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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1894
Page
5
Rev Talmage delivers a fervent sermon in Little Rock on Ziklag in ashes as a metaphor for bereavement. He urges repentance, faith, and pursuit of heavenly reunion, urging listeners to endure trials as David did, and to claim divine comfort and ultimate victory through Christ.
Maysie a five year old girl pleads with her father to quit drinking. She asks God to make him good and to stop visiting the saloon. One night he drags her along but cannot ignore her plea. Months later the home becomes happier due to her prayers and persistence.
A temperance note discusses intemperance as a major national evil, argued as socially economic and personal harm. It cites life insurance data, UK Temperance findings, and public exhibits in Philadelphia and Chicago to show higher mortality among drinkers and the selfish motive to reform.
The piece notes travelers fear water more than wine or brandy, claiming Europeans warn Americans that European water is dangerous and Americans must drink strong beverages to cope. It contrasts New England’s water with western or southern peril, suggesting water fear shapes travel choices and safety concerns.
A long, garbled passage quotes a soda fountain proprietor arguing that drinks with wine and liquor are not legally restricted when their alcoholic strength falls below forty percent. The text cites misleading mixtures and patent drinks, referencing public sales and inspector absence, and ends with a dubious claim that a bar in Europe is the most intemperate.
A modern poet argues power grows when deeds align with duty rather than self praise. The piece urges humble, self-forgetful service over vainglory, citing Biblical insight that God resists the proud and lifts the humble. It ends urging readers to strive toward a higher calling in Christ, per Professor George Marsis in Watchman.
A fragmentary obituary and hymn passage describes a mother’s hymnals and a churchly farewell. The text mentions sacred songs and a deceased woman linked to spiritual imagery, with lines recalling Immanuel’s veins and the dawn of morning light. The source framing suggests a religious obituary note from the Loston Transcript.
Aowon, engaged in missionary work among Chicago’s poor, encounters a starving woman with a child in a sanitised hallway scene. The family, from Knighted to America, faced ruin after the husband’s illness and the wife exhausting savings to nurse him, with no attendants or work. The lace-maker, learned in an older mission, learns skills to support herself and aid others despite hardships.
An 19th century account credits Miss Carter for extending efforts to reservations, where a Chicago lace-maker’s hardship sparked broader educational initiatives for Indian women. The tale portrays small acts of kindness as enabling a vast moral economy, suggesting unknown future progress only Omniscience can know.
A mosaic of moral reflections on influence in friendship, charity, and self-improvement. Quotations from Wayland, Presbyterian, and Christian Inquirer urge humility, skill, faithful practice, and steady effort to live by faith and improve daily beyond mere belief.
A collection of sharp religious maxims and exhortations on prayer, sin, charity, and moral living. It critiques hesitation, praises work of God, warns against ungodly influence, and urges compassionate action while condemning vice. Notes on heaven, hell, and repentance punctuate the island of eternity imagery.
The United Mine Workers, led by John McBride, forms a unique union system combining Knights of Labor assemblies and trade unions under one executive. McBride, born in Wayne county Ohio in 1854, rose from Stark county mines to presidency, state office, and near top of the National Federation of Labor, shaping labor action since 1883.
Supreme Court of California declares Florence Laytie Hincaley rightful heir to Thomas H. Blythe, securing an estate valued at about 4 million dollars. The fortune includes substantial San Francisco real estate and vast lands in southern California, New Mexico, and Arizona, with a historic battle beginning in 1886.
A legal dispute centers on Florence Blythe claiming to be the natural daughter of Blythe and his heiress. Evidence shows Blythe once used the name Williams, born in Wales, left Kiomte at 16, and died in San Francisco in 1883 with no will. In 1873 in London he fathered Florence with Julia Perry, then 20, while he was 60. Julia later married Ashcroft. Florence was sent to San Francisco after Blythe’s death. Florence’s resemblances to Blythe swayed friends to back her claim. Miss Blythe married in 1892 to Frederick M. Hinckley of San Francisco. they live in Oakland with a countryside home at San Rafael.
Advertises heavily discounted tea and coffee products with prices per pound, claims direct-from-importer savings, and notes market disruption due to Brazil war. Lists many tea varieties, coffees, canned goods, oils, and tobaccos with assorted prices and promotions. Mentions shifting consumer preference to tea for economy and notes ongoing tea trade growth.
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