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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1905
Page
2
City News reports the Flower Mission women will hold an o i meeting tomorrow at 10 o'clock. Also notes secretary to Gov. Hanly Col. Fred Gemmer returning after a ten day absence and other local events including rummage sale and parish notices.
The Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners ruled whisky is a luxury, not a necessity, by a split vote of two to one after an executive session. J C Robinson D Walker and George W Wheeler announced the decision following a challenge from an express company seeking higher carriage charges for whisky shipments into Kansas. The board spent an hour deliberating before reaching the verdict.
A violent blizzard swept through Brainerd and surrounding areas with high northwest winds driving heavy snow reducing visibility and hindering travel. Similar conditions were reported in the Dakotas and Montana as part of the same storm system.
A remonstrance signed by Terre Haute’s heaviest taxpayers opposing a municipal lighting plant was filed after the general election. Despite the protest, officials plan to proceed unless blocked by a court order.
Lawrences C Stempie of inginep alls and his companion Joh Vanhoot of Somerset Ky died Monday night after being struck by a Big Four passenger train near Carraturido Cincinnati. A inbound train shortly passed over their bodies. Young Stemple, son of local residents at Forty sixth Street, was also reported. The two men had recently returned from a trip west and left the city at 4 PM Monday.
The National Furniture company at 3 to H W Washington St unveils a novel show window display. One window features a kitchen scene with two colored women preparing Thanksgiving dinner, another shows an elegantly furnished dining room with two colored waitresses serving a banquet. The display attracts notice and comment.
Reports detail the execution order for a woman in Windsor County with defense arguing insanity. The prisoner, tried for murder, faces hanging at the prison as supporters and officials debate the decision. His statement questions why public figures do not reveal the full truth behind the case.
George Verrs, a cane dealer, was accused of scalping tickets for the Batting Day football game. Proceedings show the alerts were confiscated by the court as the case moved forward.
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for nervous fatigue and prostration. It cites a patient named Joseph Snyder from Titlow, Ohio, reporting rapid improvement after one bottle and urging purchase from local pharmacists with a guarantee. The copy emphasizes avoiding hurry and worry to protect nerves and overall health.
A flurry of job applicants crowds mayoral aide offices at the Denison hotel as Bookwalter weighs limits on appointing officials. Candidates for market master, street commissioner, superintendent of streets, and other posts compete amid rumors and party loyalties, with several named contenders and ongoing speculation about who will secure key posts.
The Sun reports the upcoming fifty ninth congress with focus on railway legislation federal control of insur ance Panama Canal statehood for new territories and the German tariff. Beveridge pushes statehood fights while Beveridge and Roosevelt contentious. implications for policy and party dynamics loom as debt issues, tariffs and foreign relations dominate the agenda.
Despatch notes Kaiser William of Germany may undertake an immediate operation to address a birth-related condition. A London specialist travels to Berlin to discuss the proposed procedure as physicians weigh options and risks. Also includes an ad for PAZO OINTMENT a patently advertised cure for piles and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with price.
A puzzling weather note discusses converting extreme temperatures and explains a hypothetical scenario. It references Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, noting 409.0 degrees below a reference and a 268 degree figure, though the exact context remains unclear.
In Snelbyville Indiana Ole Wilton was arrested on a charge of highway robbery. The band was collateral at zero value and the young man vanished after a failed plea, later found dead after learning his grandfather must pay. The grandfather was informed of the obligation, and days later the man was discovered dead.
The Reichstag opened with Emperor William presiding in Berlin. The ceremony occurred in the great hall of the imperial palace as the Kaiser delivered the opening address. The Chancellor did not attend, and the Kaiser met with officials at the palace on all official occasions.
In a Camden interstate railway incident near Inghton West Virginia on November 5, Martha Utackbirn, daughter of a prominent citizen, leapt under a moving train in what is described as a love attack gone tragically wrong, her body washed away.
Mrs Win of Ryer Elie River Mina recounts a baby’s recovery from a dreadful scalp sore after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The infant’s hair regrew, skin cleared, and no scar remained eight months later, ending sleepless nights and suffering.
A reader from El River Minnesota reports a past child’s polid sore on the head. The letter notes the disease never returned after the cure and seeks further inquiry or confirmation from the correspondent.
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