Local notices and social notes from Fort Wayne area
A collage of brief items lists marriages births and social events in Fort Wayne and nearby towns. Updates include a student return to college, faculty changes, a typhoid illness recovery, visitors from Terre Haute and Chicago, a land permit, a funeral, and a Knights of Columbus meeting plan in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Baker S. Baker
Lowry
Anna Morrigan College
A Vandewater
Hunt
Furthmiller
New
Mraius
Bist Gbewis Street
Terre Haute
NL Foster
Graat
Ecord
Marion
Ind
Etn
Gillett
Maysville
T. Wd
Estry
William Treace
Albert Black
William Gm Shordon
Andy Bloomer
Frank
Johnzon
Moses Bises Lida
Joe
Carry Millimen
May
Andrew, Measzabates
Joint Debates Named Across Indiana Seventeen Districts
Republican Chairman Gowdy and Democrat Chairman Taggart set dates and venues for thirteen congressional district debates between W. J. Owen and W. St. Myers with opening speeches of one hour and closings of fifteen minutes. Myers to open in first debate. series runs through October in Evansville Terre Haute Lafayette Logansport Columbus Richmond South Bend Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
Qet
Evansville
Qct
Lerre
Mr. Owen
Myers
Dunder's Almanac and the Jealous Sergeant Exchange
In a comical exchange set in a police station, Carl Dunder reads jokes from his almanac to a sergeant and jokes about jealousy. The piece uses dialect dialogue to recount the clownish scene as Dunder insists his almanac brings humor and the sergeant, wary, hints at family misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Charles B Lewis
Ing Dlotter
Carl Dunder
Mr. Dunder
Mr Dunder
Dot Almanac
Jasé Myghé
Dunder
Mr Dauder
Prominent Town Gossip Sealed Ladder of Barn
A dated dialogue reveals racial themes as locals discuss prominent colored residents and political reach. A colored man once linked to congress or Liberia is cited, but community attention shifts away, with reactions ranging from pride to indifference as new figures rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cansual
Liberia
Acre
Conlinnen
Timayas
Incomplete OCR: Local Crime Snippet
Fragmentary text shows a crude historical crime reference with a white man and an implied hanging. Readable elements include a vague confession and a disrupted narrative about an incident occurring at midnight.
Fragmented reminiscence recalls mob era and survival
A speaker reflects on a mob incident, surviving an attack after being cut by a rope around the jaw. They describe a guilty man captured, a $60 purse misused, and a town full of dramatic consequences. The tone suggests a rural, affective memory with self criticism and social fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dis
Dar Ar
The Rick Echoes Its Fourth Year in Arizona Struggles
An editor recalls early hardships in Arizona as THE Rick marks its fourth year. Low funds, meager subscribers, and rough beginnings are described, including a lynch threat and the perilous launch of a small town newspaper with old equipment and a single keg of ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axsteusany
Arizona
Iligre
Vigalineo
Fragmented 19th century satirical rants and local conflicts emerge
An OCR fragment presents chaotic narration about town conflicts, private graveyard usage, armed threats, and a sensationalist newspaper led by a would be Western town figure. It mentions several characters, a political stance, a push for statehood, and a combative public tone.
American fable about a bus and a forest stroll
A folk tale scene unfolds with thirteen eager girls and a bus arriving on a hillside. The crowd imagines a young man while wolves howl. Fox and Hare characters discuss changes, reform and a planned forest walk as Reynard the fox and others converse in a playful moral vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Hare
Coe
Reynard
German Language Ritual Rejected by Grand Lodge Vote
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias voted 7 to 36 against using the German language for rituals beyond five years. The majority urged English for English-speaking nations and languages of other lands to align with their government, while the minority proposed a five-year grace period before full English usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Decisioe
Supreme Lodge
Kansas City
Stanton L. Carter
Thomas D. Meare
L P. Hunt
Aaron Myers
John H. Russell
Indiana
Ritmstz
Representative Featherstone
Wisconsin
Carter
California
B. F. Franks
Belle Plaine
Washington
Canvas check dam aids irrigation in western farms
The article describes a canvas or duck check dam of triangular form invented by Professor Santley at the Arkansas Valley Experiment Station. It explains simple setup using a four foot canvas, rope, and a 3 to 4 foot iron rod to divert water without shovels, suitable for any ditch. It notes irrigation expansion beyond the southwest and includes agricultural tips on vinegar, potash, and other rural topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Santley
Arkansas Valley Experiment Station
Coloado
Chick Dan
East Construction
Hnotley
Colorado
New England
Germany
Seaboard
West
New Yorker
Trade Bulletin
Kansas
Morrow
Illinois
Pamtuel
Lowa Agrcultural College
Iowa
Wisconsin
Feeding devices and mule breeding trends in agriculture
The piece describes homemade poultry feeders using peach baskets and flowerpots, then shifts to mule breeding profitability with rising export demand. It notes top mule heights for western use, regional strengths in Missouri Kentucky Tennessee and Arkansas, and mentions an Irrigation Congress starting September 3 1894 and local farming notes on crops clover and weed control.
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Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Causes of diseased uterus and Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A dated plea describes “pinched faces” from uterine trouble and urges Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a safe natural cure. It quotes Mrs Harriet Wampler of Baraboo Wisconsin praising the remedy after failed medical attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkhan
Harriet Wampler
United States
Lydia
Pinkban
Pinkham
Baraboo
Wis
Divorces Nullified by Oklahoma Supreme Court Decision
The territory's high court rules all divorces granted by probate judges since March 1893 are void retiming 400 cases. Many affected spouses had remarried, potentially committing bigamy as the law allowed divorce on thirteen grounds after 90 days residence. Nationwide, parties had come to Oklahoma for its lax divorce rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurantz
G. T
Supreme Court of the Territory
Oklahoma
United States
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Sentinel
SAL News
H. G. Sommers
H. R. White
Ed. Trentmen
Washington Street
Art
Fort
Presby
Hauns E
Lake Avenue
A Eddy
Ison
Lakeside
Hamlet
Ohio
Joost
Professa
Joe Tomnebip School
Chronicle
George Aairyman
Fork Wayne
Toterman
Union Town
AIF
Dinet Dick
Wayne Boyer
Elizabeth Dick
West Butler Street
General Superiorentto Southern Railway
Asay
Wayne
Ge Standard
Fort Bs
Ingham
Ingter
Swraney Park
Sain Ayor Oakley
Tman
Christ
Anna Didher
Clem Eilermar
Wuplé
Dayton
Ley
J. H
Hali
Clark Gifford
Maroin Black
Frank Shoey
Frank Strain
Wilkie Gilsett
John Spalding
BK. Myers
W. D. Owen Wall
Thin City
Elary
Sinte Myers
Indigus
Unio Bimnek
Jennarsrai
Win, R Myers
Florence Stewart
State House
Board of Tax Commissioners
Taft
Walter Mitchell
Jub Smith
Beilford
Tert
Beurorn
John Smith
Toate Stotts
Mitchell
Stott
Smith
Staten
Curcaco
American Railway Union
County Board
American Justice Club
The
A. P
Yousestowy
Board of City Commissioners
John F. Cantwall
William W. McDowell
American Protective Association
Cantwell
Wil
Europe
Washinetox
Morton
New York
Jay Morton
Chicago
England
France
Dabnay
Mr. Morton
Dr. King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Dreier & Bros. Drugstore
Bucklen & Co
Neago
Bucklea
Arnica
Dreitz &Bro
Dunder’s Almanac
Sorreant
Ming
Shusi
Tillta
Tha Oitor
Akatimg Cink
Samuel
United Stites
Weather Bureau
Kicker
Tie Hotel
Gins Wise
Saint Rivet
Rome Young
Rome All Bac
Knights of
Pythias
Coxcory
N. H
Col
Ienry W. Kent
Cleveland
Edna L. Bogle
Mra. C. W. Lindsey
Elna
Ana
Baby Edna
United States Senate
Russia
Secretary of Agriculture
Propio
Post Office Department
Jean
Irrigation Congress
National Irrigation Congress
Begimame
T. Greiner
Thich
Abe F. Aeses
James Pyle
Fagules
Sam's Hardeste
Capt Seagall
Dakota
Supreme Court
Gavannah
Savansan
Bay Street
Cain
Winchesters
Wharfa Ap
Bristol
Boron
Mass
Bristol Mill
Mirador
Reav
UW DL
Berefore
Leavenworth
Kas
Mr._D. Nayloy and son
Lagrange
City
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