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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
3
Former Bedford Police Chief Frank Russell escaped a second story fire by leaping from a bedroom window aided by a bed sheet rope and his barking dog. The blaze left the residence and outbuildings valued at 5000 destroyed with no insurance coverage.
Elkhart Ind Aug 5 The Star match factory burned Thursday afternoon in a rapid blaze causing about 10000 in losses. Superintendent J W Lungren was overcome by smoke and broke his left shoulder after falling on a stairway. Eight girls escaped.
Marion Indiana dated Aug 5 Dr Robert A Barnes 70 and Miss Johanna Johnson 33 eloped from Marion to Covington Kentucky where they wed The marriage surprised the bride s father who assumed a son in law ten years his senior Both Dr Barnes and the bride had been facing prior worry as the bride s maiden name was restored after a divorce suit.
In Columbus Indiana Bernard McHiveney and his sister Maggie share a birthday and death day. Bernard, aged 19, was buried here after dying recently. Maggie died eleven years earlier. Both funerals were preached by the same minister Rev Chambers of Edinburgh and the salt choir sang at both services.
Farmers along White River in Washington Indiana report unprecedented mosquito pest damage this year. Overflows of both forks of the White River blamed for multiplying swarms harming livestock and crops, forcing locals to seek new remedies.
Frances Brown ten stole 6.80 from Dan Kurtz butcher’s money drawer entering through a rear door a screen. Parents repaid the loss and she will not be prosecuted.
L C Smith & Bros Typewriter Co of Syracuse N Y receives an order for 521 of their typewriters from Dupont Powder Co of Wilmington Delaware, the largest order ever placed with the firm. The shipment will standardize equipment for Dupont plants.
In Martinsville Indiana on August 5 evangelist Elbert Hobbs seized the streets, shouting sanctification in spring and launching a twenty yard cake walk with a Vanderile turn. He denounced police as servants of the devil as they moved him from a disturbance corner. He sang Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight to A Hot In The Old Town Tonight and urged men to jump in and seek salvation.
Frank Harris 19 said he hoped to wake up in eternity when police aroused him from a deep sleep on a railroad track in Columbus Indiana. He told officers he had no home or friends and wished to die before a train arrived. He was taken to jail where authorities reported the incident.
In Aug 5 report from Ind at a hhautauqua closing Thursday night Senator Dolliver commended Senator Beveridge for backing the child labor law aimed at removing 1,500,000 children from factories offices theaters and messenger roles. Dolliver also praised Beveridge on the employers liability law and in the Payne Aldrich tariff fight noting Beveridge as one of the ablest and most courageous opponents of Aldrich and his coalition.
Mrs Emma Holloway wife of a successful colored physician in St Louis displayed quiet courage as she carried in her arms her six month old baby who died during the final leg of a long journey to Jeffersonville Tud Aug. After the death she covered the infant’s face with a handkerchief and kept it close to avoid alarming her four year old daughter riding beside her in the car seat.
Mrs George Schlechter an invalid fell through a trap door at her Columbus Indiana home Thursday. She remained unconscious until found by her husband in the morning. He had not closed the door.
In Bartholomew county wet weather reduced bumblebees and threatened cloverseed yields. Local farmers Glanton Perry and B M Branham test pollenizers to distribute pollen by brushing clover blossoms as a substitute.
Ed gar Apperson, of the Apperson automobile firm, was sued Thursday for divorce in Kokomo Indiana. His wife Laura seeks 65000 alimony 5000 attorneys fees 1000 to prepare her defense and 50 a week for support. She is represented by John W Kern Indianapolis John B Lamb Terre Haute and Harness Moon Voorhis. Mrs Apperson accuses infidelity. She is prominent socially and he is known as a racing man in auto speed events and hill climbing contests.
In Lafayette Indiana on August 5 the North Indiana conference quartet opened the annual Battle Ground camp meeting with a night session. Rev Worth N Tippy formerly of Indianapolis spoke and the regular program begins Friday afternoon.
Two robberies occurred on circus day in Logansport Indiana. Mary Humes of Winamac lost 85 dollars to pickpockets and Jobo Pannamaker had 160 dollars taken by two strangers met at the race track.
Terre Haute Ind Aug 5 The Wabash River sits near its low water mark for years its level described by the pumping station engineer as almost dusty indicating extremely dry conditions in the area
In Columbus Indiana on August 5 a giant apple from George Michael's orchard measured 15 inches around and weighed one and a half pounds. Bartholomew County reports an unusually large apple crop this year.
A poorly dressed man asked Dr. W. J. Hooker in Evansville on August 5 for the value of a gold tooth. The dentist quoted about $4, the stranger offered $1 and demanded removal. The dentist refused and offered a coin instead, advising him to save his fillings.
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 5 a judge fined both attorneys, Austin Sweet and Frank Kelly, one dollar plus costs for contempt after a courtroom clash sparked by the label car factory rats. The dispute arose during a hearing in which Kelly acted as the defense attorney against Sweet in the heated exchange.
Bloomington Ind August 5 The mayor Harris proposition alleging a population over ten thousand to gain metropolitan police status was rejected after a census bureau message from Director Durand set the city’s official population at eight thousand eight hundred thirty eight for the thirteenth census.
In Washington Aug 5 affidavits charge Daisy Stewart with intoxication after she smashed a washboard over the head of Andrew Imes a negro in her back yard. Imes accused of conducting a blind tiger and John WL Zinkan for profanity. Zinkan was an onlooker.
Timothy Closson and Henry Kyler were captured in Lagrange after a dust cloud pursuit with deputy sheriffs. Both men are wanted for assault and battery and allegedly fought a farmer, nearly killing him.
Evansville Indiana August 5 A Boonville young woman Miss Louise Lutz twenty was lured from home by white slave agents to take a hotel waitress job. She replied to an Elkins West Virginia advertisement and travelled from Boonville to Cincinnati where the case prompted a government inquiry.
A woman, after an application was accepted, was confronted by supposed white slave dealers and taken to a hotel. She escaped in night clothes and reported to police alleging other girls are being held captive at the same location.
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 5, John Schorich the third miner to die in a local mine accident plunged to his death in a cage at the Brazil Black Coal company mine Thursday.
In St. Paul Indiana a west bound traction car struck six year old John Philipt Jr as he stood watching the vehicle approach. He was hurled about ten feet but escaped with bruises. Bystanders were unable to assist in time.
Half day bargains offer odd and slightly soiled garments grouped on tables at fixed low prices. Stockings and garments up to 75c, dresses and coats up to 2.25, novelty items and pins, coats and veils, wash skirts and drapery fabrics listed with floor locations and sizes.
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