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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
2
An article argues headaches stem from catarrh of head and throat with frontal pain, back of eyes, and stomach or liver illness as possible causes. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are promoted as an effective internal remedy with antiseptics, claimed to erase catarrhal poison from the body.
At Ful ton iron works on the steamer Prog résso workmen convert coal to oil burners when a tank exploded killing twelve and injuring twenty. The incident caused an estimated financial loss of £290,090. The dead include assistants engineers Sparks Rex Glenn Dewe Cayatt Gallagher Maguire Nelson Mc Gregor Strand Small Ashton.
Philadelphia reports Howard T. Goodwin treasurer of Cassatt & Co. bankers and brokers found with a bullet wound in his head in his Arcade building office. He died by suicide. motive not established. Cincinnati reports end of the big brewery workers lockout after a nine month dispute. Brewers to rehire 240 locked out workers within 60 days. nine hour workday. wages unchanged.
A New York man describes severe dyspepsia headaches and vertigo after meals and credits Postum Coffee substitute with restoring health. He recalls years of stomach trouble and reliance on medicines before switching to Postum. he says biliousness and tremors disappeared and he regained vigor. The testimonial notes origin in Battle Creek Michigan.
The Sun reports a missing ballot box and tally sheets from the 1899 city election, with Mrs. Mattie Canada saying the box was secreted at her home on North New Jersey Street for months. Police say the box was a ballot box containing tally sheets from wards four six and seven, while Democrats claim it held inkstands and books.
Toledo’s Col William Heckert announces the trimoheater, a multi purpose device that heats in winter cools in summer refrigerates stores electricity and may power locomotion. He cites nine tenths heat utilization versus current motors and mentions approval by Capt Sigsbee and Commander Melville.
A San Francisco dispatch reports Bob Hemingway has been barred from the race track after the death of Carlotta Campiglio, also known as Miss Campiglio, formerly of Indianapolis. Her Coney Island fame in 1901 and later roaming life through Chicago Hot Springs and Cincinnati is recounted with emphasis on her allure and associations.
A Belcher Louisiana telegram reports a levee break ten miles above Shreveport at 8:30 p m. Wednesday. Initial width 60 feet, by 10 p m the breach reached 100 feet and widened. Runners are warn settlers in the low lands as fears grow of inundation along the district above Belcher.
Daylight reveals a cornfield turning into a town of 2,000 with a bank daily newspaper hotels restaurants saloons and many stores. Boomer land lotteries raise 25 dollars for 25 foot business or 50 foot residence plots with early sales from 500 to 1,000 dollars. By nightfall merchants stake premises and stock warehouses while the lot drawing continues toward a hoped 4,000 residents as a Frisco division point.
James R. Tyler, grandson of the late President Tyler, died at the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Richmond Virginia on Wednesday at age six. He had lived there since 1895 and served as a lieutenant in the Virginia infantry during the war.
War Department releases the new Philippine bill prohibiting cockfighting with strict enforcement. Municipalities may designate legal cockfighting days upon payment of a license. Violators face fines of 200 dollars or more and possible imprisonment.
In St Louis on December 4 Henry Nicolaus the millionaire brewer was found not guilty of bribery. The trial of Charles J Denny a House of Delegates member for perjury opened in Judge Ryan's court.
A 19 year old woman, Miss David Isanbarger, near Findlay Ohio, died after swallowing two ounces of carbolic acid in an apparent self inflicted act. The incident occurred on December 4. Local authorities reported the death as self harm with no further details given.
Everett Moore syndicate sells Detroit Cleveland trolley line for 1.5 million to Grand Trunk and Cloverleaf railroads to form a tri national system connecting Portland Quebec to Texas. Frisco president Yoakum named director of Toledo belt railway as part of expanding holdings and traffic arrangements. The Toledo Detroit line will operate immediately as steam rail with strong rails and bridges.
Garfield park lagoon has been drained for the winter to allow lake bed freezing to purify. Supt Power says this drains permanently this time after an earlier fall drainage caused odor, with the health board aiming to stop Pleasant Run pollution and reduce East Side waste in the lagoon next year.
Mrs. C. E. Pratt awoke to her parrot shouting about a burglar at the Kenyon apartment. She fired twice from her 382 caliber revolver. the intruder fled. Neighbors and three police rush to assist as the parrot cries Shoot him. Mrs. Pratt praises the bird’s intelligence and vigilance.
George F. Leyh, a wealthy Williamsburg truss maker, died after drinking beer from a bottle kept at his home. A white sediment was found in the beer. Only Leyh and his family had access to the bottle, and he shared a bottle with a staffer at lunch before collapsing. The poison type and entry method remain unknown.
A head end crash on the Panhandle railway at Coshocton Ohio left one man dead and five injured. In Covington Ohio a Panhandle locomotive derailed after a wrong switch was pulled at the C H D crossing. the engineer may be fatally hurt.
Chicago December reports the National Housewives Association at the Grand Pacific hotel debating housework as a profession. Mrs. Howard Kretschmar proposes a college for maids and diplomas after one year of employment, with executive committee seal, gaining rapid support.
The city directed cleanup of College Avenue by the street car company blamed for the mud. City departments watch plans as locals ready to protest. Charles Maguire of the board notes no kickers were present, prompting bystanders to joke about College Avenue’s reputation.
Coroner Dugan probes six infant death cases linked to suspected baby insurance schemes. He plans talks with the state insurance commissioner on banning such policies, noting Pennsylvania has no current law. Olivia Fitzgerald admitted revealing an out of wedlock birth and insured infant Sarah Douglass for five cents weekly.
The Globe expresses belief that Venezuela’s President Castro will yield soon to England and Germany. It blames Cleveland and Olney for inflating his pride in past disputes, and says Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine interpretation offers him no leverage.
Theodore Schottman and his wife report to police with the intention to banish her former sweetheart William Weihe of Madison. They say Weihe renewed his suit after their marriage, causing annoyance, but police say they cannot intervene. Schottman is a cabinet maker.
Bernard N. Baker president of Atlantic Transport plans to divide about 500000 among 300 employees in New York Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago St Louis and Minneapolis. Each worker with at least one year service who stays after Jan 1 will receive 1000 in stock of the new International company. managers losing positions get 2000 in stock.
Mrs. Mary Louisa Greenleaf 87 sister of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died Wednesday night after a brief illness. She resided at the Longfellow mansion No 7 Brattle Street Cambridge nearby pilgrims.
In Berlin Socialist deputy Herr Singer, angered by a remark at Thursday's reichstag session, approached the chair and scored the speaker. He persisted until Speaker Stolberg adjourned the session.
A column records names and addresses of births deaths and marriages. Entries include E P and Sayles 1306 N Capitol Ave girl Jacob and Alice Matthews 1912 W Tenth St irl Chester and Etta Harris 714 W Twelfth St girl Eliza Sullivan 406 E Ohio St endocarditis Kate Smith 388 S Capitol Ave nonoplexy Joseph F Daugherty Jr 133 W Nineteenth St hemorrhage in spinal cord and a list of couple pairings among local residents.
Salt Lick Kentucky December 4 The Guffy and Gailey oil company the principal operators and lessees in the Ragland oil field have sold their interests to the Standard Oil Company for 850000 dollars.
Premier Sagasta handed his resignation to King Alfonso stating his decision to relinquish the portfolio was irrevocable.
A severe snow storm rages along the English coast impeding shipping and land travel. The storm also hits the French coast with heavy conditions.
J D Brosnan at 827 9 W Eleventh St files for a dwelling permit valued at 41600 dollars. Buechert at the corner of McCarty and Missourists seeks a storeroom permit valued at 625 dollars.
In St Louis on December 4 Philip Stock a legislative agent for the Suburban railroad testified counting 335000 in cash. Henry Nicolas a wealthy brewer stands trial charged with bribery amid jurors stunned by the sum and the evidence.
An advertisement urges taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold with a money back guarantee by E. W. Grove on each box. Also listed are Razors and Barber Supplies from J. E. Bodine & Co., 37 E. Obie, and a note about sleeping and chair cars between Indianapolis and Springfield Illinois.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child ease gum pain cure wind colic and diarrhoea with a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
The Pennsylvania Short Lines offers a through car route from Indianapolis to Dayton with three first class trains daily and no car changes. Departure from Indianapolis at 10:57 a.m. and 3:06 p.m. with arrivals in Dayton, tickets and full information available at 48 West Washington Street or Union Station.
Rail travel offers Nov 1% Dec 2 and 16 from Chicago on Chicago and Northwestern One fare plus a 2:00 round trip Liberal return limits and stopover privileges Four daily trains at 9:00 a m 6:30 p m 8:00 p m and 10:00 p m connect with all others at St Paul and Minneapolis Full details from ticket agents or N M Breeze 435 Vinest Cincinnati O
A newly issued illustrated prospectus from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway extols the state coast's climate and outdoor life. It highlights commercial industrial and transportation advantages and invites readers planning a trip, asking for four cents postage to W. G. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago.
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