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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1895
Page
2
The piece notes Campbell's Ohio fair forecasts troubling Governor McKinley, Harrison's religious trust, Kentucky distillers actions, and social comments on marriage and ancestry. It reports Fort Wayne's grand military civic parade as the largest ever seen in the state, with praise for preparations, hospitality, and Centennial festivities.
A Tennessee mob lynched and mutilated Ellis, a black man accused of rape, in a brutal act described as a shocking atrocity. The editorial condemns mob violence, notes a second similar incident in the week, and argues the state's reputation suffers as a result.
The Chicago Record recalls Anthony Wayne's 101 year old feat establishing a fort at a forest junction of the Maumee St Mary's and St Joseph rivers in Indiana. He built a stout oak stockade and led battles with Native forces before a pioneer settlement grew around it.
The town rings with bells and cannon, fireworks, speeches, and processions celebrating its founding. Fort Wayne aims to imitate the spirited centennial display of its Indiana neighbor Mad Anthony inspired. Chicago nods to the celebration as the city plans to mark its own century in a like lively manner.
A historical survey explains the etymology of carriage names. It traces hansom to Lord Brougham and Turbrougham to that nobleman, maps hacks to hackneys, gig from gigue, coach from French code, tilbury from a London sportsman, sulky from its solitary use, cabriolet from cabriole and related roots. It notes Lan dau and Svenpom terms and the Paris emergence of omnibus in 1827.
A collection of reflections on honesty generosity and human behavior. It weighs truth versus appearances and warns that seductive habits grow quietly, with lines about friendship pride and moral self restraint. The piece notes that scandal gains appeal with repetition and that good deeds are not guaranteed by wealth or poverty.
Popular Science summarizes experiments on carbonated petrolatum barriers fog piercing with blue and yellow light arcs and hydrocarbon vapor. It notes electric arc light’s limited fog penetration, finds yellow light from gas burners better, and mentions marine biologists using electric light to attract fish and nets.
A poem from the Chicago Inter-Ocean contemplates life’s swift passage. It contrasts moving light and shadow over mountains and streams with enduring silence, ending in eternity and the long final sleep.
A Slocum family child Fanny is seized during a raid in Wyoming Valley. She grows up as a queen among an Ontario tribe, marries a chief, and is later reunited with her East Coast relatives who choose to remain with the tribe. The story ends with her death beside her husband, the Queen known as Cut Finger.
A survey of diverse facts including biking in Denmark, a giant bear skin in Kansas City, a fast river in India, a Kentucky family, marriage rates, hair color and disease, meat intake in Europe, early printing press relics, cemetery capacity, cold waves, stamp room in England, and global religion totals totaling 1.449 billion adherents.
A playful verse from the Detroit Free Press wonders why restaurants include cheese with pie. It jokes that no sword can cut the pie and so cheese is offered as a muttier rather than a sword, riffing on culinary customs.
A visitor offers flowers to a man jailed for stealing a pocketbook who notes the adjacent cell holds the killer of his wife and children. The exchange underscores the grim mix of crimes in the jail.
A historical note lists miles of many nations in yards. Entries include Irish 24 240 yards Swiss 9 153 Italian 1 766 Scotch 1 984 Tuscan 1 808 German 8 106 Arabian 2 143 Turkish 1 826 Flemish 6 896 Vienna 8 206 Roman 1 628 or 2 0 5 Werst 1 169 or 1 137 Dag and Prussian 6 480 Swedish and Dagish 7 351.5 English and American 1 760.
Newfoundland stamps display originality with seals a codfish Newfoundland dog head Queen Victoria in widow's cap Prince of Wales in uniform and a whaler in full sail across several issues highlighting maritime and royal themes.
The Isthmus of Panama has seen more deaths and burials along the canal route than any equal area in the world. A brief, sharp note cites mortality near the proposed canal works. Oct. 23d to 26th inclusive, the L. E.
A catalog of early milestones: envelopes 1839, Anst NP til la 1844, first steel pen 1830, air pump 1654, Lucifer match 798, iron steamship 1830, balloon ascent 4 le GoLp, California gold 1848, steel plate discovery, coaches in England 1569, horse railroad 1826 7, Franciscans in England 1234, steamboat on Hudson 1807, US printing press 1620, glass windows 8th century England, steam engine 1753, sewing machine 1846, Society for Christian Knowledge 1698, pins post War of 1812, Edward VI prayer book 1549, Mary Queen of Scots coach 1561.
The article recalls three old rebukes for boasters and liars: presenting a cake to a confirmed prevaricator, a large wooden knife for the most outrageous boaster, and a whetstone given to one who distrusts truth. A slanderer might be pilloried with a whetstone around the neck, hung by a cord from belts used by butchers and others.
On November 6, 1792, French forces under Dumouriez faced the Austrians at Jemmapes in Belgium. He raised the Marseillaise and a chorus of forty thousand joined, inspiring a fierce French assault that reversed the tide and secured victory.
Henry Irving completed a twenty eight week tour in the United States and is reported to have earned about 600000 in gross receipts. It is said no other actor in a similar span has taken in so large a sum, even as winter hardships weighed on audiences.
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