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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1901
Page
22
A vivid Civil War memory describes panic sweeping Union lines at Bull Run and a Confederate surprise at Cedar Creek. The author recalls a thousand-strong retreat from Centerville to Washington, the moblike flight, and later the Confederate raid that led to a swift Union counteroffensive.
Mrs. Midliff recalls a New York World comment about a man arrested an hour after his wedding and sent to prison for ten years. She notes the law does not force him to take his wife along, prompting a debate on justice and consequences.
A fifty word advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It pledges a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and cites testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with hall's pills recommended as well.
Dr N S Davis argues that public health and morals hinge on alcohol regulation not politics. He asserts alcohol is a poisonous substance and calls for placing all drinks containing two percent or more alcohol under strict state controls with police and health authority support. He links liquor to crime tuberculosis and degeneration.
A Beaverton Michigan hotel owner’s drunken spree ends in a triple murder and injuries to family, followed by a manhunt and jail. The piece links saloon violence to liquor and contrasts poison ivy with alcohol, urging extermination of the vine and warning against regulation.
A collection of quotes argues alcohol’s vast impact on society and physiology. It notes Dr. Adolf Fick and Dr. Ridge discussing alcohol’s absorption and oxidation, then critiques sensationalism and urges acceptance of scientific truth. It highlights the New York clinical medicine effort to study spirit and drug psychoses and the need for specialized instruction.
The Christian home for intemperate men in New York celebrates twenty four years of service. In 24 years it cared for 7000 men with about half now living sober honorable lives. A larger home is to be built at Mount Vernon.
Last year 500 million feet of lumber were exported from the Pacific coast and 300 million feet sent east by rail. What this implies for regional trade, transportation capacity, and market demand across coastal and inland routes remains under analysis by industry observers.
Pearce Bailey argues that alcohol is a major factor in acquired degeneration and comments on the link between drunkenness and offspring feeble-mindedness. He cites cases where alcohol beneath the shell causes developmental defects and notes epilepsy chorea and bad habits as common legacies, urging caution in attributing idiocy solely to alcohol.
A long price catalog listing teas coffees sugars spices dried fruits canned fish wines oils and carpeting from 1901. It includes specific prices for green teas red sugars evaporated apples California fruits nuts and raisins, smoked and canned fish, syrups, maple products, oils and linseed products, wines and beverages, cigars, window shades and carpets with varied per unit prices and bulk quantities. It also notes reductions on coffee and tea prices and emphasizes direct-from-manufacturer savings and loose grain purchases.
Fragmentary timetable listings show connections between Valparaiso Chicago Crestline Lima Pittsburgh New York and Washington with varied departure and arrival times early morning and late night. The readable items include multiple pairings and rough schedules reflecting travel across Illinois Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania during the era.
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