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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
6
E N Green of Canadaigua New York recalls years of kidney trouble with blood flow until using Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. It purifies blood strengthens kidneys and rebuilds vitality. Available in 50 cent sample size and 1.00 bottle from Dr Kennedy Corporation Rondout NY Eye Salve also offered at 25c.
In Wheeling West Virginia July 3, W D Woods and W H Tompkins managers of the Grand Central hotel nearly froze to death after a door to the ice closet basement storage was accidentally locked. They pounded for help for about two hours until a servant freed them and they received medical care.
Albert Edwin Tower, wealthy iron master of Poughkeepsie, announced engagement to Mary Bogardus, a former telephone operator, after the tragic death of his wife who killed their son and then herself. The wedding is set to wait one year after the wife's death. Bogardus, daughter of a former city chamberlain, is popular locally. The tragedy occurred April 11 when Mrs Tower shot their son, then killed herself as Tower was at his office.
William Howard Gardiner Jr of Canton Massachusetts offers a reward and circulates notices to police in many cities to locate his Airedale terrier lost July 21 in the Canton woods. The circular includes a photo description of a black and grizzled back and neck with a tan head and names Gardiner as consulting engineer at 300 Boylston Street.
In the house of commons the Colonial secretary Chamberlain stated he believed self government would be established in South Africa sooner than many thought. He also noted that a fair proportion of the Boer war debt should fall on the principal South African industry involved.
Logansport man Harry 8 Mohler was turned over to Maj Macklin at the recruiting station as a deserter and sent to the arsenal for disposition. Mohler, captured in Marion, enlisted in Indianapolis on July 19 1900 and is said to have deserted from the cavalry at Fort Meade on June 30.
A doctor explains hiccough as a temporary phrenic nerve issue causing diaphragm spasm. Remedies vary. common methods include drinking water, concentrating the mind, or thinking of one’s best girl. The piece notes fright can cure hiccough and cites alcohol-related cases as hard to stop.
In Hoboken New Jersey Miss Minnie Wolff aged 19 married Frederick Seller 73 after her father tried to block the union and called police. The couple wed at the bride's home with the father's reluctant consent following legal assurances they could marry without parental approval. The groom's only close relation is a disapproving niece and his recent widowhood.
London reports strong symptoms of an impending marriage as Gen Lord Kitchener is said to wed soon. The rumor cites his choice of silver plate as the city gift instead of the customary gold casket, signaling change in personal ceremony details.
E. O. Smythe of Lebanon, a Singer sewing machine salesman, was arrested on a warrant alleging embezzlement from the Singer company. Detectives report Smythe diverted customer payments from sales in Lebanon and failed to report his collections. he is married and has worked for the firm about five years.
Chicago July 30 reports say the American Cigar Company wing of the tobacco trust has absorbed its chief rival United Cigar Manufacturing Company. The price cited is 10 million dollars, with a claimed 3 million dollar profit on capitalization.
The Post reports the Duke of Marlborough, husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt, is nearing a high office with social clout. If not Lieutenant of Ireland, he could become governor general of Australia. Also advertised are bargains on upright pianos and an Chicago area rail excursion involving Lake Erie and Western Railway with dates in August, urging advance bookings through A. H. Sellars.
In St Louis on July 20 a pet Maltese kitten named Doll Baby unsettled a young couple, Mrs Lillie Most and Sam Most. After the cat vanished and was found dead from starvation, Mrs Most blamed Louis Most, the brother of the husband, prompting her to order him from the house. The row led to a police court summons against Sam Most.
Mrs Henry Marsh of Mundy New York has offered to supply a hen that lays an egg every day for a year to the civil service commission in Washington DC. The offer follows a requisition by lithographers of the geological survey seeking a daily egg supply for albumen. Marsh notes the hen sometimes lays two eggs in a day and once laid two eggs nested together. The proposal is under consideration.
In Louisville on July 30 about ten machine molders began striking for a 10 percent raise. Factory managers refused, citing prior wage increases. The stoppage affects the city’s largest factories.
Maj. Macklin reports a surge of activity at the Indianapolis recruiting station. He enlisted nine men last week and predicts this week will surpass that figure as recruitment intensifies locally.
The wit of Mrs Lawsenin B. W. Mc Millen who died a few days ago has been probated and leaves all her property both real and personal to her son Thomas G Harrison.
New York telegram notes Charles Miguel Fairbanks, 2 1/2 months, is the son of Charles E. Fairbanks, superintendent of the Staten Island division of a local telephone company. Grandparents in the south, Atlanta heard the baby cry after a bottle scene, prompting a playful long distance milestone.
Effective May 23 1902 timetable from Union Block 119 W Maryland lists departures for Anderson Muncie Marion Alexandria and intermediate stations starting 4 15 a m and hourly to 9 15 p m with limited trains at 8 00 a m 11 00 a m 2 00 p m and 5 09 p m. Direct connections at Anderson via limited trains to Elwood. Combination passenger and express car at 5 15 a m and express car at 9 30 p m from W Maryland Street.
T W Robinson a Justice of the Peace from Loomis Michigan praises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best stomach remedy he ever used noting they correct stomach disorders regulate the liver and bowels with easy pleasant effects and a price of 25 cents per box available at all druggists
Special train with through sleepers and coaches via Delaware River Bridge Route to Atlantic City offers ten selected seaside resorts. Return limit of 12 days with a stop-over in Philadelphia. For details contact agents or W. W. Richardson D. P. A. Indianapolis.
Multiple notices from E Base, Wm C Brandt, Henry Glatfelder, and Isaac Cieneh seek September 1902 licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in centers of Indianapolis Indiana. Each item specifies ward, street location, building details, lot numbers, and intent for on premises drinking or pool table privileges where allowed.
Wildes Jerich a Pole living in Bradford, in New Haven to report an elopement that emptied his home. His wife and three children disappeared along with all furniture and $159 cash secreted in a bureau. A lodger, Alexander Sakovitch, age 30, is missing. His oldest daughter was found crying alone in an outbuilding. Jerich seeks restitution.
Akron July 30 Justice F E Fox reassured many superstitious locals in Cuyahoga Falls by winning the vacant office after a string of deaths among past holders. He took the post four months ago, his health improved, and he discarded the old docket in a new approach to the duties.
A crowd in the Washington Pennsylvania area watches six or seven bats swirl overhead. A drug store employee joins in as people attempt to catch the silent visitors while a befuddled man misreads the scene, muttering about bats and walking away unsure if he has caught them.
Garfield Wheelhouse of Jamestown died Sunday while rescuing his fiancée Hulda Anderson after their gasoline launch struck the excursion steamer City of Cleveland in the lake’s channel. Hulda Anderson was saved. Wheelhouse’s body was recovered. The couple had planned marriage soon.
Paul Bonner announces a license to sell intoxicating, malt, and spirituous liquors in a room on West Street Indianapolis Center township Marion County Indiana. The room is 14 by 24 feet on the first floor of a two story building in Yandes subdivision No 136 lot 9 outlet 136. Bonner will apply for pool table and restaurant privileges in the same room.
Immigration boosters tout Texas and neighboring Louisiana as ideal for settlers. Rice cultivation boosted regional wealth by twenty million dollars, with ample land and low prices for homes. Readers urged to send two cents for a Rice Book or ten cents for a Rice Cook Book through Southern Pacific agents or W H Connor, Cincinnati.
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