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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1902
Page
5
A reporter found icicles on a scientist in the state office and overheard harsh remarks about the heating plant. Gov Durbin and Sam Shutt may be involved in freezing the geologist out, with an investigation reportedly planned.
In a New York afternoon, two women Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Van Dusen chase a splurge by car to Sheepshead Bay and Claremont. They dodge winter clothes worries, dine at Claremont, gamble on horses, and return triumphant as onlookers cheer. Their nerve falters, yet the day ends with a fast ride home and a lesson in frolic and money.
Mrs Hughson of Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of general weakness and womb trouble. She retook three bottles, gained strength, and says the remedies drive disease from her body. The notice urges readers to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice at no cost.
The first traction line planned in southwestern Indiana is incorporated with the secretary of state on Monday. The Western Indiana traction company aims to extend from Vincennes to Sullivan with capital of 100000 dollars. Additional incorporations include Grof Nagy Szechenyi Istvan of South Bend and the J H Foley company of Logansport with 10000 dollars capital.
Daisy Bostic 23, known for the most arrests and days in Marion county workhouse, ends in the poorhouse after a longtime cycle of drunkenness and prison. She asked to quit while at the Rescue mission, admitting fatigue with the life, as officers recall her frequent transports and court pleas, with rivals like Cora Bostic noted in the record.
At the Wall Street assay office thousands of dollars in gold bars move daily from Uncle Sam’s coffers to jewelers and bankers. The exchange fee is four cents per hundred on large bars and five cents on small bars. For the week ending July 28, $190,780.17 in bars were exchanged for gold coin, with larger past shipments reaching millions. Bar sizes include $5,000 for bankers and $150 for jewelers, often valued well over $200. Purchasers receive a near amount when exact sums vary due to bar weights, then deposit funds at the sub-treasury and obtain a delivery certificate. The recipient must sign the register before removal.
A historical doll linked to William Penn travels to Denver for a Woman's Club festival on December 9 and 10. The doll, aged over 20 years, wears period court dress with a striped brocade gown and a wide hoop skirt. It is described as a demure Quaker child’s toy with one arm missing.
William Fitzgerald, an aged cripple, tells a Long Island City court the cat destroyed all china and glassware at home. His wife had him arrested to cover the incident. Court officer Dunn testifies the cat caused a disturbance, and Magistrate Connorton orders the defendant discharged and suggests disposing of the cat for family peace.
Advertisers tout Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a clear, mouth dissolving cure for catarrh affecting head throat or bronchial tubes. Claiming antiseptic Red Gum and Blood Root ingredients, the tablets are said to reveal contents to users and avoid habit formation linked to secret remedies. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per full package.
New York reports a vast funeral for Raphael Bove known as the king of Mulberry bend. The Italian banker rose from Suez canal laborer to cafe owner and financier, amassing about a million in wealth. A crowd of at least 10 000 lined Mott Street as 900 carriages carried the funeral cortege. Music and civic society members led the procession.
Dr H J Herbein of Potsville reports fossil footprints in Mt Carbon sandstone resembling a lizard with five fore toes and four fingers on the hind feet. The find parallels a Morayshire Scotland fossil skeleton and echoes earlier discoveries by Dr Isaac Lea with the state geological survey.
The house Ways and Means Committee on Monday voted to report favorably a resolution that would grant a holiday recess from December 20 to January 5.
Mrs Elizabeth Ingram of Indianapolis says her weak and irregular heart and run down nervous system improved after using Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills. She reports regained tone and vigor and steadier heart action. Pills priced 50 cents a box at Hyder's Drug Store and other dealers.
Mrs Jack Gardner attends church with a young page who holds her train during Rev William Van Allen's first sermon at the Advent Church in Philadelphia The boy drew astonished looks as Mrs Gardner moved to the baptistry leaving the nave crowded with onlookers.
In Perham Minnesota Frank Jones, village marshal, held Krebs in jail after Krebs, agent for a St. Paul liquor firm, gave a prospective customer sample drinks. Krebs sought habeas corpus claiming no bail. the state supreme court orders him kept in jail awaiting grand jury.
A head end collision between two freight trains on the L. & N. at Parksville Kentucky caused the destruction of two engines and six cars. No injuries occurred and damage is estimated at about $50,000.
Eugene Sly and family on a western farm report repeated nocturnal disturbances. Tin cans bricks and stones fall on house and barn roofs, with animals terrified. Sheriff and deputy investigate but cannot identify the source, leaving the mystery unresolved. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad follows.
The Sun advertises shirts for fifty cents at the Eagle store with the note that tomorrow offers another chance. A real estate column appears on pages six and seven alongside the For Sale Miscellaneous listings inviting readers to review the notices.
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