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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1905
Page
2
A discussion on urban forestry urges Indianapolis residents to plant trees and improve shade along streets. The Park Board has advanced forestry recently, and future growth should favor hardier forest trees over soft maples due to moisture needs and water drainage constraints.
The text recounts a feverish oil boom with over 60 companies selling stock as gushers appeared. Stock prices rose on occasional success, drawing many into speculation. many investors mortgaged homes hoping for rapid gains while remarkable numbers of firms folded as 8 percent earned money for only a few.
The piece extols the Daniel Roane company and its partners as major figures in Indian oil fortune. It details drilling success across 17 wells, rising stock dividends, and heavy stockholder diversity amid a booming yet fragile field. It notes the Standard Oil threat, price collapses, rapid reductions, and industry-wide financial strain affecting many small firms in the region.
John T. Wilson aged 28 of Downey Street was arrested Tuesday by detectives Lauser and Lara on forgery charges. He is accused of signing the name Hussler Johnson and George to a check for $4 drawn on the American National Bank. Authorities say he committed a similar offense in January passing a check on F. W. Suher.
Special to the Sun New Orleans February 3 A devastating warehouse and dock fire swept Stugvesant docks of the Union Central railroad causing about 5 million dollars in damage. Elevators, sheds, packed cotton, grain, and other goods were lost along with freight cars and equipment. The Union Central had insurance cover. wind drove flames toward the eastern streets while most upper wharves and structures burned, with some portions saved.
The Revolt group asserts foreign contributions from England Germany France Austria totaling 190.04 dollars aid propaganda. Railways and telegraph lines in southeastern Russia are disrupted as workers strike. Maxim Gorky, jailed and bailed at 5000 dollars, is rearrested and reportedly to be deported to a distant city. A terror group letter to Grand Duke Vladimir hints at delaying executions to influence regime actions.
Reports describe Grand Duke Vladimir facing police warnings as funeral rites for Grand Duke Sergius Viadimi unfold. He is said to have shown restraint yet walked in a closed carriage briefly, then on foot along the quay toward the winter palace with Grand Duchess Marit Pavlovna beside him.
In Winston N C February Richard Reynolds a financier aged 68 wed Mandy his private secretary Mary Smith. The couple delayed the ceremony to Tuesday due to a railway delay while Reynolds and his bride traveled from New York via Europe. The event marked Reynolds long private life and was timed to fit a schedule.
In Columbus Feb 2 the supreme court sustained a Toledo Telephone Co rate dispute, holding Ohio power to regulate local telephone charges even when a city had fixed rates. The decision limits intercity rate controls and voids higher city-set prices.
Federal Attorney Cook testified two hours on Monday in the Sanderson murder case. The defense sought to prove that he was at his mother Lydia Sanderson's home in Ford City the night of the murder and that he slept there. A disinterested witness placed Cook at the Sanderson home that night. Several other witnesses were examined.
A February morning wreck near Cumberland Massachusetts killed three people. The victims, workers on the Waban line, were struck by a four passenger train one mile east of trees. Names and precise details remain unclear as investigators sort through the scene.
Pulleys shafting saws and machinery ad appears amid text about a Petersburg robbery and reward. The page also advertises PAZO OINTMENT for piles and Xinzly's Hair Giner claiming hair restoration.
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise a teething remedy described as soothing for children. It claims gum relief, wind colic reduction, and a heat remedy, priced at twenty nine cents. The text is garbled and names Winglow and Warrhooa appear as likely brands or misspellings.
A brief notice advertises $33.00 Pacific Coast fares from Chicago to San Francisco and Vancouver with service to Portland Tacoma Seattle and Los Angeles. It mentions daily escorted Pullman tourist sleeping cars Chicago to Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles, double berths at 97.0% fare, revised dining car meals, and postpaid booklets upon stamp payment. Contact N Mr. Ureese, Gen’l Aut, Of Wale mut Street, Closinnall, Obs.
A Brooklyn Negro church collapse during Sunday service sent women among the victims to the basement as the floor and pews gave way. Thirty people waited for funds while panic spread as congregants fled through doors and windows.
A circuit court jury on Tuesday awarded 2250 to the Blackwell administrator for the estate of Mickey McGlynm against Jusbin and Samuel Fallender. The Fallenders are dealers in junk. Earlier allegations described Meg hiring the explosives to blow up a junk pile, with a dynamo misfire leading to a claimed accident and a digester device involvement.
Warhington reports Rathbone will head the Indianapolis headquarters after the Cincinnati operation is moved. The notice references a home delivery expansion and promises a one day cure claim for Lazauve Bromo Quinine Tadieta with a money refund if not effective.
Timetables show effective Jan 5 191 Muncie Indianapolis division with multiple departures from Indianapolis to Greenfield Knightstown Dublin Cambridge City Zanesville Cincinnati and Dayton. Limited and express trains operate every hour from early morning to late evening with through service to Peru via Logansport instead of IndianapolisLogansport line. Terminal tickets at Marketst. Greenfield line serves central Ohio and nearby points.
The Indianapolis Columbus and Southern Traction Co. operates through trains from Interurban Terminus to Southport Greenwood Whitehind Pranklin Asiy Kajaburg Taylorsville and Columbus with departures at 6 10 a m and hourly thereafter Also trains at 30 10 and 1 15 p m depart to Greenwood and intermediate points via Ohio and Delaware routes to Virgin Ave from north end of viaduct at 18 minutes after the hour Express runs between Columbus and Meridian stations Franklin and intermediate points at 9 11 a m and 3 4 p m
Time table details list limited trains from Indianapolis to Crawfordsville Lebanon Frankfort and other points. Notable departures include 6 0 or 10 am and 2 10 pm with hourly service except limited trains at 7 19 and 9 0 pm. Connecting at Frankfort offers routes toward St Louis and other western points. Information via local agents F D Norvell and S Reynolds.
Cassie L Chadwick appeared before Judge Taylor in Cleveland on Monday afternoon. Attorney Dawley argued a motion regarding indictments tied to Beckwith bank evidence. Judge Taylor overruled the motion to quash the indictments, and Chadwick pleaded not guilty.
Fragmentary text shows a group named Scripps Har Phess Association opposing an ordinance. Mentions WhitTagh Veh and John Farr with references to a court seeking home piles to enjoin. The document quotes a request to halt a driver involved in a motor vehicle issue and to display a large bearing issue of the machine.
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