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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1895
Page
2
Beginning Monday October 28 the Tires-Post will reduce subscription to 30 cents monthly and switch to twice monthly collections. A 25 percent price cut aims to reach more readers as the Democratic paper pledges to continue advocating democratic principles.
A wavering miscellany cites Mrs Pat Quinlan linking sensationalism to truth, James Van Aten of New York unable to share his post office address, belief in witchcraft in Pennsylvania, tariffs at polls, a baboon overpowering boxers, Africa and the bell, Senator Cantom eyeing the presidency, Miss Vanderbilt's diamond pin theft, London butter, Mr McKury's chance, and Mr Sherman keeping a memo and scrip.
A collage of short notes mentions Epison’s children Dot and Dash from Morse, Potter of Maverick Bank convicted on many odd counts, and Mrs Dewitt TaMaGe handling her husband’s pastoral and lecturing schedule. Also notes Katherine Conway editor on Boston Pilot, Professor Bell’s smile, Guatemala’s Banayos and his American wife, Niagara Falls wagering, Marilla Andrews editing role, first female Penn law student Angelina Choynski, Crown Princess Stephanie at Vienna, Mrs J Eusen Foster as lecturer, Alma Tadema marble painting tale.
A compact catalog of ancient warfare marvels and innovations. From Assyrian sling representations to Genoese crossbow prowess at Crecy, siege engines, and weapon design details. Notable notes include catapults, hook spears, lances, and the lasso used by indigenous peoples.
A tense chess game ends in a drawn move as Miss Cheswick recalls a Baden Baden tale. An English stranger rescues her from two robbers, becoming the hero she admires and the man she may wed, while Mr. Stanley reveals he is the hero’s true identity.
A collage of dated claims spans rail passenger totals, prices in Mexico, ancient theatre origins, cold temperature durability, mill counts, Texas county sizes, transcontinental surveys, a Mandan newspaper, religious motto, electrotype art, and a World’s Fair exhibit note about Pizarro’s flag and a sword. The text mixes disparate items without a central narrative.
A compact survey traces extreme fashion trends across centuries and countries. It notes papal threats and excommunications over bodice cut, a hat mishap tying hair with ribbon garters, and a seven year ribbon-dressing fad in France. It mentions Chinese winter dress expansion, 1459 English French Italian head-dresses with horns, and 1585 corps pique corset causing skin damage. Elizabeth I’s wardrobe totals are listed. Spanish hoop-skirts prompt edicts and riots around 1630. Dressmakers of Louis XV era offer a palette of fanciful color names for sale, reflecting lavish but perilous fashion.
A collage of aphorisms on love, marriage, women, and happiness contrasts with statistics on global clothing, housing, and poverty. It notes a proposed twenty seven mile tunnel to connect Scotland and Ireland, deemed feasible by engineers, amid reflections on human folly and aspiration.
An enterprising cosmetics dealer seeks space at the World’s Fair to display an old woman with one half of her face smoothed by his preparation while the other half remains wrinkled. The plan envisions a public demonstration at the end of the fair.
Members of the British House of Commons enter and leave sessions with heads uncovered, a quirk noted as their customary dress practice and symbol of parliamentary tradition.
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