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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1901
Page
5
There is a quality in Royal Baking Powder from its pure wholesome ingredients that promotes digestion. Food prepared with it will not distress. hygienists and physicians recommend its use for those with delicate digestion. Royal Baking Powder Co. 100 William St New York.
City detectives note a drop from three or four wheels stolen daily during the bicycle craze to under 400 wheels per year now. Most stolen bikes are quickly recovered, with 85 percent recovered by police and only about 5 percent vanishing entirely.
A collage of brief items: a boy punished publicly in Muncie, Waterloo critics of local women, a Valparaiso dealer Skinner, a girl’s accident in New Frankfort, and a frugal farmer from Reesville. Also notes on Rush county cholera among hogs and Isadore Shubinski’s new daughter in Lebanon.
A reader describes how Frank Wilson nicknamed Doc Wilson, the city humane officer, received odd calls. One night a woman said a baby was born while a husband partyed, and requested he bring him home. Another call asked help for a sick puppy, with a vet suggested instead.
President Elson spoke at South Bend about leaky roofs worn-out floors and broken plaster in the Harrison county poor asylum near the old state capitol. He recounted an 84-year-old woman in a bunk with little bedding and a room crowded with four generations, all ill and mentally unfit, living under dire neglect.
The Hebrew ladies benevolent society will hold a euchre party at the American club on Oct. 22.
New York reports Edward S. Stokes near death at his sister’s home after a life of high finance and crime. Once Fisk’s ally and killer, Stokes rose from Wall Street clerk to Hoffman House proprietor before later years of hardship and notoriety.
In a twisty family tale Lancelot confronts his mother Mrs Ablett over an arranged match. Delia returns from Paris and a secret romance with Lancelot faces a brutal ultimatum. After Delia aids his life a gun confrontation ends with a vow to marry or die.
At a Bellaire carnival last week a 90 foot ladder jump inspired imitators. John Elliott, 12, leapt from a 20 foot bridge into a blanket and broke both legs. Michael Connors fell from a ladder and broke a collarbone. A boy jumped from a high bank and was severely injured when another jumper struck him.
The Indianapolis city example is cited to argue that a sound charter does little without honest, noncorrupt public servants. The Philadelphia Record notes corruption lingers in every bureau where voters fail to distinguish office seekers from those needed to ensure honest administration.
A physician extols modern medicine focusing on blood health. An Armstrong family from Jefferson Okla credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing their daughter’s St Vitus dance after twelve boxes. The pills are sold by dealers or by mail, priced fifty cents a box, two dollars fifty for six, with a warning to avoid counterfeit substitutes.
Ann Teek voices sharp criticism of the city’s carnivals. She laments crowding and dangerous midway setup, criticizes the gate price and poor decorations, and calls for better planning and safety. She notes newspapers’ role and recalls a brutal parade delay amid pneumonia hardship.
Everett Wagner of the McGilliard agency suffers facial and hand burns when a furnace gas explosion at his 2915 N Capitol Ave home reignites, blowing him across a cellar. He returns whiskers burned off and haunts carnival rooms where old friend Hackedorn fails to recognize him.
A feature at the midway proposes an automatic restaurant where patrons insert two nickels and select an article from labeled chutes. Machines handle orders without conversation, delivering items swiftly via electricity. The system echoes gum and candy machines with a bill of fare including pork and beans pies ham and cheese sandwiches milk and lemonade.
Local social notes report the Minuet club planning a return to dances this season. Ida Foudray entertained the Mandolin club Saturday. Mrs. W. F. Coughlen hosts a reception October 29 for Mrs. John Kolmer. Mrs. A. L. Hayes invites Queen Esther auxiliary next Friday. Rev. A. B. Philpott returns from Minneapolis after missionary convention. Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst hosted friends Friday night for their twentieth anniversary. State weddings list includes Besie Creed and Rev Titus Lowe in Liberty, Myrtle Walter and Terrell Morse in Wabash, Emma Luther and Harry Prescott in Richmond.
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