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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1904
Page
3
A garbled list records births at addresses including 212 N Senate and 4 McLean with several families and a girl born to Frank and Minnie Troy. Deaths include Patrick Farhest and Mary Gordon of Indianapolis, se rained by heart trouble and pneumonia. The notice also lists marriages, building permits, and a brief note on The Year’s Cotton Crop with preliminary figures from the bureau of statistics.
A lone robber smashed five doors to enter the Chicago saloon of Joan Keeper Morgania early Saturday and robbed Morgania’s person of 3 dollars in money a gold watch and a cash register key before locking him in a box and warming himself by the stove. police call it a notable early Chicago crime.
In Dayton, Charles Fraver shot his wife Llenrietta in the temple then killed himself, ending a quarrel sparked by plans to visit Tintiana. The couple and their children faced a tragic scene as neighbors described a tense morning after letters inviting a long visit arrived.
Two miners were killed instantly when an explosion occurred at the Lehtsin and Wilkie Coal Company on Saturday. Investigators report workers dug a hole with an iron arm instead of a wooden tamper, triggering the blast.
Philadelphia dispatch reports the cruiser Tennessee was successfully launched on Saturday at Cramp's shipyards in Philadelphia. The event marks a significant wartime milestone as a new naval asset enters service.
A fatal blaze in Louisville destroys a double tenement two cottages and W T Burch residence. One woman died in a second floor room after a wall collapse trapped her. Firefighter James Mek Watt and Ladderman Philpotts were injured while escaping. Property loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
The jury convicted Clifford Darling of murder after a Thanksgiving Day shooting that killed his wife at Milan. He feigned insanity during the trial, claimed morphine use, and expressed elation at escaping the gallows. He was moved to North Vernon then Michigan City for imprisonment. Prosecutor S. B. Wells confirms the verdict.
A fire in LaSalle near Niagara Falls early Saturday destroyed the steam yacht Lilien May and fatally burned Charles Meyer of Buffalo. The blaze also damaged a business district section, causing estimated losses around $156,000. Fire started in W. D. Baker’s store, threatening the town. Local stock and livestock reports follow.
Wheat opened higher with December up at 1.18, May and July posting gains before turning mixed. December corn opened unchanged to slightly higher, with May and July similarly firmer. Wheat and corn closed mixed in later trading with December at 1.04 and May at 1.10. Toledo market also noted cash bids and futures quotes.
An early 20th century notice announces excursion tickets from Pennsylvania Lines and Vandalia Lines to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia during December January February March and April. It names local ticket agents and routes through various stops, listing parties such as Rich ards and Petree with references to agents and accommodations.
A chaotic session in the cotton market followed by scattered grain data shows futures mixed as trading ends. Reports from Chicago reflect erratic activity with prices for No 2 white and other grades fluctuating amid a broad market mood. Cattle and hog receipts dominate livestock chatter with steadier tendencies and demand expectations for Monday.
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