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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1900
Page
6
Frederick Palmer, war correspondent for Collier's Weekly, reports on a Filipino steamer journey to Iloilo and Silay. Passengers discuss Senator Beveridge and Atkinson, debating American policy in Negros and the fate of local rule with native and planter perspectives.
Cleveland Ohio August 13 Police judge Kennedy tells a saloon keeper Charlie Ballard that men who assault young women should be shot like dogs. Ballard is fined 25 dollars and costs and sent to the workhouse for TM days after being found to have attempted to assault Rosa Randall during a bicycle ride.
W M Lee of Hollidays Cove W Va, executor of Mrs Nancy Bebout estate, found in an antique clock several thousand dollars in gold and silver coins. Jeremiah Bebout hid the money in secret drawers, later revealed by his wife. The bags weigh 34 pounds and are in a Steubenville bank awaiting counting. A possible suit may follow among heirs.
Pocket map of China issued for public use with enlarged section highlighting disputed areas. Includes notes on present crisis within the empire and related information. Sold by mail order from W. B. Kniskern of Chicago for four cents postage.
ORAN Algeria August 12 tribes Djad and Mehoya clash after the Mehoya killed the pro French chief of the Djad. Two hundred fifty killed on both sides in the fighting. Local authorities report heavy casualties amid ongoing strife.
In March 1898 RH E Balcom, an agent at Wayland Ohio, dreamed of a gold mine in Montana. He resigned, rode to Montana, then wrote from Helena that his dream fulfilled as he holds six 120 acre claims with gold found three feet deep.
In Portland Michigan Alpha Tice and Charles Baker repeat a complex婚: Baker served two years for theft, divorce and remarriage to Baker, then divorce again after his release. Meanwhile Mrs Baker marries Louis Wyble breaking Michigan's matrimonial oddities. Cleveland society recounts Mrs Worthington marrying Wm Leeds, a steel millionaire, after Leeds's desertion divorce was granted in 40 minutes. Leeds and new wife cruise on his yacht.
In New York City a wife in a West Side police court case complains her husband cooks only turkey. George Moody, a tall thin Black railroad restaurant cook, pleads for turkey to magistrate Cornell while his wife Mary demands liver and bacon. The judge orders George to pay her a week, ending his turkey supply.
In Royersford Pennsylvania Clare Long swallowed a sewing needle at 18 months. Two years later the needle reappeared, causing a pricking sensation in the left leg. The needle point finally protruded and was removed by the mother with medical help.
In Chicago on August 13 tempers flare in temperance groups over Eva Shantz who leads the Young People’s Christian Temperance Union. W C T U members charge she mimics Frances Willard to appear as successor, prompting a national protest naming Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens as legitimate successor and warning of the delicate position caused.
The state's attorney asked the coroner to compile a list of deaths in Dowie's Zion to push a legislative bill. The measure would compel Dowie to abandon his practices in Illinois.
Advertising copy promotes Dean's Ointment as a cure for itching piles. It claims success and urges purchase at drug stores for 50 cents.
Grand Excursions to the Cool Resorts of Michigan offer round trip fares of 11.00 to Mackinac Island Petoskey and Traverse City 10.00 to Petoskey. Tickets on Aug 20 Sept 6 and Sept 8 with 30 day return validity. For details contact W W Richardson Indianapolis.
Fast special train leaves Indianapolis at 8:00 a m for Greencastle and Brazil arriving Terre Haute at 10:00 a m Returning from Terre Haute at 7:36 p m stopping at all intermediate stations. The round trip is priced at $1 with service on Sunday August 19th.
Special train from Indianapolis at 7 30 a m to Lake Maxinkuckee leaves Maxinkuckee assembly grounds at 6 30 p m return fare one dollar round trip thirty one dollars sixty cents includes stop at the assembly grounds on Sunday August 19th Pennsylvania Lines operates the service.
Special train leaves Indianapolis at 6 30 a m returning from Dayton at 6 00 p m Early cars run to serve Indianapolis passengers Excursion price 1 25 round trip to Soldiers Home Dayton Pa Also 7 00 excursion to Niagara Falls via C H D and Eric R B leaving August 16 Tickets valid twelve days Stopover at Lake Chautauqua on return
Frank H. Peyton a traveling salesman and opium addict confesses to stealing from customers across the United States while using his access to safes. He and his wife were hospitalized after cocaine poisoning with the wife alleging injection during hypnosis. Peyton says he learned combinations while selling safes and would return to rob them.
Chicago to Indianapolis and Cincinnati through Monon and Indiana Decatur routes listed with daily, sleeper, parlor, dining car designations. City ticket offices at 5 W Washington St Chicago and 25 W Washington St Cincinnati. Various express and via connections with arrival and departure times, prices, and services noted across multiple lines.
Fragmentary timetable notes list early morning and afternoon departures for Lake Erie and Western routes with connections to Chicago and Montreal ports. Times such as 7.0am, 10.am, 12.20pm, 4.15pm, 7.20pm, and 10.23pm appear, along with class abbreviations and routes via Detroit, Michigan, and Lake Port.
The notice lists the City Ticket Office for Co. C. C. & St. L. R. Big Four Route located at No. 1 East Washington Street.
Fragmentary timetable notes for the Cleveland line detailing Anderson accommodations and limited service between Cleveland New York and Boston with various times and train types. The text shows partial timings such as 6:25 pm 11:30 am and references to the Knickerbocker service.
Readable times show Benton Harbor express departures at 6:45 am 2:50 pm and 11:15 am 8:45 pm. A Wabash accommodation is listed for 4:50 pm and 9:25 am, indicating service adjustments.
Schedule notes for St Louis area trains including St Louis and St Louis Limited times. Entries mention connections to St Louis and Mattoon as well as S W Lim and St Louis eX. Times listed include morning arrival and evening departure with limited service details.
A fragment shows intercity rail timetables with Cincinnati exchanges, Peoria Bloomington, Greensburg and Columbus lines. Times include early morning departures and late-night arrivals, with accommodations noted for several legs in the Illinois and Ohio corridors.
Fragmentary OCR text shows numbers and times with no clear event, names, or locations. Indicates a damaged passage lacking identifiable people or places to summarize into a coherent news item.
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