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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
2
A sensational medical claim announces a single night hair growth cure by Althentelm Meruentispensary. It touts a compound that grows hair on any bald head, offers free trials with a 2-cent stamp, and presents testimonials of cures across ages while warning that some cases cannot be cured.
Governor Durbin rejects legislation to place a statue of George Rogers Clark in the National Capitol’s Memorial Hall. He argues Clark was not an Indiana citizen and challenges caucus claims, noting Clark’s controversial legacy and United States government alignment.
A charter was issued on Tuesday for the Home anedivlin company in Dover to manufacture drugs and medicines. The document lists Indiana Medicine Company as the primary entity and notes March 4 as the effective date, with capital details described as Fito.
A novelty trotting race will headline Wallick's show at the Park next week with the bandit king as the bill. Advance man Thomas A. McKee says the two horses perform better than a three minute clip, staged like a chariot race in Ber-Hur.
Memphis report claims Eliza Massey of Corona sues H C Willsmoon land investment seeking property transferred without her signature. Defense argues Massey is not of pure white blood, alleging marriage invalid. Witnesses allege races in family background. hearing expected to spark a southern sensation.
Grandmaster Morrisey of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen says the injunction against Wabash trainmen is subversive of American rights and vows to contest it to the end. He asserts organized labor and loyal citizens will back the challenge as he criticizes current rates and a Judge Adams ruling. All trains run as usual with no interference reported in St Louis.
Lena in Brazil Indiana reports the Lena post office robbed Monday night of about 80 dollars worth of stamps 20 dollars in cash and 25 dollars of jewelry owned by Mrs Anna E White the postmistress no one was hurt and no crew was mentioned.
MT VERNON March 4 Posey county pioneer hunter South Jenkins, 73, died Tuesday. A shotgun powder horn and razor were placed in his coffin per his request.
Births list several couples with infant gender noted at various streets and avenues. Deaths include older individuals with ages and causes listed such as insufficiency and pneumonia. Marriages names appear for multiple couples. Building permits show numerous addresses with details on frame dwellings, cottages, and additions with stated costs.
A fragmented 19th century press collage reports a Montana homicide, a Philadelphia tailor strike, New York incidents, mining deaths, railroad politics, and a string of accidents. It notes Captain Thomas Tooth’s era, senator credentials, police appointments, German and Mexican events, and a wave of industrial turmoil amid heavy snows and labor strife.
Gen Robert Sandford Foster, quarter master general of Indiana, Civil War veteran and longtime Indianapolis resident, died after four weeks of heart illness. Gov Durbin ordered business suspended for state funeral in Indianapolis with military honors. Foster led Union forces at City Point and received Lincoln’s praise. He held prominent posts in GAR, Indiana guard, and Republican politics, and planned a memorial fund for his funeral expenses.
A Wilmington business man recounts severe illness and rapid recovery after using Grape-Nuta, praising its power to lift health. He notes losing 75 pounds and then regaining strength, walking to work and resuming business after starting the product, attributing his return to vitality to the remedy.
In Chicago March 4 experts led by Prof. Mathews of The University of Chicago report experiments showing mechanical vibration can influence cellular activity. The study links heart and muscular motion to vibrations affecting living tissues, suggesting shaking as a factor in biological processes and parthenogenesis parallels.
In Richmond on March 4 a bill was introduced in the legislature by W. S. Melloane to make divorce cases as public as possible. The motion follows the secrecy surrounding the divorce of Mrs. Nannie Langhorne Shaw from Robert Shaw of Boston.
Court house may be enthymed at New Castle. In Ferdinand and neighboring areas a few odd local notes appear. Ragged river overflow and piano factory plans surface in Lafayette and Richmond. A life-city couple split after childhood losses. A matrimonial ad leads to a rejected marriage proposal with large offer. Terre Haute hosts a mine workers district convention with leadership elections. Clay county coal district may consolidate with another. An ad touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for various ailments.
Chicago reports a grip epidemic with influenza sweeping the city. Authorities estimate widespread illness, heavy symptoms including eye and brain involvement, and a number of deaths for the week ending March 24.
About 180 youths petition the Jersey City fire commissioners to restore engineer Jack Layce of Neo Totemageny to his old beat in the basement town area. They claim Heyes politically influenced his transfer to the northern section and seek his return to the prior central Jersey City Heights posting.
In DAVID CITY Nebraska on March 4 the jury found Mrs Lillie guilty in the murder case and sentenced her to life imprisonment. She claimed a burglar shot her husband and stole 8000 in cash while life insurance of 8000 favored her.
The Hofman brothers of Doylestown, singing evangelists who are blind, visited Samuel Shane, a blind piano tuner in Cleveland. After a careful guide through streets and a darkened city, Shane led them to a church corner near Linvern and Quincy and then away, noting their need to find someone to help them home.
Fragmentary obituary notes list Clarence Marion a miner from Gleson County killed by a cage incident near Window, with William Bottoms another miner cited. Ruste Brown of Deanville is noted as burned to death. George W. Foul lworth of Latarette appears in the fragmentary record.
In Vermilion and Sioux City a well known Meckling businessman wed Sarah J Uich then married Sarah J Hadem the next day. The marriages were to the same woman, and the wife later disappeared with a baby. A detective cites a likely elopement with a wealthier mistress. A prominent man left $400 with the woman for purchases but did not recover it. Local authorities report possible self harm by a traveler in Cameron, Missouri.
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