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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
16
A sermon urges believers to ask in prayer, citing James 4 2 and apostolic history. It contrasts modern church machinery with divine power, urging persistent prayer to strengthen individuals, empower ministry, and multiply faith and converts.
The speaker recounts stories of transformation through definite prayer and asks listeners to seek power in teaching, public speaking, and service. He cites a Sydney meeting of eighteen women converting after prayer and a Boston gathering where a novice speaker moved an audience. He urges nightly prayer and personal asking to gain power for Christ.
A sermon compares waterborne flies lifting their wings to keep faith and love unwet, urging minds to keep the soul’s wings out of worldly cares so it can rise to Heaven. A pheasant nests near a rifle range at Ticehurst, England, unharmed as soldiers practice nearby.
A vivid narrative recounted by Miss Evangeline Booth recalls a night in Soho showing a mother’s death and a drunken abuser, followed by a rescue of two children. It contrasts with wartime spending figures, noting schooling, insurance, and military costs, and ends with reflections on alcohol consumption per person in the U S and Europe.
Detroit workers recount a scene in which a ten year old girl asks her father for 50 cents for a spring bat. He chooses to buy drinks for friends at a saloon instead, later giving a dollar to the saloon keeper's daughter for a hat. He vows to quit drinking.
The American consuls report Germany with about 60,000,000 people spends an annual drink bill of 672,588,000 dollars an average of 11.21 dollars per person and 37.36 dollars per person over 15 years. Community notes include social visits, gatherings, ball games, and local events in Poe.
Mrs Nation argues that smashing saloons protects homes and hearts and condemns voting to license and protect saloons as the devilish act behind broken families. She contends every ballot choice either smashes the saloon or the home.
The fragment asks if sparing the saloon will spoil some boys, implying a moral or civic choice about temperance or social behavior. The snippet lacks clear event or names, offering only a provocative question as its gist.
New York, June 16. Richard F. Canfield discusses gambling odds and legitimacy. He says no player has a real chance to win, notes house edges in faro, roulette, hazard and the bookmaker’s wheel, and distinguishes mechanical games as true gambling. He dismisses poker as a social game and reflects on a European casino offer after a New York raid.
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