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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1904
Page
5
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy improving digestion and appetite. It claims benefits for both men and boys, reducing stomach disturbances, headaches, kidney and other issues, and asserts endorsements from a Detroit physician. Pills available at druggists for sixty cents a box.
In a manor visit, Mrs. Heneason boasts her wolves exhibit at Taganrog. Druce and I tour pine woods to a fortified kennels complex where Taganrog, the famed wolf, is kept under special guard. The master claims eventual triumph over the wild creature.
A rough, garbled dispatch reports burglars captured after a saloon incident with gunfire, listing three colored suspects from Haviland. It also notes the death of Count Von Walder, a key Allied commander, in Berlin, and the death of Marchioness Epinola, formerly Lilly Page, in Rome with a family bereavement six weeks prior.
The World Beater mine in Panamint district California transfers to Gen Montgomery of Los Angeles amid legends of a haunted shaft. After a history of deadly incidents and mysterious deaths surrounding prior claimants, Montgomery vows to operate the fabulously rich site where ore runs to the thousands of dollars per ton.
A Berlin German American Journal item notes Europe regards the United States as a splendid field for exports. It states home industry cannot block foreign use, mentions rising imports from Germany France and others, and highlights Europe’s market strength especially for costly art and industrial goods. The piece stresses the 1904 St Louis exposition as key for European nations to showcase progress.
A mastodon fossil unearthed along Quatre Creek near Dawson is estimated at $50,000 in value. The discovery shows intact tusks and bones though surrounding tissue is decomposed, with the specimen said to be in good condition overall. Nearby reports note Menelik pressing for neutrality in Abyssinia and a string of theater fires in Elmira, New York, causing about $20,000 in losses, plus public health fumigation.
Readers learn of a calendar anomaly as February sometimes holds 30 days and leap year quirks alter travel schedules. The Sheridan voyage from San Francisco and the Thomas steamer from Manila illustrate dates slipping between February 28 and 29, provoking travel and calendar debates aboard a Pacific voyage.
A quirky page offers fashion and household tips from belts to washable gloves. It notes belts embroidered with gold thread, tall water proof hats, rosettes, and lace curtain repairs. Cookery items include codfish Bally, veal loaf, prune pudding, and lamp care tips. The era’s domestic fret about neatness and style appears in every line.
A garbled vintage column offers fashion notes for informal dinners weddings and receptions and kitchen housekeeping advice. It discusses simple dress codes for events and urges kitchen makeover steps including cleaning washing drying and painting a white enamel finish to brighten the space. It notes organizing jars and utensils in a painted white cupboard with hooks for hanging items.
The piece explains simple outline stitches used for stems towers and scroll designs in embroidery. It stresses evenness, dainty stitches and careful preparation to maintain beauty in decorative needlework.
The Buffalo proprietors offer $3000 in lawfully accepted US currency for the original signatory of this testimonial and every signer among thousands praising the medicine. They claim the remedy purifies the blood, removes poisons, builds healthy blood, improves appetite, feeds nerves, and aids vitality, with letters from users and an appeal to send 25 or 41 cents for a People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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