This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1902
Page
8
Lieut. Lorenzo A. Declairmont reports discovery of a semi civilized white population on Mindoro. The group, long isolated, shows fair complexion and light hair with distinctive dress and a 26 000 inhabitant city. They lived there before Spanish conquest and remain hostile to outside contact.
Worcester Massachusetts July 28 A letter from Mrs Melia Kenneway Rochdale states her son Azur Kenneway went over Niagara Falls last Thursday. The body has not been found and Kenneway fears his death occurred following distress over domestic affairs. The youth, recently married a year, had been living in Auburn New Brunswick.
Northern Traction plans a survey of a proposed Indianapolis to Broad Ripple route and may use Broad Ripple tracks. A straightened line down College Ave to the new College Ave bridge could end the circuitous Thirty-fourth St path. Owners of both firms see benefits in a dual track and shared usage.
Kansas City July 2 M C Long curator photographed the Lansing skull from various angles and, after study, believes it to be a prehistoric human skull likely from the glacial period about 35 000 years ago a view shared by Prof S W Williston of Kansas University Workmen found the skull March 2 on a farm near Lansing Kas Louisville July 28 marks a historic moment as Miss Mary Nicholas of Indianapolis presided at the National Education Association sessions in Minneapolis becoming the first woman to chair the meeting and earning praise from professors and U S Education Commissioner Dr William T Harris.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Fieber hosted a garden euchre party Saturday night. St Francis Church Brightwood ladies plan a lawn festival Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Idele Templeton and Theodore Craven announce their engagement with a wedding set for August 27. Marie Holingsworth of Terre Haute visited St Vincent s infirmary. Rev William Garrity, back from Rome, will visit his mother before moving to Washington Ind as assistant to Rev J W Doyte. Helen Schuster and Emma Paume of Covington are guests of the Williams sisters, with a musical tea planned by Albert Pendergest on Wednesday.
El Paso report says the noted outlaw Black Jack McDonald was shot and killed in a Juarez saloon after a dice game. An American shooter, unnamed, fired. two accomplices fled while the other was captured.
A roundup of Indiana incidents reports multiple drownings burns and injuries. Names include Charles Willis Walter Hendricks Elvira Gilmore and Albert Merine with events from Evansville Muncie Bedford Hartford City LaPorte Greenfield Madison Seymour Fort Wayne and Alexandria. A big four excursion wreck and a near fatal barn lightning strike are noted.
Lucius Stout, who lost 3000 dollars in a supposed foot race scheme at Springfield in May, files an affidavit in Noblesville, naming County Clerk Horace Carey as a conspirator and urging Judge Neal to order Carey to issue a warrant for Stout’s own arrest.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.