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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1899
Page
9
Mr Bowser pursues a seaside swim despite Mrs Bowser’s misgivings. He dives into cold surf and fights undertow as spectators mock and advise. A lifesaving effort revives him and the couple share a comic reconciliation with a jailbird spectator offering a parting quip.
A former hotel clerk recalls a guest who paid at midnight in Chicago when a fire broke out on the floor above. He claimed he would settle up and go, yet the blaze forced firemen to save the building. The retiree was among the few who paid in full.
A fictional interview shows the Grand Promoter unveiling a Burglar trust to unite thieves, fix prices, and run a nationwide operation. He claims 10 million capitalization, profits of 10 percent per quarter, and a legal team for year-long salaries while pledging strict discipline and burglary-only scope.
A farmer recalls seizing the largest circus elephant after unpaid hay bills. The animal caused extensive property damage, ripping a shed and tearing wagons, reapers, and fruit trees before the circus settled the claim with $30 plus costs. The farmer later spotted a similar elephant years later.
A traveler describes cheap goods in Constantinople and, after a street remark, a dramatic scene with an elephant in a barn. The animal wrecks the barn, uproots fruit trees, and threatens an Englishman who later faces a price dispute. A native later offers to assassinate the narrator for 90 cents, then 65.
Ad sells Dr King s New Life Pills claiming fast relief from headaches by purifying blood and strengthening nerves. It asserts thousands of sufferers found merit and health built, urging readers to try the product.
Frightful blunder leads to burns and injuries as Bucklen's Arnica Salve is touted as the best remedy to kill pain and heal skin conditions. The ad claims cures for old sores fever sores boils felons corns and offers pile relief with a 5 cent box and guaranteed cure.
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