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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1904
Page
2
Report from New York about the smallest baby on display at a December exhibit in the Caribbean Islands era. The infant weighed one pound six ounces at birth and measured just under twelve inches long, with nursing noted as part of care.
Passenger train No 21 men quarrel over papers in the baggage car near New Palestine. Seymour, a Cincinnati news agent, fought J Skillman and was knocked through a car door window and injured. Conductor Wrigging intervened. Seymour was treated by a doctor.
Weatherman Blythe says the general rainfall will aid many crops across the state. He notes tomatoes and grapes will be plentiful, apples and clover needed moisture, and warns another round of showers is likely, with 0.35 inches already reported in Indianapolis at 9 am Friday.
Merchants report little overall change in business conditions across most districts, with some improvements in the Southwest due to better weather. Crop damage areas show mixed results as prices stabilize. Retail districts remain largely steady with dry goods and apparel sectors showing activity as merchants anticipate strong fall trade.
Antonio Mannino, nine, abducted from Brooklyn ten days earlier and held for ransom, returned home after identifying Angelo Cucozzi as the kidnapper. Capt. Rooney ordered Mannino’s arrest of Salvatore Mannino. boy described his journey from Brooklyn to Manhattan and a country house where he was held. Local police pursued Cucozzi and Cucosia, with detectives active as the boy recounts his ordeal.
The PEBAGOGLES Marion county trachera institute will run the week of Aug 2 in the criminal court room at the court house. It will be in two sections led by FH Green of Pennsylvania and Robert Hall with J H Woodruff and E J Hankemeyer of Indianapolis as instructors. Supt. Cotton speaks Wednesday and Indiana University President Bryan lectures. Each teacher must pay a fee of 1.50.
Four-year-old Emma, Susan, and Emil Hauser and two younger siblings left home on Tuesday. Found late Thursday by two policemen after spending nights in a wood near Edgewater. Their father Charles Hauser of 121 Marton Ave Oak Park said the children ran away fearing a spanking.
A court case unfolds as Krayse, jailed for murder, receives defense from Indiana lawyers while her husband, seen daily visiting, sites a mystery. He visits with Alice Bowman and other relatives, yet never alone, fueling speculation about their marriage and the murder inquiry.
In Philadelphia on August 19 a young woman Miss Mary Binch disrupted a Fortunthe Church service clad only in undergarments claiming to deliver a message from Christ. The incident drew 300 worshippers who prayed and wept as she was escorted home. Binch, 25, an orphan, had an education and was active in church work. In Siouan City a separate note highlights Miss Angela De Cora, a renowned American Indian artist visiting before returning to New York City. De Cora, daughter of the late David De Cora, is a noted illustrator who also does portraiture and has painted Anna Held.
A reader recalls two years of dyspepsia and fatigue that left them weak and miserable until trying Grape-Note food. After starting the product, digestive relief followed by renewed energy enabled a successful painting exhibit and a rise in value, with continued strength reported in a relative. The testimonial cites Poatum Co Battle Creek Michigan and references a health article titled The Road to Well.
The Garde Republicaine band from Parte will perform in Indianapolis as part of a serenade arranged after Gov Durbin declined a formal invitation. The band will visit around September 3 and will be the guests of the Commercial Club, per the governor's consent.
Aug 19 Alyfred A Knapp was electrocuted in the Columbus prison for the murder of his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp in Hamilton Ohio on Dec 7. He confessed to five murders including Ida Gophert Emma Lipple man and Knapp also killed his second wife Anna May Gamble. The execution followed a controversial method with full current and he remained composed, declaring he would not deny the crimes.
The World reports on Parker campaign tactics and manager Taggart in the Maine Vermont bloc. It notes internal committee dynamics and plans for speakers to bolster the fall effort. The piece casts doubt on mobilization and questions President Moody’s election confidence amid Democratic efforts.
The program arranged for Indiana Day at the World’s Fair on September 12 features a military and civil parade with Governor Serbs and staff, federal troops, and Philippine troops. The parade runs from the administration building to the Indiana Building where Governor Onehin will deliver the opening address, followed by President Francis of the county. Evening reception at the Indiana Building honors Governor and Mrs. Durbin with state citizens invited and badges distributed.
Senator John Sra Hed rushed from bed to battle a fire near his home in Alizaneth New Jersey. A steam threshing machine sparked rye stacks, burning four, while residents aided by a volunteer brigade led by Braator Kean. The machine was destroyed, and no injuries reported. In Indiana a horse racing scene faced similar scandal with alleged fixed races and crop of losses for bookmakers.
In Wabash Indiana on August 1 Hugh Gray an LW employee of the Wabash Company eloped and te tatding and received injuries from which he fed He leaves a widow and five children The report indicates a fatal fall or accident arising from the incident and details are sparse but imply a sudden death affecting a large family
Mr and Mrs Lants B Smith of 21 N New Jersey street returned from Cleveland Ohio where they attended the marriage of Want Blinch Mc and Mrs Smiths daughter. They will tour Colorando Aron California and the mouth with Dr and Mrs Rogers and Alfie Mogers of Terre Haute as guests of Mr and Mrs Pink Hall. They will attend Miss Wall wedding on Monday. Mr and Mrs Bret Barrett have sent to Atlantic City and other points in the east.
A patient in severe pain at City Hospital seeks relief while a doctor cautions against exceeding dosages. A nurse devises a ruse by dosing water with medicine, entangles the patient in a plotted ploy, and later returns a mild, soothing effect without the true medicine.
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