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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
3
A New York Sun report tours Ellis Island detention rooms housing hundreds of women and children. Matrons recount delays, medical holds, and deportation risks as families await entry or return voyages. The piece captures daily routines, meals, and the mix of hope and hardship among detained migrants.
The Sun reports Wilbur Glen Voliva gravely ill in Zion City as Gen. John A. Lewis, a church deacon, is named to lead the Dowie forces against Voliva. Lewis is in Mexico and has been told of his selection to confront Voliva in what is described as the greatest religious struggle. Voliva is said to suffer a quinsy on the left side of the throat and may be unable to receive medical care as the illness progresses toward the right side.
The last national census shows 1,635,321 more males than females in the United States. The male excess is 216 per 10,099 persons, or about two men for every 100 people.
Raymond Ditmars curator at the New York Zoological Park reviews in The Reptile Book the diverse American reptiles. He outlines sea turtles, snapping turtles, diamond backed terrapin, Gila monsters, numerous lizards, and several venomous snakes, along with care and first aid for bites.
A new theater fad recreates famous statues and paintings as living pictures with high fidelity. The latest success features Lord Leighton's "An Athlete Struggling With a Python" with M. Antonin posing as the statue and even displaying the bronze patina.
An advertisement promises a permanent nonoperative cure for rupture with no pain or time loss. It invites readers to test the method at no cost, requesting a coupon and diagram of rupture location to receive the treatment and avoid trusses. The offer emphasizes immediate action and long term relief.
A Leavenworth Kansas Post endorsed example shows a man performing morning chores himself by building the kitchen fire carrying out ashes and bringing in coal instead of letting his wife do it.
The Rev L D L Cuppinger of Edwin Ray M E church condemned the charivari custom for newly married couples as disgusting at Roberts Park church Wednesday night The minister urged marriage to be dignified The Roberts Park church is holding revival services with Rev W J Clinton scheduled to preach Thursday night
Harry Frank and Abraham Levy alias John Wood, both of Chicago, arrested by Capt. Asch and Seret Homer Larsh on grand larceny charges. Police say they are holsters, struck at retail stores. Luben's clerk linked Frank to a July incident of 13 missing trousers.
An advertisement extols Pyramid Pile Cure as a quick sure remedy for piles. It cites a pastor in Nottoway Va praising its effects after using five boxes and a salve, and urges readers to send name and address for a free trial package. It promises home use and low cost follow up treatment from Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall Michigan.
Mrs Frances K Metz mother of New York comptroller Herman Metz shocked two burglars at her Newark home. With a revolver she fired twice at each intruder missing only because she lacked spectacles. The jewels worth about 10000 were recovered by police in an alleyway. She reflects pride in her son and recounts past defenses.
The funeral of Lieut. Roundell, former member of Company G, Twenty-first Indiana Infantry, will be held Friday at 10 AM. He died of heart trouble at his Martinsville home. Pallbearers include Col. J. Foster, Maj. W. W. Daugherty, and Capt. Joseph Beasley, all from Indianapolis.
In affirming a judgment denying Crawfordsville attorney F. P. Meuut 3600 demanded from Montgomery county for securing convictions of men who sold their votes, the court ruled a person who buys votes cannot profit from his own wrongdoing by recovering a reward for the conviction of those whose votes he purchased.
Clare Cenuen McClure, a St. Cloud Minnesota millionaire, drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing in rough surf at Ocean Park. Although an expert swimmer, he went beyond the breakers and called for help before vanishing. bystanders rescued the body shortly after.
General E R Brown orders the Indiana G A R encampment at Fort Wayne to occur on May 22 28 and 24, moved one day later than previously announced.
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