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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1903
Page
3
George Truster, staying at Marshall's clubhouse, witnessed rabbits perched at least six feet up a large elm above the Wabash River flooding in Rushville. He recalls seeing them Thursday and again Friday, with no sign of descent as of Saturday morning.
Aaron Bark a Muhlenberg county farmer died suddenly and was found to be a woman named Mrs. Fred Green who had lived in men's clothes for 13 years. She arrived in Muhlenberg with a child about 40 years ago and kept a hidden life on a small farm. The revealed daughter Carroll is her only living relative, and she claimed Massachusetts as her home.
Miss Bessie Kaywood May Wood and Charles Castle wed at Probate Judge Cutting’s Austin home. The groom, Henry Waterman, pursued the heiress over continents from Chicago to Berlin, Windsor, and New York, before conceding defeat and returning home. Castle, a noted banker, wins the hand amid public interest in the long chase and Kaywood’s wealth.
An extraordinary lottery run in Indianapolis caused sold out tickets and skyrocketing demand. Charlee Vestal, a traveling man for Kiefer drug company, reportedly won a $1,000 prize, with a case valued at 60 cents. The event has spurred intense activity among lottery players nationwide.
County Judge Stevens in Covington heard a farmers suit seeking 200 dollars damages after David Miller of Benton Baytlon Ky ordered ten pounds of pickle seed from A K Taylor Co and planted musk melon seed by mistake, yielding cantaloupes instead of pickles.
In Maronot City Pennsylvania April 4 a gray cat attacked a rooster. The rooster dodged and crowed defiance as the cat struck. The bird turned fierce in the crowd formed around the pair. The rooster then lifted its leg and the cat was fatally stabbed by the spur. The crowd watched as the rooster remained standing briefly before dying.
Mrs. Van Hoey, 41 or older and wife of Peter Van Hoey, was fatally burned while cleaning out a dwelling yard rubbish in Detroit. She attempted to smother flames and later died from injuries with four children left behind. Neighbors Mrs. Boldt and others aided, doctors pronounced the death inevitable.
William Fay a former U S soldier from the Philippines and son of James Fay chief shipkeeper at the Brooklyn navy yard coughed up an angleworm half an inch thick and six inches long after nearly choking Surgeon Price and Dr J W Spratling believe he swallowed a specimen while sick from a cistern in the Philippines This odd episode is linked to a claim for a cough cure Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup advertised to cure coughs and colds.
The Vandalia Line promotes travel to the World's Fair route with low round trip fares from Indianapolis at 1.40 and similar rates from other points. Tickets go on sale April 27 May 1 and 8 with return validity until May 4 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition period. For details contact agents or the company address.
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