Editorials and political notes from The Times-Post
A collection of opinions and announcements including the new owner’s pledge to publish The Times-Post, praise of Fort Wayne readers, political commentary on Harrison and a potential third term, and discussions of monetary standards and silver certificates. The piece references Governor Matthews, Cleveland, and broader economic ideas as published in Evansville and Indiana contexts.
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Timms-Post
Indiana
Times- Post
Fort Wayne
Times-Post
Times—Post
C. L. Drusonp
Indian Alert on the Plain Ends in Rescue at Rancho
In a frontier tale a Mexican shepherd warns of Indians near the plain. A buffalo hunt leads to a surprise assault on the rancho with Apaches and a traitor shepherd. Miss Nevil is rescued, and Miss Mellor is distressed as the betrayer is killed. The buffalo provides meat for the group.
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Ben Mellor
Nevil
Radcliffe
Mitchel
Bowler
Miss Mellor
Violet
Manuel
Winchester
Miss Nevil
Saturday Post
Power of a Kind Voice Moves a Reluctant Horse
A Chicago man recalls kindness softening a stubborn horse that would not halt for a grocery wagon. The tale contrasts the horse’s calm shift with the risk of provocation and ends with a river captain exchanging dog money for wood after asking how to take it.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Cord
Cash and Credit Trade Idea in Santa Clara Store
A Santa Clara grocer sets up two mirrored store sides one for cash and one for credit. Customers are asked to choose cash or credit. cash buyers see both sides, while credit buyers are directed to the credit side, highlighting the value of ready money.
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Santa Clara
California
Africa
Mystery Patient Stumps San Francisco Doctors
A San Francisco man puzzled local physicians by eluding detection for weeks with indistinct appearance only to reveal a marked change in complexion and wake in a more defined state, highlighting ongoing diagnostic challenges in urban medical cases.
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San Francisco
Henry Irving Leaves London Amid Secret Family Ties
The report details Henry Irving's departure from London toward this country, noting he leaves behind his estranged wife Lady Irving born O Callaghan, mother of their two sons Henry and Laurence. It cites long years of separation, rumored maintenance payments, and family tensions over jealousy and fault.
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Henry Irving
London
Lady Irving
Irving
O'Callaghan
India
Henry
Laurence
Laurence Irving
California Public School Development In San Francisco Era
Facts show in forty seven years since the first schoolhouse California now spends nearly 6 million annually on public schools with 6500 teachers educating 240000 pupils. Teachers are paid liberally and rank high in efficiency while the State University and affiliated colleges receive liberal endowment. Stanford University’s competition has aided the system and J C Wilmerding’s 400000 bequest for a technical school under the State University will establish a new trades school to improve training.
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California
State University
Stanford University
J. C. Wilmerding
California wine production outlook for the year
Trustworthy estimates show California dry wine output up 20 to 23 percent from last year, totaling 12 to 13 million gallons, with about 4.5 million gallons of sweet wine. Total wine production near 17 million gallons, below consumption and 1893 levels, signaling potential good prices and prosperous times for winemakers with dry-wine grapes averaging about 13 dollars per ton.
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California
A Country of Reptiles in Australia
A Scotsman recently toured Australia calling it a great reptile country. He cites around sixty five snake species with forty two venomous. twelve dangerous. He notes forty to fifty frog varieties including a blue eyed green back tree frog, and about forty lizard species with night lizards and a frilled lizard that hops. The monitor lizard reaches nine to ten feet and can burrow climb swim.
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Australia
Long gray torch captures diverse turtle species
A report notes a range of turtles caught under a light to dark firm gray torch beam. Among the catches is a remarkably large specimen described as ten feet in length.
Cigar Brand Sparks Fatal Daylight Shootout in Portland
In Portland Oregon a man with a bleeding face fled from a cigar store pursued by another wielding a revolver. The pursuer shot him in the back at a street corner and was captured by a police officer. The victim later bribed a doctor to claim fatal wounds, revealing a staged incident involving a cigar brand.
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Portland
Oregon
One Cause of Famine The Devastation of Central Russian Forests
The article argues that thirty years of forest despoiling in Central Russia reduced water in rivers and lakes and created quicksand encroaching on farmland. It notes rising summer heat and winter cooling, desertification of the black earth, and warns Prof. Bogdanov that without decisive action the region may become a desert within a century.
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Europe
Russia
Prof
Bogdanov
Fragmented Aphorisms on Love and Nighttime Dreams
A series of fragmentary maxims on Cupid time beauty and kindness with stray lines about flowers dogs and a caution to avoid false phrasing and to help those in guttered need. The tone resembles terse moral observations and proverbial reflections.
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Cupid
Capital and Surplus Reported at 230000 Dollars
A financial notice states capital and surplus totaling 230000 dollars with interest details and a savings or deposit context referenced. The fragment indicates an earning rate described as percent but lacks complete terms.
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