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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1889
Page
2
A preacher argues that readers mistake Bible study for argument and urges immediate reliance on Christ. He likens prayer to urgent business, urges watching and waiting for divine blessings, and portrays sin, redemption, and the necessity of accepting salvation now. He uses vivid parables and biblical portraits to emphasize devotion over critique.
The city undertakers list a week of deaths with ages from newborns to elderly. Names include Wm N Stewart 25, Wm J Lowry 7 months, Jos Spekert 5 months, Fredda Barnhart 3 months, twins of M Klaus 1 day, Henry Manning 62, Isabella Noll 10 months, Clara Green 5 months, Wm Bartels 52, Andrew Schiemser 6, Oscar Koenig 9 months, Nettie Tonsley 25, Charity Stuart 83, Irwin Hitzinger 8 months, Albert Hampton 32, Louise Joost 35, Wm H Bradway 75. Also notes about consumption, cholera infantum, bowels, apoplexy, typhoid fever, and paralysis. Advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla and Bucklen's Arnica Salve follow.
Historical ad line recalls Castoria used for infants and children. Sloganeering emphasizes comforting babies and addressing common ailments with Castoria across generations.
A collage of ad style notes extols Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription for female ailments with money back guarantee, Electric Bitters for malaria and liver issues with testimonials, Kemp's Balsam sample offers, Pond's Extract pitches, and a humorous verse about Maud and ZOZO DONT plus sparrow in cathedral organ.
Mrs Emma Yates is arrested in Decatur on bigamy charges. Three Massae county prisoners escaped last Wednesday night. Douglas Short loses a leg attempting to board a moving train at Panna. The Henryville gas well in Clark county is abandoned as a bad job. A new Columbus postmaster A E Hartman started duties yesterday. Levi King of Michigan City drowns fishing in Lake Michigan. Prof E G Payne of Rochester NY becomes Hartsville college president. Frank Royalty fined $5 for disturbing a religious meeting in Montgomery county. Youth Garrett procured forty five indictments against Lafayette saloonkeepers for Sunday law violations. United Brethren college at Westfield worth about $30,000 slated for removal to Decatur. Thomas Reed found robbed and severly beaten in Mitchell, in critical condition. Col John Wilson of Sheridan house in South Bend fled, leaving creditors over $2,000. Mrs J M Howarth mortgage and embezzlement linked to husband’s theft of £6,522. Relatives in Brazil told of Dock Hedge shot and killed at Gordon Texas. body burned after death. A Bently Worthington, alias Major Eugene Bonner, appears in Peoria records from 1876 as former First National Bank employee. Near South Bend, Jessie White walked in her sleep from a Lake Shore train. a backing train discovery left her unharmed.
A collection of health adverts and public notices. Dr Kings New Discovery promoted for consumption and coughs with free trials at Dreier Bros. Drug Store. Fremont plans a new Ghuey Webb Hayes Seminary. Commentary on strikes causing citywide disruption and a call to practical health remedies like Dr. Pierce's pellets. Local building permit issued for Charles Herr's $600 house. Mothers advised to use Winlow's soothing syrup for teething. Crocker to fund Lick Observatory Cayenne expedition. Pope County dysentery outbreak and Chamberlain's remedy praised by Walter Brothers. Licenses granted for Lizzie C Morrison and Charles Sheehan to wed.
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