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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
5
A telegraph from Prof. Campbell at Lick Observatory to Harvard notes a new comet found Monday at 1 03 Greenwich mean time with right ascension three degrees seventeen minutes forty nine seconds and declination forty five degrees thirty eight minutes twenty three seconds. The object appeared slightly elongated.
A veterinarian warns against killing a possibly mad dog without testing. If bitten, seek Pasteur treatment after confirming rabies. Tests include brain material injected into a rabbit. a paralyzed rabbit confirms rabies. Dogs may pass into a paralytic stage before killing.
A man recalls his wife Phyllis dying from a broken heart inflicted by his harsh nature. He faces accusation from Leeta and confronts his own omissions as he rushes to her bedside amid a sunlit room and memories of their past. He reflects on gifts, kisses, and the cost of emotional restraint.
The 1820 brick, unearthed by J C Treeter of 1186 S Spruce, marks the first house in Indianapolis founded by James McCormick near White River. The cabin stood where Washington Street bridges later spanned, with McCormick and his family enduring wolves and Indian tensions as they built a frontier home.
New York report notes coal scarcity with dealers saying prices will reach eleven dollars a ton as they anticipate operators improving profits. Some fear coal could hit fifteen dollars by late October if supply and distribution do not improve.
In Cleveland Ohio on September 3 Simon Johnson a Black man from Chicago was shot near Attorney Charles N Sheldon’s residence. Sheldon fired after Johnson shot at him driving the watch case into Johnson’s abdomen. Johnson was captured about 600 yards from the house and likely to die.
John Speyer of Galena township disappeared years ago. Parents receive word he is in a Kansas City hospital, having killed his infant, then attempted suicide. The tragedy leaves the elderly couple prostrate.
A Philadelphia woman recounts severe illness including dropsy and heart trouble and credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with a full recovery after seven bottles. The ad touts cures for irregularity weakness inflammation and other female complaints and mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
In northern Indiana on the Tippecanoe river a cottage used by Republicans Floyd Woods Harry B Gates and Charles Elliott became the scene of a staged campout. A late night gunshot shocked Woods who found Gates wounded on the floor while Elliott threatened a jailhouse joke that turned out to be a bluff.
An advertised horse remedy claims poor conditioned legs lower value from 500 to 180 or 200. It promotes Great Get There Curb Spayin Splint Ringbone and Tendon Cure as a wash expected to restore legs after work or race, reduce fever and pain, and banish swelling and scrapes.
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