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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1902
Page
5
The weather bureau faces a deluge of calls as staff field far from routine questions about rain and umbrellas. An office boy bails rainfall while Blythe records the day’s weather and staff joke about predicting cases and crops.
An Indiana climate bureau official describes to merchants and shippers how weather warnings are issued. Volunteers supply daily data, 58 in Indiana and 3,000 nationwide, aiding climate and crop services. Warnings reach perishable goods firms by phone and telegraph, with emergency alerts issued by the bureau chief during great calamities like Galveston.
Jane Shirkie of Clinton, Indiana, is celebrated as the United States' only woman coal operator with daily management of a mine. At 68 she oversees 150 workers, with two sons employed as bosses, and plans a future in mining after her husband's death.
In the Chicago Daily News story Tough Johnson, famed for his hard luck and fondness for strong drink, is found six weeks after a supply run returned as the quartermaster discovers him atop six shrunken Mexican mules. Johnson explains the alkali grass caused the mules’ colic and his six weeks of tending them saved the animals from death.
Hoboken saloonkeeper Robert Schwegennis sues retired sea captain August Brall for 300 dollars and the parrot’s return. A sailor brought the bird from Brazil to Schwegennis who says Brall trained it seven weeks but now demands 50 dollars for the bird and 7 dollars weekly for food and tuition.
A collection of short items from the Hoosier region includes Elmer Anderson of Posey Creek threatening to shoot a dog tail prankster after a tin can incident. Rev Mosby and others dine together as the dog causes chaos at table.
The great army of caterpillars reaching Col. area feasts on aspen leaves on Straub mountain Big Bull mountain and nearby ranges. They are so thick trains have stopped and the district is marooned until the infestation subsides. An effort to block the electric line was abandoned.
Bourke Cockran, at the Tammany celebration in New York, emerged as the political feature of the Fourth. The event started at the Fourteenth Street wigwam at 10 a.m. with Cockran speaking for the first time since his split from Richard Croker. Others included Charles A. Culbertson of Texas W. S. Cowhern of Missouri and Samuel B. Cooper of Texas.
Indianapolis homes boast elaborately styled porches this summer with lush flora on Pennsylvania Street and Alabama Street. Porches feature green prairie grass furniture, rattan and willow pieces, brass and oak accents, colorful clematis blooms, and new high quality outdoor suites selling for notable sums.
J H Davidson seeks a charter from the American Federation of Labor for industrial insurance agents and threatens to bring the issue to the A F L convention in New Orleans if denied. Canvassing agents seek recognition, while some leaders argue they belong with Canvassing Agents' unions. Big Four machinists plan talks on wage increases in Indianapolis. Painters and carpenters drift into Indianapolis for work as conditions prompt warnings to outsiders. Central Labor Union election expected to reelect old officers. Labor Day parade marshal to be chosen. leather workers’ Sunday withdrawal cited as a potential setback for candidate Frank Columbia.
El Fisher of Jet, Oklahoma, recalling Civil War service with the Seventeenth Indiana, speaks of illness after 1864 and years of treatment before finding relief in 1890 with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits the pills with a rapid recovery and recommends them, noting cures touted by others. The pills are sold at six drug stores or by mail from Schenectady New York at 60 cents a box, three boxes for two dollars and fifty cents.
The Bricklayers union plans its first annual picnic on Sunday July 2 at Columbia grove with free wagons from 8 Meridian streets. Bottlers union No 230 schedules a picnic for Sunday July 13 at Columbia grove. Brewery workers union moved about 20 striking Cincinnati brewery workers to Indianapolis.
The Saints in Christ assemble from Brooklyn Staten Island Ottawa Montreal Columbus Cleveland Philadelphia and Scranton at 91 Walnut Street Binghamton to await the end of the world. They spent the Fourth of July watching for the second advent and will remain in session until Monday. They claim no specific creed beyond a sincere effort to do right.
John S Poland camp No 7 of Spanish American War veterans elected officers Thursday night. Commander Russell B Harrison senior vice commander M J Scanlon junior vice commander H A Callon adjutant O M Astley quartermaster F W Rubin chaplain H L Henderson officer of the day Fred Hornaday officer of the guard Dr Oliver.
Henderson North Carolina resident J A Kelly recounts a summer bout of dysentery and credits Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy with quick, satisfactory relief after following directions. The testimonial notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Special fast trains offer round trip excursions from Indianapolis to Cincinnati for $1.25 with no stops, departing 7 a.m. from Union Station and returning at 7 p.m. Also service to Terre Haute for $1.00 and Greencastle for 75 cents with same schedule from Union Station and return times.
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