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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1901
Page
2
July 22 report describes James Fosburg detailing the night of the murder. He recounts leaving his sister May Fosburg dying on the floor, calling police, and the arrival of physicians. The defense questions the family relations while a first doctor corroborates finding tracks and a sack at the scene.
Mrs Osburg mourns at her murdered son’s grave in Pittsfield with family present. Obert, accused in the case, faces charges as flowers are laid and a final prayer follows. The scene shows a sobbing Mrs Foster crying out for her son’s innocence.
Miss Jennie Clark 18 of Lawrence died after apparently jumping from a moving train near the Big Four tracks on Monday morning. Nesley and Clark, en route Benton Harbor, awoke to a call, left the car, and Clark fled the train after realizing her purse was left. investigators believe panic caused her to leap as the train moved on.
Miss Marty of Madison, New Jersey, six months after leaving school in town, sues J Wilkins for breach of promise to marry claiming $15,000. She says during courtship he received many gifts including diamond pins opal rings and other jewelry. Wilkins denies promising marriage and says he returned all gifts except fancy socks.
Ida Depuy, 16, and man Trutz, 18, were found dead in Ida's sloop yacht off Staten Island. Police report indicate both killed themselves after an apparent dispute. A hospital visit followed, with one survivor?
A Sunday night fire in a Pittsburgh tenement on Pennsylvania Ave between 26th and 28th streets killed a woman, Mrs. Sophia Ratzi, and her three children as well as injuring the father, Francis Ratzi, who survived but burned. The mother had started the blaze with coal oil, the can exploding. twenty Polish tenants escaped the flames.
A ledger style ad lists colored borders and bleached napkins at 1.49 per 2.00, satin damask two yards wide, 78c per 1.08, and India linon 38 inches wide at 10c. Dotted silk mull 2 inches wide priced at 50c per item, with Persian lawn 32 inches wide also noted.
Sale advertisement for Challis fabrics and window fixtures at discounted prices. All-wool Challis in satin stripe prints up to 59c per yard, 38 to 45 inch brilliants and Siciliana at 39c to 45c, plus ready to hang fixtures. Extension hardwood screen windows offered with limited exchanges on doors.
A ammonia tank burst at the Crystal Ice Company factory in Elizabeth, Norfolk, on Monday, wrecking the plant. Fireman Edward Beasley was instantly killed and Calvin Clarke fatally injured.
A man in night attire chased intruders from his house after they fled north up the street. He ordered them to stop, but they claimed to seek a former resident, and he released them. The event ends with the two suspects fleeing.
A whiskered man led a convulsive religious gathering under a tent at the corner of Delaware and Thirty fourth streets. The crowd shouted Hally-lew-yah as a woman proclaimed her faith and a young man prayed, the scene lasting far into the night.
In Carrollton Ohio on Sunday evening Miss Edith Kirby, a social leader and athletics enthusiast, horsewhipped Capt Harry Walter Kirby in front of the post office at Martine. The county political figure and local newspaper writer had described Miss Kirby as a female noted for devilishness in a published article.
Reports include deadly fires and accidents across states with casualties from a burn in Covington to drownings near Chicago. Other items note a patent steam turbine offer to speed Cunard liners, a planned US justice building block purchase, and Catholic refugee efforts by Monsignor Scalabrini.
Readable fragments describe a clearance sale featuring challis organza lawns dimities ginghams and embroideries with multiple colors and price points. The list includes silk ginghams madras ginghams French organdy embroidered tissues Irish linen batiste silk malls and skirtings with various widths and 32 inch options.
A fragment lists yard wide Habutai wash silks in white cream and black with noted quality value. No additional details or proper names are readable in the text.
A stranger at City National Bank in Dayton exchanged 14 Canadian dollars for American money and stole a bundle using hooked rods at 9 30 a m Monday. The teller gave 11 30 in exchange. The thief escaped before officers could intervene. The exact amount stolen was not released.
Township trustee Mendenhall plans to have his lawyers Jameson and Joss study bringing possession suits in other townships against Center township residents. He notes Center officials have salaries while collecting fees, and claims no authority exists to file outside the property's township. He urges appeals or mandamus to stop nonjurisdictional suits.
Mary Korteneter a 31 year old Indianapolis woman is carried from the city jail to a hospital ambulance crying for mercy. The article describes her as a beauty ruined by a life of crime and drug use, noting repeated police contact and relationships with Black partners. The piece condemns her as a wreck and references her alleged addictions.
The Board of Works ordered removal of the alley shanty behind the English hotel and the stairway to be taken out after Supt. of Streets Herpick raised the issue Monday. The shanty, lined with sheet iron with a cement floor, is said to store garbage cans and materials during hotel repairs. Hotel staff call it temporary. order gives ten days to comply.
A wheelman keeps Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a practical remedy for minor injuries. The bottle is described as healing cuts bruises stings and sprains and acting as a monarch over pain in everyday use.
WilkesBarre July 22 Officers of the United Mine Workers in the three anthracite districts Sunday declined to join the stationary firemen's strike. The strike will end Monday night if coal companies reinstate the men to their old positions. Judge Allen's Decision on condemnation by Indianapolis and Martinsville rapid transit company upheld rights to condemn through ground not used for railroad purposes.
Washington announces several new appointments on Monday including Wm F Sprague of Massachusetts as consul at Gibraltar Edward A Creevy of Connecticut as consul at Glauschauft Saxony Samuel Smith of New Jersey as consul at Moscow R S Reynolds Hill of Illinois as third secretary of the embassy at Paris and Jessie Moore of Danville Illinois as agent for the Indians of the Colorado River Agency in Arizona.
Incorporated The American mining machinery company of Fort Wayne reports capital stock at 31 000 dollars. Monticello Telephone increases its capital stock from 500 dollars to 50 010 dollars.
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