Deaths by own action haunt a newsroom circle
A veteran city editor, Ben Worth, and reporter Sam Peters collide over a lethal code of reporting self murder. Sam shoots himself after a note and contemplation, Ben follows, and a distraught lover’s poison links the crimes. The coroner’s verdict shifts as a blood stained note is tied to the tragedy.
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Ben Worth
Sam Piters
Sam
David Copperfield
Dora
Ben
Park
Sai
Fen
Tom
Benjamin Worth
Samuel Peters
Worth
Mr. Peters
Petera
Peter
Veteran Indianapolis Journalist Recounts 1800s Press Life
Berry R Sulgrove, editor and one of the west's oldest newspaper men, recalls early Indiana journalism from 1848 onward. He discusses how papers operated, key figures like Schuyler Colfax, the shift to telegraph news, and the rise of city editors, with anecdotes of misprinted papers and notable reporters. The piece also notes other local editors and the era's evolving press landscape.
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Berry Sulgrove
Innisnapols
Sun
Berry R. Sulgrove
Sulgrove
Locomotive
W. South St
J. P. Chapman
Ger
George H. Chapman
The
Chanticleer
John D. Defrees
Journal
Europe
Oliver P. Morton
Mitchell
Cincinnati Observatory
Indianapolis
Dobn S. Spann
W. W. A. Ellis
Statesman
Schuyler Colfax
St. Joseph Holley Begister
Congress
Buck” Ferrall
Lafayette Journal
David Holloway
Col. Holloway
Times
Richmond Palladium
Crgale Thompson
Greensburg Republcan and Mattings
Plymouth Gazette
Vevay
Express and Gazette
Terre Haute
Margarite Mullen
American Union
Cleveland
West
Alice Cary
Detroit News
Neilis M. Stackhouse
Chicago Tribune
Daily Democrat
Nellie Bly
New York World
Pittsburg
Daily Paper
Nellie
Ella C. Nave
the Sentinel
Mary C. Nicholas
Mena Kemp Ozan
People
Anna McKenzie
Mies Openheimer
Tribune
Margaret Holmes Bates
Emma C. Carlton
Boston Transcript
Currant
Sun editor letter from Jimtown stirs Indiana politics
A Washington letter dated May 1 1889 from Jimtown Indiana legislator Saint James inquires about stamps and writes a curiously garbled, self critical plea. He jokes about office hopes and the Sun’s growth while venting on colleagues and misty political ideals. He asks for five dollars to quiet his landlady.
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the Sun
St James
Indiana
Jimtown
Washington
Sun
Washington, D. C
Edytor
House of Reps
Sam Hill
Jimtown Javelin
James Poyne
Pogue
Dedo St James
Nou
Starvathon
Offce
Sam
Speek
Jimpogne
Enra
Harrison
Dudley
Otter
Wanamaker
Ilaga
New notions and costly rejections in trade and health
The piece argues that innovators cost more at first but later prove profitable, citing Captain's chronometer and Warner's Safe Cure as examples. It notes that refusing new ideas can ruin firms and health, and ends by endorsing Havana Putts cigars as affordable 5 cent options available through druggists.
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China
New York
Astor
Mr. Astor
Mr. Asor
Warner
Andrew Wilson
Royal Society
Edinburgh
Health
London
Eng
All in White Louise Von De Walle Recounts Blair Treatment
Louise Von De Walle describes a year ago when dressing all in white for a church event led to a severe cold. She details persistent head and lung symptoms, fatigue, and appetite loss, then reports rapid improvement after Blair Treatment and urges others to seek it. Her Indianapolis address and clinic hours are provided for consultation.
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Louise von de Walle
Louisa van de Walle
North Alabama St
Drunkenness Can Be Cured, Claims Historic Belief
The piece asserts that drunkenness or alcoholism can be cured, describing the liquor habit as a depraved appetite and claiming a positive cure through certain methods referenced in the era. It frames addiction as a solvable condition within a moralistic and medical discourse.
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Hell
Royal Specific for Drunkenness Sold by Ward Exp
The Royal Specific for drunkenness can be given with or without patient knowledge and works for both chronic and acute drinkers. It supposedly cures appetites for liquor when taken as directed. For sale by Ward Exp. at 40 BE Washington St, price two dollars per bottle.
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Igrdran
Hindron Stepney
United States
Jordan
Indianapolis
Tad
Richardson & St. Louis
Blo
James M. Dedisse
Cincianati
Oo. Fuller & Fuller
Chicago
Neves Bros
A Cutler
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., Gw, Jones & Co., Menphis
New York City
Toronto
Canada
London
England
Rio de Janeiro
Sucre
South America
Berlin
Hanover
Hamburg
Germany
Ward Exp
Washington St
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Paris
Dio Lewis
ASON
Astors
Havana
Telisa
North Alabama
Chia
North
Tilinoia Street
Blair
Illnois Street
Miss Lewis
Vos du Waalkr
Wi Kotleman
Fast
Wruma Davis
Wittin
J. Ay Jerean
Noreter
Alaska
Kewmarkets
Walter Buhl
Detroit
Michigan
Youwie Bros
Fforest City
Express
M. Abbett
ML. D
Viretnia Ave
Ind
Sear
Rome
CUTA
Sevarest
Mall Roma de Nuts Mtg
Waites
Wail Aircoitons
Tomlinson
Gilmorah
Gilmords
Gilmore
Ttale Campinini
Sieror Kupene de Dunckwaidi
Clementina de ¥ Rre
Nate Nie Blanche
Steve Barton
Res
Helen Dudly Camber
Feappe del Puente
Fd Ten
W. Whitner
Livin
Royal Opera, Co
Gerster
America
Sienor Ferrari
Yar
Igv
Ina
West Washington Street
NEW China
Ilinois Street
Hommown & Mattingly
West Market Street
Flliott
Great
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