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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1901
Page
3
A critique argues Sunday schools fail to instill true religion as boys resist parochial moral instruction amid home and world influences. It blames parental example, war rhetoric, and misaligned values, urging reform at home to lift youth toward right conduct and reduce reliance on Sunday schooling.
George Di Essauer was arraigned in police court and admitted his identity. He claimed he was robbed of 1200 dollars in London during a pool game with Ted Sloane and denied the Chicago bond fraud involving 30000 dollars. He asserted his affection for Helen Bertram as true.
Johnstown report notes 14 year old Rev. Talmage Witt living with his parents at Jennertown. He regularly occupies a church pulpit and has impressed a Pittsburg committee from the United Evangelical conference, which decided to fund his thorough education.
An advertisement asserts Dr Bull’s cough syrup cures croup and whooping cough with no danger to children when used promptly. It urges mothers to keep a bottle on hand at all times.
New Jersey paper reports a death by suicide of Frank Wolff, member of a Hoboken death by own action club formed seven years ago by thirteen men. Three survivors named Theodore Rusch Gustav Hilderbrandt and Joseph Hubert reside in Hoboken. The group allegedly planned that within fifteen years all would die by their own hands. Wolff owned a Hoboken saloon on Madison and First Streets for eight years before closing recently. He left home before noon and was found hanged in Englewood woods later. Reports mention other members using rope razors revolvers and poison in personal crises and repeat Johann Walther a fresco painter who reportedly attempted suicide multiple times.
Bridgeport, Conn January 1 The last surviving member of the famed death by own action club in this city Gustave Wolf a jeweler's clerk died by suicide in his bed chamber at the rear of the store where he worked Wolf a native of Wiesbaden Germany is said to have noble parentage His death ends a club tradition that one member yearly perished by self destruction for almost eleven years prior Victims included John a tavern keeper H Maby Martin Zepp Henry Freise and William Brill with others alleged but dying of natural causes or leaving town
A feature on a modest Indianapolis shop run by a woman selling second-hand ladies clothing. The piece details how she acquires garments, including stolen items, and how she markets to regular patrons and bargain hunters while assisting police in catching shoplifters.
In Columbus a man named Virgil Cavanaugh rode an old wooden bicycle and earned the nickname Barrel Hoop as boys teased him. When he bought a shinier wheel the taunt shifted to Rubber tires. The article notes how nicknames, even cruel ones like Rotten brains, can cling to a person from boyhood into adulthood.
Indianapolis price list details meats vegetables fruits nuts and groceries. It lists smoked meats lard pickled pork canned goods teas spices canned fruits and seeds with prices by item and size, including hams bacon lard beans cabbage celery apples bananas oranges cranberries and more.
Night-sweats arise from weakness of the whole system caused by disordered kidneys. They quickly lead to extreme stages of Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Paralysis, or Chronic Female Weakness. If you suspect kidney trouble, collect morning urine in a bottle, let it stand 12 hours, and note brick dust or sediment as positive proof you need treatment.
A young theologian from McCormick Seminary marries a farmer’s daughter and starts a country parish life in southern Indiana. To supplement a meager salary they raise hens, but the hopeful clergyman learns the chicks require proper feed after his wife Nellie notices misfed brood and absurd beliefs about milk from hens.
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