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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1895
Page
2
The Times-Post under new ownership plans to continue publication and rival Fort Wayne papers in quality while delivering the latest news impartially. The plant is in first class condition and the paper will handle diverse job work, seeking patronage from local businesses.
Announcement claims preparations for bull fights at Atlanta proceed but city authorities may block them within jurisdiction. Critics call bull baiting cruel and inhumane, condemn the Mexican style as a travesty, noting Colorado exhibitions as warning against repetition at the expo.
A late night ascent in a captive balloon at the Sydney Australian expo brings danger as the wind lifts the craft. The captain notes a 360 yard rise before a sudden violent shock when the cable breaks, leaving three passengers including a young noblewoman to confront the peril above the roadstead.
In a perilous ascent the Condor of the Andes loses the tether and oxygen as Miss Arabella Lipton and a French narrator fight to survive. The captain falls with the rope, the pair drift, but a sealed oxygen balloon saves them, leading to marriage and lasting affection.
The colony of British Guiana declares universal military service for all male residents aged 18 to 45. Officials argue volunteer forces are inadequate to deter potential threats from nearby Venezuela, despite strong local opposition to the ordinance. The program runs September 23 to 28 in The Races, with details on the 4th page.
A survey of oddities and figures shows Liverpool holds the largest town debt in England while New York saw a $1 325 000 loan last year. Other items include a giant acorn flag exhibit in Baltimore and a Georgia peach orchard with 150 000 trees near Fort Valley.
The text surveys global and U S printing milestones from 1270 to 1902, noting counts of newspapers and journals, publishing rates, presses and technologies. It cites Greece, Brazil, England, and France, with figures on total copies, types of books, fiction shares, and capacities of various machines such as the Walter press and Ingram web-rotary press.
A collage of historical firsts and statistics cites Virginia’s first African slaves in 1619, Boston’s first lodge 1733, New York’s first omnibus 1830, and other early milestones. It mentions early rail, libraries, newspapers, and various urban and industrial facts, interleaved with a Lake Maxinkuckee excursion notice and Nickel Plate rate details.
Reports from Springfield and Hartford mix a misdirected temperance meeting with humorous vignettes. Mrs Elizabeth Storrs Meade misreads a venue, a Hartford woman endures a mouse in her hair, and anecdotes touch on Napoleon’s surveillance, a blindfold circle game, a clock complaining, and a claim that 300 pianos are made daily.
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