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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1902

Page

5

Royal Baking Powder Advocates Indigestion Free Eating

An advertisement asserts that muffins and cakes made with Royal Baking Powder may be eaten freely without fear of indigestion, claiming safe digestion and ease of enjoyment for consumers.

Gossip of the politicians who hanker for offices

Wayne township resident Thomas Spafford seeks renomination for county commissioner with no announced opposition. The piece discusses anti ring candidates challenging a proposed ballot layout and the Marion county republican ring's strength. It notes various candidates favored or shunned by the ring and highlights a judge and prosecutor races amid ongoing primary uncertainties.

Thomas Spafford Wayne Township Marion County Bookwalter Allen William Bosson James Pritchard Ed Robison Cy Clark Ring Oliver P. Ensley Ensley Lew Akin John Ruckelshaus Clint Hare James M. Leathers

Old Kentucky drama by a 10 year old boy

A handwritten three act play titled Old Kentucky by a ten year old boy from Massachusetts Ave. The piece, written in about 20 minutes, features Kentucky and Tennessee factions, characters Bill Lorey and Jack Bushman, gunfire, and a sheriff intervention ending each act with curtain changes.

Kentucky Massachusetts Ave

Battle Scene in Village as Kentucky and Tennessee Factions Clash

A Civil War era staged fight erupts with Jim Blackman warning of a Tennessee raid, followed by a roadside ambush. The Kentucky side ambushes the Tennesseans, shots ring out, sheriffs intervene, prisoners are led away, and a final clash sees all sides fire before fleeing as the curtain falls.

Kentucky Bill Lorey Jim Blackman Tennessee Jack Bushman Uncle Silas Stone Unele Silas Hallo Silas Bill Jack Tenderfoot Tennessee Gang

Flourishing Emanuel Baptist Plans New Church Home

One of Indianapolis's most thriving congregations, Emanuel Baptist in 1899 grows from 46 to about 200 members. It has a remodeled store building, a parsonage, and land on Woodlawn avenue and Laurel street with a frontage of 116 by 140 feet. The church aims to build an institutional style house with gymnasium and reading rooms, costing at least 30 thousand dollars, aided by a growing building fund. The pastor Rev. J R Henry leads a strong young people union and a Sunday school of 160 enrolled.

Indianapolis The Emanuel Baptist Woodlawn-ave Laurel-st. Emanuel South-st. Baptist Church Emanuel Stevenest Laurel-st J. R. Henry Henry Young People’s Baptist Union of the Church Churchman-ave Belt Road

Grandest springs found near Weasel Creek promising big money

Mord N Castetter reports a remarkable spring on his farm near Weasel Creek with grand plans to raise under $10 000 000 for development. Water claimed to cure ailments and boost editors, while red white and blue jugs sell for 99 cents a pint. Other rural vignettes include a Bluffton servant dispute and beets profit in Wakarusa.

Mord N. Castetter Weasel Creek Castetter

Indianapolis Directory Debuts February Fifteenth

The R L Polk directory team of 29 experienced compilers prepares a new Indianapolis edition due February 15. The 1901 book shows population gains, $4,000,000 in building permits, and $13,000,000 in real estate transfers, with suburbs now within city limits. Hiram Cronk, last War of 1812 pensioner, lives quietly at Dunn Brook near Rome.

Indianapolis Detroit R. L. Polk Company Hauchville Brightwood Hiram Cronk Dunn Brook Rome

Cards and Sunday poker at Aunt Jane’s country home

Dorothy recounts a Sunday visit with Cousin Reggie and Bobby Wood ending in a poker hand played on ecards. Aunt Jane confronts the scene mistaking cards for wicked behavior, but Dorothy’s denouncement saves the day. Mary sleeps through it. Dorothy and Wood marry six months later.

Reggie Mr. Wood Mary Jane Mephistopheles Bobby Wood Aunt Jane Reg Dollie Dorothy Mamma

Giant Stillaguamish Fir Harvest Shocks Camp Workers

The Canyon mill company at the head of the Stillaguamish canyon cut a fir tree with a 14 foot stump diameter and 180 feet to the first limb. Rev Dr S H Ford, editor of the Christian Repository, is 88 and has served six years in the Baptist ministry, the oldest active minister in the denomination.

Canyon Mill Company Stillaguamish Canyon Monte Cristo S. H. Ford Christian Repository Home Circle

Omega Oil Promises Youthful Feeling for Aging Bodies

Advert says after age fifty natural decline occurs from overwork and excess. Omega Oil is promoted to stop pain and invigorate the system by loosening joints softening skin and soothing nerves. Claims include relief for rheumatism gout lumbago back cramps and side stitches. Price five cents per bottle.

Woman paints microbes in scientific art form

Miss Catherine Montague of Baltimore has moved to Philadelphia to assist Prof. Flexner at the University of Pennsylvania. She paints microbes on enlarged canvases, reproducing minute organisms visible only through powerful microscopes, praised by Max Broedel as unmatched in the world.

Philadelphia Watherine MM Montague Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Flexner University of Pennsylvania Medical School Max Broedel University of Pennsylvania Miss Montague

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