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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
5
An advertisement asserts Royal Baking Powder is purest and strongest with no alum or ammonia, claiming it makes the best and most wholesome food. The copy lists the Royal Baking Powder Company at 100 William Street, New York.
Indianapolis grocers report no sales advantage from red labels on canned fruit coffee and meats. Traders credit advertising and product merit rather than label color with a few preferring pale blue labels while many customers ignore red branding. Residents along Indiana Avenue echo mixed results citing name appeal and color indifference.
A dreary Easter tale unfolds in the home of Jack Adair where a dream reveals his youthful love Kittie. His gray mother guides him to forgive, then the vision ends as Jack awakens beside his wife, realizing Kittie has been dead for years.
The North Indiana M E conference announces appointments for Kokomo district with H N Herrick as presiding elder and lists pastors and supply assignments to Alto Arcadia Atlanta Boxley Center Cicero Converse Elwood Forest Galveston Goldsmith Greentown Jolietville Kempton Kokomo Grace church Logansport Market, Wheatland, New Britton New Waverly and others.
Charles E B Shover sold James H Hooker the Ohio street property near New Jersey, including a warehouse, for 240000. A large southeastern city mass meeting at Prospect street engine-house condemned the plan for natural gas meters and upheld current rates with several speeches. Words 9 13 and 4 endorsed the resolutions.
James Bradbury of 520 North Liberty Street removed two portable letters from a sign outside David Schneider’s tailor shop on Massachusetts Avenue. He claims it was a joke. Police seek Etta Belle Swing of Atlanta, whose supposed kidnapper is in custody in Atlanta and not revealing the girl’s location. The girl left her father’s home Saturday to visit her grandmother in Arcadia but has not arrived.
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt, elected lieutenant in the New York National Guard, dedicates himself to military life. He channels his energy into the unit, inspiring remarkable enthusiasm as his company trains, including a recent sham battle during which a The Sun snapshot captures his leadership in a double-quick drill.
A long list notes names of pastors and supply assignments across multiple Indiana towns and cities including Muncie Richmond Albany Anderson Hartford City Pendleton Redkey Selma Upland Spiceland Winchester and more. It records presiding elders G H Hill and C A Wade and other church personnel assignments without narrative context.
A collage of brief, era flavored items from Indiana: a farmer complains merchants shun butter and eggs after favoring Chicago suppliers. a church plate incident hints at promised musical "second fiddle" in Satan's orchestra. mischief around a boot yoke and a garrett house firm. Jamestown grows with a boss show May 10. a colored woman is accused of age misrepresentation and a man is acquitted. a Madison resident crosses the river and loses a beer to a Kentuckian's stray bullet. Frank Robinson is arrested for forging checks for H Lieber Co and selling Capitol residence pictures.
Supt Lowry leads a three week probe at the City dispensary uncovering 33 well to do patients who use the aid, while volunteers monitor first visits and use follow up to decide need. Officials vow no leniency as calls from well off callers decline.
Ex mayor Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis and deputy prosecutor Harvey were assaulted after leaving a town board meeting at French Lick. Taggart had earlier ordered troublemakers away from his hotel. A suspect was fined $25. Frederick Corkin, a Fort Sheridan artillery member, was arrested as a deserter after stepping from a Monon freight train.
Traffic officials from eastern and western roads warn that a beef and provisions corner is developing in Chicago. They note export volumes have fallen sharply, with some estimating a 75 percent drop in the last ten days, while prices stay high and warehouses heap up surplus stocks.
In South Irvington a Board of Children's Guardians home tutors ill treated or homeless kids. The day school ages 9 to 10 tackles long division while outdoor play and early spring wild flower hunts brighten days. Matron Mrs. Taylor has led four years. the home changes as children find private families. Parents may visit only on days other than Sunday to avoid stirring memories.
An 19th century advertisement urges readers who feel scrofulous or dyspeptic and suffer rheumatic kidney debility to take Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy. It frames the tonic as a general strength and health booster.
Mayor Moores matrimonial bureau gains attention after a Cleveland statistical bureau note on regional imbalances. He will receive names and photographs of Western men to match with eligible Western women, aiming to pair couples through the scheme.
A 22 year old Neligh woman writes that continued pursuit of marriage would ruin a political career, claiming there are not enough men in Nebraska. In Bridgeport, Harry Denom and Albert Barcus, aged 21 and 4 5, drowned when their boat capsized in the Ohio River near Clintonville on Tuesday evening.
An ad touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy for burns cuts sprains and accidents claiming instant relief and reduced bodily pain for household injuries. The copy markets the product as a universal first aid solution.
Classified note claims busy print service and sale terms for a wide advertising network. It mentions miscellaneous collection and a three day window with a 25 cent unit price, urging readers to act quickly.
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