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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1890
Page
2
At the Thirtieth Indiana regiment reunion in Albion ex-Congressman J B White praised critics after scoring President Harrison on pension legislation. He and the large veteran gathering applauded as the president’s stance was denounced and his renomination prospects viewed as poor.
The Passover feast starts at sundown Friday and lasts eight days. Hebrews will eat unleavened bread and avoid salt or leaven. The term Passover is a translation issue from pasch and Opfer. The unleavened bread recalls the haste of the Exodus after Egyptian first-born were slain. In synagogue services, families gather for readings from the Hagadah and songs of rejoicing. Local Hebrews will hold temple services to mark the event.
The piece reviews Rev A E Mahin on resurrection and cemeteries. It extols Machpelah as a model for memorial cemeteries, praises the sermon illustration of the grave as a factory for resurrection, and affirms Christ’s resurrection as proof of loved ones’ return with vivid images of heavenly reunion.
Boston April 5 John L Sullivan declares he will fight San Francisco heavyweight James J Corbett four rounds for ten thousand dollars with a winner take all condition If he fails to knock out Corbett in four rounds he receives nothing Secretary Slattery of the Gladstone club Providence offers a $1000 purse for an April 23 match Mahoney and Sullivan seek a McAuliffe Kerrigan bout with Kerrigan backed for 4500
In Cossmrsville Rev John Fr McClain M D died Thursday of blood poisoning. Two years prior knee disease led to amputation and no full recovery. In Seymour Rev Walter Benton aged ninety one, resident since 1819 and sixty year Methodist minister, died. He was oldest preacher in the state and grandfather of Rev OC W Tinsley. In Greencastle John Jennnings esq died Thursday night aged eighty eight of exhaustion from old age.
Ex- Congressman Lee Wilson of Shelby county Indiana faces arrest after a federal indictment alleging extensive pension fraud. Evidence claims he secured twenty one annulment marriages to widows of soldiers and received between fifty cents and three hundred dollars per case. He posted bond for appearance.
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