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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1904
Page
3
The ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal cure for indigestion used by soldiers in Cuba and the Philippines. It claims the tablets digest food naturally, support nourishment, and restore stomach and body health, with praise from doctors and widespread availability at 50 cents a box.
In Louisville a brown cockroach resides in the officers’ room at City Hall Central Police headquarters. It has lived there over two years and is treated as a pet by Maj. Ridge and Lieut. Burke, appearing nightly on a table and escaping harm from staff.
A bill in the Iowa Senate would require the State Board of Medical Examiners to issue licenses to practitioners of what is called psychiatraphy or psychiopathies. Prepared by PB. Pinler of Des Moines, president of the State association of healers, the measure aims to protect the public by regulating those who claim to heal by laying on the hands or through mental influence.
Fragmented state news notes shortages of coal and fuel in Middlebury and surrounding areas, with reports of high water hampering activities, a home fire driving a family from West Point, and several local incidents. Other items include a relic newspaper, a minister's busy day, and communal efforts amid weather and supply issues.
New York reports George Dalton Morgan confessing his marriage to a Japanese woman strains his stepmother’s approval and wrangles Morgan relatives. He notes his wife’s limited English, their happiness, and his duties showing her city life and war news. In New Brunswick a hermit dies seeking warmth under a mattress, with a mysterious past, sparse belongings, and unclear finances.
Worn and shredded items appear in a Tiffin area report dated February. A machine operated item is noted with unclear text. The fragment hints at an incident or notice involving a return of goods or equipment. Public record tone suggests a municipal or local notice context.
Atlantic Hners report from Ulverpont to New York in three days as inventor Peter Thornley of Burton-on-Trent claims a motor with 15 burge power at 34 psi boiler, a novel valve starting the six ton stroke, earning hot exhaust to keep the cylinder warm, with a cut-off valve for speed and reversal. He says one ton of coal can yield power of eight tons and that the motor can run on compressed air and drive dynamos to cut electricity costs.
Henry Seton Mer riman the novelist Hugh Stowell Scott of Long Spring Meltor Suffolk left an estate valued at 266010. He bequeathed 5.00 to Evelyn Lea trice Hall for her assistance and advice without which he could not have earned a living by his pen.
Washington dispatch reports Thomas Corwin Cromwell Tomwel general attorney for the Panama Canal Company received a 2 million dollar fee for two years work aimed at securing passage of a bill. Described as a hard fighter, he is deemed honest by supporters and critics alike, with the record noting it as the largest fee ever paid. The note also advertises Dr Thomas Electric Oil for burns and sore throats.
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