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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
6
At Switz and King plant in Missouri 107 girl trim mers walk out over pay cuts from 20 to 15 cents per 100 pounds. A bystander shot Miss Ella Beaman during the dispute leaving her in critical condition. About fifty workers remain on strike as authorities pursue Miss Beaman.
An Kansas City stock dealing case sees Frank Siegel, former head of a defunct livestock commission, and silent partner Rockefeller facing indictments for misuse of funds. Three indictments accuse alleged jurors of involvement with Metropolitan Street Railway bribery. Separate indictments target C W Prince and sons for murder, connected to Lulu Price Kennedy’s recent conviction for killing her husband Philip Kennedy.
John H. Tilton of Indianapolis was arrested in Frankfort on Friday for forging the Joiner Kennedy Music Company name on a $100 check. He faces additional charges of other crookedness in Frankfort.
Chicago June 22. The school board voted to abolish German in elementary schools and issued a ruling that teachers who marry must quit teaching. The move targets language instruction and marital status of staff, prompting debate over policy impact and civil liberties.
Mount Hope, a small village west of Canal Dover, has converted the town’s sole church, a Methodist building, into a theater seating 800. Citizens raised funds and reorganized the space for dramatic performances and attractions to serve the entire community.
A Saturday rumor claimed a newsboy was kicked or pushed from a Broad Ripple car by a conductor, breaking a rib. The Streetcar company denied any such report and car men could not confirm it. One conductor mentioned hearing the boy had been put off.
William Freeman and Clara Johnson were married at the workhouse by Rev. Wheeler on Saturday afternoon. The ceremony marked a doorway to liberty for Freeman, who accepted the chance to change his fate.
Prof Arthur Kenyon Rogers of Butler college completed a work titled The History of Philosophy to be published by MacMillan. A social and dance was hosted by George H Thomas at 1539 Barth Ave with supper from 6 to 8. Local groups held socials and talks on woodcraft. Mrs. M A Crosley, wife of the Central Universalist pastor, has crossed the Atlantic 70 times and plans another trip next month. The mayor signed an ordinance changing the controller's office into sink fund commissioners' meeting place. Mary D Lowe sues John Lowe for divorce alleging choking and abuse. Amanda M Hafner sues John E Hafner alleging her husband stayed out late and refused to say where.
The Indiana appellate scene includes a Jeffersonville dog bite suit against the Twomeys over a dog harbored by them with unknown bite propensity. Separate briefs challenge trial rulings in Banks bribery case and a Greene County contempt matter where a J P jailed William Asher for refusing to file an affidavit.
Samuel Halfowell and Charles Ramsey, both blind, planned a river swim with a friend named Joe watching their clothes. They wandered for about three hours in water up to their necks before a policeman found them. Joe lay asleep beside the clothes.
A June Saturday tornado swept across Delaware county Ohio. Fences and trees were torn up and a barn collapsed burying George Heath who suffered a broken leg and other injuries. John Dunlap is missing after being seen in a field while plowing. Water covered fields and Magnesia Springs reported major damage.
Summary of violent events and deaths from the era includes Hiram DeWalt a Philadelphia prohibitionist dead. Fifty Washington Etters carry shirts. Chicago youth 13 linked to Olaf Oleston killing. grand jury. Lexington Kansas section men J Townsend and G Miller killed by lightning. Edgertory Omaha critically ill with typhoid. Horace N At Jen appointed envoy to Corea. Texas horse prices rise for exports to South Africa Philippines and Mexico. Victor Popper San Francisco commits suicide after arrest in death of Violet Gibbs. Father vows to kill Ben Willis. Prof J Scott Clark Northwestern builds a $10000 house with student help.
Norfolk Virginia June 22 trouble between the Old Dominion railway and the southeast Virginia labor unions has ended. The boycott is declared off and relations are eased.
An advance U S fish commission report details Porto Rico waters marine life from 1895 to 1899. Prof Barton W Everman led a 45 day expedition aboard the Fish Hawk producing 49 color plates and noting 291 species across 76 families and 165 genera with several new finds. The study describes fish distribution, local fishing gear, and market species with images of notable fish including rock beauty and parrotfishes.
A stark warning on escalating nerve strain across professions from professionals to workers. It links heart flutter, dizziness, insomnia, memory lapses, and fatigue to nerve fatigue. The text touts Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as a solution, claiming to rebuild nerve tissue and supply nerve force to stomach kidney liver heart brain nerves.
An old nurse for children and Mrs Winslows soothing syrup for teething are advertised. The copy promotes the syrup as soothing gums easing pain curing wind colic and diarrhoea. Bottles priced at twenty five cents.
The Indiana Dental College advertises daily patient reception from 8 a m to 1 p m for all kinds of dental work at its Delaware and Chios streets location.
The Lake Erie and Western Railroad announces a Michigan City excursion on Thursday June 27. A special train departs Indianapolis at 6:00 a.m. and returns from Michigan City at 6:00 p.m. The round trip price is $1.50.
CHICAGO June 24 Lieut col Ray of the British forces in Canada stationed at Port Arthur has notified local police he lost 20000 in the alleged bogus mining stock deal of Walter Grier Campbell who was arrested in Cincinnati and brought back to face similar charges. Campbell's bond was fixed Saturday at 25000.
Havens Geddes Co Efroymson Wolf and Chicago Cincinnati firms seek federal court declaration of Caldwell Jones as bankrupt alleging transfers to individual creditors to defraud creditors. Also notes veterinary services and medicine ad unrelated to main item.
Tickets sold June 24 25 and 26 for Indiana music teachers association convention good returning to leave Terre Haute not later than June 29. Seven trains in each direction.
A special Indiana to Dayton train via Monon Route departs Indianapolis at 6:50 a.m. and returns from Dayton at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday June 30. Round trip tickets cost 1.25 dollars, on sale July 5 to 18 with a final return limit of August 31. See ticket agents for details and bargains in upright pianos at Baldwin's.
Tickets are on sale daily through September 10 with a final return limit on October 31. For details contact ticket agents.
Washington June 24. The president announced several appointments on Saturday including Add ison C. James as marshal at Wentucker Walter H. Johnson as marshal at Georg John M. Barnes as marshal at Georgia Nathan V. Harlan as U S attorney for Nebraska.
A car cleaner found the body of William Shank, 45, in a toilet room aboard an Iron Mountain coach near St. Louis. He wore clothes holding $50 and letters suggesting Dayton, Ohio as his home. Officials presume death by a pulmonary hemorrhage.
Nashville railway company the Baltimore corporation holding Nashville street railways has gone into receivership after bond interest default and mortgage foreclosure before Judge Clark in Chattanooga. Scald head is skin eczema of the scalp severe yet curable. Dean's Ointment offered at drug stores for 5 cents.
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