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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
6
An advertisement touts Blood Wine as spring medicine for firemen, claiming to cure impure blood and restore stamina. Driver John M. Luby of Worcester Fire Dept endorses its effectiveness and urges purchase at fifty cents a bottle from local sellers.
Earl T Foreman and Aman da Harrington of Terre Haute attempted a private wedding in this city but balked when the bride grew bashful. Justice G H Law was called, and as they walked to his office a clerk shouted turkey causing renewed flirtation before the ceremony was completed at the court house.
Two week meetings in the burg fail to move sinners who do not accept gospel messages. In Rockville the Bellmore Hollandsburg item notes slow progress. in Bedford a Democrat Buddha item reports five skunks taken by hunters Lucky-But Gee Whizz Fletch Hubbard and A C Guthrie from one hole.
Tipton notes Rev Charles Huffer has accepted a call to the Presbyterian church at Pawpaw Michigan. DUNKIRK reports brewery agent Dunkirk C. H. Barnhart violently insane and reported dying. Shelbyville notes Knights of Pythias gathering for district meeting. Richmond says Rev Addison Parker returned from world four month trip. Goshen reports Richard Fidler left for California to trace missing brother who vanished from Reno eight weeks ago. Marion lists three Soldiers’ Home members seeking doorkeeper of the legislature: A. S. Hurtt J S Hobart and F D Story. Decatur reports O D Reynolds the man linked to kidnapping Miss Julia Loser has returned home. Loser returned two weeks ago. Evansville notes George Webb arrested for kidnapping Willie Shutt. Bloomingdale recounts seven hogs killed and three injured by a pen collapse under corn in straw. Waterloo notes attorney W H Leas hogs and horse poisoned by Paris green found nearby.
Gas shortage halts affect Night engines in Anderson with Corliss engine planned. Crawfordsville reports transfer of Omer Cox to Arizona and new lectures by J. B. Elmore. Albion notes Bert Kimmel as first one armed sheriff elect. Logansport cites a political mix up in city government. Marion reports a kidnap claim and a real estate dispute. Muncie adopts crude oil for bridge works. multiple civil suits in progress. South Bend raises reward for murderers. family sues Wabash road over grade crossing deaths. Frankfort recalls Kiln long voyage. Darlington notes oil fire near kitchen. Marion announces a new five story Y M C A building. John Sohn fulfills long standing judgment. Gas explosion injures William White. Authorities target slot machines amid public crackdown.
Miss Hannah Enright, a prominent young woman of Kokomo Indiana, has disappeared. She left home a week ago and has not been heard from since. Her brother's suicide ten years ago is noted as weighing on her mind.
State health board report shows tuberculosis caused 279 deaths in November in Indiana, with 116 among married women. Smallpox led contagious diseases with 441 cases.
Gov. Walter S Jennings narrowly escaped harm in Tallahassee when Holt, an escaped Georgia insane asylum patient, entered the state capitol at 11 oclock. The man forced entry into the governor's private office, challenged the governor for protection from detectives, and was restrained by the governor's secretary until the sheriff arrived. Holt had secured a deputy during his Georgia escape.
James Cox of Paragould Arkansas came to Hunt ingburg to wed Miss Ida Jeffery but discovered she already married last Tuesday night to Ithelbert Kelly yardmaster for the Southern road. Cox had obtained a license before learning of the marriage. He is an engineman formerly with the Southern road.
In Scranton the anthracite strike commission hears nonunion miners describe abuses by strikers. Witnesses admit wages are insufficient for their labor. The nonunion side will continue testimony as Judge Gray delays the session to resume in Philadelphia on January 6.
George Black, owner of the notorious Blue Goose saloon in Burlington Indiana, quits the liquor trade of his own accord after temperance activists filed 39 affidavits. He had been fined in two cases and faced a third trial before promising to abandon the saloon if the others were dismissed. He now runs a successful meat market.
The Tobacco Trust in Chicago announces a war measure to build the biggest cigar factory in the west. It aims to supply union-made goods through the new plant and curb independent retailers who prosper from union brands.
Mrs B Smith of 24 North East Street Indianapolis reports dizziness nervousness and low spirits improved by Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills bought at Hyder's drug store. She says the medicine gave complete relief from dizzy spells strengthened nerves improved sleep and overall health.
The article highlights the dangerous Massachusetts avenue crossing of the Lake Erie and Western and Big Four railways. Five tracks and double streetcar lines create obstructed views at all four corners, with billboards and depots near the rails increasing risk. Switches operate day and night.
A Wisconsin veteran, Adam Goshege of Waukesha, who lost a hand in the Civil War, sent his preserved hand to Congressman Brown to prove his pension claim. The unpacked specimen shocked Brown but he pledged help to expedite the case.
Rev. C. E. Ellsworth and wife lead a two week meeting at Pentel temple Senate ave and Eleventh st to rescue street children by gathering them into Sunday schools. They are joined by A. L. Phillips and wife with nightly services and Sunday sermons at 10 30 am 3 pm and 7 pm.
The Indiana Miami relief bill clears the house. It compensates about 17 600 dollars for funds previously taken with interest owed. The report notes the Miami in Indiana now civilized and many still reside there. Buckskin reappears in local links.
This report lists multiple brief items: Wayne, 68, dies in New York on Wednesday. Frank Parsons and a Virginia boatman drown at Fastville. Russell Sage returns to office to clip interest coupons. measures pass a commerce department bill in the House. Judge Clifford rules on a Chicago home ownership matter. the Czar pardons several Liberia-sent students for government offense. hydrophobia claims Harry Ayersman of Rowlensburg West Virginia after a dog bite on November 19. Boston Steamship Co. awarded transport contract for soldiers to the Philippines. Laura Baum of New Haven gets a divorce from John over alleged hen fruit throwing. H J Hotchkiss of New York retires from the stock exchange after 45 years. Mrs. Alice B. Kirk of Chicago sues for divorce alleging drunkenness. Miss Mary G Fernald of New York kills herself by carbolic acid, daughter of Rev. J C Fernald formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. George Addy of Paterson New Jersey leaves will dating 1883 with $500 yearly to wife and $250,000 to two children. will found only last week after his death.
Bronze medals from Paris arrived with a certificate and must be paid for to obtain gold medals. The State health board and State charities board received the boxes Friday morning and will fund the gold medals themselves.
Albany Indiana residents say two Indianapolis men posing as detectives defrauded them by locating allegedly illegal liquor sales. The supposed detectives produced evidence leading to indictments against two druggists, but the accused never appeared for trial and the cases collapsed. The Marion County sheriff was asked to locate the men but could not.
Charles R. Chapin of Chicago, once resident here, faced heavy damages after his dog bit a neighbor child. He abandoned his Niles home and may move manufacturing interests to Buchanan after a fire destroyed his local paper mill. The Chapin fortune grew from a northern Michigan ore land deed, later leased on royalty with revenue reported up to 250000 dollars.
In Marion Indiana a long running case over 80 acres in Grant county concluded. The state of Indiana on relation of G A Modlin sued A G Yeagley Flora C Yeagley Ida F Landers Joseph Middlesworth and Sarah Middlesworth over a mortgage chain dating to 1849. A prior 1869 joint mortgage was paid but the old mortgage remained uncanceled. The verdict quieted title in the defendants. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad follows.
H. H. Coburn advertises small photos for watches and lockets at 35 Fitzgerald Building, inviting customers to personalize keepsakes.
Indianapolis to Dayton offers three daily first class through trains with no car changes. Departures at 10:57 a.m. and 5:57 p.m. Tickets and full details available at Washington Street or Union Station.
Tickets at fare and one third for round trip for Dec 24 25 31 and Jan 1 with return by Jan 2. Reduced rates for teachers and students returning home for vacation. Offices at cor Illinois and Washington sts and Union Station.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe internal remedy for catarrh affecting the head throat and stomach. It cites a public speaker’s testimony of relief after using two 50 cent boxes and promotes the tablets as non opiate non cocaine with antiseptic value suitable for children and adults.
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