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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
The ad proclaims Cascarets as a trusted health aid used by millions for over six years. It touts high daily usage figures, claims of innocence for children, and warns against imitators while asserting Cascarets are purely vegetable, harmless, and effective for cleansing and strengthening the digestive tract. It frames the product as essential and time tested.
An ad warns buyers that a dishonest purpose leads to a faulty product and unsafe health effects from pills. It promotes Cascarets, made only by Sterling Remedy Company, with the CCC mark. The ad urges caution against bulk selling and urges sending ten cents in stamps to receive a gold plated bonbon trinket in return. Public notice lists Chicago or New York as contact points.
The Grand stages a week of diverse acts led by Kinodrome performing the complete story of The Devil. The Five Harveys, Emerin Campbell, Claudius and Scarlet, Imra Fox, Jeannette Adler, Hawthorne and Bert, the Kinsons, and Forepaugh Stock present a mix of magic, song, comedy, and novelty. Children especially welcome with Herr Grass trained baboon routines. A Stranger in a Strange Land is featured as a top comedy.
The Majestic presents A Stranger in a Stranger Land a matinee this afternoon by Forepaugh Stock company. An Indian hero faces a maze of troubles in England aided by two masquerading Indians and humor from start to finish as Jack Thorndyke and Uncle Dudley navigate comic peril.
An old remedy advocates mixing Buchu Balmwort and Sarsaparilla with water to cleanse kidneys and bladder. It claims a famed specialist’s reports support the recipe, noting eye puffiness backache headaches dizziness and insomnia signal kidney trouble. The article urges readers to try the tea spoonful doses before meals and at night with ample water.
Genuine interest floods the Park theater for A H Woods sensational melodrama The Opium Smugglers of Frisco opening Monday through Wednesday. Record-making and record-breaking dramatic production promises pulses quickening heartstrings.
M and Mme Pelletau, prominent Parisians, recount a decoration given to Pelletau by the sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey. Pelletau, once French minister of marine and a persistent adversary of the sultan, is 60. His wife, 27, was a kindergarten teacher before marriage.
Temperance workers across Indiana denounce Republicans for blocking a prohibition amendment. Party speakers are slated nationwide with Eugene W. Chafin and Aaron S. Watkins among the prominent voices. Campaign tours include dates in Logansport Indianapolis Flora Tangier Marshall Rockville Ladoga Greencastle and multiple counties with noted orators from Kokomo Lafayette and South Bend.
A humorous sketch features a powder manufacturer and a workman debating a dangerous act as a lighted candle glows near the gun powder shed. The exchange underlines the folly of risky behavior and the era’s stagecraft style.
George Ade and Geo M Cohan present the musical play at the Park theater for three nights and matinees starting Thursday Oct 22 with Scott Welch as lead. Frances Gordon and New York junior company star in vivid real life roles with a maid character. A two act burlesque The Navigators promises dash and novelty with Miss Lee White and a skilled company ready to entertain.
Empire Theater promotes a brassy burlesque act billed as the snappiest live entertainment of the season featuring a high‑energy lineup, sharp humor, and bold stage presentation aimed at drawing crowds seeking vibrant night shows.
At the New Gayety this week Manager Crose presents three vaudeville acts. Mark and Laura Davis perform a German dialect sketch Hans the Grocery Boy. Mons Herbert offers a novelty musical act. Josephine Bartlett from the Imperial Opera company presents songs and operatic numbers and also takes roles in Talk A Graph pictorial playlets. Performances run 1 30 pm 3 00 pm 7 30 pm and 9 00 pm with continuous shows for latecomers.
A jumble of short items from several towns reports Robert Quinn, 19, of North Manchester eloping with Minerva Hippenstele, 48, of Urbana. A man found drowned in a water tank on Oscar Forts farm near Columbus is believed to have suffered an epilepsy fit. John Loy sues for divorce alleging his wife rode a merry go round and stayed out late. Admiral Dayton to retire and return to live in South Bend. The cornerstone of a new Catholic church laid in Gas City. The George Schrierer stove factory fire in Columbus causes about 8000 dollars in damage. Joseph Kuehn, a Williamsport butcher, killed himself with carbolic acid. At Bedford, 2100 dollars pledged to the WCGT U for state-wide prohibition.
R R Shiel an Indianapolis politician reports a marked shift toward Taft in the Indiana race. At Cincinnati he said Taft has passed Bryan and now leads, likening it to betting money from home. He plans to visit Kentucky and Tennessee then return with more region readings.
Tuesday at The National Furniture Co. 333 West Washington street offers a sale with only a small down payment and weekly balance payments. Items listed include a bug and assorted goods priced to appeal to budget buyers. The ad emphasizes easy terms and weekly installments for shoppers.
Save 25 percent Tuesday at National Furniture Co. Buy the best Baseburner for 23.50 with a small payment and weekly balance payments. Old stock imbued with value.
Detroit report says Hans Moertech, a German two year old, involved after an unsigned letter revealed plans to poison his father in Liepsic Germany. The missive claimed needles dipped in poison were mailed to his mother and to be placed in his father’s shoes. Authorities say the father had cast off Moertseh, prompting the action. Warning was sent to Moertech's parents in Germany.
Packey McFarland the Chicago lightweight, with manager Harry Gilmore and trainer Fat Kennelly, begins training in New York for a six round fight with Leach Cross at the Fairmont club on Wednesday evening October 31 in Stratford Conn.
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