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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1899
Page
13
Letters from Mrs. Wa V Bell of Canton Ohio and Mrs A ToLe of Philadelphia describe severe health struggles including backache fainting spells and falling of the womb. Both credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and vitality after months of illness and weight loss.
Toledo and Cleveland firms petition in the Rudolph Steger matter. United States court action alleges Steger owes $15,000 with $742 claimed by petitioners and insolvency proven by a four month prior general assignment, conveyance to his wife, and a creditor mortgage. a receiver in Allen county holds his property. Attorney Owen N. Heaton for petitioners.
The Lutheran conference at Emanuel Lutheran church opened with a devotional. Prof. G. Schick analyzed First Timothy showing women held office but not as preachers and stressed checks on pastor misconduct. Rev. Schuelke spoke on the Holy Ghost and conversion. Proceedings continued with papers on benevolent societies and charitable work. Ex-Mayor Emmick discussed politics in Toledo and Cincinnati, noting Mayor Jones’ candidacy could affect McLean’s governorship.
A Bucharest dispatch reports the sultan drowned several harem ladies in the Bosphorus who were suspected of aiding the Young Turkish party.
Advert says Dr King s New Life Pills cure sick and nervous headaches by cleansing blood and strengthening nerves. Claims easy use and health boost. Price 25 cents with money back guarantee not offered if not cured. Sold by Dreier Bros druggists.
The lesson centers on Ezra leading 1800 exiles in Artaxerxes seventh year to Jerusalem to safeguard the people and the temple. It highlights fasting and prayer for God’s guidance, weight of offerings, holiness of priests, and God’s deliverance, concluding with arrival and sacrifices for Israel.
The poem extols many apple varieties and their uses from sour to sweet and ripe. It links cider to wedding and funeral customs, praising its qualities yet warning of trouble when it flows too freely. The speaker notes apples invite eating while cider can trip one’s feet and stir consequences.
Farmer Drew contemplates a surplus of cider apples and a choice between selling to Peters' cider mill for fifteen dollars or feeding the fruit to cattle. Family members debate economic need, moral costs of liquor, and Willie Stone's distress linked to a distillery's impact on a neighbor. Grace applauds the stand against liquor.
Farmer Drew and his family discuss saving scraps and making do with old sleds and peels. Charlie and Trueman propose a double-ripper craft to help, while Paul sacrifices peanuts. The talk inspires better care for neighbors and aids Mr Stone’s family, turning hardship into communal support.
A year after Troche, condemned to death for murder, wrote a last will blaming whisky for his rise. He cites a drunken father dying in a snowstorm and a life of increasing drinking after leaving school, noting dads’ harmful examples and his own decline in work and discipline.
A former inmate describes years of drink fueled crime and abuse culminating in the murder of his wife. He rejects whisky, urges friends to quit, and warns others to cast away the bottle before it is too late.
The article notes Canada military camps ban intoxicating liquor sales. It reports Topeka adopts a liquor search and seize ordinance. It also mentions a Bulgarian edition of Woolley’s Seed for reform work and a church tea saloon in Atlantic City. A Ceylon whisky campaign uses parachute samples and a Marinette count shows liquor density changes.
Readable ad shows Mamily White Fish priced at 4 barrels or 1.10 dollars for fancy white fish 50 cent kit No 1 White Fish at 1.00 Mackerel kit 1.25 Labrador Herring 2 cents each plus machine oil bright per gallon Linseed oil boiled 50 cents per gallon Linseed oil raw 50 cents per gallon Lard oil No 1 zero cents per gallon
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