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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
10
The Sun invites anyone placing a liner in the paper to submit a free or paid liner estimate by 6 p m Friday October 31. Mail or bring ads to estimate the number of liners expected in The Sun on November 1. Prizes go to the three closest estimates with cash rewards of 3 2 and 1 dollars respectively.
The Republicans fear low turnout at Hanna's meeting on Wednesday and plan reserving hall sections for laboring men, business men, and a representative audience. The state schedule lists Hanna campaign trains through Indiana with stops, and party leaders discuss ward 2 secession, Durbin and Hemenway campaigns, and ballot printing for the coming election.
The passage argues against pills and tonics that claim to purify blood or restore tissues. It cites Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a proven aid for indigestion by supplying digestive enzymes, noting one grain can digest vast amounts of protein. Regular use after meals is promoted for prevention and removal of indigestion, highlighting principles of digestion over tonic remedies.
Beatrice Fadell English woman about 28 arrives Sept 20 in New York. She is found on Fulton street near Hudson avenue in a distressed state after crying of a dark Parisian pursuer. Physician says mental clouding will clear in days. She stayed with Mrs Mackenzie at 103 E Bergen St Brooklyn and planned to study bookkeeping.
In Steubenville Ohio on October 17 a violent fracas erupted on the county pike near the city. William Merritt was fatally injured when rocks and clubs struck him. he died from a fractured skull. Andrew Anderson was arrested charged with throwing the rock that killed Merritt. Merritt, a native of Dooridge county West Virginia, was a Confederate army recruiting officer. The fight began over Fred Coleman’s cow trespassing in Merritt’s cornfield and being locked up.
Mrs. John Alfred of Bayonne New Jersey died at her home after contracting hydrophobia from a rabid dog she tried to help. The dog, tortured by street rowdies, bit her left thumb, and the illness progressed over four weeks with frothing at the mouth and severe agony before death. Doctors P Stevens and Fred M Darwin treated the case.
Rev Leonard O Cook a Methodist minister was jailed in Kenton Ohio after fighting on a main street Thursday night Witnesses report he knocked down William Love who had mocked his arrest earlier Cook had been arrested Monday with a woman at the St Nicholas Hotel and is preparing to move to Pemberville with his household goods.
John Brown of Bridgewater, Pa, captured a pair of snakes joined like Siamese twins. The two heads and tails share a body with a jointed section about six inches from the head. The combined length is two feet nine inches.
New York report notes Andrew Carnegie’s six year old daughter Margaret presented the lion named Joe to the Bronx aboard the steamer Pennsylvania. Joe is eight years old and Carnegie paid fifteen hundred dollars for him.
New York reports Bettina Girard faces another court appearance after a second incident within a week. Details remain limited as authorities review evidence and schedule proceedings.
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