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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
5
A humorous dialogue unfolds as Tom and Miss Mary navigate mixed tenses and grammar slips. Amid flirtation and miscommunications, Mary reveals she is engaged to Tom, leaving Tom both relieved and amused by the awkward exchanges. The scene closes with Mary confirming the engagement and the Star reporting the lighthearted episode.
In Chambersburg Pa March 22 hypnotism has become a fad with local youths. At a social gathering Miss Bessie Fisher was hypn otized by a friend who could not awaken her. A doctor failed to revive her but another party expert eventually woke her after about thirty minutes, leaving her ill in bed.
Mrs Levi Hadley of 284 Detroit Street wins the Lew Shank sideboard for the nearest guess of votes received for recorder. She guessed 8754 and the actual count was 8739.
A patchwork of humorous notes from Indiana newspapers quotes rural mishaps and eccentricities. Topics include a Rockville house fire started by a rat, a quarter mile stone-throwing wager, a churchgoer who sleeps with cuffs on, a chicken coop roaming theft in Tipton county, a Hortonville carpenter at the St. Louis fair, and counties from Spencer to Greenbriar loaded with local quirks. Also noted are sausage-makers processing decrepit horses and a push for women to study roastology and domestic arts, plus a warning from Hancock county commissioners about muddy roads harming travel.
A Washington county Indiana case involving Fredericksburg challenges a last legislature act granting justice of the peace powers to town clerks. Wilcox was fined by a town clerk acting as JP for leaving his horse unhitched and appealed. The suit tests legislative power and the act’s title, with the attorney general warning of possible damage suits if unconstitutional.
Harmony returns to the Abbott household at 440 W Twenty second Street as William M Abbott and Catherine A Abbott publish a reconciliatory appeal. Court began but parties settled out of court and no trial occurred.
Frank P. Sargent of Peoria Illinois chief of the Brotherhood of locomotive firemen denies that President Roosevelt has offered him the position of commissioner of immigration to succeed Terrence V. Powderly.
The Woodruff Place Baptist Church, located at E Michigan and Walcott streets in Indianapolis, has a complete gymnasium and library open daily. Led by Rev. Adrian D. Berry the church emphasizes physical and mental health, with a rebuilt building after a recent fire, now one of the city’s coziest churches.
In New Haven on March 22 a Waterbury couple, Roswell Buck and wife, faced an unusual divorce case as the mother, Sarah Donaldson, testified for Buck. The wife refused to live as a wife in the four year home, and Buck described her coming home after being out all night. Buck stated his wife became angry and said she would not live with him for many days. The couple married in 1877 and have a 23 year old daughter and a 13 year old son.
Joseph Vaughs known as the King of the house of correction goes back to the institution for his ninth tieth visit. He is 70 years old and has no home. The cold spell drove him to seek shelter at E Grand-aye station and ask for commitment to the hotel by Pennypack creek. Officials placed him in a cell overnight and Magistrate Hughes sent him upriver until June’s warmth.
In Salem Indiana Eli Menaugh and others allege in an amended answer that David Jennings assaulted a 2 year old boy his wife and daughter carried dangerous weapons drunk and disorderly cursed his wife used opium chloral and excess liquor and was a menace to good society. The filing cites a bludgeon in an umbrella and other shocking charges as sworn facts in the suit.
The Supreme Court has for the first time in about twenty years caught up with its business. Seventy cases have been transferred from the appellate court which remains roughly a year and a half behind schedule.
A 19th century ad extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the sure preventive for pneumonia from colds and la grippe. It claims the remedy cures a cold or la grippe faster than others and is safe for all ages, available at all druggists.
A tied vote on Capitol Avenue curb versus property line sidewalks stalls decisions, with 23 owners for curb walks and 23 opposing, while two remain indifferent. City engineer recanted a prior majority claim, sparking legal possibilities as Attorney Ross Hawkins probes for the anti-curb faction.
Kansas City report says grocer Charles Craft was robbed as he closed his store. The footpad demanded the money sack containing about $20. Craft urged mercy by remarking the robber should take from the rich, and the thief returned five dollars before fleeing.
Mrs. Joseph Adams of Webster City Iowa describes years of painful cramps weak days and illness before finding relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People after trying doctors. She credits three boxes with restoring health and strength and notes the pills’ claimed blood and nerve benefits. The ad warns of imitations and offers mail order genuine pills from Schenectady New York.
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