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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1892
Page
4
Local notes detail marriages in Huntington including Hagenrather and Miss Ella, and Lyman and Kraft. Also reported are deaths from diphtheria, a machine shop parade plan in Pittsburg, and a railroad injury near Ferguson with finger amputation.
The sixth annual reunion of the Twenty third Indiana Battery was held at the G A R hall in Hicksville with about forty members present. Speeches by several Comrades and music preceded a noon break, with a 2 pm session continuing the program. The next reunion will be in Fort Wayne, noting the battery's Civil War service from Fort Wayne to battles such as Franklin, Columbia, and Nashville.
Colonel C A Zollinger re elected president and E G Melendy re elected secretary lead the 24th Indiana volunteers reunion in Bourbon. 300 Bourbon schoolchildren performed on stage followed by a grand parade and lantern lit camp fire as veterans shared memories and praise Bourbon hospitality.
Miss Anna Rentschler and Christ Eiserle wed last Tuesday evening at 8 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Rentschler at 48 Wall Street. The ceremony, conducted by Rev. A Northrop, united in marriage the Chicago resident employed in the world’s fair electrical department and the Logansport family circle. An elegant supper followed, hosted by the bride’s sisters Lottie and Carrie Rentschler and Miss Rosa Long.
Survivors of the Twenty-third Indiana Battery held their sixth annual reunion on Thursday afternoon. Officers elected for the coming year were President W. H. Rinewalt of Maysville, Vice President J. L. Gruber of Fort Wayne, Secretary Treasurer W. W. Corbett of Hicksville, and Chaplain James Chamberlain of Fort Wayne. The next meeting is scheduled for Fort Wayne on the first Monday in October 1893.
Funeral held at Schone & Wellman undertakers for Henry Otten who was found dead at Baker’s sawmill Monday. No services and two ministers absent as the hearse bore the body to the Catholic cemetery potter’s field amid references to a life wasted. Frank Williams and F L Huston reportedly attempted jail break at Connorsville.
A garbled stream of questions mentions joints muscles and admonitions about health and aging. A monastic tone references a promoter, a heady cure, and a vague medical or counteractive claim.
A collage of prose and features from a Ladies Home Journal segment includes seasonal musings, fashion notes on beauty and diet, motherhood guidance, garden and floral arrangement tips, portraits of women in society, and brief fiction exchanges, all tied to late 19th century lifestyle themes. It blends poetry, essays, domestic advice, and social portraits with references to Brillat-Savarin, Duchess of Annaburgh, Mrs Evarts, and other figures.
A playful verse describes windows that laugh when opened wide and stay sober when shut. Half open they grin like bashful children, and a peg higher brings a merry smile before full closure yields a judge like solemnity. The speaker urges passersby to test the windows’ mood.
A rogue tale of a country wedding where a groom dangles potatoes for a kiss and a clergyman is paid with produce, followed by an account of prisoners at Olmutz using whistled tunes as a secret alphabet. The piece also surveys Parisian prison relief work caring for discharged women and their families.
A New England trial featured sharp questions from the railroad's attorney. The witness, claiming sclerosis of the spinal cord and nervous injury from a railway incident, refused to answer unless questions were altered. The opposing counsel reportedly moderated afterward, recognizing the witness's condition and irritation.
Astronomers note Venus resembles Earth in size but its atmosphere hides most of the surface. Trouvelot reports white spots near the poles as potential mountain peaks rising above cloud cover. Landerer’s polarization findings support a globally clouded surface with exposed areas only toward the poles.
Local readers report remarkable improvement after visiting the Stackhouse Medical Institute for catarrh. The institute promotes a two part treatment: a constitutional course and local applications to cleanse, heal, and strengthen mucus membranes, with no magic involved. Mrs Mary Morrirty notes noticeable progress after trying other remedies earlier.
Advert reads testimonials from patients in New Haven and Fort Wayne praising Stackhouse Medical Institute for catarrh nose throat and lung relief. It lists Dr Stackhouse and Dr Field credentials and offers free consultation with mail treatments and symptom blanks, location Fort Wayne and hours.
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