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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1903
Page
7
June in New York sees a coffin makers strike continuing as union carpenters threaten mortar burial delays. Demolitions near Twenty ninth Street alter the skyline while Battery Park suffers dirt and noise from tunnel construction beneath the East River. An elevated train death underscores city dangers and market fish prices rise with the season.
The cool weather aids the Mish and others who head out of the city. a fallen market for fish in New York shows prosperity in summer. Actors report strong bookings and steady work ahead as the season ends, with black and opera companies active and audiences still paying at the box office.
A strange phenomenon reports cotton showers in Perkins Township caught by a recent south torn ado and carried northward. Ground whitened, cotton on fences and trees, with housewives gathering the fallen strands. Samples exhibited in Sandusky as residents speculate about air currents.
A flood of applications to Indiana officials at the Louisville purchase exposition commission in St Louis reveals job seekers using social endorsements to gain employment. Applicants vary from those asking for any role to those listing influential backers, showing a broad demand for fair work amid the World's Fair era.
Mothers bring children to the state House to obtain certificates allowing holiday work while law bans under age 14 in mercantile or manufacturing firms. Many are turned away, as affidavits must prove true ages. Inspector McAhee, a strict detective, rejects improper affidavits and penalties for perjury.
After July 1 the rural free delivery headquarters for Indiana routes moves from Indianapolis to the Ohio division based in Cincinnati. William Gaitrop, formerly of Marietta, will head the division. B. Rathbone shifts to the western division with Omaha as HQ. J. P. Walker will lead the middle division covering Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Rathbone departs June 20.
New York June 2 robbers lured Reverend Conrait Vreeland of Echo Lake to a lonely wood and robbed him of a large sum of money. A masked highwayman seized his revolvers and coerced payment while a second man searched his pockets, then the duo fled as the minister hiked three miles home.
Organizers of the Toekartest fair anticipate a large turnout with over 2.00 tickets sold and a strong vaudeville lineup. Carpenters prepared booths for pirates and Mesipa McOQibeny tops the opening act while Father Macaéw hays' brigade will perform. James Whitramh Riley presents a fall verse, The Lockertleat, fatty, distributed to attendees.
Miss Paul Schroeder of Omaha Neb aboard the Ward line steamer Seneca when it reached New York from Tampico. She wed Capt. Franke W. Irvine of the Seneca, the couple sealing their vows in a quick harbor ceremony and then staying at the Continental hotel. Irvine, say he expected to settle down after years spent at sea. Schroeder's father and brother in Tampico receive word of the marriage.
Charleston dispatch reports H M Stane Ella longtime Pilot Mountain Pilot and Trust Co. official vanished after declaring he left to escape meddling by town women and a busy community. The Pilot News notes rivals may imitate his departure as speculation over his fate and future plans grows.
A man armed with two revolvers and vendetta demands distraction as police try to calm him. Gallagher agrees to talk peace if allowed a ride to the automatic station, while officers, bystanders, and a business man watch. Front line patrols, escorts, and a crowd accompany the anxious scene before law and order prevail.
Foreman Henry Anne Mien.anne Henry of Guzette bottling works set a one hour record filing 1,000 bottles. Henry Becker of Terre Haute won a prize from the Hot tlers' Gazette for fastest in the business by filling 1,350 bottles in an hour. Advertisements note undertakers Whitsett & Culver and retailers Kosbring & Brossa, Main Cigar Store, and English Black. Also promotion for Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup and the Indiana Dental College offering dental services.
The article blends commentary on marriage romance with health advertising. It cites a professor declaring love fades after weddings, notes continued marriages, and argues women’s health links to fashion and corsets. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s remedies and offers personal testimonials about women’s health cures and free medical advice by letter from Buffalo New York.
Moaning from a gunshot wound to the arm, Philip Boeglin, saloon-keeper at Wi Virginia C avenue, Baton police court, Monday. Boeglin was brought from the hospital for assault and battery with intent to kill. authorities say he threatened Officer Bailey and allegedly attempted to shoot him before Bailey drew his revolver.
The Vandalia Line lists a $1.00 round trip to Terra Haute and back and 75 cents to Greencastle and back. A special Sunday service on June 28 departs Indianapolis at 7:15 a.m. and Terre Haute at 7:15 p.m.
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