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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
3
Firemen were handling a wrecked engine near Juneh Bowe at 1 a.m. Wednesday as it ran seven miles. A telegram reported a passeng er train involved. Sheriff Bhap and Dosra were seen in public after thieves were exposed.
Price J W, a Bloomington Indiana show steward, was arrested by Detectives Colbert and Slanser for confidence selling fraud during a touring season. He fled to Bloomington after a kitchen hire, with an influx of applicants, while investigators traced communications with the Gentry Era to expose the ruse.
A letter from Hon. Benjamin B. Odell of New Buron extols Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for indigestion constipation and general weakness. Odell cites personal cure and recommends the medicine for kidney liver bladder and blood disorders, praising its promptness and efficacy. The ad-promotional note lists $8 size and $1 bottles with free samples and mentions Henry J. Huger as a seller.
In Richmond Indiana on February 2 a barn owned by John Lackey at Cambridge City burned down. Fourteen horses died in the blaze including Mexico Sos Lafontain and Logan Boy. Separate notes mention thefts and robberies with minor details and misspelled names.
A chaotic compilation from Wheeling Park Falls and Boston reports. A young boxer John Hart Winnan 4 dies from a boxing match with James Jarret in Wheeling. Park Falls residents protest a Wisconsin Central spur by placing a cannon on a rail line near the Wambeau paper plant. In Boston a skyscraper dispute ends with a Supreme Court decision allowing a height reduction, amid political corruption charges and a costly overturn.
A compact clipping records multiple brief items from diverse locales. Notable notes include Mrs. Minnie Lark of Lacrosse Wisconsin perishing in a home fire. Occurrences span arrests, deaths, plans, and local notices across San Francisco Birmingham Wall Street and Alabama communities.
A 10 year old, Robert Campbell, son of W M Campbell of Campbell Boyd & Co, is described as the youngest traveling salesman in Columbus. He has already visited retailers in Columbus and Hope, returning with many orders before the school year began his itinerant career ended for now.
Dr Eurene Buehler of the city health board plans action to stamp out typhoid Fever in Indianapolis. The council may approve $150 to hire an expert to test city water, after 10 cases this year and rising concerns about impure water. Tests by Ansil Moffatt found all samples contained bacteria. officials warn the water may be the disease source.
Indiana brief reports a mad dog scare in Kokomo with families recalling exposure and vaccination concerns. Other items note a school board plan to remove unvaccinated children, a police dog killed near Ilwood, and local obituaries of long time residents Ambrose Shields and Barbara Ainnich age ninety two. Also cited are suicide attempts at Washington and a ministers gambling inquiry in Terre Haute.
Robert Polster, long suspected in the Kersting case, was released after authorities dropped the murder charge. He had been jailed at Morris Janer’s saloon on Washington Street amid rumors reported by THE SUN. Police now find the prior tale unreliable.
In a fragmentary report the Saison claim of innocence clashes with statements from Mrs. Bugs who alleges involvement by her husband. The notes hint at conflicting narratives and unresolved questions surrounding the fatal wound and the suspect’s role amid broader legal and social pressures.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as digesting an egg in warm water within three and a half hours, claiming the tablet enables complete stomach digestion. It promotes the product as a safe, effective aid for digestion using natural ingredients and contrasts it with dieting and harsh laxatives.
WAVASA February report from Cabinae fortreva describes a mutiny by Becand company artillerymen, all white Cubans, who refused to witness the carnival and, after repeated commands to stand at attention, attacked. The clash left twenty-two artillerymen wounded by gunfire as disobedient troops fired in the scuffle. The official white state account says the men raised arms only when ordered to drill and refused further orders.
A Marseilles report quotes Cobselgen Gkiiner saying demand for American peanuts is practically unlimited. Last year the city supposedly consumed at least 16 000 weights of nuts and shell fragments, with restaurants and parks daily carpeted by peanut shells. The writer notes African peanuts are cheap but America could outcompete if prices fall.
In Pittsburg on February 1, the American Steel and Wire Company and independent producers announced a generic price rise on all wire products including wiry nails. The increase follows a January 2 adjustment and brings costs close to pre-cut levels, affecting jobbers, retailers, and carload shipments with varying per hundred weights and rates.
Inspections list grain lots with prices across wheat and white and yellow corn grades. Totals show 37 cars across varieties with several rejections and mixed lots noted.
The report highlights a buoyant Wall Street session with gains in copper and steel shares as investors price in improvements and anticipated policy moves. Wabash and Missouri Pacific show gains while Amalgamated copper leads a broad market uptick. Chicago and Cincinnati live stock markets note cattle and hog receipts and price ranges amid active trading.
Chicago live stock at Union Stock Yards Illinois shows cattle receipts around 31 000 with prime and poor to medium grades priced from 3.70 to 4.60 per hundredweight. Hog receipts near 36 000 with light to heavy categories priced from 1.0 to 7.0 per hundredweight. Sheep receipts about 1 000 with values around 2.60 to 7.50 per head.
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