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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
6
Ministers doctors and professional men recount remarkable cures of the blind the lame the paralytic and others on the brink of death. The narrative presents testimonies of recovery and the perceived healing power at work.
Claiming a universal cure via Vitaopathic treatment, Professor Thomas F. Adkin offers free diagnosis and home remedies. Noted physicians L B Hawley and L G Doane investigated and endorsed his methods, with patients across the country reportedly cured from blindness to deafness and paralysis. He promises distance cures and prints a free book How to be Cured and How to Cure Others. Send personal letters to Professor Adkin, Rochester New York.
Delaware May 10 The inquiry into Nora Ferris’s death at the Girls Industrial Home found inmates restrained with straitjackets or tied to bars. Witnesses testified to bruises on her back and legs while others saw no marks. The matron and housekeeper disputed punishment details, and doctors cited a weak heart with possible death from struggle. Minutes failed to record the death.
In Kansas City Missouri on May 10 Tina Mayor was granted a divorce from Exl ward on grounds of desertion after a brief marriage. The husband reportedly left the home shortly after the nuptials and the case proceeded in court.
In New York May 10 a supreme court jury heard testimony about Alma Louise Coddington-Fellows-Larner, widow of Albert EB Larner, claiming she is competent to manage an estate worth about 250000. Witnesses described heavy drinking at several hotels, with mentions of 18 to 20 cocktails in one instance and behavior including piano playing in the parlor. The case follows her residence in a sanitarium in Westchester and a committee appointed to her person and estate.
In Cleveland, a wagon officer recounts Curley the small white spaniel who has tracked his discharged motorman owner for two years, riding with patrols after a woman passenger joined a wagon, refusing to leave the station and insisting the mistress may return. The dog now accompanies officers, eyes never leaving the search, a symbol of canine loyalty.
An Indianapolis woman, Mrs Josephine McKane of 1824 Highland Place, recounts years of kidney pain easing after using Dean's Kidney Pills purchased at Henry J Huders drug store. She credits the remedy with stopping virulent back and loins pains following colds and strain. The narrative urges others to try the product.
The article describes the famed Tom Sharkey preparing for his voyage to England next week with an extravagant wardrobe. He plans ten waistcoats ten topcoats ten trousers and numerous shirts and boots. His chosen suit features a rattlesnake vest and a pink and green striped shirt front topped by a seal brown morning coat. Pineapple cream bell-top trousers, red necktie, white-wings collar, blue-spats over tan shoes and a bellcrowned hat complete the outfit. A silver crowned walking stick accompanies him as he aims to perform stunts for the king.
A Mirror item recounts five M. T. H. 8S athletes visiting Purdue University with Sigma Nu hosts. They were guided through the campus, shown games, fed, and kept at the house until midnight, then returned home with no social function as promised. The piece pivots to local baseball views, laments declining interest, and questions Major League prospects for Marion.
Fans in Indianapolis question whether the baseball club will draw larger crowds after returning from a western trip. Manager Watkins has signed a competitive team and spends about 36 per month, but gate receipts are low. The American Association will not sustain a town averaging under 300 daily, rival cities draw much higher crowds, and transfer talk to Marion looms as a real possibility if finances do not improve.
Plymouth man Phelps reports cholera and diarrhoea remedy sales for years. He would rather abandon coffee and sugar than stop selling five bottles yesterday to threshers who could not go farther. The item notes the remedy’s availability in Plymouth and its use among workers in need.
An array of boxing, racing and sports tidbits fill the page. McCoy’s bout with Kid Carter is delayed by an injured hand while LaJoie faces American league regulation through a Philadelphia lawyer. Sullivan’s social call to Lowe ends rough with police. Lipton says Shamrock won’t race. Corbett, O’Brien and Jackson figures swirl with matches and plans across cities and ships.
Alma Michigan waters evaporated to crystallization offer a home remedy for constipation liver kidney and nervous disorders. It is pleasing to taste cleansing to bowels soothing to brain and nerves and is sold by druggists for five cents a bottle. Send a postal card to The Michigan Drug Co Detroit requesting a free trial bottle prepaid.
Farmer John Lee of Greenville Oregon describes a long battle with illness after cold rain and wind, tracing it to weather and a bout of the grip. He found relief using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, needing about three boxes to recover, and praises the preparation as a remedy for lingering grip and related ailments. The ad urges cleansing the system and lists conditions treated along with purchase details.
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