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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
3
An old marketing text touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as cures for indigestion and weak stomachs. It claims vast popularity, asserts the tablets restore digestion without effort, and urges readers to buy at drugstores nationwide.
A United States consul based in Turin, Italy, raises inquiries into wages for building workers in the area. He reports to the state department about conditions and pay levels observed during his assignment.
The observer notes men and boys carrying brick and stone in baskets to masons and bricklayers. Pay figures include laborers 2 to 2.5 cents per day, men 40 to 50 cents, bricklayers 43 cents, stonecutters and carpenters 0 to 70 cents, painters and frescoes 4 to 5 cents, experts 6 to 7 cents, city laborers 0 to 66 cents.
City officials and staff in Marion county are described as Irish in origin including Ed McLaughtin Patrick Exean Jacob Platt Dumm and others. The piece notes Irish pride among clerks and officers and mentions a Marion county federation meeting where committees were appointed to secure new quarters and delegates elected for the year.
Historical notes describe a royal marriage by the metropolitans at Bari and a visit by the Russian czar as he heir to the Austro throne. The St Nicholas sanctuary at Bari is cited for miraculous waters sought by the dying and for a potential czar visit to worship there.
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