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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
5
Maj Harold Megrew recalls a Havana restaurant scramble to order a meal amid unfamiliar Spanish menus and no English speakers. He turns heroic waiter play into a feast, then a German brewery joke rounds out the reading with a punchline about beer and headaches.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will measure heat loss from a human body during sneezing using a respiration calorimeter at Middletown Connecticut. The setup includes an air tight chamber, cooling system, a wall of sensors, a bicycle dynamo, and a long observation period to record temperature and energy changes across 48 experiments with five volunteers.
Police Captain Martin Hyland discusses officer safety noting plain clothes officers face greater risk from suspects. He explains he carries extra weapons in civilian dress, including a sand-bag mace, and believes a gun is often used for bluffs though he has not fired in 17 years.
Mrs Elwood P Fichener and her 1 year old daughter Mabel fell 200 feet while watching Copperas mountain fires. The mother died from a broken neck while the child survived with arm fractures and internal injuries amid a miraculous escape aided by a neighbor's child Alberta Collins.
In Arizona a seven man mining party led by a Maine youth Tom Granville goes on a hunt near the Little Colorado river. After an Indian attack, Granville uses his repeater to fire on the pursuers, killing six or seven and saving the group. He later earns fame and wealth, though remains modest.
A Bloomington sendoff for two Gentry dog shows begins March 1 with tours southward. Several odd anecdotes follow, including a Evansville man’s mouse-punching escapade over repairs, a North Madison preacher’s sleigh ride mishap, and a Reachdale town jab about mumps. The Lafayette Call notes management changes and a Greensburg porter’s coal-fire mishap, while Indiana’s breadwinners get praise for labor commissioner L P McCormack’s career and charm. Henry Gouslen is jailed briefly after beating his wife, who later frees him.
An elderly seaman, Tom ONeil, notes sailors raised on seas grow seasick on the Great Lakes. He recalls storms on the lakes and a Chicago 1875 balloon incident where a reporter died and the balloonist vanished, with the body later found.
The Clarion publishing company of Princeton is incorporated with ten thousand dollars capital. The Indiana Methodist conference plans a missionary council to be held in Indianapolis next Thursday and Friday. Funeral services were held for J H Reade aged 53 from his Park Avenue home. A widow and two children survive. The G A R ladies circle No 23 will host an entertainment and musical at Pearson's hall 135 N Delaware next Thursday night Feb 20 with dancing afterward. Adoniram lodge A E S R elect officers led by Thrice Potent Grand Master L E Morrison and a full slate including deputy grand master Chalmers Brown grand junior warden E M Campbell grand hospitaler J E Milner secretary P T Holliday treasurer C F Meyer and others.
The Mississippi froze over and pedestrians crossed it for days. Frank Schlesky, a laborer from the east side, broke through the ice Wednesday evening and drowned. A companion narrowly escaped.
Miss Lillie Reese hosts a luncheon on Mondazx. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lemcke issue dinner invitations for Friday. Mrs. D S Hill plans a dinner at the Hotel English on Thursday. Mrs. Alice Havens and David Warner marry Wednesday at the parsonage. They will live at 2210 IE Washington St. Mrs. George Bliss hosts a matinee and luncheon at key venues on Wednesday. A reception honors Dr. and Mrs. Jaeger hosted by the Meyers and Moyers at the Americas club Wednesday night.
Kansas City jury convicts Will Prince of being an accessory to the murder of Philip Kennedy. The verdict assigns him four degree manslaughter with a two year penitentiary sentence and notes an expected appeal.
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