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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1895
Page
2
Beginning Monday October 28 the Times-Post lowers subscriptions to 30 cents a month to reach all classes. A 25 percent price cut follows, with collections now twice a month. The paper, a Democratic evening organ, vows to continue fighting for Democratic principles.
A Detroit plan praised for turning destitute families toward agriculture with lasting benefits. W J Kjelgaard notes 300 acres in Long Island City supported 100 families producing $11,000 in gross receipts, $6,000 profit, and an average $80 per family in ten days. 70 percent prospered, 10 percent failed, and some moved toward country life.
The window glass combine, believing protection should keep high prices, feels justified in lifting prices once more.
The writer warns Ohio voters against being shaped by bosses in the coming election. He notes skeleton discoveries near Toledo and argues that bosses influence presidential nominations, suggesting Harrison and Russ play quiet roles while a former president could win. He also complains about titled foreigners affecting society.
A 1 year old girl at a wealthy Indianapolis household commandeered a garden hose and drenched family members on the veranda including her father and mother as passersby and an amused bystander, then targeted an old lady and a colored man with a rain of water before being restrained.
An essay argues modern life fosters laziness as walking and climbing are replaced by machines. It cites athletes and youths waiting for elevators, bicycles as key to indolence, and claims people avoid stairs and even oppose elevated crossings to dodge effort. The piece links indolence to urban design and transportation habits.
A man accused of horse theft denies the crime with a joke about the horse being gone and another man having had it. The crowd debates punishment and instead sends him away with a drink, joking he should run for office.
Champ Clark of Kentucky attacked the civil service system in a recent Vigo speech in the House, calling it the most monumental fraud of the century. He mocked the merit exam standard for a $900 clerkship and ridiculed a question about British soldiers in the Revolution.
The article notes the Texas Governor Hogg's daughter Ima Hogg, describing how her baptismal name Ima came from a mother's reading of a novel. The piece emphasizes the striking combination of her given name with the surname.
A lyrical meditation on a lover’s quiet presence and beauty. The speaker warns against intrusion while praising the dreamlike sleep, the hair, eyelids, temples, and the beloved’s mouth, invoking swoon and surrender. The tone is intimate and reverent, with vivid imagery of tenderness and allure.
Ronald, an old-fashioned suitor, meets Bertha Jack who hints Miss Barnes loves another man called Prince Charming. Bertha reveals Barnes is in love with someone else, provoking Ronald to confront his feelings. He later pursues Miss Barnes, leaving the room with a changed view of romance.
The article notes Turpin’s rocket as a potential annihilating weapon and tracks the history of military rockets from Congreve to Turpin. It explains propulsion advantages and the attempt to spin the projectile with electric motors to improve straight flight, while acknowledging accuracy issues and the near perfection yet unfinished state of rockets.
The article traces the modern custom of street lighting from the sixteenth century with Paris’ early lights and transitions from candles to lamp oil after whale fisheries expanded supply. It also notes three New York girls, ages about ten, clipping fabric to make doll wardrobes, getting a lecture rather than punishment after being caught.
A collage of odd notes: Greek marriage rings, Chinese temper laws, medical advice against overthinking, a plan for Cloquet dam, Sweden’s ancient copper mine, an Ar mour Fourth of July orator, and curious questions about animals and ships. Also a New Jersey real estate chancery process and title protection.
Henry Watterson recalls a college boy who kept many roles for the college paper and learned by defalcation the need to keep public funds separate from private money. A humorous tale ends with a fatherly warning and a wary highway encounter illustrating caution in finances.
A Malay method traps tigers for export under a government bounty of 50 dollars per tiger, dead or alive. Workers dig a ten foot deep pit with a larger bottom, cover it lightly, lure the tiger with a chained bullock, then cover the pit with bamboo and earth to bring the tiger to the surface, and finally enclose the animal with bamboo and rattan. Spring gulleys are used rarely due to danger.
Job printing demand floods the Times Post office as the paper advertises for all kinds of printing work. Local customers seek quick turnaround and reliable service for programs, posters, and handbills in the busy period.
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