02 Jun 1875
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1875
Page
1
A terse poetic fragment laments a parting presence. The speaker bids farewell to intimate belongings and hints at the mother's heartbreak, conveying a somber domestic mood and emotional distance. The text centers on release, memory, and impact within a family setting.
An foray into a grotesque mock hotel in Saponackous Springs New York showcases a lavish misrule. The piece describes absurd amenities and tyrannical service with a final note on Mrs Chantrell and her cruel animal museum nearby.
A dying brakeman on a Chicago depot bed hallucinates routes and trains while attendants recall his long service. He dies softly as distant trains whistle, uttering a final fragment about Grand Trunk and Detroit, set against a grim station scene.
An elderly woman in Lottingdean England reportedly kept cats and dogs in her house and cowed them into servitude, revealing singular depraved tastes. Neighbors witnessed the troubling behavior, sparking concern and police inquiry.
Burr Deming once billed as Vancouver the No Haired Man of Vancouver's Island began his show career in Barnum's company. Born in Litchfield Connecticut he claimed to be born bald. He married eight times and after leaving the show led a life of burglaries and prison, with claims of involvement in New York crimes but no mention of Charley Ross.
A Paris thief's attempted communication from inside the prison used hair-stem cipher on a novel page to spell a warning to allies outside. The governor, noting the twenty six lines and letters, traced the message and countered the rescue plan. The attempted breakout failed, rescuers ensnared in their own trap.
A group of companions plotted to trap Dr Whewell by feigning superior knowledge of Chinese music after reading old reviews. Whewell remained quiet then confessed he was imperfectly informed about Chinese music in the articles used. The plan backfired on the conspirators.
A Chinaman dies and his widow burns his clothes at a street corner. Irishwomen, offended by the fumes, converge and attack the widow, pushing her toward the fire. Men intervene, rescuing the woman as she runs home in tears.
A devastating church fire in Holyoke Massachusetts during evening service killed about six dozen and left many more burned or missing. The parish, built 1870, housed 700 worshippers with two exits. panic and crush on the gallery stairs caused most deaths. Rescuers pulled survivors from the flames as priests and sisters aided the wounded and an inquest was planned.
The Chicago Times Special reports the short-horn breeders adjourning in Indianapolis after two days. Papers read cover breeding, soil, climate, and model short-horn cow traits. Officers elected include President A. C. Stevenson and Secretary Claude Matthews with an executive committee of Thrasher, Wilhart, and Hammond.
The Levant T Herald reports a May earthquake in Baronessa Asia Minor destroying 600 houses. Early tallies show 100 dead and 187 injured with total fatalities still uncertain. A telegraph notes a carrier battery at Mount Rica fired on a Spanish squadron, with the admiral killed and four officers wounded. Personal by Constantinople notes Horace Maynard arriving as the new American minister to Turkey.
Bulwer suggests love opens all petals of the soul yet notes it can lead to pistoly and coffee for two, signaling a risky or comic pairing. The remark frames romance as both uplifting and potentially perilous or quirky in social settings.
A Tennessee panel describes a new pest in Tipton county, a larval form of the common cut worm mistaken earlier for army worms. Meadows and corn suffer heavy damage, wheat fields show some impact, and gardens lose cabbage beans potatoes and strawberries. Farmers destroy worms daily, some found on tables. worms measure about an inch.
A Wisconsin note describes a Milwaukee robin gathering nest material by pulling a string from an old nest. After attempts with weight and a new plan, the bird succeeds in loosening the string and uses it for its home. The text then shifts to discuss army correspondents and war coverage in republican nations.
The article questions funding for the Beecher trial, noting defense costs may be high and newspapers allegedly subsidized. It cites Plymouth Church or Beecher supporters paying the New York Tribune five dollars a column with four thousand dollars already on account, and asks who supplies the money and whether other papers are subsidized.
A brief note on telegraphic type setting as a London Times invention enabling simultaneous newspaper distribution. It includes a mock historical anecdote about Cincinnatus and Bologna sausage, claiming Rome’s wholesale pork trade origins and Cincinnati being named Porkopolis due to pork production.
A newly inspected Dolly Varden dress features a yellow loop vine on red fabric with grey birds, a depicited infant class on the back, scattered truant scholars along the sides, and a left sleeve showing the alphabet in five languages. A green and black hunter motif, a country poultry fair, and a group of hounds are oddly gathered across the front, creating a striking, if chaotic, design.
A Louisville bricklayer earns pride from being ambidextrous as he deftly switches trowels when his right hand tires. He cheerfully calls for more mortar and continues with the left hand as if it were the sole tool. The tale inspires every ambitious local boy to imitate him.
A 1875 letter describes Harveysburg wells with carbonic gas springs and several medicinal claims. It recounts two cures, one from Clinton County and a woman from Virginia, then visits Franklin’s Woodsdale paper mills and S. Augsburger mill. The writer tours rag rooms, spotting artifacts and antique documents from 1690 to 1783, and notes a lively, bustling town mood.
Reports describe a violent scene on Fourth Avenue Chicago where Don Giovanni Emali attacked Anna Brown with a stone hammer after a dispute, leaving her with a broken head and requiring a sling. Separately, a posse surrounded Merrick Trammel’s Merrieck quarter home in Limestone County aiming to arrest him for burning the courthouse in 1872. Clendenin was killed and Dr House wounded, with multiple gunfights and armed pursuit ongoing.
Lot number ninety nine and sixty eight in Becks second addition to Fort Wayne Allen County Ind will be offered at public auction at the courthouse door between specified hours to satisfy the judgment interest and costs The rents and profits of the described premises for a term not exceeding seven years are included as the property of the defendant to satisfy the execution J D Hance Sheriff Allen County Francis J Beck Louis Becker and the Allen Circuit Court are involved in the order of sale
Capt Benj Willard, veteran Portland pilot, prepares a cruise after sighting a sea serpent feeding with two whales near Richmond island. He sails the Viva with a crew including Hop kins, C C Clark, Bb H Chase, A Capal, A W Taylor and Wm Marston. Observers at two lights reported the monster’s eyes, and a signaling plan with the observatory awaits vessels sighting the creature.
Courier Journal notes Indianapolis as a major railroad hub with two engineers tormenting the depot by running locomotives and ringing bells on a perpetual night. A police officer struggles to halt the spectacle as one locomotive pulls a car with fifteen to twenty anxious engineers, jerking and backing into others until the Porrapin accommodation clears the track for evacuation.
On a Harrisburg train a woman with a large basket faced a request to move it to the baggage car. The conductor hesitated after seeing a picture that seemingly softened him, then he noted two newborn twins in the basket bed, appearing content as the scene shifted his view.
In the small frontier village of Monmouth with forty houses, nine organs, three pianos, and a piano-melodeon exist alongside a fourteen member cornet band and many guitars fiddles banjos and winds. The town dreams of an orchestra to rival Cincinnati and spark a musical festival.
Loudon journalist Jim Wyculf reports seeing a large yellow object in the Tennessee river shoals near John Mc Gee's, suspected to be gold. Current prevented landing for examination, causing a London sensation as backers plan a thorough investigation into the claim.
Henry Hancock in the Allen Circuit of Court assigns rents and profits for up to seven years from the west half of lot 99 in Williams addition Fort Wayne. If the judgment amount is not met, the court will sell lots 555 556 557 558 in Hanna's addition Fort Wayne to satisfy the execution. Auction at the court house on June 12, 1875 between unspecified hours.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.