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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1903
Page
3
A sensational medical scam promises a cure for consumption by Dr Derk P Yonker man of Kalamazoo Michigan. Officials and doctors allegedly endorse the treatment and offer free samples to prove the claims, urging readers to write for validation and a free trial package.
Dr. Be Hicks says 98 percent of young men have cardiac hypertrophy or athletic heart from golf and baseball and it is not a serious ailment. Jarvis not hurt in P and E wreck near Bloomington, contrary to earlier reports. Big Four officers state the prior claim was fabrication. Conductor Thomas Jarvis of Indianapolis was uninvolved with injury as the freight engine broke down and his train pulled the cars into Bloomington.
A twenty line fragment describes a cornerstone ceremony for a federal building in Indianapolis. Addison Harris and Congressmen Overstreet address unity of knowledge and justice, praising the postal service, national intelligence, and civic progress. The event emphasizes government offices as hubs for citizens and a future landmark. The Masonic rite and Grand-master James W. Dunbar oversee the stone laying.
In early Indianapolis the post office began in 18 percents with Samuel Hudson as postmaster. It sat at Washington Hall tavern on Washington Street near what is now Pennsylvania. In 1823 Captain John Cata succeeded Hudson, served 12 years, and under his leadership Indianapolis became a distributing station. The office moved to a small frame building on Washington Street as the town grew, prompting later relocation to larger quarters.
The article traces the transfer from an earlier site on So-Merlillan street to a Market and Pennsylvania location, with a two-story building later enlarged to house a growing workforce. It notes a $299 appropriation after prior increases, the DH passed, and Rankin Kellogg plans adopted. John Pierce of New York won the final contract after competitive bidding.
New Albany March 5 Mrs Florence Maybrick who will be freed from an English prison next year was once a resident of New Albany and Louisville Her mother Mrs Chandler Baroness of Raynes came with her two children to Albany in 1864 and stayed at Mrs Lucy Jones fashionable boarding house on West Third street Neighbors recall young Florence known as Little Florence blue eyed and fair Mrs Kenneth Dye now of 1123 Fifth street New Albany is a Jones daughter and recalls the mother and children Well as to Maybrick innocence she believes Mrs Maybrick's mother often gave medicines with a physician's advice and the daughter may have learned medicine from her mother.
Mrs. William Kehler of Went to Heaven, a wealthy resident, described a five hour trance in which she entered heaven and met Christ, angels, and thousands of souls. The report notes the experience occurred after evening services at Aion's church in Mabwala, amid references to her age and divine visions.
Miss Mary Roberts promotes a secret home cure that allegedly stops drinking by adding a tasteless odorless remedy to coffee or food. The ad claims a free trial package mailed from Dr J W Haines of Cincinnati Ohio to prove its effect and urges women to rescue sons husbands or brothers from drunkenness.
New York stock market opened soft under London influence with mixed early results. Union Pacific rose at open, others slipped. government bonds steady. Reports note Canadian Pacific earnings up. rail and industrial shares fluctuated. Indianapolis and Cincinnati live stock markets show varied receipts and prices across cattle, hogs, and sheep with mixed demand and value.
A longtime mining expert, Prof. George A. Treadwell, and company officials promote the McKinley Mining and Smelting Company as a rare copper ore opportunity. They cite rich ore deposits at Saxon and Austrian mines, probable future prosperity, and a suggested $1,000,000 capitalization with about 600,000 tons of high value ore.
A fragmented market bulletin shows McKinley Mining and Smelting Company at 303 Law Building, Indianapolis, alongside Chicago grain figures and commodity prices. It lists livestock receipts, beef and cattle prices, and Chicago live poultry and dairy quotes with various units and terms.
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