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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1894
Page
3
In a humorous tale, a penniless Englishman Claude Halborn Kersykes aims for marriage in America. He woos Violet, a cautious heiress, amid mockery of work, class, and romance. The father reveals fractious fortunes as the couple exchanges vows, ending with a grim note on immigrant folly.
Judge Peter Stenger Grosscup, long prominent in Chicago law, presided on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Born in Ashland Ohio, he moved to Chicago, formed a notable partnership, argued before the Supreme Court, and issued a key interstate commerce decision on self incrimination that impacted tariff cases.
A snatched comic dialogue shows a shopkeeper and customer quarrel over stamps and mailing a letter. The brief vignette includes lines about reusing stamps and delayed delivery, set among humorous snippets. Includes mentions of Life and meteorological as framing phrases.
The piece outlines the U S regular army and national guard totals, estimating about 29 148 in all with roughly 20 000 combat ready and 10 000 needed to guard property. It profiles Major General John M Schofield, notes his birth in Chautauqua County New York in 1831, West Point, Civil War service and later roles. It also mentions Abdul Aziz, boy sultan of Morocco, his mother Ayesha the Circassian slave who influences succession, and the political intrigue surrounding his rise to power.
Abdul Aziz, a sixteen year old sultan of Morocco, faces debt loaded nation讲 war and foreign powers poised to seize his throne after the death of Sultan Muley Hassan. His warships blockade his seaports as his uncle Muley Ismail contends for control.
A Western observer weighs which lawmakers improved their standing this session. Key figures include Crisp Reed Wilson Bailey Bryan McMillin Dingley and Harris. The piece notes seniority effects in the House and Senate, regional tensions, and personal rivalries among lawmakers.
A theater exchange in the New York Herald has an actor insisting he needs a co actor easy to partner with. He complains he must kiss the leading lady three times in act one, but reveals she is his wife, complicating the scene.
A couple laments a seaside trip canceled by a strike while one partner consoles with future savings and a promise of diamond earrings previously deemed unaffordable. The dialogue captures a tense domestic moment amid labor strife.
A terse dialogue scene unfolds as a couple argues under a rising moon with sharp curses and a lingering pain on the woman’s face. The Detroit Tribune notes their rift while a snide aside about an undertaker and a graphic line about a doctor’s prognosis appear in neighboring items.
A profile of Commissioner Carroll D Wright, his two decades gathering labor statistics, and the nine year old labor bureau. It covers his duties, rise from bureau chief to department head, and his role in studying labor capital relations and industrial disputes.
Thomas H. Wickes, born in Leicestershire England forty eight years ago, rose from a bogie farm to the second vice presidency of the Pullman Palace Car company. He became widely known as the spokesman for George M. Pullman during Chicago labor troubles after a early life spent on a farm and in common schooling until age fourteen.
Francis L Wellman a renowned New York City lawyer and prosecutor rose from Brookline to Harvard and Boston Law School. After teaching at Boston Law School he moved to New York becoming junior assistant to Counsel Andrews then assistant district attorney in 1891. His notable prosecutions included Harris case electrocution and Buchan’s poisoning ring. He later led prosecutions against city police and criminals, earning a feared reputation.
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