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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1902
Page
7
Mrs Anastasia Simpson of Evansville aged 190 celebrated a birthday on Tuesday. She recalls being born in Russia and attributes her long life to never getting angry and living on the plainest food.
Washington H Wallace a colored sleeping car porter was lynched by a mob in La Junta after being taken from Sheriff Farr. He allegedly assaulted Mrs. Henrietta Miller of Los Angeles who had asked directions to a Pullman car. The victim notified police after escaping to the station.
Railroads grant excursion rates to Indianapolis for the Anna Held engagement at Tomlinson hall. The local passenger association authorized one and one third fare to Indianapolis for March 31 and April 1, with return by April 2, in a communication signed by secretary John B Ferris.
Middletown Iowa March 6 1900s A farmer Samuel Sylvester killed a cow for beef and found a gold medalion necklace in its stomach. The necklace belonged to Miss Catherine Lamson of Muscatine Iowa who had visited the Sylvester farm last summer. A farm hand vanished after the theft was suspected.
Young ladies of the Central universalist church plan an easier sale and festival with an entertainment and social on Wednesday afternoon and night. Colored community shows strong interest in the Flanner guilds new building and will seek white help though pledging to raise a portion themselves. Frank Vonnegut serves as treasurer of the Flanner guild board.
A jumble of notices from Indiana towns describes events across Lancaster to Logansport and Fort Wayne. Highlights include the state meeting at Ellis and June events in Fort Wayne, May conventions in South Bend, fires in Canton and Terra Haute, and local incidents from Valparaiso to New Albany.
The report describes a Winchester woman nicknamed o negress arresting on Tuesday night for holding the feet of her four year old step child Carrie Lee in a stove fire box, causing severe burns to the feet. Her husband pressed charges and the article notes the child’s bone exposure. It adds that the husband killed himself in France after further violence with a French woman, Lecoustre, and a hammer attack that endangered her life. The fragment also includes unrelated rental and help-wiring notices and a brief classified ad.
Fragmentary timetable shows departures and connections for T. H. St L and West routes. Times include 4 am 7:2 am 13:15 pm 3:00 pm 11:20 pm with Western Express and Effingham connections. Some entries are garbled yet indicate power line 16:16 and 22 am.
Fragmentary timetable notes depart and arrive times for Chicago night express and fast mail services. Mentions Chicago Vestibule sets and a Mononev 7:00am event with 7:5 am readings and multiple arrival windows including 11:50am 12:40 pm and 3:35pm with a 14:00 pm and 10:00 sa reference.
A scrambled OCR line lists various times and numbers such as 13 55 pm 4 00 pm 5 00 pm 6 45 pm and 7 15 pm with stray digits 18700 112 325 pm creating an unreadable time sequence. The readable items resemble a scheduling snippet but lack context or a coherent event description.
Limited trains for Anderson depart from Station Union Block at 119 West Maryland Street in Muncie Marion area with a late rundown to reach Anderson around 1145 p m timed schedule yet unclear on frequency or platform details.
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