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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
2
A claimant offers to mail six bottles of Dr Shoop's Restorative to a sick person at a penny postcard request. If the remedy fails, the seller will pay the druggist five dollars and fifty cents. If successful, the price is five dollars and fifty cents. The speaker promises proof and taxpayer risk.
Frederick Roose velt Scoville and Charles Powers, Yale students and alleged cousins of President Roosevelt, were jailed after a late night altercation with Carlos Levi, a dancing master, on Broadway. Scoville proudly claimed his relation to the president, but a responding sergeant dismissed the boast.
A scrambled dispatch details a Wisconsin couple from Pratt slipping from affluence to the poorhouse amid pride and hardship. It also notes Fred P. Clark, a once-prominent Minneapolis lumberman, jailed as a vagrant, and various court actions involving wealth, debt, and famed estates in cities from St Louis to Rutherfordton.
Frea Mcintosh of 548 E South St, professor of music, testifies to relief from dull back pains and irregular kidney secretions after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. She notes rapid improvement after using one box and praises the product, common in Buffalo New York adverts.
Jonathan Hiday reports a thief stole a jar of plum preserves and a can of tomato catsup from his home at 173 North Sheldon Street. He asks police to recover the goods.
Patrolman Frank Bolen launches a crackdown on loiterers on Indiana Avenue in Indianapolis. He reports arresting eight men in a saloon gathering and vows all on his beat must find work, or be sent to the works. He says professional loafers roam the avenue day and night and will be removed. The piece notes many loiterers are white, but some are colored and references the workhouse as shelter in cold months.
Indianapolis school teachers have 20 percent of their monthly salaries withheld each month and returned at year end. The scheme, in place for at least 25 years, funds about 95000 dollars annually and leaves teachers without interest on the held back amount while the county treasurer handles the fund.
Ten dollar beef steaks on mid winter menus prompt New Yorkers to take notice. A Shamrock prize bullock weighing 1,805 pounds sold for 56 cents a pound to Richard Webber of New York for $1,010.80 and will be shipped to New York for holiday slaughter.
Whiteville Tennessee on December 6 1924 burglars entered the Whiteville Savings Bank by Trunday night blew the safe and secured about $2 000 in cash and securities.
A historical account traces coffee to a sixth century Arabian shepherd who noted goats’ behavior after eating berries and tried them himself. It warns of nerve overstimulation, later breakdown, and lists symptoms from dryness and headaches to dyspepsia. A Sebastopol woman touts Postum as a nerve friendly substitute.
Police pursuit on Michigan Boulevard ends in tragedy when a scorching automobile collides with a buggy. Policeman James Wall is hospitalized after being thrown 30 feet, his horse killed by the buggy shaft. Two horses die and two bystanders suffer serious injuries, the driver of the car escapes.
The Anti saloon league spokesman Rev E G Saunderson warns Mayor Bookwalter to curb vice or face reform movements. Ministers say resolutions condemning the administration were adopted and urge a clean city with or without the mayor. If he fails, a change in leadership is implied.
Col George C Harvey, head of Harper and Brothers and owner of the North American Review, has bought the Metropolitan Magazine and the Daily Telegraph for 100000 dollars. He says the Metropolitan is mainly a name with potential for a popular New York focused magazine and has named John Kendrick Bangs editor. The Telegraph will remain a sporting paper.
Two large meetings of Christian endeavorers were held Friday. In the afternoon President F. E. Clark of the United Society spoke to a large audience at the Third Christian Church. Friday night Memorial Presbyterian Church was crowded and a banquet for 75 was served at the Third Church.
Advertises Jake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold with a refund if it fails. Mentions E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and urges purchase from druggists for relief today.
Three hundred framed pictures of all kinds offered at half their value during a special promotion. Framing a specialty available at 41 Virginia Ave and at Clark 116 N Til st. Union Station dining hall hosts holiday presents.
The article explains headaches often arise from catarrh of the head and throat or stomach and liver. It promotes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy with antiseptics to eliminate catarrhal poisons, citing Miss Cora Ainsley’s testimonial after using fifty-cent boxes. The product is sold by druggists for fifty cents per package with no cocaine or opium.
Dr John Wyeth announces a safe effective tumor treatment using injections of boiling water into the growth after two years of experimentation. He recommends the method to the medical profession in a formal finding.
Residents of Yonkers claim May Yohe and Putnam Hradlee Strong have returned to the United States and are now in Hastings. May Yohe’s mother would not confirm or deny the report.
Birth notices include Curtis C and Cora Comes Meekst Charles T and Kate May 19 McCarty St boy Pauli and Hose Braendlein 1504 Criole Ed and Josephine Speth 2126 Chestnut St mirl Lorenz and Rose Fritz 224 E Morris Charles and Lizzie Smith 1169 River Ave boy William and Mary Price Center township twins J Milo and Louella Tucker 1206 S Harding St boy E H and G E Gebauer 830 Marion Michael and Ida Ott 16 W Arizona St girl Will B and Anna Robinson 1215 N Alabama St girl Malachi and Kelly 421 Minerva Jordan Briscoe tuberculosis Charles Brown 34 City hospital acute retention Frank Mummenhoff 40 1403 Park Ave knife wound Almira F Beck 56 Deaconness hospital cerebral hemorrhage Celia Meyers 8 316 N Eleventh St hemorrhage bowel and stomach Philip J Seiberth 91 1522 N Senate Ave dysentery John H Bohinie 70 2027 Highland-place acute gastritis Anna J Burnett 79 718 N Senate Ave arteriosclerosis Jacob Miller 34 City hospital small pox Harold Bostic 7 months 275 Wyoming Ave meningitis Marriages Robert W Ammerman and Jon H Pake William H Baxter and Katie Dohlen George Gaalenia and Nonie OConnell Orville O Peters and Winfield M Chambers Building Permits Indianapolis Abattoir Company remodeling 18500 E P Johnson 1719 N Pennsylvania St remodeling 2600 H Ludkamp 2331 Madison Ave shed 100
Listing shows a Laxative Bromo Quinine supplier and E Bodine & Co with 37 E Ohio, a train schedule Indianapolis to Detroit via Lake Erie & Western and Wabash Roads leaving 12 30 p m arriving 8 10 p m, plus an old nurse advertising Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at twenty five cents a bottle.
In El Paso on December 6 the Mexican government granted banks permission to hold accounts in gold and silver and allow customers to do so. Banks have been accumulating gold reserves for over a month while prior law required silver for all accounts.
Fort de France Martinique reports Mt Pelee erupting violently as ashes rise five miles into the air. Residents face danger as ongoing activity continues to threaten nearby areas.
The London Review labels President Roosevelt a cowardly trimmer paralyzed by fear of a second term. The piece characterizes his cautious approach as a sign of political timidity.
Twelve year old William Vogel and Joe Seibert ran into a lamppost while coasting. Seibert sustained a fractured skull and died at J Hood Wright hospital Friday night. Vogel escaped with minor injuries.
Advertisement claims Pazo Ointment cures itching bleeding and protruding piles with a no cure no pay guarantee. It asserts cures in six to fourteen days, promises instant itching relief, and notes druggists refund money if it fails. Price five cents.
A misc lot of framed pictures offered with Gibson's at Toc and 1.25 each. Framing a specialty at 41 Virginia Ave W Eriel, Main Cigar Store, 108 Monument Place, English Block. Wholesale and retail terms listed. Indiana Jackson priced at 3.50 per ton. New phone 9291, old 1150 Main.
The Indiana Dental College under G. W. Cor Delaware and Chiefs operates from 9 am to 5 pm delivering all kinds of dental work to patients.
Howard Bland of Taylor Texas bet $12 000 on a foot race in Hot Springs Arkansas. The favorite won after Bland’s chosen runner stubbed a toe. Bland protested arrests of his so called friends claiming they were Colorado millionaires and the deal was square. The crowd includes notable figures such as the Honey Grove Kid Hafner Burns and Scott Goddard.
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