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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1871

Page

3

Fort Wayne Snippet Roundup of Local News and Ewing Monument

Readable fragments describe local growth and notable figures in Fort Wayne. Mentions Shavetail stream, census talk, rail project officials, real estate transfers, and a grand Ewing monument with details of Linwood Cemetery vault and inscriptions.

Delaware County Nee River King's Fort, Wayne F. M. Case Colorado Chas. Case Columbia Street Calhoun Street Weat Wayne Street Cincinnati George Francis Fort Wayne Ewing Lindenwood Cemetery Messrs. Sutermeister, Becker & Bond

Death by own action at Exchange hotel inquest

A young unmarried woman named Mary Loftus employed at the Exchange hotel was found in her room between 8 and 9 this morning suffering from poison. Drs. Lewis and Virgil attended. she died by 10. Coroner C. Freeman empanelled a jury and found the death due to poison administered by her own hand. Also notes a shift to monthly meetings for the Alien County Agricultural and Horticultural Society and a drowning incident near the Harrison canal basin where a 14 year old boy was saved by a passerby.

Exchange Hotel Mary Loftus

Meathen Chinee Ferment Inspires Fractious Town Meeting

An OCR fragment depicts a chaotic scene in which Hora Joe, Herr W, and locals clash over a plan to publish a Sherman paper in Fort Wayne. Amid rambling mock German speech, postmaster interruptions, and cross-cultural jests, tempers flare before strangers reconcile, with moonlight dancing and dancing hornpipes cited as signs of harmony.

Olds Herr Williams Herr Evans Herr Steele Joe White Leichner Rhine Herr Nuttman Whittler Herr Moon Henry Iddings Evans Houp-Pole Prussia Herr Durgin Joe White Jocko Strasburg Wachkt Am Rhein Jove Herr Willams Shendicmens Shury Schiller Jerusalem Palestine Kennebac River Yankees Jon Herr W America Ft. Wayne Old Country Denmark Jos New York and Erie Schmidt Lorin de Shury Woodbine Feller Bulognees Connatercut Bill Herr Iddings Kaiser William Capt Geisendorf Fort Wayne Connecticut Moon Iddings Kendallville Hong Kong

Attacks on Republic, Grant Power Move Reported

A circulated 1871 Washington dispatch warns Republicans plan secret state conferences to centralize power, erase state lines, and extend federal authority. It condemns attempts to perpetuate Grant era rule, protect Reconstruction amendments, and deploy army to secure Black voters in the South. The letter implicates Nat. Rep. Ex. Com and Indiana supporters in advancing a national centralization drive.

Congress Matta Rep Grant Morton Indiana Statesman Capitola Commonwealths of the Union Republican Party United States

New York Market Summary From Telegraph December 15

New York market notes report mixed commodity activity with cotton at 19.5 cents for middling uplands and flour dull with few buyers. Wheat weak with various western red and white prices. rye and corn firmer on ample receipts, oats and barley in softer demand. Meats steady to dull. lard around 9 to 9 1 16 cents, spirits near 92 to 98 cents, petroleum and coal prices steady.

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Cincinnati Market News from Telegraph December 13

Market reports list cotton at 183 to 183 1/8 cents for low middling and middling, flour and grains unchanged, barley 70 to 85 cents, whisky quiet at 0 cents, hogs steady with strong demand, provisions quiet but firm, lard and green meats varied, shoulders 5 to 6 cents, sides around 6 1/4 to 6 1/2 cents per pound. River up one inch with five feet water. weather cloudy with rain. thermometer 35.

Telegraph

Flour and Barley Market Update by Telegraph

The report notes flour unchanged and barley steady with no notable changes. Market observances focus on stable commodity prices and steady domestic supply conditions.

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