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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1894
Page
2
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as curative for consumption and related lung diseases. It claims high cure rates, cites testimonials from physicians, and offers a hooked mailing method with address stamps for a testimonial booklet and further information.
Court ordered sale of two parcels from the Fox farm in Allen and Whitley counties Indiana. Property details include northwest fractional quarter of section thirty, township thirty-one north range eleven east and northeast quarter of section twenty-five, township thirty-one north range ten east. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal payments with mortgage security.
In the Verity Sentinel editorial dated September 19, 1894, the Republican tariff law is defended as a corrective to prior laissez faire policies. The piece argues the law, moving toward taxation aligned with Democratic principles, lowers prices on many goods while raising duties on luxuries and incomes above 4000 dollars, and asserts the tariff shift spurred renewed business confidence and prosperity.
The piece recalls September county fair traditions with harvesting glory, prize ambitions, and a playful note on folks like Snappin Bean and Silas Simpson. It then shifts to a feature on the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, led by Dr. Pierce, highlighting its buildings, staff, and vast drug manufacturing and advertising operation.
A Japanese victory near King Yang Corean frontier is reported with 16 000 casualties and a claim of decisive success. Dispatches from Yokohama and Seoul describe daylong fighting at Ping Yang with Japanese flanking columns surrounding Chinese troops and forcing mass retreat despite strong earthworks.
Dispatches report a decisive Japanese win at Ping Yang where 2,080 Chinese defenders fell or were captured. General Teo Fonk-Wai among the prisoners, Japanese losses were lighter, and pursuit drove remaining Chinese into surrender. Corean mainland expected to stay in Japanese hands with guerilla pockets possible.
Mrs William Sudbrink and her teen son of 445 Hanna street were jolted as their buggy was dragged by a frightened horse after it struck an electric car on Montgomery street Mia. The woman suffered head and shoulder injuries while the boy, dragged from the buggy, lost consciousness but later rested easy. The horse ran off. the buggy badly damaged. Passersby aided until Drs McCausland and Dinnen arrived to take them home.
The St Louis Chronicle reports rising interest in the Dan Creedon versus Bob Fitzsimmons bout set for September 26 with Creedon training under Tommy Tracy in St Louis. Creedon discusses his health battles with muscular rheumatism and how Pink Pills aided his recovery, aiding his return to training with Col. John D Hopking and manager duties.
In a Mayport interview Trever describes improved health after a rheumatic siege and Florida exposure. He vows to be ready to fight on Sept 26, cites Pink Pills as athletes’ tonic, and asserts the interview is truthful. Market notes follow with assorted price quotes.
News from Tokin reports the Japanese army pierced Chinese defenses at Ping Yang on September 15 and captured the city before dawn on the 10th. Chinese forces, numbering over 20,000, were largely killed or captured, with General Iso among the prisoners. Japanese casualties were about 300.
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