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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
5
Restaurant operators, facing surging meat costs, consider meeting to fix a price scale. Ham, bacon, porterhouse, pork and veal chops likely to rise most. An Illinois proprietor says pork chops have doubled yearly while profits shrink. eggs remain the only profitable item. Operators fear closures if meat prices continue rising and demand public understanding.
Eunice Willoughby escapes a faltering marriage on a night train and forms a compassionate bond with a distraught child. She consoles the little girl, offers imagined motherhood, and feels a swift moral revulsion at the warmth of a new life she glimpses beyond her past. The scene ends with the child asleep and Eunice touched by the moment.
Eunice clings to a sleeping child as a mother’s cry echoes through a Boston station. The weary journey reveals a husband’s steady gift of forgiveness and a shared resolve to pursue happiness together. The scene closes with renewed trust as they return home.
Washington April 23 The war department and the senate committee on military affairs clash as Senator Hawley proposes a bill to overhaul the army. The plan removes the general staff, gives Miles full practical command, and puts the lieutenant general in charge of orders discipline mobilization and readiness.
Shelbyville Indiana eyes an interurban line westward to connect with Indianapolis within weeks. The Greenwood Shelbyville route backers promise growth for farms and landowners while Big Four subsidies and past railroad battles shape the path. The project foresees a Shelbyville to Aurora leg, with construction near July 15 and early service into Indianapolis, signaling a broader Cincinnati to Chicago interurban dream.
A gas stove ignited a dress, setting Linus Remaley's barn ablaze. Remaley suffered severe burns while attempting to rescue a horse, with the fire damaging the barn and surrounding area.
An array of fires Tuesday caused varied losses across Indiana towns. From Elwood to Wolf Lake, incidents damaged homes, barns, factories and churches with total losses ranging from a few thousand to thirty thousand dollars. A three year old boy was fatally burned playing with matches in Vincennes.
Edward S Holder a eastern trainer has gained fame for hog training. He has taught ten hogs to act as a unit performing tasks like driving a light wagon teeter tottering walking a board and sitting in chairs. Hogs named and responsive to calls wow audiences across Florida Georgia Mississippi Tennessee and Rush County Indiana.
A Secret Service officer explains that two silk threads are not a reliable test for currency authenticity. An Indianapolis expert argues the public is misled by this claim and cites multiple counterfeiting methods. He describes plate numbers, sheet positions, and engraving practices used to detect genuine notes and warns against relying on the thread method.
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