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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
2
Jerome told an audience at Judson Memorial that reform administrations hinge on legality and that 250,000 New Yorkers want to drink beer on Sundays and will elect honest leaders. He urged aggressive action, while others cheered his call for reform.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a horse weighing a significant amount and multiple offers from Covey and Maxim, mentioning military aid context and partial quotes about a trade or purchase. The piece is damaged with garbled phrases and lacks clear dates, people, or outcomes.
New York April 1 Percival Chubbs educator argues the rich misspend with toys and servants. He suggests children be set to work making mud pies as a cure. He laments lack of community and personality in wealthy homes and questions education bought by money.
M. M. Patton files for divorce from Ollie Patton alleging quarrelsome behavior and unhappy marriage since December 1901. Luther Curd also reports marital troubles in a separate suit filed Thursday, recounting household strife and a separation after December 28 when meals stopped and the wife restricted help from their daughter.
Noble Springer, 14, an Atkins law works employee, was thrown under a Garfield park car when his wheel slipped on a slimy Massachusetts avenue Delaware street crossing. He suffered a crushed left hand and minor head injuries, and was taken to St Vincent's hospital by cab.
An 11 year old boy invades John Vallante’s Chicago home awakening him and forcing him back to bed while the youth searches for valuables. Police arrest Frank Unvelley with a dark lantern revolver and skeleton keys. Toney Vosburg, 15, is also arrested as an accomplice.
The Winona assembly and summer school directors met over two days to review finances reporting a $90,000 surplus and over 30 percent net gain from admissions and hotel profits. They approved creating a Winona agricultural and trade school for boys under a separate corporation. About 50 new buildings, including hotels and cottages, were completed on the grounds with projected large profits.
Despite a convention two weeks away little public interest is evident as party leaders press for nominations. The anticipated ticket includes Daniel Storms for secretary of state Nat A Hill for treasurer Frank Martin for auditor general Charles W Miller for attorney general and Woodfin D Robison for appellate court judge among others. Other races focus on auditor clerk treasurer superintendent and attorney general with several incumbents likely renominated by acclamation.
James P. Light, vice president of the South Indianapolis Improvement Association, was arrested on a warrant charging him with embezzling $500 from the association’s funds. The warrant, sworn by Frank Farnham, stems from money he allegedly collected for the group and used for his own purposes. Light was taken from the Claypool building offices by detectives Haley and Splann and remained in custody until prosecutors could file the affidavit. He previously faced a separate embezzlement warrant from Aurora, Illinois, related to Baldwin Piano Company charges.
In a family quarrel at the home of Alonzo Strange, a janitor and Republican politician, a baby was seriously wounded by a tossed cuspidor. Strange and his wife sustained injuries, and Mrs Strange planned to seek a warrant for his arrest.
Washington April 11 Dr. T De Witt Talmage remains very ill with heart action slightly stronger but no clear improvement since Thursday night. Doctors work on a forlorn hope as the distinguished divine faces his last illness per medical consensus.
At the annual meeting held Thursday night Tabernacle Presbyterian Church elected new officers including Elders Vinson Carter Smiley N Chambers John Chestnutt William Dugdale and Warren H Simmons Trustees Charles E Dark Henry C Thornton Addison H Nordyke Deacons Herbert B Wood David R Munson Henry E Crossley and Thomas M Thomaon.
Lafayette raises 25000 for YMCA building. Nashville planing mill burnt los 5000. Elwood and Kokomo accept Carnegie cash for libraries. Elwood fires lose 2000. Dunkards oppose street fair. Morphine death of farmer Joseph Martin. Fletcher Anglin donates 5000 for Methodist ministry maintenance. Greenfield man loses hand at Novelty works. Greensburg celebrates ninety third birthday. Wabash man disappears from team. Senator Walcott buys Knox county farm for 348000. Hiwood suspects jailed for poultry theft. Mrs Ida Moore commits suicide after divorce suit. Coroner undecided on Florence Thurston death. Hall freed in Claypool bank robbery. Holliday mother dies in Kahokia after funeral in Columbus. Terre Haute boarding house goods seized with sixty advance payments. Elwood man awarded 800 damages from Lyon & Healy over pipe organ install. List of deceased residents in Lafayette and surrounding towns. Master horseshoers elected with Perry and Elmendorf leading roles. George D. Marshal named second vice president.
Word from the Watertown asylum reports Blooming ton’s famous heavyweight bicyclist Baby Bliss is an inmate after being adjudged insane at Buda Illinois. He claimed to be the heaviest bicyclist and once the heaviest man in the United States at 664 pounds. Bliss toured Europe two years ago and visited major U.S. cities.
April 11 report notes continuing socialist disturbances with numerous small fights and weapons fire. Three policemen injured. unrest tied to universal suffrage demands. In Indianapolis, Mayor Bookwalter allegedly bought school board buildings at auction No 41. Ed Logsdon bought a shed for seven dollars and may have represented the mayor as five dwellings and two barns must be moved from recently purchased ground.
Leaders of Chicago unions begin campaign to secure a full labor ticket for the next April election. The Chicago Federation commands 135000 votes with an additional 20000 affiliated and unaffiliated workers in other groups.
Shelbyville Democrats name J. H. Deitzer for mayor Edward Seifert for clerk T. K. Alexander for treasurer and J. M. Meloy Alexander Crawford for marshal in the race. Republicans on the sixty seventh ballot nominate Terre Haute candidates.
A mother recounts using Grape-Nuts to nourish a newborn and later a two year old. She describes initial nursing difficulties, persistent crying, and a doctor’s instruction to supplement with four teaspoonfuls in hot milk at night. The infant reportedly improved and grew strong.
A faded line reads that the name must appear on every box of the genmine with references to Laxative and Bromo-Quinine phrases and a party or celebration context. The fragment hints at branding and advertising copy in a historical product box.
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