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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
15
A preacher recounts his temperance conversion after attending a revival and signing the pledge. He describes the moment an audience member asked those who had never signed to stand, witnessing a poor drunkard and a young woman who later became his wife sign beside him. He urges others to sign for their brother or own sake.
Rt Hon Augustine Birrell, president of the British Board of Education, met a large medical deputation at Whitehall. They urged recasting general science to embed hygiene and temperance, teach these topics in training colleges and student teachers, and have inspectors report on them. Birrell favored the aim and urged simple language over jargon to make health and temperance clear to children.
Fitzgerald Georgia with 4000 residents sought the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad shops but was passed over due to six saloons. Rail officials refused dry town status. In St Louis work groups faced dismissal for tavern visits and the United Mine Workers barred saloon workers from membership, illustrating a rising business bias against saloons.
Municipalities adopt poster campaigns condemning drink, with over 80 communities embracing the policy. Local temperance groups or individuals often fund the effort, but many cases are financed by the towns themselves.
Britain has fewer licensed pubs now than in 1880 yet sells more liquor. The policy to limit pubs created a monopoly in liquor traffic and sharply increased license values without a matching rise in taxation.
Bishop Wilson is re elected to lead the National Anti Saloon Teague, continuing his respected presidency and guiding the organization amid ongoing temperance efforts.
An old fashioned drugstore ad promotes Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup, claiming to gently move the bowels and stop the cough with honey and tar, no opiates. It touts treatment for coughs colds croup and whooping cough, with mothers endorsing it and children liking it. Sold by Rhoada drug store.
The article compares Nicodemus the scholar and Jesus, portraying Nicodemus as a thoughtful, private seeker who meets Jesus by night and acts as a just judge among leaders. It praises his integrity, caution, and courage in defending due process, contrasting scholarly worldly concerns with Jesus's humble mission, and affirms both men as noble in their roles.
A sermon by Reverend John Watson speaks of burying Jesus as a test of true Christian courage. He contrasts Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea with the crowd, warns against mere dramatic faith, and urges steadfast loyalty to Christ amid public fear and prosperity. A postscript advertises Man Zan pile remedy.
A devotional study extols Joseph as a model of manliness through high ideals purity and faithfulness. It contrasts earthly fame with character and notes how inward godliness and outward virtue shaped his success, urging steady diligent conduct in all daily duties.
A Washington Gladden piece urges Christians to prove faith through daily labor and household conduct. A clerk Murray is noted for transforming into a model worker after choosing to live Christian ideals, influencing colleagues and reshaping departmental atmosphere. The story contrasts patient, faithful service with clock watching, advocating honesty, justice, and quiet religious influence in business and family life.
An advert promotes a thirty day treatment for kidney bladder troubles and rheumatism priced at $1.00 with money back if unsatisfied. Pineules claim no alcohol and gentle on the stomach. Sold by Rhoads' drug store. A note mentions the king of Bonin wearing a coral bead cap with a tassel of large beads.
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