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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1903
Page
10
A storefront touts selling many diamonds and watches and larger stock of silver and painted china. It invites customers to inspect the rest of the assortment, promises favorable prices and quality, and urges visitors to view the offerings.
Indiana beat Hoosiers in a 2 1 game at Muncie as O Brien and Jones delivered timely hits in the ninth to seal the win. Ford and McPartin split decisions in earlier games as Indianapolis started strong with a 3 0 victory and a near shutout until the fifth inning.
A string of scores from Indianapolis and nearby cities lists multiple matches with teams such as St Paul Louisville Philadelphia Boston Cleveland and Washington. American Association and National League games are noted along with Central League pairings. Jamestown defeated by Washington at Jamestown. Lennox defeats Walker in Riverside golf score final five up four to pins. Rain did not affect Riverside Park spring championship rounds.
Barney Oldfield shattered five world records at the state fair grounds track on Saturday, including one, two, three, four and five mile marks. Tom Cooper briefly lowered the mile and five mile records in the same event, while Earl Kiser Bert Corbett Bart Fisher Elmer Epperson Maurice Darange and others contributed to a high tension racing program.
The Picket won the Great American Derby at Chicago on Saturday with Claude close behind in second and Barnays third. Savable disappointed, finishing fourth, Au Revaly fifth, and Sinner Simog sixth as the mile and a half event completed in about two minutes. The day featured ideal weather, a fine track, and enthusiastic spectators as The Picket, a Kentucky horse, surged from the start to lead the field.
Frank Scharding a 3rd street shoemaker died Sunday from a head hit with a baseball bat during a Saturday night fight in St Louis. William Bodolsky was arrested and claims self defense.
Joseph Campbell, Civil War veteran and former merchant, died at City Hospital Indianapolis. Health and finances declined while awaiting a government pension he never received. His body was sent to Dana, Indiana for burial beside his family. he left a wife and child in Chicago and had been in ill health five weeks after moving from Danville Soldiers Home. He was 50, a former traveling salesman who later resided in Richmond and Clinton, Indiana.
Louis Slater a painter at 439 E Louisiana St. is hospitalized with concussion and paralysis after a brick struck his head Sunday night in the same building. Jefferson Jones, who had known Slater for only 24 hours, was arrested after an eyewitness said Slater asked for a match and Jones hurled the brick.
The ad touts Starr and Our Pianos as notably progressive and offers prices marked in plain figures. It highlights a large stock of new pianos plus used instruments from Knabe Starr Steinway Weber Hazelton Richmond and Chase. Customers can pay in monthly installments and request a ONE PRICE schedule by mail.
Walter Martin 2 from Commonsville killed himself in Cambridge on June 22 by drinking carbic acid after being arrested by the marshal on theft and embezzlement charges from his employer Lockhart. He had a bottle of acid with him, indicating premeditation, and hailed from a prominent Cynthians, Kentucky family.
James Tounsley of near Okemah faces larceny charges for allegedly appropriating a schoolhouse and moving it to his ranch while the local school board plans a new two story building. Also, fire disrupted Nat Goodwin's Knutsford hotel room in Salt Lake City as towels were set ablaze to keep the light bulbs from burning.
Across Chicago St Louis Scranton Laurel Milwaukee and other locales reports describe multiple individuals taking their own lives or attempting suicide. Details include Samuel Robin son of a derby loss. Julian Selmers age 65 using carbolic acid. William Hedlger Woods. Sanford Northrop shooting himself after Jay Gould link. Ernest Schmie with his lover's death by carbolic acid. Elmer Heath shooting his fiancée Kate Atkins then himself. Otto H Newald a Milwaukee laborer who drank carbolic acid after a mistaken Chicago identity and note.
The Children's outing organization opens headquarters at 34 W Maryland St for summer activities led by M Hoff starting September 8. Supported by Epworth leagues and Baptist unions, the group aims to provide country outings for 50 Indianapolis children, two weeks to two months, with the first group leaving July 10.
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