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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1901
Page
5
Long profile of Theodore Roosevelt detailing home life and public acts. It portrays his family devotion, humor with children, plain tastes, and hands on leadership. Anecdotes cover ranch life, temper, honesty with reporters, and acts of courage toward rivals and cowboys.
A report extols the Eleanor hospital for children in Indianapolis as a home for sick infants and young patients. It details its motherly matron Annie Clark, a kindergarten helping babies and tubercular youths, and the gentle discipline and high quality meals that sustain the little residents through illness and pain.
A mix of humorous and curious items from Indiana towns. Notes on marriages, suspicions of a mayor’s death mistaken, a 14 year old marriage license denial, a hinge turtle found near Fish Lake, a Frakfort mobile grocer, Wasps at the Century opera house in South Bend, Jeff Goar’s blush free phone, and various court and crime glimpses. Also a Warsaw clothing dealer and a farmer opposing electric lines.
Crane reflects on a five year wait after a youth romance with Ethlyn of Missouri. He recalls park adventures in Yellowstone and a vow to reunite in five years. A later return finds Ethlyn married, leaving Crane to mourn what might have been.
Amusements note Robert Mantell and company star at Park theater with Shakespearean shows selling out and standing room scarce. Richelieu to close Wednesday. Grand theater features varied vaudeville with Kathryn Osterman, the Three Rubes, Matthe ws and Nellie Harris receiving strong acclaim. At the old crossroads local premiere promised and Lassard brothers headline Empire burlesque with Oriental acts.
The passage notes a pan of apple dumplings served for dessert on Monday and reflects on babies lying quietly, pondering their fate if not for something unseen driving them forward.
Local columns publish new testimonials from Indianapolis residents supporting Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills. Mrs C F Striebeck credits the remedy with restoring strength and steadiness, praising the medicine bought at Hyder's drug store. Pills sold 50 cents a box by Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Portrait and signature appear on each package.
The Eleanor hospital cares for 14 poor patients and must provide clothing. Flower Mission ladies launch their annual appeal to fund outdoor relief and ongoing work, urging the public to understand the human element behind the appeal.
In Utica New York on October 2 a special term of the Herkimer Supreme Court heard a case over a will by Menzo Shaul leaving 21000 to be divided among third cousins. About 70 relatives from across the United States seek shares, represented by 43 lawyers. The cousins are divided into four classes and the court must determine who in each class receives the remaining funds after costs.
The Lafayette Elks organized a street carnival that drew crowds and raised more than $3,000 for lodge activities. Proceeds supported charitable and community events run by the organization.
The Muncie Times fights leaf burning in streets while Laporte Herald recalls Delmonico's pricing. Bloomington World installs Morganthaler linotype. Dory Biddie sells Anderson News to Crittenberger and Williams. Jamestown gains two weeklies, Cravens brothers publish daily in college town. Veedersburg fair boosts with Charley Berry touting street fair craze. Logan Williams travels to Chicago on a railway pass. Greenfield Tribune stirs Hancock county and posts $106 prize for tax guess for 1901.
The Danish gunboat Moen, built in 1875, foundered on Tuesday during gun practice off Copenhagen. All crew members were rescued.
Miss Julia Kern travels to New York to enter Dr Gardner's school. Olive Hall and Oliver Bond wed at the bride's home on N Senate Ave. Sylvester Johnson hosts Meridian WCTU in Irvington. Anna Radford returns from New York after six weeks with Mrs Clayton Potts. Dr and Mrs Joseph Eastman announce Mary Eastman Day engagement for Oct 15. Fortnightly club hosts president's day reception. ex-presidents as hostesses. The Caxtons review and Matinee musicale celebrate president's day with Mrs Galloway and Mrs Dill. recitals by Charlotte Harwood and Winifred Hunter Mooney.
An advertisement-style feature emphasizes the danger of coughing to a singer's career and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for lingering coughs even with lung involvement. It includes a testimonial from Dorcas A. Lewis of Washington, D. C., and notes free mailing of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser.
The Kentucky state guard recounts Manley Lawton the youngest to wear shoulder straps in U S army history. At 13 he was bugler for the First battalion artillery and served from Manila with his father Gen Lawton's campaigns. He rode a Filipino pony at Pewee Valley and impressed Gov Peckham and Gen Castleman with his Philippines experiences.
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