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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1901
Page
15
Jep Jones recounts a Squaw Creek discussion on the shape of the earth. The column notes local residents debated whether the globe or the plane best fit their landscape. An 1898 note captures small town curiosity and disputing proofs.
Deacon Spooner and Abraham Cosgrove organize a local debating society to discuss if the world is flat or round. The meeting devolves into a chaotic brawl as participants argue with exaggerated tales, landing Spooner in the hospital and the group disbanding after four weeks of violence.
Mr Bowser endures a severe headache and a flood of visitors after an overactive bell in their Brooklyn flat. A minister, a charity canvasser, and a door-to-door salesman disturb his rest, and a scuffle with a subscription hawker ends with a threat to separate.
Stop colds when you feel one coming on with Krauses Cold Cure capsules prepared for use while you work. Price 25 cents. Sold by Dreier & Bro at the corner of Calhoun and Columbia streets.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer passage describes a sudden dramatic moment as one person kneels to another during a proposal. The quoted line implies the suitor’s strong confidence and humor about the moment.
Maud asks if a kiss would make her scream and Cholly replies she would be hoarse from shouting. The Town Topics panel delivers a wry, humorous gag reflecting social mores of romance and voice.
Columbus attorney Thomas H. Minahan, prominent Kilights of Columbus official, proposes abolition of the practice of treating. Columbus Council No. 1 adopts resolutions to refrain and aims to spread the movement to the national Knights of Columbus, with 80 000 members.
A Danner of Gold essay argues against moderation in drinking and promotes total abstinence. It claims moderate use leads to inebriety, while abstinence prevents harm, supports individual success, and is valued by corporations and financiers. It stresses education for the rising generation on drinking dangers.
A preacher recalls Old Tight, an 82 year old drunkard in W- who pledged to die clean. After long temptation, his wife hid his tobacco, saints visited with aid, and he vowed to live by faith. He renounced drink, gave up his fiddle, and died cleansed, proving the gospel’s deliverance can reach aged souls.
The ad lists teas coffees sugars salts spices dried fruits canned fish and salt fish rugs carpets window shades and mats. Prices cover green Rio coffee slate roasted coffees oils wines cigars canned goods dried fruits and syrups with multiple California and local items and ranges for household items.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It relieves tight or new shoes, swelling, blisters, callouses and sore spots and prevents sweating. A trial package is offered free by mail. sales outlets include druggists and shoe stores.
A Chicago lawsuit against a saloon keeper for dramshop acts leads a string of temperance items. Reports describe Rockford girls boycotting smokers and drinkers, a Guam governor’s order restricting marines drinking, Scotland’s high crime rate linked to intemperance, arsenic concerns in beer, and a notable temperance revival in Unitchfield Illinois with saloon protests and a growing prohibition club.
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