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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
6
A national labor strike began in Chicago against Inland Steel of Indiana Harbor Indiana. Machinists seek an eight-hour day without wage cuts, extending the demand as contracts expire. The Milwaukee convention set the plan to push eight hours for all similar mills, with contracts expiring daily into 19H.
The weekly crop report notes general corn improvement in the central valley but little progress in the lake region and northern districts remains late yet well cultivated. Winter wheat harvest progresses with some disappointing Missouri Illinois Indiana yields. California harvest nearing average yields. Oregon and Washington show some improvement while eastern Dakotas Nebraska await rain. Cotton small but improving. tobacco in New England needs sun while Virginia North Carolina show mixed results. Tennessee Ohio Valley crop growth strong with Missouri Arkansas Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania promising. Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Kentucky outlook unfavorable. Virginia and Ohio see minor investment gains in weather and crops.
In Aroostook County Maine known as the Garden of Maine, rain has been sparse but soil remains moist longer than in other areas. The potato harvest drives output with about 3 to 4 million bushels produced, shipments to Boston New York and the south totaling around 2.7 million bushels, and average price about 1.43 per barrel. Farmers plant early and use commercial fertilizers to boost yields while combating rot.
June 5 report from NSS Eye for Lion RK. Prince the large Bostock animal at a show sustained an eye socket injury. The oculist replaced the affected part with a larger prosthetic, Prince roared and struggled but eventually calmed, walked to his cage, and seemed content afterward.
A long list of brief notices from Indiana towns reports multiple personal matters and local incidents. Births, divorces, crimes, lawsuits, and civic events appear across Lebanon, Elkhart, Mishawaka, Huntington, Madison, and other locales, with occasional details on trials, accidents, and public works.
Providence Rhode Island June Reverend Dr WV H P Faunce president of Brown University former pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York city whose parishioners include John D Rockefeller and his son delivered a scathing rebuke to the wealthy leisure class. He accused those who serve only themselves of moral wrong and warned against a society that treats life as rights without duties and pleasures without responsibilities. He warned of seeds of social revolt from luxury and alimony and predicted harvest for their unwelcome children.
In Bluffton Indiana on June 2, Oak Bandy rose in Epworth chapel and struck George Bennett after declaring he would not stand for what was happening inside. Witnesses say Bennett sat too close, triggering the confrontation as Bandy asserted his Christian stance.
Ed Beiser, a 220 pound saloon keeper and sprinter from Way Up the Creek, challenged a stranger on a Delaware Street course from Washington to Virginia Avenue. Momentum carried Beiser to victory as the stranger sprinted and Beiser started early, earning applause and a celebratory reception at the hut.
In Philadelphia on June 23, Rev Floyd W Tompkins rector of Holy Trinity church debated infidels including a woman. He argued religion brings progress and likened belief in God to the watchmaker analogy while critic Barker challenged religion and urged a deeper natural view of life.
The text discusses guiding wives to meet their husbands moods and prevent family unhappiness leading to separations. It mentions teaching housewifery and cooking as theory to appeal to men as spiritual beings through social bonds.
In Chicago on June 25 a group of women at Ruskin University Glen Eliyn faculty proposed a cure for divorce. Miss Ada C. Sweet the dean advocates teaching girl students to read character and understand men's psychology to know how to choose a partner.
The Greene County Middle A case appeals to the appellate court after the Lyons town school board refused to return 1,150.87 dollars given for school use to the township trustee. The town’s population was under 1,300, prompting the board to abandon school operations but still denying repayment. The lower court awarded the trustee damages, and the former board members appeal.
In Montgomery Alabama on June 2 in U S circuit court Judge Jones jailed J W Pace of Tallapoosa County after pleading guilty to 11 of 12 indictments for peonage. He received five year sentences in each case but concurrent so he faces five years total. The twelfth indictment will go to the court of appeals.
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