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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1902
Page
3
Historic ad copy recounts how Peruna cures catarrh with testimonials from Jacob L. Davis in Missouri and H W Hawes in Ontario plus others praising relief and improved health after using Peruna. Includes offer for free medical advice from Dr Hartman to readers seeking prompt results.
Silas Hare of Sherman Texas born in Ross County Ohio November 13 moved to Hamilton Texas at age 13 served in the Mexican War led a law career in Indiana before settling in Sherman in 1865. He was district judge and served in the 50th Congress though defecated by Joseph W Bailey. His son Major Hare distinguished in the Philippine War. A Hamilton House Washington letter endorses Peruna for catarrh and nervous disorders.
Prince Henry of Prussia will visit Chicago to honor Abraham Lincoln. In Lincoln Park on March 4 a wreath will be placed at Lincoln Memorial foot by the Kaiser's brother. Dr A H Wever German consul informed the entertainment committee of the wreath gesture to honor the memory of the war president. Alderman Honore Palmer will oversee the prince’s ball.
Thomas Glenn, owner of a saloon at Michigan and Agnessis streets, sold liquor to 17 year old Ethel Schofield and 12 year old Mary Sreegan. Special judge Samuel Ashby fined him 100 and sentenced him to 90 days in jail. A police court appeal kept the same 90 day workhouse term. Glenn's attorney urged leniency but the judge said the law's maximum penalty was already too light. Mrs Glenn wept as the sentence was read.
In Washington on Saturday a half dozen Kaw tribe members met the president, introduced by Representative Curtis of Kansas. Chief Washuna led the delegation in full Indian dress and told reporters he is 207 years old in the president's anteroom.
A Groton message says Roosevelt's son is in a favorable condition and the president has postponed his trip to the Charleston exposition. The update appears as a Saturday noon bulletin from Groton.
A heavyset man accosted a young female employee near Fletcher and Finest around 6:39 pm on Friday asking for Dunlops and spoke insultingly. She fled into a house as the man pursued. Two other women from church were accosted near Vermont and Delaware streets the previous Sunday, described similarly with a prominent nose, short overcoat, stiff hat, and light complexion.
In Decatur Illinois on Friday 17 year old John Kohler son of a farmer killed himself after attempting to deposit $20 at a bank with a forged check bearing his father's name. An officer found him in a room with a shotgun, the gunshot fatal as he believed he would be sent to prison.
Dr Emil G Hirsch argued in a Temple Israel talk that Shylock lacked Jewish blood and challenged Shakespearean proof of Jewish history and religion. He blamed the gentile instead for the usurer stereotype and the pound of flesh motif.
A man tested crowded Central avenue cars for five days starting Monday and found the company lost three of his five fares. He did not offer payment when the conductor missed him, noting that many patrons follow this plan due to poor service.
Commissioned by Powderly, Ellis Island officers are cleared after a probe into alleged abuses. Two employees were dismissed amid claims of brutal treatment and repeated haircuts for immigrants, but the investigation did not substantiate the charges and the case is dropped.
Lafayette A. Jackson of Washington and New Jersey regions appeared before U.S. Commissioner Moores and was bound over to the grand jury on a zero dollar bond. He is charged with selling oleomargarine in wholesale quantities.
Providence February 8 Thomas W Lawson purchased for 3000 dollars the bulldog Glen Monarch from William E Codman of the city. Glen Monarch is by Ch Ivel Rustick from Glenwood Queen and has won prizes in New York Boston and Pittsburg.
Denver reports a new oil company organized by Senator Elkins of West Virginia Kearns of Utah and Clark of Montana aims to compete with Standard Oil. Agents are probing Colorado oil fields with potential clashes over control of wells in Colorado Utah Wyoming and California. The venture plans a nominal capital of 310000000.
In Berlin the Prussian diet roared against British concentration policy for South Africa. Rewoldt led the attack, seeking Chancellor Von Buelow’s reply to a German committee note calling for cooperation with British authorities to deliver aid to the Boers. The committee reported 300,000 marks and merchandise sent, with 150,000 marks more ready, awaiting assurances of proper delivery.
Six street car employes including motormen and conductors were discharged Saturday morning. They denied a reason, saying Vice president Jones simply told them their work was unsatisfactory. One man was cited for dangerous near crossings while the rest were said to be unsatisfactory in various ways. Jones added the move was not linked to complaints over service or union activity.
A Saturday morning fire of unknown origin gutted the two story laundry at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Fourteen maids asleep on the second floor were rescued by the college fire brigade. Four hundred girl students woke during the blaze but no injuries were reported. The damage is about 4000 dollars and many linen losses are noted.
The Sigma Chi fraternity banquet in Indianapolis on February 28 will feature many prominent Sigma Chis from across the country. Alumni and active members will attend, including Booth Tarkington, George Ade, George W. Cummings, Charles L. Jewett, Luther Short, John McCutcheon, and other notable Indiana Sigs.
Mrs Roosevelt arrived at 9 25 a m on a special car at Groton Mass. A carriage from the academy met her and she was taken to Theodore Roosevelt Jr’s room. The academy superintendent greeted her and said there had been no alarming change in his condition.
In Flemingsburg Kentucky on Friday night Thomas Bailey thirty shot and killed Alex Lemasters forty five without clear provocation at South Sherburne. Bailey fired four bullets then vanished. Authorities have not confirmed an arrest and investigators suspect an old grudge sparked the incident.
Federal Court in Catlettsburg Ky began work on unanimous consent measures. It passed small bills including establishing a United States court at Catlettsburg and authorizing the St Clair Terminal Railway to bridge the Monongahela River.
Stewart Johnston aged 27 son of Maj P P Johnston and resident of the National Trotting Association died in Anaconda Montana. He was a chemist for the Amalgamated Copper Company and superintendent of the refinery at the time of his death.
Mothers use Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children in New York to break up colds in 24 hours and treat feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worm issues. Mrs Emily Matonn Meriden Cleave calls it the best medicine for feverish children. Sold by druggists or mail order samples free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Leltoy N.
NY trading opened hesitant on a rumored weak bank statement but soon strengthened. Leaders like Reading and Missouri Pacific rose, while Amalgamated copper slid early then recovered. Sugar held steady as the broader market showed an undercurrent of buying by new interests in St Paul, Atchison and Metropolitan.
A segment lists bonds and preferred stock for multiple Indianapolis firms including Indianapolis street railway, Citizens' street railway, Union traction, Broad Ripple traction, Indianapolis improvement, New telephone series, Indiana cold storage, Indianapolis & Eastern traction, T. B. Laycock mfg, J. T. Polk company, Indiana hotel, and other land interests with various percent values and issue notes.
Cattle receipts at Union Stockyards Indianapolis show light shipments with varied prices for export, butcher, feeding, and cow calf categories on February 8. Hogs and sheep receipts and price ranges cover heavy, light, and mixed classifications, with detailed quotations for each grade. Interstate Stockyards Indianapolis reports smaller hog receipts and mixed price bands, noting good to choice and common classes across weights.
Incorporated companies listed include Jarker City ofl and Gas Company with capital stock $25,000 and directors Conrad Ruckelshius Karl J Schneider Julius A Schuller John Weilacher Louis Ruth J. E. B. Pillet Oscar Hermann John Weber August Buthe all of Indianapolis. Bank Building Company of Montpelier shows capital stock $10,600. The Fairmount Telephone Company raised its capital stock from $9,000 to $10,000.
Advertises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a fast cure for coughs and colds. Claims it is the best remedy and promises effective relief, noting a price but with unclear amount.
B U Burford of Indianapolis Indiana offers perfectly made leaf price books in all sizes. The ad highlights durable construction and a wide range of options for customers seeking price book solutions.
In the basement of the Newton Chrypool building at the corner of Pennsylvania and Ohlo streets a barber shop offers solid comfort and neat grooming.
Cattle receipts 151 head with quiet Friday prices. Hogs receipts 2,874 head. Marker Wylie lower. Selected heavy shippers 6.40 to 6.55. Heavy fat cows 4.50 to 5.10. Sheep receipts 99 head, steady. Extra 4.50 to 7.50, extra lambs around 6.20.
New York markets report pork at 30.90 and 40.00, lard 9.70, butter Western at 28 or 28c, Elgin 28c. Cheese large 7 10c and small 7 14c. Eggs Western 27 28c, Isgs Western 28 14 29c. Tallow styled as tie. Dressed poultry lists turkeys 5 lic, chickens 19 25c, fowls 8 lic, ducks, Geese 7 10c.
Chicago prices show wheat for May and July rising to mixed levels while corn and oats slip. Provisions ease with pork and lard down. eggs and butter hold steady with creamery and daisy brands listed. Cheese varieties include Twins Young Americas Swiss drum limburger and brick as live poultry quotes reflect modest gains for hens and turkeys.
Union Stock Yards reports Friday receipts of hogs at 410000 with Monday estimates around 4900. Prices vary across lots from light and rough packings to heavy packing and shipping, with pigs priced around 4.75 to 15.75 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts are 200, natives and westerns quoted near 5.25 to 5.50, native lambs around 4.75 to 5.50.
East Buffalo New Jersey stock market report shows cattle receipts five cars steady and unchanged with price range around six to six dollars. Hog receipts twenty five cars steady with best at about six forty to six fifty, various categories quoted. Sheep and lambs receipts sixty cars with top lambs near six to six twenty five and sheep around four to five dollars.
Cattle receipts 300 including 50 Texans unchanged. Hogs receipts about 000 with bulk at 5 to 6 dollars. packers trade at 6.00 to 6.35 for medium and 5.50 to 6.00 for light. yorkers 5.35 to 6.00. pigs 4.50 to 3.35. Sheep receipts 500 steady with muttons 4.00 to 5.00. lambs 33.50 to 76.29. western and wethers 4.25 to 4.13. ewes 4.00 to 4.50.
The listing details wheat and corn prices for various grain grades and forms, including No 2 red wheat at 5 74 cents, No 2 white corn at 63 44 cents, and No 1 timothy hay around 12 to 12 50 dollars. Inspections note several cars of specific grades and total cars for each commodity.
Old turkey hens six cents per pound and old toms five cents while choice young turkeys nine cents. Ducks and geese priced per pound with fresh eggs and various cheeses listed. Hides and tallow values noted with calf prices and leather terms in old market column.
A dense OCR list of coffee blends and roasted goods with old unit prices, plus sugars, beans, molasses, syrups, rice, corn, peaches, berries, pineapples, clams, oysters, and other produce. Items are given with varied cents and dollars, reflecting a historical grocery ledger. Named brands and regional mentions appear sporadically, implying a general retail catalog entry rather than a single sale.
A terse price summary shows grades and figures for flour and patents. Values include first grade at 44.75, spring patent, second grade, winter, and miscellaneous rates such as $5.00, $4.50, $3.35, $3.50, S2.70, and 18.50 per ton for Eeran-18.0.
A dense price list of produce and meat items with per unit prices. Includes onions, oranges, lemons, beans, potatoes, cranberries, celery, apples, and various meats with prices by crate, bushel, box, or per pound. Contains several unclear OCR fragments and stray place names.
A dense price list lists oysters, clams, lobsters, frogs legs, and shrimp with per unit costs, plus drugs and chemicals. Items include New York counts oysters at $1.00 per 100, white fish 10 cents per lb, trout and pickerel, boneless herring, and dressed herring at 644c per lb.
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