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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1903

Page

8

Live Snake Snarls Garter Rescue In Hammock

Miss Loa Wright, a 14 year old girl from Pius county, dozing in a grapevine hammock, felt a snake crawl up her leg. The emerald snake wound around her knee causing hysterics until a young man arrived, grabbed the reptile by the head, and freed her before she fainted.

Girl Richmond L. J June v Loa Wright Pius County Aliss Wright Agateu Jamene Suss Wright

24 000 000 For Gothan s Harbor Project

New York reports that the harbor improvement cost to date is under 0.75 percent of the increase in foreign commerce value and under 0.25 percent of annual foreign commerce value. The government now spends 24 million dollars to carve a new straight channel through the harbor, 4000 feet wide and 49 feet deep, from the narrows to the open sea.

New York

Doan's Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Indianapolis Resident

A Indianapolis resident Herbert Mertz reports relief from back pain and kidney weakness after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought from Henry J. Hyder's drug store. He notes dramatic improvement after the first box and continued benefits over four years. Sold by all druggists. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, role agents for U.S. Remember the name Doan's.

In-ianapolis Herbert Mertz Dean Henry J. Hyder Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo United States Doan's

Disfigured Girl for Life in Acid Rope Attack

Minnie Himburg 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Himburg, 1600 Herman St, was beaten and slashed with an acid-soaked rope by an unknown woman early Sunday. She was dragged toward tracks after a note signed Your friend lured her out, then seized and attacked, leaving her disfigured and crying for mercy. The assailant, believed a young married woman resentful of Himburg's attention to another man, fled the scene.

Minnie Himburg John Himburg Herman St Minnie Miss Himburg Himburg Uheetel Woll Misa Himburg

He Is His Own Grandfather and His Wife's Grandmother

Beppo Bruzoni, a sailor from Grand Rapids Michigan, recounts a tangled family loop showing how he is his own grandfather. He explains how his father became his son in law and his stepmother’s son became his uncle, with his wife as his grandmother, leading to him being his own grandfather in a baffling chain of marriages and relationships.

Grand Rapids Mich Beppo Bruzoni DT Marr Silvietta Seccom

Boy Sent To Pesthouse After Dog’s Smallpox Death

Detroit June 1 A 15 year old boy Alex Sullivan is sent to the pesthouse after his pet dog with a suspected smallpox infection. The dog was culled the same day and buried in the yard as neighbors whispered. The family recently moved to Grummondave and Hamilton boulevard, and the boy’s illness followed his care for the ailing animal.

Detroit Mich Alex Sullivan Ue Sullivans Grummondave Hamilton Boulevard Jim Cumps Bull Alex Pater

Smallpox Case Reported in North End

Mila in every north end home where aoge are kept to keep the kids and the pups apart and anxious mothers monitor canines for signs of sickness. Any dos on junkets is restrained by a chain. Despite the pesthome nearby, this is the first smallpox case reported in this city section this year.

Mila North End

Annual surprise party for School No 6 teachers

Teachers of School No. 6 on Union Street will receive their annual surprise party invitations from an anonymous hostess. They are told to meet at Washington and 1st Avenue on Thursday at 4 p.m. for an outing or dinner at Clay Pool, with details unrevealed.

Washington 1Nois Clay Pool

List of school staff and administrators named in text

The teachers at the building include Misa Georgia Alexander principal Mary Coler assistant principal Grace Whitsitt Martha Grifith Helea Wallace Nelen Leeper Ella Tucker Mary Shearer Nel No Webb Gertrude Thatcher Myrtle Te fever Flora Kokemfiler Mary Hasetings garet Carlisle Estelle Fisher Matilda pmler and Ernest Bierman.

Misa Georgia Alexander Mary Coler Grace Whitsitt Martha Grifith Helea Wallace Nelen Leeper Ella Tucker Mary Shearer Nel- No Webb Gertrude Thatcher Myrtle Tefever Flora Kokemfiler Mary Hasetings Garet Carlisle Estelle Fisher Matilda Pmeler Ernest Bierman

Female barber Mary Ann Jutierson committed to almahouse

Tamaqua Pa June report states Mary Ann Jutierson claims to be Pennsylvania's only female barber. She is described as daughter of an old Indian cater and stepdaughter of Simon Jeereen, a colored barber who once shaved President Lincoln, later regretting not understanding Wilkes Booth’s assassination plan.

Tamaqua June Mary Ann Jutierson Pennsylvania Cater Simon Jeereen Lincoln Wilkes Booth

Cure for Catarh Promised by Brazilian Balm Ad

An unusual 19th century style advertisement touts Brazilian Balm as the sole effective cure for catarrh and related ailments. It claims cauterized methods fail, extols Holm’s remedy, and offers a package deal with Toxicola tablets and a one month supply for one dollar, urging summer as best cure time.

B. F. Jackson & Co

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