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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1892
Page
4
Fragmented excerpt discusses miles of United States highways and electric lines, praising technological progress and rail and telegraph networks. It references Cyrus W. Field and global connections, praising national resources and opportunities while contemplating heroism and improvement.
A column surveys daily news flow from Britain to Dakota, notes on roads, farms, and the reach of modern communications. It laments poor horse haulage on rough country streets, praises swift information spread, and urges public forest protection near Roan Mountain while warning of timber cuts.
The passage contrasts a humane ideal of character with practical labor issues. It notes that true merit lies in doing right without pretense, and that service to others matters at life’s end. It contrasts census speed in England and election pace in the United States, and comments on education, labor, and the teaching profession.
In former eras teaching drew high respect and required sacrifices, with candidates often surrendering property to enter the field. Now teaching is seen as a makeshift vocation and a stepping stone to other careers, prompting questions about financing college studies and self-reliance for shaping a teacher’s path.
A collection of aphorisms and anecdotes on gender, virtue, pride, and social norms. It questions boasting, self worth, and parental advice while offering wry observations from varied sources, including a Syracuse salt maker and a Paris shoeblack.
A humorous Irish vignette recalls an old woman who, upon a funeral procession passing her door without an invitation, mutters that perhaps a funeral at their house is coming and they will see who will be asked. Her sharp retort captures urban humor about social slights and retaliation.
Our correspondent covers a Gazette article reasserting Confederate doctrine, quoting 1832 South Carolina acts. The piece debates tariff policy, cites Judge Cooley, and the 1892 Democratic platform, arguing for justice over strict constitutionalism and urging Indiana voters to back Cleveland and Stevenson.
Democratic rally at Vincennes featured ex Governor Gray introducing Vice Presidential candidate Stevenson. Gray lauded Indiana support for Cleveland and Stevenson and urged continued Hoosier devotion to Democratic principles.
The Myers McAuliffe fight tops New Orleans program next Monday before the Olympic club as part of a Kansas City tournament ending Wednesday with Sullivan Corbett. Myers from Streator Illinois trained there while McAuliffe, a New Yorker, is considered a top lightweight at 135 pounds with no defeats. Both fighters once drew in Judson Indiana in 69 rounds. McAuliffe is 29, Myers under 25, and the purse totals 10000 with 3000 backing each man.
About 1,000 students participate this year including Delsarte swimming and bicycling classes at a picturesque gymnasium beside Lake Chautauqua. Girls in gym suits perform wand and vaulting routines while instructors guard against overwork as they practice on bars, horse, and springboard.
The article describes high level gymnastic training for girls and boys at a Swedish program. It highlights practices on parallel bars rings and trapeze, fencing, and running drills. It notes directors Dr Jacob Bolin and Dr Eliza Mosher, with Yale and Swarthmore instructors and extensive class enrollment.
The ad touts Aestetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic to build stamina and cure nervousness sleeplessness biliousness constipation malaria rheumatic and kidney trouble. It urges readers to choose digestible foods and gain flesh and vigor. S. A. Grable at the Nickel Plate yardingster is off duty due to his father’s death.
An old charm lines the ad copy as Castoria is presented as a trusted remedy across ages. The verse traces a mother’s use from infancy to motherhood, claiming Castoria remains the constant choice for children’s comfort.
A traveling man reports ten years of chronic diarrhea improved after using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy in western Pennsylvania and requests to spread the remedy among friends. He signs Hf M. Lewis of Cleveland Ohio and notes druggists carry it for sale.
Dan Sullivan a Tipperary athlete visits Westminster aquarium in London and nightly lifts with his teeth an elephant weighing 1,300 pounds tied in a leathern girdle beneath a platform.
Pittsburg recalls pitcher Guin bert's release. Will Crowell named Southern league umpire. Pacific Northwest league reportedly disbanded. Vickery and Stephens slated for release by Baltimore. St Louis releases Jimmy Wolf and signs Browning. New York director E B Talcott travels to Europe, absent until Oct 15. Mark Baldwin given ten days' notice by Pittsburg. Pittsburg signs Jake Stenzel from Portland, leading Pacific Northwest batsman. Arthur Irwin resigns Washington manager, Dan Richardson named successor through 1893 season.
A pair of New York con artists deploy a two man scheme on an elevated train to steal valuable bundles. Crook No 1 boards beside a passenger with a sachet, then signals as the second man plots to grab the valise and pass it out the window. The ruse ends with an apology and exit at the next station. The piece includes satirical quips about the ruse and a joke exchange from a Chicago Tribune column.
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