Naval Veterans March at Cleveland Marking Perry Anniversary
Nearly 200000 visitors fill Cleveland for the first real day of the Grand Army encampment a six division parade honoring Commodore Perry and naval veterans. Admiral Kelly and generals Rassieur Alger Keifer review the march as President’s Day plans shift to Senator Hanna.
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Cleveland
Grand Army
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
America
Vaarch
Water and Superior
Superior
Monument Square
Euclid Avenue
Bond Street
Court of Honor
Summit
Summit Street
Leo Rassieur
Rassieur
Russell A. Alger
J. Warren Keifer
Springfield
Volunteers
Daniel F. Kelly
National Association of Naval Veterans
Theodore Roosevelt
Buffalo
Oyster Bay
Citizens’ Committee
Hanna
Central Union Busy As Bell System Upgrades In Fort Wayne
Manager E L Taylor of Central Union Telephone directs major improvements across his district. New lines run from Spencerville to Hicksville and from Waterloo to Fort Wayne, with through routes to Indianapolis. Delays stem from a shortage of workers while six Indiana patrol crews inspect every mile of line at least once in ninety days.
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E. L. Taylor
Central Union Telephone Company
Fort Wayne
Taylor
Bell
Spencerville
Hicksville
Manchester
Whitley
Columbia City
Waterloo
Indianapolis
H. C. Eckels
John W. Scott
Central Union
Indiana
Plymouth
van Wert
Michigan ‘State ‘Line
Hartford City
Civil Service Exam Set for Fort Wayne Friday
The local civil service board will hold a civil service examination on Friday September 20 in Fort Wayne for storekeeper and gauger positions in the internal revenue service. Applicants must be at least twenty one years old and will face tests in spelling practical arithmetic letter writing penmanship and copying from plain copy.
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Civil Service Board
Civil Service
Fort Wayne
Internal Revenue Service
Government Building Selected for Examination
Secretary Ww Hess will conduct the examination at the government building. The note references physics pertaining to gauging and appears in a historical context with limited readable details.
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Hess
Fort Wayne Curling Club Seeks Winter Revival
A Fort Wayne Curling Club meeting is set for Monday at Caledonian hall to plan winter games. The club may reorganize and grow membership to revive interest and build a strong western presence. A central rink is planned to replace Centlivre Park. Officers listed: President W. W. Cryock, Secretary W. W. Mungen, Treasurer Malcolm McInnes.
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Fort Wayne
Curling Club
Caledonian Hall
Calhoun Street
Centlivre Park
W. W. Cryock
W. W. Mungen
Malcolm McInnes
Medics Reach Town as College Opens Fall Sessions
Fort Wayne College of Medicine on West Superior street begins fall sessions with expected record attendance. Registration and entrance exams set the pace for tomorrow's lectures. new freshmen arrive and the curriculum gains a dentistry chair filled by Dr. W. W. Mungen.
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Fort Wayne College
W. W. Mungen
Kitchener Reports Boer War Gains Sept 2 Siezed Lotter Command
London dispatch from Lord Kitchener from Pretoria lists a total bag of 6681 since September 2, with 67 killed 67 wounded 384 prisoners 163 surrendered and 179 rifles 65211 rounds 3400 horses 19000 cattle. He notes no change in Cape Colony except Lotter command captured last week.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Local Notes of Health and Community Life
Mrs. Fred Stevens improves at St. Joseph hospital while Mrs. Paul Herman returns home from a Bluffton hospital. Third Presbyterian church decorators finish. art glass installed. Martin Heffelfinger and wife from Butler visit, return home next Saturday. Henry Wehnert to Purdue for civil engineering studies after Fort Wayne high school graduation. C M Chambers elected Third Presbyterian delegate to Fort Wayne Presbytery meeting in Bluffton starting Monday. Miss Nellie Park returns from Fort Wayne and will teach in Allen county schools. Dink Trentman visits Fort Wayne friends before returning to Cleveland. Dr Carl Proggier travels to Bluffton for smallpox case proof and precautions issued. Mrs Don Shenk of Chicago visits Fort Wayne, old friends, Frink Falker guest.
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Fred Stevens
St. Joseph Hospital
Paul Herman
Bluffton
Third Presbyterian Church
Martin Heffelfinger
Butler
Henry Wehnert
Purdue University
Wehnert
Fort Wayne
C. M. Chambers
Nellie Park
Teachers’ Institute
Allen County
Dink Trentman
Cleveland
Carl Proggier
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Don Shenk
Chicago
Frink’'Falker
President’s Condition Report After Surgery At Buffalo
Bulletin from Milburn House Buffalo on September 11 shows the president had a comfortable night with vital signs stable. Doctors note no alarm and indicate wound care remains routine with slight healing delay from tissue irritation and a new ability to take beef juice by mouth.
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Milburn House
Buffalo
N. Y
Milburn
Rixey
Associated Press
Park
Old Peoples Day at Friendship M E Church
Friendship M E Church observes Old Peoples Day next Sunday September 15 with 10 30 a m services. Pastor Rev Lewis Rehl will give a special sermon and extend an invitation to the elderly community to attend.
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Congregation of Friendship M. EB. Church
Lewis Rehl
Local Briefs Include Illness. Visits and Travel News
Elijah Robinson is seriously ill at 168 Hoffman Street. Mrs. John Miller and daughter return from Peru. Bishop Alerding plans first episcopal visit to Huntington on September 29. Deputy Festmaster E L Craw returns from Pan American Exposition. Daisy Bowser returns from Ridinger Lake near Pierceton. Emelia Brase back from Ossian visit. Sam G. Stone of Butler and L N Stoner of Garrett visit the city. Mrs A Z Polhamus returns to Petoskey. her ill son remains there until frost eases his trouble.
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John Miller
John Coy
Peru
Alerding
Huntingt
E.L. Craw
Daisy Bowser
Ridinger Lake
Pierceton
Emelia Brase
Ossian
Sam G. Stone
Butler
L. N. Stoner
Garrett
DeKalb County
A. Z. Polhamus
Petoskey
Silk culture in America underscores manufacturing gaps
The article notes America’s strength in many industries but highlights the silk industry’s long stagnation over 250 years. It questions why American ingenuity has not advanced silk production from mulberry cultivation to textile manufacture, suggesting nature’s gifts may have reduced urgency.
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America
Revival of Silk Industry Urged Based on Demand
The silk trade has been idle in recent years but growing global demand and high luxury prices suggest renewed profitability in America. King James I encouraged it. around 1658 Virginia offered tobacco premiums for silk exports, sparking a colonial craze that spread to Connecticut and beyond.
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King James I
England
Virginia House of Burgesses
Colonies
Connecticut
Virginia
Follies of Famous Men Ford to be Foolish
A satirical column mocks notable figures as they navigate public life in a lighted stage of public misconceptions and media missteps. The piece lampoons reputations with dry wit and period voice.
Mad wealth and folly from a forgotten era hallmarks
A narrative survey contrasts rich heirs and famed rulers with their extravagant follies. It details the late duke of Portland’s underground havens at Welbeck, the mad king of Bavaria’s costly private performances and palatial rooms, a scientist who built a glass winter garden in Surrey, and Yorksire’s Mr. Haines who flooded a cave into a lit subterranean lake.
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Duke of Portland
Welbeck
Croesus
Bavaria
England
Surrey
Oil engines in Palestine boost water pumping progress
Casier's Magazine notes rising use of oil engines in Palestine for well pumping. Early trials by a German firm began about three years ago with small three to four horsepower units, initially met with reluctance but later adoption grew as agents offered demonstrations.
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Dreamlands
Far East
Palestine
Cassier
Import of German and British oil engines boosts plantation work
An experiment with an inexpensive engine on a plantation led to many orders for more engines. About sixty oil engines have since been installed in various locations, mainly for plantation use, with roughly two thirds from Germany and the rest from Britain. British engines gain favor for their simple construction, a key factor since local laborers operate the machines most of the time.
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Germany
Webster no endearing nickname despite popular lore
Prof McMaster notes in the September Century that Daniel Webster never earned a term of affection. While others bore titles like Old Hickory and Old Rough and Ready, Webster remained simply the Hon Daniel Webster. The Whig masses turned from Clay in 1848, and a marriage notice for Walter Scott and Miss Emily Horstmeier appears, to occur at the bride’s father William Horstmeier’s home.
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McMaster
Webster
Sheksdy
Harrison
Tip
Clay
Harry
West
Taylor
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster
Dan
Walter Scott
Emily “Horstmeyer
Abolt Township
William ’Horstmeyer
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Kitchener Reports
Police News
M. Rixey
Eugene Wasdin
Geo. B. Cortelyou
P. M. Rixey
M. D. Mann
Roswell Park
Herman Mynter
Charles McBurney
George B. Cortelyou
OLD Peoples’ Day
Elijah Robinson
Hoffman Street
Paris
Simon Newcomb
McClure
Newcomb
Swinney Avenue
Irma Medsker
Fleming Manufacturing Company
Ford
Haines
Mr. Haines
Calhoun St
Rockwood
Foster
Dan” Webster
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