Amusements Under Scrutiny at First M E Church
The Fort Wayne sermon surveys amusements across ages noting progress in refining leisure while warning against harmful pastimes. It analyzes dancing and theater as modern temptations, cites historical censure, and urges thoughtful, prayerful choice of entertainments aligned with Christian conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Fort Wayne
Ecclesiastes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Jesus
Rome
Cicero
Ovid
Petrarch
St. Ambrose
New York
Voluptas
Soing
Alsi
Cvibe Danell
The Gambling Addiction and a City Rail Plan
A pastor warns against gambling’s lure and card games, sharing tales of ruined lives and a shipboard jewel episode to illustrate vice. Local talks with Tennis Bros. seek funds and right of way for a Toledo to Fort Wayne railroad via Hicksville, outlining terms and risks.
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Toledo
Hicksville
Lew Pililod
Defiance
HE. A. Tennis
Fort Wayne
Bryan
Certaj
Chart, Compass and Pilot Guide Youth Through Life
The speaker urges young people to view the Bible as a chart the conscience as a compass and Christ as a pilot to steer through life. He likens nightly ocean watch to life on a voyage and says in judgment each name will be weighed with the reply all's well if guided rightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
India
China
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Richard II
London
St. Paul's
Eas
Hamlet
Macbeth
King Lear
Richard Sr
Garrick
Irving
Booth
Macready
Mary Anderson
Commonwealth of England
American Congress
Toxile
Success Magazine
Frederick Thompson
Luna Park
Coney Island
Christ
Satan
Governor vetoes Sunday baseball bill in Indiana
Indianapolis February 26 Governor Marshall vetoed the Sunday baseball bill citing risk it could legalize many Sunday games including football prize fights horse racing and gambling and require proximity limits to churches or hospitals A new bill is being drafted by Representative SBrolley with three lawyers for potential introduction later today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marshall
Sbrolley
Rival Interurban Talks Revived On Fort Wayne to Bryan Line
Rival companies push renewed plans for an interurban line from Fort Wayne to Bryan and Toledo. The proposal envisions new electric rail service linking multiple cities and boosting regional transit.
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Fort Wayne
Bryan
Toledo
Noble Ladies in Prison for Riot
London February 25 suffragists arrested last night while trying to reach Premier Asquith to present a petition were sentenced to imprisonment most for a month with two months for Mrs Pethick Lawrence and Miss Lawless. About thirty women were jailed as militant suffragettes attempted three times to raid the House of Commons.
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London
Asquith
Pethick Lawrence
Miss Lawless
Constance Lytton
Lord Lytton
India
House of Commons
Caxton Hall
Mr. Asquith
Palace Yard
Saul Solomon
Brooks’ Club
St. James’ Palace
Stratford Dugdale
Commander Dugdale
William R. W. Peel
Taunton
Daisy Soomon
Cape Colony
Catherine Elizabeth Corbett
Christabel Pankhurst
Two Schools Closed in Wells County Precaution
County health officer Dr. B M VanBuskirk ordered the closing of Sheldon and nearby West Wells County schools as a precaution against a possible smallpox invasion. Nine families in Jefferson Wells county are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells County
B. M. VanBuskirk
Sheldon
Wella County
Jefferson
Plumber Richard Hanson Dies in Suspected Gas Accident
Richard C. Hanson a 65 year old plumber long with A Hattersley & Sons was found dead in his Summit street room. Liquefied gas escaped after a home heating pipe improvised to a stove loosened during the night. Coroner Kesler rules accidental death. He leaves two sons and two daughters. Funeral at son William Hanson’s Liberty street home Sunday at 2 PM.
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Richard C. Hanson
Summit Street
Hanson
A. Hattersley & Sons
William Hanson
Kesler
Mr. Hanson
Wiliam E. Hanson
John §. Hanson
Henry Hirschfelder
J. D. Welton
Hattersley
Odd Fellows’ Fraternity
Liberty Street
Farmers Embrace Accurate Agricultural Reporting
The article argues farmers should supply precise past and present crop data for statistical reports, reducing speculation by focusing on actual production last year instead of forward-looking estimates. J L Peetz, state statistician, revises schedules to emphasize reliable figures, including forests, drainage, roads, and farm bookkeeping.
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J. L. Peetz
Peetz
Roosevelt
National Conservation Commission
Muzzy Starch Former Head Dies in Indianapolis
Asa L. Muzzy former head of the Elkhart Muzzy Starch company dies in Indianapolis. State Representative Jesse B. Bach of Warsaw proposes a four act general assembly session to be staged by Warsaw High School pupils with Laresie a as a view.
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Asa.l. Muzzy
Muzzy Starch’ Company
Elkhart
Indianapolis
Jesse B. Bachbach
Warsaw
General Assembly
Laresie A
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Rev
Charles A. Rowand
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles A
Mr. Palmer
Hells
Natan
Tom Brolley
Women OF Peerage
New
Castoria
Bears
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