03 Jun 1874
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1874
Page
1
An assortment of spring verse parodies from the era notes how different people and places react to spring. Quips touch on Tovater, pullets, tadpoles, umbrella owners, a vagrant cat, housewives, and drink. each line pairs seasonal mood with a local concern or habit.
A long polemical column critiques women who overly idolize criminals like Vasquez and Jumpertz, contrasting exterior charity with prudence. It argues Rafferty’s case shows society’s double standard, and rails at state corruption, press complicity, and the public’s appetite for scandal.
A satirical Nashville verse highlights a young man who dressed with flair and plied the fiddle with skill. The poem sketchily notes his shop clerk job and a playful, affectionate tone toward his personality, ending with a humorous, muddled closing line.
Crawfordsville Review reports Joshua Carlisle and Thomas Trenter confessed to misplacing a freight switch to rob an express train on the I. B. & W. railroad. Arrested by Wesley Horse Company, they were before Esquire Ramsey. both sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. The crash injured crew, with eleven cars derailed.
A Spitzer dog owned by John L. Bill of Filbert Street Philadelphia went berserk after frothing and crashing through a back window into the parlor. The four women in the house hid, a policeman entered via a window, and the dog was finally subdued with a rope and billy club. It remains unclear if the dog was rabid or suffering a fit.
A Washington Letter from Chicago Tribune recounts a playful dedication to a famed humorist dubbed the Intelligent Compositor. It includes anecdotes on wordplay and quotes, then shifts to a wedding night scene with the Marriage of Miss Bessie Stewart, as relatives kiss the couple and General Grant makes a cameo before guests mingle in a grand ballroom with a famed spiral stairway.
Cincinnati Enquirer reports Gen Grant hosted a Chinese embassy. As officials entered in silks, the president paused from a lively talk with Congressmen about a gray horse of his that had impressed at a St Louis horse fair. He then turned away and praised his gray filly.
The narrative recounts Mirza the dog who died after eight days of mourning for Mme. Cavaignac widow of General Cavaignac. It notes her kindness, Mirza’s loyalty, and the dog’s final decline without food, ending with a wistful question about Mirza’s thoughts during that week. A Fall River mill accident follows with a worker swept by belts, escaping injury as the mop tears and boards break.
A Fort Wayne advocate before the common council argues for city aid to build a Goshen Gravel Road from Fort Wayne to Eel River. He presents financial projections, asserting $20,000 city subscription could trigger a chain of stock exchanges yielding major road construction with no net city expenditure, boosting wood and market prices and local prosperity. He invokes Rome as a cautionary example and urges rapid action.
An Athens correspondent recalls the Gettings death after laudanum intake at a saloon turned ice cream venture. Doctors used flagellation to keep him awake, four hours of torture ending in his death at five hours, witnessed by his wife and villagers. The account condemns the method as cruel and likely preventable with humane care.
The London Echo notes a rush of public subscriptions to the Ural Railway with crowds at the Government Bank on April 13 25. Investors surged beyond 581000 rubles to about 70000000 rubles causing banking strain while Moscow shows similar eagerness. The St Petersburg News questions where funds will come to cover interest on Russia’s vast rail construction.
Lord Randolph H. Churchill, second son of the Duke of Marlborough, wed Miss Jenny Jerome in Paris on April 8 at the British Embassy and American Legation. Guests from both families attended and the couple left for Mr Moulton’s Petit Val for their honeymoon. Gifts included an India shawl from Queen Victoria and a locket from the Prince of Wales. The bride’s dowry reportedly totals £40,000.
A London letter claims a Times statement on the Duchess of Edinburgh’s drawing room attendance was a communique likely devised to mislead on precedence. The Queen, Prince of Wales, and Duke of Edinburgh are angered while a Czar’s arrival looms. Elsewhere Amazda reports the Ashantee war heroes of the Second West India Regiment greeted by 20,000 crowds in Kinestron with arches, banquets, and praise, and Paris notes the Interior Ministry bans the Nineteenth Century newspaper for public morality concerns.
New Orleans Mayor Wiltz urges New York Mayor Havemeyer to help starving Louisianans, calling famine a national disgrace. New York Times and Tribune comment on Havemeyer, police council, and alleged municipal malfeasance. Commissioner Wales resigns amid meddling claims by Comptroller Green. Emigration committee paralysed as two commissioners are abroad.
Nashville May 28. The circular from State Superintendent Jolly M. Fiewine warns county superintendents and public school directors that the civil rights bill conflicts with Tennessee law and the state constitution. It urges delaying new teacher contracts while awaiting further guidance, noting potential summer reopenings and possible future instructions.
From the London News an amusing tale describes a daughter of a famed London siderman who dined with a judge prominent in lichborne lore. Conversation turns to Highgate where she asks if it is pretty, mispronounces aspirates, and the judge, recovering, clarifies the compliment with gallantry. The moment leaves the lady blushing yet flattered.
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