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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
2
A health note on summer dangers from spoiled food and pests. It warns that heat accelerates fermentation in milk meat and waste, leading to illness from cholera infantum to dysentery. The piece promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe remedy and offers free samples upon request.
In a health advice tone the piece likens body parts to a struck labor system and touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a remedy to restart the liver and bowels. It promises improved digestion breath and bowel tone and claims guaranteed results with purchases by mail or at drug stores.
A Wing primary ballot on August 26 lists Moore and Maguire for mayor with other city offices filled by numerous candidates. Reported manipulation claims surround order of names, with Little named as machine candidate despite opposition to Taggart, and certificates by Lee and Gauss withdrawn under contested rules.
Annie Noyes 250 pounds blocked main railroad yard track for an hour and a half provoking a standoff with trainmen and police. Bridget Sullivan disrupted rubber shop work by throwing missiles and fighting deputies before surrendering to authorities.
Early Saturday a fire destroyed a three story frame dwelling under construction on Smith street near Missouri Street and damaged a barn at 1216 N Missouri street. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars. Neighbors blame possible arson tied to stolen tools. Deputy warden Mirk pursues man named Mahoney aboard a houseboat as a 350 foot seine is found.
A reported interview from Skibo Castle features Andrew Carnegie lamenting age and illness. The piece promotes Cascarets as a cure for dyspepsia and sluggish bowels, claiming dramatic health improvements and renewed vitality.
A promotional piece extols Cascarets and No-To-Bac as top remedies for digestion and liver support. It notes five years since first box, last year sales, asks readers to try them, warns against counterfeits, and directs readers to Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
Justice Wing of the United States Circuit Court in Cleveland has issued a decree restraining Govey from using Cascarets Candy Cathartic branding across boxes labels and advertisements. The Sterling Remedy Co vows to defend its rights and offers a $100 reward for evidence leading to conviction of counterfeiters or dealers attempting imitation of Cascarets.
A letter from C H Heitz praises Cascarets as a cure for piles and urges readers to try them. The endorsement claims improvements in digestion and circulation and notes the product is sold by all druggists with a price range of 10c to 50c, plus mail options from Sterling Remedy Company.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for perfect health with a lively liver clean skin and bright eyes. It promises genuine tablets stamped C C C never sold in bulk and available from all druggists for 10 cents.
Washington Aug 10 The Past charges the navy with letting the cruiser Columbia become virtually useless as a receiving ship and wasting nearly five million dollars in property. The Post says no inquiry is under way though Congress may investigate.
A council committee heard a clash between forty four residents backing block paving and two favoring asphalt for West Street between North and Fourteenth streets. Allegations surfaced about petition cirulation and motives of Allen Gaylor who promoted asphalt while earlier opposing it. The session included testimony from city officials and admitted tensions as the committee considered bids and potential motives.
An editorial style ad extols maternal care to prevent constipation in children. It condemns harsh medicines and promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a gentle vegetable laxative for both mother and baby, claiming benefits for liver, stomach, and bowels with affordable prices and mail order options.
Advertises Cascarets as the greatest liver and bowel medicine worldwide with over six million boxes sold annually. Offers money back guarantee after a fair trial and notes low prices of 10c 2c and 1c per box. Claims no waste and one box equals a month of treatment.
Spiegel declares for black when hearing ends. Moriarity reportedly supported him while Evans and Munro back asphalt. Two committee reports anticipated. Harold Megrew absent as usual. Frontage petitions show block owners at 1.46 feet versus asphalt signers about half that. Additional petition filed by nonresident owners owning 91T feet. Report to go to council Monday night.
German Frauds trace back to Gerhard Terlinden once a leading Oberhausen merchant. He duped investors by duplicating a stock issue and collecting 375000 on fake certificates. Detected across Europe and the U S, he was captured in Milwaukee after fleeing through several cities. He is jailed awaiting further action.
London reports England plans a countervailing duty on foreign sugar if Europe does not abolish the bounty. A push to raise domestic sugar production signals a shift away from free trade. A nearby note lists Lizzie Day seeking arrest of Della Lock over a missing meal.
Mr. Dungan the prohibition mayoral candidate and his wife left for Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin for a three week stay. Earlier Reverend Sidney Bennett from Anderson began a saloon crusade but faced a divorce suit. now divorced he resumes anti saloon activity with renewed vigor.
Buffalo journal letters claim Cascarets Candy Cathartic cured a paraplegic after four years in a wheelchair and aided another patient who shed over 100 pounds after a severe bowel operation. Names George W. Herniman and Mrs George W Sharp are cited with hometowns Buffalo New York and Washington Kansas respectively.
An old advertisement links liver sluggishness to sour stomach and a troubled mind. It claims summer dyspepsia causes irritability and even insanity if untreated. Promoting Cascarets Candy Cathartic, it promises liver and bowel relief and urges readers to buy, mail away, or request a free sample from Sterling Remedy Company.
An article warns of seventy five microbes in the mouth and gut and links overheat digestion to disease. It promotes Cascaret Candy Cathartic as a germ killer that cleanses the liver and bowels and improves health, with price and mail order details.
The Sterling Remedy Company cites six million boxes sold last year as letters from users nation wide praise Cascarets as a pleasant effective laxative. Testimonials cite relief from headache constipation biliousness and malaria with endorsements from Mrs M Gabler Albert B Burt Mrs C W Durrant and others across Chicago Andover Buffalo Meadvine Frugality Maud Rich Valley Knightstown Allegan Wellwood and more.
Readable parts name voters and candidates such as Maguire Moore Kern Hawkins Moore Maguire Helltzman Marott Hamlin Brown Harris Grossart Malott Scanlon Talbert Bell Steffin Zap and others. The fragmentary list hints at a Friday night ballot with many stricken names and unclear results.
Subject to the outcome of the democratic city primaries, with details on party candidates and upcoming voting dates to be determined.
Millionaire J P Morgan arrived aboard the yacht Corsair at Bar Harbor Maine on a Friday drawing a large crowd. President McKinley visited a Canton area farm on Saturday had dinner with Farmer Jack Adams and family and discussed building plans for a new house.
Aug 16 Edward Crossley Ella Crossley 718 Fort Wayne Ave girl Dr Wood ward Aug 2 Lucius Mendenhall Rose Mendenhall 193 St Joe St girl Dr Cole Aug 14 Thomas Culley Luella Culley 2503 E Pratt St girl Dr Fisk Aug 16 Frank Geis Gertrude Geis 322 Stevens St boy Dr Moore Aug 16 Filmon Jacobs Vernia Jacobs 1326 W Washington St boy Dr Beall Aug 10 George Stucker 1125 Union St girl Dr Wagner Aug M Peter Shuchler Bluff Ave boy Dr Schneider Aug 13 Martin Murphy Delia Murphy 11 N California St bor Dr Wagner July 31 B A Sweetman Hug College Ave bor Dr Dodds Aug 17 Bridget Barton 65 S18 Chadwick St tuberculosis Dr Schneider Aug 13 Louise Belek SJ 915 Sanders St old age Dr Jeffries Aug 15 Minnie Brady 25 816 Orient St acute catarrh of respiratory organs Dr Hinshaw Aug 15 Caroline Brooking 38 1520 Bellefontaine St cerebral hemorrhage Lester Evans 50 684 Warren Ave meningitis Dr Hollingsworths wa s Mary Brown 58 7 Union St tuberculosis Dr Hudges Gertrude Lt Clifton 33 1155 Kentucky Ave malignant rectal disease Dr Dugap Mary Hennessey 69 L120 Union St apoplexy Dr Durham
Martin F. Dryer at 1546 Blaineave builds a frame barn for 100 dollars. Alexander at Arizona street files for a nean Pogue's run shed valued at 200 dollars. S FoutTa TM at corner Annette and Thirtieth streets plans a frame house for 1500 dollars. Elizabeth H. French at 260 W Thirtieth street begins a frame house costing 2000 dollars. Viola M. Baxter at 1601 Olive street requests repairs for 50 dollars. G N Morton at 934 S N California street adds a 75 dollar addition. Mrs M M Defrees on Talbott avenue between Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets proposes a frame house for 5000 dollars.
At Sandusky on August 17 Gov Nash will review allegations that Commandant Anderson forced veterans to push a lawn mower during heat. One veteran may be dead and another hospitalized. Also noted, Harry Caplan of East Chicago seeks bankruptcy with assets $593.50 and debts $2,535.56.
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