21 Apr 1875
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1875
Page
1
Ephraim Blodgett dominates local spelling contests while a rival girl challenges him. The duel of silent letters ends with Ephraim mispronouncing a vowel-less Welsh mortar word. The crowd cheers his rise and ultimate downfall as he is buried with his spelling-book.
The Dec 12 186- Paris Figaro tale recounts a private banquet at a boulevard restaurant where Count Gaston d Avray and Duke Albert de la Rive duel over Marguerite amid oysters, Roederer, and a legendary maccheroni Solferino dish, ending with both men dead and Mile. M. D. wounded, leaving a murky social scandal in the hands of Parisian society.
Attorney General Buskirk opines on the 1875 liquor license act. After the June session, counties may not allow sale of intoxicating liquors in less than a quart without a county license. Baxter law permit holders also require the 1875 act license for such sales.
ANYA bulletin letter argues against the notion that exchanges must be equal value trades. It asserts money measures value between commodities, not money itself, and that gold remains the universal measure though suspended from specie payments. It contends gold’s value is constant globally and that paper promises distort no intrinsic value, while exchanges reflect relative commodity values.
Chicago Tribune notes the London and New York adaptations of Jules Verne’s story depict American life through a Yankee and an Englishman. The New York version features three duels, revolvers and knives, a Darwinian take on sanitation, a Pawnee attack scene, U.S. troops ending the bloodshed, and the two heroes clasping hands as the curtain falls on America.
M D Conway recounts a spring assembly of Druid followers in Wales. The group meets at fixed seasonal points twice yearly and, if possible, gathers on Palm Sunday. They claim Christian rites borrow from ancient Druid customs, repurposing symbols tied to the resurrection.
The Welch meeting reports a revival of Druidism in the United States with thirty Rochester residents named as applicants for admission. Ale Kedna plans a Druidic newspaper in Rochester after translating The Pristine Glory of the Welch. A New York Druids circle forms and a bard gathering is planned for summer, though revival may not be imminent.
Pal Mal provides a world debt snapshot noting global indebtedness near £4.2 billion earlier, rising with new debts including China. The piece lists the twenty largest debts totaling $22.98 billion, estimates annual interest around $942.75 million, and notes varying borrowing costs across nations with recent changes by Britain, Russia, Germany, the U.S., and others.
A Parisian couple on the Chausse d Antin endured a frightful hoax when a forged note accused a butcher of murdering a nephew and selling meat. The cook confessed no crime, the veal proved sound, and the family suffered shock while the police seek the mischief maker.
The Austin Nevada Reveille reports Piutes form a settlement on Union hill at the head of Cedar street. Homes are built from discarded house-lining, sacks, and blankets. A mansion of lining and a nightly fire host dances, poker, boasts of scalping raids, and scenes of tribal mourning and loss among Hiawatha.
The Boston Advertiser weighs Mr Mor ton's question about Starkweather's re election while Hawley loses. It argues the party balance in Hawley's district favored Democrats and in Starkweather's favored Republicans. The piece questions how this proves the force bill's righteousness or public endorsement and asks which candidate led by 1,200 votes.
In a Boston Courier piece Saville Clarke reflects on a peculiar cabinet of ashes where each departed relative is enshrined in a vase, arranged chronologically. The passage blends elegiac memory with social satire as portraits of kin and public figures line the shelves and a remaining empty vase hints at self memorialization.
Lucy Hooper reports from Paria on the Venetian masquerade at Araene Hous saye’s Moorish palace on Avenue Friedland. The event blends social circles and demimonde lore with lavish costumes including Eve in mourning and a Marguerite in Faust. French papers mock American ladies’ appearances while one outfit features a dramatic black and gold mantle revealing a bare shoulder.
A San Francisco street preacher at Third and Market blocks a sidewalk, attracting crowds and angering the nearby merchant. The merchant fires a hose, dousing the preacher and scattering the crowd, while public opinion backs the merchant’s stand against obstruction.
A humorous tale depicts Herman the magician married recently with a wife who avoids market trips. He conjures eggs, sugar, coffee, bread, and more from his hat through sleight of hand, offering daily meals at pocket cost. The wife laments, noting he pilfers a gold dollar from her nose. Also promotes Sozodont for teeth whitening and breath freshening.
A heated dispute in Indianapolis centers on alleged post office fraud involving Holloway and his associate Mason. Statements from Bickers and Mason detail inflated repairs and mass mail pouch handling, while Holloway and others deny wrongdoing. A Washington pursuit and sensational chase conclude with dubious telegrams and a courier plot.
The St Louis Republic defends standard spelling against the Springfield Republican's purist critique of rendering the city as St. Lewis. The piece argues against forcing a foreign style on geographical names and urges consistent, recognizable spelling for proper nouns.
Henry Watterson with a carpet bag raced the departing train at the Short Line depot east end. He burst into a sprint past the depot, buckled down, and rode a wagon horse to catch up, but the train pulled away, leaving him and his carpet bag pitched into an express wagon.
The real centennial of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence to be observed in Charlotte Mecklenburg County N C on May 20 with an oration by Gen Joseph E Johnston and other ceremonies. Charlotte is noted as the site of the first declaration the end of the Civil War surrender of Johnston and the end of the Confederacy.
A Maine household of five related adults shows remarkable ages totaling 40 years combined with a high average. Mary Hasry is 99, Mrs Goodwin 72, Mrs Millikin 67, husband Goodwin 87, and a sister-in-law 85. All born in Castine, healthy since birth, they live together and work daily, prompting speculation on heredity, occupation, and potential century-long lifespans.
Excavations in central Strada Stablana near Gate of Vesting reveal a fresco of Orpheus seated with lyre on a rock. A panther watches, while beasts surround him and an eagle with a rabbit observes the scene. Florid birds and arabesques flank the painting as crowds gather.
Historians clash over Freder ick City heroine Bars Barbara Fritchie. Whittier praised her act of waving the stars and stripes, while another writer doubts the scene, and a California ex Confederate claims she held the Hag in her window as Union troops moved through Frederik.
A Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune recounts General Spinner's father once pursued priesthood and joined a monastery. Enticed by a German Mädchen’s gaze, vows faded and earthly longing led him to marry, fleeing to America. Francis E. Spinner became the elder child of that union.
A woman suspected for months as the Kate Bender figure was captured near the Douglas County line last week. Reports say she offered a man 500 to flee with her and travel by night, resting by day, amid ongoing Cherryvale murder lore. Maprip April 16 notes Carsiats seizing women and children in Loria with ransom threats.
A collage of social satire and rumor citing figures such as Ruth Ellis of Saxe Holm, Vinnie Ream, Annie Besant, Dr. Newman, Gov. Tilden, and Mrs. Cuppy with a sweep through England, Germany, and American manners. The piece lampoons civil service scrutiny, religious orders, bed bugs, and a fan club devoted to a popular actor, ending with portraits of devotion and oddities.
Advertising notice promoting Hoofland's German Bitters as digestion aid and health tonic. Claims cleansing, nourishing the system and curing disease with testimonials. Mentions use of Hoofland's Podophyllin Pills for brisk purgation. Proprietors Johnston, Holtoway & Co. Philadelphia. sold by druggists.
A sales pitch extols Boschee's German syrup as a sure immediate cure for throat and lung diseases. It notes recent introduction from Germany, urges readers to obtain a sample for ten cents and a regular bottle for seventy-five cents, and mentions other patent remedies like Parson's Purgative Pills and Sheridan's cavalry powders.
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