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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
8
A farmer, Tom Eagling of ten miles southeast of Brownstown Indiana, reports a remarkable deformity as one of his cows gave birth to a two headed calf. The creature has a natural head and a second head where the tail should be, with a single eye in the center of that head. Despite the anomaly the calf is alive.
Four men were pulled from the top of a lime kiln in Richmond and sentenced to 60 days in the chain gang. Police warn that the kiln fumes act as an opiate, and that 50 to 75 men have been roasted to death in recent years while hundreds more were rescued.
A fire started on the third floor of the six story building at 84 to 92 Illinois street in Chicago and rapidly burned out the top three floors. The loss is about 100000 dollars. The Dauchy iron company occupied the upper floors, Cebertsen iron casting on the third, and L Steffens shoe company on the lower floor.
The heirs of Father Garnier, procurator of the Char treuse monastery, sue current monks to recover the distillery and damages in the millions of francs, contending the title to the liquor business belongs to Garnier personally, not to the order.
Rev. Thomas J Villers of First Baptist Church returns from Boston and denies plans to leave his Indianapolis flock for Tremont Temple. He was unofficially asked about the post and indicated he preferred Indianapolis.
Paris dispatch says President Loubet plans a return visit to the czar in May or June. The Gaulois reports the possible timing as a major diplomatic note for the season.
A banquet of the Indiana commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars was held at the Hotel English on Wednesday night. Civil War veterans traded stories with younger soldiers while Gen W J McKee presided as toastmaster. Officers elected included Brig Gen W J McKee as commander and several vice commanders, a secretary, treasurer, registrar, surgeon, and a council of officers.
In Lafayette, George Ilgenfritz aged 80 and Maria G. Landis aged 52 eloped from Wea township and wed in Frankfort. Ilgenfritz owns 40 acres and is respected, though his children's objections are noted. Bedford reports Mrs. John Miller burned by a celluloid comb atop a hot stove, hair burned off. she will recover. Jeffersonville notes Chester Evans, escaped from the reformatory in 1900, returned and surrendered after claiming wartime service in the Boers. Fort Wayne covers Dr. McBeth showing Fort Wayne College of Medicine students the body of Winebrenner with smallpox, viewed through a raised window as the room heated.
John Herring of Valparaiso aged 81 remembered as a Porter county pioneer. H. Carstens, Michigan City merchant, died in Florida. Patrick McDonnell aged 175 born in Ireland with nine children surviving. Christopher Sample of Goshen died suddenly at 59 from apoplexy leaving five children. Louis Foster age 8 of Marion credited with laying out the town and owning the site of the courthouse.
Princess Bamba Sophie Dhuleep Singh, daughter of the Lahore maharajah, the only titled student at Northwestern woman's medical college, dislikes American boys and plans to move to a Toronto medical college to gain rank. She refused to report the snowball incident, citing England would police such behavior.
City notices report Rev Joshua Stansfield addressing the Gideons at Meridian Street Church next Sunday evening with traveling salesmen invited. New Indianapolis German park association directors elected, chorus applications open at Starr piano, and multiple civil cases update local readings.
Evansville Elks plan a 25000 dollar hall while Brazil seeks Carnegie funds for a library. Tipton to get a new theater. New Castle butcher finds 200 dollars in a tobacco bag. Peru woman nearly dies from laudanum. doctors save her. Danville couple celebrates 64th anniversary. South Bend grocer president elected. Booneville death in snow. Lafayet te collision blocks traffic. La Porte boy shot in the side. Powder company to build mills near Petersburg. first cabin built in Abington in 1814. Concordia College quarantined for mild diphtheria. Farmers form a protection group to catch thieves. rewards offered.
Real estate notice for a house on easy monthly payments with price ranges from 450 to 4500 dollars. Offers 50 to 500 dollars down and 10 to 30 dollars per month. Encourages stopping rent. Advertises Yargen Davis at 1 Stevens on Building. tf.
Bitter cold era prompts sale of a 2k-story house barn and poultry setup with 7 rooms bath cellar attic porch shade fruit east front listed under 3200 dollars. Cash or easy terms offered. Call mornings only 3110 Central Ave. tf. Real estate listing promises prompt service through Binford and Arrher, 1514 N Penn. tl WANTED dental work cheap and materials at cost at Central College of Dentistry.
A long list of rooms for rent across multiple streets. Includes furnished and unfurnished options with water, gas, bath, and kitchen privileges. Prices range from a few dollars weekly with many rooms on first floors. Also an ad for a mortgage loan company offering confidential personal loans with no mortgage or indorser.
The Grand offers Willis Sweatman the minstrel monologist Mlle Chester and her posing dog a novelty the Probyn sisters in a musical sketch and contralto Lucille Saunders. The Park switches to melodrama Thursday with The last sentence The Empire continues the Irwin burlesquers all week.
Time card defines train equipment and service codes for daily runs. Codes include D for Dining Car S for Sleeper S for Sunday only O for Sunday. other letters designate Parlor Car Parlor Car and Chair Car. The legend explains classifications for train compositions and service availability.
A historical timetable fragment lists multiple railroad lines and services from Cleveland, Benton Harbor, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Peoria, and Springfield Columbus. It includes arrivals, departures, and train names such as Knick, Fort Wayne express, and Ohio special, with operating times and routes noted in compact schedule form.
Rail timetable shows departures from Philadelphia and New York routes with numerous stations including Baltimore Washington Chicago Vincennes and Logansport. Several trains listed midday afternoon and evening with Martinsville and Richmond connections and a mix of express and local stops.
Train departures and arrivals listed for the Vandalia line covering T H, St. L. & West routes with morning and evening times. Western Express shows 9:30pm departure and 4:45pm arrival. Details include St. L. connections and Effingham accommodations.
Rail timetable fragment lists express and local services with times in a terse sequence. It references the Decatur and St Louis line, Chicago express, Tuscola accommodations, and various departure and arrival times in hours and minutes. The data appears as a garbled OCR snippet of a passenger timetable with multiple time entries and stations.
Train schedule fragment shows departures and arrivals for Tol. Chi. and Mich. ex.7 0 am 10 25 am Tol Det Chi limited 12 20 pm 13 25 pm Mun Laf Lap special 7 20 pm 10 25 pm indicating mixed timings and transfers on the Lake Erie and Western line.
Desart arrives on the Chicago night express at 5.7 12:35 a.m. Chicago fast mail departs with 7:00 a.m. arrival 7:55 a.m. Chicago express departs 11:50 a.m. 12:40 p.m. Chicago vestibule Monon accommodation listed.
A fragmentary train timetable lists multiple routes and times between Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, and Detroit. Entries show departures and arrivals with abbreviated station pairs and inconsistent formatting, reflecting OCR garble from a historical timetable page.
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