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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
15
Bowser receives notice to write a poem for the Spring Lambs club. He struggles through a halting, self parodied effort with interruptions from a cat a ringing bell and a street-corner poetical adviser. His final couplet prompts sarcasm and a threat to quit.
A dialogue shows spring verses mocked by Mrs Bowser with wry edits about weather. A playful exchange follows on verse writing, sentiment, and a comic Jonah anecdote, ending with a nod to a New York reader J Lampton.
The executive committee of the PA Company Employes Athletic Association met to discuss delaying or changing the event date. The matter was left open for discussion and to be settled at the next meeting by the members.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease relieves painful smarting and ingrown nails. It soothes corns bunions and sweaty feet, makes shoes feel easy, and promises a cure for tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or mailed for 25c with free trial package. Allen E Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Charles Koenig nine, of 1713 Coombs Street, was crushed under a wagon load of stone at the Coombs Street dump during horse play with a driver named Heider. The wagon toppled, he was buried under stones, rescued unconscious, ear nearly severed, gashes above and below the eye, bruises, no bone or internal injuries. Dr. Duemling treated him at home.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula blood poison ingrown sores pimples boils bone pains rheumatism catarrh and other blood and skin diseases. It claims thirty years of testing and offers samples and free medical advice via mail from Blood Balm Co. Fort Wayne retailer Ranke Nussbaum lists 828 Calhoun Street.
William H. Dunbar arrived from Lafayette at 11 32 am and pleaded guilty to passing a worthless check on C L Hills. He was bound over to the circuit court in default of bond set at 300 dollars. He initially pleaded not guilty but withdrew after seeing Hills and his clerk. He used the name William H Smith in Lafayette and may have circulated similar counterfeit checks across multiple towns. Local police linked him to Bloomingto n and say he has been operating statewide.
Daniel Bante of Otterville Iowa writes that after three to four years of asthma and trying many cough and asthma cures plus medical treatment in New York and other cities he found little relief and seeks a better remedy suggesting Honey as potential help.
The article surveys tomb and papyrus evidence of drink offerings in Egypt from 5000 years ago. It notes beer and wine in temple rites, royal generosity, and laws restricting excess. priests served as physicians, with early asylums and treatments for drunkenness. It compares Babylonian saloons and modern echoes in temperance efforts.
Hugh Pp Hoge is identified as a machinist working at the fan facility in the readable OCR fragment. The text provides limited context about his role and workplace without additional events or outcomes.
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