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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1895
Page
2
The article notes bicycle advocates pressing for better highways influencing Democratic platforms in New York and Massachusetts. It links wheelmen to political momentum, cites figures and events from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne, and cites reactions to Prohibition era style reforms and election outcomes.
A short moral verse encourages steadfastness and perseverance. It urges bravery, patience, faith, and joy despite setbacks, promising success from work over worry and flowers of happiness in each hour.
In a quiet Arkansas setting a group recalls quiet acts of courage during the Civil War. Albert, a enslaved man, volunteers to take a fallen husband’s place, leaving his own family to endure hardship as others depart to face battle. Rachel’s memory, the plantation, and the impact on mistis and children are told with sentiment.
A Wyoming or South Dakota style scene recalls a blunt morning marriage proposal. An elder, wealthy citizen enters a kitchen and asks a woman if she wishes to marry, to which she firmly replies no. The anecdote illustrates frontier proprieties and cheeky social exchanges reported by Cincinnati Enquirer and Epoch.
A departing guest offers a thousand dollar bill to the hotel clerk who asks a waiter to change it. The hotel clerk confirms it is the smallest bill the guest has, while a brief interlude with the bellboy is shown in Brooklyn Life.
A newly married man returns home slightly drunk and stumbles upstairs. His wife, alarmed, asks if a doctor should be called. He stammers that the symptoms won’t change and jokes about sending for a snake charmer.
The royal Saxon collection of Dresden china has grown with the inclusion of 14,000 pieces from Gustav Spitzner, bringing the museum total to about 34,900 pieces from the Meissen factory. The addition marks a significant expansion of the finest Dresden china holdings.
The article argues that by mid to late 19th century, large fortunes grow faster than small ones due to unearned increments, access to top agents, and favorable investment in land. It projects that $200,000,000 could reach about $1,000,009,000 in forty years, with multiple billionaires expected in sixty years if conditions hold.
The analysis condemns English cavalry as inefficient and unprepared for war. Saddles are poorly designed and quickly ruin horses, the repair staff are ignorant, officers lack saddlery knowledge, regulation equipment overburdens mounts, weight distribution relies on chance, and horses’ shoes wear out fast, leaving the cavalry unable to march effectively.
A Saloon owner proposes a novel transfer plan where customers receive checks equal to their purchase amounts, redeemable for tickets at $5. After a few months the proprietor resigns and the bar and contents are handed to ticket holders who then jointly decide ownership, possibly by raffle.
France suffers overcrowded learned professions with fifteen thousand school mistresses seven thousand primary school mistresses and four hundred high school instructors jobless. There are twenty seven thousand French physicians about six to seven thousand more than in Germany with ten thousand more inhabitants. Paris has eight hundred apothecaries. Two thousand lawyers in Paris cannot earn a living despite full prelim examinations. Civil and mining engineers are so numerous that many seek petty positions in mines and factories.
Word arrives from across the water that Mrs Mackey plans a London mansion in Carlton House Terrace. The residence will feature a marble staircase costing £20000 and housing Parisian art bric-a-brac and furnishings. A separate note tells of a French baron who sleeps on a pillow filled with hair of famed women, paying francs per strand to guard against plain hair lingering in his collection.
The Rio de la Plata in South America is estimated to receive a greater volume of water than all European rivers combined. Its ordinary flow at some points is about 100 000 cubic feet per second.
A humorous two person exchange from the New York Herald features Mrs Hicks insisting it is never too late to mend despite her large family. The quip contrasts with Hicks closing remarks and implies ongoing domestic worries.
An Atchison woman purchased ten cent handkerchiefs, paying a small sum for a batch from a local vendor. The short notice highlights a bargain sale and the buyer’s interest in inexpensive items.
The article extols detectives and the vigilance of police against crime. It argues criminals rarely escape capture, citing the network of telegraphic links in the force and the inevitable wages of misdeeds for burglars, thieves, and counterfeiters. It criticizes moral obliquity and poor reasoning in offenders.
A compact reflection on reading skills urging slow careful reading to internalize facts and ideas. It contrasts self derived knowledge with borrowing others thoughts and notes that true possession is a fact your own found within. It questions reliance on others ideas and emphasizes independent thinking.
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