Civil War Doctor recounts near death vision voyage
Dr Kendrick, recalled by death last week, described to a SUN reporter a vivid near death experience from May 1893. He said angels guided his spirit from the hospital room to an open plain where he met departed Ohio acquaintances, witnessed a cultivated moon, and learned salvation insights before returning to his body after about 25 hours.
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Endrick
Indianapolis
Indiana
Washington ‘City
Caleb ‘Smith
Hincoin
Isendrick
SUN
Moon
Earth
Ohio
Isaac Hawk
Wife On Trial In Arsenic Poisoning Case
In Fort Wayne Indiana Mrs Mattie E Hasenfuss 40 stands trial on charges of poisoning her husband Carl Westenfeld a wealthy farmer who allegedly gained most of his property before his death A druggist identified Hasenfuss as the purchaser of arsenic and a maid said she was offered money and a dress to stay through the event The state argues she sought the old man to wed a younger lover and the defense plans expert testimony challenging arsenic poisoning as the cause of death
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Sps
Mattie E. Hasenfuss
Carl Westenfeld
Demonstration for Maceo widow sparks independence push
Havana on Sunday saw a demonstration marking the arrival of General Maceo’s widow. Reports say General Maximo Gomez leads the drive for absolute independence while Mayor Luncost faces pressure to lift a ban on flying the Spanish flag in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Maceo
Luncost
Noted Beauty Dea d in Paris Society Comtesse de Castiglione
Paris reports the burial last week of the Comtesse de Castiglione a famed beauty and suspected Italian agent. Her ties to Napoleon III were notorious and an assassination attempt during a visit to her is mentioned. She first appeared in Paris society in 1860 and vanished from court life in 1870.
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Paris
Comitesse de Castiglione
Italy
Napoleon III
Ggid
Grand Hotel Sale Denied by Mayor Taggart
Report notes Mayor Taggart denied any sale of the Grand Hotel. Chicago broker George said he visited the market and made an offer, but the mayor stated the Grand is not for sale and no proposition was received or requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taggart
Arrests in Mont Turday Demonstration Case Move Forward
Detectives say Charles Lovejoy and the suspected assailants were arrested Saturday and brought to town, jailed while authorities decide on charges. If proven, more arrests may follow as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lovejoy
Montturday
Won’t Sell Out Dr. Ford Rules Out Trust
Dr. J. H. Ford, stockholder in the Indiana pulp and paper company with large Marion mills, says the firm will not join a trust despite offers. He notes high promoter fees are unnecessary and explains pulp making, fuel limits, and potential plant relocation as fuel runs five years. He asserts no materials used in wood pulp or cardboard could fall under trust control and sees no risk of a corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Ford
Indiana Pulp and Paper Company
Marion
Ford
Michigan
Ilinois
Ancient Lovers Reunite in Indiana Marriage
In Muncie Indiana John Gates and Mrs Elizabeth Wills wed recently after forty years apart. They had been sweethearts before both married others. Gates wife and Wills husband both died recently allowing their reunion and remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
John Gates
Elizabeth Wills
Gates
Will
Triplet Calves Born To Indiana Farmer
William Elliott, a farmer near Kokomo, Indiana, reports his four week old triplet calves are in perfect health and include both sexes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
William Elliott
Here
Mr. Brown Returns to Court Office After Illness
Robert A. Brown, clerk of the supreme court, who has been sick with typhoid fever, returned to his office on Monday for the first time in ten weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Robert A. Brown
Supreme Court
Repress B Harrison Prank Delights Ex President
An eastern religious paper mocked ex President Harrison with a sample issue addressed to “Repress. B. Harrison, Indianapolis.” The general laughed at the gag noting the typewriter likely aimed for “ex-President Harrison” and joked about being quiet lately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
the Messenger
American Tract Society
B. Harrison
Indianapolis
We Want Your Family Washing Enterprise Steam Laundry
Local laundry ad urges families to entrust washing to Enterprise Steam Laundry. Includes contact phrase Phone 80L and emphasizes reliable service.
Henderson Becomes Speaker of the House Amid Oath Ceremony
Gen Henderson received a hearty reception as he assumed control of the house on Monday. He pledged to administer laws impartially and described the approval of the house as earned by broad patriotic lines. The oath was administered by Fred C. Harmer, the eldest member, with Roberts of Utah and others involved in a polygamy controversy prompting a probe request from McRae and a Taylor resolution.
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Washington
Gen. Henderson
Fred C. Harmer
Pennsylvania
Roberts
Utah
Taylor
Ohio
McRae
Henderson
Senderson
Richardson
Neighbors' spat over assault and reputation in Raymond Street
Emma Schmidt sues neighbor Charles Horton for 200 dollars claiming an assault on her yard. Horton denies kicking her. witnesses including Mrs Decker testify about a prior dispute over 30 cents. The case adjourns at noon after lively testimony and a jittery courtroom mood.
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Squire Smock
Emma Schmidt
Raymond St
Emma
Charles W. Horton
Horton
Teven
Indiana boards report on professions and institutions
Governor Mount received the first annual Indiana board of pharmacy report showing 3 846 pharmacists 378 assistants 19 pharmacists by examination and six assistants by examination. The report also details the Soldiers and Sailors orphans home finances with repairs and insurance costs and Purdue agriculuture institute activities 92 institutes and a $5 000 state appropriation. The state normal school reported 31 regular and eight opening-term instructors with 1 735 enrollments and a general fund balance of 20 398.39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Board of Pharmacy
Gouv. Mount
Gov. Mount
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home
W. C. Latta
Purdue University
Mount
Indiana Farmers’ ‘Institutes
Purdue School of Agriculture
Indiana State Normal School
Ihe
Six Die As D&R G Crash Follows Mule Struck Signal Fail
Denver dispatch reports a Denver & Rio Grande wreck near Salida after a dead mule on the track halted a passenger train. A signal light failure on a curve caused a rear collision with the stopped car, killing six and wounding many. The dead include H R Matthews and Chas Osgood with several named injured.
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Passeger
H. R. Matthews
Burlington Road
Denver
Cold
Denver & Rio Grande
Salida
Counterfeiters Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary
Dr. Gilaspy and Isaac Reynolds, who pleaded guilty to making bad gold pieces, were taken to the Ohio penitentiary Sunday to serve three and two and a half year terms. Reynolds, an old timer, entertained deputies with stories of former crimes and a glove department tale about fraudulent marking of South African buckskin gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce Galispy
Isaac Reynolds
Ohio
Reynolds
Michigan City
Col Durbin to Attend GOP Meeting in Washington
Col Durbin will travel to Washington next week for a meeting of the national Republican Committee to set the time and place of the next national convention. He declines to discuss Indiana politics and says the Florida suit will be appealed to the U S Supreme Court, asserting the legal question has not been before any court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Durbin
Washington
National Republican Committee
Indiana
Florida
United States Supreme Court
Council Meeting Delayed Over Gas Ordinance and Bonds
The city council's regular session is set for Monday night but the contracts and franchises committee will not be ready to report on the natural gas ordinance. It is also not believed a report will be received on the refunding bonds ordinance.
Births and Deaths and Marriages Notice
Births list multiple families with listed addresses and newborn or existing children by name. Deaths record several individuals with ages and causes of death. Marriage licenses are shown for multiple couples including Mack Simpson and Taylor Kenedy Stout Laskins Huffman Van Camp Fletcher McClusky Thompson Wright Scott Hail.
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James Mack
Sarah Simpson
David Taylor
Fanny Kenedy
Daniel T. Stout
Ollie May Laskins
Jacob R. Huffman
Bessie
van Camp
William H. Fletcher
Florence McClusky
T.louis Thompson
Edna Wright Edgar Scott
Rlta Hail
Park Theater Show Delayed By Lost Scenery
The company arriving from Newark New Jersey with the stage production The Great Train Robbery found its scenery lost en route. Management announced Monday afternoon that performances will not begin until Tuesday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theater
Newark
N. J
Hills Woman Maggie Mitchell Dies After Carbolic Acid Ingestion
Maggie Mitchell, 79, colored, a familiar visitor to police headquarters, took an ounce of carbolic acid at 11 a.m. Sunday and died at 4 p.m. at her stepfather’s home on 218 West Merrill street. No cause is known and the death occurred after she endured severe agony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Mitchell
W. Merrillst
Cat 25 Year Old Mouser Still Active in Richmond
Geo W Sanders of Centerville reports his cat Ole Becky born prior to 187 hands on as a mouser since April 1874. Despite missing teeth she continues to catch rats and mice, delighting neighbors in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Geo. W. Sanders
Centerville
Ole Becky
Monroe Body Arrives After Chicago Yard Killing
The body of Joseph W. Monroe, killed in the B. and O yards in Chicago, arrived in Indianapolis Monday. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Whitsett's chapel.
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Joseph W. Monroe
Chicago
Indianapolis
Whitsett
Town Talk items from Indianapolis doings and cases
Big Four superintendent Ichi Q Van Winkle visits Cleveland while the Johnson family Swiss bell ringers prepare a concert at Third Christian church. Local court notes include divorce petitions, assault fines, embezzlement referral, and a distracted fire call. Board of health audits bills as a defense retort explodes at Indianapolis calcium light plant.
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Ichi Q. van Winkle
Big Four
Cleveland
Johnson
Third Christian Church
Catherine Stewart
Madison
Franklin Pettiford
Michigan St
Daly
Central Association of Railway Officials
Union Station
Marion County Medical Society
Central Hospital For the
Caleb C. Mouser
James E. Bone
Minnie
W. P. Scotten
Warren Ave
Indianapolis
J. M. Hitchcock
Rouse
Grand Jury
Frank Farley
Frank Bird Transfer Company
Rushville
Thornton
St. Louis
James’ Fleming
Otis Garnett
Fleming
Maryland St
Actor Richard Mansfield III Falls Ill During Cyrano
Richard Mansfield III, prominent New York actor, fainted during the fourth act of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Garden theater. Nervous collapse and serious illness are reported, with the curtain falling as the audience was informed.
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New York
Richard Mansfield
Garden Theater
German Paper Urges Naval Expansion in Response to England
The Muenchen Allgemeine Zeitung printed a sensational article on Monday urging a naval increase. It argues England’s aggressive stance and jealousy of German commerce justify strengthening the navy to counter Chamberlain’s Anglo-German alliance rhetoric and support government stance.
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Berlin
Muenchen Allgemeine Zeitung
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Miller May Be in Canada
Dispatches from Quebec report William F. Miller the fugitive Franklin syndicate manager is in Canada. His hiding place is not disclosed but is said to be within easy range of Montreal.
Chicago Markets Close Mixed as Wheat and Corn Slip
Chicago notes wheat finishes lower with December at 6.476 and May near 6.9144, foreign advices seen as unfavorable. Corn prices for December and May drift, with outs and January pork lard rib quotations shown in the report.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards Cattle and Hog Prices Report
Indianapolis stockyard figures for December 4 show cattle receipts at about 120 with various price ranges for good to prime steers and feeding types, cows, calves, and bulls. Hog receipts near 2,000 include good to choice mediums and mixed weights, while sheep and lamb listings appear with multiple grade brackets and per 100 pounds pricing.
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Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Stocoots Leece Ceenseeseee Seereeees
Ccecee Ceeteee
C.s
Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
Plaids For Misses Wear and Various Wool Plaids
A catalog style advertisement lists numerous plaid fabrics with widths from 38 to 54 inches. It highlights silk and wool blends, Saxony wool, camel hair, zibeline and serge offers, with tomorrow sale prices ranging from 22 cents to 1 49 for select patterns and styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statin Sysbean
Asc
Silesia
Risinthaiels
Sereeesee Soc
Small-Pox Epidemic Spreads in Posey County
The small-pox outbreak in Posey county grows more alarming with up to 20 cases suspected. Health officials in Posey and nearby Alien county place affected areas in quarantine and pursue vaccination to curb the spread. Dr Turty and Dr Harry urge vaccination as the key preventive measure.
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Posey County
Turty
State Board of Health
County Health Board
Alien County
Harry
Premier steel plant owners plan big tin plate factory
D. P. Edwin, Crawford Pairbanks and Pittsburg capitalists will become owners of the old Premier steel plant this week and start a large tin plate factory if plans mature. A suit for 5 069 is filed by Clyde A. and Emma Whiteside against the New telephone company and Fuering brothers. Fuering brothers left a team unhitched on Riverside avenue causing a runaway wagon that seriously injured the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Whiteside.
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Pittsburg
Clyde A
Emma Whiteside
New Telephone Company
Fuering Brothers
Riverside Ave
Counties Settle With State On Monday Tax Transfers
Three counties completed settlements with the state on Monday. Dubois paid 50883.44 and received 5162.47 in school tax funds. Perry turned over 5603.89 and received 2878.34. Hancock contributed 21475.46 with school tax 9594.47.
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Dubois
Perry
Hancock
Interstate Live Stock Market Report Dec 4
Cattle receipts none Monday with mixed quotes for grades. Hogs and sheep receipts noted. grain market shows weak No 2 red corn prices and assorted white and yellow corn bids at multiple car lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Timothy
Mixed grain and hay price listing with futures
A concise commodities note lists various corn and oats quotes including mixed, yellow, and white grades with No 2 and No 3 classifications. Oats are steady, hay shows steady prices for timothy with ranges around 11 to 12 dollars, and minor typographical errors are present in the figures.
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Timothy
Classified notices announce rentals and sales
Card of Thanks lists various rental ads including two front rooms at 821 Holbrook and furnished front housekeeping rooms at 1 N East St. A day laborer seeks washing sewing or house cleaning work at 220 N Liberty St. Furniture carpets stoves for sale at 336 E Washington St by Lew Shark, Auctioneer. Coal and coke storage office opposite market at 105 XN Alabama listed by Frank Shelthouse.
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East St
Liberty St
S. West
Maryland
Ohio-st
E. Washington- St
Agnes-st
St. Bernard
Washington St
Lew Shark
Alabama
Frank Shelthouse
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The
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DR. Gilaspy
Old Man Reynolds
Durbin
Washinton
John
Ida Fleckenstein
Ohiost
Lee
Talbott
Charles FE
Jessie Fenney
John A
Margaret Gillespie
Twenty-sixth
Ida Stevens
Twentyseventh-st
Perey
Blanch Chevalier
Bucklest
George and
Elizabeth Herder
Corneil-ave
Loy
Frank
Mrs
Rosberg
S. State-ave
William H
Gertrude Berry
Lewis-st
Lay
Everett
Deborah Reisinger
Tacoma-ave
Martin and
Bridget Murphy
Beville-ave
William and
Ida Fiarnest
Adelaide St
John Garrity
W. South St
Mary Simeol
Agnessi
Della Morgan
Harlan St
Lavina Inman
Baltimore Ave
Hills Herself
J. W. Monroe
Richard Mansfield III
Germany
Sierges
Marseilles
WM. Block Co
D. P. Edwin
Crawford Pairbanks
Eldredge
Eldredge & M’rae
Mass
Ave
Ardmore Bldg
E. Lynch
Holbrook
Sun, Cay
L S. Wrest. A
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