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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1899

Page

6

Pen Picture of Beautiful St Marys of the Woods

St Marys of the Woods Indiana is a large boarding school complex run by the Sisters of Providence four miles from Terre Haute. It houses 700 sisters, a school, a farm, church, hotel, and Academy with a new building, museum and shells, serving as a historic mission to educate girls nationwide.

ST. Mary’s Ind St. Mary's of the Woods Sisters of Providence Indiana St. Mary's St. Mary’s St. Mary’s of the Woods Terre Haute St. Mary'ss Jas France Providence Academy Sister of Providence Brute Vincennes Wilds America Havre Mother ‘Tweedore New York Mother Theodore St. Ann

Murder by Train Looms Over Oklahoma Town

In Oklahoma City on July 31 Eda Sampson and Charles and Jose Thompson, three Black youths, are jailed on charges of throwing Van Patten, an elderly Black man, in front of a moving train after he ordered them off his property. The victim was ground to a pulp. Authorities allege the act was an act of vengeance.

Oklahoma City O. T Eda Sampson Charles and Jose Thompson van Patten Patten

Capture of Texas Rangers flag described in Civil War tale

A fragment from Frazer Kirkland recounts the capture of the Texas Rangers flag at Mansfield by Captain Doxie of the Sixteenth Indiana. The flag, carried by a Texas regiment, was presented in New Orleans to Miss Mary Binny Banks amid emotional ceremony, with praise for Capt. Dexite and his men and a pledge to seek promotions for those who defended the prize.

State’ Library Frazer Kirkland Terry Texas Rangers Indiana New Orleans Mansfield Texas Doxie Lee Brisbane Mary Binny Banks Wilson’s Creek Pleasant Hill

Governor Steunenberg and Idaho miners under martial law

A Post dispatch from Wallace Idaho reports Governor Steunenberg and State Auditor Sinclair declined to appear at the industrial commissions. The article claims martial law will continue through 1901 to disrupt the miners union and Populists. It notes the bull pen prisoners were arrested without charge and abused by colored soldiers.

Idaho Cincinnati Wallace Steunenberg Sinclair Ang Bull Pen Stevenson

Flimsy Revelations From Paris Press on Dreyfus Case

The Echo de Paris prints promised revelations by ex Judge De Beaurepaire alleging witnesses mutter inclusion of Jewish influence in restoring Dreyfus or provoking war. Other items claim bribes, German contact, Dreyfus’s extravagance, and ministerial opinions, but the expose is deemed flimsy and trumped up.

Paris Echo de Paris de Beaurepaire Dreyfus France Dreifus

Gold Tortoise Found With Initials 1818

George Martin near Wilbur found a tortoise bearing initials J. K. 1818 carved in its underside. Earlier a terrapin with initials from the Civil War era was found in Jefferson township. Morgan town reacts to a recent natural gas strike.

Martinsville Ind George Martin Wilbur J. K Jefferson Township Morgantown

Cow Hangs Herself Near Greenwood Wisconsin

In Greenwood Wisconsin on July 31 Rev G C Andrews found a Durham cow and calf suspended by the tail from a young tree in his woods. The feeding area shows grass and brush eaten within a circle as the cow tried to sustain itself, the animal having become entangled in a fork of two limbs.

Greenwood Wis G. C. Andrews Durham Mr. Andrews

Marine Corps Corporal Acquitted on Conduct Charge

Corporal Thomas Scanlon of the Marine Corps has been acquitted by court martial of conduct unbecoming a soldier after guards discovered him with his arm around a yard captain’s waitress. The court ruled he did nothing improper for a marine.

Washington Thomas Scanlon Marine Corps Scanlon

Do Not Forget the Old Reliable Onion Co-operative Laundry

Advertisement listing services and prices for Onion Co-operative Laundry and Plaza Cafe promote a full dinser for 15c and a business lunch at Plaza Cafe daily from 10 am to 2 pm with a ladies’ lunch on the second floor. Ormonde at 16 West Pearl Street is also mentioned.

Onion Co-operative Laundry Ormonde W. Pearlst

Indianapolis Union Station Train Schedule Update

On and after Tuesday July 18 1899 trains will run in standard central time showing arrival and departure times from Indianapolis Union Station.

Indianapolis Union Station

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