23 Feb 1870
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Democrat
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1870
Page
1
A long list of Fort Wayne businesses and locations across categories including art engravers lithographers auction houses art galleries books stationery and retail trades. Featured names appear with addresses on Main Street Calhoun Street Columbia Street and nearby blocks listing suppliers and shops such as Julebal and Est Stockbridge and many others.
Legal notices in The Democrat Fort Wayne outline advertising rates. First insertion costs 150 per square, with 75 cents per square for each subsequent insertion. One nonpareil line equals one square. Attorneys paying for publication handle charges. no proof will be issued until payment. All correspondence goes to R D Dommn & Co Fort Wayne Ind.
A verse lament condemns praisers who beg for grace while ignoring the hungry and needy. It attacks lenders who profit from poverty, hypocritical supplicants with jeweled ears, and workers treated as mere legs, urging honest aid and compassion over ostentatious prayer.
A historic reprint urges ending high tariffs and foreign competition. It argues protectionism inflates costs, shifts labor burden to workers, and stifles innovation. It condemns tariffs for impoverishing labor while enriching capital at the expense of national progress.
A lengthy critique of capitalism and a moral lecture to young men outlines dangers of idle wealth and misused labor. It condemns selfish leadership, warns against swearing and lax reputations, and urges self reliance, proper conduct, and respect for sisters. The piece closes with reflections on the power of a single mother’s word.
The Bloomington Tribune reports a brutal homicide in Newark Beech Creek township after a chicken dispute between Mrs Rose and Mrs Sacker. The assailant, young Rose, killed old man Sacker with an axe attack and fled to Green Castle before being captured and jailed.
Two brothers aged 12 and 14 rode the rear car of the New York and Erie night express toward Fort Wayne Indiana. While asleep one boy left his seat and fell from the train onto the track at Castile. The train backed up and the boy was found seated on the track unharmed aside from bruises. He and his brother stayed at the City Hotel overnight and continued their journey the next morning.
English investigations reveal transfer costs on property purchases are high, with a 6 percent duty for a 5000 dollar property and even higher in some cases. Comparisons to Belgium show parishes with etched plans listing land parcels, owner names, boundary changes, and purchases recorded on official maps.
A broad collection of Indiana notes reports and tidbits from Grant Vigo and Tippecanoe counties. Topics include Hog cholera spreading in Grant, Measles in Tippecanoe, new trials in Terre Haute, local politics in Evansville and Indianapolis, crime robberies in Putnam and Layfayette, farmers in New Albany affected by sheep-killing dogs, and debates over bonds greenbacks and public debt.
A man afflicted by delirium tremens escaped care and ran shouting murder through Market and Spring streets. After a violent chase he was captured and returned home, his ravings frightening onlookers. The account warns of liquor's grim consequences and the danger of drink.
Washington special reports the Senate Judiciary Committee examined Georgia and Mississippi cases. Senator Revels faces opposition amid unconfirmed charges including a St Louis church brawl and alleged embezzlement of church funds. Maryland’s Senator Vickers remains ready to object to Revels seat on constitutional eligibility grounds. Rogers faces nonfatal immorality concerns.
A farmer, lured by a swarthy woman in a Sixth Street den, enjoyed a flirtation with Jennie Johnson before she allegedly stole $53 from him. He reported the loss to police, Johnson was arrested for grand larceny, and a hearing before Judge Straub was postponed until tomorrow.
The text parodies a Civil War era taunt directed at Major Butler, repeating lines about theft and mischief. It frames a mock chant accusing Butler and his setters of stealing, using a chanty cadence and altered phrases to lampoon the Beasts and Coopers-Shoo. It reflects a satirical mood from Joy’s New York Democrat.
A quixotic French perspective on marriage and beauty notes that in olden times beauty aided securing a husband, but modern men seek other criteria. The piece humorously suggests drastic schemes, like selling beautiful girls to fund dowries for less attractive ones, to curb maid shortages.
Commissioner DeLano of the Treasury Internal Revenue writes to an Ohio assessor, directing that farmers who sell their own crops are not subject to the special tax unless selling becomes a regular business. He cites sections 74 and 79 and urges liberal construction to aid producers.
The piece rails at fashion’s grip on society urging constant activity over inactivity. It lampoons dress trends from small bonnets to kiss-me quick hoods and warns fashion erodes health morals and identity. It notes lively women contrast with silent men and ends with a reflection on age and changing standards.
A Portland Transcript excerpt shows a mother reproving her son for making noise and mess at home. The boy resents rules, contemplates fleeing to a rumored “grand pack” where boys supposedly escape blame, and contemplates smoking at Nile's corner near village grog shops.
A local note reports Venus can be seen with naked eye at midday during clear skies, nearing inferior conjunction on February 24 and becoming an evening star. A boy shows off two ten cent contraptions claiming they will keep him home from school tomorrow.
A Bluffton man named Bill Hill was arrested for robbing Wellie’s Store and jailed locally after escaping through a jail tunnel. A $50 reward spurred deputies and Bluffton residents to track him to the city where he was caught and confined for safe keeping.
A Chicago Chronicle correspondent describes a Rock county girl in a Wisconsin asylum. The narrative depicts her pale skin, auburn curls, blue eyes, and a smile as she greets visitors while recounting episodes of saneness and trances in which she believes herself Indian. The piece links her condition to a former schoolteacher’s mental collapse amid overwork and a lingering tale of lost love from recent battlefields.
Lucille Western stars in a melodrama about love jealousy and downfall of Isabel Vane at a Saturday matinee. A packed dress circle witnesses a dramatic collapse as Isabella pleads with her betrayer and Lord Mount Severn, prompting tears from hundreds of women in the audience.
Congressman Dawes refused Raplicans invitation to speak at their February Indianapolis convention. The piece laments Grant era estimates, calls for restrained government spending, and cites Wels figures on annual and total expenditures. It also includes a domestic note on papering rooms causing fever, illustrating neglect and hidden dirt.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports Kentucky’s black population fell from 236,167 in 1860 to 140,445 in 1869 and argues the Fifteenth Amendment will not alter political status. It estimates 38,400 eligible black voters, predicting mass Black support for Republicans would barely shift any district, with Louisville and Jefferson County the main strongholds.
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