Advance? End of Year Subtleties in Che Weekly Sentinel
The fragment notes a publication detail from Che Weekly Sentinel with an editor proprietor Hackett and price references for Advance and year end issues. Specifics are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
4
The fragment notes a publication detail from Che Weekly Sentinel with an editor proprietor Hackett and price references for Advance and year end issues. Specifics are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A 1901 column critiques the Pennsylvania Democrats platform as revealing and true in parts. It comments on Chicago housemaids unionizing, a New York stagecoach robbery for publicity, George Phillips the corn king going bankrupt, and the rural free delivery funding rising to 7 million dollars, noting reform moves and legal concerns over corn pools and market manipulation.
Reports from Europe indicate France Germany and other major nations face wheat shortfalls and seek imports. France alone may need about fifty six million bushels, boosting demand for selling countries led by the United States. Yet shortages do not guarantee purchases due to broader economic impact on buying power.
The article notes wheaten bread is a luxury for many Europeans as prosperity wanes. It highlights substitution with cheaper foods during hard times and records a recent decline in European prosperity despite crop conditions, suggesting a drop in foreign goods purchases if crops fail.
A Bankers Monthly study tracks world debt growth from 1793 to 1900 and compares per capita burdens. Austria carries the heaviest per person load, with France, Argentina, Spain, and the United Kingdom following, while the United States shows a comparatively light burden.
The report notes a police scandal growing in activity and mentions Qom Paul declaring fearless despite Kitchener's September 15 ultimatum. Com Paul is in Europe. Chicago papers remark that Cor King Phillips had limited success amid missed historic chances.
The excerpt argues that benevolent assimilation of certain South American republics could benefit those nations and allow the United States to curb disruptive behavior abroad while advancing national interests.
Dr Schenk of Vienna, expelled from his university, tells the Berlin congress of zoologists that sex determination theories are proven by experiments. He claims maternal diet fixes a child's sex, asserts nitrogen plays a role, and offers proofs to support his view. He denies aiding the czar but says he can supply an heir if needed.
A new Alaska steamer has gone down with sixty five aboard after a collision with an iceberg. The disaster highlights the high toll of Arctic sea travel since the Klondike rush began four years ago. Many vessels and crews have vanished or perished in perilous Alaskan traffic.
Delegate Wilcox urges using insular cases to allow duties on coffee imported to Hawaii while it remains duty free in the United States. He argues Hawaii is a U S territory, creating a special tariff for a territory and challenging revenue-law uniformity amid mixed territorial status rulings. Subscribe for The Sentinel.
A column surveys comical and topical notes from the era including a railroad ramming incident, attempted kidnappings, a skeptical take on Chinese court travel, a flood of American teachers bound for Manila, teasing remarks on Colombia and the isthmian railway, a Yale adder rattlesnake graft, weather that finally relieves drought, and a scientific quip on yellow fever and mosquitoes.
The piece outlines U S naval ordnance with the seven inch rapid fire gun described as a capable balance between the fourteen and four inch rifles. It weighs thirteen tons and about fifty feet long, burning sixty six pounds of smokeless powder to fire a 165 pound projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2800 feet per second.
The seven inch gun, a creation of Admiral O'Neill and the ordnance bureau, surpasses the six inch 100 pounder and the eight inch 250 pounder in weight and rate of fire. At 3,000 yards it penetrates six to seven inches of armor, and at 2,800 feet muzzle energy would pierce eleven inches of nickel or ten inches of Krupp armor. Admiral O'Neill argues it will be the most effective sea artillery.
Attorneys for R B Dreibelbiss filed a brief in the Indiana Supreme Court over the Fort Wayne charter case. The dispute centers on the Fort Wayne municipal judge appointment by the governor versus an elected official, with arguments on legislative power to create appointive or elective offices and the validity of Louttit’s election. The case arose after a 1901 election and challenged the existence of a municipal court at that time.
Constantinople reports two Ottoman battalions have occupied Klisbak across the Bulgarian frontier. The Bulgarian chargé d affaires demands their recall within a specified time.
Bishop Alerding will erect a handsome barn and carriage house to replace the building torn down for the new episcopal residence. Plans for the barn are being prepared by architect C. E.
Kendrick announces immediate start on a two story brick building to house several horses with a carriage house for four to five vehicles. The project carries a projected cost of $2,000.
Indianapolis reports Grand Army of the Republic members plan protests against Pension Commissioner Evans at the Cleveland national encampment. They accuse diplomacy of shielding Evans to protect McKinley’s image, expecting a change after the first McKinley term. Indiana encampments in Columbus and Terre Haute passed resolutions. copies sent to the president with no reply.
Harry Ross son of Dr G A Ross will travel to Valparaiso to study violin under Prof Aug Wolf at the college there. He will be absent until April.
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