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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1907
Page
3
New York report cites a physician stating writers should regularly train their arms to build muscle and nerve readiness. He warns most writing arms are unfit for the strain and urges seeking care if the hand or arm cramps or tires quickly.
The article warns writers to train physically for writing and avoid one sided arm stress. It recommends balance through walking, sports, and posture, plus selecting proper penholders and desk height. Different penholders suit different users and varying grips prevent chronic tension.
A physician urges writers to rest between sessions and walk briskly to avoid writer's cramp. He emphasizes fresh air, daily light exercise, and balanced two handed typing to prevent arm strain and maintain overall health for sustained writing effort.
Portland March 15. Readers wonder if the San Francisco earthquake diverted the Japan current, causing extreme weather in Washington and Oregon. Three months of blizzards floods cold snaps and silver thaws have disrupted telegraph lines bridges rail and farm losses across the region.
An early 1900s advertisement extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe mild effective remedy for constipation. It promotes the product as pure, reliable, and widely popular with over a million boxes sold monthly. The copy notes the Pure Drugs Act of 1906 and claims the company’s own drug law dates to 1896. It urges readers to buy at local druggists with satisfaction guaranteed.
A long discussion on writer's cramp compares left hand writing to the right, noting many authors cannot adapt. People struggle with the shift, some dictate or typewrite, while others find the process painful, exhausting, or impossible, and results vary by individual temperament and skill.
Tucson argues it is the oldest European settlement in North America, asserting priority over Santa Fe and St Augustine. A manuscript claim, dated 1382 on vellum and signed by Charles I, allegedly ties Tucson to 1555, with a discovered relic kept in Washington.
A New York writer argues that socialized kitchens will honor women of brains, while current private kitchens are barbaric. She notes Boston women of modest means excel in domestic duties, and predicts Western women will soon share the demanding kitchen work, ending the barbaric view and the private kitchen.
The narrator recounts a comic misadventure with Telemachus Taffeta of Taffeta and SBalbriggan. A rose gesture becomes a mistaken signal to call, and a fib about signing a note leads to guilt. Sister Sophe's show of deceit adds to the nagging fear of an unwanted visit. The diary entry ends with suspense about future events.
Special to The Sun. John Schaber of Cleveland shot himself twice, failing to bear the burden of a youth’s case that haunted him. A Viennese convict and former king’s case survivor, he faced a scandalous past with a dramatic old country record and a later courtroom kerfuffle. He died or may die from the self inflicted wounds.
The Delineator highlights four women worthy of public notice while living. Mrs Osler's mother, turning 100, raised four sons and a daughter, with 3% grandchildren and a great grandchild, still active. Mrs Mary E Farrell dies aged 106, mother of five, grandmother to fifteen, great grandmother to twelve, never ill, a daily worker and witty. Mrs Susan Askey, aged 101, went to church by auto on her birthday, spoke to the crowd and hosted a reception, mother of eleven. Mrs Franklin Cattle, 95, survived the San Francisco disaster, reached New York, and plans a 20 mile drive from New York to Boston.
The piece argues that medical compounds depend as much on proper mixing as on ingredients. Experience guides proportion, since exact balance cannot be fixed by chemistry. Dr Hartman cites years of practice aligning ingredients in Peruna to create a stable, palatable remedy.
Peruna is touted as a durable catarrh remedy made from valued herbal ingredients. The text argues its stability across climates and ages, uncraftable by mere ingredient lists, and cites direct home delivery, uniform quality, and Dr Hartman’s expertise as a cost-saving, large-scale approach with many patients reportedly cured.
Ex Senator William E. Mison of Tinis speaks on bachelors arguing a married man is more honest and that most bachelors are above scrutiny, while noting odds favor married men.
Miss Latona Burns has been appointed by the Alabama Board of Education to organize a movement for public school improvement. She will visit every town in Alabama to form school improvement associations and urge public officials and parents to take a keener interest in the subject.
A landlady remarks the chicken dish is from the second joint while a favored boarder thanks her. He notes that even the best plumber needs tools and asks for a pipe wrench to complete the work.
Danville Indiana March 5 Special to The Sus. The Commercial club will decide on a proposal by C. M. Kiler and D. W. Bolen of Indianapolis to locate a factory here for ditching machinery and explosive engines. The plant would employ 30 men.
Danville Ind March 5 The Marek term of court is in session with a full docket. Fifteen cases were venied from Marion county. A grand jury has been called and instructed to focus on violations of the blind tiger law and all other crimes and misdemeanors.
Special to The Site reports a morning fire in Carthage Indiana destroying Fr L Phelps bakery A O Hills dry goods store R E Hanley grocery and A C Jones barber shop. Fire started at the rear of the bakery.
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