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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
4
The advertisement boasts hundreds of millions of tins used in biscuit cake and hot breads with every spoonful delivering even perfect results. It claims no other food product has such a record and cites Royal Baking Powder Co. in New York.
A historical note on paper shortages and industry shifts traces the rise and fall of Saulsberry, an Indianapolis paper maker. He clung to old methods as mills modernized, losing his business and dying in New England, while Beveridge mill later modernized but stopped producing newspapers.
In New Brunswick New Jersey Miss Abbie Dey, long time assistant to director E W McGann, has headed the state weather service after his illness. She has maintained the temperature records and issued daily forecasts with the same regularity as her chief.
In Rochester New York a lawsuit stems from a farmer claiming an 1804 silver dollar was swallowed by a cow. Wm Guppy seeks an injunction to stop sale of the animal amid coin-collecting interest, while Wallace Bridges counters by naming a Hamlin buyer and seeking dismissal.
In Cedarhurst a seven year old, Willie Smith, lay comatose for six months after a runaway horse knocked him down. He revived at times, breathed again, then faded, then revived once more. Doctors consider possible acute Brights disease scarlet fever and spinal injury with a fighting chance for life.
Bakers Corner maps and local births include two sets of twins and other names such as Frank Zike, Warren Pickett, and James Hodson. A Bourbon rooster dies. Clay City Reporter skips a week while editor covers a turkey. Indiana baseball rumors, treeski, and wooden peltskis mix with frost, post offices, and curious watermelon carving by Charles Jenkins in New Albany.
Rev D R Lucas recalls arriving in Indianapolis in 1888 as pastor of Central Christian Church near Delaware and Ohio streets. He describes the Sun office beside his study alley, share of newsboy cries, a morning incident about Harrison, and a formative exchange with a reporter that led to an article and sermon. The Sun’s youthful staff left a lasting impression on him and the church.
In a New York News excerpt a man teases a woman about ideals and loves, claiming many girls seek an ideal partner. Their playful exchange leads to a confession that he, too, has found his ideal, sparked by a glimpse of a stranger’s gray eyes and a shared moment of honesty.
In Pulaski on Monday saloonist Michael Link shot John Lowry in the windpipe and Lowry is not expected to recover. Link says Lowry and his two brothers assaulted him and a customer. Link is held on $5,000 bond. A separate item notes a $25,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie for a public library in Huntington Indiana.
Chappie Johnson the murderer of Joel Combs in Haughville became devout while in Marion County Jail. He asked for a Bible on admission and left with three. A colored preacher in jail urged salvation, and Johnson's conversion occurred before transfer to the penitentiary. Prisoners show strong Bible reading amid a broad demand for literature.
For six years Tony Geisetti scavenged the city dump at the garbage crematory for rags bottles and junk. He found money jewelry silverware and valuables. He retires with about 10000 in savings and plans to move to Cincinnati to start a business with his brother.
Mrs. Horace McKay will receive on Thursday for Rev and Mrs. Dewhurst. Miss Zella Rust will marry Harry R. Fletcher on Thursday. Evadne Hayward hosted a high tea with 40 guests Monday. Katherine Schrader will join a Greenfield family reunion at her sister’s home. German children’s party Monday featured self made picture frames. Rev and Mrs James L Gardiner visit Rev and Mrs Joshua Stansfield.
Barclay Donohue of Kokomo placed what he believed was shoe polish in the oven to thaw. An explosion ripped the stove apart and badly burned his aunt, wife, and baby as the nog cholera medicine ignited. Donohue smothered the flames with bed quilts.
Samuel Hutchison, who wandered from the county infirmary during severe cold, was found frozen to death Monday in a straw stack at the St. Vincent orphanage farm. He had suffered from an incurable disease and inebriety and was once a prominent citizen.
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