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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
8
Readers are treated to a collage of snake anecdotes from diverse locales. Accounts recall hunts for rattlers in Hartsville and Blacksnakes near a picnic, school desks with serpents, and multiple encounters during fieldwork. The reports parade vivid scenes of fear, rescue, and local reactions.
Dennisville correspondent reports in Philadelphia Telegraph that Blacksnake and companions found a gray viper vestige in a nest. They beat the snake until it died, then performed a postmortem on the carcass. It contained four squirrels and showed the reptile awaiting returning parents. The snake measured 3 feet 7 inches.
A fragment advises against drinking water that has milk added and suggests making a cold water jar with a wet flannel cover. The text compares evaporation to heat transfer from cream in the freezer and mentions using a covering cloth to keep the liquid cool.
A historical cleaning method recommends brightening shag carpets using potato water. Rub the carpet with a mixture of halved, grated potatoes strained into warm water, then rinse frequently to lift dirt and refresh fibers.
Instructional note on cleaning greens advising against soaking spinach watercress lettuce and similar greens first to avoid sand insects sticking to leaves. Recommends rubbing with palm to shake loose sand then placing into water only after removing debris to prevent individual picking.
Special dispatch recounts how American leadership of submarine boats, shipped to Japan, influenced battle outcomes against Russian forces. It notes the fleet under Rajestvensky, the use of submarines under Ki. Marre, and claims of an immense victory attributed to American tactics and vessels.
A drunken man fooled police after a Memorial Day march as Officer Reidy, on night duty, found him sleeping in the street. The wagon crew detained no one, and the man vanished after the event, leaving Reidy puzzled about the abrupt disappearance and his effort to account for the incident.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on a Wednesday in June in criminal court Charlie Shubert, a well known young man, was found guilty of disturbing public worship. The evidence showed he fell asleep and snored loudly during the service, interrupting it. there was no proof of malicious intent.
Knox county Sheriff James J. Shetlenbatrer was shot Wednesday night while attempting to serve a warrant on Frank Hildredth in Mount Vernon Ohio. Ten shots were fired by Shetlenbatrer and Deputy Doh Graham. none hit Hildredth. The sheriff, fatally wounded, was taken to a hospital as search efforts continue.
Pulaski County grand jury returned nine indictments after a Wednesday session. Senator A. W. Covington of Clarksville faces bribery charges tied to state capitol and Felton district court bills. He was arrested and released on a ten thousand dollar bond as part of the probe into alleged legislature bribery and possible perjury.
Frank J. Davis denies blame in June Elliott scandal claiming she acted of her own accord and calling her a klepto maniac. In a separate incident David Dauch, 42, of 2nd Ave and Agnes St, fired a shotgun to scare traction crew from placing a guy wire in an alley near his bakery. Police say no arrest followed after workers explained they only needed to string a wire and no post was to be installed.
David Truax, an inmate at the Soldiers' Home near Dodge City Kansas, returned Tuesday in an angry mood and fired four rounds. H. E. Lutz and John Leemed attempted to disarm him. both were shot. One died instantly and the other died hours later. Truax was arrested.
June 1 from London In a Baltic voyage report Capt Smith of the White Star Line Baltic says on May 2 an American steerage passenger named B F Seeson of Berbyt an jumped into the sea and died.
Mrs. Alice Lunkenheimer wife of Carl F Lunkenheimer of Cincinnati is dead in Los Angeles. She is a cousin of M. Ingalls president of the Big Four railroad.
Unknown persons broke into the Guthrie Guide office, seized the weekly issue forms, and dumped them into the Cottonwood River after an apparent intrusion. The editor and owner is Judge G. N. Perkins known as the old African Non.
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