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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
10
A poem recounts two glasses, wine and water, debating their deeds. The wine boasts of power and ruin while the water praises healing, growth, and life giving aid to humanity. The tale ends with both glasses brimful on the rich man’s table.
In a series of figures from the National Advocate the labor cost per hundred dollars on boots furniture hardware clothing and cotton goods is outlined. It argues that shifting spending from saloons to goods would boost labor and raise wages, noting the social harm of drinking and praising productive expenditure. It cites a widow tied to a saloon and references Frangipani Mauritius as a discoverer of perfumed alcohol blends.
In Butler Missouri a former lawyer and politician J L Gartrell is executed after being found guilty of murder. The elderly man speaks his final words to a white faced crowd saying Whisky Did It All as the trap springs and he dies. The report portrays a fall from fame into ruin driven by drink and personal tragedy.
Reverend Francis M. Wojtalewicz of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in South Chicago proposes using church funds to cash Illinois Steel laborers pay checks rather than the city saloonkeepers. He notes about 1200 mill workers in the parish, with $80,000 spent yearly at saloons and aims to cut that by half by diverting check cashing to the church.
Oscar II of Sweden agrees to stop christening battleships with wine while Sweden imposes temperance measures. Swiss police arrest intoxicated individuals as alcohol sales fund hospitals. Boston's debt rises and sinking fund grows slowly. a Pottsville wine adulteration case heads for prosecutions. A French morphine case ends in fines. Dr Flick urges complete avoidance of alcohol.
Several local councils in Russia pass resolutions urging reduction of land votes and support granting women the franchise. The report notes that only one in twelve medical students holds a degree in arts.
Mr Bowser purchases a fragile used horse and takes his wife for a ride. The horse misbehaves, causing near wrecks across town. Mrs Bowser confronts dangers, a police warning is issued, and she miraculously returns home steering the unruly rig. Bowser storms off to confront the horse, ending the scene with a dramatic, unresolved note.
Advertises high grade Platinum and Platino Photox Photo Jewelry and Photo Butter. invites customers to visit at 108 W Main Street for see and buy.
In Malden Massachusetts a goat dairy venture begins to supply goat milk for medical use, with promoters predicting high demand for dietary treatment of ill infants. Haiti devotes a large share of its treescape to trees.
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