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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1902
Page
2
Residents criticize Indianapolis Fire Department as two homes at 4304 and 4906 E Washington burned early Sunday morning. Owners Charles O Buser and John B Fleck saw no response due to lack of water. Chief Coots said arrival would have been futile and noted a late warning to a nearby house.
The ad claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison cancer and assorted skin and body ailments. It offers a free sample from Blood Balm Co. Atlanta and lists Indianapolis distributor H. J. Huder. The piece also covers a crowd scene with a visiting prince and local officials in Indianapolis.
Prince Henry arrived at Union Station in Indianapolis with a royal reception and met Governor Durbin and Mayor Bookwalter. The prince toured the platform aboard the Columbia palace car, exchanged pleasantries with Indiana officials, and waved to cheering crowds before departing for St. Louis amid chants and continued public interest.
Prince Henry's train reached Union station at 6:53 a.m. with Mayor Wells, ex-Gov Francis, German consul F. C. Rieloff and a 101-member reception committee on hand. He left at 10:40 a.m. for Chicago en route to Milwaukee and Buffalo Niagara Falls, with planned events including a reception and banquet in Chicago.
Miss Rosa Lee of Hancock was brought to New York after swallowing a hatpin two and a half inches long. The staff at M. E. hospital Brooklyn will operate soon. The pin has been in her stomach over a week with little pain. She has been fed liquid food. X rays located the pin on Sunday.
A Greenfield man describes relief from long sickness after using Grape-Nuts and Postum three times daily for four weeks. He reports rapid nervousness reduction and weight gain, then returns to health before resuming other foods, concluding the products demonstrate scientific value as a perfect food.
A vast, diverse crowd gathered at the Meridian Street station to see Prince Henry. Germans, Americans, Irish, Dutch, and others filled the area, with ropes and police keeping order while militiamen watched. The Indianapolis military band struggled to perform amid the excitement, playing America and Yankee Doodle as the prince arrived and departed.
A Rome dispatch reports an extraordinary riot at Cassano Calabria as locals demand railways. A mob sacked and burned the town hall while trustees fled. troops restored order.
An effective filing records Automatic heat regulator company of Elkhart and Anshutz manufacturing company of Frankton each with capital of 10000 dollars or pounds as stated in filings.
Col. Francis W. Parker, head of Chicago university board of education, died Sunday at Pass Christian from a complication of diseases. He was one of the nation’s best known pedagogues.
E. W. Grove name must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure. Price is 4% cents.
Post Binders transfer binders and order blank holders offered by WM B Burford of Indianapolis. Dr W B Craig, veterinary surgeon, treats dogs at Wood’s Stable office. Tel 109%/ local contact listed.
Prominent ad touts Old Nurse for Children Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies. Claims it soothes the child softens gums relieves wind colic and cures diarrhoea. Sold as a twenty five cent bottle.
The notice advertises $33.00 round trip to California Oregon and Washington with Chicago and North Western Railway. It lists daily departures in March and April with a $6.00 berth in tourist car and personally conducted tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Chicago and Wednesdays from New England. An illustrated pamphlet is available on two cent stamp to S A Hutchison manager 212 Clark street Chicago.
Wm Mohler found guilty of manslaughter in the Newton Innis murder case at Atlanta Indiana. He received an indeterminate sentence of two to 21 years in Michigan City prison. Mohler, night watchman, shot Innis after being attacked with a knife following a disturbance at a medicine show. An old grudge is noted as a possible motive.
Cold damp feet won’t give you a cold the ad claims. It promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with E. W. Grove’s signature on the box, implying endorsement and effectiveness for health protection.
The notice lists train fares to multiple Pacific Coast and western cities including $33 to the Pacific Coast on Chicago & North-Western Bay, $30 to Helena and related cities, $30.50 to Spokane, and $3 to Los Angeles and San Francisco among many points. It invites maps and details from ticket agents, with N. M. Breeze at 435 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A scanned fragment lists numerous individuals including Joseph H Ward M D George G Simmons S Kersey John D Morris Robert Garrett Sandy Jones M C Rogers Henry Seaton Henry Stevenson George Moore Harry Wilson Charles Bell Jackson Nelson Lawrence W H Jackson Co M Willis Thomas Collins Yarry Didler Charles Hedgpeth W H Johnson Samuel Pratt J D Howard Vanlee Saunders Ross Thompson James King G W Jackson Charles Moore W H Dickson James H Rockhold A Shores Sol B Meaux A C Simms W W Anderson TS Try oe.
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