Silk Garters On Special Market Price Deal
A local ad promotes Silk Garters in solid colors with strong fastenings at 25 cents each. The seller offers a bulk quantity described as a dozen dozen for the special price.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1902
Page
2
A local ad promotes Silk Garters in solid colors with strong fastenings at 25 cents each. The seller offers a bulk quantity described as a dozen dozen for the special price.
In Kwang Si Kwang Tung and Yunan the uprising grows. Gen Ma fought at Fang Cheng and retreated as rebels seized Fang Cheng and set up HQ. Mandarins were killed and shops looted during the turmoil.
Letters from local residents praise Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills noting improved strength and heart stability after use. A Maryland Street Indianapolis user reports relief from weakness and irregular heart movements. Medicine is advertised at 5 cents per box through dealers or Chase Medicine Co. Buffalo.
The Central traction company of Indiana is absorbed by Union traction company and withdraws its city franchise application to the Indianapolis interurban terminal. Union and Indianapolis street railway lines are tied to the same capital, with the terminal plan pressuring for the first route into Tipton Noblesville Kokomo and the northern gas belt. Samuel E. Rauh resigns as treasurer of the Terminal company.
A man from Flanner and Buchanan, identified as F. W. Flanner, was dragged about 50 yards by a car at East and Merrill streets on Monday after his overcoat was swept into the wheels by a gust of wind. He escaped serious injury, though the event drew attention from bystanders and police.
Chicago March 18 The Tribune's Washington correspondent reports Ethan Allen Hitchcock has submitted his resignation as secretary of the interior to the president. A formal letter will be released soon and Willis Vandeventer, formerly of Indiana and now with the interior department, appears likely to succeed him.
Cape Town report says Cecil Rhodes is gradually sinking and doctors fear the end is near. The long ailing magnate remains in frail condition on March 18.
A pamphlet extols the Pyramid Pile Cure for hemorrhoids, arguing surgery is only a partial fix and claiming the suppository removes the disease’s cause. It cites testimonial from John Cullen Bryant of Haverhill Mass who says a year of use improved his condition after decades of suffering.
Capt. Martin Hyland and Merchant Policeman Benjamin A. Bell were shot while pursuing a burglar near Maryland and Virginia streets. Hyland was grazed on the side, Bell seriously wounded in the forehead. both treated at the city dispensary and a manhunt launched. The thief fled toward Virginia avenue after the exchange of shots.
Surfman Ellis, lone survivor of thirteen aboard the Mohomony life-boat, recounts the disaster that capsized the boat while dodging a rip. Seven life savers and five men from the barge Wadena perished. Captain Eldridge, Captain Mayo, and four others battled to stay afloat before help arrived. Bodies feared unrecoverable. list of dead includes Eldridge Small Kendrick Chase Rogers Thomas Foye Nickerson Mack Olsen Melanux and Enos.
A Mo man, P V Wise of A J, recalls knee stiffness and leg swelling resolved after quitting coffee on Dr Barnes advice and switching to Postum. He reports relief from rheumatic pains and sustained health for 18 months, despite age 68-plus.
It is virtually decided that patrolmen will wear summer uniforms with coats that can be unbuttoned. The police department has sent specifications for new rigging and related garments to accompany the coats.
Swiss Peters, a 65 year old flagman, saved Mrs Lucie Ahearne from a Pittsburgh Fort Wayne train at Cottage Grove avenue and Seventy second Street. He was struck and seriously hurt with a fractured rib. Katherine Holt was killed instantly. Mrs Ahearne’s condition is critical and delirious.
In New York at the Criterion theater a heavy stage drop struck David Belasco as the fourth act began. He fell unconscious but soon recovered with only a scalp wound. Actress Mrs. Leslie Carter narrowly avoided the danger and assisted Belasco with restoratives.
Clarence Baden colored shot Granville Shepp a bartender in Montpelier Indiana after a dispute in a saloon. The bullet knocked out teeth and lodged in Shepp’s mouth before he spit it out. Baden was arrested and a jail guard kept a crowd from lynching him.
Ira Huss of Tonica Illinois tracked his wife and farm hand Renna Fogle who eloped and were found in a boarding house in Eering. They were arrested, fined, and jailed. Burt Farrington in Detroit was sentenced to three years and a $500 fine for shooting Jesse Hooker found with his wife.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a celebrated cold and grip cure priced at 2 cents. It markets the product as a remedy for cold symptoms, aligning with period commercial language and branding.
Second-hand upright pianos priced at 125 dollars offered by Baldwin's. Train special for K. P. Interstate meeting departs at 8:00 a m Thursday March 20 with return tickets valid through Saturday. Tickets available at Union station and 25 W Washington St.
The Chicago North Western Railway offers illustrated descriptive booklets at modest postage rates, sent free upon postage payment. Titles include California Illustrated, Hunting and Fishing, Through Picturesque Wisconsin, Beautiful Country Near Chicago, Picturesque Milwaukee, Opportunities for Business, Copper and Iron, Across Picturesque Illinois and Towns, Population of Cities on the North-Western Line, The Indian The Northwest, and a mounted U.S. wall map. Address W. B. Kniskern, GP TA North-Western Ry, 2 Fifth-.
At a republican canvassing board meeting on Monday Dr. A W Brayton requested a new count in several precincts to overturn a 67 vote majority for Harry Tutewiler who was nominated for coroner. Eight members opposed and eight supported the recount with Chairman Elliott voting against. Brayton said he would not contest the decision in court and departed smiling, cigars in hand, from the clerk’s office.
Classified ad listing burial vault products by Okey Burial Vault Co and Henry Karstadt as successor to Brill Dyeing and Cleaning Co. The contact addresses are given as 209 Law blog, 228 Mass. Ave, and 115 N TL-st.
C. W. Kriel, Distributor, offers a high quality five cent cigar available at first class drug stores. This advertising brief promotes a budget option for smokers seeking a premium branded product.
Advertisement from Indianapolis paint and color company at 240 to 248 Massachusetts avenue seeks plasterers to save money by buying skimming brushes.
An old advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children. It claims to ease teething pain, soften gums, relieve wind colic, and cure diarrhoea, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
Indiana Dental College located at S. W. Cor Delaware and Chieste offers dental services for all kinds of work from 8 a m to 5 p m serving patients daily.
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