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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1904
Page
2
A reader requests lines of praise for the 20th Century Soap after her husband bought a three pound bucket at a local store. The note hints at product admiration and consumer gift ideas, with no further details on event outcomes or affected parties.
Nov. 5 reports say John D Tackles enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast at his Foentine Hills mansion after years away. He reportedly ordered an old-time turkey dinner to celebrate, avoiding indigestion and marking a rare homecoming.
Gen Sherman Bell declares 2.3 well armed men ready to back his bid for governor as elements resist authority. Peabody supporters aim to secure the senate by discarding enough precincts to seat Peabody’s renomination in the upcoming legislature.
Milan Indiana November 2 Clifford Darling shot his wife at her father Scott Nooks Pierceville home Thursday afternoon and then swallowed morphine while fleeing toward his parents house. He called to his father that he would die and ran to his home where he collapsed. Dr John St Wate treated Darling with a stomach pump saving his wife who later died. Darling will be guarded and taken to Versailles jail.
Miss Eliza beth Langhorn, two years a teacher at the Sycamore school, dies of consumption after a year of open air treatment. She spent days outdoors despite cold and storm, with no benefit. Typhoid fever also strikes the Schwinge family. four children ill and Mrs. Schwinge sick, cause unknown.
A Pennsylvania east bound train struck an Akron Bedford and Cleveland trolley near the city Friday morning injuring twenty five people Some possibly fatally The car was smashed into kindling Injured were taken to Cleveland hospital A woman named Elizabeth Kehl fell from a street car Thursday night injuring herself and was taken home by ambulance after a physician attended to her injuries
In London a dispatch notes that the king, inspired by recent battlefield successes, intends to rearm his followers and set up his own arsenal. He also asks the Indian government to supply artificers. A minor fire incident injures Charles Monroe, aged 88, from a spark and matches last Thursday night.
A Auburn minister recounts nervous prostration from overfeeding and poor digestion. After adopting Grape-Nuts for breakfast and lunch, health improved rapidly. He was rejected by insurers at first but later accepted after continued use. Endorsement attributed to Foster-Mell Co Battle Creek Michigan. Get the book The Nod to Wallville in each pack.
Otis Loveland was electrocuted in the Ohio Penitentiary death chamber for complicity in a murder and robbery near Alton on June 1, 1902. The first two shocks failed, the straps loosened, and during the third shock smoke and odor filled the chamber. Loveland remained composed, wearing a pale face and smoking a cigarette as he sat at 12:05, offering thanks to those present.
Thieves broke into Mrs. Seaman’s house on Fark Avenue Thursday afternoon, forcing entry through a front door after she left to visit a neighbor. Jewelry valued at about 32 000 was taken from two drawers along with damaged furniture and several interior doors. A four diamond ring two sticking and a gold neck chain were among the items reported stolen.
A special report from New York describes Nan Patterson in Sing Sing style at the Tombs prison with Thanksgiving dinner conflicts. It notes a jailer refusal leading to a unique prison feast plan and a trial overlap with the case of Caesar Young.
An advertisement asserts Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets digest 2000 grains of meat or egg in a simulated stomach test. It claims quick relief, safety for children, and broad efficacy with a recipe involving warm water at 98 degrees and several tablets, touting worldwide sales at 29 cents.
SCRIPPS MRAE TELEGRAM reports two newspaper men dead in separate cases. Elias Caulking described as long time north wing newspaper man born Hogaston Williams? Kennedy foreman of Inter Ocean composing room for years found dead in bed Thursday. David Dead known in Indianapolis as deputy US marshal and pension office clerk dies at Knightstown home after long illness. Proceeds from selling spoons fund First Baptist Church building.
The Parkeater presented a high energy Thanksgiving burlesque by High Flags Amusements with about a dozen comedians led by Bert Sealle and Hebert J. Dalley. The largely Parisian themed act featured strong singing and dancing, vibrant costumes, and frequent encores. The production included a standout comedy turn by May Batir and a striking scarecrow act, with a plot around an American troupe stranded in Paris. The show runs through Saturday with further performances by the City sports Empire, drawing big crowds on Thanksgiving.
Invitations extended unofficially through the Department of State to foreign gymnastic societies for the twenty ninth festival of the North American Turnerbund in Indianapolis on June 29 1065. The invitation highlights Indianapolis as a hub of culture and a hospitable midwestern city with notable leaders and invites exchanges with foreign associations in Germany Belgium France Italy Holland Japan and Switzerland.
47.20 Colorado and Return. Round trip winter tourist tickets are on sale daily from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo at the rate of Him via the Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line good on fast through trains with high class equipment. The best of everything. Correspondingly low rates from all points. For maps, book lodging and hotel rates apply to your local agent or address N. M. Breeze Genl. Agent 5 Vine St Cincinnati Ohio.
The piece promotes Idaho as one of the best watered states with a healthful climate that boosts vigor and success for settlers in irrigated valleys. It notes rapid growth due to western capital and urges readers seeking life improvements to consider Idaho. It mentions the Union Pacific as the direct route with trains from Omaha Chicago and Kansas City to Idaho and Northwest regions, directing inquiries to W. H. Connor in Cincinnati for details.
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