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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1904
Page
6
An ad extols health as a man’s greatest asset and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy. It claims the tablets restore digestion by matching stomach fluids, easing dyspepsia, and enabling normal appetite and work. Available at druggists.
Secretary Taft returns from Panama to learn U S engineers, led by Wallaces, favor a sea level canal as most economical. They propose halting the Donia dam as a parallel, building a smaller dam, and using modern machinery to cut costs. Officials say a sea level route is technically feasible, with rock needs limited to a Faname barrier for the high tide.
Mrs. Chadwick was identified by Mrs. F M Kissinger and Mrs Flora Kissinger at the Cleveland county jail as Lydia DeVere. The two witnesses testified with certainty that the woman in custody is DeVere, noting little change since her penitentiary days. Also reported, Bellingham units received the first lumber order for the Panama Canal, about 208000 feet for canal route houses.
Indianapolis city engineer and mayor vowed rapid repair of the Virginia avenue viaduct delays. Union Railway will share costs as girders under the cast track are found deteriorated. Work supervised by the street car company aims to finish by January 1, pending girder condition.
Ernest Linn, 19, of Belmont, shot Sylvan Delote, 8, during a mock William Tell act on a Belmont vacant lot. A tin can on Delote's head was blown apart by the shotgun blast, killing him instantly. Linn claimed quick trigger, no arrests expected. Also notes a U.S. Mint report estimating wealth and gold money totals.
In Alaska, President Roosevelt removal of U S district court Nome marshal Frank H Richards ends a three year feud. Investigations by Assistant Attorney General Day led to Richards' removal and exonerated Judge Wickersham. Judge Brown also removed for incompetency and self dealing.
A compendium of Christmas customs from Montenegro Peru Russia Oxfordshire Norway Belgium Holland and more. Describes Yule log ceremonies in Montenegro, Lima fountains in Peru, animal representations in Russia, mischief in Oxfordshire, hay hidden jewelry in Norway, St Nicholas routines in Belgium, and a candlelit star procession in Holland.
A Reno report notes that Nevada University policies punish students who miss drills, risking degree passage. The piece also covers a range of other items including federal irrigation plans for California Oregon projects, a San Francisco bank policy, and a Mojave desert coal explosion.
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