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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
2
A lengthy Indiana wire service item details multiple unconnected incidents across cities including Brazil Loganport and Fort Wayne. It notes a fatal shooting connected to an Italian assailant, a family feud ending in a hatchet attack and a shooting, plus political battles, burglaries, suicides, and police corruption allegations involving officials and citizens in numerous towns.
A rider recounts a boxcar assault where two men beat him, stole 15, and threw him off the train, while trainmen deny involvement. In Michigan City Prof Calvin Ewing is described as strenuous and wed Tillie Erdman in LaPorte after a canceled plan to marry Miss Mattis in Chicago. The 35,000 breach suit’s status remains unknown.
Nathan Ratliff of Richmond and Benj F Tingley of Rushville appear among a set of local names. Also named are Elizabeth Kelso of Livonia Mary Jane Moffitt of Muncie and Daniel Hirzel a Terre Haute contractor referenced in regional notices.
Volunteer firemen from Chicago and the private department of the Thomas J. Linton packing company battled a blaze Wednesday evening that threatened the stock yards. After an hour of fighting the fire was controlled with $250,000 in insured losses, discovered on the Lipton company plant’s third floor of warehouse B.
July 31 reports describe widespread flood damage across Texas rail lines. The Missouri Kansas & Texas line reports severe losses near Greenville with San Antonio division service cut from Smithville to San Antonio. Washouts on the San Antonio & Kansas road and Texas & Pacific lead to ticket sales halting west of Abilene and Whitney. Trains run hours late or halted. Overflows threaten cotton lands in Bryan area and Trinity River at Dallas remains high. Loss of life is feared near San Antonio.
Fort Worth Texas dispatch says East Texas areas along the Sabine river and tributaries are submerged with 20 inches of water in places. The Sabine at Ijunlan is two miles wide. Several drownings and 200 people seeking refuge in tree tops. Rescuers using pears reach the scene as rivers rise higher than any time since 1566. five lives lost near the San Marcos route.
A large Acton Park gathering featured a devotional by Mrs L E Scott and a program including songs by Mrs Quinn and Francis Willard union exercises. Dr Homer J Hall delivered the morning address, followed by a gold medal contest won by Edwin Boswell and an evening lecture on Christian citizenship by Quincy J Morrow. A farewell love feast and lawn fete closed Thursday. The Christian Endeavor prayer meeting at Bethany Park featured Miss Kate Ridge and Miss Mattie Pounds addressing child welfare. Directors for the Pine Lake Christian Culture Assembly were listed as W T Stott, G C Moore, J T Reagan, P V Duncan, Anna Philley, H S Smith.
Berlin July 31. Emperor William has struck a special medal for Herr and Frau Arnault of Ressmersell who have been married seventy years. The husband is 96 and the wife 90. The medal bears portraits of the emperor and empress and the number 70, sent with a congratulatory letter from the emperor.
Wage scales are being presented by street railway employees in Chicago. On Wednesday new schedules were presented to Union Traction, South Chicago City, Chicago City, and Calumet Electric railways. Demands will be made upon other surface lines before week’s end.
In San Antonio July 31 Augustin Alajerza killed Es tandislado Perez after a dagger wound. Alajerza died soon after from his injuries. Both men were rivals for the same woman, a scion of prominent Mexican families. Perez survived 12 hours after being wounded, tended by the woman involved.
Births noting F and Carrie Colwell at 1609 Ladlow Ave a girl and several other couples including Christopher and Hattie Quack 1716 Prospect St a girl and John and Viola Hawkins 312 N LaSalle St a boy. Deaths record heart disease at 1440 S West St Charles E Green 68 and others with meningitis senility and typhoid fever.
A ledger details listings of properties and repairs with owners and amounts including Meyer & Co 1120 Kentucky avenue for office and shed at 500, Sullivan 1408 Park avenue repairs 75, Empire theater repairs 100, Nicolai Oak Street near Massachusetts avenue double frame 300, Bass Twenty eighth Street and Ashland Avenue dwelling 1500, Rendell Twenty Fifth Street near College Avenue dwelling 2500, Gardner 0 North West Street repairs 58, Baker 419 North Delaware Street repairs 406, Shirley Twenty Fifth and Alabama Streets frame house 1500. Also notice of Goodwin Dead Charles Goodwin of Whitestown died at St. Vincent's hospital after being struck by a car in the Big Four yards east of Indianapolis Tuesday.
The Hainois state federation of anor expelled Rev. 8S. A. Harris of Dwight state vice president ZT. Trumbo of Pontiac state executive board member and Albert Young of Chicago, key organizers of the new laborers' union in Chicago, signaling a firm stance against its rivals.
San Francisco reports the death of Mrs Katherine L Ball a 50 year old hotel proprietor who starved herself for 45 days after weighing 250 pounds before the fast began. The 50 day fast was her stated goal as authorities note her death occurred during the fast.
Boston dispatch dated July 3 reports that Henry has become known as a figure connected with the incident. Further details are unclear in the fragment.
New York July 31 Jules Anderson a Bay Side Long Island fish dealer foretold he would die on the twenty ninth of the month and died Tuesday. He sold his business and property to ease his wife’s burden, convinced the end would come as he predicted. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as building blood strength and overall vigor.
A fragmented ad page lists Baby Photos by the Yard and Pursell at 1717 College Ave, auto storage and repair, Merchants' Lunch at 25¢, Union Station Restaurant, dentist E. E. Reese removed to Newton Claypool Building room 244, Razors and Barber Supplies, I. E. Bodine & Co at 37 E. Ohio, loose leaf price book covers, Burford in Indianapolis, burial vaults at 209 Law Building, dye house Karstadt successor to Brill & Co, dry cleaning, D W Ry trains to Springfield and Decatur, and an Old Nurse for Children with Winston's soothing syrup for teething at 25 cents a bottle.
Indiana Dental College offers dental services from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. with W. Cor Delaware and Chioste receiving patients for all kinds of dental work.
The New York Central Lines deploy flying batteries of trains linking population centers and commerce gateways, enabling fast movement and robust rail connectivity across regions.
Rail line advertises round trips from Indianapolis with prices 1.00 to Michigan City and Sandusky plus 1.50 for return. Travel dates August 2 and 3 with specific departure times. For bookings contact A. H. Sellars G. P. A. 285 Minoisst.
Travel offers from Indianapolis and Chicago propose $54.15 round trips via Monon Route with through sleepers from Indianapolis on August 4. D. P. A R. P. Algeo lists combination rail and lake trips with brochures. Also advertised are Colorado Utah Wisconsin Michigan and South Dakota resort tours and a $24.30 Black Hills sanitarium trip from Chicago with NW Line service.
Harris, Gates and Co. will return a $20 bill sent by a Missouri woman who asked to be paid $200 instead of investing it to earn that sum. The firm says it cannot set a precedent by yielding to such requests after noting her note about taking the bill from a family Bible. The company has received similar appeals and refuses to pay out inflated returns.
An old advertisement asserts a universal requirement that the name appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets, touted as the celebrated Cold and Grip Cure, priced at 2 cents.
An old advertisement notes Chandler's insect powder for fleas bedbugs and roaches with a mailing address at 217 Massachusetts Avenue and mentions products like post binders and transfer binders from WM B Burford in Indianapolis.
Notice urging property owners to paint during calm weather using pure paint and reliable painters. Indianapolis Paint and Color Company advertises services at 240 to 248 Massachusetts Avenue with a guarantee of a handsome, durable finish. Also notes travel times and trains from Indianapolis to Detroit via Lake Erie and Western and Wabash Roads, departing 12:20 pm and arriving 8:10 pm.
Personally conducted trip from Indianapolis leaving 5:00 p m with return August 8 at 7 30 a m sleeper chair car and coach accommodations through without change. Stopovers at Lake Chautauqua and Sandusky. Boat return Buffalo to Cleveland possible without extra charge. Secure berths and chairs from A H Sellars G P A 28 S Lincoln Street
Indianapolis readers are urged to engage with THE SUN's seventh page liners. The invitation encourages reading, answering, and utilizing the liner features designed to enhance the newspaper experience for local audiences.
Homeseekers rates posted for Aug 5 and 19 Sept 2 and 16 Oct 7 and 21 to Nebraska Kansas Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho Montana Oregon Washington. One low est first class fare plus 37 percent for round trip. Minimum scaling rate from Missouri River $9.00. Full information from W H Coiner A 53 E Fourth St Cincinnati Ohio.
Through coaches and sleepers offer round trip tickets to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and other coast points aboard C S H D and B O trains. Tickets cost 15 dollars good for 12 days with stopover in Washington on return. Inquiries via ticket agents or R P Algeo D P A.
Travel deal offers $54.15 from San Francisco and Los Angeles with Indianapolis via Chicago or St Louis gateways. Other points feature similar low fares. Tickets on sale July 28 29 and Aug 1 10 with round trips via different routes and atop over privileges. Return limit September 30. Inquiries to agents at 4 W Washington St Union Station or W W Richardson D P A Indianapolis.
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