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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1902
Page
2
A plea asks for a postal card to identify someone in need and promises to send Dr Shoop Restorative at personal risk. If the cure succeeds the donor charges $5.50. if it fails the druggist is paid by the donor and the sick person’s word settles the matter.
Mrs Robert McOuat controlled a fiery black horse in a light runabout during the horse show's Friday night events. The pony high jump record fell to Arthur Hamilton, 18, who cleared five feet six inches, while Curtis Jackson of Denver won the broncho busting belt with Marty Brennan close second.
A Memphis woman describes lifelong coffee intolerance and severe health symptoms including nervous prostration, headaches, indigestion, and emaciation. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, her condition improved within two months, with fewer headaches, better heart function, appetite restored, and overall strength returning. She credits Postum as the curative agent and notes her children enjoy it without digestive risk.
United States Packing Company was incorporated in Trenton with capital of 1 million dollars. It is believed to be the beef carbine, and the capital may grow to 500 million. Incorporators listed are H. B. Gould, F. K. Seward and K. McLaren, clerks in a New Jersey corporate agency.
A rapid roundup from headlines: Lieut Peary denied gangrene claims. Lorient police demand more pay and fewer hours. Gen Young and Corbin sail from Southampton. Vanderbilt junior bought coal. Chicago freight handlers strike. policemen killed by trains in Chicago and St Louis. eleven jurors chosen in Molineux case. Hall Caine arrives to see The Eternal City adaptation. Louise Montague sues Davidson for 25000. fires scorch Troupe Texas. wreck kills Fireman Taylor and injures Engineer Barrett. Worcester professor held for grand jury. Wilkesbarre miners elect delegates. 102 year old John Henry Wilson dies. Mary Joseph dies by poisoned coffee. Nicholas Joseph charged with crime.
Centralia Nebraska reports Miss Dora Meek awakening after a deep sleep that began September 28 and lasted weeks. She describes vivid foreign scenes with giants and music as wagons and cars moved, aided by osteopathic treatment. She is nearly 17, raised near McHaney’s schoolhouse east of Tonti, and her recovery followed nourishment and medical care.
Constantinople reports the Golden Horn bridge collapse on Saturday with an estimated 100 dead. Crowds mourn as businesses close to aid searches for missing relatives. Dozens more injured ride ambulances to hospitals as the harbor remains a deep, sheltered passage for ships.
New York correspondent of the Manchester Guardian reports Morgan’s role in the strike settlement was coerced by financial interests. He opposes Roosevelt on trusts and aims to undermine the president’s renomination. Morgan’s corporate ties seek a Republican setback before elections as operators capitulate under pressure.
The Petit Bleu in Brussels on Saturday claims the sale of Portuguese South Africa to England is already accomplished. A 99 years lease forms the bill of sale, allowing the Portuguese flag to fly over Delagoa bay. England seeks to annul the prewar Anglo German treaty granting Germany North Zambesia in a partition scenario. The kaleer and the king of Portugal are to meet in England to discuss the matter.
The state railroad commission sent a formal complaint to the interstate commerce commission in Washington alleging the consolidation of Louisville & Nashville, Southern and other lines eliminates competition. It claims one man controls freight and passenger rates across lines from the Ohio river to the gulf and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, affecting ten states.
Jim Buchanan a colored man was found guilty of the Hicks family murder in Nacogdoches Texas. He was hanged in the jail yard two hours after sentence. A mob was ready to lynch him if he had not been legally executed. The Hicks have been killed ten days earlier.
The Illinois state federation of labor in East St. Louis, October 18, by a unanimous vote urged its 400,000 members to refuse support to the state militia. The state guard received no praise, labeled a fee to organized labor, aid to the capitalist, and a menace to liberty.
The John G Whittier birthplace at East Haverhill Mass burned Friday leaving enough structure to allow rebuilding a commemorative house. Estimated loss is 3000 and Mrs J M Ela saved every relic, losing all but her clothing. The property belongs to the Whittier birthplace association, a national pilgrimage site.
A historical Sun contest offers $3 to the first nearest estimate, $0.00 for the second, and $1 to the third, for predicting the number of liner advertisements in THE SUN for October 31 and the paper’s November 17 issue. Open to all, with mail or in-ad entries accepted until 6 p.m. on October 31, 1902. Outside-town voters mailed by that deadline eligible.
The Spectator in London weighs the American anthracite strike settlement and says the American people will trust Roosevelt as they did Washington and Lincoln, and their trust will not be misplaced.
In South Bend on Friday night Secretary of the Navy Moody accused the Republican party of being deceived by the anthracite coal tax in the Dingley bill. He promised swift action to remove the tariff when Congress reconvenes and endorsed the Roosevelt publicity idea to regulate trusts as the path to salvation.
Charles Essick of 1407 Kennington Street lies in City hospital with serious burns to both feet and legs after a boiler accident at Indianapolis drop forge works. In charge of the engine when the regular engineer was absent the steam enveloped him as one boiler failed. He is expected to recover.
St Louis, Oct 18 exclusive goat meat menu featured at an October 20 hotel banquet. Dishes include goat consomme fricassee on toast mushrooms and goat products with goat milk ice cream. Publicity notes Hood's Sarsaparilla as aid to digestion and various ads for services and trains.
Colonial timetable lists $1 Michigan City and return from Indianapolis with a 6:30 a.m. departure for Vandalia Line. Similar fares apply to Terre Haute and return, Greencastle and return, with 7:25 a.m. Indianapolis departure and a special return train from Terre Haute at 7:30 a.m.
Via Chicago and Northwestern. Railway from Chicago, Oct. 15, 16 and 18. Favorable time limit account the Christian church national conventions. Four perfectly equipped fast trains leave Chicago daily. The only double track road between Chicago and the Missouri river. For tickets pamphlets and full particulars apply to your nearest ticket agent or address N. M. Breeze, 5 Vinest., Cincinnati, Q. no.
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