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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1901
Page
15
Mr Bowser faces a comic health scare as he plans to cure his 15 ailments by riding a bicycle left by a neighbor. Mrs Bowser doubts the plan while the doctor’s verdict hangs over the scene in the dining room.
An elderly couple argues over a bicycle lesson as Mr Bowser attempts a curbside mount. A chaotic tumble ends with a heap of cyclists and a battered rider, while Mrs Bowser and onlookers react. A week later Bowser hints at legal matters and the postal director of Doubs bans alcohol for letter carriers on duty.
Benjamin Broad describes rescuing a child named Tommy Tirrel from a burning schoolhouse after spotting danger from a ventilator hole. He and fellow boys used a plank and holes in the siding to reach the child as flames rose. The crowd cheered and his father celebrated. Tommy’s family later left town.
A Sydney physicians group releases a medical declaration arguing that total abstinence from alcohol is compatible with health, that moderate use can still cause disease, and that doctors should neither prescribe nor encourage alcohol without clear responsibility and fixed limits.
Massachusetts shows a split in saloon availability with 15 cities and 254 towns without saloons. The English Wesleyan Methodists report large temperance groups and Building Society activity. liquor interests pushed 21 bills at the last legislature but faced defeats. Tempers in Massachusetts remain vigilant and united.
A court case loomed large as a lawsuit reached a decision at six pm. On returning home the narrator and the presiding judge were warned by a man that the losing party might shoot at the judge through a window that night. The judge replied calmly and they continued on.
Albert Heller of 1114 Farnham St Omaha reports strong relief from Krause's Headache Capsules after trying many remedies. Price 25c, sold by Dreier & Bro at Calhoun and Columbia. also noting a Kansas headline about potatoes worth more than peaches or apples.
The piece surveys oriental book openings with long praise of creators, prophets, and patrons, then the author’s motive and the claim of reader benefits. It cites the Mahabharata, Nala and Damayanti, and notes a London underground claim about electric tunnel trains averaging 200 tons with a 13 minute 14 second trip from Finchley Park line.
A noisy OCR fragment shows vague times like 2 20 pm 8 40 am and mentions miscellaneous codes or identifiers without clear event names or locations. No readable persons organizations or places are determined from the text.
Lichty s Celery Nerve Compound advertised as a valuable specific for female complaints and diseases arising from an impure state of the blood. Sold by Dreier and Bro at the corner of Calhoun and Columbia streets.
A dense catalog of tea sugar coffee canned goods dried fruits and various fabrics and carpets with prices for items like Young Hyson tea Rio Coffee California Green Gages dried figs and several window shades. The list covers groceries dry goods oils wines cigars carpets and rugs with price points and bulk options.
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