28 Jun 1876
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1876
Page
1
A Salt Lake Tribune fragment prints a crude Mormon epistle addressed to a woman in the tenth ward. The writer pushes celestial marriage vows, urging secrecy and immediate correspondence, claiming divine guidance and exaltation through polygamous union.
Last Wednesday emigrants traveling to Oregon paused near Point of Rocks Union Pacific station. A two year old girl was found atop a 200 foot rock ledge after a search that traced lionlike tracks for miles. She was uninjured aside from scratches and later recovered, while her mother fainted at the sight.
A reader describes converting common goods boxes into attractive furniture items like bureaus and dressing stands. A dressing stand is built from a box three and a half feet long by eighteen inches square, covered in dark brown cloth, set against the wall with shelves and a back frame holding a mirror.
Instructions describe transforming goods boxes into disguised trunks and storage units. Suggestions include ruched cloth finishing, dark green cambric covering, a trunk lid top, padding, and dark paint for durable furniture in kitchens, bedrooms, and sitting rooms. Also covers for cupboards, shelves, and makeshift footstools from large and small boxes.
Illustrated Weekly surveys fame and sales for famous portraits. It cites numbers for Gurney, Mora, Sarony, Booth, Parepa Rosa, Siddons, and others, noting the immense public appetite for celebrity photographs and the role of prominent sitters in boosting sales.
In Wuakenata Michigan Mons Jensen killed himself by burning in a log heap after bidding his wife and son farewell. A Norwegian note in his pocket asked for his remains to be burned. The coroner and jury ruled it a premeditated case of burning.
Readable fragments describe a hat from a milliner causing a painful eruption on the forehead after wear and suspected poison in the dye. A chemist analyzes the lining, confirming poisonous dye. The item also cites a theater quip about Jones and a Prussian debate where cynicism is debated amid a crossfire of insult.
A Dublin lodge room portrait honors Mrs Aldworth, first female seen in Ancient and Accepted Free Masonry. The tale recounts her whispered witnessed initiation via a damaged wall opening, threats, and coercive consent, with later commentary on drunks and asylums in a contrasting street debate.
The text recalls conflicting claims about when the Declaration of Independence was signed, noting Jefferson and McKean disputed memories and suggesting the parchment signature occurred August 2 with fifty four of fifty six signers. It adds anecdotal scenes from the Philadelphia moment and cites a 1876 Indiana executive notice urging centennial historical sketches.
An angry reader letter slams a Sentinel headline claiming a marriage was consummated before breakfast. The writer insults the paper and urges accuracy, referencing Terre Haute and Dan Voorhees amid debate over sensational marriage wording and a Washington inquiry.
A Boston detective visits the Fifth Avenue Theater to plant a plan. Mrs Mosher, widow of the Charley Ross abductor, attends the show in disguise aided by a detective. She reacts emotionally to the drama's climax, hinting at new clues. Officials discuss possible confessions and connections to Wes tervelt in Movamen sinz prison. The piece notes the first national convention for nominating a president and vice president in 1831 and its impact on later politics.
More than three thousand spectators converged to view Moon’s death by own action and the guillotine. Visitors from Logansport to Crawfordville traveled for the event, while a stranger from Indianapolis sought the weapon for resale and hinted at future nocturnal exhumation plans. Dr. Peirce probes hereditary insanity in Moon’s lineage as relatives insist on destroying the apparatus.
L D Sine, renowned blind printer, died at 588 Court Street on Saturday and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. Born November 10, 1829 in High View Virginia, he trained in Woodstock and joined the Gazette in 1848. An April 1849 stove accident blinded him, and he later ran a lottery business and a paper, the Cincinnati Literary Journal, before financial and postal troubles affected his mind and led to his death.
Mr Bennett earns praise for polo skill and journalistic leadership as he manages the mustang with precision. Bereavement nears as he plans a Newport summer venue on ten acres, with friends eager for a lavish season. A new English coach is expected for his upcoming marriage.
The Albany Argus notes the Republican platform praises the administration and President Grant, granting hearty gratitude. The piece questions the basis for such commendation and hints at broader political debate regarding the administration's merits.
A list of alleged frauds and scandals across government agencies including post office, navy contracts, Freedmen's Savings Bank, secret service, Schenck Emma Mine, Belknap, Indian and district rings, safe burglary, Credit Mobilier, St Domingo, and other abuses. The passage argues for Republican support, urging gratitude to President Grant and backing Hayes and Wheeler.
The piece surveys young political leaders from Maine, Ohio, New York, Kentucky and Indiana gathering around the presiding officer. It notes Blaine Bristow Conkling Hayes and Morton as youths stepping into national roles, with Ben Wade once a rifleman now aging near retirement as the era shifts.
The scene features Willis A. Howard of Michigan and John Logan aging among a rising group of leaders. Alexander Rameey is praised for a life rich in memory, from Minnesota’s first territorial governor to St. Paul’s growth. Morton is deemed too old and feeble for the state’s levy of statesmen.
Irene Johnson twenty-year-old daughter of Widow Mary A. Johnson fell from a flat roof at 204 Twentieth Street while riding a velocipede. The inquest found no one to blame as neighbors and the coroner noted the accident. Children playing on the roof had left the velocipede on the incline before her descent.
A whimsical tale recounts a convention where beasts vote on a monarch among Lion Tiger Fox Elephant and Mouse. The Mouse wins as compromise, but the Elephant accidentally steps on him during celebration. The moral is stated plainly for readers.
In Indiana and other states republican managers allegedly rely on secret precinct groups to influence elections. The counties host numerous oath bound, lantern-lit organizations with over twelve hundred members, organized through county and state committees. The piece warns citizens against secrecy in a free republic and recalls 1854 tactics, contrasting open daylight campaigning with covert efforts. It also notes a tangential discussion about portraits of Washington and a Jed Jane Stuart piece.
Yesterday in Wasumetox Congressman Landers of Indiana filled the seat of Alabama’s Jere Haralson during a moment in the chamber. Two gallery ladies studied a diagram and commented on bondage and race, prompting Landers to swear he will not again sit in the seat of a colored member.
The item notes a past congressional race in which a military man defeated Hayen in the second district. It questions the rival's potential as a Democratic presidential nominee if alive, referencing an ex convict and a belief he held a congress seat at the last accounts.
Cincinnati Enquirer notes Bristow will retire on the 20th ending reform from inside. The New York Tribune forecasts St. Louis convention math with Hendricks 246 Til den 249 Allen 129 Hancock 22 Bayard 48 Parker 9 and 738 delegates 369 votes needed 246 for a winner. A satirical quatrain mocks editors as the Cattaraugus Union editor rages while urging peers to pick with care.
A rapid mosaic of curiosities, including Mrs. N. P. Willis living in New York with her children, bizarre medical claims, a poisoned blood remedy tale in Georgia, a coal oil accident in Newport, and an odd horse water system on a Newark line. Reports recount dog attacks in Indiana, a Rouen balloon crash, Swedish execution blood rituals, a Gloucestershire burial scandal, thrift guidance for children, and progress on the Channel tunnel. Also noted are a mutiny hero Von Heydonk, telegraph errors, and a century of U.S. religious institutions growing from 1,950 to about 72,000 churches.
Dr Leonard Bacon discusses reactions to Mr Beecher amid church discord. Pastors and churches weigh abstaining from his pulpit and from Plymouth Church fellowship, with some already rejecting invitations to a council. Vindication or quiet exclusion may follow, but restoration requires a pastor trusted by other churches.
In Scribner in July Miss Jane Start recounts her father, famed painter, and Gen. Henry Lee discussing President Washington’s temper. Lee notes a portrait is a capital likeness and Mrs. Washington defends Stuart who claims Washington’s temper was great but well controlled. Washington agrees.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, famed as a democratic paper, faced criticism for its role in a conspiracy against Speaker Kerr’s character. It supported Kerr on finance while denouncing opponents, deemed an infamous form of journalism.
The piece corrects a misidentification of Hayes nomination in Cincinnati and denies Wheeler Wilson as vice presidential candidate. It notes Moody’s demand for funds and a Chicago revival, praising his renewed prudence. It also reports Morgan City on Shark Island Keeper Hamilton and a shark’s stomach contents including a watch and buttons.
An aged newspaper column promotes Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for dyspepsia liver complaints and digestive derangements with bold claims of instant cure. It also advertises Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad routes to Colorado and a San Juan Mines emigration offer. It closes with Hacan's Ma Noura Balm for skin whitening and complexion restoration.
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