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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1895
Page
2
Beginning October 28 the Times-Post reduces subscription to 30 cents monthly to broaden access. The paper cuts prices by 25 percent and switches collections to twice monthly, charging 15 cents for two weeks instead of 10 cents per week. The Times-Post remains a Democratic evening paper committed to Democratic principles.
A writer questions if suicides spreading by suggestion explain a New York spike where ten people died on the same day. They consider a possible "death by own action bacillus" affecting brain and nerves, proposing a germ theory link to collective crisis reports and urging further research.
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt plans to give two million dollars of her ten million dowry to the former Mrs. Hamersley, now Lady Beresford. The sum restores funds used in restoring Blenheim Castle and settling Marlborough estate liabilities, a gesture rooted in sentiment and respect for the stepmother of her husband.
Indiana notes 2730 divorces in the past year with returns still coming in. A social philosopher contemplates whether marriage is failing and gains new material for Hoosierdoom. The data may not settle the issue but invites ongoing study.
The piece mocks international stunt diplomacy and domestic intrigue, noting Russia's realpolitik, British scheming, and Uncle Sam's independence. It satirizes James J. Blaine impersonations, Vanderbilt finances, and New York’s fearsome Roosevelt era crisis reports, while hinting at Ohio Texas mob tensions.
The piece questions Matthews' rise as implausible in Indiana politics and mocks the flamboyant fight rhetoric of Corbett and Fitzsimmons. It also reflects on the governor using law as a hobby, underscoring a public passion with satirical tone.
A New York Sun clipping recounts a tale told at the Hoffman House about Buck Kilgore a former congressman and judge known for owning a famed horse. A thief caught with a stolen horse faces a crowd’s joke and a plan to fund his departure from Texas rather than hang him.
A Chicago Tribune report notes the White House barber, a colored man, has served every president since Lincoln. He receives a $1,400 Treasury clerkship, arrives daily at 9 with a satchel, and once dined in the kitchen. He is a quiet, skilled clerk who still follows his presidential shaving duties.
A searing classroom anecdote recalls Miss Minnie Bertha Learned presenting chemistry and astronomy to a seminary audience. An old-fashioned farmer on the examining board challenges her with simple arithmetic and questions about the vice president and Mississippi River, prompting a plea for traditional schooling.
Antonio Estrada notes that in old Mexico houses are built of adobe with dirt floors and fires on the ground for cooking, describing widespread absence of stoves. The remark highlights traditional living conditions and domestic practices in rural areas.
A verse about Nancy breaking toys and clothes, with the doll narrator and other items speaking of harm caused. The poem rails at Nancy's behavior, imagines consequences, and laments failed readings and mischief, ending with a call for Nancy to mend her ways. The piece presents childlike perspectives on mischief and its imagined consequences.
A traveler sharing a cabin with a stylish rogue is mistaken for a suspected diamond thief when the thief swaps clothes and escapes. The narrator is arrested in Rotterdam but clears through intervention by Van der Denn, a diamond merchant, who arrives with the genuine clothes, jewels, and a plan to resume to Amsterdam, ending the mistaken pursuit.
In a fragmentary Tid Bits piece a clerk recalls a tense confrontation with police at 4 AM after diamonds and a watch were recovered. He confesses a plot, notes belongings waiting below, and mentions a winter holiday, Christina as fiancée, her father’s approval, and a wedding present from Holt and Markson, tied to the diamond recovery.
A condensed retelling of Scottish and Northern Isles beliefs about witches, omens, and magical beings. The piece cites witchcraft trials and folk remedies, including a girl of Louisburgh spared from death, a Northern hag transforming into a porpoise, and cats as witches in Caithness. It also recalls livestock curses and a Scrabster carpenter's encounter with cats robbing his provisions, ending with an old woman found dead missing a leg.
An essay extols Southern women as attractive and intelligent though not athletic and notes their social conditions. It includes a humorous bees story from Huntington PA and details five high value marriages with fortunes totaling 77 million dollars, highlighting Edith Rockefeller, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and others.
The excerpt lists nationwide street railway data: 976 roads, 1914 miles horse, 10363 electric, 682 cable, 679 miscellaneous totaling 13588 miles and 44745 cars. It cites capital stock 748,014,206 averaging 55,000 per mile, funded debt 552,129,950 or 40,600 per mile, and total capital abilities 1,300,711,000 or 95,600 per mile. It also notes the Chreé Daring Women and mentions Annie 8.Peck of New York Miss Brevoort Providence and Miss Carrel daughter of a Swiss guide as the only climbers of the Matterhorn.
The six wealthiest figures include Li Hong Chang John D Rockefeller and Col North with the rest comprising notable financiers and magnates. The article outlines their vast fortunes and influence across industries and nations, reflecting early modern wealth disparities.
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