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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
3
The advertisement commends Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a radical cure for indigestion and stomach troubles. It notes the remedy uses harmless vegetables, aids digestion regardless of stomach condition, rests and nourishes the body, and requires no dieting while promoting better sleep and appetite. It claims universal satisfaction from druggists.
Wreck deaths rise to about seventy as coroner's jury meets in Adrian. Wabash officials deny blame and say deaths will not exceed twenty. Engineer Strong claims orders misread at Sand Creek, while Conductor Martin defends his actions. Italian consul Cardiello arrives to assist victims.
A bright tapering streak appeared in the southwestern sky Thursday night in Chicago. Onlookers debated whether it was a comet or a reflected earth light as experts offered cautious explanations.
British forces in Allabadh drive back Mahsudawaziri raiders with heavy casualties. Troops surprise and destroy Makin village, one of the largest in the Waziris region, as operations continue.
Governor Durbin will travel to South Bend on Saturday to attend the funeral of Clement Studebaker, a prominent local figure.
New York, Nov. 29. Sixteen boys at Woody Crest Irvington-on-the-Hudson home for poor children dine with benefactress Miss Helen Gould. She provides turkeys farm leftovers clothing horses sleigh and coachman. An 8 year old prays thanks for the home and gifts. The boys present two baskets of chestnuts and eggs.
Mrs Rosanna Fuller of Lake Junction near Ripon Wisconsin died recently and told a neighbor before dying that money would be found in pantry pottery and a bureau drawer. Searches revealed about seven thousand dollars in old locations around the home and another three thousand in a sofa.
The council committee on public safety and comfort has not decided on confining youthful prisoners apart from older inmates. Chairman Sourbier says current arrangements suffice and opposes the under eighteen provision as impractical. After talks with Judge Stubbs, City prosecutor Collins, Superintendent Yaffe, and the jail matron, a plan was made to try first offense youth on Friday afternoons at a special court session.
Somerville New Jersey November 25 Abram Suydam and Charles Holcomb, longtime residents of Somerset County, met A R Peacock a wealthy Pittsburg steel manufacturer who offered to buy houses for two of his old friends. Peacock purchased and presented two fine homes at about 10000 dollars each to Suydam and Holcomb. He plans to spend his fortune to cheer old friends and worthy individuals rather than public institutions.
In Knoxville area on November 9, bears have killed stock and frightened residents in Johnstor and Union counties. A general hunt is underway as more than 50 bears have been trapped or killed since October 1, with many armed men deployed to the mountains to control the animal threat.
The Fred. Douglass union club of South Bend lists directors George A. Ward Solomon L. Griffin and John James. Elkhart ice and cold storage company shows capital stock of $50,000 with directors J. A. Statesman Daniel L. Brown John Le May John Brownburg and Byron C. Godfrey.
Gen Leonard Wood and party arrive on the Monterey from Havana. Wood says he will report to President Roosevelt in Washington, expects to return to Cuba, and has expressed no opinion on Cuban annexation. Col M J Cady notes Havana council granted him the sewer and paying contract.
Nonunion miners found a card at Providence mine entrance reading Scabs look out for us we are coming threatening extermination feared by workers. Officials promise protection for men now at work as alarm spreads about possible union reprisals.
Louis Herzog the Philadelphia artist announces his marriage to Miss Fanny McComb. Miss McComb challenged a clause in her father’s will that left her $2,000,000 if she did not wed and only $15,000 a year otherwise, a decision she will press after the wedding.
In Kansas Wisconsin on November 29 Henri W. Allen and Miss Winifred Rose married. As friends congratulated them the parlor floor collapsed trapping bride and groom with guests. Mayor James Steele was seriously injured in the incident.
Mack Rothman aged 12 was put on a train to Chicago Friday in charge of trainmen. His mother says he stole $20 from her and left their Chicago home. He was found at the Oldham home 527 North Mississippi. He said his father mistreated him and he decided to shift for himself. He will be met by Chicago police.
Astrology for Friday November 1 notes that those born today may be quick witted though careless in business. Listings include births for Weaver, Harrell, Baker, Janitz, Harding, Ballard, Finn, and others. Deaths listed: Gagin, Avery, Snewind, Williams with causes noted such as tuberculosis and heart failure.
In Terre Haute Indiana on Friday morning a Vandalia passenger train struck Aquilla Jones eight year old retired farmer in Seeleysville. He had defective hearing and did not hear the approaching train. His son John H. Jones of Indianapolis is named.
Receipts total 600 cattle and 6 500 hogs with wide price ranges. Steers and heifers show good to prime values from 1 350 to 1 500 pounds for export, down to lower grades for feeders, while cows and bulls vary from common to prime. Sheep and lambs pricing listed with several quality bands and per hundredweight figures.
Gen Francisco Castro who captured Barbacoa bridge Tuesday was killed Thursday in an engagement with rebels at Bohia Soldado. He had acted as second in command of government troops on the isthmus.
Fire swept Friday through the fruit evaporating works of Michael Doyle and Co in Rochester New York. Loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
Hog market at Indianapolis sees 1,000 head received with 500 good to choice and common to good lightweights. Quotations show mixed prices from roughs to good weights, with figures around 4.10 to 5.76 per head in the afternoon report.
The bulletin lists wheat, corn, oats and hay prices by grade and railroad station. It notes firm wheat and oats, weak hay and records two days of inspections with multiple cars and lots, including No. 3 white corn and No. 2 white mixed grain.
Wonans Campbell of Jackson Louisiana confessed to killing Antoine Mitchell in Amsted county on January 20, 1870, robbery of several thousand dollars. He named three prominent local citizens as accomplices who are now dead, ending decades of mystery with the revelation.
A petition to the home secretary requests pardon for Miss Mary Josephine Eastwick of Philadelphia who was sentenced November 18 to six months for attempting to defraud a London broker. Supporters believe the petition will likely gain favorable consideration.
Mrs. Canada at 1215 English ave sheds add 250 dollars. Mrs. Sullivan at 505 Talbott ave sheds add 260 dollars. Emanuel Baptist Church at 920 Laurel st adds 650 dollars. Chas Benedict 34652 Columbia ave sheds 25 dollars. R W Lowry 3218 College ave repairs 208 dollars.
In vivid terms a sufferer describes intolerable itch from piles and asserts Dean's Ointment as a reliable cure, promising immediate soothing relief and a long lasting remedy.
Read the 8UN'S For Rent Rooms column. Both phone listings given. 123-135 E. Ohio street provides contact numbers for potential renters seeking shared or private rooms.
A cablegram from Consul-general Gudger in Panama reports liberals defeated and the government holding Colon as of November 29, with Washington awaiting full confirmation.
Wheat and corn futures show mixed movement for December and May contracts. Provisions list January pork at 13.62 to 16.02 per barrel, lard 9.02 to 9.27, ribs 8.00 to 8.20. Butter and cheese prices move, with creamery butter at 21 to 24 cents, chnages across varieties. Live poultry quotes include hens 6.44 to 6.76, springs 7 to 10 cents, turkeys 7 to 7.4 cents, and ducks 6 to 7 cents.
A retail price sheet lists old turkey hens at 6c per lb and toms at 4c, young and small turkeys priced by weight, ducks 6 44c, geese 5c, fowls 6c, spring chickens 6c, storage eggs two cents, cheese and butter prices, and assorted hides, tallow, and coffee. City package coffees and numerous sugar, flour, beans, molasses, and rice prices also included along with cabbage and onions per bushel figures.
A long OCR laden page lists per crate onion prices and various fruits vegetables and meats with prices in dollars and cents. Items include Spanish onions New Orleans onions oranges lemons apples beans cranberries celery corn peaches and more with brand and processing notes from Kingan & Co and assorted goods such as oysters clams lobsters and preserved foods.
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