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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
6
Cartoonist Irvin portrays a Miserable Failure as a child builds a block tower of deceit. Start with one lie foundation and the fragile structure collapses as truth, honesty, and fair dealing are replaced by dishonor. Think it over.
A newspaper notice promotes a Dr George Edmund Flood prescription for rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles. It lists Fluid Cascara Aromatic Concentrated Barkola Prickly Ash Bark Extract Prickly Aromatic Elixir and advises one teaspoon after meals and at night plus large amounts of water. It claims near certain cure and notes local druggists can fill it.
Special to The Sun Fort Worth Tex March 2 Miss Grace Poteet whose leg was torn off in an oil mill accident at Blossom ten days ago complained the foot on the amputated leg was paining her Father recalling an old superstition went to the burial site, tasted the pot, straightened it and says his daughter's pain was immediately relieved.
Boise and county buildings are heated in cold weather without fires and waterworks subscribers receive continuous hot water. The source credits harnessing an inexhaustible hot spring as the heating solution for the city.
Dr. Luther H. Gulick, head of the American Physical Education association, argues that dancing is the best exercise for women to stay healthy and capable of motherhood. He touts calisthenics and graceful activities, warns against competitive sports, and praises dances that use the whole body, especially Swedish and Russian folk dances.
A narrator recalls Susie the cook who impressed his wife with her education Boston accent and artistry in food. The wife reveals a dream of a single exceptional cook as they discuss hiring Dinah and other past maids, ending with a digressive joke about Susie possibly studying in a rolling mill.
Thomas F. Loner gan of San Francisco faced graft suspicions leading to his arrest after a probe by Francis J. Heney and Detective Burns. A fake ordinance restricted girls under 16 from skating unescorted at public rinks, staged to trap officials and extract bribe money.
Bronx detective Pat Gilday used his musical intuition to locate a stolen violin once owned by Frederick Perkins. The instrument, taken during a May 1906 home robbery, was found with Phillip Cohen after Gilday heard its pure, distinctive notes. It had passed through Emil Becker and Prof Luttich before being sold for fifty dollars and will be returned to Perkins after standard legal steps.
An advertisement extols glycerine in Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for enhancing medicinal properties and acting as an emollient nutritive antiseptic and anti ferment. It claims benefits for chronic coughs bronchial throat and lung issues and notes it aids digestion and flesh rebuilding while warning it cannot cure advanced consumption. Readers are urged to send for the title book and info and to contact Dr. Pierce at Buffalo New York for free advice and private correspondence.
Lonergan hid £590 in hundreds on a rink door and promised $500 more for a favor. Lonergan, with Superior Buxton, visited a man as Heney and Burns watched from behind a curtain and heard the exchange. The supervisors and rink manager discussed the matter, Lonergan grew suspicious, and Burns and Heney entered to arrest him, forcing a confession and advancing the graft investigation in San Francisco.
A refined 40 year old woman, arriving by private carriage, attempted to steal doilies valued at $20 while wearing a jewelry laden outfit. She offered her jewels as security to manager William S. Kinsey to avoid arrest, claiming five children and a baby, and was taken to the police station after a dramatic plea for leniency.
A note found on a woman claiming a brother's relation carried an address on Halses-st Brooklyn. Police kept the name confidential while she provided the blotter with the alias Mary Ward 217 Lewis-st both said to be fictitious.
Stamford Connecticut March 2 There is danger the prick of a rose thorn may prove fatal to Miss Anna Free. Two weeks ago her wounded finger was dressed by a physician and food poisoning spread through her system. Dr Robert Morris of New York performed an operation which was successful but her condition remains critical. Her sister suffered a similar illness about three years ago but recovered after a lag illness.
A mother describes treating three boys with eczema on the head at a dispensary for three months without improvement. The condition persisted for five months, revealing ongoing struggles and medical care.
Mrs Kate Keim reports three children with eczema lasting five months beginning on the head. After wrong diagnosis as ring worm at N- Dispensary, Cuticura Soap and Ointment in warm baths led to rapid improvement. By weeks later heads were clear with no sores. New York address and dates Nov 1 5 and 7 1906.
Advertises Cuticura products as remedies for dandruff itching and scalp irritation. Claims hair growth on a healthy scalp, with Cuticura Soap and Ointment for infants, children, and adults. Includes pricing and sale notes for cleansing the skin and healing conditions.
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