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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
8
The ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a specific for digestion and a remedy for dyspepsia. It claims the tablets digest all wholesome food, rest the stomach, and nourish the body, improving nervous energy and overall health for those with weak digestion.
Dec 19 Baroness de Roques and daughter Florence Maybrick visited Esbury prison. Maybrick shown in delicate health under care influenced by the duchess of Bedford. Prisoner moved from manual labor to the library as treatment.
John Galena was robbed of money and valuables and stripped by assailants at Midway between New Philadelphia and Middleport. He trudged through a freezing, rain soaked journey to Middleport, nearly frozen with icicles on his legs. Dr. C W Bankus and other prominent residents said his condition was pitiable and his mind wrecked after the harrowing incident.
In Ithaca on December 19 Burt Cowles assistant station agent at Lavania was found sitting upright with a bullet through his heart from an old rifle without a stock in a corner. The coroner is puzzled as death by his own action seems unlikely given his health and comfort.
Liberty report: Roscoe Job, 46, shot and dangerously injured by accidental gun discharge while hunting. Paoli report: Anderson Street, a farmer, badly lacerated hand in a corn shredder. Greensburg report: Lon Wryley, 25, injured by being pushed into his lungs while coupling cars in the Big Four yard. Will die.
An OCR fragment shows Wells hair tonics and balms for hair turning gray, priced at 50c to $1.00, plus a Rough on Rats poison ad with unusual usage notes. The text mentions Jersey City supplier Wells and various product claims, reflecting period advertising language and consumer goods.
London reports Sven Hedin recounts eight months from Charkik to Ladakh with near complete caravan loss. Four expedition members died from rarefied air. only Hedin kept going by remaining immobile in the saddle. Lobnor is bleak, with ruined temples and ancient Chinese manuscripts found among ruins.
Caracas sits seven miles south of Laguayra on the Chacao plain between two mountain barriers. The city spans 12 miles by three, with Mira Flores palace as a presidential residence, the Capitol building, a cathedral and Pantheon housing Bolivar. Founded 1567 by Diego de Losada, Caracas counted 50,000 people in 1810 and faced destruction in earthquakes and colonial plunder before independence in 1821.
Louis Needleman was arrested in Baltimore on a desertion charge brought by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Weinberg of Boston. The couple’s travels spanned Boston Montreal Waterbury and Elizabeth New Jersey as the wife pursued him for over three years.
A dated narrative depicts Jennie seeking a snack amid friends with a playful exchange about romance. A laundryman watches as exclusionary attitudes surface, underscoring a social clash and the intrusion of a prejudiced demand in a tense moment.
Hobart Bosworth, actor in Amelia Bingham's company, once thought dead from consumption, credits a harsh riverine winter on Black Island Ontario with curing him. After years of near death, he regained health by extreme exposure, outdoor work, and self-discipline, rejecting medicine and praising isolation, cold, and activity. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as preventive.
Local listings advertise slightly used upright pianos at Baldwin's Indiana Dental College and Aalawina lines with holiday and student fare. Travel rates include low round trip prices to Detroit via several routes, with dates December 24 through January 2 for return limits. Also promotions for Ohio and Indiana routes, plus Sun liners and Monon Route tickets and offices at Illinois and Washington streets. An ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething completes the page.
Fragmentary classified text from The Sun hints at selling gadgets with claimed guarantees. Contact numbers and an Ohio address are partially visible.
Miss Gertha Ruffner, manager of the week recreation and formation bureau for New York Central, describes her role gathering hotel data. George H. Daniels, Central’s general passenger agent, hires her to travel and collect information about hotels while she maintains poised, composed demeanor.
Fragment mentions guaranteed and try them with two phone numbers 800 and office 121 133 E Oblast. Details are sparse and sourcing weak.
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