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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1875
Page
1
Poem reflects aging and memory from a reflective speaker. It contrasts past joys with present weariness, noting graves and gray rocks along life’s path, while asking where remaining hope and youthful zest have gone and whether renewal can come with spring.
Kasper Graetz, a simple Brabant farmer by the Danube near Vienna, recalls a dream of a hidden murder plot and treasure. Years later, with his friend Stein, he verifies clues about a foreboding house in Vienna, where a spouse and elder couple are murdered for gold. Police investigate as the dream appears to unfold.
In Vienna a man named Tanki is captured after a dramatic hunt led by Graetz and Kasper. The killer bursts, confesses when the bodies are unearthed, and faces the law as the witnesses and the crowd observe the grim justice. The Chicago Tribune notes the chilling spectacle and reflects on mysterious forces delivering justice.
A Louisville correspondent visits Nuremberg and describes the feared torture chambers and devices in vivid, historical detail. From the Wehme Gericht to the iron maiden, the narrative catalogs rooms, racks, and knives, noting the brutal methods once used and the macabre display for visitors.
A man and a woman were brought from Lancaster to Harrisburg after an attempted escape when confronted by an officer. The girl, living with Stevenson, provided a full account of the elopement and life since leaving home. The man and woman were separated: the negro jailed in Perry county and the girl delivered to her parents.
A collection of brief satirical items and anecdotes from various papers. It notes a justice in Minnesota delaying a case, a jail tunnel in Indianapolis, a man smothered in a Dubuque sewer, Detroit residents joking about bills, a Mass saloon theft and price, Moody and Sankey’s conversion, a church deacon’s cold, a Chicago organist with a lyre above his keyboard, and Maine’s railroad ticket ruling.
The Lountaville Courier-Journal argues inflation zealots caused harm and that opposition gains remain possible. It lists electoral votes by state, notes Republican strength at 171 and Democratic 198, and urges a saner course to recover ground. The piece mocks inflationists and hopes for a restored governing stance amid lingering losses.
State officers visited Green Island and found the surveyor had captured about fifteen acres Kentucky never claimed. The governor ordered the theodolite artist to stop, instructed the county auditor to reject maps, and told the Secretary of State Neff not to record papers. The issue stalls until the legislature meets. The party was entertained at Evansville and the fire department was paraded to show civic water knowledge.
In Indianapolis at 520 North Delaware street lives Mrs Shea born in 1769, believed oldest inhabitant of the city and perhaps the nation. Irish born, she speaks only Irish, honors Catholic faith, and has seven children though health and routines show unique quirks. Her eldest son Cornelius died last year at Wabash.
The article notes finer gold and silver trimmings for dinner and evening dresses. Silver lightens pale colors with shimmering threads and delicate embroidery. It describes Algiers inspired threads, wreaths of flowers and beads on skirts, and various flower trims like crocuses and violets. Hairstyles are personal and fashion evolves with wearers.
New York story of Zeno Burnham and Stephen Fiske erupts after a door breach and knife and gun clashes in a Manhattan apartment. Burnham claims Fiske seduced his wife M H Burnham, while Fiske denies the affair and asserts his business ties to M H B. The pair are detained, later arraigned, then discharged as neither filed complaints. Burnham describes a tense confrontation and an apparent effort to confront Fiske in his home.
Indiana public education figures show 496 711 white children and 6 651 colored enrolled during the year. The state lists 7 191 districts and 132 colored schools with 13 047 white teachers and 86 colored teachers. Wages range from 1 80 to 4 71 per day with total tuition revenue about 4 797 125.45 and expenditures since September 1874 at 92.
The figures detail financials and counts across public and private schooling. Amounts on hand and received on account of special land, expenditures since 1874, and current on hand balances are listed alongside counts of school houses and private schools. Property values and tax estimates appear with annual construction and pupil data.
The fragment speaks of memory’s pains and a sorrowful present hour. A speaker laments lost goods and an aching heart, invoking memories that cannot be restored and a torment that festers within.
A Spanish sailor rescued from a wreck near Navassa recounts a brutal voyage after the Toronto bark foundered. He describes a night when masts broke and seven men died in a lifeboat adrift with no provisions, leaving the survivor to cling to life by seaweed and occasional birds and fish.
In Allen Circuit Court Lewis McLeod et al State of Indiana by order of sale I levy and will expose for sale at the court house door Fort Wayne between 4 and 4 oclock on November 27 1875 rents and profits for up to seven years of described premises including the west half of the southwest quarter of a one acre lot near Moncoeville and Lot 602 Hanna addition Fort Wayne as described in recorded conveyances and plats. If judgment not fully realized I will offer the fee simple of the above described premises Taken as property of the defendant to satisfy execution.
To the citizens of Fort Wayne wards and Lake township Allen county Indiana notice is given that Antoine Bussiere James Hartnett and George Tracy will apply at the next regular Allen county board of commissioners session for licenses to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities less than a quart at a time at their respective business locations No 31 Barr Street No 12 Chicago Street in Fort Wayne Ind and lot 4 in the town of Arcola Allen county Ind These notices are dated October 27 1875 November 3 1875 and unspecified for Tracy
A Chicago Times column asserts that no American community lacks adulterous behavior among men, married or single, prompting debate about social morals and public outrage across the republic.
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