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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
6
An 19th century health ad explains fear of being swindled by secret medicines. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as non secret, containing natural digestive ferments and enzymes. The copy emphasizes they digest food after meals, avoid cathartics, and cure indigestion by proper digestion rather than bowel action.
Oran Muir presses for the police judge position amid a vacancy in Indianapolis. The likely appointee for juvenile court is Police Judge Sturbs, while Muir seeks support from Mayor Bookwalter, citing past favors within the Bookwalter reg major machine. Mole remains quiet on plans but is described as a potential contender.
In Toledo on March 4 a local court heard Lenora Schultz sue William Schultz of Neapolis for divorce after claims of marital strain sparked by his fondling of a cat instead of her. Mrs Schultz, then a widow and soldier's widow pensioner, married the wealthier Schultz and says the dispute intensified during the marriage. The scene included a burial at St Paul’s churchyard on Broadway where Miss Mary A White was interred, with snow covering the vault. A separate report notes a rapid interurban run between Muncie and Hartford City achieving 69 miles per hour in portions of the 19 mile trip, with the journey completed in one hour three minutes.
An old ad copy extols Scott's Emulsion as curing consumption and improving appetite. It notes weight gain and reduced coughing as signs of improvement though the exact internal process remains a mystery. The passage reflects early marketing language for tonics linked to tuberculosis treatment.
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls Dr Richard C Flower once known as the boy preacher of Clark County Indiana. He worked revival meetings in Charlestown and Utica before joining Nicholson & Flower in Jeffersonville where a Spring Street shop failed and he later left the area. He married Ella Nicholson in December 1880, had two sons, and eventually left the drug trade.
A study of official reports shows railway mail clerks face greater danger than military personnel in war and peace. From 1861 to 1900, 1,701 injuries and deaths occurred among clerks, with four serious incidents in the ninth division last year highlighting train collisions and derailments. Damages for injuries or deaths fall under railway responsibility, not government liability.
A London Mall article describes a hushful bird catcher using nets, traps, and mirrors to trap larks and other songbirds for market. It details methods from night nets to daytime owl decoys and even a heliograph-like mirror device, noting the scale of capture and the harsh fate of the birds.
A warehouse blaze in Cincinnati has burned for three months since December. Firemen battle flames from a clogged water supply as cotton and junk debris retard efforts. Crews remove damaged material amid heavy smoke and debris with hoses stretching to a distant plug.
Le Galtienne, noted writer on social and economic topics, collapsed during a lecture at the Auditoriars Sunday afternoon before the Glarion club. He spoke of leisure and work as duties, then digressed into an anecdote about a British clerk with a bad habit, leaving some in the audience unsettled and seeking refunds.
A heated exchange led to a lecturer facing dismissal after a confidential exchange about fault and a demand to resign. The committee considered the matter, with a vote or formal action likely following a brief pause for review.
Sadie Harris, playing Ant Kole in When Knighthood Was by Flower, is described as a reckless wine buyer whose lavish spending and fondness for champagne amusements set a vivid scene in a New York comic opera context. The narrative highlights her autmobile outings, expense accounts, and status as a notable performer connected to Lew Fields and Frank Perley.
In Spokane a mixed race romance ends in elopement and marriage after facing fierce backlash from the bride’s white father. Miss Kingsley, a refined social figure, aided the couple’s escape from Mobile to Los Angeles and on toward Canada, earning the nickname Angel of the Slums for her benevolent work amid poverty.
A garbled collage of items mentions Fort Wayne Madison Seymour Bremen Vincennes and Louisville with brief notes on fishing channels a theatre exhibition a police incident and a medical operation. The disjointed text references a brass pin in a stomach and a robbery with unspecified details and outcomes.
Bert Carroll, a leading circus strongman, recalls years on the road from Uncle Tom shows to wagon circuses. He describes roles from mule handler to ticket seller and notes an incident with a breaking horse as part of a Europe tour with the Barnum Bailey circuit. Carroll weighs future offers from Ringling and other big shows as circus season nears.
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