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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1899
Page
9
Page Eights recounts a state school visit featuring a varied program of songs march and drill piano solos calisthenics guitar music and Brownie theatre. Principal Charles M Lawrence spoke on Training the Backward Child and outlined practical ideas for teachers. The visit was a highlighted feature of the meeting.
The seventeenth annual Northern Indiana Teachers association session ends with a record turnout and strong attendance. Fort Wayne hosts the largest gathering to date with 2 292 attendees from Kokomo to Marion. Next year Logansport is chosen as the meeting site.
Officials named to lead the general association include President Supt. J. N. Study of Fort Wayne and Vice President Supt. Edward Boyle of Michigan City. Secretary Mrs. E. M. Richards of Auburn and Treasurer Supt. W. A. Millis of Attica. Railroad Secretary Principal J. W. Hadley of Forrest and Supt. J. W. Carr of Anderson named as executive committee chair. High School President Mr. Dry bred of Hartford City named as vice president.
Last evening Princess rink hosted Dr. Stanley Hall who spoke on Adolescence with a Fort Wayne High School chorus providing music. Hall traced growth and changes in youth from physical development to emotional life, noting education and environment shape maturity while linking religion and science to daily life.
The closing session of the association met at Princess Rink at nine oclock with a large earnest group of instructors. The opening chorus came from city fifth graders as Rev J Ainslie led devotional exercises. Professor Brumbaugh presented Day in an Old Greek School and traced early schooling from ancient Greece where boys began education at seven while girls were excluded.
The text envisions science and religion ending hostility and working together. It predicts they will deliver the world a higher culture and living standard through cooperative effort.
The Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association adopted the committee report on resolutions. It endorsed reducing visiting day burdens for city hosts, urged stronger support for educational exhibits, and thanked Fort Wayne press and officials for hospitality. A resolution criticizing Mrs Lew Wallace’s Murder of the Innocents was defeated. The group allocated 25 to cover state headquarters expenses and reported 2310 in attendance.
Treasurer Millia presented the annual report this morning, detailing receipts and expenditures. The report was approved, noting the association’s financial standing and current cash flow.
A reflective poem intertwines Jesus crucifixion with an Easter morning vision of the Resurrection. The speaker recalls the Passion then describes the dawn of life and light as the tomb opens and Christ lives again. Also mentions Fort Wayne Indiana and a short ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Ada E. Hart of Groton S D recounts surviving a lung consumption after four doctors gave up. She credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds, using eight bottles to recover. Trial bottles offered at Dreier Brothers drug store with money back guarantee. Extra remarks reference a political digression about Filipinos and an awaiting remains scene.
A long feature extols open fireplaces for ventilation in living rooms and sick rooms. It also promotes Dileloth ceilings and practical housekeeping tips, including cleaning methods, kitchen dishes, and a burglar alarm use of megaphones in Chicago.
Lycurgus B Null Frederick Rehorst and Charles R Weatherhegg filed with Commissioner Logan to have J F Schell Loan and Investment declared bankrupt. Proceedings note insolvency and an act of bankruptcy dated March 28 1899 at Fort Wayne with debts and claims listed. Deputy U S Marshal Rose served papers on President W S O ROUK E. The suit cites notes demanding 1500 and 91 55 plus other obligations as grounds for bankruptcy. Aiken South Carolina resident P R Olivia cited unrelated personal note.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for sick and nervous headaches. It claims the pills purify blood and strengthen nerves, priced at five pence, with a money back guarantee and sales by Dreier & Bro. The notice also reports the death of Baroreas Hirsch, widow of Baron Hirsch, noted Hebrew philanthropist.
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