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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
6
A long feature on recruiting officers handling endless letters from hopeful youths and anxious families. It details questions on enlistment, job placement, training, and travel, plus heartwarming and heart-wreaking requests from candidates, guardians, and merchants.
The article argues that America, the breadbasket and cradle of liberty, can lead a four year program to imperialize global commerce. It envisions a universal money standard, common language and weights, a world congress, and disarmament with a grand world president. It calls for tariff protection, ship channels, labor harmony, and coordinated rates to secure peace and progress.
The Folonete lists senators by facial hair style. Smooth face group includes Goodwine Agnew Daus mann Joss Miller Osborn Brooks Ball Creger Crumbaker Fleming Fortune Heller Inman Johnston Minor Stillwell Wampler. Mustache group names Burns Charles Carr Crum packer Gard Lawler Godhenour Guthrie Harrison Johnston Kell Keys Kittinger Lambert Legeman Matson Agborn Pur cell Thompson Whitcomb Wood. Beard group lists Binkley Conlogue Darby Gwin Keeney Layman Winfield Wolcott. Whiskers group names Barlow Lindley Rampant whiskers Parks.
The veritable desk used by John Alden during his courtship of Priscilla and linked to the Mayflower era was shown at the Pennsylvania Society Daughters of the Revolution display in Hotel Stratford Parlors. It was brought from England aboard the Mayflower in 1620 and later passed through Alden descendants in Bridgewater Massachusetts. William H. Alden of Llanwellyn attended the event along with Priscilla Alden’s lineal descendant as the ninth generation owner’s representative.
Philadelphia February 2. The state committee of the W C T U denounces alcoholic stimulants in pastries and soups and warns liquor in food is dangerous to the young. They condemn communion wine after noting recipes listing wine and brandy in newspapers and pledge regulations against such use.
Springfield I Feb 19 The house of representatives directs probe into John Alexander Dowie bank. A committee will hold public sessions in Chicago. Mrs Richard Croker wife a
Several hundred milliners from across Indiana will travel to Indianapolis next week for the spring openings of four wholesale millinery firms. The event runs three weeks with patterns crafted by in-house trimmers and New York styles adapted for Hoosier buyers. Average wholesale hats run five to seven dollars, with retail profit around two dollars.
A Kansas bill seeks $10,000 to poison prairie dogs across about 50 western counties. The plan, approved by the appropriation committee, would fund bi sulphide or carbon poison, sent to local commissioners who saturate dog holes and trap the pests. Farmers report previous trials show success in Scott and Kearney counties where land once farmed became barren due to crop losses.
New York reports Annie Ewald arraigned before Magistrate Hoos accused by Oscar Ewald of three marriages. He claims a Hoboken marriage to Annie in 189? and later to Hemp linger and Wildfang in 1895. Annie says she married at sixteen due to family pressure and plans divorce, denying current status with either man.
In Washington on February 19 the senate sub committee on pensions reported in favor of continuing pension study during recess. Mr Deboe spoke for building the Nicaraguan canal while Mr Sewell moved to approve the conference report on the military academy appropriation bill. Senator Denew opposed the hazing amendment as public uproar.
A five year old boy, Charles Fetsco, perished in a Hastings mine breach after four days missing. His almost nude body was found at the pit edge, starved and frozen, with clothes piled to gain reach. His father John Fetsco found and carried the body home.
A Cincinnati chemist claims a tasteless remedy offsets tobacco desire and craving, enabling quitting without suffering. The offer includes a free trial package by sending name and address, with men and women able to use it covertly in food or drink.
An article condemns blood purifiers and tonics, arguing true renewal comes from wholesome food. It extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for digestion and prevention, claiming they supply digestive principles like pepsin and diastase, digesting meals in and out of the body and preventing indigestion with regular use after meals.
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