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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
6
Police judge Bidener fined Dr Getty for using profanity over a telephone. The defendant testified he had waited long at a summer garden before reaching his house line and let loose with oaths. The judge ruled profanity lacks provocation and is never excusable as self defense, even across jurisdictions.
Mayor Bookwalter, the Board of Works and Sanitarian Buehler rode in a red car Wednesday to search for a new pesthouse location.
Mrs. Sallie J. Kinkead of the National hotel in Sheree files a $50,000 damages suit against Henderson circuit clerk John R. Lambert. Lambert, camping at Cascade campground, shipped a jug of whisky to the hotel. The express agent refused delivery without Mrs. Kinkead's order. She paid the charges, took the jug, and smashed it, claiming the act harms her business in Sebree a local option town where she runs the only hotel.
A strike agitator in Coaldale accuses missing mail due to coal company guards near post office and railroad property. Ex-Gov Atkinson says no statute covers the issue. Lawyers call it unprecedented. The case to be sent to the post office department.
London’s Royal Aquarium, opposite Westminster Abbey, was bought by the church for 1 650 000. The aquarium will be demolished to make way for a new headquarters building for universal Methodism. Wesleyans have raised 5041000 for the twentieth century Methodist fund.
In Brooklyn on July 24 the coroner's jury ruled Albert C. Latimer died at unknown hands. The finding ends suspicion of a wife and Mr. Tuthill conspiring to kill him and shifts police focus to pursuing a burglar.
Columbus city council granted 50 year franchise to John Crump who owns the local street railway. Greenwood and Irwin bankers win approval to lay tracks on Washington and push Crump’s line aside. Interurban line will extend from Franklin to Columbus with grading starting soon and track laying next spring.
Cy Neal deputy auditor of state and clerk of the insurance department argues Indiana needs more fire insurance firms. He cites abundant business in Indianapolis and recent rate cuts by larger companies. He contends a new company could quickly build a solid local portfolio and notes farmers rely on mutuals, yet many main firms are tightening underwriting.
In Yonkers, a court upheld the guardianship of 10 year old Ah Foon, keeping her in an orphan asylum. The mother Mrs Ho Bo Lee had appealed, claiming custody, but the decision prevents the girl from being reared as a pagan and keeps her in the care of the missionary Miss Helen F Clark who surrendered the child years ago.
Cleveland July 24 A 12 year old boy Sam Murgas son of Peter Murgas disappeared after riding a westbound freight train in search of wild Indians. His parents fear for his safety and will send him a return ticket once found. A boy said Sam jumped a westbound freight heading for the plains after seeing Buffalo Bill in town two weeks ago.
Stanley Derdowski, 10, dubbed the champion bad boy of Bay City, was arrested for eight break-ins and other petty crimes. He stole a workman's watch, tools from a blacksmith shop, and $25 from his father. He will serve 17 years at the Lansing reform school.
An advertisement touts Alma-Bromo Salt from Alma Michigan as a premier home remedy for constipation stomach liver kidney and nervous disorders. It claims rapid permanent relief and a clear complexion. The product is sold by druggists for 50 cents a bottle with a free trial offer via postal card to The Michigan Drug Co Detroit Michigan.
Five young men once toasted Benrose Billman in Doylestown before death claimed four of the group within ten years. Billman later helped with coffins and boxes as the deaths followed. The tale ends with Mrs. Glenn planning to live near a social settlement after European travels and bringing new ideas to her community.
Mrs. John M. Glenn born Mary Wilcox Brown, a Locust Point settlement founder, travels Europe with her husband studying charity work. On her May 21 wedding she left for abroad, skipping a reception to fund and honor tenement district inmates.
FRORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have paregor ic or laudanum to help sleep. These narcotics cause sleep but can kill or ruin health in excess. Druggists must not sell to children without labeling poison. Castoria contains no narcotics if it bears Chas H. Fletcher signature.
Frederick Schmidt, a Bowing Green laborer and heir to a German estate, obtained a marriage license to wed Martha Norris after wooing her in his overalls. The grandfather's will risks passing the estate to the church if Schmidt remains unwed, a clause spurred by Schmidt declining a match arranged by the elder.
In Pittsfield Mass on July 24 Miss Nellie E. Haskell a wealthy Great Barrington heiress faces contempt charges after writing a letter to Judge Fox about a building contract dispute case. Frank G. Higgins of Adams sues Miss Haskell. she will appear and answer the charge.
ALPENA Michigan July 24 Frank Berjaul a Wilson township farmer leased oil rights to Canadian operators for five years. He later believed the deal unfair and since finding a potential oil vein while prospecting on his own land is attempting to have the lease annulled. Local advertising notes from The Sun page list shops and services including Denilson barber shop shoe sale burial vaults and a dental college.
A vintage pitch promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe, soften gums, relieve pain, cure wind colic and diarrhoea. Sold at twenty-five cents a bottle.
In Pittsburg on July 24 a buggy with Mrs Walter McFarland of Allegheny and her mother Mrs Mary Saylor of Somerset was struck by a street car. Currant juice spilled over the pavement during the fall, horror at a glance believed it to be human blood. The women escaped with only slight injuries.
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