Local News Sketches and Boundary Shifts in Fort Wayne Area
Local items report Anna Calliebee resigning from a city post while plans unfold for waterworks from Dayton Ohio and a new Nef stip water system. Fort Wayne investments spark a housing plat east of the St Joe River road and race track, with five acre lots for residences. Parish, court, and social notes include marriages, divorces, and a WM Goeglein band event at Black's schoolhouse, plus accident news of a six year old struck by a moving electric car on East Jefferson.
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Dayton
Ohio
Charles ‘Pape
Holth
Macy “Sol
Stettoll
Teesh
Alty
Fort Mare
Edwin Evans
Joe
Garling
Charles H. Dale
Hartford City
A. Hadley
Brasil
W. F. Meurer
Janes
F. Hatfield
Dublin
Cousbia
Eed Kash
Avilla
Ae FY Parks
A. A. Hamilton
Muncie
Fence
Tee
Amigas
Alonso Keesling
Rushville
Samen McNagey
T. E Eilison
Black
Goeglein
Maudie
Bucher
Rome City
Fort Wayne
Angola Herald
Oscar Zimmer
Angola
Frank Barker
Westfield
Tin Plate Plants Nearing Shutdown and Wage Dispute
Sept 29 news reports a nationwide close down of tin plate plants with no clear restart date. Manufacturers blame wage clashes and aim to deter new tin plate plant construction while Secre tary Carlisle allows 46 million pounds in bond to enter the market. Workers say the move pressures lower wages and is a tactic by employers. In a separate item, Mrs Peter Kiser loses her pocketbook containing $1,000 in notes and $15.50 cash at the fairgrounds.
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Preranvac
Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Carlisle
Tuntington Democrat
Fair Grounds
Peter Kiser
Myheart Station
Allen County
Kiser
Ewing
Shadowed by Death in Veranda Talk of Tomator Pickles
Mrs. Gallup laments the shadow of death while narrating a humorous slice of life with Sam in their veranda. She speaks of Mira Jackson’s failed tomato pickles, a dying neighbor, and a sensational Italian gas invention, all amid domestic routines and dry humor.
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Charles 8. Lewis
Samuel
Mrs. Gallup
Mr. Gallup
Gallup Funeral Plans and a Townsfolk Argument
In a humorous rural scene Mrs Gallup debates funeral details with husband Samuel while quibbling over tombstone cost and hymns. A nearby quarrel features a strong opinion on Shakespeare versus Columbus, ending with a stubborn boast about knowing the truth. The segment blends domestic morbid humor with a stray street confrontation.
Accommodating Stranger Con cluded to Agree With Her
An arriving stranger questions a depot waiting room about a distinctive woman. A quirky exchange reveals a debate over who first discovered America, highlighting a humorous miscommunication between the man and the speaker.
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America
Imi
Town tower clock prank ends with shots in Arizona
The Arizona Kicker recounts a three night event in Little Valley where 19 gunmen gathered to shoot at a tower built by the Kicker office crowd causing minor damage while officers and editors joke about public access and dignity. No serious injuries reported.
Harrison Plans Swing Around the Circle in Indiana
Benjamin Harrison is described as a candidate for president in 1896 with plans for a sweeping campaign in Indiana. A two-day, wide route by special train will visit key towns from Indianapolis to Evansville, with Harrison delivering short speeches from Pullman car platforms. The plan foresees dozens of stops, Fort Wayne as a second major speech, and strong support from Hoosier Republicans despite expectations Morton and McKinley may influence the race.
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Travards
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
New York World
Harrison
Benjamin Garrison
McKinley
Indianapolis
Evansville
Blaine
Fort Wayne
Morton
New York
Plains
Private measures announced by AL QUAD in city news
The speaker pledges a line of action next week to reform city operations. The mayor’s office will be reserved for official use only and city records will be secured. Bulletproofing and firing holes are described, with two guns and 100 cartridges, plus a note about the horse editor’s future Instructions.
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Drawixa
Kicker
Ourself
Common Council
Publc
Tom
Harry
AL. Quad
One Woman's Reward and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A historical ad style item touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a life changing remedy for female ailments. It quotes a Philadelphia reader praising relief from ten years of suffering and back pain after following Pinkham's guidance, claiming benefits for her daughters as well.
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Argial
OUR Lady
Lydia E. Pinkhoon
S. W. White
Holly Street
Philadelphia
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Trees on the Farm Precision Stake Device Described
A farming device shown in the illustration relieves the difficulty of re locating the exact tree site after a stake is pulled for digging. It uses two boards to reproduce the stake position and mark the digging spot reliably.
Tree Setting Device Described for Accurate Planting
A long hinged tree setting device with eight foot pieces and a notch assists precise placement of young trees. An upright stake passes through the center, with a peg securing the device in the ground. To use, align notch with the stake, dig, set the end, and place the tree in the notch for exact positioning. Protective fencing advice suggests driving three stakes around the tree and stapling fencing wire to one stake.
Tree guard and fertilizer notes for farm practice
A practical wooden wire tree guard protects young fruit trees from animals and implements, with reusable staples. The piece then shifts to fertilizer economics, detailing bone meal and phosphate sources, nitrogen and potash costs, and a note on harvesting grain waste. It ends by praising moving hen houses on wheels to clean windrowed wheat and boost farm yield.
Russian thistle spreads to new American localities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports Russian thistle in Hammond Indiana Cannon Falls Minnesota Marshall Minnesota Northwestern Nebraska Blue Hill Nebraska Stockville Nebraska Parks Nebraska La Salle Colorado Nampa Idaho and Manitoba Canada. The weed is mainly along rail lines and Idaho is a critical new concern for eradication to protect central California wheat areas. Bulletin No 15 offers eradication directions and specimen identification on request. Drought and heat have badly damaged the Nebraska and Kansas corn crop, with yields at about one-quarter to one-third of normal.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hammond
Lake County
Ind
Cannon Falls
Goodhue County
Minn
Marshall
Lyon County
Northwestern
Jefferson County
Blue Hill
Webster County
Stockville
Frontier County
Parks
Dandy County
Neb
la Salle
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Colo
Nampa
Ada County
Ida
Manitoba
Canada
Idaho
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Sierra Nevada
California
Nebraska
Kansas
Cheapest Fertilizers Explained From American Agriculturist
The article discusses how rock phosphate from South Carolina and Florida, about 60 percent phosphate of lime, is ground and treated with sulphuric acid to form soluble phosphate and gypsum. Sold as superphosphate, it delivers roughly 1 percent soluble phosphoric acid at 5 to 6 cents per pound, contrasted with bone meal containing about 24 percent insoluble phosphoric acid and 4 percent nitrogen.
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South Carolina
Florida
Senate drops 1 million for thistle fight in farm bill
The United States senate receded from its amendment in the agricultural bill that would have appropriated 1,000,000 dollars for exterminating Russian thistle. The conference report was adopted by Congress on August 1 with that item removed. Malching potatoes prove beneficial at the Oklahoma experiment station. Director Sage of the Iowa weather bureau notes farmers expect 40 percent of a corn crop, deemed square. Wheat feeding experiments show grinding grain pays. Livestock should not be suddenly limited to one diet after free exercise and mixed feeding. gradually adjust to changed conditions.
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United States Senate
Conference Committee
Congress
Oklahoma Experiment Station
Sage
Iowa Weather Bureau
Iowa
He can I see Miss Smith out with you sir
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows a servant saying Miss Smith is out and not with another man. The exchange hints at a private meeting while The Detroit Free Press notes the line as a readable snippet.
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Detroit Free Press
Prison Visitor Pleads For First Class Lawyer
In a terse exchange a prisoner complains of hardship and laments not affording a top lawyer as a visitor questions his admission. The brief dialogue captures a moment of legal frustration within a penal setting.
King's New Discovery and Remedies Ad Feature
An old advertisement proclaims Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with money back guarantee and trial bottles free at Dreier and Bro's. It touts Electric Bitters Bucklin's Amica Salve and Dr King's New Life Pills as top sellers with guaranteed results and retailer endorsement. Also mentions Bucklen's Amica Salve and a Christian Endeavor meeting with travel rates via Muncie Route to Indianapolis.
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King
Dreier & Bro
Dr. King
Bucklin
Drier & Bro
Bucklen
Amica
Rabbi Hirschberg Preaches on the Living Present at Hebrew Temple
Impressive sermon by Rabbi Hirschberg at the Hebrew temple Friday night centers on the future state of existence. He argues there is a future life but rejects dogmatic notions of heaven or hell, urging living uprightly here and now and stressing the living present. The talk praises a liberal Jewish faith and the value of good deeds over creed, with praising singing and attentive listeners. Noted events include the seventh annual Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor convention in Indiansapoke October 11 to 14, 1894, with accommodations and speakers from Chicago, Fort Wayne, St Louis, Louisville, and a phonograph address by Dr. F. E Clarke.
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Hebrew Temple
Hirschberg
Rabbi Hirschberg
Israel
Moses
God
Hirachberg
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Indianspoke
Alice Taylor
Y. M. C. A. Building
B. C. Excall
Chicago
F. E Clarke
United Society of Christian Endeavorers
Counterfeit Bills Found After Bicycle Race
In Kendallville Dave Eckert, known as the jolly wheeling man, found a roll of money during bicycle races. After spending most of the day seeking the owner, he learned the bills were counterfeit. He had previously broken a nickel-in-the-slot machine. Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children, praised as the best remedy.
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Kendallville
Dave Eckert
Hest
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