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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1905
Page
4
A newspaper describes widespread lawbreaking from Saturday night to Sunday night with many booze venues, gambling dens, and noisy crowds near the police station. It notes 18 arrests and laments public tolerance, urging officials to enforce safety reforms and curb reckless railway practices that endanger lives.
Gilson Gardners critique of government nepotism links official favoritism to graft harming public service. He cites the practice by vice presidents, secretaries, and senators, arguing it corrupts democracy, erodes civil service ideals, and wastes public salaries. The piece condemns the tolerance of familial appointments and calls for a cleansing of government ranks.
The council revises the 6 cent gas franchise to secure cheap fuel citywide. The original contract failed to provide broad access, benefiting those on existing mains while others lacked prompt service. The council expects a swift agreement with the Board of Public Works to remedy this inequity.
A sweeping tally lists eleven serious crashes across tracks Brighton Beach Glenville Hartford Chicago Merrin Park Morris Morris Detroit and Buffalo. Drivers Nelson Webb Jay Oldfield Soules Wargis Sartori Kiser Roverts and others were hurled into fences, wrecked, or hospitalised with severe injuries including amputation and near fatal outcomes.
Predictions from Raphael the astrologer warn of an unfavorable birthday with health and legal troubles and a chequered career for a child born on this day. The forecast notes potential worries in business and employment and suggests mixed fortunes in wealth and happiness for a female.
Incorporations listed include The Grocers' Novelty Co of Indianapolis to manufacture computing scales and devices with capital stock of 410,000 and directors M. Cooper James H. Newman and W. W. Van Dyke. The Parisian Cloak company in Indianapolis plans buying and selling merchandise with capital stock of 35,000 and directors John D. Brosnan Mary R. Brosnan Susan B. Dorat.
Aug 2 in QOTLMWA Alezing he was beaten by defendant Dr Cusa Sheltan he sued his father in law Mayor T H Plekler for 310 00 damage Mrs Elizabeth Sheltan 19 filed for divorce alleging abuse They were married not January
An eccentric fisherman, Diogenes Standish Browning, reported a long, snake like creature near the Boston harbor. He described it as enormous and amphibian with a formidable aspect, unclear origin, and possibly attracted by local industry. The bizarre tale ends with a plug urging readers to subscribe to the Bearthing Record.
Reports from New Albany Warsaw Evansville and other towns recount drownings fatal injuries and a typhoid death. Incidents include a man killed by a threshing machine in Waterloo a train wreck in Michigan City a wagon accident in Panyville and a fatal neck injury near Abnere Creek. Coroners and grand juries will investigate several cases.
In Princeton Indiana on August 2 19 the case to break the will of the late Mrs Priscilla Humphries went to the jury. Relatives allege her insanity showed by her laugh and giggle on her last day and by constant visions of angels and spirits before death.
Chicago hotel men, wholesale butchers, and restaurant keepers form a combine dubbed the beef trust. Two plants cost 150,000 and 300,000 are under erection, with a third planned at 750,000.
A brief notice promotes easy, gradual saving with 3 percent interest on amounts from one dollar upward. No vacation period stops, funds can grow with ongoing deposits, and a large eventual payout is hinted. Readers are urged to begin now, deposit what they can spare, and add to it over time.
Coburn, Kansas agriculture commissioner, expresses desire to fill Bédevare Wilson's former secretary of agriculture role in President Roosevelt's cabinet, aiming to advance state farming interests and national farm policy.
Miss Margaret Deardorf of Get Ivamigg, Pa, woke to a large black snake under her pillow that wrapped its coils around her right wrist. Her brother found a knife and freed her, as the incident spooked the family during a morning alarm.
Two daily lines run from Chicago to Denver for the G A R Encampment with special escorted trips and through service September 2. Denver departures advertise inexpensive, personally conducted side trips to mountain scenery, Colorado hotels, and boarding houses. Contact N M Brees for itineraries, rates, and sleeping car reservations.
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