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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
6
In Indiana a circuit court in a county still begins with the old French summons Oyez Oyez Oyez. Judge R L Wilson recalls Ripley county’s bailiff who delivers O yes instead of Oyez and notes the chant sounds more minstrel show than dignified procedure.
A mosaic of small items from cities like Goshen South Bend Muncie Loganport Richmond and Fort Wayne notes on crime politics business and society. Police raises salaries oil rates school board elections burglaries and court cases mix with local color and oddities from towns including Auburn Florida and Marion.
Richmond residents observed a demoralized mood after a Sunday with many staying indoors and a trip by Arthur Leaply and Frank Strictland of Barrey to Indianapolis to study window dressings and designs used in the capital city.
Bloomington Indiana dec 18 the Weekly Gimlet is praised as the world’s smallest newspaper with a young editor and manager both 11 13 years old printing and editing a single sheet five by seven inches subscription 2 cents a month its attic office at Prof Johnston home reports coverage of local boy feats sports and school news while lampooning university football. boastful and humorous profile of this tiny publication and its teenage staff.
Brief snippets describe Marion and Valparaiso areas with remarks on shop windows, a Presbyterian Elk fined for a Christmas fund, a North Judson temperance corner display, Rushville Star breakfast critique, Connersville ribbing of a breakfast habit reporter, and a Wayne County incident of tobacco spitting on Main Street.
Brazil Indiana December 18 council passes a Sunday closing law enforcement ordinance fining saloon owners for entering or leaving by nonfront doors and banning adjoining rooms during prohibited hours. A informer who warns owners of approaching officers faces arrest and a 5 to 25 dollar fine. Saloon men plan to test the ordinance in supreme court.
Mrs Burke testified she awoke to find Alexander with a razor over her, then attacked her husband who was asleep on a lounge. Burke was slain. Mrs Burke and her 12 year old daughter corroborated. Alexander claims Burke tried to kill his wife and died by own hand.
Report from Greencastle states DePauw University president H A Gobin plans to resign. Trustees have been notified, with resignation expected to be held until the June meeting at the close of the school year. Chancellor Hickman resigned recently, saying two heads were not best for the institution. A reorganizing committee aims to revise teaching plans.
Gertrude Evans formerly Lincoln aged 15 is granted a divorce in Lafayette Superior Court making her the youngest divorce party in Tippecanoe County history. She married Newton Evans in November 1901 just before turning fourteen and separated in August 1902 over temper and claimed ignorance of wifely duties.
Dr A A Ames former Minneapolis mayor remains in Louisville with his physician Dr T Hunt Stuckey as law officers search for him. Sheriff Dreger and Deputy Clausler departed a week ago believing he had fled. Mrs Ames travels in New Hampshire with friends, while local detectives acknowledge his presence but deny active pursuit.
Two widows in Bay Shore Illinois plan to advertise for husbands. Mrs Eliza F Goldsmith a 49 year old widow and her daughter Mrs Anna Louise Brown 22 seek mates with three traits true honest upright and under 50. They emphasize steadiness meals and companionship.
In Sioux Falls Mrs Blanche Molineux notes two neighbors with blended families. One woman has two sets of children by divorced husbands, the other man has two sets of children by a wife now divorced. After six months they plan to marry and Mrs Molineux wonders how the children will relate. She offered a pair of gloves for the maid’s answer.
Indianapolis man M Lemons credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief from years of kidney weakness and backache. He says after using one box he passed two large gravel stones without operation and his back grew stronger. Sold by dealers. Doan’s promoted by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan’s.
Orlando Feeney a 48 year old local butcher died after taking morphine during a personal crisis. He rode a trolley to Bridgeport to say farewell to his daughters Lillian and Norma, kissed them, and died within a half hour. Doctors treated him but the overdose proved fatal.
An advertisement claims men can cure impotence and related issues at home using a free prescription from Dr. Knapp Medical Co. Readers are urged to mail name and address to receive the Doctor's full prescription and all necessary materials. Personal testimonials praise dramatic improvements and renewed vigor.
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