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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1903
Page
6
Dr. Joula Albert Banks cites Mrs. Howe’s testimony on rising gambling among young women in high society. He warns that fashionable card parties fuel a dangerous trend, urging women to halt the spread of gambling’s influence and lead society toward a steadier path.
The article reports a six percent rise in snuff consumption in the last year, totaling 18 million pounds in the United States. It notes the surge stems not from old dipping but from revived southern habits, market retooling with flavored snuff, and spread to the north and west driven by migration and floss of the south.
The article describes a rising snuff habit where users take a mouthful of rose scented vanilla dust and keep it under the tongue. Proponents claim it avoids indigestion and heat from plug tobacco and reduces chewing and spitting, enabling discreet use for hours. This shift is noted as rapidly replacing plug tobacco among southern sales.
Obituaries report William Perry of Madison county at 72 and Professor C E Rogers in Goshen dying of paralysis. James Zimmerman of Petersburg found dead. Salem notes a new Masonic hall opening with a banquet. Parker reports a large oil company power station burned for 2500 dollars. James Eason of Norristown dies at a Columbus sanitarium. Madison man Frank Hellman on trial for a Christmas week murder of William Dormady. Evansville Commercial Club building opens as top headquarters. Bertha Miller badly burned by carbolic acid. Anderson Judge Ryan issues injunction against Summitville school trustees over ground use. Jacob Jacobson, 4, killed attempting to board a moving train at Kouts. Porter county records zero deaths this month. seven accidents. Portland oil leases for 3500 acres filed in Noble and Wabash counties by Armor & Stewart. South Bend merchants vote to drop Belle telephone for Home Company lines due to cost. Winchester reports 60 dogs and 40 cats seized under street-cleaning order. Muncie gas company bought for 400000 by Adams and Meeker, shareholders in Wabach Oil & Gas. Luella Bowers accidentally shot in the cheek while handling a revolver. Epidemic of mumps noted. Muncie engineer Achafer knocked unconscious by a freight car door, found after two hours in snow. Not seriously hurt.
In Port Gibson Mississippi a bigamy trial of John Skyles reveals he had seven wives. The defense admits digamy but pleads insanity. Skyles, once a seven year minister, is noted as an irritant eloquent orator with a family history of insanity.
Mrs Martha N Bary of No 5 New York Street Indianapolis endorses Dr A W Chase nerve pills. She claims the medicine cured inward nervousness and restlessness. She says a box from Hyderabad Drug Store steadied her nerves and she recommends it as an excellent nerve tonic.
Indianapolis physicians report near universal vaccination with an estimated 90 percent or higher, greatly reducing smallpox in the city. Only eight smallpox patients remain in City Hospital. one is in danger. Vaccination campaigns, school mandates, and factory refusals to employ unvaccinated workers are credited with curbing the outbreak.
In Indianapolis commentary, quinine remains the favored protection against colds and pneumonia during volatile January-like conditions. Pneumonia is described as a leading killer, rivaling consumption and typhoid, with quinine sales rising as people self-medicate. Some physicians and journals challenge quinine, but many doctors defend it as both preventive and curative, noting it often ends cold symptoms quickly though at times causing dizziness. The article cautions against excess, urges moderation in exertion, and highlights that pneumonia more readily strikes the very young and elderly, while middle-aged individuals show less risk.
George W. Vanderbilt adds upper Davidson river lands to his Biltmore estate near Asheville, extending holdings to the Transsylvania railroad. Plans include building a station, improving approaches, and excavating the Swannanoa river bed to ease driveway access. In Pittsburgh, a domestic dispute ends with a revolver incident as J M Brown fights Thos Spencer on a sidewalk. police intervene.
Berlin reports rising public feeling over the Venezuelan incident as the government refrains from comment yet signals disapproval of any Washington push for explanation of the Fort San Carlos bombardment. Foreign Minister von Hint thofen says the action aimed to enforce the blockade's respect.
Representatives Landis of Indiana and Littlefield of Maine described Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court as a great lawyer and remarkable jurist. They imagined him seeking a rare legal volume not in the Supreme Court library to illuminate a far-reaching issue, praising his intellect.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy for catarrh and related illnesses. It cites a testimonial from a public speaker who claims the tablets cleared his head and throat, preventing winter colds from lingering. The copy warns sprays and washes are ineffective and emphasizes the product contains no cocaine or harmful drugs.
A Missouri firm advertises Vitality Pills claimed to cure sexual weakness and nerve decline. It offers a free sample treatment by mail to any reader, asserts permanent results, and promises a private home treatment with a free explanatory book.
A Baltimore Herald fragment mocks a busy salesman and a judge’s whim for a copy of Jack and the Beanstalk. It then argues internal humoral illness harms the body and praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal tonic and alterative.
Indiana Dental College offers dental work and patient services advertised with promotional phrasing. The notice mentions sending notices to The Sun, with contact details and weekly rates, reflecting a classified-style advertisement from a historic publication.
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