Red Sunlight and Scientific Sparks Across the Skies
A collection notes fog filtering red rays on misty days, Misa Mary A. Booth’s standing in science, Hooker’s 87th birthday and Utah Colorado California studies, a titanium oxide fireproofing claim, and Jupiter’s 30,000 by 8,000 mile red blotch seen since 1878, persisting as a visible marker on the planet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Mary A. Booth
Springfield
Mass
Royal Microscopical Society of London
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Huxley
Utah
Colorado
California
Rockies
Jupiter
Gillespie Murder Trial Opens in Rising Sun
A jury for the James Gillespie case is formed with mostly local farmers. open statements outline the defense alibi and prosecutorial plan to prove the murder of his twin sister Elizabeth. The trial proceeds with multiple witnesses and depositions debated by both sides through December 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Sun
Ind
James Gillespie
Elizabeth
George Gibbs
John Bodle
el Lotten
Robert Lee
Nathan MecCardie
Henry Schroeder
Charles Smith
Perry Smith
Griffith Oak
Jackson Stewart
Ira Davis
Gibbs
Bodle
Gillespie
McMullen
Sarah A. Bunn
Georgia Bunn
Memphis
Tenn
Marion Griffith
James
Wealthy Bride Sue Hemengray Marries Polo Star
In Indianapolis on December 17, Miss Sue Hemengray, among Muncie's wealthiest women, quietly wed Dave Cusick, Koko polo team's goalie, at the Imperial hotel in a ceremony attended by local friends. Police reportedly pressured Cusick to abandon the match, but he remained obdurate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indlianapolis
Ind
Sueegray
Muncie
Dave Cusick
Koko
Imperial Hotel
Eugene Hart
William Foot
Central Polo League
Joshua Stansfield
Harrison Trouble Ends Widow Wins Suit In Indiana
In Indianapolis Judge Allen ruled in favor of Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee widow of the deceased president, ending a dispute over drawing interest on excess funds beyond the 125000 trust in the will. Other Indiana notes include a proposed Indianapolis Southern Railroad entry to coal fields, a major southern Indiana snowstorm with three inches by Friday night, a saloonkeeper killed in Terre Haute, two new smallpox cases at Ohio Falls, two railroad men killed in Maxwell, and snow aiding wheat in Booneville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Russell B. Harrison
Mary Harrison McKee
Mary Lord Harrison
Fish
Harahan
Illinois Central Railroad
Indianapolis Southern Railroad Co
Indiana
Evansville
Wabash River
Booneville
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhamine Co
Lyrn
Mass
Married a Millionaire in Secret Indiana Wedding
Frederick William Wolfe a Philadelphia heir and Miss Lottie Mae Kreidler wed in Laporte Indiana a quiet ceremony attended only by the groom s best man and the bride s mother and sister. Wolfe, heir to a large fortune, is connected to Sydney Arian of Philadelphia and travels east with his bride after the ceremony.
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South Africa
New York
Wolfe
Philadelphia
East
Prostrated with grief in Hartford City as daughter buried
The body of Mrs. Alice Bowman arrived from Chicago for burial. She was daughter of Dr. F. D. Anderman, Indiana Veterinarians association president, and sister of Mrs. Rae Krauss, recently sentenced for poisoning her stepdaughter Crystal Krauss. Dr. Anderman, long grieving father, has seen wife die after surgery and a life sentence for another daughter. Mrs Bowman, a Chicago postal telegraph operator, gave her salary to defend her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Alice Bowman
Chicago
F. D. Anderman
Indiana Veterinarians’ Association
Rae Krauss
Crystal Krauss
Anderman
Cincinnati
Bowman
Cass county sues treasurer over embezzlement claim
Logansport Ind Dec 16 The Cass county board filed suit against County Treasurer Elder F Obenchain his wife Mary Allen and William A Obenchain Isadore Erbaugh A T Bowen Co and John S Latry as trustee to recover funds alleged embezzled amounting to 24427 The commissioners seek sale of Obenchain property and turn the proceeds into county treasury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Cass County Board of Commissioners
Elder F. Obenchain
Mary Oben‘chain
Allen
William A. Obenchain
Isadore Erbaugh
A. T Bowen & Co
John 8. Latry
Obenchain
Trainmen Injured in Indiana Collision
In Jeffersonville Indiana two trainmen died and another was seriously injured when northbound passenger No 1 collided with a switch engine on the Ohio River bridge incline. Victims were George Burr mail clerk New Albany and Harry Hardin Jeffersonville fireman. No passengers were harmed. Attachment Compromise at Anderson Indiana involved personal effects of Loop the Loop Co managers Tyner and Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio River Bridge
George Burr
New Albany
Harry Hardin
Anderson
Richard Gardner
Frank Tyner
W. H. Day
Loop the Loop Co
Arranged His Funeral After Threatened Suicide
Otto F. Keim startled friends by claiming a chance to attend his own funeral Sunday and producing a laudanum vial he had swallowed. Prompt action saved his life amid domestic trouble. In Richmond, Elizabeth Hallen, 88, died in Indianapolis and will be brought home for burial. she was the foster mother of former U S minister to Belgium E H Terrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Otto F. Keim
Elizabeth Hallen
Richmond
Indianapolis
E. H. Terrell
United States
Belgium
Ex-Congressman Taylor Fined in Court Action
Petersburg Ind December 17 Judge Ely fined ex Congresssman Arthur H Taylor fifty dollars for striking Judge Thomas H Dillon in the circuit court room two weeks ago during the trial of Charles B Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Petersburg
Ind
Ely Friday
Arthur H. Taylor
Thomas H. Dillon
Circuit
Charles B. Thompson
Prince of Peace Christmas Lesson for 1904
This article presents a Christmas lesson on Isaiah 9 1 7 and Luke 2 1 20 with the theme Christ and His Kingdom The piece notes the setting in Jerusalem during Ahaz reign and outlines five aspects of the coming one light deliverance peaceable methods supreme authority and an everlasting kingdom It cites related scriptures and stresses fulfillment through Jesus including the titles Wonderful Counselor the Mighty God the Everlasting Father and the Prince of Peace
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Ahaz
Hezekiah
B. C
Jerusalem
Christ
Land
God
Father
Ace
Matthew
Jesus
Capernaum
Emmanuel
Isaiah
Prince
Rom
Ways of Other Peoples
A collection of odd cultural notes from around the world. The piece observes age customs in Heligoland theaters and taverns, attire choices in Japan, solitude fears among African natives, education and sword skills of Spanish women, Irish Lancashire laborer superstitions, and Dunstable folk using snails, earthworms, and mice as remedies while clinging to old beliefs about the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heligoland
Japan
Lancashire
Dunstable
Merrie England
Jest and Jollitytep by Teaser Prose
A collection of wry maxims and witticisms on money law marriage and economy. The quips contrast creditors lawyers and societal pretensions with playful observations on summer fruits and self improvement.
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Harrison
Terre Haute
Edward ¥. Haney
David Spicher
Spicher
Ohio Falls
William M. Reynolds
Maxwell
Frank Nickum
Albert Campbell
Big Four
Indiana Girl
Dr. Anderman
Boonville
C. A. Meyer
France
William France
Thurlow Grim
Grim
Prince of Peace
Highwey
You Drors
Gastoria
Bears
Saa
Fac Simile Signature of
Castoria
Jacksonville
Fla
Deeds
West
Dean
Proxham
R. A. Axpenson
Washington St. Jackson
Reed
E. Cumberland St
Proxnam
E. Pinkham
EAD
Canada
Elon
H. Kogera
Loor Traction-Terminal
T. O. Cuhniz
Callahan Block
Milwaukee
Wis
Crawford
West 9Th St
Kansas City
M.V. McInnes
Ave
Detroit
Mick
Old Mexico
Otis
Tighee
Katy Sira
Lexion City
Katy
ST. Louis
Strawberry and Vegetable Dealers
Illinois Central Railrroad Company
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