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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
6
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines as made from native medicinal roots in American forests with known composition. It extols glycerine as a key ingredient and asserts the products are safe for women and children, alcohol free, and backed by forty years of cures and official attestation.
Washington dispatch details Binger Hermann former Oregon lands commissioner and congressman candidate facing conspiracy charges to defraud the government. It outlines alleged schemes to reserve Blue Mountain lands, issue new land scrip, and profit from timber lands, with Mitchell connected and Holsinger’s report triggering scrutiny. Hermann reportedly destroyed 35 letter books amid the probe and denies wrongdoing as Sen Mitchell had died before sentence. The note touches on society items and local social events.
Matty Baldwin aims to wrest the featherweight championship from Abe Attell. He makes his first stage appearance this week at the Galeiy venue to prove west coast precocity. Baldwin, from a 15 child family, has saved funds to back a match with the California champion for whom many knockouts have been recorded. A Boston wife closely follows his pugilistic career as he works toward the title.
The Home magazine notes steady growth of school gardens with 389,985 one cent seed packets sold in Cleveland in 1905. Children across districts beautified yards as vines covered fences, flowers and shrubs adorned porches, and a local small city funded seed purchases via stereopticon lectures. A fall flower show drew 5,000 aster beds and attracted regional interest.
Twenty years study across Dartmoor and North Devon shows higher phthisis deaths in exposed parishes compared with sheltered ones. Investigators note very marked contrasts in death rates between the two parish types.
Dowagiac Michigan faces a municipal election with no willing candidates for any office. The shortage stems from fears over the cost of city improvements, leaving Mayor Herkimer and the current officials to remain in office by default. The Republican party has also failed to recruit a mayoral candidate in this nearly 6,000-population town.
John E Van Deiman died at his home near New Bethel after a brief illness from pneumonia. A Marion county resident for 80 years, he was born near Connerville, Ind., and moved to the county at age two. He joined the Baptist church as a boy and remained active. Survived by his widow and three grown children.
Mrs Florence E Atwood of 18 Crilly Place Chicago reports three months of use of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills ending in full recovery from a severe three year eczema after consulting many Chicago doctors. Witness L S Berger. October 1905.
Mrs Jessie Bryson of Edinburg Scotland traveled to Indianapolis in nine days to reach her son William Bryson at 1610 Montcalm Street who was near death from consumption. Her arrival reportedly brought slight improvement in his condition. Bryson worked as a salesman for Kingan and Co.
The Sixth district convention of the Marion County Sunday School Association will meet Sunday afternoon at Germania avenue Baptist church with addresses by Mrs. M. J. Baldwin and E. H. Clifford. The Ninth district convention will be held Tuesday night at Trinity M. E. church, Division and Oliver streets, including Second Friends Blaine avenue M. E. and Morris street Christian schools.
The Indiana State Association of Master Plumbers elected officers for the coming term. President W. M. Wilcox of Indianapolis. vice president A. G. Weinhardt of Verre Haute. secretary W. L. Clifford of Indianapolis. treasurer C. Aneshansel of Indianapolis. executive committee A. E. Werkhoff of Lafayette, H. H. Highlands of Munci, A. J. Weinhardt of Terre Haute, and George E. NKirkhoff of Indianapolis.
Gov Buchtel will sign the local option bill next Monday with the full Trinity Methodist Episcopal church choir aiding the ceremony. He will sign as the choir and congregation sing America followed by the doxology at the Denver event.
A milk wagon driven by Mil vin Cothrain injured a boy near the Wasi khi road. The horse bolted and the lad was crushed with a fractured thigh and suspected internal injuries feared by medical staff.
An advertisement touts Porters Amusenris Healing Oil as superior to all known remedies. It claims cure for chronic sores, instant relief from burns, and complete motion removal in one day. The product, described as a miracle from a railroad surgeon, is offered at two cents.
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