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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1904
Page
3
A husband assaulted his wife inside the workhouse, leaving her in distress. Neighbors report the couple’s strained relationship and calls for authorities to intervene. The incident prompted an investigation and welfare checks for the family.
Merion M Parks faced a drunken assault charge against his wife in a police court where Acting Judge Reagan showed mercy. The pair were linked to a drunken brawl with Joan Widmer, but the judge insisted the leniency served the wife and children, not Parks alone. The Parks family had recently moved from Chicago to Ganapolly.
A Elzerta dispatch reports the Greek ship Corinthia sunk off Dusorelle Jacks Galatia with twenty four drowned and fourteen rescued. Troops stationed at Hanging Rock have been recalled home per Sheriff Payne no longer needed in town.
The notice lists numerous births and deaths with names and addresses across the city. It records a long roster of newborns and deceased individuals, plus several marriages, with accompanying locations and some ages or causes where legible. The fragmentary OCR includes names such as Hedgermeier, Bird, Patternon, Harris, Burng, Hassinger, Hampence, Davin, Bow en, Whiteford, Borgsteds, and others, alongside hospitals and streets like Union, Tacoma, Arsenal, and Capitol.
June 1 New York Hannah Elias, the centrap park West resident at the center of a $700,000 extortion suit by John R. Pratt, resists service of papers. Lawyers Warren and O Beirne refused entry after meeting with district attorney officials. Elias’s attorney Washington Brauns says discussions continue but no public action is planned. Neighbors and relatives offer mixed accounts as rumors swirl about avoidance and plans to flee.
Thomas Connell, a plumper, reported to Branday police that burglars entered his premises and knocked off the safe’s combination knob. Nothing else was taken and the intruders were frightened away.
Joseph Haan administrator of Nathan Morris estate filed his final report after the fire at Haas residence. Personal estate value listed at 13575.46 with all claims paid and remainder distributed to heirs Sara Cohn and Rebecca Haan.
A crowded docket of local matters includes jury selection in the Meyberg Wacket forgery case and various court notes. Other items report accidents, hospital court concerns, religious gatherings, social events, a Lutherans convention, and civic happenings around Indianapolis with several named individuals and institutions.
The text notes a transition in straw hats for the season with predominance of small straw shapes this year, while last year featured course and rough raw straw. Shapes remain similar, but material and texture differ.
The thirteenth commencement of Manual Training High School will be held Monday night at Tomiiigan Hall. Dr. W. F. Garvison, president of Butler College, will deliver the principal address. Miss Ethel Sims will give the salutatory and William F. Kupper the valedictory. The graduates include Elmer Adams, Opal Kant, Anna Bosley, Edwin Borwell, Mary Hawman, Esther Brown, and many others listed in alphabetical order.
Harve Davidson of Auburn explains he grabbed an automobile in hard luck and tried to drive it to a pawn shop. Detectives Efoltz and Bray arrested him as he tried to wheel it to sale. The pawn broker noted the wheel was a Cleveland car with a license tag.
Rev Porter Williams, a colored man from St Peter et al, ran out of fuel Monday morning and crawled toward railroad tracks a block from his home seeking a fresh supply. He told bars of the police station how he hoped brothers would come rescue him if able to reach them.
Joe Gasper backs a council ordinance to legalize amateur Sunday baseball in public parks and rooms, arguing the ban harms workers with no other recreation option. He says the right of citizens to play should not infringe on others and urges allowance of Sunday games.
In Butte Montana two blind rock drillers, Henry Rodda and Mike Davey, vie for title honors in a sport that tests strength and precision. They drill in a square arena using four pound hammers and three quarter inch drills, with water flooding the hole to keep it from red hot. Rodda holds a record depth of six inches in ten minutes and directs a team at Maid en Hoek quarry while Davey relies on a network of supporters in Butte.
A Manila case involving a man calling himself the Black Jesus led to his arrest after a crowd, detectives, and followers clashed over alleged holy bread rites. Police investigated the revived religious figure and related Vega sales at a Maywood liquor license hearing, with remonstrance filed against license issuance.
NEW YORK June 4 Albert J Pitkins of Behenectady was elected president of the American locomotive works to succeed the late Samuel Fr Calloway. Pitkins has been vice president of the concern.
New York court adjourned the inquest into the death of Caesars Young a bookmaker until next Friday. The district attorney moved for an immediate release and Nan Paterson was fixed at five dollars bond.
Mrs Ackleberger, 76, reports her daughter Jessie Conrad MH was taken from home about four weeks ago. She says the girl stayed with a woman at a California house during part of the absence, and asks police to attest the abduction claim.
Tangier dispatch reports Britain plans to propose sending a battleship to the maroccan port as sultan may visit from Fez. Foreign opinion in Tangier holds that naval force should not be reduced now amid regional tensions.
A historical timetable notes waiting rooms, line routes, and transfer points at Kentucky Avenue and Moorville with through passenger cars to Indianapolis, Franklin, Columbus, and Greenwood. Services begin at 4:00 a.m. and run hourly until late evening with special through cars to Southport and adjacent towns.
General Office Lenanen Indianapolis waiting rooms and ticket office service indicate express times. References include Marylanareee Upton black and limited service at larger towns. Timings show trains at 10:00 am and 11:36 pm with rapid delivery options.
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