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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
2
A distressed pitch promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative promising money back if it fails. It claims thousands tested it in hospitals and homes, with a high success rate and long trial history. The ad urges readers to request a postal card form to receive a sample and lists supposed nerve strengthening benefits and cures for weak organs.
Mount Carmel Pa February 2 19 A brief stop during a presidential campaign tour turned tense as William Jennings Bryan narrowly avoided a fatal fall when a steel rope parted at the Reading company’s Re-Vance colliery. The party halted the breaker engine saving him from being hurled into the elevators while slate pickers cheered and joked about the former candidate.
Isla de Luzon, one of the Spanish ships captured in the battle of Manila Bay, attempted to enter Mobile port on Friday but was prevented by a surrounding force. The brief incident highlights post‑battle tensions in the region.
A reader shares a dramatic health tale from Coraopo Us Pa about gaining from 9 pounds to 14 pounds in a year after quitting coffee and drinking Postum. She says severe stomach issues and headaches eased, skin cleared, and nerves stabilized, inspiring others to try Postum as a coffee substitute. Highly earnest story links coffee withdrawal to tangible health improvements.
In Helena a made up marriage between millionnaire Rep Stobert Brownlee and Miss Carrie Kolb of Great Falls drew chatter in Montana statehouse circles. A ring by Rep Allen and ceremony by Rep Everett made them husband and wife, though no certified record was produced. Brownlee joked he had no objections if the bride consented, while the consensus remains that a real marriage occurred despite no formal ceremony proof.
In Hagerstown Indiana Prof John E Ballwin proposes building a large airship to win 109000 from the worlds fair commission for feats in stated aerial maneuvers. Prof Baldwin cautions on success but supports the project. Prof Hardwin also aims for 5000 and 10000 prizes with a monster balloon built for these tests.
The article reports a proposed act to empower the governor to appoint all state senators, representatives, and county, city, and town officers. If enacted, the governor could control appointments with final authority, sparking debate in the Indiana Senate as lawmakers react to the potential consolidation of power alongside calls to adjourn.
Women in Indianapolis attended a lecture by Madame Yale on diplomacy, poise, and beauty, learning to walk correctly, discard corsets, and captivate husbands. The talk stressed health, confidence, and self-improvement, with Yale claiming lasting appeal and urging women to maintain appearance as a path to virtue.
In South Bend reports circulated that Indiana railway strike action had ended though details remained uncertain. The item lists local incidents across Indiana including temperance votes in Kokomo and a fatal mishap from a cow kick in Seymour.
After prolonged rain, Parkersburg WV and nearby rivers surge as the Ohio rises eight feet in hours and the Kanawha also climbs. In Troy, floodwaters recede slightly but wash away a bridge abutment on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line, sending freight trains over alternative routes. Residents of Ninevah report evacuations as the river crests approach historic levels.
The general appropriation bill, allotting funds for four years, was favorably reported in the house and set as special order for Monday at 2 pm. It would finance state government and institutions, aiming to sustain operations and services.
A man named Timrty masked and abducted Chub Hutte at his home near Kolleraville. Hutte was taken to a woods by masked assailants where DA was whipped nearly unconscious, coerced into promises about future conduct, and warned against future abuse under threat of lynching. The group claimed to be leading community figures.
The Columba club hosted the largest and most elaborate college fraternity banquet in the country with hundreds of bright guests in blue and gold electric lighting. War Col Charlon Jewett of New Albany presided as testmaster. speakers included Scot Butler of Butler University Judge Henry H Vinton of Lafayette and George Ade of Cuimagin among others.
Ross Godwin twenty two living at New Palea tine was a guest at the Princeton hotel on 8 Mitnwlsst failed to shut off the gas properly when going to bed at 2 am Saturday. He was found at 8 o'clock by hotel porter Oscar Reynolds nearly dead. Dr Towtes of City dispensary resuscitated him and moved him to City hospital. The porter detected a gas odor and saw Godwin in a near unconscious state through the room transom. The patient began to recover after treatment.
Buffalo police investigate the murder of Eawih L. Hardick at his home on Thursday night amid burglary suspicions. A leading clue is the discovery of a man who drove a car away from near the Hardick residence as investigators pursue several possible suspects.
In St Louis on a February Friday a boy found a stash of gold coins in a vacant lot near Kerry Patch. He shared the finds with playmates, dispersing most coins recklessly. Parents report the coins dated earlier. authorities plan to turn funds over to the public administrator for rightful claimants.
Xokomo Indiana Feb SMe and Mrs Ba Powers of this city have been informed that their daughter Mrs Wi Mom Muyehra of New York gave birth Tuesday to four plump babies two boys and two girls. The four weigh 11 pounds. The telegram states mother and infant are all safely well. The young couple were married to Wid city three years ago. The father is a photographer.
A garbled 19th century news fragment lists killings, assaults, arrests, and disasters across many places. Frank Bowen is noted killed by HLF. Miss Elele Barrett and Simon Cassell are mentioned in assaults and accidents. Civil and political items include a censure resolution against the lower house over Butler’s unseating and Speaker Henderson’s New York law firm move. Reports of shipwrecks, a Cork building collapse, and a Detroit man facing bankruptcy are included, with multiple errors and unclear names.
A garbled note references medicine and cures with scattered names and numbers. It mentions pharmacists, a long warranty, pricing, and a column about a distant topic. The readable text hints at a Friday and Saturday feature in a periodical with payment pages.
At a National Republican Editorial Association gathering on Friday Benatar Hanna extolled enduring Republican tenets and era of prosperity under McKinley and Roosevelt. He praised party newspapers and noted 19th campaign’s pivotal role. Hanna urged a nationwide organization. Depew lauded anti trust progress. Sleicher named president, Reed secretary treasurer, Garber director.
Samuel Harper a colored barber in Indiana-Nye was attacked by a gang after work. He claimed he heard someone shout through a keyhole and protected himself. Excessive drinking preceded the incident. Hatner was arrested by Bike policemen Simon and Morgan.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on February 3 a plan to kidnap Rony Lorenz a key witness against Charles E Jump of Dayton Ohio faced criminal exposure. A Dayton woman allegedly offered 160 to lure the girl to a secluded city spot while deputies guard the child and authorities pursue the conspirators.
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