Local Business Directory and Bridge Bid Notice 1871
Readable items list Fort Wayne merchants and services on Calhoun Street from Boeot to Vollmer. Also a bridge bid by Allen County Commissioners for St Joseph river crossing above St Joe Mille, Washington township, 200 feet long, 16 feet roadway, cost up to 5000 dollars, bids due May 15 1871 with plans required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners of
Allen County
Ind
Auditor
Raid County
County of
Allen
State of
Indiana
Henry
Rudisill
Board OF Commissioners
Auditor's Office
Said County
St. Joseph River
St. Jon Mille
Washington Township
Cort
Alten County
Henry Jd. Rudisill
Fort Wayne Professionals and Notables Advertise Services
A period page lists local professionals in Fort Wayne Indiana including physicians James R Bobo attorney and real estate agent, George Trenham architect, H H Bossler notary, A H Bittinger justice of the peace, and Graham Gottshall lawyers and agents. It notes offices on Main Street Harrison Calhoun and East Main with services in medicine law real estate insurance and collecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Bobo
Decatur
Indiana
Allen, Adame
Wells
George Trenham
Ewing's Hall
Main and
Harrison Streets
West Main Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
H. H. Bossler
Hamilton’s Bank
Fnd
A. H. Bittinger
C. le
Main
Calhoun Streets
Merchants’ National Bank
Rockhill Street
Jas. E. Graham
V. Gotsasin
Graham & Gottshall
Blanchard's Collecting and Advertising Bureau
United States
East Main Street
Gentle Advice On New-Laid Eggs And Home Decor Trends
A gentle caution to handle new-laid eggs softly to prevent breakage, paired with a long discussion on spring house cleaning and wallpaper choices. The piece surveys wall coverings from paneled and lithographed papers to chintz patterns, curtains, carpets, and decor costs, with notes onNottingham lace curtains and window treatments. It also recaps a local oddity about David Lane and a colonial-era note on vagrants and whipping laws.
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Huang
Negroes in Brazil and a piano on the head
A Boston Advertiser correspondent reports that in Tijuca Brazil negros carried a piano twelve miles from the city on their heads. They arrived after a demanding uphill trek of three miles and paraded the instrument about the hotel yard without seeming tired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Boston Advertiser
Tijuca
White's
Cholera Decimates Laporte County Chickens and Local News
A mosaic of notices from Laporte and surrounding towns reports cholera hitting poultry in Laporte County, fires destroying homes, burglaries, murders, and injuries. It notes community efforts, court and jail news, and local society happenings with multiple named places such as Princeton, Crawfordsville, Posey township, Michigan City, and Lafayette, plus references to individuals and events across Indiana communities.
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Laporte
Universalists
T. Wright
Princeton
Crawfordsville
Henry County
Feathers
New Carlisse
Robert Woops
Salem
Washington County
Alfred Meedlicott
Madison
Bradley
Michigan City
Tse Jasper Courier
Dubois County
David Fisk
Posey Township
Veray Reveille
Meptcorr
New Albany
Troy
Ohio
Lafayette Dispatch
A. W. ScHearer
Logansort
Daniel Fisher
Oxford
Lafayette
Center Township
Scipo
Carbon
Bowling Green
Micharel Mizner
Plymouth
Huntington County
E. Holstock
Holstock
Huntington
Tell City
Charles Bailey
Hartford City
The
Christian Church
Culver
Indianapolis
Rochester Sentinel
Expurgation list targets Grant in early reform push
A New York Sun opinion lists conditions for Grant to retain support, including repaying Gould, dismissing staff and relatives, returning gifts, reshaping the Cabinet with Republicans, tax reform, and pledging not to seek a second term. It condemns patronage and the San Domingo episode, urging accountability and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Grant
Jay Gould
Gould
Rawlins Fund
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Long Branch
Bancroft Davis
Department of State
Congress
Treasury
Republican Party
San Domingo
Radical platform contrasted with rope length article
A satirical compare contrasts the Radical platform with a Birmingham rope tale. The piece notes a 12,000 yard rope weighing over 60 tons and details its six strands and 41 miles of wire plus 230 miles of yarn, totaling about 635 miles of material.
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Birmingham
England
The Danny Scotts on Market Bargain Tactics
A humorous look at country folk in Storno as they shop for bonnets and haggle for discounts. The piece recalls a Perth railway anecdote about fixed prices, then notes Horace Greeley on maple syrup seeds and finishes with Rev. Cary criticizing the Radical Republican Party in South Carolina.
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Stornoway
Loungin
Perth & Inverness
Kingussie
Dappy” Cary
Missionary Record
Charleston
D. C
Radical
Daddy
Republican Party
South Carolina
Reublican
Thief to Catch a Thief Feeds A Cold Stratagem
An old blacksmith Mr. Snapp owns two dogs a terrier and an old mixed breed. Each day at dinner they race for the warm spot behind the kitchen stove. The elder outwits the terrier by feigning a garden intrusion and chasing the terrier away then both claim the stove. The younger then steals back a bone and the old dog stays out in the cold, proving the proverb It takes a thief to catch a thief.
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Rascal
Ghost Story of Mrs Nightingale and the Nail
Lord Brougham recalls a sceptical father who doubted a ghost tale. During a Westminster gathering, Carmel bet he could drive a nail into Mrs Nightingale's coffin and survive. Carmel vanished in the cathedral grave, reappeared claiming victory, then a nail proved his tale false as a cast tail fixed to the coffin revealed his ruse and the couple’s fate.
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Lord Brougham
Ducan
Westminster
Carmel
Mrs. Nightingale
Calmel
Mr. Carmel
Nightingale
A Wedding and a Fatal Death at Bayou Sale
The Attakapas Register reports a double life event with a wedding at Bayou Sale as Dr. Charles R. Fassit of Centreville marries Miss Jenny Royster. Shortly after, Fassit dies at home from cyanide poisoning misused as a sleep aid, leaving a sorrowful scene and mourners.
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David Berwick
Bayou Sale
Charles R. Fassit
Centreville
Jenny
Robert M. Royster
St. Mary’s
Fassit
Dr. Allen
Murder of Charles Friend near Petersburg Virginia
A detailed account recounts the brutal murder of Charles Friend near Petersburg, the attack on his walk along the railroad, the failed attempt to flee the onslaught, and the discovery of a possible female witness who crossed the bridge after the assault. Local detectives pursue leads as citizens search the countryside for the unknown assailant.
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Bratal
Petersburg
New York
Nathan
Virginia
Commonwealth
Richmond
City Point
Charles
Mr. Friend
Friend
Peck Blackmail Plot Tarnishes Ohio Congressman
The Toledo newspapers report that E. D. Peck of Toledo faced an extortion attempt in February aiming to secure office favors from the Postmaster, Internal Revenue Collector, and Revenue Assessor for a $4,060 payoff. Peck denied knowledge through a go-between, though the bid to unseat the officials failed. the incident may harm his political standing.
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Jeremy Diddier
Ohio
Chicago Republican
Toledo
Commercial
Blade
E. D. Peck
Congressional Seminary
Lewis M. Hunt
J. Peck
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Peck
Go-between Hant
Illinois
Baseball Rule Text Omitted In Official Edition
A fragment purports to describe a rule, noting that if Low Jack advances on the home stretch and pockets his bat, B wins, with the stroke taking cue and the trump card counting on the third inning if the off pitcher keeps by his wicket and makes a ten strike before the judge's stand.
Prophet in Philadelphia Called Jesus of Isolation Parades
A Philadelphia figure named Kinigmacher tours the city as "The Jesus of Isolation" with a banner on an old horse. He leads a pair of prophets with long beards who greet passersby. The piece notes old roadside stigma and suggests locking up the seers as a cure for complaints.
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Philadelphia
Kinigmacher
Jesus
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Sentinel
Ayr
Fort Wayne Business Directory
Lort Garernes
Palace of Fashion
Stadeuery
We Stockbridge
Columbia Street
Qtemon & Bro
Columbis Street
Boeot and Shoe Manufacturers
E Vordermark & Sons
Phonix
HON
Mannix
Columia Street
N. Ward
Calhoun Street
WARD
Calhoun Et
S. Bash & CO
Wool
Fura and Pelte
W. Loag
de* Wald & Co
Wooster
Southyfest
Ever Bro 'S & CO
Keystone Block
Columbia
Daniel Vollmer
Calhoun
Berry
B. W. Oakley & Son
Jas P. Harper
Aveline House
James Harper &C
Phenix
HeopsSkictt Manufacturers
Millinery and Nations
Pask
J. E. Woodward
Court House
C G. Vogel & Son
Muscal Instruments
P. Kestel
Etna
Quiss Raleigh
Netions, Toys
Clas M. Kane & Bro
I Cc. Wilmo
City Paint Shop
Clinton Reet
Erames
Wood
Paris
Newcomer & CO
Dept
J. Rover
Calhoun and
Washington Streets
Blingenpelser & Bro
Trusis
Valises
Lideman & Rubin
J. Pickens
Cal* Houn Street
Walnut
Afoffman Bero.s
Mein and
van Buren Streets
L. Starkey
Weet Berry Street
Aplidaws
Fla. C. McManus
East
Maine Street
D.strouse
Wallen Station
Dre Binville
Ireland
Columbia City
Deiwly
GREAT
United States Tea Company
Vesey St
C. W. Fahlsing & CO
Wim Foyt Wayne, Ind
Board of County Commissioners
Businee
Daniel Hannum
the Sentinel
Wall Pater
Nottingham
Brussels
Jarretson
Bob Arden
David Lane
David
Hox. Wm
Groesbeck
the Enquirer
Commune
Versailles
Mendon
Nauly
Courbevoie
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Wyemb
Bucke
Wycomb
Buckingham
Lavenden
Eliza Roberta
John Roberta
Hungerford Market
Middlesex
Saint Martin’s-in-the-Field
London
Burnam
Benjamin Sinat
Boveney
Burnham
Buck
St. Sepulchers
Wil. Glover
John Hunt
Beveney
Eliz. Collins
Anne Smith
Isabel Harris
Eliz. Harris
Eng
Buckinghamshire
Great Staughton
Huntingdonshire
Thor. Hawkins
Mary Mitchell
Goody Barney
America
David Tonkery
Old Tonkery
Mount Riga
Amenia
Harry
Oreover
Lie
State
Itemas
A. ScuHiTreen
Baker
Jeffersonville
Jasper Courier
Masonic and
Odd Fellows Lodges
Porter County
Paoli Union
Mitchell
U. S
Green Mountain
South Bend
Louisville
France
Baltimore
Star Glass Works
Boston
Brigham Young
BaLloon Adventure
Torrey
Grady's Circus
Immeonsa
Crenaut
Dayton
Grenadines
Marguerite
Vienna
Demorest
Princess Louise
Morpon
Barker
Sherman
auceuUut
Kukluxandi
Robbandi
Pillugeandi
Stealand
Cheatandi
Rome
Danny Scotts
Horace Greeley
Winnie Ream
the Tribune
Lincoln
Reid
Charles Friend
Jay
Nda
Blackman
Campefire
Selkirk
China
Walker
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