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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1891
Page
2
The county auditor reports for the year ending May 31 1891 cash on hand 218969.76 after 536854.80 disbursements and 755571.41 in hand at June 1 1890. The article also notes rising female graduates at Taylor University and a survey of rising divorce rates in the United States citing 328716 total divorces over twenty years, 129882 with children.
A listing of postal service postmaster salaries across Indiana for 1890 and 1891 includes figures like 2300 2400 2700 2200 2100 and 3200 for cities such as Richmond Shelbyville Valparaiso Wabash with totals and ranges across the state. The disparate amounts reflect varied town populations and responsibilities.
The sermon centers on spiritual hunger driving the prodigal to seek his father. It contrasts sin’s wages with Gospel pardon, urging personal resolve to return home to God and highlighting examples of near salvation and full forgiveness through repentance. The piece also notes a church wedding and the President’s Cape May Point trip.
Charity wife of Dr O S Smith of Douglas avenue died Sunday after a grippe illness and fall injuries. Born Mt Carmel Illinois June 14 1825, she came to Fort Wayne after parents died, survived by husband and children Professor Spencer R Smith and Miss Carrie Smith. Edward Hedges died at Richmond Indiana aged 32, unmarried. funeral Tuesday at Mrs Sarah Owning’s home on East Third Street. Mary Spitz wife of Michael Spitz of Washington township died Sunday aged 28. funeral Tuesday at St John’s Lutheran Church.
The notice lists multiple births to local families including Chatterick on Hayden street, Manier on Lafayette street, Bitner on 175 East Lewis street a ten pound boy, Imbody, Lyons on 306 Wells Street a baby girl, Speelman on 69 West Williams street a son, and Harmeyer on 288 East Creighton avenue a girl. It notes Harmeyer as a Creighton avenue street car driver.
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