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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1904
Page
2
The National Commission Company affair remains tangled as an era of expected profits wanes. Receivers and agents clash over opened offices and potential losses from Chicago and New York slumps. Buskirk watches funds while promises to confer with a New York man remain unkept, and authorities guard the night watches.
The Half Million Club, aiming to Doom Ja dianapolis population, adopted bylaws at a Wednesday night Commercial club gathering. A 9-member committee led by Russell M. Beets and others drafted the bylaws, with Ailton Wu presiding. The next meeting plans a January worker form act.
The Hinshaw murder pardon case returns for review by the board of patrons on Friday. Hinshaw, once convicted of killing Jan wife years ago at Danville, attracts wide sympathy as religious leaders and friends advocate liberty. The drive is led by former secretary of state Union Banner Hunt and Frank Hamlin’s secretary, amid broader political rumbles in Indiana.
Mrs Chadwick is arrested after leaving a hotel and being assisted by a marshal to the federal building. She cried, showed distress, and was placed in a private room to await her attorneys. A crowd gathered as officials and promised revelations linked to a major colonial swindle and grand jury probes in Elyria Ohio.
In Oberlin Ohio President Beckwith of the Citizens National Bank reacts emotionally to the arrest of Mrs Cassie Chadwick in New York. He laments losses to trusting depositors and pleads for punishment of forged signatures while refusing to discuss details. He says many innocent customers may be ruined and hopes for justice.
Moy Kee, Chinese mayor of Indianapolis, visits Mayor Holtzman with a ceremonial lantern from China. An expressman carries a carved Tesewood lantern frame, praised for its beauty as Kee requests the mayor’s autograph. The item is planned as a decorative display in Holtzman’s room.
Arma and Richard Waller, both colored, were fined by Judge Whallon for alleged disturbance of the peace due to their religious obstinacy. On Wednesday Judge Allen of the circuit court remitted the fines, ruling their Inod religion is legal.
A Denver report details a statewide push by the Honest Election League to root out fraud and intimidation in elections. It cites a history of fraudulent voting, disfranchisement, ghost names, and irregular precincts like the Green county district, with leaders W. H. Bryant and J. W. Hoyt guiding efforts to bring crooks to trial and to secure court oversight at upcoming elections.
SPECIAL TO THE SUN WASHINGTON DEC. Secretary Cortelyou plans a brief vacation before handing the Republican National Committee chair to a probable vice chairman Harry J. New of Indiana. Elmer Dover remains the acting secretary and will run the committee from Washington. Inaugural ceremonies are expected to draw the largest attendance yet as Maryland nearly voted Republican due to ballot marking errors.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Dormetaen and Milas Kathleen Salmon entertained a London audience at the German house on Wednesday night with a performance showcasing antique instruments and a mante ot tong ago.
William W. Johnson 8, longtime Indianapolis dry goods merchant, died at his daughter Mrs Edward Daniela’s home 180 Pennsylvania Ave. He had been tied to John W. Holliday and Joby W. Murphy in business. Kansas Packing House Receiver John M. Paver Jr appointed for Faulkner-Webb Co. Kathe Wella & Bauer, wholesale grocers, sue for $79 in debts.
An advert claims a new tastelean discovery can cure drunkards secretly. It promises dramatic results even without the drinker’s knowledge, urging temperance workers to order a sample package from W. CT. C and others, listing an address in Cincinnati and a Goldren Specific tree for demonstration.
A testimonial from B A Leonard of Mexico praises Pyramid Pile Cure, claiming twenty years of piles pain ended after using one box and noting companions bought two more. The ad claims fast, painless action and urges readers to request a free book from Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall, Michigan.
In Indianapolis, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, criticized Dr. M. Parry of the National Manufacturers’ Association, saying Parry did not interfere with organized labor, which he claimed is stronger today. Notices follow of several residents in Marion County applying for licenses to sell and serve intoxicants, pool tables, or related privileges at various addresses in Indianapolis.
Howard Cale dies at 17 percent Broadway home from Bright's disease. Prominent lawyer, early US president election notifier, Northwestern alum, Interurban promoter, survived by wife and two children. Funeral plans pending. City contracts for street cleaning and mayoral license notices fill random clerical items. Insane man recaptured in Virginia after escape. Several license applications seek liquor and pool table privileges in Center and Wayne townships. Andrew Zinkand noted among license applicants for Indianapolis area.
An advertisement offers a free dollar bottle of a stomach remedy to any reader who writes. The claim centers on “inside nerves” that supposedly regulate the stomach and all vital organs, arguing that these nerves control digestion and overall health, and that a blow to the solar plexus shows their delicacy.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoon's Restorative as uniquely reaching inside nerves and promises to cure even the weakest condition, offering a free dollar bottle and a free book if readers write for the order today. The message urges trial at the reader’s home and assures satisfaction.
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