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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1916
Page
6
A crane thanks Trusty the sheep dog for tearing a hunter’s net and saving her chicks. Later the crane saves Trusty by freeing a bone stuck in his throat, illustrating the lesson to do a kind deed wherever you can. The fable ends with the moral from Romans 12 10 about kindness.
A reflective verse urging daily acts to ease sorrow and aid others. It asks for compassion over selfishness and for small good deeds to brighten troubled hearts. The poem closes with a vow that the world is better for the speaker’s day.
Dr Arnold of Missouri, dean of the university medical faculty, rushed from luncheon to help a choking child. He inserted a throat tube and, despite a cold, blew air into the lungs himself. The child survived, but three days later he died of the disease.
A collage of statements questions and claims on public health including rabies control child health disease eradication lice typhus pellagra and mortality patterns across age groups. The text presents provocative assertions about disease prevention and health policy.
A Pennsylvania church seeks a sturdy house of worship. An English stonemason labors six years, dies after completion, leaving wages to the church. Solomon, shaping a divine temple, gathers gold from Ophir and costly woods to honor God.
Three men discuss drinking and temptation on a street corner. A Christian man declares he can do anything but chooses to do only what Christ wants, illustrating Liberty as freedom to choose God’s will through strength in him.
A brief devotional likens Bible bees to child friendly maxims. It notes they sting not and produce honey while urging kindness, sobriety, contentment, strength in the Lord, courtesy, humility, hospitality, and following God as dear children.
Billy Sunday addressed college students urging活 to add vigor and imagination to life. He warned against complacency and chasing easy paths, citing Lucy and Milan quotes, stressing careful attention to small details, ongoing study, perseverance, and preparation to seize opportunities.
The piece cites D L Moody contrasting modern clerks and busy businessmen with Daniel who juggled kingly duties yet prayed three times daily. It warns against neglecting prayer for endless business and stresses discipline in spiritual practice.
A Canadian aviator over the northern French battle line sent a note home from above the clouds as his engine failed and his plane pitched tail first. In that moment the line The eternal God is our refuge and undergirding arms gave him courage, the aircraft righting and continuing its course.
The story recounts Philip James Spencer whose wayward son, saved after the father’s persistent prayers. On a sickbed the son cried out that his father’s prayers surrounded him like mountains, then found peace and embraced Christian life. Spencer later saw his son become respectable and married.
In Switzerland two travelers and three guides attempt a dangerous ice climb. They rope together in a sequence of guide traveler guide traveler, progressing slowly as one slips. Midway the last man loses footing, causing a cascade that unmans the ascent and imperils the rope team.
The text argues suffering reforms not just the self but relations with others. Job’s turning to God prompts pity and a Godlike love for fellow men, turning captivation by worldly life into service. Humans need divine trust and humane love to redeem powers in the world.
A guide drives an ice-ax into the cliff to hold fast while a trapped climber steadies his footing, saving all three and the others from danger. The incident is linked to a religious message citing Hebrews 7 25 about Jesus Christ saving those who come to God.
An editorial praising the total abstinence cause as advancing steadily after periods of return, noting increased unity and skill among reformers. It likens progress to trenches held against enemy mines and cites Solomon and Dr. H. W. Wiley to warn of the dangers of wine and drunkenness for mothers and society.
A compilation of quotes urging perseverance, faith, and virtue. It references Whittier, Tennyson, Addison, Brooks, Goethe, and Hughes, advocating dedication to spiritual growth, simplicity, and service. It quotes scripture about rising with Christ and seeking things above.
A witness recalls how a deaf mute wrote a single line that led a desperate, ragged man to salvation. At a railway station the note urged reading John 3 16 and the Bible, guiding him from hunger and despair to faith and peace.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen recounts a Chinese punishment for a son who killed his father. The son, his uncle, and six nearby villagers are punished or exiled, illustrating a belief that family, teachers, and neighbors share responsibility for a person’s character. The piece argues human society is tightly interrelated and all are accountable.
A Victorian obituary-style musing notes Edward Irving and Bishop Sanderson dying while reciting Psalm 23. It recalls Dr James Hope and geographer Carl Ritter, both moved in their last hours by the same verse, with Ritter affirming guidance remains.
An editorial urges sleep as the strongest health factor in modern life, advocating eight hours nightly or makeup during the day. It warns that fresh air and water intake are vital, urging deep breathing and six glasses of water daily to keep tissues nourished and the body functioning.
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