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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1892
Page
4
Fort Wayne area news recounts births, marriages, deaths, and injuries. Local landmarks on Calhoun street host trades. notes on railroad delays and upcoming weddings. several arrests, hospital visits, and civic events across the city and surrounding towns.
Democrats gathered in Columbia City last Tuesday with Gov James E Campbell addressing a large crowd of citizens and farmers in the afternoon. In the evening Geo W Bell and Hon W F McNagny spoke at the opera house before an overflow audience of about 5000. A grand parade preceded the event with Hendricks and Jeffersonian clubs from Fort Wayne marching 150 strong. The Fort Wayne contingent left at 11 pm on a special train, missing the club, but they returned after a long night and serenaded McNagny.
News of Zenar King death reaches Cleveland where he led the King Iron Bridge Co as a prominent industry leader. He built the notable iron bridge between Covington Kentucky and Cincinnati and lived on Euclid Avenue. Born May 1 in Kingston Vermont, his passing is reported this week in the city.
Fifteen coach loads of visitors from Grand Rapids Kalamazoo and nearby towns arrive in Fort Wayne with 600 assembled at Pittsburg depot. The $1 round trip tour yields $2 to $5 spending per person totaling $1 200 to $3 000 for the day amid support from the Business Men's exchange led by Dr L A Warch and Excursion Agent Baker. Fort Wayne officials praise the outing and invite a repeat visit.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Heintzelman residents three miles west of the city were thrown from a buggy on the Romy gravel road while visiting their daughter Mrs Susan Heintzelman three miles from Fort Wayne on the Illinois gravel road. Both suffered serious injuries with bruises cuts and the buggy was demolished. Mrs Heintzelman is bedbound and not thought to have internal injuries.
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports Judge Crumpacker’s decision in Hawkins vs Thomas clarifies that federal law allows election deputy marshals only for nationwide congressional elections in cities with 20 000 or more people. Shelbyville’s population fails the threshold, making the appointment void and granting no arrest power.
Nature assigns key duties to the liver and bowels and their cooperation prevents poisoning and disorder. Early use of Wo Vetter's stomach bitters is urged as a safe, effective remedy that supports secretion and evacuation, wards off malaria and rheumatic disease, aids digestion, and eases nervousness.
The article surveys pioneering women like Mme Boucicaut of Bon Marche and Mme Munkascy, noting Boucicaut’s pension fund for retiring employees and shared stock ownership. It recounts Munkascy staging Mozart’s Last Hours with musicians and a reveal, then profiles Adele de Portugal as a leading European kindergarten advocate and educator. It also mentions a German artillery ladder device, a Maples republican meeting, and local notices on medicine, farming, and oil flow.
An analysis reveals two paint brands labeled as pure white lead contain minimal genuine white lead. The report names Masury’s Railroad White Lead and Le doux & Co. products with low white lead content and higher oxide of zinc or barytes. A booklet listing eighty brands is offered for postal request, from National Lead Co. Cincinnati.
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