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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1902
Page
6
The advertisement portrays Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the remedy for thin, underweight individuals from poor digestion. It claims the tablets supply natural peptones and diastase to digest flesh forming foods and restore stomach tone, suitable for invalids and children, sold widely at 50 cents for complete treatment.
John W. Kern says the Indiana Club is not dead though promoters delay. Directors will shift site selection to stockholders next week due to diverging opinions, with potential sites on N Meridian Street near University Park and east of the Grand Hotel. Stockholders’ meeting likely next week. building work expected this summer.
Indianapolis council No. 47 Knights of Columbus initiated 70 new members in a day long event with excursions from across the state and visitors from Chicago and New York. The candidates attended high mass at St Johns cathedral, followed by a banquet for about 800 knights that evening.
An advertising notice urges readers to choose Scott s Emulsion over cheaper alternatives to save pennies while gaining strength and flesh. It promises quicker regeneration of flesh for those who have lost it and offers a free sample from Scott Bowne chemists at 409 Pearl Street North.
William C Hoffman of Valley Mills said at the courthouse he will vote for the appropriation for the White River bridge on W Washington St. He noted city residents would pay most taxes for the project and county outsiders would gain value. County officials expect four of five council members to support the funding.
In Topeka on February 24 Mayor Parker ordered Mrs Nation from his office after she refused to leave. She argued she had a right to speak as a citizen and called the mayor a disgrace to Toneka. The exchange ended with the mayor retreating to a private office as Nation continued talking.
The Interstate Associated Trust Company opens with 5 million dollars in capital and a unique South Dakota charter granting broad 50 year authority to operate as any financial institution nationwide. Plans include a world clearing house and international expansion with drafts cashable from any country. President James A. Reardon predicts capital could rise to 15 million dollars within three days.
Herbert Browers died from exposure while returning from Flatbrook to arrange his father's funeral. His body was found in the snow about 100 rods from home as the town conducted a joint funeral for father and son. In Monterey a church sociable ended with Mrs. Frank Harmen's hair catching fire from a celluloid comb near an old stove.
The government bureau of statistics outlines St Thomas St John and St Croix with sizes harbors and population data. It notes Charlotte Amalia harbor as a premier West Indies port and describes shifts from distribution at St Thomas to steamship networks and regional trade.
Milwaukee capital backs a new timepiece praised by a government representative as a progressive invention. The clock uses bold digital hour and minute figures and a second pointer on a semicircular track. Patents cover the US, England, Germany, and France. English capital is tied to rights with a $150,000 option.
Emma Dodson of Jerseyville Illinois testifies that Zoa Phora regularized her cycles and shortened labor times. She claims it eased change of life discomfort and monthly pains and recommends the remedy to others, noting free samples and mail order availability from Kalamazoo Michigan.
Dr J N Hurty secretary of the State board of health is invited to speak before the senate committee on public health and national quarantine in Washington on March 12. He will advocate a national board of health with seven members and an advisory panel from each state board, a move favored by health officers nationwide to ensure state representation.
A five acre grain field near Oxnard California slides slowly down Springville hill toward the Santa Ynez river valley after the February 9 earthquakes. A newly formed elliptical fissure marks the move with a crevasse up to 12 feet wide and several hundred feet deep. Residents, granaries and animals shift with the land as the slope separates from the rest of the hill at about eight inches weekly.
Two peddlers from New York, Patrick Callahan and Patrick Harvey, were arrested Friday for selling without a license. They posted $100 bonds each at police headquarters but failed to appear for trial on Saturday. Judge Stubbs forfeited the cash bonds, with proceeds to the city, though officers doubt the men fled for such a small fine.
State statistician Thomas B. Scott fell and injured himself, losing his spectacles. A plan to advertise for the glasses led to a search through St Clair park where Johnson found the spectacles at the foot of an incline by the blind institute, confirming the accident site.
Quackery alert as swindlers in London push bogus cures claiming ancestral tunes in England. Diphtheria urgency is misrepresented as twenty minutes away. Dr Thames Electric Oil promoted at drug stores amid dubious claims.
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