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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
7
Two hundred temporary clerks in the census bureau were dismissed in a first major cut with a larger reduction planned for February. Most affected workers were women who received formal notice without warning. Director Merriam faced crying appeals from the staff and pressure from members of Congress as the layoffs sparked protest.
Police were called to Edgar Day in a Teledo Street home where Day held Constables Newhouse and Reno at bay with a large knife during an attempted writ of replevin to seize a stove. Day surrendered when approached by Bicycle Officers Streit and Losh. Newhouse booked him for assault and battery.
New York Central Railroad has quietly accumulated over 5 million dollars in property around Grand Central depot in eight days after the wreck. The purchases support plans for a new underground station and an electric loop to carry suburban traffic.
The South-side Turnverein introduces new officers led by First Speaker Henry Victor and Second Speaker H. Mitschrich. Fred Weiffenbach serves as recording secretary with A. Elberecht as corresponding secretary and Henry Victor as treasurer. Trustees include Mack Sr., Fred Mern, H. Roebke, and Carl Sander. Warders of apparatus are George Schmitz and KF Baker with turning supervisors C. Toll, L. Rossfield, and E. Dittrich.
Henry Northcraft and George Perleim, both young farmers, were found frozen to death locked in each other’s embrace near Johnson’s Mills, Pa. They had visited their sweethearts Sunday night and were returning home when their horse frightened and plunged over a steep embankment into a creek, 40 miles north of Cumberland.
Dr. L H Laidley orders vaccination for everyone on the world’s fair grounds in St. Louis as of January 16. The medical director aims to prevent outbreak and protect visitors and workers during the exposition period.
Julius Reichart 71 tanner Henryville James J Mayes 78 printer Vincennes Thomas Burris 81 soldier Plainville George A Darker 34 bookkeeper Fort Wayne fell dead on street.
Classified notices and ads list patent attorney contact in Indianapolis and miscellaneous wants including business cards and a home for a girl. Also advertised are a drug store for sale a grocery and meat market and gas engines from Monarch Gas Engine Co with contact details provided.
Classified section lists seven room house on Rural Street for sale on any payments. Dwinnell at 226 Mass Ave offers various wanted jobs including washing in public institutions, office girl, working housekeeper, dishwasher, factory work, general housework by German woman, and sweeping duties. Also ads for optician services, room rentals, loans, and railroad time card updates.
George Stanberry, superintendent of the American encaustic tile works, was invited to a meeting of officers and directors in New York where he received a solid silver dinner set of over 300 pieces valued at about 1000 dollars in celebration of his twenty five years as superintendent. His plant claims all its machinery is patent under his leadership and his income is described as princely.
Troops from Frankfort and Lexington arrived by special train in Leemingsburg Kentucky. No violence occurred and the soldiers are quartered at the courthouse. The Gaskins trial resumed Thursday morning with a verdict expected Friday. The troops stay until the case ends for safety.
John W. Gates of Chicago lost 25000 in a poker game at the Waldorf Astoria on January 16. Also at the table were Jake Field Harry Field and Billy Oliver with two of Gates cronies.
In Richmond Indiana on Wednesday night Harry Rentfrow a Panhandle brakeman was ground to death beneath a locomotive. The accident occurred during yard work near the city.
Interview with Captain Tom Halls reveals a nationwide network of chiefs and detectives in ciphered communications. He recalls a near miss capture in Ohio where a fugitive was seized with no bloodshed, illustrating the constant risks faced by federal agents in enforcing Uncle Sam's laws.
A dense OCR list shows Pennsylvanian lines schedules from various stations including Martinsville, Philadelphia, Chicago, and St Louis. The page details arrival and departure times, connections to Columbus Louis, Vincennes, Dayton, Xenia, Logansport, and others, plus multiple accom and express services.
Daily departure and arrival times for CHI IND and LOUIS routes. Night express and fast mail schedules show Chicago departures at 12:55 am, 7:00 am, 11:50 am and 1:35 pm with corresponding arrival times. Mononaccom service listed at 4:00 pm and 11:00 am.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple train services and connections among Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Chicago, Detriot and other lines. Entries include express, fast mail, limited, and through trains with departure times such as 4:00 am and 8:00 am and various connections. The note reflects a timetable page with multiple route options and transfer points.
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