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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1892
Page
2
Michigan farmer Vo Visixe turns to skunk raising with hides worth two dollars as he eyes a profitable harvest. The column notes trials in Delaware circuit court at Muncie, assaults on editor Stoll, and a flurry of regional developments from Indiana elections to railroad and public welfare debates.
Republican senators in Washington convened to decide on the vacant principal executive clerk position following James Rk Youngs removal. They concluded no filling is required and that other senate officers can handle Youngs duties without hindering their responsibilities. The secretary of the senate will oversee executive session matters and manage staffing, aligning with house practice of clerk control of appointments.
A column presenting outspoken statements from prominent ministers about welfare and community needs. It notes pastors’ close ties to congregants, medical knowledge, and concern for physical and spiritual comfort, beginning with Rev. J. P. Smith of Marblehead, Massachusetts.
New York capitalists took up the Findlay Fort Wayne and Western railroad project with G. Patterson as president. Fort Wayne meetings with investors followed Patterson visits. Local leaders McCulloch Wilson Lowe and Randall joined capitalists to review the rail line in Findlay aboard a special car.
The secretary of the senate gains appointment power for principal clerical offices. The caucus results will be reported to the senate by resolutions. President and Mrs. Harrison arrive in Washington aboard the Jessamine this afternoon after Chesapeake Bay days.
Nearly seven hundred delegates attended the semi annual Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows session in Indianapolis on May 20. Officers for the new term were elected with George Ford of South Bend as Grand Master and W I H Talbot of Orleans as Deputy Grand Master.
Auditor and commissioners court crowd as major bridge firms bid on twelve county bridges. Bids opened at 2 pm after morning withholding. West Main street bridge bid accepted with condition for no double streetcar track. Old bridge to be moved to Van Buren street foot for river service.
A 19th century advertisement extols Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds claiming cures for wife threatened with pneumonia after influenza. Robert Barber of Coaksport touts it as best remedy. Electric Bitters promotes liver and kidney cure, blood purification, malaria relief with money back guarantee and free trial bottles at Dreier Bros drug store. Also touts The Best Salve for cuts and skin eruptions with money back guarantee.
An ad sequence recalls Castoria for child ailment and motherhood. A Brooklyn notice mentions two police matrons to be paid $800 annually. Indiana promotes a female agent to sell a merit article to women. It offers good pay for little work and directs inquiries to J. P. Wanse in Michigan City, Indiana.
Advertised claim touts Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder as superior and economical, noting purity and uniform quality with emphasis on lack of adulterants. The piece references broad preparation, materials, and precision in manufacturing as key reasons for preference.
A county special committee investigated the burning of second ward ballots after Thomas Mannix accused election defeat. Witnesses testified on counts, with Ryan and Cody denying miscount or arson and a committee report naming Patrick Ryan and W. D. Henderson as duly elected.
A colorful speech lists Confederate leaders and generals from Sumter to distant campaigns, invoking Hood Longstreet Lee Stuart Johnson Bragg Beauregard and others in a sweeping, engraved tone. The speaker names a broad host and mock battle array as a rhetorical flourish.
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