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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
5
Robert Dugdale Jr a Middletown businessman married Mina Tingler of Dresden Ohio after a rapid courtship of five hours. The ceremony occurred in a boarding house parlor to Lohengrin with Rev David Winters officiating and a celebratory dinner following.
A long OCR list records individuals from multiple Indiana towns with sums next to names, noting Original Elisha Weakley Shelbyville and others, also listing original widows and minors with various dollar amounts and statuses. The page reads like a roster of payments or restitutions tied to military service or widow’s pensions.
In Peoria Illinois Miss Pearl Hutchins and Ward McCullough wed during a one month quarantine at the Murray house hotel after smallpox was found. A megaphone license was secured with Mayor Frank performing the ceremony in an oven window with the couple and guards distant and a watching crowd cheering.
Sedalia citizens will host an old-time rabbit hunt on December 19 with Rev. J. W. Ferrell of Lamonte directing. Most of the rabbits, sold at ten to fifteen cents each, will be distributed to the Deserving poor via the St. Louis Provident association.
Buffalo News notes Senator Fairbanks of Indiana waiting for President Roosevelt to err to boost his presidential bid. The piece uses folk imagery of hanging a harp on a willow and waiting for spring birds to signal a bandwagon move.
The article argues that alcohol based medicines are temporary stimulants and not real tonics. It praises digestion and nutritious food as the true source of nerve power and tissue repair, promoting Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe aid to digestion and appetite for all ages.
Killed in New Madrid Missouri during a family quarrel George Proctor a well known Macoupin County resident died four hours after being shot William Proctor his son aged 22 surrendered to authorities after the confrontation in the home where the dispute began.
Judge Finley of Routt county has delivered a deer to Denver whose lower teeth are coated in gold. The animal drank from a spring with flour gold in the water, and its salt saliva caused the gold to adhere to the teeth in a thick jaw cake.
Councilmen Lew Cooper and J S Holiday of the contracts and franchises committee back the Pogue's run route for the Indianapolis Southern. Cooper opposes elevating tracks as not required elsewhere. Chair Negley has not yet decided, though he doubts the street-crossing objection weighs heavily.
In Hoosier courts teacher Ivan E. Carlyle of Scottsburg was acquitted after a child-trouncing case. Marion resident W. M. Pulley sues for divorce, claiming his wife forced him to sleep in the barn. Rev. Albert E. Sarah of Lagro seeks $5,000 damages after a livery incident. Jennie Miller of Muncie seeks divorce from Charley, alleging infidelity and other women.
Thirty six prominent men form a Bach elors' club in Springfield Ohio with a church attendance requirement and fines for noncompliance The group is nonsectarian and nonpartisan and aims to urge old maids toward marriage.
A list of accident brief items reports Frank Bowers of Westport asleep on a Big Four train and injured after walking off. Fox contractor on the C BR M railroad knocked down by a laborer who escaped. W W L Elmerick of Dunkirk burned by gas explosion. Walter Freestone and Carl Walsh crushed while razing a log cabin. Oscar Henderson of Chesterton may die from injuries. John Holliday’s horse killed a train and Holliday injured. Langebrake and Luker near Huntington crippled by traction engine explosion. A horse pulled a storefront awning down at North Manchester injuring Henry Buck.
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