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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1901
Page
5
A string of anecdotes recounts near misses and curious recoveries of missing money. Passengers recall losing or finding small sums, with tales of pocketbooks, a $40 roll, a $5 bill, and a stick for luck in odd places. The stories emphasize mislaid coins, coin rolls, and comical misunderstandings.
On Central Avenue the trolley crowded with riders as the conductor urged passengers to move up. A persistent kicker in a tight corner kept silent until asked why he did not complain and replied there was no room.
Chief Johnson of the Taku tribe near Alaska, a powerful business figure with 5 000 to 6 600 followers, controls several stores in Dyea and Juneau. He conducts large potlatches every three years, most recently spending around 24 099 dollars, and seeks blankets and goods from the Thomas Kay mill for his people. He opposes federal laws restricting Indians, laments dwindling game and fish, and advocates prohibition of alcohol. He is about 60, wealthier, educated, and celebrated for leadership and benevolence toward his tribe.
A two ounce bottle of skunk oil shipped as first class mail caused a panic in Milwaukee’s post office when the bottle broke in the pouch. Clerks reported a strong odor spreading to letters and parcels as the fluid contaminated mail, highlighting an illegal act and careless packing by the sender.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pure harmless cure for constipation. It promotes buy and try with prices shown for druggists at 10c 50c and 0c variants.
The article profiles Prof Day, famed animal lecturer, tracing his 36 years of work with beasts across Europe and America. It covers how animals are sourced, trained, and presented, detailing trainer methods, risks in the ring, and vivid notes on leopards, lions, elephants, camels, bears, birds, and reptiles.
Adolph Monnell Sayre, once lauded as the boy wizard of Wall Street, lived in a posh Fifth Avenue mansion with high rollers as neighbors and a staff of servants. He vanished from 34 and 36 Wall Street and 683 Fifth Avenue after swindling Miss Maud Kirtland, Miss Maud Porter, and others of thousands, including a rumored $20,000 legacy. The suit against him grows as his stock and lavish claims unravel.
In Wilmerding Pennsylvania Antonio Abbitticha and Nicholas Baloga, both in love with Carolina Moreno from Italy, arrange a sale in Baloga’s home. Baloga agrees to sell his wife for eight dollars. the woman and their child stay. Abbitticha plans to take them to Italy with him.
The pig belonging to Théodore Binley attacked 10 year old Harry in Neshohocken after relentless teasing. The father beat the animal into insensibility with a shovel then took the boy to Dr Welsley for treatment. The pig was killed. Harry recovered and may seek revenge.
Norwalk Ohio profile of Jas Williams known as Uncle Jim near 100 years old. Adopted by Wyandotte tribe near Upper Sandusky as an infant he recalls 1812 era memories and tribe life. He now lives in Norwalk with George Washington, the village’s elder Black resident, as the sole surviving Wyandotte in their ancestral homeland.
James Van Hise reports about fifty dollars in damages after burglars forced a door and removed part of the scaffold used for hangings. The heavy beams platform and rope were left in a heap. Van Hise, the longtime county hangman, calls the theft bold and puzzling.
A newspaper advertisement touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy for catarrh including nasal and bronchial forms. It claims the tablets have antiseptic qualities, are pleasant to taste, and safe for both adults and children. An example user reports relief after use and keeping a supply on hand to ward off winter colds.
Minneapolis January 1 Joseph Wheelock veteran actor plans to enter inebriate asylums to study delirium tremens for realism in the revised Ten Nights in a Bar Room He faces warnings that the method may drive him insane but argues that direct observation will enhance the mad scene and overall performance The plot centers on a drunken father killing his daughter with a thrown glass during a barroom confrontation.
Fragmentary OCR lists railway ticket offices and schedules including Chicago routes to Indianapolis Louisville and beyond. Mentions daily sleeper dining and parlor cars and various departure times and connections with fellow trains and offices.
A partial list details early Benton Harbor and regional trains with approximate times and connections. It names trains to St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati and Peoria with various arrivals departures and notes on accommodations and express services.
OCR text lists various train services between Columbus Dayton Cincinnati and Detroit with times such as 5.4 am 10.35 pm and 3.00 pm 2.56 pm, referencing the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway City Ticket Office and routes to Toledo and Detroit, indicating a timetable snippet or station notices.
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