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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1902
Page
5
Kate, nicknamed Nervy for nursing a mouse, hides in a dim six floor room when locked out after work. She awakens beside her employer, the stocky boss known as High Mightiness, who comforts her and promises reform as they walk out together.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for womanly diseases. It quotes a police chief’s wife who recovered after taking eight bottles of Favorite Prescription and six of the discovery, claiming renewed health and ability to work. The notice also promotes Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
A collection of brief anecdotes from Crawfordsville Jamestown Gosport and surrounding areas. Tiny tales note Frye in the meat trade, Jamestown marshal pay cut to one dollar, a girl causes a stir in Watertown, a Pea Ridge pie social with custard excitement, Gosport youths and train timing, a Worthington boy’s Santa letter for a goat, a school apple theft retort, and locals chasing foxes in idle moments.
Storage shows a shift from simple traditional gifts to moving mechanical toys. American toys, though pricier, are advertised as durable and serviceable with items like Bossy the talking cow, The Little Jeweler set, 50 cent flying machines, a $6 electric railroad outfit, wind up dolls, a complete cardboard theater for $10, and numerous vehicles and noise instruments.
The Friendly Inn reports a sharply reduced tramp population in Indianapolis era conditions. Richard T. Reagin describes three tramp classes, notes more able-bodied beggars and the poor among the indigent, and argues against street aid and free lunches. He asserts beds, meals, and work opportunities are offered to deserving cases.
An agent of the mikado of Japan has bought a complete set of X-ray apparatus designed to detect employees who swallow newly minted gold coins stolen from the mikado’s mints. The device will be used to identify culprits discreetly.
Ben W. Gist of Falls City Nebraska inherited 40000 dollars after an uncle's death. He distributed the money in gold to the poor and to schoolchildren over seven days, then returned to Falls City with the funds exhausted and was declared sane and content in court.
In Galesburg Michigan Mrs Alexander Dowey was knocked unconscious after her family cat leaped from a closet shelf and tangled in her hair. The cat’s frantic struggles required chloroform to free it. Mrs Dowey’s hair protected her head though the party was canceled.
William H. Fox, arrested on a charge of selling bad milk and later discharged, sues City Sanitarian Eugene Buehler and Milk Inspector James K. Stumph for 310000, alleging damage to his character and business.
Indianapolis is favored to host the headquarters of the Knights of Pythias endowment rank, with a committee set to visit Indianapolis Detroit Columbus Ohio and Middletown Ohio after Chicago currently houses the HQ. Richland Indiana December 17.
Judge Baker granted Central Union Telephone Company a restraining order against Merchants Heat and Light Company to stop interference with underground wires and conduits. The dispute centers on a manhole at the southeast corner of Washington and Illinois. Damages sought total $3,000 for conduit interference. hearing set for December 23. Hawkins & Smith represent the applicant.
Sam H. Shanks newly elected justice of the peace for Warren township marries Henry T. Warren and Ada Freeman in the county clerk's office. After the ceremony, clerk George Fate notes Shanks failed to declare his official title. Streets were slippery that Monday as the officiant congratulated the couple.
Hunters in Delaware county Indiana report Belgian hares running freely with common rabbits. The hares are numerous and interbreed with local rabbits, producing several half breed offspring. Belgians are thought to be descendants of former owners who released them during the hare fad.
Judge Neal appointed A. J. Brown receiver for the Noblesville electric light and ice company at the stockholders request. The receiver’s bond is set at 30000 dollars. Indebtedness amounts to 14000 dollars. The plant will be sold at public sale after affairs are settled. Higher fuel costs have caused financial embarrassment.
Dispatch from Sofia cites Dubnitza Macedonia reporting 24 Macedonian workers killed by a Turkish patrol in a mass assault. Authorities and international observers seek details as the incident escalates tensions in the region.
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