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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1895
Page
2
Beginning Monday October 28 the Times-Post reduces subscription to 30 cents a month and cuts collections to twice a month for 15 cents two weeks. The paper touts its Democratic stance while noting broader cheapening trends and competition.
A collection of satirical lines references tax medicine proposals, patriotic rhetoric, imagined boxing feuds between Corbett and Fitz, a Maine delegation backing Reed, and opinions on Roosevelt and policing. The piece touches on labor, travel plans, and political doubts about leadership and state loyalties.
The Fort Wayne centennial celebration drew thousands from surrounding areas for grand entertainment and a historic civic showcase. Evansville Courier notes Fort Wayne’s hospitality and enterprise, calling its people worthy of their history.
Hannah Duston, Mary Neff, and Samuel Leonardson were carried off during the 1697 attack on Haverhill Massachusetts. They killed ten attackers at night after securing hatchets, then escaped down the Merrimac River to Have hill. Massachusetts rewarded Duston £25 and shared half with her companions. Gov. Nicolson sent a gift to the escaped prisoners.
A vivid report describes brutal slave raids by the Sofa tribe in Sierra Leone. British forces pursued and engaged Sofa camps at Waia Ka Yima and Barbwema, discovering headless prisoners and a nine foot pile of women and children corpses. The Sofa resistance ended with near-total destruction of the group.
In harsh times stenographers suffer uneven pay as lawyers delay or refuse bills. A notable case involved 1200 billed for Tweed case work, rejected since lawyers act as clients’ agents. Courts upheld the practice, leaving stenographers unpaid until lawyers collect, prompting calls for contracts holding lawyers personally liable. Smaller firms often dodge such risk while large firms pay promptly.
The piece recounts Phil lips Brooks showing kindness on a Bar Harbor journey. He lets a lame carrier try to transport a trunk, then takes the trunk himself while the man follows hoping to earn money, unaware Brooks is the notable Phillips Brooks.
The piece describes the Rothschild family as the supreme power in Europe, wielding influence in France Italy Austria Belgium Portugal and Britain. It claims M Leynal and Signor Sonnino hold key cabinet roles in France and Italy, with Rothschilds guiding finance in Vienna and Brussels and shaping British policy through Lord Rosebery’s inherited fortune.
A sonnet like account portrays a woman as a virtuous blend of grace and strength. The speaker sees her as both earthly and ethereal, a beacon of virtue who guides, comforts, and inspires with endurance, foresight, and a gentle angelic light.
Tom Gordon is portrayed as a steady athlete and brave leader who later saves a coal cart driver trapped beneath a toppled coal cart after a streetcar collision. He recalls a past misfit moment, shows humane restraint, and proves his strength by lifting the cart wheel to free the driver. The tale ends as he returns to his studies.
Tom aids a trapped coal wagon victim as a strong Irish girl pulls the wheel free. After the rescue, a newspaper later praises an anonymous savior, while Tom shrugs off heroism, and his sister Gertrude extols him as modest but not heroic.
Miss Oldensere has mirrors removed from her chamber to cast reflections on her age. Charlie questions the motive, Chappie explains the purpose as social commentary in a local column.
A brief exchange reveals a plan to delay buying a wheel until next year and to pair the purchase with a pound of tea, signaling a thriftier approach or shifting priorities.
Sir Robert Burnett of Leys who died last week lived in seclusion after health troubles began three years ago. He inherited the 13000 acre estate in 1876 and had a notable public role as a liberal landlord. He notably won a Court of Session order forcing Balmoral royal trains to stop at Crathes Station, a move seen as a Deeside snub to established practice.
A Chicago Times report recalls a Clark street auction where an eager crowd watched as the auctioneer touted Elgin watches at $3. The crowd paid $3 for watches claimed to be worth $30, with an offer of more but the sale concluded at three dollars to Mr. Jones.
A Menorah representative met Baron Hirsch in Paris and discussed Jewish life in New York. Hirsch warned that new freedoms will transform the ghetto, while Rabbi Wise noted American Jews are a minor force in finance with limited ownership in banks, railways, mines, or trusts.
The Brunswick Times recounts a dramatic encounter where a large devilfish reared thirty feet from the sea as cautionary dynamite was raised from a boat. The danger passed when the crew cut wiring and ropes to avert an electric-triggered catastrophe and the monster vanished.
The text recalls Buffon describing how his domestic Joseph woke him at six each morning. After initial abuses, Joseph persisted, earning a crown daily and eventual gratitude as Buffon admitted his lost time and credited the servant with aiding the creation of many of his works.
A Virginia legend centered 3.5 miles west of Aldie in Loudoun County tells of a long‑gone man who sheltered a stranger in an old stone house by a black swamp. The guest stayed five years, never venturing outside, and guards were kept at night. After the guest’s death a neighbor claimed the body, later revealed as a future Chief Justice of the United States. The founder, a Marylander, killed a guest at his own table, then hid near the swamp where the crime occurred.
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