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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
13
A humorous reminiscence by Kernel Bunker recounts duels with Judge Armitage and Gen. Crawford, misapplied quotes, and steadfast decisions. He praises keeping one's stance despite error, notes a horse race dispute with Capt. Baldtree, and highlights the social code of honor, ending amid tavern chatter.
A visiting Ohio woman tours Boston sights and recalls a chilling brush with a grave at Capp's JHU burying ground. Her sister-in-law jokes about the inscription showing only three initials, no name or date, prompting reactions about the grave’s meaning.
In Oklahoma territory, White Dove of the Osages gave birth to twins. The tribe traditionally strangled the weaker infant, but White Dove refused this custom. She fled with the babies to the Ponca agent, saving both twins and drawing praise in Indian circles.
A Greensburg Kentucky storekeeper displays what he calls the largest shave ever made for a woman. He says the piece matches the size of 16 pairs made for a Tennessee mother and five daughters. The exhibit measures 1314 inches high, 7 inches long, and five inches across at the widest part.
Colorado Springs resident Frank J. Baker endorses Krause's Headache Capsules claiming it cured his sick headache and helped many friends. The ad lists a 25 cent price and Dreier & Bro. as sellers at Calhoun and Columbia streets. It ends with a subscription pitch for The Sentinel.
Johnny Raw, nicknamed fresh fish, cowers on picket duty as night noises and fear threaten his nerve. Misplaced bravado, a bushwhacker scare, and isolation drive him toward desertion before a guard discovers him dead drunk with fear.
A distressed mother searches for her missing son Charlie who has spoken to a shabby man drinking at a tavern about a free fountain in the square. The boy’s innocence moves the man toward restraint and a kinder view, hinting at redemption. The scene contrasts hunger and thirst with spiritual nourishment.
The legislature approves the Humphrey bill requiring liquor sellers to obtain a galcon license. Superintendent Wichardson from the U S insane asylum at Washington cites liquor produced insanity at fifty five percent in the United States.
A dense advert lists teas coffees sugars dried fruits and canned goods plus hardwood floor cloths carpets and window shades. It includes varied prices for sugar tea coffee dried fruits oils syrups and wines with references to California products and war price impacts. It also promotes low prices on linoleum carpets and window shades and promises 20 percent savings.
Mother Gray long used in New York Children's Home promotes harmless powders for feverishness constipation headache teething and stomach disorders. They claim to remove worms and are available in drug stores for 25 cents with samples sent free. Address Alien 5 Olmated LeRoy New York.
An American miner known as a quiet but determined man struck it rich at Cripple Creek then headed to Denver and sank into a prolonged debauch. After squandering several thousand dollars he refused help and began a long walk back to his mining town, muttering to himself about his folly and vowing to go dry.
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