Heat Prostration Spreads Through Indianapolis
City records 29 cases in a day with two fatalities. Among the dead were Captain Michael B. Kelly and Jueonard Cox. Dozens suffer severe heat illness as doctors rush to treat the afflicted.
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09 Jul 1897
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Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
1
Heat Advice From Dr Jameson and Health Board
Dr Philip Jameson notes Indianapolis has fewer heat prostrations than Chicago St Louis or Cincinnati due to ventilation yards and less crowding. He warns against ice water beer excess and heavy foods in heat and offers tips including lemon acids moderate soda, daily baths, cold water to head and chest, and seeking a physician for sunstroke. The State Board of Health suggests reducing worry simple diet vegetables and avoiding pork veal and stimulants during hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Jameson
Indianapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Jameson
State Board OF Health
Weather forecast for Indianapolis 36 hours ending July 10
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for fair and cooler conditions with Friday night showers and possible thunder. Record heat broke on Friday with temperatures rising through the day from 82 at 7 am to a peak near 99 by 2 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Taylor Begins Action Over Civil Service Protection
U.S. deputy marshal Charles Taylor seeks an injunction against Marshal Kercheval to block his removal from office. Taylor, appointed October 1896, cites civil service rules adopted that November and alleges Kercheval aims to oust him for political reasons. Judge Baker postponed ruling to September, allowing Taylor to stay in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Taylor
U.S
Kercheval
Taylor
Civil Service
Helstein
Warrum
Berryhill
Wishard
Roscoe Hawkins
Baker
Fire escapes required for Indiana factories
Factory inspector McAbee has ordered eight Indianapolis factories to install mandated fire escapes at once. The design includes floor landings, two windows, and stairlike descents with banisters, ensuring safer exits for female employees under the new Indiana law.
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Indiana
McAbee
Indianapolis
Alleged Bribery Casts Shadow Over City Council
The council will hold a special meeting Monday evening to probe charges that a councilman offered to use his influence to push adoption of a police patrol system for five thousand dollars.
Bargain Parade At Local Stores In Full Swing
The ad pages boast shoe bargains from St Note Earle and Geo. IXreitkin, wall paper from Albert Gall, and fashions from Rubens and The When. Parrott & Taggart promote bread and Chas Mayer & Co. tout hammocks and a full stock, while The Progress promises a grand re opening sale with no old goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gall
Danbury
Parrott & Taggart
Badger Furniture
Geo
Wasson
Monarch
Sixteenth-st
Illinois
Messenger
Maguire’s
Coughlin
Wilson
New York
Progress Clothing
Flinders
Strong Fight Ahead As Epworth League Delegation Leaves
A committee of Revs Co C Lasby J W Duncan H J Talbott J A Sargent T J Cox and E B Rawls will attend the international Epworth league meeting in Toronto next week and invite the 1898 Indianapolis convention. They depart Tuesday carrying invitations from city government and local trades. A strong fight is to be made. Harry Webber has sold his theatrical interests at Wildwood park to Fred A Sullivan who will run the summer season. Sullivan is an experienced theater man. Thursday’s show drew a fair crowd and Friday admission for ladies with escorts is free.
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Jueonard Cox
Michael B. Kelly
Kelly
Military Park
Arnold Buttig
S. Noble Sr
W. H. Armstrong & Co
Stalhuth
Trinois St
Thirteenth
Stabbuth
Edward Gary
Columbus, O
Brightwood
City Hospital
Joseph McFall
Pennsylvania St
Meridian St
Maggie Fletcher
Massachusetts
Hammel’s Grocery
Br. McChesney and Rhodes
City
Brown-Ketcham Foundry
Maryland St
St. Vincent’s Hospital
A. Bedell
Vandalia
Rhodes
Shelby
Frederick Hartman
Jasper Byard
Willie Murphy
P. D. Murphy
Madison-ave
Pleasant Run
Benjamin E. Thomas
Blake Sr
Stevenson
George Schwenk
Burford
Pearl-st
Carrie Kirsch
Bell
Pratt-st
New York
Brigihists
Elis
George Shelby
Senate Ave
Washington and
Pennsylvania Sts
Florsheim
Yarger
Pogue
Revs. Co. C. Lasby
J. W. Duncan
H. J. Talbott
J. A. Sargent
T. J. Cox
E. B. Rawls
Toronto
Indianapolis
Mr. Webber
Harry Webber
Wildwood Park
Fred A. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Councilman Montgomery Backs Prescription Drug Ordinance
Councilman Montgomery has prepared an ordinance prohibiting the sale of morphine opium and other poisonous drugs without a physician's prescription, aiming to curb unsafe distribution and protect public health.
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Montgomery
Telephone number 880 remains same after call
The notice states that the telephone number mentioned will remain unchanged at 880 and advises to call that number for further contact.
Trouble At Hawaii as Oregon Heads to Pacific Mission
The battleship Oregon begins coal loading at Port Angeles to sail to San Francisco and Honolulu. The move follows fears of a Japanese push to seize Hawaii, with diplomats seeking rapid annexation ratification to empower U S forces. Admiral Miller may command from Honolulu if the flag is raised.
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Washington
Oregon
Port Angeles
Wash
San Franciso
Philadelphia
State Department
Hatch
McKinley
Hawaii
United States
Marion
Monolulu
Custom House
Beardslee
DeRuiter Divorce Case Seeks Alimony and Property
Laura E. DeRuiter files for divorce from Derk DeRuiter after a prior court session halted by Judge McMasters. She seeks alimony and return of real estate transferred to the husband or his associates, claims of coerced reconciliation, stock transfers, and loss of her passbook. She also alleges repeated accusations of infidelity and threats to pursue a Dakota divorce.
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DeRuiter
Dakota
General Harkison Heads to Adirondacks With Family
Gen B Harkison his wife and child left for the Adirondacks at 4 AM Friday over the Pennsylvania road. The general did not retire during the hot night, resting on a front veranda settee and advising neighbors to adopt the same sleep formula. Little Miss Harrison endured the heat but grew fretful Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B Harkison
Adirondacks
Pennsylvania Road
Miss Harrison
Lawyer criticizes last legislature on assignees bonds bill
A lawyer says the prior lawmakers misread the trust company bill. He notes that a former legislature required costs of bonds by assignees guardians and trustees not to come from trust funds, while the latest bill pushed by A W Wishard of American Surety Co. allows such expenses to be paid from trust funds, risking careless trust officers if funded from trust assets.
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Itassignees
A. W. Wishard
American Surety Company
Three Marion County Judges Rule Garnishee Law Invalid
The Marion county trio void the garnishee statute as applied to a Big Four employee. They find the $25 wage exemption under the garnishee law conflicts with the $600 household goods exemption in the general exemption law. The court condemns the arbitrary classification of exemptions by the legislature.
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Marion County
Hay
Dustless.Oats Hives Reported Inaccurate Claims
An odd, fragmented notice mentions Dustless.Oats and claims about hives and skin diseases. The text appears garbled with unrelated phrases and marketing-like language. No coherent event or source organization is identifiable.
Senator Isham G Harris Dies After Prolonged Illness
Washington dispatch reports Tennessee’s former war governor Isham G Harris died at his home after a decline from heat and illness. Harris, 81, lifelong tough partisan, led the state during the Civil War and backed the Confederacy, later serving in Congress. At Knoxville, a senate vacancy fight forms between Benton McMillan and Robert L Taylor, with Taylor leading.
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Washington
Isham G. Harris
Tennessee
Harris
Senate
Andrew Jackson
Brownlow
Chicago
Bryan
Memphis
Congress
Lincoln
Gov. Harris
Nashville
Johnston
Knoxville
Tenn
Benton McMillan
Robert L. Taylor
Taylor
McMillan
General Pittsburgh coal strike halts vast district work
Pittsburgh July 9 a general suspension cripples the coal district from Monongahela valley to Wheeling. Miners, led by Dolan, vow to press demands for living wages and broad worker gains while railroads seize coal, with about 18 000 workers idled and 3 000 more to be drawn before full stoppage.
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Pittsburg
Dolan
Youghingheny River
Scott Haven
County Board Reviews Loan Associations Assessments
The County board of review assessed building and loan associations on Friday and will likely decide Saturday on the assessments of the Indianapolis Gas Company, Citizens' Street Railway Company, and Indianapolis Water Company. Protests by Attorney Van Vorhis prompted reconsideration on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Review
Indianapolis Gas Company
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Indianapolis Water Company
van Vorhis
Pittsburg meeting urged as miners threaten widespread strike
Indiana miners report 90 percent out with prospects of total desertion. Governors Hastings and Bushnell back arbitration in Pittsburg next week. Labor commissions from Indiana Ohio and Illinois coordinate hopes. Kid McCoy wagers boxing for Indiana miners. Operators refuse to arbitrate until Pittsburg situation is settled and price guides others.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Mount Hastings
Bushnell
Pittsburg
Labo
Ohio
Illinois
McCoy
Knight
New York
Indiana Labor Commission
Clay County
County
Hymera
Terre. Haute
Hastings
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