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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1906
Page
14
Mr. Bowser returns home overly confident but is humiliated after his wife lampoons the metric system. She details metric units from kilometer to liter, leaving him confused before a policeman finds him in a snowdrift mumbling about kilograms and centimeters.
Fragmentary note records a Kentucky court listing Jett case number 16 and mentions Commonwealth seeking action against an unnamed defendant with Tow Marshal Janice referenced in the sparse entry.
A short dialogue notes Jack enjoys wine but agrees to stop if the speaker marries him. Ethyl quips it may be easier for him to resume drinking than for her to obtain a divorce.
In Philadelphia Press excerpt the collector says all threats did not bother him as the merchant asks if they could go as far as they liked. The exchange implies a discussion of distance to a mentioned place.
A quip from the San Francisco Call contrasts pessimism and consolation. The Disconsolate One notes a silver lining appears on the opposite side of the cloud, offering a wry reflection on perspective and mood.
A quirky line from the Princeton Tiger hints at domestic fashion mishap as a wife tailors trousers. The joke plays on misunderstanding and newspaper style banter.
A fragment states that some men insist they did nothing wrong and are ashamed, a confession of having no sense or shame. The note presents a quirky, cryptic reflection attributed to a judge.
The British yacht King Edward was weighed at noon today in Cherbourg harbor after departing for France. Debarkation details were sparse as officials evaluated the vessel's status amid tense wartime conditions.
Two anarchists armed with bombs were arrested at a railroad station as they tried to board a train to Tsarko Selo where the emperor is staying. The report from St. Petersburg notes measures to punish mutineers aboard the navy.
Odessa reports Lieutenant Schmidt who led the June mutiny at Sebastopol was sentenced to hang. Three other mutineers receive death by shooting and 27 are sentenced to prison terms.
New York reports dramatic accounts from Russian refugees who arrived yesterday detailing escapes by raft from the frontier and massacres in Moscow cellars during the outbreak. Among the evacuees is 15 year old Rebecca Isaacs who says her family of twelve was killed by soldiers.
An oyster dealer describes green turtles arriving from West Indies reefs by ship. Live meat sells from a dime to a quarter per pound, with calipee and calipash fetching high prices. A 200 pound turtle reportedly bit a foreman, prompting a damages suit over supposed turtle muzzles.
Springfield Ohio reports no riotary scenes overnight after two prior nights of unrest. Military and police maintain order with only two minor fires early evening. Troops will remain deployed beyond Sunday. Brakeman Davis remains alive though death risk persists. Jacob Koch was arrested on Belgie Ark.
Huntington Ind March 3 Joseph Knight aged 18 is jailed on a charge of killing Kenneth Willets aged 14 in front of Knight's grocery store at Andrews. A quarrel led to a knife thrust to the brain killing Willets.
Laporte Indiana March 3 Louis Zenson well known northern Indiana naturalist and taxidermist died today from arsenic poisoning inhaled fumes while working in his laboratory.
Friday a shabby man visited a downtown physician requesting treatment. He claimed to be Samuel Jones from Kendallville but admitted the true name Marvin Kuhns and that he had been on a two week spree. He was advised to hospital care, denied at St. Joseph's, and later labeled an impostor by Kendallville authorities.
In San Francisco a fight between Tenny and Frank Neil ended with Tenny collapsing after a tenth round blow. Doctors confirmed brain hemorrhage as the cause of death. Tenny’s camp reportedly bet about $700 on his victory as they urged him to continue despite fatigue.
Springfield Ohio March 3 Mark M Davis brakeman shot by a colored man Wednesday night died at 3 30 am The shooting sparked riots in the city on Wednesday and Thursday Edward Dean and Preston Ladd both colored are jailed in Dayton charged with the shooting Davis He spoke no new statement before dying militia deployed to prevent a lynching escalation feared after Davis death.
Edward Dean, held in Dayton after being named by Mark M. Davis of Springfield as the shooter, shows weakening and may confess. Sheriff Wright delays informing Dean of Davis’s death to avoid mob panic, while militia remain on duty and a special grand jury is expected to convene to proceed against Dean without a preliminary hearing.
Fred B. Leighty buys the St. Joe News from L. W. Yeiser who led the paper for years. William A. Alexander a Peru retiree dies from a nervous condition. Dr. Charles B. E. Beach of Coesse and Miss Emma Klein of Van Wert wed recently. Isaac Trout of Elkhart dies at 88, survived by ten children. Two Wallace circus elephants near Peru fought. one valued at 4000 dollars dies from injuries. Huntington and Fort Wayne merchants plan a foods and extracts factory in Huntington. Eli Beekman 71 of Huntington County and Mary Stuart 70 of Lafontaine wed in a Wabash county clerk office. The Krisher Harter bank case from North Manchester is postponed to April term.
The oyster grows from pinhead size in a fortnight to a pea size at three months. By four years it is market ready and can live twelve to fifteen years. One naturalist says these bivalves feed on monads the smallest marine life forms.
The lesson explains righteousness as core to the kingdom, defined by God through Jesus. It contrasts Old and New Law, stressing truthfulness, nonretaliation, loving one's neighbor, and living a new divine life where Christ dwells in believers, aiming for practical perfection to glorify God.
Albright Christen, a carpenter from Decatur, reportedly swallowed a heavy dose of laudanum on Friday. Fire department and local authorities were alerted as responders attended the scene.
The speaker recounts personal descent into smoking and the difficulty of quitting. He contrasts tobacco with alcohol, notes lifelong smoking impairs digestion, and warns that if the young continue the habit they may become unable to raise fit offspring. He praises mothers for not smoking.
A hard-working man is knocked unconscious by a horse kick and wakes to demand spirits. He drinks for days, then has an epileptic seizure and recovers. Over five years he alternates between free intervals of trying to help himself and periods of heavy intoxication, ending with death from an accident.
The disease of inebriety is a morbid impulse driving a person to seek relief only alcohol can provide. It is not reason but an insane urge that dominates all instincts, with varying stages where drugs may help or force may be needed to prevent gratification.
The lord bishop of Swansea signs the temperance pledge. Over 1,000 attended the international temperance congress at Budapest with 14 languages heard. The Jerome Miners' Union bans saloons and gambling, deposits $50,000 in banks and issues $10,000 in money orders. Opium and morphine imports rise while addiction affects about 1.9 million Americans.
Incoherent fragment suggests Obediah Fildes and Ditton appear before the sheriff for a term up to fourteen years in a state reformatory on a green charge. The passage is garbled and lacks clear names or dates.
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