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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
2
Miss Teresa Carter among more than a thousand nurses testifying to the recoveries from Paine's Celery Compound. The ad extols the tonic's ability to restore diseased livers, purify blood, and rebuild kidneys, with testimonials from physicians and sufferers across walks of life.
The page notes show Fannie Rice and vaudeville at 2:15 and 8:15 with Park presenting Papa's baby farce at 2 and 3, and Empire offering The merry maidens burlesque at 2 and 8. Local theaters schedule matinee and evening shows.
Next week at the WHE Home Houses Empire will present two acts the May Howards burlesquers and the High rollers burlesque and extravaganza company. The Park announces The dairy farm and The James boys in Missouri as sensational pieces with Kara at the Grand. Jeanette Melville and Evie Stetson deliver a strong vaudeville pairing praised as genuinely funny while Papa's baby draws crowds and the Park audience clamors for encores amid lively Irish German and Spanish songs. Harry Watson and Ed Edwards deliver strong German comedy while Kellar the magician performs at English's in a repeat of last season.
Steve Crawford sues the county for 70 dollars claiming wrongful discharge from the workhouse where he was hired as assistant superintendent and seeks salary for the rest of the year. Superintendent Shaw cites actions were for the good of the service and provides no reason.
Funeral for Charles F Sayles drew a large crowd at the Second Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon. Rev J A Milburn preached a fitting sermon focusing on Sayles exemplary home life and his kind qualities. Interment was private.
The brig John D Spreckels reports the murder of Rudolph Hanson of New York, a saw mill superintendent at Port Leot Caroline Islands, killed January 10 by savages. Other items note Frankfort lodge Oddfellows fifty year anniversary, and assorted local ads and notices from Indianapolis and Baldwin's piano bargains.
An urgent appeal to the United States government seeks relief for the Cherokee and Keetoowah bands in Indian Territory plagued by last summer’s drought. Many are in extreme want, sharing scarce food as authorities monitor possible uprisings among full-blood Cherokees and Creeks.
The 71 year old former Indianapolis fireman Cicero Seibert died in San Diego after signing four bank drafts to a woman who claimed to be his daughter but said by police to be Weaver. She is 32, met him in St Louis, and sought funeral funds. An inquest attributed death to heart failure. relatives say he had no daughter with him and left Indianapolis with about $1,400. Seibert’s only child, a 14 year old girl, remains with their grandfather.
Mrs. Hiram Seibert of Indianapolis notes she cannot hear about the mysterious Miss Weaver who was with Cicero Seibert. George Seibert says his brother may have met Miss Weaver in St Louis and invited her west as a nurse. Seibert left Indianapolis with 6000 dollars and 16 drafts for 50 each, likely spent. drafts may have gone to Miss Weaver. Police Superintendent Taffe has been notified and will confer with San Diego police.
Vincent Clifford, republican candidate for superior judge, faces uphill odds as he opposes Judges Leathers and McMaster. Three candidates run with top two advancing, and reports say McMaster and Leathers campaigns press for mutual votes. Voters hear ties between current judges and possible favoritism.
County auditor Harry B. Smith announces readiness to convene a county council meeting to appropriate funds for a new bridge over a White River at West Washington Street. He had feared bondsmen might bear liability for council action. The Panhandle bowling team faces Columbus at Washington alleys Saturday. third contest after two Indianapolis wins.
L Shoemaker of Arctic Indiana recalls clerks nibbling food at work leading to stomach trouble. He describes weight loss to 91 pounds, illness, and recovery after using Grape Nuts Breakfast Food, gaining 78 pounds to reach 169 in about three months, with offer to verify facts.
Curtis Wilson of Portland was acquitted of stabbing Eli Slentz. A Richardson from Chicago was arrested in Cambridge City for stealing a case of rings from Kreusch's jewelry. Philip Kelley of Indianapolis won 200 damages against the Indianapolis street railway for injuries to his wife. Richmond workers sue Varney Construction of Indianapolis over low wages. Oliver Bunton of Muncie seeks 10000 damages against Muncie Natural Gas after his wife’s illness worsened when gas was cut off. A miner, W H Sexton, died after a slate fall. A tree fall killed Henry Seebode near Buverfeld. Warren Bassler at Jackson Station lost his right arm to powder blast. Virgil Brandon of Michigantown shot his brother Clinton accidentally. Maud, daughter of Dr Ross of Cayuga, started a coal oil fire and is badly burned. Charles Jackson, former Evansville Courier manager, died after overdosing on ammonia.
A list of obituaries and death notices from Indiana towns including Muncie Lagro Clinton Richmond Kokomo Logansport Petersburg Tipton Crawfordsville Cambridge City Mooresville Indianapolis and Irvington. Names include J T Neagles Abe Wood Christina Hisgen Mary Jane Kramer and Alice Manifold among others with ages and survivor details.
Maybury Neal, 45, of Madison, leaped into the Ohio River and died. Two children survive. Officials say he was temporarily insane. In Marion, Benj Hutchinson, convicted of embezzlement, attempted suicide by morphine but was revived by doctors. May Woolsey, Evansville, took morphine in a personal crisis. doctors saved her.
Reports from multiple towns describe coal and eye famines, Wabash slot machines removed, and Westphalia schools closed due to smallpox. Goshen hosts the Forty-eighth Indiana volunteers reunion, Cicero’s church call accepted by Rev A G Little, and nonresidents may use Carnegie Library books in Wabash for a dollar. Elisha Brown celebrates seventy-second anniversary in Hagerstown, Mrs Jessie Yount’s elopement case stirs California move speculation, Kosciusko County memorial fund aims for Gov Mount tribute, and Tipton Advocate plans publication as daily.
Chairman O'Brien of the democratic state committee selects Joseph Reilly of Indianapolis for secretary and Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis for treasurer. The committee meets Saturday to announce the appointments.
In Detroit on February 21 1900 ex president Cleveland has booked rooms at the Colonial hotel Mount Clemens and will arrive March 1 for a rheumatism bath course. Also on February 21 state optis went into conference to decide future party policy with factions diverging on aligning with Democrats or remaining independent.
Aaron Price a fireman at the Home Heating and Lighting Co. plant on Alabama and Sixteenth streets died at St Vincent's infirmary after a boiler flue leak sprayed water into steam blowing open furnace doors. He was shoveling coal when the accident occurred Thursday night. The incident disrupted lighting to nearby houses and interrupted a prayer meeting at First Presbyterian Church. machinery resumed by 11 p.m.
Mrs. Josephine Whetzel of Hartford City Indiana sues Chauncey Waterhouse for 2000 dollars claiming injuries and humiliation from a dispute over potatoes. She alleges she struck him in a vulnerable spot with a board while he stooped, and his son held her while he administered a punishment with the same board.
In Rome on February 21 the pope expressed great satisfaction with Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore and the American clergy for their role in the holy jubilee. He said Italy may desert him, but the faith burns bright in America.
Advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to restore energy after meals. Claims to renew vigor, enhance appetite, and improve dullness. Sold by all druggists.
The Big Four plans a new steel bridge over White River at a cost of 50000 dollars just south of the present bridge. Tracks would run west of the river to the Belt, leaving the city north of Haughville. The old line would handle occasional freight. The move aims to save time and reduce life danger in the city.
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