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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
6
King Edward with Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria left London by semi state train to Victoria station. Thousands lined the route to the station and cheered the royal party as they passed in a fine weather day.
William Phillips forgot to bring in his traction engine from the barnyard when thieves arrived with wagons and teams. They disassembled the engine and hauled it away, halting threshing. In a separate incident, a bottle of unknown liquid struck Frank Enyart and caused the loss of his right eye.
A cross cut saw marks the grave of William Rhodenbaugh, an old timber man of Ladoga. The blade bears his name and the birth and death dates, memorializing a life spent in the woods.
Anderson Indiana August 15 The Cooper lodge of the Amalgamated association plans a Saturday vote on reducing wages for hot mill men by 25 percent to win Standard Oil Company contracts. Two earlier votes opposed the cut while the Elwood plant favored it. A yes at Anderson could prompt an immediate plant opening.
Paoli Indiana August 15 a farmer Hiram Lee was stopped by a stranger presenting as a government officer who searched his pockets for counterfeit bills. Lee yielded 20 cents the only money on him. After examining the amount the man returned the coin and departed. Authorities believe the act was a highwayman robbery attempt aimed at a pocketful of cash.
Ellwood Indiana reports several tent meetings in progress and a plan for Old schoolmates from Elwood to picnic August 17. Authorities warn adulterated foods are being sold locally while Union Traction lays two miles of track daily between Elwood and Tipton. A new broom factory opens September 1 and Farmers Union Mutual Gas and Oil Company seeks a receiver. Johnny Heath injured after a buggy fall.
Directors chose L. L. Carpenter as president with L. E. Murray as secretary and Amos Clifford as treasurer and Samuel Harris to supervise park grounds. Carpenter will tour state churches to raise funds to pay the assembly debt. Carrie Nation spoke in Peru denouncing saloons after viewing a semi nude image. Morrison account scrutiny by US Fidelity agent Walter Weaver follows two-year unpaid settlement. Kate Sullivan died at Harlem Hospital at age five from alcoholic coma after drinking a bottle of whisky left by her father.
Ellwood Indiana August 15 The local management of the American Tin Plate Company ordered a sudden halt to operations Thursday afternoon giving no reason for the shutdown and leaving workers in uncertainty.
Lebanon Indiana August 14 Democrats of district 9 nominated Judge L J Kirkpatrick for congress. For joint representative Cox of Madison county won over Armentrout of Montgomery county.
In Marion Indiana on August 14 Fred Harris aged 28 was blinded and likely fatally injured when a gas pipe section he was heating to bend exploded. The blast occurred Thursday and left Harris badly burned with uncertain survival prospects.
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 15 over 28 000 people attended the fair breaking all previous attendance records at the Terre Haute Fair Grounds in sunshine and heat.
Hammond Indiana August 14 The corner stone of the new one hundred thousand dollar superior court house will be laid next month with Governor Durbin in attendance.
Sullivan county official dispatches report a district 2 primary nominate W B Wolfe for congress. Long list of brief notes follows from towns statewide including crops, fires, crimes, openings and civic updates across Indiana locales.
A garbled column lists varied notices: a wife swats her husband with an umbrella, a family of ex Township Trustee Samuel Holden poisoned by formaldehyde milk, a 2,500 suit in Fort Wayne, a boy injured seeking bees, a Calfornia wedding trip, iron in Green county hills, sparrow destruction, a saloon burglary in Scircilville, McDonald recovering money in Albion, cemetery graves to be level, and smallpox era farm cooperation in Merchantsburg.
Prices paid by shippers for poultry and produce with detailed figures for turkeys ducks geese eggs butter cheese hides tallow wool flour bran fruits and vegetables including cabbage oranges lemons apples pears celery and sweet potatoes. Listings cover quality grades and per unit costs across seasonal items.
A lengthy price catalog lists produce seafood and staples with unit prices and crate rates. Items include fruits like plums and cantaloupes, shellfish and fish, coffee blends, sugars, canned goods, and Kingan & Co. provisions. Multiple brands, weights, and packaging are noted, reflecting a dense late 19th or early 20th century marketplace ledger.
The item lists price terms for anthracite and smokeless coal products by ton, including lump and crushed coke, slack varieties in multiple districts such as Green County Indiana Blossburg Hocking Valley Connellsville and Pittsburg regions. It notes per ten and per ton pricing fragments with regional references and product types.
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