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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1902
Page
5
At the Union station a gateman named Roney identified Lake Erie & Western travelers from a mixed group. He claimed no power over other lines, yet others say he can distinguish Big Four Panhandle and Monon passengers as well.
In a spring park Skeffington recalls a flirtatious encounter with a French poodle owner and later helps Skeffington’s friend Lord Dennis Gorison, a South Africa veteran facing a breach of promise threat from an actress. Gorison begs Skeffington to craft a tale to avert forced marriage to preserve the Southbrook name.
An old advertisement touts Rough on Corns with liquid and salve forms and Wells Hair Tone as the latest in hair care. It markets Rough on Moths Ants and Fleas for 60 cents a two pound can and Liquid Lightning for rheumatic pain. The ad also claims Rough on Pain relieves all aches and a bunion cure costs 25 cents with immediate comfort.
A narrator meets Miss Elle Brenan at 5 Westbury Mansions Hyde Park. He explains a delicate matter to win consent for Lord Dennis Gorison’s arranged marriage to an American heiress. Elle Brenan agrees to be generous, but the twist reveals her decision to end the engagement, leaving the narrator intriguingly conflicted and confessing his enduring affection.
A historical discussion argues that vaccination could wipe out smallpox as generations vaccinated shift immunity. It notes past outbreaks in Indianapolis 1882 3 with many deaths, contrasts milder present cases, and credits Jenner for real vaccination begun in 1798. A young Indianapolis physician foresees possible eradication after further vaccination.
The white wash hat becomes popular in Indianapolis as a versatile ready to wear option. Suited for outings, it pairs with white shirt waists, features round outing shapes with stitched brims, and soft white trims of wash chiffon or mull. Prices are modest at 98 cents ready trimmed.
Missouri Kansas & Texas surveyors report hills lifted inches and cracks in mounds near Tulsa indicating subsurface gas pressure with venting and a small top volcano tossing boulders, suggesting a large oil and gas field. A separate Philadelphia incident describes Isaac Supplee’s drug store blast on July 4 where Joseph Chaplan died mixing marble dust with hydrochloric acid to generate carbonic acid gas after overcharging a soda tank.
Elliott Ayres hosts a tennis party Saturday afternoon. Miss Susie M Noble leaves for Omaha for the summer. Miss Dorothy Donlon visits Richmond then joins Basslake trip. Thimble club hosted July 3. Mrs Barbara Trott and William R Hart wed at N Illinois street home by Rev C E Bacon. Samantha Miller and daughter Bessie, and Percy Miller plan three months in the Rocky mountains. Katherine Clark hosted a garden party for Lillian Blood at Virginia avenue home. Seventh Presbyterian Choral Verein led by Charles Clay meets Jessie Reba Keefe on Harrison street. Eleanor Moore and Charles F Talkington marry at Mrs George P Meier home. Rev J Cumming Smith officiates. only families present. A pale blue foulard gown noted.
The Cheyenne near Calumet hold a council of war over a sun dance torture prohibition issued by Indian agent Stouch. The war department has been notified of the dispute.
In Preston Arkansas on Sunday night convicts being used for Fort Smith road work cut their way out of a cattle car turned stockade and escaped.
A July 8 cloudburst in McKane Missouri sent a torrent through streets, washing away loose debris and damaging property. No fatalities are reported, but the city faces substantial losses from the sudden flood.
CHICAGO July 8 Mrs Burnett W Pyle learned her husband’s location after twenty two years of ignorance finding him Monday in an undertaking shop dead from a personal safety related wound.
Charles Levine of New Castle seeks guardianship in Boston courts to block his nine year old nephew Abel Tebalovits from becoming a rabbi. Abel is an orphan living with grandfather Tevia Agnus, a Boston rabbi who envisions Jewish return to Jerusalem. Grandfather touts Abel as a Bible prodigy and potential leader of a future Jewish-led fulfillment.
A two and a half foot alligator was fished from the Chicago river near the Twelfth Street Bridge and taken to a police station. Police have not learned how it reached the water or who owns it.
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