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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
5
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as pure and safe, linking its healthfulness to grape-derived crystallized fruit. It asserts the grape product is the active principle in each pound and emphasizes fruit properties for bodily health.
In 1891 at Henrys North Carolina a staged midnight fear game ends fatally for Albert Turner. A open grave, a coffin, and four workers set the scene while Ned French and Turner push the limits of courage. Turner descends into the grave and a hidden force stops his heart as Mason and French lift him.
First California born woman Louisa Briones dies in Oakland in the South year at her age. Descended from prominent Vallejo and Moraga families, her grandfather Gabriel Boruga served as early Presidio commander and near governor of northern California. Born at the Presidio in 1846, she married Ramon Briones in 1844 and spoke of a mineral spring famed for its life giving waters to villagers.
A destitute Chicago mother offers one of her triplets, Alice Roosevelt Mosbrow, for sale at 27 West Twelfth Street. The 2 1/2 week old baby weighs seven pounds, with two older sisters and four siblings in a two room basement home. Police intervene as neighbors and officers provide aid while the story reveals a fractured family life and the mother’s struggle after her husband deserted.
Special to The Sow from Denver Colorado February 3. Mike Enid Ion 17 is the heroine of South Denver suburb. She climbed hand over hand into a 2 foot well to rescue Betsie Merton, a college student, who was unconscious at the bottom. Enid then descended and with a pivoted tree branch pulled Merton to safety.
A garbled, era style digest shows satirical quips from Washington Star and other papers. It mocks misprints and rhetorical flourishes, mentions civic roles, and features jokes about education, crime and travel.
A Worx up on Michigan Bald quotes the Washington Star accusing a grand jury of gross prejudice in an indictment. The exchange questions how prejudice occurred, blaming the evidence as the cause and noting the speaker’s desire for a salary to ride in a hack and buy goods.
A woman named Nell writes as Nino, declining a thoughtful afternoon tea due to household burdens, cooks, and children. The missive laments social dullness and includes gossip about Laura, Sarah, and a divorce rumor involving a woman named Laura.
Lewis C Tyree an Exeter student and former Wolf tavern porter in Newburyport has passed entrance exams to Exeter. Born 1854 in Indiana he moved east in 1904 and rose from tavern work to scholarships and summer work while planning a four year Exeter education and a future Harvard law career. He aims for thorough schooling and financial aid during long vacations.
An old advertisement touts Tonsiline as the sole remedy for sore mouth and throat, claiming it prevents serious illnesses like diphtheria and quinsy. It urges readers to keep a bottle at home and promises quick cure, pricing 25 and 50 cents.
In a Broadway shop two women compare coral bead strings both recalling similar purchases at the world’s fair. One notes paying 719 for her single string, the other reveals paying the same for each of her two strands, leaving them impressed with the value of their purchases.
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