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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1901
Page
4
The Weekly Sentinel notes E A H Hackett as editor and proprietor. Subscription information is listed for readers and local residents.
In two cities amid fusion movements, the piece argues for independent citizen action to replace spoils systems in local government. It stresses honest, economical administration, competence over party pull, and the need for good, fit men in public offices regardless of Democrat or Republican labels.
The article recounts John D. Rockefeller sharing his start, his early toil, and the habit of giving small sums to church causes as the path to wealth. It contrasts Rockefeller's energy with a youth relying on inherited money, urging readers to begin giving now and work hard.
The president and party chiefs have been invited to the White House for confidential meetings. Conferences this week focus on issues likely to shape next season's congressional agenda. Roosevelt aims to match McKinley in securing strong party support in Congress.
The passage honors a brave express messenger who protected a few thousand dollars of treasure with remarkable courage. Though not facing a nation’s fate, his steadfast conduct is praised as heroic as if safeguarding a land, and the public memory may fade while the company he served endures his legacy.
The assassin of the president, Czolgosz, was executed after a full, fair trial. Public justice is served, and the murderer is buried away from memory. Army post canteen reform is praised by Gen. Miles. The duchess of Manchester has a daughter, prompting family note from Kimbolton. Emma Sallier remains in critical condition after surgery with slim hopes of recovery.
Boatswain Bill Hill recalls Admiral Schley in the Santiago fight as the court seeks calm, while Linotype's rise signals shifts in publishing. Balkan developments follow Miss Stone’s kidnapping with fears of Turkish expansion, and express messenger Charles earns praise for fending off bandits in Oregon.
Allen County Indiana inspectors visited the Orphans Home Children's Guardians Home County Poor Asylum jail lockup hospitals and the Home for Feeble Minded Youth. They praised improvements clean conditions and health but urged pasture land for the asylum cattle and repairs to farm cellars and pest house. They detailed inmate counts facilities health and staffing observations.
Linen stock is described as abundantly available with emphasis on table sets. Offers include price points such as 5.00 a dozen and 6.50 a dozen, suggesting promotional values for shoppers seeking linen products.
The document notes the institution’s children engage in exercises similar to those described, with Nellie Brown Cooper as Chairman and Allan H. Bougall as Secretary, and ends with a respectful submission.
James M. Kane's Nation Store touts deep fall winter price cuts on underwear gloves mittens stockings and accessories. Highlights include 25c fancy striped underwear 39c fleece-lined undergarments 50c fleece shirts 1214c wool socks 1214c all wool children’s socks 5c handkerchiefs and 2c spools of machine thread. Also offered are pocket knives cutlery trunks umbrellas wagons bird cages and new carload arrivals in varied colors and designs.
Attorney Doughman and A N Dukes, representing the McKinley syndicate, discussed granting a franchise on Erie avenue and Fifth street for an interurban from Fort Wayne to Danville Illinois. The group indicated plans to complete the line and anticipated council approval, signaling imminent trolley service in Logansport.
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