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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
5
A critical review details informal operations of the City health board and its hospital buying practices. It alleges high prices, lack of formal bids, and ad hoc purchasing, contrasting with regular public boards and emphasizing price disparities between city and county institutions.
A Pittsburgh area contract secures 4,000,000 tons yearly for the Wabash Railway with Carnegie Steel, requiring line access into Pittsburg and Wheeling deal capitalized at $87,000,000. The article traces the immense logistics, noting 11 to 16 daily trains in winter and potential trains over 10 miles long if all locomotives are attached, highlighting the historical scale of the agreement and its impact on western routes.
Big inspector McAbee cites dangerous steam rail crossings in Indianapolis. He argues railroads resist safety spending, preferring to defend damages. President McDoel describes a northern Indiana town that forces electric crossing lights, and the Blue Book urges railroads to seek lighting improvements through boards of adjustment.
P W W Davis and his paralytic wife completed a 1000 mile journey from Pittsburg to Ope Girardeau in a small skiff. Facing heat and scarce provisions, Davis paused ashore for supplies and medical help, continuing by river as he cared for his wife. He refused to abandon the boat, valuing their bond and independence.
During the Terror era aristocrats face the guillotine as Helene de Vaudmont and her father are seized. Rosine Pichou aids a daring ruse to free Helene by swapping clothes with Elsie and fleeing to safety, sacrificing herself to spare Helene. Hector de Vielleroche learns of Rosine's sacrifice after reaching Switzerland.
The Wall and Fogerty duo head the A. G. Field minstrels with original routines and witty banter. The act is followed by the drama At Valley Forge at the Park featuring W. L. Roberts. Busy week at the Park and Empire with Uncle Tom’s cabin and burlesque acts, plus new Grand Opera House manager J. Rush Bronson planning September 9 opening crowds.
Union station officials questioned Frankie Revis daughter of D R Revis a Hamilton County farmer and her cousin Robert Revis after reports they eloped to North Carolina. They denied eloping and said the girl showed bruises from her mother and planned to go to Carolina relatives.
Veteran angler George Pitts recounts a remarkable White River incident at Washington St. where a giant bass leaped onto a bridge railing, later sinking to eight feet depth. Pitts dives, snares the fish behind a sand bar, finds one eye gouged, and notes the seven pounds five ounces catch.
A $20 fire damaged a house at 129 S Illinois St Friday night in Charles Kennedy’s residence. Reese Berry, a newsboy, was knocked from his bicycle at Senate Ave and 10th St and sustained minor injuries.Charles Oberlies, 50, of Park Ave, fell from a street car at Massachusetts Ave and North Sts Friday night with several head cuts. Twenty-sixth Indiana Veteran Association plans its 26th annual reunion in Kirklin Sept 5-6. Twenty hod-carriers strike Atlas Engine Co. plant over nonunion labor.
An old advertisement touts vna Cascarets as a family laxative with price points 10c 25c and 5c for cures. The copy mirrors era humor and direct consumer pitches.
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