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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
2
The wholesale price for anthracite coal rose Tuesday from ten to eleven dollars a ton, the highest level ever. Retail dealers may push to thirteen dollars, after wholesale jumps. In Brooklyn, no school-supply contracts have been made as the city waits for a strike settlement.
Irvington and Tuxedo residents held a mass meeting Tuesday night and formed a standing committee to press improvements before the city administration. W. E. Moore presided, C. F. Hurst was secretary, and speakers urged fire and police protection light and water service weed cutting and street sprinkling. They questioned the gas supply situation after Indianapolis Gas Company announced its gas cut. A proposal to create an additional ward for Irvington and Tuxedo was endorsed and a committee named to pursue it.
Little interest is noted for Cresceus as the exhibition mile trotting event on the state fair grounds track Thursday. Local horsemen say such races lack sport and prefer contests between horses, with pacing and trotting events also planned but no entries announced yet.
Mrs. George H. Borsdorfer of 1416 Stand ard Ave West Indianapolis survived a large dose of carbapolic acid taken Tuesday in a personal crisis. Once recovered she ate lunch with her husband and then took the bottle bought to kill bugs. She informed neighbor Mrs. Kelso that she had done it and Dr. Malone treated her through the afternoon. Doctors remained hopeful Wednesday morning of her recovery.
In Belmar New Jersey an accident at Belmar station killed 35 year old Richard C Dearmond and eight year old Alice Bishop and seriously injured Joseph E Toal of Jersey City. An empty New York Long Branch excursion train crashed into a standing Pennsylvania railroad train causing two rear cars to telescope and injuring several others.
Miss Annie Avery of Lanark Ontario shares how Grape Nuts transformed her health. She describes severe headaches and dyspepsia before using the cereal, then notes improved digestion, reduced sickness, and a 30 pound gain.
Mrs James Romack 24 believed her month old baby deformed and killed the child in its cradle then fatally wounded herself. She had previously attempted suicide at home near Sharpsville and was brought to her father’s residence to recover. The baby was healthy and well developed, with no deformity.
A boiler burst at A. Simpson's sawmill in New Liberty Illinois on Tuesday killing three workers and injuring ten, with several expected to die. The dead are Engineer Arch Johnson James Jeffords Sr and Bud Owen. A brother of Johnson and Rosco Vickers suffered fatal injuries. Others were badly hurt and the mill was left wrecked. In Indiana, the tin plate mill at Middletown plans to resume operations next month after a two year shutdown.
Birth notices list s Willis and Catharine Thompson a boy Wilbur and Mary Cox a child Walter and Nellie Proctor a baby Edward and Ada Huberd a girl James and Iren La Porte a boy W J and Minnie Charman a girl Henry and Estella Shives a girl Joseph and Anna Meisberger a boy Death notices name George Scauer pneumonitis Julia Glasser pneumonitis Hannah Edwards pneumonitis Louise Urfer peritonitis Susannah Sherwood rheumatism William Barkdale pneumonitis Robert Rochester tuberculosis Additional marriage notices include Charles A Worman Rebecca Grove Harry Rhoads Lillie Huffer Martin Meyers Jr Gertrude Hathorn Frederick Daniel Caroline Clark Charles L Watterman Lida Lenahan Harry Helfrich Katie Griffin John Hughes Belle Musselman.
A list of residents and addresses showing repairs and construction values. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gasarway, H. W. Laut, M. Staley, L. M. Burch, Flora McCaslin, Lizzie Pollard, John Beyer, James McKinnick, J. E. and J. GC. Dunlavy, Leander Allard, M. Griffin, and H. Sullivan. Properties range from frame dwellings to barns and cottages with costs from 25 to 4300 dollars.
Eugene Cowles lauds the Alice Nielsen Company and Victor Herbert in Indianapolis as he reflects on The Fortune Teller and The Singing Girl. He recalls the disbanding of Nielsen’s company, hints at Miss Nielsen’s return, and outlines his plan to launch a nationwide concert tour starting Sept 1.
In Berlin August, Belgian motorists including an unnamed count killed an old man and two children in a Rhine province. Angry locals attacked the travelers and planned lynching, but police rescued the tourists amid the tense incident.
London Aug 20 Lady Raglan agrees to display in coronation robes for charity at Beckenham hospital. A six cent admission is charged to view the peeress, with coronation medal from King Edward. News coverage spurred added publicity.
Mrs Anna C Bradey an elderly resident of Cornell ave and Sixteenth st was thrown from College ave car 587 at Pennsylvania and Chi sts injuring her severely. She says she rose to alight when the car began moving the conductor on the rear platform rang the bell and the car started leaving her little chance to escape. She was thrown to the pavement and became hysterical.
Chas. Becker, famed pen man forgeries expert, nears release from San Quentin and is rumored to receive a $500 a month pension from the American Bankers Association. Becker boasts of future schemes and once helped raise a 32 to 1 draft of $2,000 in 1896, netting $16,000.
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on August 20 a wife, claiming a message from God, burned the house and barn and tried to kill her two children before her husband rescued them. The mother, calmly stating divine instruction, was restrained as authorities watch for further action. In Kent Ohio the Massillon and Cleveland railroad runs 12 miles from Massillon to Clinton with one passenger and one freight train daily, now under Pennsylvania control.
The Washington Times reports Senator Frye of Maine and president pro tem of the senate is engaged to Miss Ellen May of Portland daughter of the late Ellery May.
Accidents occur frequently on farms with cuts bruises and sprains. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is advertised as relieving pain instantly and urged for everyday use.
Bargains in upright pianos now available at Baldwin's. Slightly used models offered at reduced prices with limited stock. Includes popular brands and finish options. Customers urged to visit Baldwin's showroom for demonstrations and financing deals.
Minutes after Mrs. Bradey’s injury a Garfield park car struck Toney Meo a fruit vender driving east on Market street on the south side. Meo escaped with bruised left arm and side and back pain. Motorman No. 615 was at the wheel. he did not ring the gong.
Pennsylvania Lines offers a Madison excursion with a $1.25 round trip fare, Sunday August 24. Special train departs Indianapolis at 7:30 a.m. Return from Madison at 6 p.m. A steamboat excursion up the Ohio River from Madison, twenty miles round trip, costs 9 cents.
Cincinnati offers a $1.25 round trip via C H D on Sunday August 24 with two fast trains 6 30 a m non stop and 7 15 a m calling at Rushville Connersville and Hamilton. Return from Cincinnati 6 20 p m. Baseball features Cincinnati against Pittsburgh in two games.
Advertisement style snippet promises guaranteed returns with THE SUN liners and suggests a small outlay. Mentions contact details Office 121-13 E Ohio and a phone line for inquiries.
Neighbors report Mrs. Calvin Brown and her two babies neglected and starving. Bicycle policemen found them in a dirty room at 1505 Arsenal Ave. Brown's husband was drinking nearby and arrested. Relatives promise to care for the family.
The notice lists $1.00 Terre Haute and Return and 75 cents Greencastle and Return for Sunday August 24. It says leave Indianapolis at 7 00 a m and the return special train will depart Terre Haute at 7 30 p m.
The Lake Erie and Western Railway offers a $1.50 round trip from Sandusky to Indianapolis or return on Saturday night August 23. Leave Indianapolis at 9 00 p m. For berths chairs and full particulars contact A H Sellars CPA 288 Illinois Street.
Two phone numbers are listed 880 for contact at 123 East Ohio Street in connection with a guaranteed service or offer. No additional context or details are provided.
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