This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 33 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
2
In Albany on May 14, during a United Traction Company strike, a car was halted by strikers leaving a motorman badly injured and wires cut. Two hundred nonunion men arrived to replace strikers as a crowd hurled bricks, stones, and threats. police fired revolvers and the force remained on duty amid fears of a fatal conductor injury.
Four nonunion miners from Hopkins county were mobbed by about 40 union men in Greenville. Ballard Petrie was struck down with a sling shot and seriously injured while the others in his party suffered minor injuries. About 50 shots were fired with no further injuries reported.
CHICAGO May H The first clash between the United States Steel Corporation known as the billion dollar trust and organized labor may take place in the Illinois Steel Company plant within the next two weeks. The machinists voted 41 in favor of a wage increase and 14 against. This signals a 127 percent increase in wages.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood poison and related ailments including ulcers, skin eruptions, and rheumatism. It presents testimonials from patients like L A Coward of Aden Mississippi, claims complete cures after 6 to 18 bottles, and promotes a free trial and medical advice through mail order and local druggists.
A Memphis dispatch reports machinists in Memphis Tennessee are preparing to strike, demanding higher wages and a nine hour workday. The move signals potential labor actions affecting local industry and workforce conditions.
In Wilkes Barre on May 14 the machinists at Kingston joined the nationwide stoppage. All D L W machine shops along the line are now idle as strike action spreads across the railroad.
In Springfield on May 14, workers failed to report for duty as Wabash machine shops opened following Monday’s discharge of 30 machinists. The men allege wage demands sparked the layoffs, and the strike may spread to an entire system.
The latest estimate puts seven dead and seven missing from the steamer City of Paducah disaster Sunday night. The known dead include Miss Mabel Gardiner of St. Louis Dr. J. W. Bell of Bel's Landing Tenn Charles Johnson the deck watchman Frank Gard ner a colored fireman two white firemen with unknown names and a colored baker.
Controller Johnson asserts the Board of Health cannot enforce the vaccination rule for school children. He says the school board should not enact it. He cites a recent law admitting healthy children to schools without vaccination and declares the Board of Health action illegal.
Heinrich Kohlman aged 82, once a coachman for Gov. Baker, died Monday at the Little Sisters of the Poor home. Born in Germany, he helped found St. Joseph's Society and St. Mary's Church, was part of the St. Boniface Society, and funeral rites will be conducted under those orders Wednesday morning from Grimsteiner Bros. undertaking rooms. Interment will be at the Catholic cemetery.
Jerry and Lacy Williams report a boy birth. Lewis and Agnes Taylor announce a girl. Frank A. Fritz and May Fritz welcome a girl. Carl and Anna Mreifleis list a girl. Perry and Lulu Vickers, John Hill avenue, a girl. Albert and Anna Gentry announce a girl. Whitesell couple report a girl. William and Mary Wenz greet a boy. Willie Phelps, 8 1224 Missouri street, accidental steam scalding. John Clouds, 43, 13936 Brookside avenue, heart disease. Catherine Looney, 52, 82% Huron street, cancer. Martha O’Connor, city, pneumonia. Henry C. Griggsby, 53, 123 Alvord street, endocarditis. John J. Akers and Myrtle Garsline. Lyell A. Dobson and Ada Rooney. Charles W. Austin and Myrtle Gare Stine. John F. Akers and Rebecca Kramer. John W. Green and Mollie Harden. Jacob Selig and Aggie Kindler.
A list from various addresses reports additions, brick and frame houses, cottages, and repairs with values ranging from 75 to 600 dollars. Notable entries include G W Baxter 1005 Olive addition valued at 600, Nellie Adams brick house at 153 Nevada 1,800, and J V Naxter 1297 Harlan frame house dating 1899.
Harvey Young, 55, a well known landscape painter, died in Colorado Springs today from congestion of the lungs.
Five men forced entry to Wilds Bank in Danforth early Tuesday but did not secure the $10,000 in the strong box. The robbers escaped before taking the money.
In Cincinnati on May 14 two rival Knights of the Royal Arch bodies began separate sessions. Revolters claim large blocs from many lodges and criticized the supreme lodge and C S Rogers for finances. J A Miller of Chicago chaired the rebel gathering while Williamson reported suspensions for nonpayment of per capita tax.
Samuel Taylor a thirteen year old, living with his grandparents after his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, was sentenced Tuesday. His aunt Sallie Snyder told Judge Alford of his recent run away to Indianapolis where he slept in barns and stole a bicycle and other items before being found.
Union Pacific stock fell to 103 on Tuesday afternoon marking a 15 percent daily loss amid no clear news. Reported heavy selling by John W. Gates and the Chicago crowd pressured Union Pacific and other stocks as the market generalist remained weak.
Cora Perry, with erysipelas at the workhouse, is confined in her cell while other prisoners are moved away. Supt Shaw phoned the hospital Tuesday to ask why she was refused entry, told it was a mis take and not due to lack of space. Hospital Supt Spencer says the annex holds five rooms for six patients plus a nurse and janitor, leaving no room for her.
County commissioners opened bids Tuesday for three stone bridges. Over Goose Creek near West Newton substructure by Wm. Fife & Son at 1650 dollars and superstructure by Canton Bridge Co at 899 dollars. Over Dollarhide Creek in Decatur township bid by Wm. Fife & Son at 3800 dollars. Over McGuire Creek in Decatur township bid by Wm. Fife & Son at 3300 dollars. Six bids on the first job, three on the second, Fife the sole bidder on the third.
Four cases of smallpox were reported to the Board of Health on Tuesday morning including G. L. Collyer at 218 Trowbridge Avenue and Mrs. Thomas Wells with two children Archie age 5 and Floyd age 3 at 351 West Seventeenth Street. More cases were anticipated near the Wells home as the outbreak occurs in a rough-house with many children circulating around the area.
A Kansas City leader H O Wheeler resolution adopted by the American federation of musicians labels ragtime tunes unmusical rot and pledges members to discourage playing and publication of such musical trash. Mufialo to host next convention.
A transient sale lists numerous grocer items with bargain prices including hominy buckwheat flour and corn per can. Items feature brands like Fairbank's Lion Oysters Postum Grape Nuts and Wrigley's Scouring. Counted goods include oats beans peas and sugar with notable prices and packaging details.
Mayor Taggart travels to Chicago awaiting Thursday. The Wholesale Grocers’ Association met in secretary D W Coffin’s Lombard building with varied state members. John Sonntag, deputy state treasurer and bond broker, reports ample money in the west and rising demand for bonds despite low rates. Henry Levy, deputy state treasurer, settles with Vermillion county, first June settlement showing many delinquent taxes. Levy notes this pattern across Indiana.
The city sinking fund commission met in Controller Johnson's office Tuesday morning and organized with Aquilla Q. Jones elected president. The controller serves as secretary ex-officio. Each member filed a $5,000 bond with American Surety Co. as surety. No business occurred. The panel plans a 2 percent property tax for the sinking fund and to administer it. About 225.00 per year is expected to be raised. A June 15 meeting is planned though funds are not yet available. Charles F. Coffin is the other member.
Probate commissioner Walker received a letter from his mother in China on Tuesday. She sent a piece of brocaded silk of peculiar oriental yellow that came from the emperor of China’s chariot. She ripped it from the chariot last August in Pekin and the commissioner will make a bible mark of it.
In San Juan on May 11 Porto Ricans’ favorite pastime cock fighting was declared illegal by Attorney-general Harlan, marking a crackdown on a common amusement in the territory.
A roundup of brief items notes Shamrock II speed efforts and a Western Unitarian conference in St. Louis, along with scattered incidents. Damages from a severe hail wind and rain in western Texas reach fifty thousand dollars. Obituaries report Herbert E. Brown and J F Goddard. A Philippine tariff is expected to yield about fifteen million yearly.
Chicago May wheat edges lower with May, July futures noted. Corn May higher at 24c, July around mixed. Oats May figures show July activity. Provisions rise fractionally with July pork and lard quoted. Dairy and butter goods listed among new and regular stock items. Live poultry prices include chickens, turkeys, geese with per dozen figures.
Wheat steady with No 2 red at 7 cents per bushel and May 73 cent wagon rate. Corn firm across grades White No 1 at 45 cents and mixed No 2 at 44 1/2 cents. No 4 white 41 3/4 cents. Oats steady No 2 white at 30 1/2 cents and No 1 mixed at 28 cents. Inspections list car totals by grade with 23 total grain cars and 1 rejected car.
Cattle receipts 420 head with mixed quotes Good to prime steers 1,350 lbs up to 5.15 5.65, fair to medium steers 1,290 lbs up to 4.75 5.15, Good to choice 1,150-1,300 lbs around 4.15-5.30, medium to choice 900-1,100 lbs near 4.0-4.70. Hogs receipts 3,800 with good to choice weights 5.25-6.70, common to fair weights 5.50-6.10. Sheep receipts light, lambs good to choice 3.75-4.25, veal calves light. Bulls: prime export 3.75-4.25, butcher bulls 3.40-3.65. Bucks 2.00 per 100 lbs.
A catalog style ad lists rugs mats lace curtains and drapery sundries with various sizes patterns and prices. Items include Axminster rugs 9x12 at 25.00 quality 17.50 BI4x1014, Smyrna wool rugs 30x60 at 3.00 quality 1.79, linoleum 500 yards 55c quality 39c, floor oilcloths 35c, window shades 8x7 27c, lace curtains 3 1 2 yards 69c, tapestry portieres 4.75, floor denims 22c, ruffled nets 48c, Swiss muslins 9c, cretonies 20c, extension rods 12c, curtain poles 25c.
Pure Irish linen batiste in shades and widths for waists and dresses. Linen colored lawns and dimities in ten qualities for tomorrow. Mercerized silk malls in 32 inches with satin stripes and dots at special prices. Embroidered chambrays in two toned effects. India foulards in multiple grounds and prints. Embroidered Swisses in dots and figures. Dimities and batiste from 12a to 19c and 15c lines. Organ dies French floral designs at 22c to 39c.
The Pan-American incident ends as the 22 foot boa from Bostock's Zoo reaches Echota near Niagara Falls at dawn. It attacked a goat tied to a fence, killed several chickens, and caused panic before handlers from Bostwick arrived to recover the animal.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.