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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1895
Page
3
A survey of head coverings from ancient Greeks and Romans to Napoleon era soldiers. It traces fashion notes on libery caps, beaver hats, beaver fur, Panama hats, gossamer designs, and Ottoman turbans, with mentions of silken tassels, felt processes, and cone shaped Saxon hats.
A shark with two tails and three eyes washed ashore in Midlan British Columbia. Austrian forces moved batteries and guns to Pfister Joch in Tyrol. A Whittlingham cow produced ongoing milk for five years totaling 13734 quarts. A Maori may lose goods for sacred misfortunes. Jewish sharps of Boc corto made since the sixteenth century with twenty four operations. Cyrus Teed, claiming a flat earth, plans New Jerusalem in Louisiana with multi level streets and transit.
A miscellany quotes thrift and virtue from Grains of Gold. A Atlantic City habitue notes many finger rings are lost at the seashore as bathers plunge, rings slipping off and sinking in sands. The piece laments vanity honesty and prudent living.
The Muncie Route advertises low round trip fares from Washington Indiana for travel October 6 to 10. Tickets and information are at the north depot Fort Wayne during those dates. Nickel Plate Road agents extend Hunter's rates to Michigan and Wisconsin destinations.
Corrected daily by 8 Bush & Co, staple prices listed: Wheat 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. Hun ter's Excursions offered at low rates to Michigan and Wisconsin via Nickel Plate. Lake Erie & Western selling Atlanta excursion tickets to the International Exposition for $21.05 good 20 days or $828.40 until January 7, 1805. Job printing services advertised.
A collage of humor from early 20th century papers about debt, bills, and collectors. Jokes portray a wary debtor, prompt payer, and witty office banter with lines from Dallas News Philadelphia Record Harrisburg Patriot Puck Rochester Union and Advertiser Richmond Dispatch.
An Ohio man launches a nickel subscription for Mark Twain. Congressman Heatwole of Minnesota touted as future House speaker. Duke of York reputedly sold stamps to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild for 280000 dollars. Two women turn 75: Florence Nightingale and Jean Ingelow. Sarah Bernhardt gifts pet gorillas Paul and Virginia to the Jardin des Plantes. Rev. Elijah Kellogg, author of Spartacus, age 55, preaches in Harpswell Maine and farms. Two women serve as deputy U S internal revenue collectors: Lucie Ball and Mabel Butler, first women on payroll. Little King Alfonso grows, plays billiards with a bishop, writes pope letter without help, mother correcting spelling.
The article notes rising wealth in U S manufactures with bicycles and typewriting machines as growing sectors. It cites Mississippi's rise among Southern states with wealth totaling about 110.6 million dollars and New York leading at 2.65 billion. It discusses jewelry investments, regional wealth shifts from 1860 to 1870, and Nebraska's present assessed valuation about 90.6 million as exports and home consumption form the bulk of national wealth.
The piece notes a growing tendency for box plaited and deep kilted skirts across linen and silk fabrics with fronts and sides showing the plaits while backs are arranged variably. It also tells of Ferdinand Helmke of Orangeburg New York a 20 year old who refuses trousers and has worn skirts since childhood attracting local ridicule.
A short promotional note for a novel by W. H. Harvey, 302 pages, a love story intertwined with themes of de monetization and purported threats to American prosperity. Describes editions and pricing in popular and cloth formats.
Com's Financial School by W H Harvey priced at 50 cents in paper 25 cents for popular edition 1.00 cloth Illustrated 150 pages 64 illustrations claims to simplify finances for schoolboys Urro Date Coin's Financial Scout ContinuED also by Harvey 200 pages 50 illustrations history of Coin the little financier urged for voters to read both works cloth bound in one volume for 1.00 Times-Post Fort Wayne offers on receipt of price details
Train times for the Grand Rapids and North route from Richmond are listed with morning and afternoon departures. The fragment notes Sept 22 1895, and mentionsGoing North toward Grand Rapids and North. Times 2:15 am 8:15 am and 2:55 pm appear, preserving historic scheduling language.
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