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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1894
Page
1
In Washington township near Fort Wayne last fall the Syracuse Plow won both first and second premiums. The advertiser claims no plow in the market matches its perfection in field performance and invites trial. Also offered are the Clark and Garland riding plows and a full line of farm implements and seeds.
The article argues voters should choose a mayor solely on hostility to a new charter and warns that a candidate united with charter opponents could ruin city governance. It cites examples from business and local politics, urging interpretation of the charter by its friends to protect public interests.
The reunion of the One Hundred and Pilty-second Indiana regiment will be held at Harmosy lodge hall on Berry street. The event is noted amid local notices in Tur Sentigo with other city updates and inquiries spanning finances and health.
A cigarmaker named Tracy of Plum and Superior streets, employed by Ortman Bay street maker, suffers persistent hiccoughing after nervous prostration. Dr Hetrick treats him, wife searches frantically as Tracy vanishes wandering near the street. Report notes a grand reunion of old soldiers planned for April 6-7, 1894 at Shiloh battlefield with generals Grant Buell Johnston and Beavergard.
The article envisions a large reunion for veterans from both sides of the conflict. It notes broad representation from northern and northwestern states and compares Shiloh to Waterloo and Gettysburg in destructiveness. The event aims to bury sectional animosities and foster national unity under a single flag.
Three Schroeder Dramatic company members William Mills John Miles and Gary Weisell went duck hunting on the St Joe river when Mills shot at a crow fell overboard into thirty feet of water. Mills nearly drowned but was rescued by his companions who to shore and revived him while the gun was lost.
A well known dairy woman, believed to be 40, drank heavily and caused a public disturbance on East Creighton avenue and Calhoun street. She fell from a wagon wheel into a deep mud hole after being cared for by bystanders and taken home. Her son later hauled the wagon away. The case highlights her chronic alcohol problem.
In London, Queen Victoria offered Lord Rosebery the post of prime minister after Gladstone tendered his resignation. Harcourt remains chancellor and party leaders discuss Ireland policy as the Liberal government forms. The queen, Beatrice, and ex-Empress Frederick visit Buckingham Palace amid cabinet reshuffles and parliamentary speeches.
Two shabbily dressed men robbed a bus driver on Richmond Avenue between Bryant and Utica streets shortly after 10 p.m. They forced him to surrender about six dollars and a silver match, none of the passengers were harmed, and police have descriptions but not identities. Three women aboard remained unaware of the crime.
A letter from Wilburn Hall to Acting Mayor McClellan relays a dec 12 event in New York where Mrs Whitney and her daughter born April 25 1891 were left at Hotel Da Heldar by the mother who planned to return with money from Genus. The child’s guardians report distress as the family moved to Europe and inquiries are urged.
Channierox West Virginia March 6. The conflict expected at Tagla last night failed to occur with quiet effects. Officers arrested Hinman Walker Wyant and Sharb with Colonel Wyant returning to Eagle from Fayetteville with a guard. Rumors claim strikers concentrate near Fayetteville and may attack the county jail. Military HQ shows secrecy and two guiding lines carry ammunition toward Eagle. Two dead and thirteen wounded reported from last Wednesday’s fray.
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