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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1900
Page
15
Mrs. Gallup frets she has been warned of her death and tells husband Samuel he must plan a coffin and tombstone. He jokes about being a widower and reads his almanac while she imagines three separate warnings and a final goodbye.
A group arrives at Parker's farm seeking lodging for the night. County stables man Mr Brown and constables Mr Perkins and Mr Swift foreclose on the farmer's crop, teams, and cow. The sheriff approaches to foreclose a mortgage as the farmer hosts visitors with hospitality despite losses.
A Texas hotel bellboy bursts in on a guest after a misread bell card. The guest complains about manners and the bellboy explains the card reads one ring for porter two for bellboy and three for a gun with orders to serve before anyone can apologize.
Casual Observer jokes about attracting police by offering fried oysters while a citizen fumes at the lack of response from officers. The exchange captures urban frustration and light sarcasm in a Chicago Evening News quip.
In the Indianapolis Journal a dialogue contrasts a Tree Patriot with a respondent hostile to a broad plan. A Miss Hattie Bumgarten of New Milford Conn offers a reform idea to improve saloons by having respectable citizens visit them not to drink but to foster a high social milieu.
The Clyde community discusses Mrs. Fred Mount and her influence on her husband and visitors. Accounts praise her high standards and social restraint while critiquing Ned Brant and Dell Copeland as marriage temptations, with Miss Willard referenced on moral living.
The text describes penalties for offering free lunches by corporations or incorporated associations. The first offense carries a five dollar fine, the second and subsequent offenses incur fifty dollars, with imprisonment in jail as an alternative if the fine is unpaid.
Cannibals at a Presbyterian mission station in the New Hebrides fatally injure and eat two missionaries from London over ongoing liquor sales. The killings prompt renewed appeals to Britain the United States France and Australia to ban alcohol exports to the area.
An analysis by William E. Johnson in The New Voice argues against wine and beer as temperance aids. He finds European data show higher wine beer use accompanies higher strong drink consumption, while abstinence remains safest. Per capita wine beer figures by country are listed, challenging moderation as a path to sobriety.
The Journal of Inebriety reports that Prof. Atwater faces critics over persistent claims on alcohol's value. Scientists urge cautious, well supported conclusions and detailed publications to avoid misinterpretation and charges of bias or paid advocacy.
A compilation noting that Connecticut bans selling liquor and groceries on the same premises. It cites France’s wine cellars holding champagne for three years to meet global demand and reports on a Sharon Pa scheme where liquor dealers refuse service to those arrested for drunkenness.
A naval speaker claims the Santiago affair surpassed any imagination with its explosive grandeur. Attendees discuss the terrifying roar of massive guns and the overwhelming sensations of witnessing such combat.
The speaker recounts reading every daily paper after a Philadelphia fight incident. He claims extensive knowledge from saved papers and notes that his satchel holds them for reference. A bystander teases his navy pretensions while the man jokes about travel and limited naval experience.
In a memory study with equal numbers of boys and girls across school and university ages, 324 word story with 152 distinct ideas was read and recalled. Results indicate memory growth progresses more rapidly in girls than in boys.
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa was attacked injuring his kidneys and back but Electric Bitters restored his health. The ad claims the medicine cures backache kidney trouble and purifies blood. Dreier Bros. drug store offers it for 50 cents. Minnesota beet sugar output in 1899 reached 4 340 166 pounds with a bounty of 320 070 paid by the state.
The business notes a prosperous year and anticipates further gains. It reports an extraordinary large line of goods bought at the lowest cash price to boost the trade this year.
The ad markets fresh roasted Rio Coffee sold in store, with visible beans and no packaging. It lists sugars, teas including Hyson and Gunpowder, canned goods from California, dried fruits, fish for Lent, oils, maple syrups, wines for medical use, and assorted tobacco and confections, highlighting price points and brands.
Grain O is described as a tonic rather than a stimulant with lasting effects. It is marketed as a successful substitute for coffee, offering coffee flavor preferred by many. The claim notes many substitutes exist, but Grain O is unique as a food drink.
Fort Wayne Trust Co offers capital of $200000 and pays 3 percent interest on certificate and book deposits of $1.00 and up. It lends on farm and city real estate at a low rate and acts as executor administrator guardian assignee receiver trustee and avent.
Henry C. Paul presides with Samuel M. Foster as vice president and Andrew E. Hoffman as 2d vice president. Charles A. Wilding serves as secretary with William Paul Jr. as assistant secretary in the organized roster.
A partial roster lists Samuel M. Foster Sharles Hash Jeorge W. Pixley eillian Mossman CG Paul Ceettos Wilding Andrew Hoffman John Peters William Vasey Louis Max Ernest Cook David Studabaker with multiple others in a historical directory.
Schedule fragment lists cities including New York Washington Grand Rapids Richmond Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with north and south bound arrivals and departures. Times shown as morning and afternoon sessions but many OCR artifacts render some entries unclear.
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