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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1894
Page
3
The Earl of Bismuth, a broad shouldered employee of Ticktown, returns after years abroad. He is described as lively and beloved, yet feels a bit down, finding familiar shelter and place with his sons.
A rambling, confessional letter describes a dramatic fire at an Asheville chateau with the owner miraculously saving the structure by pushing it over and dowsing flames with milk. Insurance adjusters, agents, and odd insurance schemes are critiqued in a comic, self-deprecating voice, closing with a note on Lithia water and health anecdotes.
A short exchange between a young husband and a preoccupied friend reveals casual gossip about a christening and a baby. The passerby’s sharp, humorous inquiry about the baby’s anatomy reflects light social satire seen in period columns.
The piece contrasts the American Sugar Refining Company and Standard Oil, tracing shared legal schemes, therole of lawyers Havemeyer and Dodd, and how both trusts evolved into corporations. It notes wealth, philanthropy, and the alliances with figures like Claus Spreckels and J E Searles Jr, plus the families behind the trusts and their public profiles.
Milan hosts a grand exposition at the Sforza Visconti castle grounds north of the city. Prince Giacomo Trivulzio heads the organizing committee with royal and dignitary attendance. The event highlights operata labor, horticulture, photography, printing, and a vast fine arts collection, with notable buildings and the arch of peace drawing crowds.
Philadelphia now leads Brooklyn in the race to be known as the City of Churches. The shift highlights Philadelphia’s growing prominence for its numerous parishes and historic houses of worship.
Mrs New Wed bursts into tears begging George to take the baby to a doctor at once saying something serious is wrong. Mr New Wed questions symptoms while she insists the child has not cried today, implying a severe illness.
A humorous exchange notes doctors joking about unpaid bills and lawsuits against heirs. A doctor asks how bills are paid while the other quips about suing heirs. A related playful vignette mentions a girl doll and age.
A terse dialogue expresses a child’s insistence on prayer and belief, juxtaposed with a wry remark about a grandparent that shifts the tone from earnest to ironic. The fragment hints at family dynamics and faith without a clear narrative arc.
The day of independence is urged to be celebrated with nationwide devotion to God Almighty. The speaker envisions pouring, parades, shows, ponies, sports, gyms, balls, bonfires and reflections across the continent from that time onward.
The Chicago Woman's lab adds a women suffrage section to its existing departments signaling expanded advocacy.
Mme Carnot, widow of the Italian assassin Santo, is praised as a charming companion for France's president Marie Francois Sadi Carnot. Formerly Mile. Dupont-White, she married in 1864 and served as First Lady with noted social graces and intellect, becoming a national idol.
Captain Urban Andrian Woodbury a Republican nominee for governor of Vermont has a notable Civil War record. Born in Acworth New Hampshire and raised in Vermont he lost an arm at Bull Run but returned to service as a captain and later entered lumber business in Burlington. He held political roles from 1848 alderman to mayor and lieutenant governor, with affiliations to veteran, fraternal, and Masonic orders.
Reminiscences recount about 20 Mississippi Tiger gamblers lingering in Memphis and Vicksburg who steamed between St. Louis and New Orleans. Tom Ellison, 72, is noted as the best known, with vivid tales of easy money on crowded boats, marked decks, bartender collusion, disguises, and high stakes games, detailing sharpers’ methods and the river’s gambling culture before railways ended the era.
A column argues temper in handling animals, citing tragic cases from Indiana of a Berkshire boar kill and a Tennessee mule death. It discusses villagers’ reactions, medieval punishments, and notes beavers, otters, seals, horses, and dogs showing disruptive behavior and carnage, reflecting on human tolerance and animal temper.
A demure man enters a grocer shop asking for coffee. The clerk touts ground coffee as the best, but the man insists he does not want coffee with sand. He explains he bought sugar recently with sand and refuses ground in his coffee. Har lem Life.
A servant girl suffers a crushed nose from a lift incident. A surgeon injects chloroform and places a removed blackbird in the nasal cavity, grafting its flesh to mend the break. Result shows a nearly imperceptible scar and restored contour. Also notes claim the New York Society Library as the oldest in the United States and a Sweden hydrophobia death rate.
An old statistical note states apoplexy is common in France with about 200 deaths per 10 000 annually from this cause. The figure reflects historical medical estimates and underscores the impact of the condition in that country during the period referenced.
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