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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
7
The article argues hypnotism has substantial medical and scientific value beyond a joke. It cites anesthetic uses in surgery, rapid healing, and the ability to relieve many nervous disorders and addictive habits. It describes demonstrations of pain creation, blood flow, and catalepsy, and notes potential for distant influence and hypno lethargy for courtroom applications.
In Syracuse on April 4 Mrs Ellen Richter mother of Private Edward Richter who died in the Philippines in what reports say were torments as punishment by a superior officer is in a serious condition. She has not eaten or slept since learning the news, and her death is feared. Edward was her only son, she is a widow with two daughters. Congressman Driscoll will press the matter after visiting the War Department and Adjutant General Corbin promised a special report on the circumstances.
In Will Never Know Washington April 4 at Gar field hospital doctors say Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis modiste who was mysteriously assaulted months ago will never regain senses. Doctors fear she may live for years but cannot identify her attacker. Police regard case as still a mystery. Doctors advise continuing treatment.
The London report notes strong demand for the Coronation book of beauty with an deluxe edition at ten guineas bound in creamy vellum and a five guineas cheaper version in gray binding. It promises color plates from Beauties of the court and features portraits by Lenbach, Sir William Richmond, and others, with literary contributions from Kipling and Carmen Sylva among a long list of notable names.
North bound Adirondack division train 655 derailment at Woods Lake in Herkimer county injures many immigrants aboard. Engine and cars derailed, extra train, no fatalities reported though injuries confirmed. Superintendent Harrington dispatched to scene from Adirondack division offices.
In Cleveland on April 4 Sheriff Barry released Mrs. Mary Figula from county jail with funds for essentials after an appeal by Attorney Bert Granger to Prosecutor Keeler. Detained for allegedly stealing a diamond ring, her baby died at Central Station during confinement. She cried aloud for release to recover her child’s clothes sold to a ragpicker as grief overwhelmed her.
Little Willie Barrickson, son of a Middletown teamster, survived an attempted kidnapping when abductors took him from behind into a covered wagon. Believing the family wealthy, they released him three miles from home after learning he was poor. The boy, uninjured, trekked back home with his mother and father later. A bottle of Thomas Eclectric Oil is praised for quick relief of burns and minor injuries.
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