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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1889
Page
2
Readers urged to allow song birds to reclaim parks and gardens from sparrows. The piece calls for restraint and suggests the boy with the gun seek other pursuits, emphasizing peaceful restoration of urban avian harmony.
Rev Alexander Miller of Elkhart led German Baptist members in communion at the Peter Grabner barn in Jackson township last Tuesday. A bell weighing 1500 pounds was moved from Fort Wayne to Marquardt Chapel last week, promising cheer to all. Reports suggest a new mill may rise in Monroeville after the Monroeville grist mill fire, with local plans advancing. Miller and Marquardt near Shinbone Alley near township center are close to finishing tile sheds and a brick kiln, signaling earnest work ahead. Lat[er] success to Annias Boals and Lizzie Linker who wed in Fort Wayne on May 24. Lonnie France lost four fingers on Shinbone Alley after his hand got caught in a saw near a shingle saw. the wound is healing and caution around machinery is urged.
Johnstown relief members from Alliance Ohio describe horrifying scenes with 193 bodies found along Stony Creek and many women and children among the dead. Train casualties are four. three or four passengers lost elsewhere. By dawn, 3,000 graves expected. fires fading, bodies burned, epidemic risk, and widespread railroad ruin from Conemaugh to Harrisburg. A party from the east reports the extent of devastation and calls for physicians and aid.
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