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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Times Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1895
Page
2
Persons may obtain the TIMES-POST at home via postal card request or by calling Telephone 626. If delivery is irregular, readers are urged to file an immediate complaint with the office.
The Times-Post vows to continue publication under new owner C. L. Drum with a first class plant and strong local readership. It pledges timely news, impartial reporting, and full service including job work to capture Fort Wayne business.
Watterson released a deep sob that rocked the platform and brought tears to the crowd. He faltered repeatedly, drowning the scene in emotion as listening veterans poured out reactions and the ground seemed to drink the aftermath. The event concluded with a final splash.
A Malacca public school pupil drafts a controversial English composition praising English power and deriding Portuguese as implied in a biased colonial scene. The community debates its accuracy with some calling it a Kipling level caricature of empire.
Venice authorities have long honored the Sacred Pigeons of St Mark’s dating to 877. Palm Sunday rites released pigeons with paper fetters, some escaped and found refuge on the church, protected by law from harm, and the birds drew grain support during the republic. After its fall many starved until a pious benefactor funded their sustenance.
The piece discusses hedgehog meals in sylvan settings and compares primitive cooking across nations. It notes the elephant foot as a dainty in eastern camps and claims simple methods reveal common culinary roots. Shakespearean hedgehog imagery blends with porcupine lore and rustic preparation.
The St Andre du Poirier coal mine in France uses a double shaft system with depths of 2952 and 3083 feet. The deeper shaft is to reach the 4000 foot level by year end 1893, while the lower levels stay unusually cool with temperatures rarely above 75 degrees. In contrast gold and silver mines in the United States, notably the Comstock, show corridors near 120 degrees amid intense heat.
Historical note outlines calculations by Loschmidt Stoney Thompson and Maxwell. It states the molecule’s effective size is never larger than five hundred‑millionth of an inch and may be as small as one thousand‑millionth of an inch. The text adds that modern microscopes can easily examine this minute dimension.
Fragmentary notes from New York reporters discuss cholera coverage at Suaranchine Ready Hook and Fire Island. Rumor of forming a cholera club surfaces alongside talk of panel titles for the office of the tube chief wed bachatiologiat.
Crawfordsville Sept 30 Miss Edna Campbell a school teacher sues Misses Mary Martha and Rosa Irwin over an alleged assault after a dispute at Dr S G Irwin's office. Campbell claims permanent spinal injuries and seeks 10000 dollars. Local society figures and a block of injuries also appear in a string of other items including counterfeit arrest and local business failures.
In Greensburg on September 80 a two mile stretch of the Flatrock river below St. Paul is filled with dead fish. Residents attribute the catastrophe to a massive explosion described as earthquake like and suspect natural gas and poisonous vapors escaping from rock fissures as the cause.
Timothy Lane is arrested in Crawfordsville for allegedly assaulting Hattie O Herron near Ladoga. Lane claims the charge is a jealous plot by the girl to break his engagement and force marriage to another woman. Harvey B Shively announces a state plan to provide a home for every needy soldier and widow in Lafayette. The Coffin brothers trial in Indianapolis ends for now with questions about strength of the government case and expectations of acquittal.
Dad Bowen the best known Indiana pitcher outside league circles is reserved by the New York National League team and will be tried in exhibition games this fall or next spring.
Charles Smith fatally wounded his 71-year-old mother-in-law’s child and killed Edna Buchert, his sister-in-law, at Peter Buchert’s house. He shot at his wife, missing her, then pursued them as they fled, causing a chaotic attack that left a woman wounded and Smith described as incensed and described as “crazy.”
A man with a long history of drinking earns a bad reputation in the town. His wife departed five years ago due to his failure to provide for her, leaving him to face social condemnation.
The summer hotel of Lakota Hunting and Fishing clubs at Twin Lakes near Baauk River Wisconsin burned. Twenty seven guests escaped with little, thanks to Mrs. C. L. Goodall who repeatedly woke guests. Thirty seven buildings lost. Loss listed at 15100 with no insurance. In Omaha, postmaster J N Simmons of Pella Iowa was arrested for issuing and cashing postal notes to himself to various Nebraska towns.
Washington reports Lieutenant General Schofield, commander of the United States Army, retires at noon under the law on age limit for active service. Also weather outlooks for Michigan Indiana Iowa Wisconsin and a San Francisco interview with Theodore Durrant and a treasury notice about currency fixes for the Kansas Pacific Railway.
Major Armes, retired, released from prison on a writ of habeas corpus by order of Lieutenant General Schofield. He was jailed for an insulting letter to the general. The writ returns next Saturday.
US president is not expected to return to Washington from Gray Gables until about October 15. Reports from Washington indicate travel plans are subject to medical and security considerations as autumn schedules form.
Brief notices from the era include Aldmeric Hugh Paget sailing on the Cunard steamer Lucania to New York just after announcing his engagement to Miss Whitney daughter of ex Secretary William Whitney. Other items touch on the Republican convention in Pittsburg with Senator Quay pledging support and a note on Massachusetts libraries expanding free access.
A six year old boy Ned favors a dignified rooster as the family companion. The piece notes Ned’s past pets include dogs cats a pony and turtles but now his rooster dominates as the pride of the barnyard walking with him to the school. It contrasts with playful dogs and describes the rooster’s stately manners and red chin.
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