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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1903
Page
3
The advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for thin and underweight individuals suffering from poor digestion. It claims tablets supply peptones and diastase to aid digestion of meat eggs bread and potatoes, rebuilding stomach tone and vigor. Also notes wide availability and affordable price.
Three Elkhart youths March Thomas Michael Eldridge and Jacob Brown aged about 14 were mending a tree obstacle on the Indiana railway track when an interurban car from Goshen approached Sunday evening. Police arrested them and authorities fear the obstruction might have derailed the car.
Miners and operators presented a memorial to the Senate Monday urging indefinite postponement of the shot firing bill. W B Wilson spoke for the operators with Senator Wampler, who refused to withdraw the measure. The memorial notes the year’s axe scale hinges on killing the bill, expecting indefinite postponement by ANE.
Monday saw Representative Stechhan invite fellow lawmakers to a German house entertainment with a Hop after the performance, a resolution passing unanimously. In Milwaukee a jail arrest followed as Detective Asch detained Luke Fitch 3 73 Sheretdave for loitering while conversing with counterfeiter Harry Jarrell. The Clydeson a Boom river flood threatened Ruther Glen.
James Gries fought a mid-sized dog for an hour at the Grimes residence before killing it with a pitchfork. Exhausted, Gries will be confined to the house for some time. He says he struck the dog about 100 times. The dog belonged to the Grimes family and was unusually large.
New York reports radium priced at 900000 pounds after a chemist cut the prior 1000000 stake. He offers about 100 milligrams on hand with two pounds total world supply. The metal glows in dark, exposes photographic plates through iron and lead, and can burn skin or eyes in contact.
Augustus Thom an dramatist beat editor Henry Sweet of the New Rochelle Pioneer after a dispute over a misnaming. Sweet required a retraction, Thom an paid damages plan. editor to sue for libel. Thom an faces assault charge. both under medical care.
In Brazil Indiana on February 9 a sworn affidavit charges Coroner Richard Lawson with manslaughter. William Lanagan alleges the coroner paid for the whisky that caused his son James Lanagan to die after drinking five half pints in a saloon on January 24.
Philadelphia February 9 Attorney Daniel J. McCarthy Hazelton opened closing arguments before the large coal strike commission audience. A miner, lawyer and labor leader, he attacked independent operators and likened John Mitchell to a Moses leading labor from the wilderness. He argued the Jeddo evictions were meant to terrorize tenants and questioned Markle’s evidence against evicted men.
The governor may veto several bills including special or class measures. Reported intent is to veto all such bills, citing vetoes of Senate bills four and five for town incorporation and issuing bonds as evidence. If this stance holds, many local bills may fail, as much house time has been spent on these measures.
Memphis report recaps a Sunday night gunfight between law officers and robbers John Phyfer and Charles Frazier near Blue Springs Mississippi. About 380 shots were fired. one robber was struck twice, the other had a broken arm, with feared but not fatal injuries claimed.
The police are asked to search for Otis Hicks a boy described as having a squint eye and his companion Warren Suiggleman 14 who left Spiceland Indiana on Friday to go to Indianapolis seeking fame and fortune. Hicks father D A Hicks asked authorities to locate the youths. Grover Cleveland arrives in Augustine Florida and plans two weeks fishing with Dr Joseph D Bryant. Conditions favor tarpon fishing on the St Lucie river. Chicago talks progress toward settling the strike of office building workers as managers seek a conference with the teamsters union with no coal deliveries to buildings where elevator men and janitors are on strike.
A report from Washington notes petitions from college professors and presidents urging Congress to deepen investigation into conditions in Philadelphia. In the House, Rep Richardson demanded action to strike the conference report on the commerce bill. a roll call failed narrowly by a single vote.
Indiana briefs from Goshen and nearby towns report notable deaths, accidents, and local developments. Isaac A Simons, 68, prominent lawyer, died unexpectedly. Westville bankers pledge a monument for Wesley Reynolds killed defending the bank. explosion injuries in English. freight wrecks near Terre Haute. court verdict in Frankfort involving Miss Eila Patterson. coal land syndicate activity around Wheatland. Iowa route change by Indiana Southern Railroad contingent on coal development. plus a local patent medicine advertisement for Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.
Reduced force to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola by train. Theatre at ticket agents 48 W Washington est or Union station. i Cut prices on our glasses for headache.
Washington lawmakers dismiss the Rockefeller telegrams as a rank fake while anti trust legislation, including fast trial proposals and carrier rebate bans, progresses in the Senate. Senators Aldrich Hanna and others question the authenticity of the messages as corporate interests push for revisions. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends the readable segment.
In London Americana markets are steady. miners’ wages discussed. bank statements weak. Penna and Wabash negotiations rumored. T. C. I. reports about 6 percent earnings on common likely all charged for new construction. Southern Pacific demand strong in New Jersey. Indianapolis cattle market slow. receipts 209. hogs active with prices down 10 cents. sheep and lambs steady to active with good demand.
Norfolk authorities deny a diphtheria outbreak on training ships in response to reports from Cincinnati and other cities. The dispatch notes official statements refuting the claim and emphasizes there is not a single confirmed case aboard.
Market reports from Cincinnati and Chicago show varied prices across meats and dairy. Pork provisions, hog receipts, and cattle quotes mix with butter and cheese averages, while East Buffalo and Union Stock Yards detail live stock totals, top lambs, and hogs by category.
The column lists prices in Indianapolis markets for chippers and fowls with tinny figures such as springs at 10 cents and old turkey joints at 10 to 50 cents, butter at 136, cheese at 14 to 16 cents, hides and wool prices including No 1 calf at 90 cents, and various oysters fish and canned goods with wholesale figures like bulk oysters at 1.10 per gallon. It also notes coffee bean grades and sugar packages with numerous price tags across brands and bag sizes.
A dense catalog of grocery and commodity prices, with items ranging from oats, molasses, canned goods, and fruits to meats, lard, and sausages. It includes dozens of raw and processed foods, plus drugs, chemicals, and minerals, all with unit prices and weights.
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