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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1891

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Platform Plank Adopted At Spinnering People’s Party Convention

At Spinnering Ohio on August six the People's Party met with temporary chair Cavanaugh and adopted a platform favoring labor rights, anti gambling laws, free school books, prohibition of child labor, government control of railways and telecommunication, silver coinage, and national land reforms. The meeting also saw debate over device symbols and resolutions, with the hammer and plow chosen for the ticket.

E. P. Foster Cincinnati Hugh Devanaugh HH. F. Higdon People's Party Weiles Justice Beales Committee On Rules and Uavanough Committee of Resolutions Styte Standard Oil Company Ohio United States Treasury Congress National Committee For Adoption National Committee

Wheat storage plan tied to national alliance directives

Kansas sub alliances align with Washington guidance to hold wheat and arrange with elevators to store it. Elevators will advance seventy cents on value. Sisto Secretary Frenoh, of the (text incomplete).

Torres Kas Kansas Alliance Washington Sisto Frenoh

Farmers hold wheat for higher prices says alliance

The speaker reports receiving daily letters from sub-alliances across the state indicating that farmers intend to hold their wheat for better prices.

Farmers’ Alliance

A Pleasant Outing at the Swift Place Camp

A merry party of campers returned to city life from a romantic camp on the Swift place by the St. Joe river. The five mossy tents shaded a gentle slope as guests from Fort Wayne and Indianapolis joined Sunday to share moments and a photograph by Fred Beach for keepsakes.

St. Joe Mr. and Mra M. M. Slattery A. E. Manchester Banister J. W. Walker David Law Grace Munson Cleveland Misa Daisy Stonder Frank Stonder Herbert Law J. W. Calvert Fort Wayne Murray Hartnott J. E. Talbot Clerk Fairbanks Lillie Pyke Grace White Miss Godown Indianapolis Irwin Randall Frank Pyke Dr. McCullough Robert Penman Fred Beach

Storms Ravage Crookston Region Hit Grain Belt

A heavy sailstorm swept across Crookston Minnesota destroying grain from Marion to Hixon a belt five miles wide and fourteen miles long. Dispatches report total destruction with no harvest in the belt this season. A separate hailstorm between Fisher and Crookston damaged another strip about one and a half miles wide.

Crookston Minn Marion Hixon Fisher

Public Notice Endorses Chamberlain’s Remedy

A. K. Sherrill of Cappa Mizass Texas endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for stomach cramps diarrhoea and flux. Describes it as the best medicine seen and best seller. 25 and 50 cent bottles sold by druggist.

Cappa Mizass Texas Chamberlain A. K. Sherrill Dinggiste

Gougar to Follow McKinley Through Ohio Campaign

Indiana prohibitionist Mrs. Helen M Gougar will accompany Major McKinley across Ohio during the campaign. She will advocate low tariff and higher wages for working men, saying she plans to stay at McKinley’s heels throughout the effort.

Helen M. Gougar Ohio Cnicano Helen MM. Gougar Indiana Major McKinley McKinley

Indicted editor in New York test case on execution news

Charles O C Hennessay city editor of the New York Daily News has been indicted under a New York law banning publication of execution details. He sought, coordinated, and reported on the Sing Sing death proceedings to challenge the law as unconstitutional.

New York State of New York City Charles O'Connor Hennessy New York Daily News Ireland New York Times Hennessy Star Troy Telegram New York Morning Journal Daily News Hennesy Sing Sing John Palmer Detroit Grand Army of the Republic General Veazey Staten Island Ninety-first New York Volunteers

Capital Guesip Harrison Seeks White Delegates

Washington dispatch reports the Harrison administration will overhaul customs houses including New York and Boston to replace negro delegates with white Republicans. It notes July expenditures surpass receipts, shifts in treasury reporting, and concerns McKinley may lose favor among GOP leaders amid labor tensions and immigration committee appointments.

Washington, D.C Harrison New York Baltimore Boston New Orleans Charleston Savannah South Sherman Ohio Secretary of the Treasury Reed Congress Foster Powderly Hoe Ile

Fighter in politicos questions Ohio's fall chances

A commentator compares a political fighter to Bob Kennedy, remarking that with Kennedy’s fighting spirit they might win Ohio this fall. as it stands the speaker is uncertain about the outcome.

Bob Kennedy Ohio

Painter George Warner Found Dead in Calhoun Flats

A 38 year old painter named George Warner was found dead in weeds near the jail flats by rag-picker Snyder. Sheriff Viberg linked Warner to a mid day movement toward the flats. death appears recent with no clear cause. Warner, once employed by George S. Hail, had a recent divorce and a drifting, troubled life.

Snyder Calhoun Street Viberg George Warner Warner George 8 Hail Columbia Street Columbia City Scheumann & Kinehn Kesler

Bluffton Lawyer Asbury Duglay Dies Of Typhoid Fever

Bluffton’s Asbury Duglay a prominent young attorney and publisher died last Tuesday of typhoid fever. He was born in Allen County and educated at Fort Wayne College and Michigan State University. He practiced law in Bluffton and formed Duglay & Silver after leaving Todd & Duglay and married Julia Lusk in 1883.

Asbury Dugley Bluffton Allen County Churubusco Fort Wayne College Fort Wayne, Jnd Allen Whitley Noble Counties Robertson & Harper Fort Wayne Michigan State University Ann Arbor Blaffton J. J. Todd Todd & Duglay Winfield 8. Silver Duglay & Silver Duoglay Julia Lusk Mary Frees Wells County

Farmers Hold Wheat as Prices Expected to Rise

A Topeka dispatch reports Frank McGrath of the Farmers Alliance says farmers are withholding wheat to push prices higher. He notes members are well informed on markets and will sell only what is needed immediately to meet wants. Also, two famous St Bernard dogs die New York and Poughkeepsie death linked to lack of exercise.

E. W. Poe Columbus Ohio A. L. Conger Geo Veazey Alger Louisiana Grand Army Duffy Michigan Illinois Wisconsin A. G. Weissert Milwaukee Lucius Fairchild Weissert Clark Hamuel II Hurst John Palmer California Palmer Hurat J. M. Palmer Albany N. Y Smedburg Kansas Orry Topeka Kas Frank McGrath Farmers’ Alliance State Alliance McGrath New Yeurs St. Bernard Prince Regent Poughkeepsie Colonel Ruppert Europe

Popular Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Cure All

The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for its proven merit and unequalled cures, claiming honest business, economy and strength, and noting the slogan 100 Doses One Dollar. It also markets Swayne's Ointment for skin diseases, promising internal medicine not required and claiming it cures tetter eczema and eruptions, with calls to ask the druggist.

Hood Swayne Swaxnu

Desperate Lima Bank Robber Calls Self Second Jesse James

A Columbus Grove bank robbery at 8:30 this morning left cashier T. J. Maple wounded in the arm and side after a man shot him and took 1500 dollars. A farmer, William Vandebark, was nearly killed. the robber fled shouting I am a second Jesse James and fired at bystanders before escaping. Police pursue as detectives join, with rewards totaling over 1000 dollars. The suspect is believed linked to the Merger Kibna gang.

Lima Ohio Bes Columbus Grove T. J. Maple Exchange Bank William Vandebark Vanderbark Mervir Ekubna

Wrecks Reported Sidetrack Collision Delays Rail Traffic

Bates Ohio August 7 two wrecks reported on separate lines. Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago train No 2 struck an open switch near Mast Palestine injuring engineer Ike Riche and fireman Wm Carner while Elmer Clapper died. Wabash line at Homer Ill. damaged passenger engine cars. several crew injured and a tramp killed. Traffic delayed. crews worked to clear tracks. Fort Wayne school trustees report shows receipts and expenditures for 1891.

Bates Ohio Mast Palestine Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago Ike Riche Wm. Carner Elmer Clapper Palestine Alliance St. Louis Wabash New York Boston Homer Ill Frank Clark Henry Oppell A. J. Mooring Daniel Feeley H. G. Bumgardner Taylorville A. 8. Manning Toledo Louis Gerko Ind C. A. Compton Kingsburg Wabash Hospital Springfield Grand Rapids and Indians Daniel Dick Thomas Brown Richmond Grand Rapids Briant Siding Brown Porter D. Cartwright Cartwright Seminex Grand Rapids Road Malone Geneva Brant Briant James Hayes Mr. Dick West Butler Street Miss Minnie Annie East William Emerson Grand Rapids and Indiana Niomer Arthur Ralph George Thomasa Brown Montgomery Street Tom Brown Mr. Brown Vasific Mutual Accident Insurance Company I. M. van Slyke

Crops Report Mixed as Weather Bakes Fields

Boston reports dry weather hurting crops though the shacoco crop shows promise and cranberries are likely to yield an average harvest. The piece notes three of the world’s twelve largest cities lie in Japan.

Boston Japan

Deaths of Mrs Jane Oarson and Mrs Maria Fox in Fort Wayne

Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs Jane Oarson widow of Judge W W Carson at 95 East Berry Street after cholera morbus. Also noted are the passing of Mrs Maria Fox of 25 East Main Street aged 66, with funeral arrangements pending and details of her Swiss birth and Fort Wayne residence.

East Berry Street Jane Oarson W. W. Carson Oarson Ant Carson Nate Allen Hamilton Ontario Judge Carson Willie Carson First Presbyterian Church George Fox East Main Street Maria Fox Louis Fox Fort Wayne United States Baking Company Guat Fox Joseph Fox

Picnic At Hunt's Grove Ends in Shootings

Brookville Ohio August 11 Yesterday at Hunt's Grove below Harrison two Black men were shot and a woman stabbed at a colored picnic The men are reported to die and authorities investigate the incident at the site reflecting racial tension and violence in the area

Brookville Hunt's Grove Lmarrison Ohio

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