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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1901
Page
6
The Galveston Daily News describes a large poultry plant in the east where incubators on the top floor hatch eggs, brooders keep chicks at 90 degrees for 21 days, and a multi-floor process mass produces chickens. After feeding stages and rapid growth, birds are crammed and processed with speed to reach market while still warm.
In Oswayo Pennsylvania George Scott a 40 year old deaf man learns to speak while his wife and two year old child show early language skills. He uses the deaf and dumb alphabet to converse with his parents and is now practicing voice by watching others and forming words. In Memphis criminals broke into a Brookhaven post office and stole stamps and money totaling about 400 dollars.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary will seek to have his successor, Lew, kept in the Treasury Department. Also mentions Koogootee Glass Company with capital of 18,050 and Frankfort directors John G. Clark Allen Joseph P. Gray and Will R. Hines.
A testimonial describes recovery from nervous prostration after Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer. The patient, confined to bed with spinal nerve irritation, improves markedly after multiple bottles and is cured, with Mrs. Jinsen of Charlotte Mich. endorsing the remedy and offering purchase by druggists or express at $5.
Mrs Jack Gardner hosts midnight consecration of a private oratory in her Back Bay villa joining her bedroom as a sanctuary. Rev William Frisby presides as a tiny congregation of Gardner household members attends. Her Florentine palace, housing famed paintings and sculptures, is described as a future museum rivaling major collections.
George Gaga, 600 volt live wire powering 2,400 lights at Carnegie furnace, slipped on a gas main. He grabbed a wire, endured severe burns, paralysis, and vivid sensations as electricity passed through his body, surviving an alleged deadly shock that mystified physicians and electricians.
In Michigan City more than a thousand people suffer stomach and bowel troubles after harbor water was pumped into the mains when the lake intake froze. The illness spreads among harbor and well water users, with physicians split on the cause and a prevailing view of winter cholera due to atmospheric conditions.
Charity work gains momentum as the Harmony workers and the City dispensary collaborate closely. Mrs. Oaks, new matron at the dispensary, helped forge the alliance, noted by charity leaders as a major advance and a dovetailing of records between dispensary and charity organization.
South Bend Indiana December 30 George M Cassaday an 18 year old son of G Burr Cassaday VP of Oliver chilled pion company eloped to Niles Michigan and married Carrie Horein 31 who had been employed at a hotel The family says they will seek annulment on grounds of age amid a domestic scandal The rest of the text discusses unrelated corrupted lines about colds and consumption
Dec 30 in South Bend Johns Edward Hanover and Bertha Best of Galien Mich wed via legal contract drawn by attorney without clergy or judge. Indiana Supreme Court ruling in Teter et al. cited, marking the first marriage by contract in this area. Office 123 125 E Ohio Ave.
Louis J. Palmer, a prominent Springfield attorney and son of the late Gen. John M. Palmer, died suddenly from pneumonia at his home Saturday morning, ending a long public and legal career. He was a known figure in Illinois law and politics.
John Edwards, a sailor, shot himself on Saturday after Hannah Miller refused his marriage proposal. The incident occurred in New York as he stood before her, ending in suicide. Burdock Blood Bitters is claimed to strengthen the stomach and prevent indigestion according to the snippet.
Fragmentary ad text notes phone numbers and contact lines for services. Includes scattered lines about columns, greetings, and location hints, with partial names and places garbled.
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