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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
5
An Indianapolis tale contrasts Sunday work bans by state law and city idling rules. It notes arrests for loitering on Sundays while many workers would face arrest regardless, and recalls a judge freeing a man who claimed religious nonwork on Sundays. Police use loitering to detain suspects until matching the graver crime is proven.
In Indianapolis police court, the "dream book" as the policy operator’s tool is dissected. The piece outlines charms and dream-interpretations used to win bets, listing the warned rules and tangled beliefs of gamblers and the book’s bizarre alphabetic entries with policy figures tied to luck and misfortune.
The scene shifts as Ned and Alice spar over language and motives while paddling a canoe. Ned distracts with water splashes and questions, while Alice bores in on rhetoric and affection as the dog is kept quiet in the boat. The exchange hints at romantic tension and social propriety.
A narrator recounts a perilous river misadventure after a toppled canoe and near drowning. Amid chaos Ned, Viola Hillary, and a mysterious divinity spark jealousy as the speaker clings to life and contemplates love and duty. The escape ends with the narrator pulling Ned ashore to save him.
In early September South Bend hosts a carnival by the Elks as the region buzzes with cholera era medicine ads and sunflower tales from Columbus. Hartsville’s Invincible team beat Indianapolis last Friday while Kokomo promotes a Teddy Roosevelt rally with a new ditty and a dramatic back page notice of a presidential stop.
The Acton assembly will close Thursday with a farewell gathering of cot tagers. The Holiness association plans meetings starting August 1. Home missionary day featured Mrs. Benedict directing the program with music by Mrs. Carr and Miss Gibson. Mrs. Adams read a paper on Service and Mrs. Behymer spoke on an ideal woman’s home missionary society. A large crowd is expected for W C T U day with mothers' meeting and meal contest. The Christian endeavor day at Bethany park included prayers, school of methods, and talks by A L Ward and J L Hill. John Baptist, Armenian former court photographer to the sultan, spoke and will address again Thursday. State reports noted 27 district conventions, 3 societies organized, $176.56 raised, 4507 miles traveled, 80 days occupied, 30 addresses, and balance in treasury. J B Sidener reported state receipts of $571.31 etc. A tithers conference is planned for Winona August 12-14.
Thomas Coen of Louisville fell under the 8 Big Four train while attempting to board near New Jersey street Tuesday night. His right foot was mashed and several toes were amputated at the city dispensary before he was taken to his relatives' home for recovery.
In Rome a stir surrounds Cardinal Macchi's decree forbidding an English nurse to attend Princess Joseph Rospigliosi during her illness. The princess is American and married civilly to an influential prince, who vows to seek redress for what he calls a cruel insult to his wife.
In St Louis a hotel called the White Elephant rises from defunct street cars on Delmar avenue. William Mackeldo, the proprietor, runs a dining cafe and barber shop within a cross-shaped cluster of seven cars. Lodging costs 7 cents, board 3 50 per week as patrons crowd the al fresco dining and tented spaces each day. A dozen staff serve diners and sleepers nightly. The enterprise draws steady business near the world’s fair grounds.
Indianapolis could join the Grand Circuit next season per Charles Downing secretary of the State board of agriculture He cites Indianapolis fastest track and cites dangers of fixed races He envisions big purses and broad appeal while aiming to elevate the sport and gate receipts Also mentions Dean's Ointment as a cure for itching piles.
The advertisement asserts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can restore health to weak and sick women by curing womanly disorders. It promises relief from backache headaches and nervous distress, raises regularity and vitality, and invites free confidential correspondence from wives seeking treatment. A testimonial from Lewis A. Miller touts recovery after many doctors and medicines.
It Will Be a Pleasure to The Sun to serve you in any way. It can secure a girl for you or help of any kind. Both phones 880, office 121 123 E Ohio.
A compact notice mentions a price book line titled Looose Leaf Price Book Cavera and a dental college in Indiana. It notes a flat opening and various sizes, with BURFORD in Indianapolis. The Indiana Dental College receives patients from morning to evening for all kinds of dental work and invites readers to read the small liner notices on Sun's seventh page.
John C. O umpaugh, a former clerk, was found nude and half starved in a corn field east of Pattonville, St. Louis county. He is demented but expected to care for himself after medical attention. A picture of a young woman and discarded clothing lay beside him. Letters show his brother is a general manager at a Rochester, New York manufacturing company and his mother lives in Cleveland. relations were notified.
Indianapolis doctor A G Lipes offers free initial assessment for chronic dyspepsia and liver issues. He claims systemic, scientific treatment can cure stomach bowel and liver derangements, with mailed trial treatment upon request. Contact 609 Stevenson Building for appointments and hours.
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