Fort Wayne Physician Cures Skin Diseases
Local physician Dr Wells, at 812 Calhoun Street opposite the Aveline hotel, uses violet ray and X ray therapies. Fort Wayne resident F G Hilgeman credits Dr Wells with curing eczema of the hands after years of suffering. Dr Wells treats many patients daily and has performed over ten thousand treatments in Fort Wayne.
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F. G. Hilgeman
Fort Wayne
Walnut Street
Wells
Hilgeman
Dr. Wells
Calhoun Street
Aveline Hotel
Should a Young Man Be a Christian- Why 7
Ram's Horn argues a young man should embrace Christianity for four core reasons. It guarantees immortality through Christ, brings personal peace and refined character, strengthens civic duty and freedom, and expresses gratitude to God and Jesus for creation and salvation. The piece asserts Christian life shapes a sane soul and a healthy nation.
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God
Father
Christ
Son
Revival Memory of a Fallen Preacher in Atlanta
In Piedmont hotel Atlanta a former famed preacher, now fallen, appeared in a shabby state. He asked for two dollars to leave, and after receiving it staggered away, leaving the narrator stunned by the sharp fall from influence and power he once held.
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Piedmont Hotel
Atlanta
The Beginning of Sin and Its Wrecked Path
A preacher reflects on sin's start and ruin, citing two modern examples of how drugs and alcohol begin subtly yet end in degradation. The piece extols divine power to deliver from sin and counsels practical household wisdom and marital restraint to avoid conflicts and maintain home harmony.
Code of Instruction for Ladies from 1834 Fort Wayne Sentinel
A fragment recounts a 1834 Fort Wayne Sentinel code of instruction for wives outlining gentleness as the tool of rule, avoiding contradiction, confiding household duties to the husband, practicing virtue, flattering his efforts, and guiding with mildness. It emphasizes modest dress, limited female friendship, and discreet counsel to influence rather than confront the husband.
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Dr Barnardo and the boy Jim Jervis remembered
The Batley Reporter recalls Dr Barnardo as a compassionate founder who rescued 60,000 ragged children. It tells how one boy named Jim Jervis revealed extents of London homelessness, drawing Barnardo to start a ragged-school rescue and early homes in Stepney. Lord Shaftesbury aided public support, driving enclosures to Billingsgate market where boys received half pennies. The piece honors Barnardo’s lifelong work and enduring impact on vulnerable youth.
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Batley
England
Dr. Barnardo
Dr. Barnard
Agricultural Hall
London
Jim
Lord Shaftesbury
Grosvenor Square
Billingsgate Market
Barnardo
Stepney
Public health posters warn of alcohol dangers in Dundee 1906
The city of Dundee issues a poster on physical deterioration and alcoholism. The text, cited by officials including Lord Provost William Longair and Medical Officer Charles Templeman, outlines alcoholism as a chronic poison and links it to crime, disease, and family ruin. The notice appears amid wider moves by English and Scottish towns to warn the public.
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England
Scotland
London
Liverpool
Leeds
Tunbridge Wells
Glasgow
Dundee
City of
City OF Dundee
William Longair
Chas. Templeman
Wm. H. Blyth Martin
Town House
Prohibition gains in Kansas say Dr Sheldon
Dr Charles M Sheldon claims Kansas now has a larger prohibition majority than in 1880. Letters from Gov Hoch and Rep Scott tout prohibition benefits. Notable facts include eighty five of 105 counties with no paupers, 35 county jails empty of prisoners, one jail used to store corn, and a quarter million adults never having seen a saloon. He reports more drunken men and boys seen on a Topeka to Hartford journey than in 17 years in Kansas.
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Kansas
Charles M. Sheldon
Hoch
Scott
Topeka
Hartford
How It Feels About Intoxication Across Nations
A traveling gentleman observes how alcohol affects nationalities. He notes a Frenchman dances, a German sings, a Spaniard gambles, a Britisher eats, an Italian brags, an Irishman fights, and an American delivers a speech.
Horace Mann Quotation on Abstinence Without Alcohol
A Horace Mann quotation argues that a national abstinence from intoxicating drinks across a single generation would make a mob impossible, comparing it to combustion without oxygen and underscoring temperance as a social safeguard.
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Horace Mann
The Light of a Cigarette Sparks a Saloon Path
A concise line notes a cigarette guiding a boy toward the saloon door, serving as a makeshift light brighter than electricity. The vivid image emphasizes a smoky, dim journey and a quick cultural pivot toward vice.
Delirium Tremens Incident Shuts Bar Earlier
A young man entered a village tavern seeking a drink but was refused by the landlord who cited his delirium tremens. The man stepped aside, muttering about a pair of something unclear as the scene ends.
Landmark Arrests Aiding Young Men In Drink Trade
A reform tone tale shows a land lord who pledges not to sell any more liquor after a buyer who once fell to drink begs him to stop. The remorseful wreck recalls a past of fair prospects ruined by addiction and laments the doomed path of others who might follow. The landlord vows abstinence, hoping to spare others from ruin.
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Outate Paintess Dentists
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Knox Ten Cent
Ge. R. Burket
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Winton
Cadillac
Wrllick
Pope
Erly Electric
Columbia
Bell
Klaehn & Melching
West Main Street
Home Pa&ne
DR. E. F. Sites
Wayne Street
Tone Aoors
Calhoun
Sentinel
J. Wilbur Chapman
Jim Jervis
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Asvtt
Wenger
Bright
DR. N. R. Wenger
Fort Wayne, Ind
H. Pfeiffer & Son
First National Bank
Ft. Wayne, Ind
J. H. Bass
C. H. Worden
H. A. Keplinger
H. R. Freeman
J. H. Orr
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