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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1891
Page
1
A garbled reminiscence profiles Elijah Brown, editor of The Rams Horn, portraying a rough, honest journalist with a long war record. It reproduces a caricature portrait and Brown’s self-portrait sketches from youth, noting trials of red hair, freckles, and early ambition, ending with enlistment tales and pursuit of knowledge.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a disillusioned enlistment experience with promises of fine dress and glory, contrasted by cold military reality. It shifts to a journalist named Lige, detailing how he started a paper, prospered, and monetized sentiment with grieved prose and showy exaggeration.
A great fire on Saturday morning with high winds destroyed the Syracuse Journal offices and other major structures including the Vanderbilt house and Holten block. Utica Oswego Baldwinsville and Fulton sent fire apparatus and men, bringing the blaze under control by noon with losses estimated around $1 million. Also reported is the death of Dr Ludwig Windthorst, aged 71.
Probate commissioner Gus O’Brien qualified Saturday. Betty Nehl was fined for selling liquor without a license on three indictments. Hezekiah Lawson judged father of Rebecca Martin’s child. A frame dwelling on Railroad St was damaged by fire. Kendricks club rooms will host the Wives and lady friends on ladies day. The Uniformed rank of the K of P received inspection at Masonic hall. A man from Midway, Kentucky, surrendered to U S authorities for a post office defaulter. A Columbus, Indiana man reported pocketbook loss and fruit stand dispute. Police court saw fines and costs for several defendants and a stabbing incident in Cauhan’s saloon. A barber shop pin theft led to a 31,000 bond for Wesley Thomas. A list of baptisms, illnesses, and marriages appears with local addresses. Advertisements tout Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Eagle brand condensed milk as infant foods.
A coroner’s inquest is told of Mrs. Reinhold Lemon’s suicide attempt and the husband’s account of a razor hidden under a pillow. He alleges jealousy, alleged detectives, and possible insanity, with neighbors noting despondency and vanity. Detective Page disputes claims of searches with his wife and a house of ill fame. Ex-Councilman Weaver distances himself from alleged marital intrigue.
Dispatches recount mobs in New Orleans New Orleans and Indianapolis reporting that jurors acquitting the Hennessey suspects were dragged from the parish prison. Six men named Politz Monasterio Scatledi Macheca Marechesi Regnollo were killed or hanged by masked assailants after a mass meeting. The scene featured broken doors and gunfire amid calls to avenge justice.
Germany refuses American pork. Prince Napoleon near death, Prince Bismarck to arbitrate Baltic dispute. Russia suffers floods destroying most winter crops. English towns snowbound and hungry. Pope to name cardinals, Queen Victoria hosts drawing reception in London with many Americans. Three survivors from a wreck near Dartmouth. ship Snevia drifting in the English Channel remains untraced.
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March 14 Bovey reports a large public subscription toward the government loan. About forty million six thousand dollars have been subscribed, indicating strong local support and a major funding effort by residents.
Jim Rice lobbies in deserted halls of the late legislature while Green Smith lies sick. Will Roberts retires from deputy overbor. John Senator exits treasurer’s office. Rumors touch Hendricks statue, Misses Justice and History, and distant weather. A mine roof kills Samuel Cook and Thomas Coreycan at Morris Ridge. Thomas D. Hall, treasury man since 1802, dies. Levee near Memphis possibly dynamited. Preston Ford missing after bath. Sicilians in New Orleans acquitted. others held. Mrs. Baker dies from a fire sparked by an explosion in Fostoria, Ohio.
City attorneys draft new improvement ordinances as 63 measures head to the Board of Public Works for action. Debate over the council seat held by Peargon and Steckhans stirs republican hopes, while the defunct Police Aid Association’s finances grow after a big dues spike. Simeon Coy seeks guidance from Controller Woollen on the council vacancy timing. The Board weighs sick funds and patrol powers for the propylacum society amid rumors of future appointments and gatherings.
A girl named Annie allegedly entangled in a scandal involving adults and manipulative influence. Mallie, Nora, and Detta Harter brutalized a woman and damaged property. In police court, fines of 25 dollars plus costs were imposed on the sisters. Annie faces reform school action as investigators pursue a man named in a sworn statement.
Framing the Plymouth event with elocution flair, Bloomington’s Frank Vetter won the prize as the field contended amid ribboned crowds. Winners followed Bastain Pepauw Reed Carr Butlers Edson Hanover, with a post contest banquet at Bates horse. The Danube overflowed its banks near Pesth, flooding 300 houses and costing lives.
Report describes Nancy Jane, the official bouncer at Union Station, in good health but awaiting another trip. Train crews were hindered Saturday morning by freezing weather, with locomotive firemen covered in coal dust and exhausted from feeding the iron monsters.
Snow overnight trapped policemen Anderson and Lighardson inside the College area patrol house. Lowe, hearing a violent roar he mistook for a snow plow, found the two asleep and snoring, prompting Chief Colbert to suspend them for safety concerns.
A blaze at the Central State Asylum near Nashville, seven miles from the city, destroyed the male wing Saturday morning. Of 28 patients, six are reported cremated with many others escaping. Gov. Buchanan ordered state aid and a special train to the scene as the wing is likely to be destroyed.
Friday night at the Grand Opera House showcased Sothern's fine drawing cards despite bad weather. The piece highlights his careful study, affectionate stage details with mothers and cousins, and a quip about kissing customs. Jennie Villers leads in Blue Beard Jr. at the Galud next week, after a New York appearance where cabbages and carrots eruptions greeted her.
The piece reports Mrs. Logans letters to Senator Crawford urging Palmer support, countered by findings that her marriage claim is false. It also notes discharges at the government printing office, a disorganized 54th Congress with thousands of bills printed, and remarks on Blaine, Harrison supporters, and local political maneuvering amid unsettled lives and rumors.
A fragment describes spring goods in shop windows sighing for warmth while ice from a wagon freezes pedestrians and triggers a bank run joke about Tom and Jerry. Streetcars halt at crossings as shivering crowds wait for service and a man with a gun eyes a bluebird whistle from earlier.
A scattered 19th century style update covers cross cues with Slosson, Sunday quitting baseball for YMCA mission, McGeachy seeking a fielding role, and Indianapolis losing a pro ball team this year. It mentions Lenidle in England or America for a purse, Kilrain vs Godfrey boxing details, Mike Kelly’s visit, and rumors about franchise moves and league finances in Indianapolis and Cincinnati with ongoing speculation on future teams and venues.
Advertisement notes sale of 80 dozen bers nts each and mentions Ailenian Mothers and Hatter, with urgency to come quick as thes wil alten, Douse, trai. Readable fragments indicate furniture items with limited legible details from a historical page segment.
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