Lonely mother waits for return of missing son Harry Ridell
Daisy Mary Ridell, living in a squalid room on the west bank of a canal, awaits her 16 year old son Harry who vanished on June 8 after an outing with friends. She feared police involvement would send him to the workhouse, noting he recently loitered near the show grounds and may have spent money on drink. Neighbors describe him as a good-hearted boy. the family and friends hope The Sun can help locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiost
Daisy Mary Ridell
Harry
Missouri
Larkin
Missouri St
Hary
Four Presidents Housed In New Albany Old Hotel
In New Albany Indiana 84 year old John McIntosh owner of the Commercial hotel plans retirement as his wife nears blindness The 1832 building has hosted four presidents Andrew Jackson Zachary Taylor William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison Henry Clay also visited when a presidential candidate The hotel birthplace of Florence Maybrick and remains largely unchanged a two story frame at West First and Main Streets with period furnishings.
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New Albany
Ind
John McIntosh
Commercial
Indiana
United States
Andrew Jackson
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Henry Clay
McIntosh
Florence Maybrick
W. First and Mainsts
Emancipation Era Love Struggle Ends Beside the Vistula
In Tsarist Russia before emancipation, Liza, a girl owned by Count and Countess Gedeonovsky, loves Pan shine who offers 6000 rubles for marriage. Pan shine schemes with Mikhalevich to seize Liza, fleeing toward the Prussian border as the Count trails them. Bridges burn to delay pursuit. at the border Liza and Pan shine embrace in Germany while the Count confronts defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Gedeonovsky
Liza
Ivan Panshine
Count Gedeonovisky
Panshine
Mikhalevich
Rusia
America
Lize
Drosky
Vistula
Warsaw
Germany
Ivan
Lawson Seven Mast Schooner Makes Record Behemoth
The seven mast schooner Thomas W Lawson, built at Quincy Massachusetts and named for its owner, is designed to carry 8,000 tons of coal or freight. The vessel proves there is no limit to mast count in schooners. The launch featured its captain and the woman who launched it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Lawson
Quincy
Mass
Lawson
The Difference In The Way That People Dress Chickens
A vivid contrast contrasts a picky Indianapolis woman who freezes and scalds a chicken before plucking with the swift methods used by local poultry workers. Three men work quickly, stripping feathers and gutting a Sunday dinner fowl in about a minute while one butcher jokes about the pace. Shine Stanley, a local boxer, notes the higher pay in chicken preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
SUN
Stanley
Boy Gave Her Nearly Everything But Corns
Marie Benbe a professional governess sues Harold Hartshorne ten years old for 50000 damages alleging assault by kicking and beating a year ago resulting in hysteria paralysis and various pains and distress she claims permanently hinders her ability to work.
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New York
Marie Benbe
Harold Hartshorne
Joseph M. Hartshorne
Anastasia
Injunctions curb oats margin payments in Chicago
Judge Chetlain issued injunctions restraining Bank of Montreal and two commission firms from paying Board of Trade margins on oats. Complainants Waiteh Hoburn & Co and R Pratt & Buckley allege Gates crowd manipulated prices to 64 cents, refused delivery, and forced settlements, with margins funded by the Bank of Montreal awaiting President Warren's order. A temporary writ was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chetlain
Bank of Montreal
Commission
Board of Trade
Waiteh, Hoburn & Co
R. Pratt & Buckley
John W. Gates
Gates
Warren
Convincing Proof Mixes Philosopher and Kidney Cure Tale
A citizen asserts a reasoning error in a public claim while praising Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Hunt of 1541 Bates St. testifies to kidney pain relief after using the pills bought from Henry J. Huder's drug store. The ad notes a 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as the supplier.
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Sir Isaac
Dean
Carpenter
W. M. Hunt
Bates St
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Nu. Y
League to curb flirtations in Highstown streets
New York reports a movement forming in Highstown New Jersey to stop street flirtations at night Mayor Norton questions the plan and challenges accusers while an ordinance to regulate poolrooms faces a veto threat. The group aims to enforce Sunday closing and bar gay comments by men lingering near passersby.
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New York
Highstown
N. J
League
Norton
Showmen’s loyalty and pay reveal hidden circus lives
Collier’s Weekly article notes show people are not homeless driftwood but steady families. It describes crews like canvassers and billposters earning 20 to 60 dollars monthly, with half paid on payday. It highlights loyalty to the show, urban routes, pseudonyms, and rare dishonesty incidents in 20 years of travel.
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Collier's Weekly
Peter Sells
Adam Forepaugh
Deen
Noah
Calliope Jack
Portland
Oregon
Chicago
Pinkerton
Windy City
Rough on Rats and Roaches Ad Claims Exterminator Potent
An old advertisement touts Rough on Rats and Roaches as a thorough exterminator for rats mice roaches and bed bugs. It promotes products including Well Hart Tone shampoo and Wells Hair Balsam with claims of relief color restoration and cooling effects. It warns against imitations and notes the products available in 15c 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
Ladies who sew or housework LEavRELLE Or Bare delight
A brief note presents LEavRELLE Or Bare as a quick acting care for skin and roughness, marketed to women who sew or perform housework. It promises instant softness and rapid drying with practical, everyday use.
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Sue
Winter paths for circus folk and trained animals
The article notes circus performers move to vaudeville or travel abroad in winter while the main show stays in Columbus, Ohio, on a 400 acre farm. It details daily rehearsals for trained animals and recounts an attempted training method where elephants were tipped to stand on their heads using a crane and a trainer’s commands.
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West Indies
South America
Columbus
Vachydern
Hoosierisms and oddities from a rural column
A Jackson township man objected to his wife traveling with another woman to Wallace and attacked her, pinning her and carrying her inside. A Huntingburg officer patrols excursion trains, arresting gamblers and collecting stakes. Mrs. Leah Stamm grows lemons in Hagerstown from Florida seed. Fred Loman, a Clay City barber, handed a good luck dollar.
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Huntingburg
Leah Stamm
Hagerstown
Fred Loman
Clay City
Notices of liquor licenses and pool privileges in Marion county
David C. Rankin gives notice to voters in Seventh ward Center township Indiana that he will apply at the September term 1992 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons with drinking on premises at 23 N Alabama St Indianapolis and to grant pool table privileges. He also gives notice to Hight ward Center township Indiana that he will apply at September term 1902 for a license to sell various intoxicants in less than five gallons with drinking on premises at 33 E Washington St Indianapolis and requests restaurant and pool table privileges.
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Seventh Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
Alabama St
Square 69
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hight
Marion Counts
Board of County Commissioners
Washington-st
Hamilton Ave
Johnson & Hogshire
E. Washington-st
E. Washington St
Salixoom
David C. Rankim
State of Indiana
Wabash
Twelfth Ward
Morris St
Morris and
Harding-sts
Clark
Meriin County
Rudolph Zolvfman
Bilakest
Harris
Outlet 157
Blake St
Julius Grav
Tenth Ward
Washington St
Mannerchor
Center
E. Washington Sr
Prive Sleges
Robert Forestel
Third Ward
State of
Tenth St
Ketcham & Smith
James P. Drake
Tenth-st
John Winkeelhaus
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Pan
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Mar
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Panama
Colombia
Chamberberlain
Chas. H. Utter
Chamberlain
J. Helen Watsip
Marie
Harold
Sir Isaac Newton
IRS
Rouen
Rover
Pacs
Ashincton
Madras
Seaisland
Geome
Simplex
Pennsylvania
North
Hal
Music House
John Fruits
Jackson Township
Fountain County
Wallace
E. H. Ludwig
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