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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1895
Page
2
Beginning Monday October 28 the Times-Post lowers subscription to 30 cents a month to broaden access. The paper offers a 25 percent price drop and shifts to twice monthly collections, with two weeks of service for 15 cents. It remains the citys only bona fide Democratic evening paper and will continue to advocate Democratic principles.
The Times questions Col. W C P Breckinridge's private sins versus public service and predicts mixed reception for his campaign speech in Louisville. It notes his learning and long record, while recounting criticism from foes and some supporters. Additional excerpts discuss Grant era scheming, a Fort Wayne incident, Major Doxey’s governor bid, and other political turbulence.
The article reports on M Harr Her nite experiments with small pilot balloons carrying light recording devices. Balloons rise beyond 30,000 feet, return records via finder notes, and aim to reach 40,000 feet to reveal temperature pressure moisture and air composition.
A collection of statements arguing against mistaking thoughts for real people and praising hopeful treatment of nervous cases. It asserts patriotism should elevate individuals without erasing personal energy and calls divinity the first profession while law and medicine serve purposes for some.
A story within a story recounts a Kentucky farmer with six sons, one the Black Sheep who declined a congressional run. The tale, told by a congressman to reporters, contrasts family paths and political ambition amid mountain lore.
The article traces a 19th century competition in iron rolling between American and English metallurgists sparked by 1851 London Exhibition iron paper. It notes British efforts to roll progressively thinner steel, citing Gillett’s sheets averaging 1,800th of an inch thick, comparing to tissue and cigarette papers at 1,200th of an inch.
An old Times Star note cites misnamings from Terra Nutva Turneff to Jamaica Bogwalk and Waywater Agua Alta. It mentions Kirkoo bree mis-spelled Kircadbright and Tolliver family spelled Taliaferro. Also cites Hogg Bacon Fryer mercantile house in Western Australia and Saint from Paradise Kansas as parsable examples.
In a carriage with a Vienna promoter, Prince Maximilian of Bavaria dismisses a proposal to connect with his daughter, noting he will stay with a married daughter. The promoter asks for the husband’s name, and the prince names Emperor Francis Joseph, ending the exchange.
On May 15 a pure white crow was picked up near Sherburn Colliery Station in England. The young bird has a white bill feet and legs.
A lyrical excerpt describing seasonal scenes from summer to harvest, featuring vivid imagery of fire in sorrel, strawberries, hay, and harvest moon. The piece evokes nature and rural labor with references to fruit, flowers, birds, and the mowers. Armitage is noted gathering windfall fruit.
Honest John recalls Eb Jones and a wild tale from 1876 about Tarantula Gulch. The yarn blends desert heat, chased pants, two coyotes on a tree, riding Ed by their tails, and a surprising discovery at night near an Indian tank. The teller and listener trade bars while twisting the legend.
Eb Jones awakes trapped in mud and escapes by breaking free from a clay shell. He discovers croppings and a canyon that leads to Tarantula Gulch, aided by a giant hypnotic lie n and a battle with a two to six foot tarantula. The tale ends with Jones settling at Tarantula Gulch and hinting at more to come.
An elderly Union Pacific engineer recalls a 1870s tale of a so called pusher locomotive and a phantom engine. He and other veteran throttlers recount a hairbreadth escape that surprised even seasoned crews.
A railroad engineer recalls seeing another engine pop out of a snowshed near Har ney siding on a gray morning. The sight spooked the crew, but a later hunt revealed engineer Jordan had briefly hidden his engine in Sherman’s roundhouse while recalibrating a time card. Authorities punished him for the near-miss.
The piece argues fashion drives society beyond weather or hardship, with both young and old following trends. It notes men mock women for chasing styles, yet ties a neckscarf or skirt fashion to equal concern, stressing a duty to look one’s best and please friends. It ends hinting at tailors and dressmakers as chroniclers of vanity.
A compilation notes gas and electric lighting costs in seven German cities showing electric lighting costs 25 to 75 percent higher. It cites Japan’s strong engineering schools and emerging electrical machinery, Prussian boiler experiments with petroleum as a steam scale preventer, India’s Calcutta venom lab plans, lion and tiger limb strength claims, Yale nerve muscle research, and electricians praising storage batteries for commercial use with an $85 per horsepower annual cost estimate.
A fragment from Greensburg dated Oct. 23 to 26 lists aphorisms on ambition honesty and social conduct. It includes admonitions on generosity prudence and trust while hinting at a local public notice and a brief reference to a bonnet turning point in a woman's life.
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