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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1895
Page
2
The four day centennial observance in Fort Wayne concluded with wide acclaim for the effort and planning. Perry A Randall is singled out for major honors as the driving force behind the successful program, with gratitude expressed for his leadership, time, and generous support.
The Port Wayne Rifles are praised for conceiving and driving the citys grand centennial celebration. They organized the initial public meeting and contributed funds and effort, while the broader city committee carried the project forward.
The Gazette reports Dr. TalMage drew a vast Sunday crowd in Pittsburg. Thousands pressed toward the church in a wild rush, women scaled fences and windows, a hospital was called, and thirty police failed to control the mob. By 3 pm about 20,000 gathered. streetcars were stopped.
Rose Goghlan charms the crowd with a daring advertising stunt by riding a drag to the railway station to avoid missing a train. The stunt showcases her confidence and public appeal as she announces herself in dramatic fashion.
Hundreds of centennial visitors remain in the city while streets show a subdued scene after four days of crowds. Officials commend the overall success and promise timely special mentions for notable contributions to the celebration.
A missed census opportunity on Thursday left the city overshadowed by potential growth. The author compares the situation to laying out plans for expanding Chicago style in Evansville and possibly Indianapolis.
A colored man tarred and feathered for insulting Colorado's Republican governor faces justified return to the south, as Fort Wayne is praised for its celebration success and Grover Cleveland denies any third term nibble.
A series of vignettes recount famous unions and rivalries among historical and literary figures. Dr. Cadogan, Alboin, La Bruyere, Dante, Titian, Barcclay, Kitty Clive, and Dayden are described in anecdotes about jealousy, control, exile, social schemes, and sharp wit. The anecdotes reveal personal traits and marital tensions across eras.
A humorous column presents short quips about marriage professions and manners. A lawyer’s maxim hints at legal toil and fortune, a creditor debtor exchange shows wit, and medical banter ends with a playful twist about sleeping on a good bed.
A varied collection of statistics and curiosities notes Brussels cancer mortality, European and U.S. population figures, Shanghai heart disease death rate, weekday crisis reports, Britain's domestic servants income, Russia's agricultural engagement, infant to old age pulse rates, Stockholm drink deaths, tiny Aumone populace, Nineveh’s ancient dimensions, Aztec pyramid heights, Egypt plow similarity, shallow furrows and wooden cudgels in farming.
A traveler reports a Tule Oaxaca Mexico tree covering vast ground shelters a detachment of 529 troops with wives and children arriving to meet them. The tree and its surrounding ranches hold riders and vendors within the enclosing wall, offering ample space for all.
An ode to a river as time passes from boyhood to old age. The speaker reflects on youth, love, and loss while observing the ceaseless flow of water, which remains unchanged yet marks the inevitability of death and the passage of life.
In a town hospital, Dr. South and Ernest Wyville tend Jack Wilberforce after a hunting accident. Ernest, driven by rejected love for Lucy Palmer, poisons Wilberforce and nearly kills himself. A confession reveals the motive. Wilberforce survives with ongoing trauma.
In jest the Harvard Lampoon notes a swell dance on the eighteenth with invitations out while joking about exclusion. Separate line mentions Edinburgh exhibition where electric launches carried over one hundred thousand people along the canal to the event.
A humorous look at neighborly behavior and social quirks. The piece ribbingly notes how neighbors influence spoilers of domestic life, from lawn tennis on wash days to late returns and mutual defense among men. It contrasts sympathy with practical boundaries and collegial protection among neighbors.
A reflection on gender bias where a woman with a red spot on her nose faces gossip about blood order, while a man with the same mark invites accusations of whisky and a quick judgment from those nearby.
A miscellany reports Rome's church capacity at 54000, Texas dimensions 760 by 620 miles, and Chinese words with many meanings. It notes dawn four to five AM, light faster than sound, and jugs in Roman theatres for acoustics. A confectioner prints news on dough cakes, and paper bags for garbage collection gain notice in New York health circles.
A collection of quirks and traits about figures such as Tosti the songwriter and upholsterer, General Jubal Early famed for profane boasts, Gladstone’s fortune and Hawarden rent income, Ibsen dining habits, Hoe and his quiet table, Ilben’s wife, James G. Blaine's will briefed to heirs, Senator Blanchard’s marksmanship, Sir Frederick Leighton’s pompous manner and lamplike wit.
The piece lists India's major urban centers with rising populations. Bombay leads with 821,760, Calcutta 978,370 including suburbs, Madras 452,520, Hyderabad 415,000, Lucknow 273,030, and Benares 219,470, plus twenty two cities over 100,000 and forty eight towns between 50,000 and 100,000.
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