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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
4
A passionate sermon on the torments of alcohol abuse. It portrays the inebriate’s physical suffering, ruined homes, and eternal thirst in hell, urging personal repentance and divine grace to overcome addiction. The speaker cites Dr. Sewell’s lectures, condemns rum, and urges readers to seek God’s help now.
A dated jumble mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla with testimonials and local business promos. It lists names like Baker, Bauman, and Bennett, a monument ad for 82 Burr street, and notes about Theodore Marsh the express messenger robbed near Fort Worth Texas, with a biographical nod to New Albany, Indiana.
A mix of health advice praising Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, local monument dealer promotions, a obituary note for Dr. Henry Oxley of Wingate who died August 5 after service at Stone River, and a sale pitch for Bucklen's Arnica Salve with local vendor Dreier & Bro. Clark County’s 1422.50 dollars paid for sheep killed by worthless dogs is noted.
The Underhill Monumental works relocate to 82 Barr street opposite the market house. They invite old and new friends to visit their handsome new quarters and view their products and services.
On May 1 the St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Railway trims passenger fares to Glasgow Chinook Benton Big Sandy Great Falls Helena Butte and nearby towns. Secure a free farm in Milk River Valley or tributaries offering 18 000 080 acres for stock sheep or mixed farming with coal timber water and mild winters. Write F I Whitney, Genl Pass and Tkt Agt, St Paul, Minn, for the pamphlet.
Masonic lodge in Crawfordsville gives 20 dollars to destitute Knightsville miners. Labor groups in New Albany appoint committees to gather aid for Clay county strikers. Mrs. John Shelton of Seymour gives birth to a large boy with six fingers on each hand. William Ackley of New Albany dies after a beer mug assault by Henry H. Kelly, Kelly released on bond. Blish Milling president M. S. Blish named to National Millers' executive committee. N. J. Clodfelter of Crawfordsville receives 213.50 from Peterson Bros. as July profits from Snatched from the Poor House, over 171,000 copies sold. Asa Howard dies from injuries on a broken pike bridge near Liberty. wife and two children left needy. A Crawfordsville post office letter to White Cap asks how to form such a group in Watertown, Wis. Northern Indiana Millers' Association meets at Wabash to unite mills and stabilize prices. A. C. Pershing of Muncie injured when thrown from runaway wagon. his son unharmed. Evansville incidents include Mrs Mollie Clark stabbing Emma Read. Read in hospital, Clark jailed. James Ferrell fatally injured at Newburg railroad site when earth collapses. Marion Lurber near Brownsburg shoots self in leg. risk of lockjaw noted. H. G. Caldwell wanted for forging checks at Leavenworth. thought to be in Canada. Pond's Extract praised by James Marr of New York Base Ball Club. Wilbur Percival of LaConia drowns in Cocheco river.
Dreier and Co. advertise Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption Dr. King's New Life Pills Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters as selling well with universal satisfaction. They guarantee every time and offer refunds if not satisfactory, claiming merit as the sole reason for popularity.
The city undertakers report the week ending Aug 10 deaths. Names include Angeline Fink 76 old age Frank Zurbach 26 urinic poison Perley Gage 32 consumption Lillie Krumley 3 months cholera infantum Walter Rippe 4 months brain fever Henry Gilliam 40 heart disease William Auman 4 years lung fever Edward Geerken 2 weeks bleeding of the brain Charles Rubin 1 month cholera infantum Mary Rampus 4 months cholera infantum M. E. F. Maunweiler child 1 day Fredie H. Meyer 2 months cholera Lydia M. Develbiss 67 consumption Irma Jefferds 18 typhoid Evelyn Fleming 9 months cholera infantum Carrie Hamilton 10 months cholera infantum Curtice Baldwin 25 railroad accident.
The article extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as small in size yet powerful, likening great men to their modest form. It claims the pellets outperform old fashioned pills, are easy to swallow and never cause constipation, and excel for liver stomach and bowel disorders.
The Sextinen reports from J M Moritz and O P Morgan that public schools will open on September 16 the third Monday in September due to better weather. Several buildings Central Grammar Jefferson City Washington Miner McCulloch Holton are being fitted for natural gas. The Univevai Monumental Works at 82 Barr Street advertises lower prices for monuments and headstones.
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