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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1895
Page
2
The Times-Post columns mock political figures including Governor Matthews and Governor Dunperson while lampooning tariffs and finance. They argue for renewed civic effort in Fort Wayne, note gold bond expectations, and praise rising industry under a Democratic tariff regime.
HOKE SMITH is described as a family man while Don M. Dickinson reportedly never checks into hotels he visits. Carlisle stands out as Cabinet member not fond of fishing. Cockrell is noted for continuous Senate service since 1877. Russell Sacey plans a 100-boarder dormitory for Troy Female Seminary. Gladstone weighs local option and Sunday saloon closings. Miss Besant travels by tricycle across long distances. Chauncey M. Depew urges political engagement and honesty. William Ordway Partridge earns 10,000 for a Shakespeare statue and 27,000 for a Garfield statue at age 31. Mrs. Montgomery Sears donates a 500 prize to a long-working teacher. Whittier is famed in Haverhill for owning a parrot, delighting locals.
A playful survey of historic fashion excesses from 16th to 18th century styles. It recalls Thomas Conecte’s crusade against pointed caps, garish breeches in Otho’s court mishaps, and a catalog of 1610 ladies toilet items. It also lists Louis XVI hairdos like the cascade of St Cloud and the turned up calash.
A sequence of classic maxims and proverbs from diverse authors includes Pope, Shakspeare, Confucius, Goethe, Socrates, and others. The collection pairs brief sayings with attributed names, highlighting wisdom on life, virtue, and mortality.
An Austrian woman called Archduke Franz Ferdinand a fine looking fellow and was arrested by the public prosecutor for disrespect. She received six months in prison but could appeal to Vienna's Supreme Court, which ordered her release.
Britain ceased printing Bolivia on English maps after a 30 year old dinner scandal. The Bolivian ruler allegedly forced the English minister to kiss the foot of an actress at a dinner, prompting the minister to report the incident and Britain to withdraw representation.
Galvin Garin, 26, of near Darlington Pennsylvania, suddenly becomes insane. Along with his mental illness he develops a remarkable musical gift enabling him to play difficult piano and organ pieces, though he was previously a poor musician.
In a religious discussion with a country pastor, a skeptic declares there is no heaven and proclaims belief in met empathosis. The pastor retorts about souls entering beasts after death, prompting the skeptic to concede the pastor has the last word.
An expedition along the Rio Branco recounts a dramatic hunt for a manatee and its calf. A sleeping anaconda strikes, killing the calf before bullets kill the serpent, and another shot ends the mother’s misery after the tragedy.
A look at how bicycles have become a major institution worldwide. The St. Louis Republic notes American ownership surpassing one million with 600000 sales projected for 1895. Europe shows high widespread use, thousands riding nightly in London and Paris, with Britain listing 1.3 million cyclists and 42,000 factory workers.
Old Barney Frickers of Alliance Ohio believed nightly he would die and be buried. For over twenty years he prepared for death sleeping in a coffin he crafted himself. His coffin was a gallery of allegorical paintings and he finally died in the fall of 1890, still in his self fashioned tomb.
An audience thought reader boasted he could locate a marked pin hidden by a Trinity student in an adjoining room. The student secretly took the pin, the reader was blindfolded and unable to locate it, then the student claimed the audience would know its position. The reader finally sprung the pin from his coat tail amid laughter.
Maine farmers report unusually tame deer in grain fields orchards and vegetable patches across the state. A Caribou farmer saw four deer in his oat field and after driving them away the animals returned repeatedly. Nearby girls gathering berries near North Rockport found a big buck feasting until driven off.
A Washington paper cites John China man who adopts religion to his advantage. Four celestials running a laundry trade are convicted in four denominations, and their congregations aid their converts on the path to the right road. He absorbs soiled linen, money, and religious dogmas while maintaining Shintoism and discussing “Melican man iuchee faolee.”
The notice outlines a race program running from September 23 to 28 with events listed on the fourth page. It describes track activities, locations, and participating clubs, inviting readers to attend and follow results.
A compact survey traces how many common words shifted in meaning from roots such as Latin and Old English. It notes that terms like fairy, confer, villa, daisy, and voyage began with broader senses and narrowed to our modern definitions.
The excerpt surveys evolving rules and practices in warfare. It notes vows to spare crops, churchlike duties for soldiers, early prisoner exchanges, knights’ oaths, the 1388 Gravelines massacre, calls to tear officers, religious prohibitions on destroying crops, forbidden bombardment, ransom practices, mass killings after storms, armored cavalry limits, and early weapon controversies as demonic innovations.
A survey of how long celebrated writers took to complete major works and poems, noting durations from days to years for figures such as Bulwer Lytton, Dumas fils, Tasso, Swift, Hawthorne, and Dante. It also mentions a new “electric soldier” concept and Nickel Plate Railway low rate excursions to Lake Maxinkuckee with travel details.
A 19th century public notice states that prior to 1873 silver and gold were freely coined at a 16 to 1 ratio and argues the 1873 coinage act harmed value and prices. It resolves to form a Central Bimetallic Compact to educate and campaign for restoring silver to pre 1873 coinage and empowers The Times-Post to organize a meeting.
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