16 Feb 1870
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Democrat
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1870
Page
1
A dense list of Fort Wayne businesses across streets and blocks showcases offerings in auctions, galleries, dry goods, hardware, clothing, and groceries. Names include J. Tinke y & Co, Gorf & Co, Meyer Bros & Co, Trentman & Son, Huestis & Hamilton, McCulloch & Riche, Grover & Baker, and many more, with locations on Calhoun, Columbia, Main, and Keystone streets.
A kitchen quarrel over a beggar boy ends in charity and theft, as a woman feeds him, loses her breastpin to the boy, faces punishment, and then seeks the boy’s pardon. She plans to support him with her savings, reflecting on judging the poor and a faith in mercy.
Boston papers recount a strange tale from the Boston and Lowell Railroad. An engineer reports a red light signaling at Woburn Station, appearing at front or rear, vanishing when chased by a messenger. Laborers recall a phantom train not due. Some see omens of disaster, others cite spiritualist theory of a murdered man. A Missouri man tried to insure his death, sending misaligned notices by mail and telegraph. he lost both life and policy.
Colonel Wilson asserts the Constitution allowed suffrage in 1866 but not after its alteration by the people. The Journal mocks his stance while defending a supposed party line. The piece denounces the Fifteenth Amendment as fraudulent and cites Stein and Breckenridge as voting for it against their constituents.
The article advises feverish, thirsty patients to eat lemons with leaf sugar, scooped into the fruit and sucked slowly. Two or three lemons daily may bring coolness and invigoration, and lemon tea at supper could replace a heavy meal, aiding restful sleep and morning appetite.
Scene in the Prize Qing reports a brutal Friday fight between Jim Martin and Jack Dempsey near the Palisades New Jersey. After a long hour and twenty minute battle Dempsey showed weakness in round 19. A violent riot followed with fights using pistols and knives, many wounded, all rushed to a boat to Newark. Frad Douglass is proposed for governor of San Domingo.
News from New Albany Ledger reports cooper G Treseniter and his family perished when a small flat boat they boarded to move to Gayosa Miss capsized in a high wind on the river. A son, clinging to debris, survived. Details remain unclear and sources vary.
A Washington correspondent recalls an old navy captain’s remark on Virginia under Reconstruction, saying the state is bucked and gagged with double irons. The analogy depicts a Union-preserving plan harming the South and Virginia’s prospects, comparing governance to a ship of State with half the crew incapacitated. New Albany will house an Odd Fellows hall.
A historical column surveys belief in the deadly upas tree, from Fersch and Darwin to modern refutations, and contrasts this with a later essay on women’s virtue and legal leniency. It notes public attitudes toward seduction, murder, and gender roles, urging accountability and changing norms.
From the New Albany Ledger. John Rose in Spencer, Owen County, fired on Dr. Senix and deputies after a dispute over arrest for his drunken spree. Rose was shot dead. Deputy Sheriff Brannon was wounded in the thigh. A companion threw a stone. The episode linked to illegal drug selling and a drunken marriage night tragedy. The piece blames alcohol and warns readers to abandon strong drink.
A station master near Glasgow helps a crying girl find her mother on a departing carriage. The crowd watches as the search unfolds and the mother is found. The girl asks when her father will take off, the whistle blows, and the train leaves to laughter.
The Juniata Best Club ball at Birmingham Town Hall drew a large crowd. A silver watch was promised to the guest bringing the most ladies, but the prize went to a male guest escorting eighty seven women. Thirteen gentlemen hosted two hundred thirty two women, yet the winner was the man with the most female company, while the ball was declared a success.
A satirical look at the new vivid newspaper paragraph style lampoons death notices and lurid anecdotes. It cites jokes from New Jersey New Hampshire Massachusetts and Texas noting the bold phrasing of fatal events and the absurdity of funeral customs while mixing humor with grim facts.
The New Albany Register recalls John Reno who has been jailed in Missouri since before his brothers were hanged in Jackson county. A Missouri prison exposé mentions a plan to smuggle him out in a barrel for a $3000 to $5000 payoff, with accomplices among prison staff. The scheme failed, Reno remains confined.
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