27 Jun 1877
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1877
Page
1
A fragmentary ode extols Alfred Lord Tennyson as a cloud weaver of phantasms and fears. The piece laments division between England and France, honors his youth and poetic influence, and thanks him for courtesy toward younger England in the voice of a narrator speaking of lineage and national spirit.
A fragmentary humorous piece lists misread or altered place names and categories such as Patch-work party and Quakers wandering from Malta to Babylons. The text lampoons misheard travel terms and emigration labels, suggesting a round of misprints and playful corruption in destination names.
A travelogue from Galveston to Dallas surveys Texas commerce, climate, and key cities. Galveston’s cotton trade, harbor improvements, and nonindustrial vitality contrast with Houston’s carpetbagger history and Dallas growth. The writer notes climate, sanitation, and local journalism, with portraits of Col. Sinclair and local figures.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for dyspepsia, liver complaints, sour stomach, headaches, constipation, heartburn, and digestive woes. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a bottle and claims two doses will relieve any case, noting sample bottles offered for ten cents.
June 21 reports describe a heavy damp dawn at Pottsville as crowds gather for the Molly Maguire executions. Clergymen attend each condemned man before a rapid string of hangings, with Boyle, McGehan, Duffy, Carroll, and others facing the scaffold amid massed onlookers and sheriffly supervision.
News from Chicago reports banker Joseph Seligman barred from the Grand Union Hotel Saratoga under Judge Hilton rule. Letters from leaders condemn the policy as intolerance while Seligman’s son writes to publish his father’s letter urging inclusion and criticizing prejudice.
Descriptions from St John N B and Halifax June 21 22 recount a major urban fire that destroyed public buildings churches banks and homes causing thousands homeless. Aid arrives from Montreal Boston Portland Cape Breton and Halifax with troops cooked provisions and a $10000 Liberal subscription to assist victims.
The dispute over Joseph Seligman’s exclusion from the Grand Union Hotel Sarasosa continues to spark public interest. Judge Hilton defends his hotel policy saying he will not admit certain classes of people and asserts hotels have right to control guests.
A large building housing valuable goods burned with extensive damage. Rain since last night slowed the fire. Thirty bodies were recovered with about as many still missing, leaving uncertain life counts. In Chicago relief efforts are organized by Odd Fellows Masons and others for St John’s sufferers with requests for money and clothing.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt argues for transforming temperance efforts by creating appealing social spaces to replace bars. It suggests funding cheerful resorts with games and papers to lure drinkers away from taverns, rather than coercive laws. It warns against attacking liquor with harsher measures and advocates smarter community recreation.
An advertisement promises a free recipe to cure nervous weakness and early decay. It claims the remedy was discovered by a South American missionary and directs readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev Jonxry T fan in New York City.
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