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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1904
Page
8
A grocer urges customers to ask for the Indiana Best loaf described as the top bread made in the Hoosier plate. The campaign ties a popular bakery product to regional pride and quality branding.
William Cleaveland, an insane patient at the state hospital, was placed in a bath tub by fellow patient Und Morphew who assisted. A nurse or attendant, Morphew moved away briefly, and Halforth then forced Cleaveland under scalding water. Cleaveland screamed as he was held under.
The fragment hints at a ceremonial or philosophical text with obscure phrases about rule, time, and an admonition regarding not leaving water flowing unattended. Names and clear events are not present, making the exact subject unclear yet retaining a mood of caution and authority.
The Woodside Musicale features a diverse program with performances by Orville Donwoodl, Sallie Raya, Jare fe Tagsart Antrey Devsennd, Muy Tran Kilwin Meads, and Genwood’s The Mis. Sy. in WTe Te aati. Local organizers announce a lively concert season with multiple seafrequencies and guest artists to enrich the community’s cultural calendar.
The old officers of the Retail fur dealers association were co elected to new posts at a meeting. The organization discussed furnishings and cabinet suppliers, while a union of carpenters seeks membership and allied structures. May reports note four court or public cases this week. Engagement announced for Lawrence J Davis and Joseph Flais family announces their daughter's forthcoming marriage.
Washington May 18 The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of St Louis ordinances requiring that a constable remain within the city limits only with a permit issued by the municipal assembly.
In Lawrenceburg Indiana on May 17 a man found topless along the railway near Weileburg suffers paralysis after waking from sleep. Doctors believe a combined head injury and exposure worsened by a fall. He is cared for at a shelter with city aid. Also, the steamer Maracaiha arrived from San Juan Puerto Rico with the Fifty sixth company of east artillery, who were sent home as their services were no longer needed.
The U S Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling in the Bessette contempt case prompting remarks from Indiana and federal judges. Willem Renker and Nan Bessette send congratulations while Judge Leander Monks comments reflect on court authority over contempt.
A Chicago dispatch reports Senator Hamest weighing a presidential bid after NY and IN losses with a likely bid to swing the Tinels delegation to Mater Harrison. The Ga Evening Herald fire destroys the paper. Cincinnati editor George Weir slain in Wilkesbarre. Henry S. Ebarne and Marty E. Walke to wed in Chicago after two-year courtship. Other items include a ditch dig rent dispute in Chicago and various political conventions in Cincinnati shaping the national Democratic platform.
William Burns of Rorkway rescued a boy from drowning in a canal near his home after hearing cries while walking home to dinner. He pulled the child from the water, then learned the rescued boy was his own son. The boy survived after resuscitation efforts.
In Takio Japan, March 31 1854 marked Commodore Matthew Perry’s signing of the treaty opening Japan to the world. The memory of Perry is highly revered in Japan, seen as the turning point toward Western civilization and modernization. His name is a family word and widely respected across the country.
The report details a dispute over inheritance after Mrs. Daniels died in Denver leaving funds to Mrs. Rasmussen. Years of estrangement and failed letters followed as Rasmussen learned Daniels’ sister may still be alive. The case includes an unsettled division of cash and claims of prior marriages. Lou Mabell, an American actress, died in Paris after appendicitis surgery.
Warnings and telegrams from activists signed by C J Clarke threaten harm over alleged mall and communication abuses. Former New York Governor Levi P Morton celebrated his eightyeth birthday on Monday. A new Louisiana governor elect spoke against lynching, while a Kentucky case reports a sick wife shooting her husband during a dispute.
In Macon Georgia on Monday morning the First National Bank opened at nine o clock then closed four minutes later with a notice that it would not reopen while awaiting the bank examiner. J C Playt s sons bank also posted a closure. No official statement on the banks affairs has been released.
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