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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
3
Inflammatory list of ailments prompts use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe scientific cure for indigestion. Claims to restore digestion, strength, and health, urging readers with a wide range of stomach and nervous symptoms to try the product.
Burglars entered the Progress plaster and stone plant on B North Street before morning, jimmied a safe with a chisel, took about 10 dollars in cash, left books and papers intact. Two men were suspected, one watched from outside as the other opened the safe. Detectives Bray and Wojtz investigated.
Washington December reports Commissioner Frank Sargent urges Congress to require aliens to carry passports on entering the United States. He warns that without strict laws the nation will suffer from criminal, paper, and insane immigrants flooding eastern cities. He cites crowded prisons, almshouses, and asylums as proof, arguing past immigration laws were inadequate.
Louisville reports a sharp rise in deaths in November due to dry weather and drought conditions. City health official Dr. MK Allen notes 100 deaths in November, an increase over the prior year, with forecasts calling for continued fair weather and no rain for some time.
Mia Jane Tarlton, mother of a six month old, broke into a neighbor's house in Manchester Ohio. On Thursday she was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, reportedly attempting to steal to provide for her child.
Governor Durbin and the state pardon board may announce an early decision on Hinshaw, the convicted preacher, after Friday’s executive session. Advocates like Upion B. Hunt pressed for clemency as friends at the state house hoped for relief, while the board remained silent on probable action.
Reports say M Syveton was found suffocated in his room with gas odor filling the space. Autopsy cited inhalation of illuminating gas as possible cause but poison or murder sought by rivals cannot be ruled out. debate continues as investigators test blood in toxicology lab.
Indianapolis notices list births for William and Mary Abbott at 07 John and Bertha Eppen. W Tenth ta girl. William and Anna Ernating at 15 Wood lawn girl. Chartes and Bridget Widolf at 1005 Mare tindale girl. Charter and Eric Dwyer 407 Arbor war. Deathe. Earl Yost 3 519 Terrace fracture of stud. Walter C. Magee 46 597 linoia mitral insufficiency. Robert F. Parker 4 517 Kentucky par tallels. David J. Stair 35 St. Vincent's appen dichtin. 9 McCormick Lente H H Burnett exhaustion. Howard Cale 8% 1% Broadway Brights disease. Jennie Crespool 3 City horpitist abe acean. Catherine Coke 3 4 E South tumor. Jaynes Foley 3 BN N Delaware dipa therix. Georgia Litney 6 months 615 Charlotte asthenia. Phylerine Merrick 4 46 N Senate preumonia. Fifteenth pareels HW Hotta Marriages William Bruntat Emma Jones Alongo Braley Sarah Kelso Lewis Ehrman Marie Renard George Morgan Anna L Gi wert Ofna J Plerton Muggle BreCluge Building Permits Ceorae R Bullivan qt Masmachtinetts 18 1 Dickson & Talbott partition W Mason J Ozgood repaira Columbia $3 D Alte barn 14% Roneland 0.
In a Tombs prison cell Mrs Chadwick faces limited meals and close watch as creditors doubt any payout. Attorney Carr says no settlement expected, while lawyers Carpenter and Towern debate her options. She contemplates Cleveland proceedings, with doctors to assess her sanity if she stays.
Special to the Sun from Oberlin Ohio reports Beckwith, the distracted banker, has made a detailed statement and full confession regarding a bank fraud deal. The manuscript runs several thousand words and is described as potentially important if genuine. The speaker cautions uncertainty and notes the matter concerns prominent individuals. A grand jury adjourned after voting on a charge against Mrs Chiwick of obtaining money under false pretenses. the jury's report will be rendered Saturday.
The Cuyahoga county grand jury convened Friday to investigate the Chadwick case. Kanker rt Reylands, implicated in Chadwick's possession of valuable securities, has returned home and is summoned to appear.
Mrs. Alice M. York asserts she is the sister of Mrs. Chadwick and disputes Elizabeth Chadwick’s denial. York says Chadwick has lied about their kinship, insisting she has told the truth and that there is a family connection despite the other’s denial.
In Alexandria Indiana a six year old girl, Nelle Maynard, died after her clothing allegedly caught fire and she was pushed into a room and locked. Neighbors heard her screams. she died soon after. Bon Meridlas 14, Grand Jury convened on the murder charge as investigators pursue the case. Big Plant to Reopen in Canton Ohio with full force. Jan 1 operations planned. In Peoria Illinois, a fire at Shell’s mine near Bartonville caused fatalities. 18 men employed there escaped through safety doors as flames were subdued by authorities.
St Petersburg reports claim the Baltic Fleet may be recalled for distant duty as dispatches note new ships guns engines and ready condition. Gen Nogis death in November near Nanabin Hill. Vertigo of Port Arthur conflict looms with predictions of renewed hostilities and a possible fall within weeks.
The headquarters staff released a list naming 36 officers killed and 44 injured. The exact site of the engagements is not given, but the report suggests the events occurred as forces secured at Fort Arthur.
A wreck off Newburgin Northumberland prompted nine fishermen to attempt aid. Eleven drowned as a fishing boat went swamped while another crew, the Anglia, survived. Rescue efforts continued with two boats sent to assist.
A miniature railroad setup decorates the Star store window with a three foot engine and tram car on a short track. The display, under construction, features a tunnel and telegraph wires. In days it will hold Santa material. A fire on 105 Massachusetts Ave caused damage to a frame dwelling occupied by Vansickle.
East Buffalo stock market roundup lists cattle, calves, cows, bulls, and sheep prices with receipts noted. Prices span beef steers around 3 to 6 dollars, hogs near 4.40 to 4.50, and sheep and lambs at about 3.50 to 6.50. ST. Louis market reports similar ranges and steady demand.
Chicago grain markets opened with December wheat and May wheat easing while July steady. December corn rose slightly as May corn held near unchanged with oats and soybeans showing modest moves amid thin trading.
In Indianapolis Poultry, oysters and fish figures mix with cattle and grain quotes from New York to Pittsburgh. Markets show copper gains, steel weakness, and steady wheat futures, while local notices include prices for produce and livestock across several markets and a small robbery report from Vernon.
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