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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1901
Page
5
An Indianapolis businessman says the weather bureau forecast saved his firm hundreds of dollars by delaying shipments of mineral waters. A commission man notes the cold wave tip saved several carloads of fruit, arguing the weather man earned his salary that winter.
Miss Ella Golden of Madison a music teacher died suddenly of heart failure. Enos FP Glick a prominent Bartholomew county farmer died of cancer at his Columbus area home. David B Earhart a 58 year old railroad conductor died of dropsy in Lafayette after directing the Lafayette and Indianapolis Big Four accommodation for two decades.
A historical account traces how bank robbery in the west evolved from daylight hold ups with explosive vault breaches to covert nighttime heists using nitroglycerin and sound dampening blankets. A Spencer operator’s alert led to a posse pursuit and a deadly shootout ending with two robbers captured or killed.
The St Paul Dispatch reports a Dresbach Minnesota family with ten children all sharing six fingers on their mother's side. Olive Cooper Gaskill, born a wanderer, notes the Cooper family once lived gypsy lives from New York to San Francisco. In both families alternately nine children show six digits or ten toes, with webs between toes and well formed nails. The Gaskills have lived in Dresbach for 32 years and share the same trait.
A sequence of Indiana mishaps leaves multiple fatalities and injuries. Eight cars of a Big Four freight derail near Batesville due to a broken axle, track torn up for 400 yards. In Connersville David Chipman accidentally shoots himself in the back while rabbit hunting. Otterbein youth John Allen, 19, fatally shoots his brother Benjamin, 10, with a loaded 22 rifle. A pay-car knocks Joseph Sands from a Laketon bridge, killing him. Kokomo worker John Irange, a colored laborer, falls into hot lime water and will die. Terre Haute miners Claude Strader and Ed Blue fail to open a keg of powder. Blue dies, Strader dies. Lorenzo Siebert near Anderson fatally injured by a natural gas explosion. his mother seriously hurt and a fire follows.
Alfred G Navin recalls shocking incidents in which customers sought poisons or dangerous items. A girl priced strychnine to kill a cat and died within hours, a man swallowed antiseptic tablets and nearly died, a buyer ate a tablet, and a woman bought slate pencils in bulk and ate them, all revealing unpredictable, fatal risks in ordinary shops.
Ida Challis falls under Alfred May's spell while George Atwood watches from the door. A troubled Ida overhears May boast of breaking them apart, and Atwood confronts her in a balcony moment. Ida confesses fault, vows remorse, and George forgives, inviting a reconciled future.
The Paoli News extols the Indianapolis Southern as unmatched for passenger travel from Brownstown to French Lick, asserting seven foot coal veins south of the line and criticizing Indianapolis residents for not welcoming access, promising benefits if gates were opened.
Capital council No 276 of the Y M I elected officers on Monday night. Fogarty was named president with Cosgrove first vice president Shea second vice president Sharkey recording secretary Budner treasurer Slinger financial secretary McCune corresponding secretary Cahill marshal Cleary inside sentinel Treeter outside sentinel. Executive committee includes Moore Duffy Dwyer Quill and Eagan. Fogarty Cosgrove Sharkey and Budeng were re elected unanimously. Installation set for Jan 6.
Fire incidents sweep Indiana towns with property losses across Scottsburg Elkhart Geneva and Boone County. Garret & Co store in Scottsburg damaged for about 8000 with 15000 insured. Geneva high school burned completely. Boone county infirmary epileptic department burned, superintendent Young rescued two women. Howard county courthouse scorched by overheated pipe, minor damage.
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate a list of Indiana postmaster nominees including Thomas A. Carter Auburn E H Niebaum Aurora Donald McCallum Batesville Vinson V. Williams Bedford J J Shryer Bloomfield Wallace W Williamson Columbia City Thomas W. Wilson Corydon 7 D Parvin Evansville Charles Sullivan Garrett John W. Lewis Huntingburg C P Alexander Kendallville J A Kautz Kokomo James L Caldwell Lafayette John H K Burbank Oakland City Isaac H Lamar Petersburg C B Bentley Warsaw I Stephenson Worthington for confirmation.
A room in a house filled with gas exploded when a match was struck, destroying the house and causing an estimated loss of $3,000. No injuries are mentioned.
St Marys card club met in St Marys hall Tuesday afternoon. Miss Edith Keay hosts a high tea Saturday for Miss Grace Gookin. Miss Helen Spencer and Frank M Smalley announce their engagement with a December 31 date. Gov Durbin and wife to move into new home on N Meridian street next week. Mrs Henry D Pierce hosted luncheon for Miss Mary Fletcher and Miss Josephine Holman Tuesday. Capt Richmond P Hobson guest of Mr and Mrs W P Coleson over Sunday then to Dayton Ohio. Invitations for Miss Zella Rust to wed Harry Fletcher the day after Christmas in Christchurch. Archibald F Martin pioneer of Whitley county dies of paralysis in Columbia City.
The article argues for the Indianapolis Southern railroad, citing its potential to boost freight and passenger traffic into Indianapolis. It emphasizes the rich agricultural resources of the surrounding counties, the region’s timber and stone, and the need for better access to the capital to increase trade with nearby Louisville and Cincinnati.
A local sale offers a violin outfit with case and bow for 1.50 to 3.00 and upgrades up to 350.00. The listing promises better instruments at higher prices and promises demonstrations or displays at the event.
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