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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1904
Page
6
Advertising copy touts Munyon's Paw-Paw products as cures for dyspepsia and nervous trouble, claiming to improve sleep, purify blood, and strengthen the body. It urges use by women, mothers for children, and husbands after work, with mentions of Paw-Paw Tonic and Paw-Paw Laxative Pills priced at 25 cents.
It reports massive duck and gull mortality on Lake Michigan as open water shrinks. Ducks struggle to feed, many freeze on harbor ice, with captains and officials noting dense circling gulls and scarce usable water. Figures and exact locations reference Milwaukee harbor and nearby wrecks.
In Hagerstown Maryland February 4 19 the marriage of Michaell Dunkle and Saran T Mumma was delayed by severe cold near Harrisburg. Dunkle carried the bride last ten yards to Rev Hart's house where the clergyman and his wife tended her for an hour until she regained consciousness. She departed the parsonage as Mrs Dunkle.
An advertisement proclaims Zoa Phora as a universal cure for women’s health issues. It features testimonials from Mrs Effie Bates of Muncie Indiana and a reader sharing relief from painful periods and irregularities. The copy invites readers to request a trial bottle and a medical book from the Zoa Phora Co. in Kalamazoo Michigan.
Amanda Wallace 50 sues L Augustus Battles 68 for 10000 alleging breach of promise. Attachment filed for 10000. Wallace family worth around 100000. Battles once a Fitchburg livery stable keeper and city street superintendent now a farmer in Lunenburg. Engagement announced in 18s. marriage delayed due to alleged failure to fulfill life partner terms.
German city tests a center crossing signal a two foot box suspended from wires warns approaching cars and pedestrians with halt in red letters. Watchmen guard crossings while experiment aims to cut costs and improve safety. Mayor Brush rode a front-platform express train in Mount Vernox NY, shivering but unharmed after jumping aboard accidentally.
In Philadelphia on February 2, Fdw. Cober, age 3, endured a remarkable medical ordeal at St. Luke's homeopathic hospital. Surgeons opened the pericardial sac and removed two quarts of purulent fluid without anesthetic. He remained on stimulants for two hours post operation, but doctors expect his recovery.
DES MOINES Iii Feb 2h Invasie Preme court has decided that a tramp has figure which a trathman must respect affirming a decision from Pottawattamin county in which Joseph Rohnson obtained Judgment for Injuries sustained by reason of forcible ejectment from a moving train Returned From Funeral and Died Dayton Feb 26 Mis Elizabeth Ryder died suddenly from the bursting of a blood vessel in the head She was making a fire having just returned from a funeral when the accident occurred
Indiana items report a new band forming in Peru and various local notes. Mentions Tipton city council plans brick road work, Mrs Tangle Cluster Mount Zion event, wheat and clover damage from a late freeze near North Adams, a Mont Carmel woman’s throat paralysis treatment, and Noblesville Republicans nominating candidates. Also notes Joseph Wilson of Greenfield returning from the Philippines and local commerce and anecdotes from Hartford City and Peru grocers.
Peter runs for secretary of state and a presidential bid noted amid long cold spell from November to April. Bloomington’s Horace Blakely receives 43750 from accident policies, plus weekly benefits. A fire engine from Lafayette ships to St. Louis for a World’s Fair exhibit with bond posted. A near-fatal horse incident ends with a man’s stable reunion. Tipton county funeral records mark a large service for D. P. Tue hush. Logansport debates capital versus labor amid open shop tensions. Bureau of Labor and Industry to investigate living costs next week. A harness shop and barn projects appear. cyclonic road supervisor bid noted. Plainville man near-fatal exposure threatens digit loss.
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