street died early today of cholera infantum. Both funerals set for tomorrow afternoon.
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Herbert
Herbert Miller
Force Street
Edwin
Christian Bahret
Will Street
The Grass That Grows Con Artist Case
Homer Thompson, a longtime resident, was duped by a man posing as a Nickel Plate official. He paid $88 for a supposed uniform and entry into yard work, with a hotel loan covering part of the cost. The fraudster fled toward Kalamazoo or Oshkosh as Thompson alerted police. the suspect remains at large.
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Homer Thompson
Thompson
Union Hotel
West Main Street
Nickel Plate Railroad
Mr. Thompson
Spider
Fly
Nickel Plate
Grand Rapids Crossing
Kalamazoo
Oshkosh
Muncie
Niagara Falls excursion offers ultra cheap summer tour
An August excursion to Niagara Falls is advertised at under half a cent per mile, billed as the cheapest option among very affordable trips. Tickets are available now at the north depot for quick securing.
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Niagara Falls
North Depot
Diphtheria Card Removed as City Regains Control
The diphtheria card was removed from 91 Gay street marking no current cases in the city. Four cases occurred in the later outbreak with one fatality, the patient not given anti toxins. Authorities expected sporadic cases but now consider the disease largely controlled. Also noted is a $4.00 Fort Wayne to Chicago fare on the Nickel Plate road.
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Gay Street
Land sale excursion via Marvelous Montpelier trip
Aug Ist excursion to attend the land sale offers one fare round trip from Marvelous Montpelier L B E W. Dying news notes Billy Paulkner once a famed Inter Ocean fox horn voice now bedridden at Battle Creek sanitarium after a stroke and memory loss.
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Marvelous Montpelier
Fog Horn Faulkner
Billy Paulkner
Fox Horn
Inter Ocean
Marvelous
Train Excursion and Local Theft Report
A farmer near Cedarville reported his pasture horse stolen last evening, with a bay mare left in its place. The thief drove a team but likely kept only one horse. No trace of the stolen horse has been found. Also notes a July 28 Wabash Line excursion to Toledo at $1.50, eight hours there, and rail promotions to Linwood Park in Verillion, plus a cruiser Columbia voyage from Southampton to New York for a record run after coal loading plans.
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Squires Bohen and
Huser
Tinkham
T. H. Dascomb
Rome City
Dascomb
R. G. Thompson
Wabash Railroad
Fort Waye
Kendallville Sun
James Gould
John Moring
Muncie
Peru Chronicle
Diedrich Meyer
West Wayne Street
Winstop
Cincinnati
Christine Cavy
Frank KE. Davis
United States Military Academy
West Point
48Th Indiana Volunteers
Argos
Ind
Louisville
Lee Heller
Fort Wayne
Ceantlivre
East Jefferson Street
Gottfried Schroeder
Defiance
Peru
Indiana
Messrs
Joseph Fox
David Tegtmeyer
South Bluff
Clausmeier
Frederick Poff
Cedarville
Toledo
Wabash Line
Wabash Depot
Wabash Ticket
Columbia
Southampton
United States
Herbert
Navy Department
New York
Panama canal to be completed with British capital
Bogota reports offers from British capital to finance completing the Panama canal. Also announced the first Niagara Falls excursion of 1895 will run over the Nickel Plate Road on August 11. Ask agents for time and rates. 43-Aug.18-300.
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Linwood Park
Vermillion, C
Nickel Plate Road
Bogota
Niagara Falls
Holmes swindle details emerge from Chicago case notes
The account describes interrogation of Mrs Quinlan and Mrs Doyle about Holmes shared flats on Sixty third street, his connection to Minnie Williams, and strange nightly activity. A May 1 1895 letter from Philadelphia prison alias H H Howard asks about Quinlans and Williams ghosts, while Quinlan bids Holmes farewell at the depot.
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Holmes
Sixty-third Street
Quinlan
Minnie Williams
Badenoch
Honore Street
Doyle
Conner
Philadelphia
H. H. Howard
Quinlans
Williams Sisters
Norton
Ella Waugh
Chicago
Chum
Harvey-Harr debate profits pledged for reform effort
Judge Henry G. Miller announces profits from a forthcoming financial book debate with Mr. Horr of New York will be assigned to trustees Henry G. Miller of Chicago and W. J. Cheney of Philadelphia to fund the re establishment of silvery and an educational campaign. In Chicago a Ferris wheel worker, Thomas Bowms, fell 100 feet and was killed.
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Carcaco
Horr
New York
Henry G. Miller
Chicago
W. J. Cheney
Philadelphia
W. H. Harvey
Thomas Bowms
Prolonged legislative actions and mixed bills in spring session
Springfield reports show senate attempts to consider governor call subjects defeated while labor arbitration moves to third reading. Revenue and tax bills advance. House debate includes race tracks tax and pool betting regulation. A Chicago petition favors passage. Meanwhile many short items cover bones found in Connecticut, War Dept probes on river power, silver agitation, and assorted notes on roads, towns, and anecdotes.
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Springfield
Senate
Chicago
Wines and Bitters Go At Great Sacrifice
A full stock purchase by A. C. Trentman is offered at steep discounts. Aroma Holland Bitters priced at 20 cents per bottle, Ginger Brandy 25 cents, Porter Conet Claret 25 cents, LaRose Claret 25 cents, all as first class goods in a fruit house sale.
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A. C
Trentman
Aroma Holland
Artificial Ice and Distilled Water Promotion Details
An advertisement touts artificial ice made from distilled water using artesian well water in cans and iron coils with chemicals under pressure. It claims superior sanitary purity, endorsement by physicians, and suitability for drinking. It also markets one gallon water bottles and 100 coupon books priced at $34.50, lasting about 100 days for a family, noting an August excursion sale.
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Ilmood
Celebrated pianos advertised by makers in bold claim
An advertisement highlights The Celebrated Chickering & Sons piano as the finest in the world The Beautiful Krell is praised for tone and action and The Old Reliable Hardman is presented as a trusted option in a period piano catalog-style note
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Chickering & Sons
Krell
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W. F. Geller
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Cor Min «& Calhoun
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Starr
Ludwig
James & Holmstrom
the Nilson
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