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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Evening Post
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1895
Page
2
Mrs Bowser challenges a memory claim as Mr Bowser recounts childhood incidents. He tests her with a book How to Cultivate Memory claiming life is a blank before certain ages. The exchange ends in a threatened separation as he vows to consult his lawyer.
A shadowy man in a heavy coat hides a bulky package on a city street then throws it into the river from the wharf. He grins at the act and mentions recipes from a scrapbook as a motive. A Sunday school tale about temptation follows, using a cat’s paw to illustrate hidden danger.
A woman offers dinner to a tramp who, with polite wit, corrects her grammar. He explains that saw wood is incorrect and says I shall expect you to see wood is proper. He then asks her to indicate the wood pile as he leaves.
In a compact line from Ally Sloper the villain mutters Bist while the stage manager notes a belief that proved wrong. The exchange highlights theatrical bluff and the tension backstage.
Dialog from a Chicago Record item shows an attorney pressing for the exact time a complainant fell through a manhole. The complainant quips it was 9 82 o clock, noting the watch was jarred and stopped.
The New York Recorder notes a risky social experiment suggesting that one sure way to judge whether a man is a bachelor or a family father is to hand him a young baby to hold.
Ignacio Agramonte Jr describes a derailment near El Lugareno caused by insurgent dynamite aimed to enforce tax on cattle shipments to Havana. He details the wreck, casualties, and the attackers retreating into woods after signaling from their leader. The incident follows a prior train with ironclad protection and guards.
Citizens of Fort Wayne Indiana are informed that the undersigned will apply to the Allen County Board of County Commissioners at their next regular session for a license to sell spirituous malt and other liquors in quantities exceeding a quart at a time for the term of OD8.
A historical medical notice lists diseases linked to self abuse including kidney and bladder issues Bright's disease diabetes and impotence. It notes a frequent urge to pass urine with bloody mucus in urine and claims all conditions were successfully treated.
Medical advert claims treatment for diseases of women including falling womb leucorrhoea painful menstruation and sexual organ disorders. Promises piles cure without knife or caustic and treatment for nervous disorders fits tumors cancers pimples and moles. Hours 8 am to 6 pm.
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