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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1904
Page
5
Advertises Dr Charles Flesh Food as a universal beauty treatment claiming to improve skin tone, remove wrinkles, develop busts, and firm flesh. Promotes a special offer of two boxes for one dollar plus a free sample and booklet, with emphasis on noninvasive results and easy defenses against imitation products.
A fragment discusses practical travel aprons with pockets for wet cloths and toiletries, and suggests DIY alterations. It notes satin called radium satin, new uses for lace, hats from old lace, and fashion shifts toward elbow length sleeves and long suede gloves with evening gowns.
Local plants like Na national-maleabie casting and Ewart factory report reduced output with half crews and few molders. Over-production, late taxes, and campaign politics blamed for slack work. Elsewhere Dan Patten arrest for stealing $1 at Bruce's saloon. social notes include K of P Weld meeting in Haughville.
Local items report social visits in southern Indiana and nearby towns. Francon and Bessie Daniela attend events. Veedersburg hosts Mine Anna Fisher. Missouri Ozarks residents O W Van Treese family enjoy pleasant week. An altercation at Roeber saloon leads to fines, with an interpreter required at trial. Horse theft case ends in arrest of Frank Wallace and Virgil Gorts, while real estate activity remains slow.
Rex Ingraham returns from Chancellorsville to base with the Army of the Potomac amid wrecked regiments, heavy losses, and a retreating line. Officers debate blame as Captain Ingraham is summoned to the War Department, while Burton and Frenier make surprise appearances seeking passage home.
After a stormy discussion the barbers union decided to cross all union shops on Sunday. They will prosecute proprietors of all non union shops that keep open on that day.
John Hughes of Mantels barrel house 26 Washington Street was before Judge Whalon on Tuesday morning charged with idling and loitering. He was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse but released on a suspended sentence after proving steady painting work for two weeks. A New Vaudeville Theater prospect emerged as Graman of San Francisco moved to find a site for a new theater. He spoke to Grammette’s owner about the Kentucky Avenue location at Titwatet.
A Warsaw visitor reports Polish discontent and Russian repression. He notes conscription to Siberia, new French rifles, strict censorship, and bureaucratic controls as signs of tightening rule. He concludes Polish resistance would need foreign help and that past uprisings failed under heavy odds.
The city moves to collect vehicle licenses from farmers who drive into town. Farmers resist, arguing licenses apply only to vehicles used solely for hauling farm goods. Farmer Johnson of Broad Ripple plans to oppose the ordinance with support from a hired man who visited the bicycle police. Controller Dunn discusses the new rule, which hinges on the word exclusively for farm use.
John A. Huffnall of 3913 WWpiland Place died Tuesday morning. His body will be cremated and the ashes scattered over the garden at his home in accordance with his dying request. Huffnall was a well known welder.
A Hammond couple's marriage after elopement to Michigan led to the wife being sent to a reform school. A city union meeting elected officers and discussed conventions. A small fire at the insane hospital prompted a fire drill as inmates stood ready.
Princeton Indiana June 2. Ministers plan outdoor openair meetings with a band concert preceding services next Sunday evening. Some churchgoers fear noise but others say the concert will draw large crowds who might not attend indoors and will aid the meetings.
A promotional note extols Cathorn Soap Ointment and Hesolvent as antiseptic cures for female mucous and blood disorders. It claims to restore health strength and beauty to weary women, addressing anemia nervous fatigue and other female complaints with promises of speedy permanent relief and economy.
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