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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1894
Page
6
A fragmented dialogue reveals a guarded confession about money, happiness, and moral choices. The text cites phrases like open heart, won bets, and a vow to do right while questioning what pleases a partner. The garbled passage hints at social norms and skipped details about spouses or chevaliers.
A survivor recounts a grim scene near a highway creek where a sick man named Covenant lies as a woman calls for help. A plan to end his life unfolds with a dramatic wallop from a barrel stave. The widow laments heartbreak and the passage “He cometh up like a flower and is cut down” as the event ends with the man dead and the wife defending her actions.
The Arizona Kicker declares it resists inflated town boosters, calling itself an average town of 3,000 with limited assets. It notes no railroad, no college, no major industry, and states land values drop from $4 to $3 per acre. The paper touts honesty, local pride, and warns against syndicate influence while describing local amenities and risks. A Red Bluff Gazette editor recent visit is recounted with a cordial greeting.
A Red Bluff editor boasts of a poker hoax against a Gazette man and later vows a showdown at Turkey Bend. The Gazette reporter plans an interview to settle the feud, while townsfolk weigh the strange encounter and its aftermath.
Local notes report several cholera infantum cases in the city while Mayor names Vachon as patrolman. Ada Ohio visitor Mrs Lehr returns home after funeral of Mrs Lehr. Undertaker Weisman expands his North Berry Street business. Major political ties noted between Leighty and Metzgar. A tramp, J A Patterson, sustains minor wound from accidental revolver discharge at Shuman's. Nestel partners dissolve with Oscar moving to Avilla. Town updates include visits, post mortem findings on Dr Payne, lodge elections, and a planned $25,000 brick block by Wing & Mahurin for R T McDonald. Wabash Road to run Sunday excursions to Toledo via Detroit and Put-in-Bay starting July 8.
A traveling fakir pressurizes a silent crowd asking for ailments to cure for free. No one volunteers, so he shifts to selling a万能 stain remover, selling bottles to eager buyers in a brief rush before moving on.
The Fort Wayne Business College held its fourteenth annual commencement at the Congregational church. A class of sixty graduates received diplomas as President G W Lahr presided and speakers praised the students dedication and effort. The program featured solos by Miss Leolong and others, an address by Hon S R Alden, and a practical address by W E McDermott. The ceremony closed with The Star Spangled Banner and benediction.
Superintendent of Police Liggett received a veteran’s jewel from Harmony Lodge No. 19 Fort Wayne Ind. Presented by Hon. J. M. Robinson the jewel bears Inscrip Presented to James Ligget P. G by Harmony Lodge No 19 With this being the third jewel of its kind the lodge has given The prior recipients were Colonel Zollinger and William Killen The lodge also held its semiannual election electing Noble Grand Jos Pflueger Vice Grand John Pfeiffer Recording Secretary Edgar Tousley Assistant Recording Secretary Frank Challenger.
Fifty years ago Thursday Mr W B Walter, an old Fort Wayne resident, arrived by canal boat from Toledo. He recalled the 1844 Fort Wayne description, named early citizens, and noted landmarks such as the block house at the fort, the picket fence, the log-house jail, and a June freshet flood. He mentioned a heavy wheat crop near where Douglass Avenue would later lie.
Coroner in Snenusvilie Indiana concludes Edward Kuhn was murdered by unknown persons after he was poisoned two weeks ago. The inquest declares murder but the killer remains at large as the case stays enveloped in mystery.
Edward Kuhn son of George M Kuhn a wealthy German of Liberty township died after taking a quinine capsule before bed a post mortem found sufficient strychnine to kill ten men He remained conscious claiming no motive beyond quinine to get rich the killer remains unsolved as speculation points to foul play through poisoning by a supposed assassin
The People's Political Missionary union plans nationwide outreach with a wagon tour led by George J. E. Mayer. Mayer, once a hotelier and Cleveland supporter, aims to pressure banking reform and decentralize press coverage, traveling first to Harper's Ferry with a crew including Major William Dulin and William Primrose. The venture envisions private funding from the public as it promotes a banking reform manuscript and nontraditional campaign methods.
A charming two year old hackney filly from Glendale of the Indian Neck stock farm Long Island, dam Real Kit by Reality, attracted a 22 000 bid as a foal. She is noted for her grace, spirit and harness action, with a queenlike bearing. Also included is a Wool report from the U S Bureau of Statistics outlining global wool markets and U S wool duties, plus a Department of Agriculture note on farm animal counts and care tips for mares foals sows and piglets.
A broken historical reminiscence recounts a chestnut horse trained by Dr. Pierre of St. Ve, used for riding, plowing, and travel from Boston to Pamapleton. It describes the horse’s slow, careful movements, a past home of Artemus Lee, and a money-making pigeon net business with Faneuil Hall market nearby.
A reminiscence details a 100 mile journey by a mare named Doll, her homeward drive from Cambridge to Worcester area, and the boy narrator’s memories of driving stages and the old courthouse. It recalls Doll’s stamina, the family’s rural life, and the boy’s father’s gentle explanations for hard driving during winters.
A reprint presents a word puzzle with clues and a narrative about Mrs Penvlez seeking dress funds. It includes a metapuzzle where removing one word from each sentence reveals a familiar proverb reading downward. It also contains deletions and a playful riddle about Oliver Oglethorp ogling an owl and oyster and asks where the objects are.
A mosaic of puzzle items from a vintage page features No 178 Missing Letter Puzzle with Miss Muffet, No 179 Double Acrostic, No 180 Geographical Letter with Augusta Newton’s letter, No 181 Old Saying Illustrated, No 183 Wheel Puzzle, No 183 Numerical Enigma, and No 184 Incomplete Proverba. The entries present playful word games, letters, and aphorisms in a period style.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures all stages of catarrh by a constitutional internal action. It promises blood and mucous surface effects, builds constitution, and offers 100 dollars if it fails. Includes testimonials and a Nebraska/Toledo address, plus a tourist ticket note for Nickel Plate Railroad promo. Also mentions Chamberlain's remedy for summer diarrhea and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children with purchase details.
Mrs Ida Casler of Syracuse recounts illness from anemia and weakness, crediting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs Tinkham's Samarive Wash for recovery after doctors warned against siting. She urges overworked women to seek health over wealth, claiming improved well being follows use of the compound.
Jackson Smith serves as a district pass agent in Cincinnati Ohio and Louisville Kentucky with affiliations in Cincinnati and Amore Georgia. He holds pass agent responsibilities across multiple regions and reports influence in Georgia and Kentucky operations.
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