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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1901
Page
17
The Arizona Kicker reports Mr. Wharton of Chicago was shot in Grass Valley after reaching for a handkerchief in his pistol pocket during a tariff debate. The piece mocks local custom and warns strangers to adapt or face danger.
The article praises Coroner Stevens for rapid service in a series of duties. He rode 12 miles, empaneled a jury, and secured a verdict in three hours, faster than his predecessor. He produced a 50 minute report on a lynching at Big Four Rancho, with crisp, accurate findings.
The article highlights Forest Park as St. Louis’s central, accessible exposition site. It notes its status as the western terminus for crosstown lines, proximity of five steam railways, and large natural areas watered by a river.
Sergeant Milton and five soldiers fortify camp on Pine Mountain to lay five miles of telegraph poles. A ten‑man Indian party led by Little Bear confronts them. Brisbane is captured and killed in a trap set by a collapsing hillside. Indians suffer casualties. peace endures for the season.
A pocket cold cure claims to cure cold in the head throat chest or any part of the body within 24 hours without stopping work. Sold by Dreier and Bro at the corner of Calhoun and Columbia streets. The ad notes Paris cabmen may not smoke while driving.
A fragment from a 19th century essay contrasts a child’s sharp wit with a transformative pledge by a father to abstain from liquor and tobacco. It cites Samuel Harker and Edward Everett Tate, then discusses life insurance costs tied to death rates and the potential survival benefit for total abstainers, noting English data on abstainers vs drinkers.
A major life insurer will segregate total abstainers into a separate class for applicants, hoping lower death rates among teetotalers reduce costs. The move parallels an English trial and follows a petition signed by Senator Frye of Maine.
The Rockland Massachusetts vote on licensed electric car service causes patronage decline as women are urged to avoid such transport. In Austria temperance practice features beer ban reminders. Chicago hosts the Christian Builders union with rules on membership, conduct, and saloon-related property use.
Pomona College in Claremont California offered two prizes this year of five and ten dollars for the best temperance orations. Four freshmen competed with James D Culbertson of San Bernardino taking first prize on Neal Dow. Merrill Boynton of Los Angeles won second with Temperance A Vice or a Disease. Two prizes are offered next year.
Price list detailing reductions on sugars teas coffees and various groceries including dried fruits canned fish oils wines cigars and carpets. Items cover California fruits raisins prunes currants molasses maple syrup linseed and machine oils with broad notes on quality and bulk purchase savings.
A Christian Work essay argues that government prohibition protects public health and virtue. It laments widespread rum use, treats alcohol as a core social ill, and calls on citizens to act promptly to curb temperance harms. The piece cites William G Waeselwarth and urges reform for society’s sake.
Maj. Wilton recounts a Cincinnati incident to Chicago about a nine year old boy who drank alcohol via a beer card game. A teacher later heard how men in Cincinnati prize liquor with brass checks given to boys at the baseball ground. Four brass checks with saloon names were handed in by eager pupils.
The St. Vincent de Paul society plans a fall opening a reformatorium for nonhabitual female offenders in New York City. The program will operate via the police courts with a prerelease visit by agents to place offenders in supervised work before securing placements. The note comes from Union Signal. A Maine schooner christening used pinks and roses, a break from champagne tradition, in a prohibition state. The Newberry library in Chicago acquires the linguistic library of Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte.
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