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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
3
A prominent physician warns against heat prostration during hot afternoons and outlines precautions. Wear light clothing and ensure ventilation at work, avoid overexertion, emotional stress, worry, and alcohol. If overheated, seek cooling and medical help. those with prior attacks face higher risk. Prostration peaks 2 to 5 pm.
Fire at 802 to 816 Morgan street in St Louis early Tuesday destroyed tenement houses housing about 300 people. Panic struck tenants as many leaped from windows. Mrs Anna Zola died after jumping. her two children were seriously injured. Police and firemen saved numerous sleepers. sixteen ladders were used. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars.
In Muncie Indiana on June 2 a 15 year old waiter girl Georgia Davis told police she was assaulted two weeks earlier by a gang on trial for an alleged attack on Lethia Puckett They warned they would kill her if she spoke The courtroom was packed as preliminary examinations began amid strong lynching threats against the six men if punished severely.
Robert Schrader resurfaces in Jeffersonville after leaving a blood smeared buggy to feign murder. He had just received 1500 from his guardian, planned to bid farewell to Miss Ora Blackfort before moving to Rockford to start a shoe business. Miss Blackfort, a teacher, would have wed him despite the deception.
Mary E Wright filed for divorce in Marion Indiana claiming her husband struck their ten year old daughter with a club, cutting lips and face, killing her after the child begged for mercy. She says he also struck their son George over the head with a club, stunning him and rendering him insane. Wright, a prominent wealthy farmer, faces the suit.
Washington reports a Bartholomew County Indiana post office has battled names since 1891. From Springer to Cushman to Grammer and back, the postmaster shifts reflect faction fights, with Mollie Bergman resisting changes and the department now involved.
Clifford Howland grandson of the late Newark mayor married Caroline Aumor in Flushing on June 6. Howland, 32, wed a woman said to be at least 20 years his senior. He had endured ear abscess treatment in Europe and Carlsbad before the union.
Samuel Kennedy editor of the Amusement Record was beaten and left unconscious on his porch. Stephen H. Isohler, George C. Kohler, and two others from major Akron firms admitted guilt and posted bond. Kennedy says the attack came after publication about members of the city’s elite 400 involved in a scandal.
Gen. Tung Fu Liang, long suspected Boxer sympathizer, leads forces toward Tai Yuen Fu in Shansi. The Shansi governor appeals to foreign troops for aid to repel the attack.
MUNCIE Ind June 26 The Big Four officials announced that no 30,000 station will be built in the city. The refusal to allow double tracks through is cited as the cause.
Edna Wallace Hopper the actress inherits a fortune from her mother Mrs. Josephine Wallace Dunsmuir. Estimates place the amount between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. The marriage of Mrs. Wallace to Alexander Dunsmuir, coal magnate with interests on Vancouver Island, was kept secret for years. Dunsmuir left his property to his widow.
Strong’s Park July 14 hosts a large Indiana regiment Patriarchs Militant event with cantons from Lawrenceburg Knightstown Lebanon Crawfordsville Noblesville Hartford City Logansport and Indianapolis. About 300 uniformed members attend and join in a drill contest for a flag donated by the New York store. the lodge with the largest turnout wins a banner.
Santa Cruz reports Gen Cailles and his 650 men surrendered on Monday. The general and his staff shed tears as the capitulation occurred.
George Clark and Minnie Myers eloped from Kentucky to wed in Jeffersonville Indiana on Tuesday. The bride fainted from heat and excitement at the altar. a physician revived her and the ceremony continued. She was then taken to Louisville very ill as temperatures spiked and many prostrations occurred downtown.
Fort Wayne Ind June 25 The jury in the breach of promise suit between Sadie E Hite and Bartholomew Cullen disagreed Cullen admitted kissing the girl in the presence of her family but he had never promised to marry her The Protestant jurors favored damages while Catholic jurors could not see that she had been harmed
A Tremortal service on Dr John Clark Ridpath was held by the Western association of writers Tuesday afternoon in Lake Winona Ind Notables in attendance included James Whitcomb Riley Opie Reid George Ade W W Pfrimmer Benjamin S Parker Will Cumback W H Venatle and John Uri Lloyd.
Indiana inklings report Peru forming an independent telephone company to back the Central union. The Pine Village to Williamsport line nears completion. Clinton county man Adam Blinn dies with no funeral service planned. Muncie arrests 18 year old Ralph Cook in a sixth assault on Lethia Puckett. Muncie accepts George F McCulloch’s 100 acres for park use, with citizens raising 3000 dollars. Fort Wayne area Frank Nonnemacher, 21, killed by a falling timber at a barn raising. Dwiggins Fence Co. of Ander- continues text fragment.
Washington letters from W F Aldrich Alabama congressman praise Peruna as a safe vegetable tonic that builds a depleted system. H S Emory of Omaha adds endorsements citing cures for stomach and kidney issues and nervous debility. The company notes 50,000 testimonials and offers a catarrhal diseases book by mail.
A son plans to reorganize with 59000 dollars capital to form the Victor Fence Company in New Albany. Several local notices follow with varied brief items: license issues for bicyclists, priest F C Weichmann critically ill, Mrs W D Tont and others felled by lightning, candidate Doran running solo, a marriage secret, a fatal coal oil accident, a bird nest find, and other contemporary events including an association meeting at Winona Lake, a suicide note, sermons on liquor prohibition, a post office move dispute, railway traction debates in Wabash, job placements for ex-Indianapolis officers, and two Fort Wayne double deaths from medical complications.
In Beaumont Texas on a Monday afternoon a gas well drilled by the J M Guffy company erupted sending sand and rock 300 feet high. The drilling rig was displaced and toppled the derrick timbers splintered. Access to the well is restricted to 100 feet. Some fear continued eruption others predict valuable output akin to the oil field. Broad Ripple cars adjust schedules to half hour mornings and every 26 minutes afternoons and evenings.
Weber Council Y M I will hold a July 4 picnic at Greenwood park on the Greenwood electric line. A 25 cent round trip fare is set for the day. The electric railway has spent much to beautify the grounds and add conveniences. A large program of amusements includes a dancing pavilion and swings for children, ending with a big fireworks display.
John Bell of 122 W. Washington Sr. was removed from a train by the Dispensary ambulance Monday night and taken home. Employed in a Troy roundhouse, he stepped on a nail and burned his foot with a turpentine soaked cloth. The torch flare burned his skin and two fellow workers also blistered their hands. It is likely two toes will require amputation.
A Cincinnati woman claims Mme Ribault's complexion beautifiers clear red spots pimples freckles and moth patches without oils or chemicals. She cites dramatic personal improvement after using the product and invites readers to request a free package by mail from Mme Ribault in Cincinnati Ohio.
Receipts and shipments show cattle at 4003 with varied grades from good to prime export steers 1100 to 1600 lbs, and similar ranges for feeders, calves, cows and sheep. Hogs and lambs noted with quotations. diverse fruits, vegetables, coal, drugs, and canned goods listed with per unit and per case prices reflecting a bustling market page.
Interstate Stock Yards in Indianapolis on June 25 reported hog receipts at 1,200 and shipments at 1,000. Quotations varied from good to choice, with ranges indicating mixed quality. Prices shown include categories for medium and heaves, common to good lights, and other unknown classifications, reflecting a busy trading day.
Chicago June 24 Wheat Welter lower with July at 61 60 and September at 61. Corn July 44 to 13 percent, September 45 15. Oats July 27 percent, September 26 44. Provisions. September pork 14.97 to 15.07, lard 8.71 to 8.90, ribs 8.20 to 8.25. Eggs butter cheese prices listed. live poultry and other farm products noted with varied cents and per dozen figures.
Grain market reports show wheat and corn steady to weak with various No 2 and No 3 grades quoted. Oats and hay also list mixed price ranges, while inspections note several cars rejected or unmerchantable including two No 2 red wheat cars and multiple corn cars.
A dense catalog of market prices and goods for sale including Turkey hens, young toms, fowls, ducks, geese, spring chickens, various cheeses, butter, eggs, hides and tallow, candies, nuts, coffee, sugars, salt, flour, rye flour, bran, meal, spices, and canned goods with unit prices and packaging details. Names of items appear in mixed spellings with numeric price listings and packaging sizes.
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