Old 626 New 3411 See Phones 880
A compact item notes old and new phone numbers, 626 and 3411, with the mention see. The entry also references additional numbers 880 in a terse telephony style.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1903
Page
4
A compact item notes old and new phone numbers, 626 and 3411, with the mention see. The entry also references additional numbers 880 in a terse telephony style.
Indiana debate centers on Attorney General Mit ler's plan to allow Supreme Court investigations of unlawful combines and trusts. Opponents, aligned with rail and corporate interests, warn of loss of corporate safety, while supporters argue the measure promotes daylight on misdeeds. Legislature faces pressure as figures like Gov. Durbin push for reforms.
The piece questions ministers efforts to stop Sunday games at Washington park while neglecting other Sunday issues like downtown saloons. It argues people should be allowed Sunday ball, noting workers in wholesale districts on Sunday and suggesting opposition to Sunday baseball is hypocritical.
A collection of brief items covers Rev Dr Hamilton Schuyler’s controversial sermon defending wine use and the temperance group’s prayer, a Detroit traveler praising Miss Yorke at Waldorf Astoria, a Kansas City judge extending a week for Dr Laula Zorn to court his wife, a dog’s body exhumation in Quincy, and a quoted poem fragment about married happiness and companionship.
A medley of verses and snippets features a contrast between a rich Princess and a humble Peasant, plus snippets about a broommaker’s miscalculation, drum merchants, and a humorous travel quip. Also includes a brief divorce note, a Buffalo Times remark on divorce laws, and a Knoxville area railroad death report with burial details.
Mia J Taylor of Indianapolis reports using Dr A W Chase’s Nerve Pills bought at Hyderabad Drug Store. She says the pills rebuilt her nerve strength steadiness and stopped heart failure attacks. The medicine is sold by A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY with the doctor’s portrait on each package.
The article reviews summer fashion trends with accurate notes on fabrics, trims, sleeves, and stock designs. It highlights one elbow sleeve style, tabs on gowns, and medallions of embroidery, plus outlines various white taffeta and mull stock details. It also shares practical home recipes for luncheon codfish, corn bread, lemon pie, and an economical rice pudding.
A Bath resident preserves a white oak post from a vanished New York and Erie railroad project. The post, once part of a distance driven pile road to elevate rails, cost over a million in fruitless work and helped push the Erie into bankruptcy. The item, found last fall near Canisteo, stands as a relic of a costly, abandoned plan two generations later.
Billy Mason soon to yield his Senate seat to Albert J Hopkins is described as generous. Years ago in the Italola state senate he shoveled two feet of snow from his neighbor Robinsons walk on a Sunday so passersby would reach church. He did the act as a Christian kindness.
An advertisement from Dr Shoop claims a universal rheumatism cure after 7,000 tests and a 100,000 successful outcomes. He offers a six month trial for six dollars with a money back guarantee, no samples, and promises free return if it fails. Address Dr Shoop box 18%, Racine Wisconsin. Mild cases may respond to one or two bottles.
A richly mixed vaudeville and burlesque bill plays at Vandeyville Grand and Park venues. Stars Clarice Varne and Miss Vance receive praise for musical talent, with Alice Lynden Doll and Musical Late featured. Joseph Arthur’s Lost River drama returns, praised for production and cast, while Empire Burlesque offers light comedy, pretty chorus girls, and a few strong acts.
An advertisement claims local applications cannot cure deafness and promotes Halle Catarrh Cure from F. Cieney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. It argues deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh, offers $100 for an untreatable case, and urges readers to send for free circulars. Drugstores are listed as retailers.
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