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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
5
In Broad Ripple the slot machines draw crowds and provoke heavy gambling talk. Locals discuss ongoing battles with machines that skim most nickels, while temperance groups push to curb saloons and roadhouses. Reports include anecdotes on players’ losses and resident opinions about campaign impact.
For ever cold in the head snuffies catarrh at throat affections offensive breath or foul catarrhal raat ic erable notes a section on remedies and relief in the catalog.
A damaged OCR fragment describes pest control advice using boiled potato or sugar and bread mixtures applied around ant and roach haunts. The text is garbled but conveys a two night treatment method and references mix and placement.
New York July 17 Father Anacletus da Roccagorga, longtime pastor of St. Anthony’s, declines a testimonial purse from parishioners upon retirement after nearly 30 years of service. He will become a Franciscan curate in New Castle, Pa. His successor is Father Ubaldo Maravello. He built the gray sandstone church and cloister, and remains content with the move.
Born 1837 in Sourianico Italy, he came to the United States in 1865. After years in Buffalo and Allegheny, he moved to New York and was made assistant pastor of old St. Anthony's church. His family name was de Angelis.
Miss Nina M. Phillips of Niagara Falls, 40, died after leaping from the Green Island bridge into the upper rapids. Witnesses saw the dive and the body swept toward the falls as it plunged over the American Falls. Authorities suggest her mind may have been unsettled by religious concerns.
A. Green and George Bell clash over a 30 cent canary bird with a constable returning the pet to Green. A walk covered in soft soap leads to a fall and a ruined Sunday suit at Miss Manda Dutton's. Three hundred men from Upland chase a wolf. they return empty handed. Steve Szitkowski seeks a retail liquor license in Ellettsville. Muncie awaits Roosevelt’s fall tour hint as bells ring. Uncle Davy Pilcher hires two African Americans for hay support at $1 a day with board and lodging, vs. local labor at $1.50. their six days yield 14 chickens costing 40 cents each, totaling $46.40, triggering a home labor cost undercut.
A graphic story recounts S M Sexton describing Mother Jones as the tribune of the toilers who inspired 40 000 miners during a prolonged Pennsylvania strike. It details a mass rally of 20 000 in a mountain amphitheater and Jones’s steadfast leadership turning the tide against hunger and corporate power.
Nora schemes to win William, the grocer’s boy, with a love powder from an Italian drug store. Her confidante Helen promotes the plan as a proven charm, while Herman quietly questions the bold method and its consequences for Nora and William.
Nora buys a love powder, uses it to win William, but his disappearance after she funds their wedding clothes reveals the ruse. The tale follows Nora’s scheme, the clerk, and Herman as the plan unfolds from the store to engagement and a later vanishing act.
Advertises binders for post binders and transfer items and order blank holders offered by WM B Burford of Indianapolis Indiana.
In Freehold New Jersey Miss Mildred Dangler promoted a charity event by selling milk and rhubarb and kissing Dewitt Dangler the local butcher while Miss Matilda Belshaw hosted a dollar social for the Methodist church carpet fund adding 36 dollars to the collection. Some donors offered unusual explanations for their contributions.
In Holyoke Emma L Barre accuses Emery C Benestant of breaking an engagement as he celebrated his wedding. Police arrive during dancing. the bride follows him to headquarters. Benestant, in his wedding attire, is held on a bail set high after a court hearing while Emma Barre sobs.
J. A. Kelly of Henderson North Carolina recounts a common illness experience and praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy for quick relief after following directions. Sold by all druggists.
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