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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
5
Amusements note Park theatre second week opens Monday with An Innocent Sinner a comedy melodrama written for Lillian Lewis and starring Maybelle Moore who also performs a specialty. The feature runs three days with strong vaudeville by the two little Macs.
Rev. Frank O. Ballard urges public praise for officeholders while criticizing constant criticism. He cites police chiefs and mayors, noting that encouragement helps officials stay on track and defend against persistent lower elements that paint the public as corrupt.
A letter from a London solicitor representing Lieut.-Col. Francis Charles Hughes Hallett asks the Philadelphia mayor to find a purchaser for a life interest in securities valued at about 5974 dollars yearly. Hallett, 63, and his wife Miss Emily Page Von Schaumberg, 71, have been separated long. she lives in Durard France. The note recalls a 1866 royal visit ball where the colonel met Schaumberg and was noted for her beauty.
Mr and Mrs B Mitchell, missionaries to India, stay at the Enterprise hotel. They were in the famine district and say reports from there were not exhausted.
The article notes rising spectacle use for practical vision, detailing fitting practices, common errors, and effects on health. It discusses round versus traditional lenses, historical origins of glasses, major centers like Southbridge Mass, and shifts in manufacturing including machinery advances reducing costs and production time.
Mrs Shaffer wife of the amalgamated association president appeals for an end to the steel strike. She says the conflict is a fight for life and principle not wages, and that her husband seeks divine guidance in every step. She recalls his shift from ministry to mill work.
A crowded Frankfort program featured 2:18 trot purse 325 with Orphan Girl second Aristol third and best time 2:19 4. 2:30 pace purse 300 with Job Edison second Gaslight third time 2:22 34. 2:15 pace purse 300 Jaetisco second Hal Toster third Billy Mack fourth best time 2:71 414. Frank BK won two races and the Hagerstown meet closed with 2:30 trot Minute Bell second Adaline Boyd best 2:29 34. Hancock fair closed with finances. 2:35 pace purse 3200 Jerry B. won Night Hawk second J. F. third best 2:31. Free-for-all pace Tranby won with times 2:067 34. North Vernon fair closed with Gavatta winning the 3:00 trot and Frank Kerchesies winning the mile bicycle race.
Anterella won the 2:16 trot at Buffalo after a seven mile decision. Sannazarro is retired from work for the year. Blue Girl Madden’s two year old suffered a nostril bleed Friday and may be retired. Coney Island fall meeting stakes to be increased.
J Young Jones sues Senator Tillman in Columbia South Carolina for $10000 over slander from a speech in which Tillman called him "a crazy old thing just out of the asylum" or similar words.
In Lincoln Nebraska Aug 10 children playing near the Hubbell railroad wreck unearthed a four inch roll of greenbacks badly decomposed. A $1000 bill was pulled from the stack. The money will be sent to Washington. The wreck occurred fifteen years ago and a man named Voorhees was imprisoned for the crime. The findled money is thought buried after the theft.
San Francisco on August 10 reports Lewis Morrison, the actor, was assaulted by footpads Thursday night. He suffered a broken nose and severe facial wounds, while the attackers fled without valuables and left him unconscious on the sidewalk.
Building inspector Bedell reports Cleveland is smokier than Indianapolis by 500 percent. Newton county gravel road bonds totaling 41 881 face value are bought by J. Wild & Co. Reunion planned for the first Indiana volunteer infantry on Oct 16 during carnival week to discuss the Spanish American War. Rev E P Brown will preach at Central M E church on Our dark days Gods good days. Sewers foul due to dry spell. typhoid feared without rain. J M Sare promotes Big Bend Land Company in Wilbur Washington. Indiana investors in Washington enterprises. Minnie Schroeder sues Albert Schroeder for divorce alleging assault with a revolver and scis sors and dish throwing. married March 24 1876, separated last Thursday. she seeks part of 35000 in property.
A boastful young captain and former colonel, famed for gallantry, pursues Miss Edna Cranstoun in Washington after the Civil War. Complications arise when she is revealed to be engaged to Mr. Howard, exposing the captain’s vanity and leading to his swift retreat northward.
A ward 4 saloonkeepers delegation pressed Fred Eppert Republican nominee for council over his name on a remonstrance against a ward 4 license. They accuse him of powers of attorney use against all applicants. Eppert says he opposes saloons in residences but is not anti saloon. His supporters cite 9 percent opposition and a ward 4 Republican majority around 800.
High vegetable prices due to drought burden restaurant and boarding-house keepers who report reduced portions. A claimed lack of cooperation among customers and sellers keeps rates steady for now, with hopes to stabilize in the winter.
Claude Eaton age 16 of 711 Meek Street was struck by a Monon switch engine Friday night at the Market Street crossing and badly bruised though not seriously injured Flo became confused and stepped in front of the engine
The Euterpean club dances at Broad Ripple Monday night. Mrs Hines and Miss Jessamine Hines left Saturday for Wequetonsing Michigan. Misses Elizabeth and Cora Miller went to Asbury Park to visit Mr and Mrs A C Newby. Greensburg Miss Susie McQuistin and H Clyde Hazelrigg wed Thursday evening at the bride's home with Rev Manford W Schuh officiating.
Newspaper men waited at democratic headquarters for J. E. Bell who was in a closed conference with Chairman Fanning. Secretary Albert Sahm joked at their impatience and recited a light verse about two men by the window sill awaiting Joe’s departure.
County commissioners award elevator contract to Kincaid and Liggett of Columbus for 2200 dollars. Wiethorpe Company of Chicago bids 2500 dollars but is rejected on architects advice.
Vallejo California August 10 fifty men began work Friday dragging the bay along the shore hoping to locate the gold stolen from the Selby Smelter another party is digging in the hills behind the smelter
Dr. Peebles of Battle Creek claims a new psychic magnetic treatment can cure most diseases and restore health at home. Testimonials from Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Harris, George Weeks, G. D. Young, and Mrs. Bond praise cures from ovaries to asthma. Free diagnostic literature and a complete health essay are offered via the Institute of Health in Buttle Creek, Michigan.
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