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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1902
Page
2
The ad urges readers to focus on personal welfare by using Paine's Celery Compound to strengthen nerves, blood, and digestion. It claims May treatment yields better life prospects than July or August, notes nerve debility and dyspepsia arise from poor nutrition, and touts the medicine as a cure for run-down conditions and a safer, honest option.
Monday marked the deadline for tax payments with the county treasurer's office crowded. Those failing to pay by closing time face penalties, while Cashier Smith braces for post deadline protests and possible disputes. In Rome, May 5, U S ambassador Meyer met King Victor Emmanuel cordially amid notes of renewed friendship and Roosevelt’s pardon acknowledgment for officers of the cruiser Chicago.
Monday saw passengers ride the new county court house elevator amid bustling scenes and elation. The unit cost 9 250, with changes to the building nearly matching the elevator price. The Kinkade Liggett company of Columbus, Ohio, holds the contract, dated Aug 12, with delays attributed to strikes and slow architect design submissions.
D W Blaine of Pratt, Kansas, overseeing imports to harvest Kansas wheat, says crop prospects are strong and calamity reports false. He forecasts 70,000,000 bushels of wheat and predicts widespread wires about a big yield within ten days. The rain is blamed for a hoax about a Harper baby.
In Ashtabula Ohio on a May Sunday afternoon Mrs Albert McClure was with her 8 year old son in Edgewood cemetery when a woman leaned from a closed carriage and pulled the boy inside and drove away. The boy’s father has been absent for days and is not believed to be in the carriage. Police have the case.
Mariana May 5 report states W. W. Head maimed himself to prevent planned harm. He allegedly suffered a prior accident two years ago affecting his mind at times. After recovery he desired to visit his brother Captain George Head and execute a murder at their home then burn the house. He severed both legs below the knee with an ax to make the crime impossible.
Smallpox appeared at the Hayes residence at 2404 Radersrow, with the family including Mr and Mrs Hayes and a son. The house was not quarantined until last Saturday. Hayes was sent to the pesthouse after a well developed case, but told authorities his residence was out of the city. Clerk Carter later confirmed Mrs Hayes ill with smallpox and a storekeeper report notes the son may have shopped after the father fell ill.
The Dolphin, flying Admiral Dewey’s pennant, departed Norfolk on Monday morning to join the North Atlantic squadron. Dewey, Rear-admirals Taylor and Bradford, and other navy board members aboard will be at sea several days watching the drills of the wardogs aboard the Olym pia Kearsarge Alabama and Massachusetts.
Newsburgh reports that Senora Palma wife of Cuba's president elect and her family left Central Valley for Havana on Monday. A delegation of women accompanied the party to New York.
A Spokane saloon in 40 minutes gave away all its liquor in a wild night led by Lord Sholto Douglas. He announced retirement from business amid a rioting crowd. Douglas recently received 10,000 from England and will attend the coronation with his wife.
The notice records numerous births and deaths with names and addresses. Birth entries include Newton and Winifred Walker a boy at 1435 Yandes, J Co and Laura Hickey a boy at 969 Bates, and several other couples with their newborn girls or boys. Deaths list Emilie Isenthal at 1105 S West Street, Franz X Fackler at 701 Landers Street, Maria Miller at City Hospital, Leola Stewart, and others including infants and those in hospitals or homes, with ages and causes such as consumption, heart disease, tubercu losis, and poisoning noted for some.
A Brooklyn mother extols Grap-Nuts cereal for a weak digestion and rapid growth in her child and notes her husband also enjoys it. She shares a friend with two malnourished children who improved after using Grap-Nuts, claiming the family’s strong results support the cereal’s beneficial nourishment for kids.
National secretary treasurer Wilson of the United Mine Workers declined to discuss the situation in the anthracite region on Monday as a wage scale dispute between miners and operators risks a strike. President Mitchell remained in New York but plans to Scranton to address the miners board where a suspension of work could be ordered. He warned in New York that the situation is threatening and that the miners have spoken their last words, with a strike possibly involving 147,000 men and crippling the field.
In Los Angeles on May 5 the general federation of womens clubs held its first business session. Mary Lockwood presented the reincorporation report while directors left the color question on the table. Ten states backed Sarah Platt Decker for president, Dennison leading, and Minneapolis appears favored for the next biennial convention.
Lexington May 5 Gen William H Gentry a prominent citizen and politician will host Booker T Washington at his home to hear the noted lecturer He praises Washington as remarkable and says he honors him Democrats denounce the stand and seek removal from Beckham staff while Republicans may attend events at his home in support of the visit
A. Caylor enters the fight against the ice trust. He plans to sell ice at ten to twenty cents, shipping Broad Ripple ice to unload at Monon tracks and East Street. He will use surplus artificial ice from the Kingan plant, with Kingan controlling Broad Ripple ice. Caylor is an experienced ice man once with the City ice company.
Bids will be received Tuesday for a bridge over the White River at Washington Street to replace the collapsed structure from last January. No bids had been received Monday morning. If the contract is not awarded by Tuesday, all action will be rescinded and new bids advertised.
Maggie Bowman at Lexington Avenue repairs for 20 dollars. Sarah Solomon on Liberty Avenue lists frame building repair at 1 500 dollars. J Kater at 1006 Winchester Avenue plans a 1 500 dollar project. Thomas Mayer details a 1327 Winchester Avenue addition for 300 dollars. Maggie Bauer at 1325 Reisner Street notes a shed project.
Tragedies across Indiana report multiple fatalities including W Watson of Converse who fell from a train, miner Ed High of Fontanet who died by poison, and Mary Stafford of Carmel who died of heart trouble. Additional cases include Garnet I and Benjamin Markin in mill accidents. Wm Kepp of Muncie in heat exhaustion. Aaron Black and Samuel Probst near Logansport who shot themselves. a decomposed unknown man found near Richmond.
The Indianapolis bar association will hold a special meeting on Monday May 12 to consider a motion urging Marion county courts and lawyers to adopt a half holiday on Saturday afternoons from May 1 to October 1 each year.
Dr Ellington W Aldrich a traveling physician once linked to a 1900 Chicago trial died at the Savoy hotel office after a gunfight with Illinois detectives seeking his arrest on perjury charges. Auble Wing Bradish and other officers were wounded as Aldrich shot himself amid the raid.
The poster artists' association of America begins its third national convention in Cincinnati with delegates from New York Buffalo Erie Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland and Cincinnati. The event will conclude with a poster banquet at the zoo on Wednesday evening.
A class of 30 members was initiated into Brownson council No. 272, Y M I, Sunday afternoon in Y M I hall on North Street by the degree team of Capital council.
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