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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
3
In Indianapolis River site park a tree that grew at the center of the park drifted with April floods. Washed from its ground during the high water it floated for days and then settled in ten feet of water where currents held it upright. The tree now bears new leaves and appears healthy and thriving.
Octavius Mack, a colored attorney, is comedy target as police court jesters play a prank. An officer tells him a client is lost and others hint at sinister thoughts. Mack questions the absurd claim, then learns the gag involved a dredged canal and a “colored man” found, prompting further laughter.
A deadly illness resembling yellow fever spreads through Mayking and Long Fork Creek, Kentucky. Over two weeks of outbreak, three deaths reported on Thursday as physicians struggle to curb its progress. local schools suspended indefinitely and business activity halted. A Cincinnati salesman is suspected of bringing the disease into the area.
Detectives Gerber and Trimpe charge Elmer Bredshaw with burglarizing the residence of C. C. Sipe at 2015 Talbott Ave and stealing a sealskin coat valued at 50 dollars. Bond set at 1,000. Elmer claims no prior trouble. The case to be discussed before the grand jury.
Two Springfield high school girls Hattie Rodgers and Martha Hamman faced death as they sank in quicksand by a marsh near the northern Acheo building. A third girl, Jennie Mars, threw boards and dragged them to safety, preventing a fatal outcome.
In Conneaut Ohio, Dr CG D Baker a prominent local physician killed himself by opening arteries in his left arm and bleeding to death in his office. Neighbors reported heavy breathing. a pool of blood and his lifeless body were found. Once prosperous, his wife’s death years ago led to neglect and drug addiction, and authorities believe he acted while mentally deranged.
In Fort Scott Kansas May 10 likely, a mother cat attacked a boy aged 10 while he played. The cat bit the boy on the cheek and refused to release. The cat’s jaws could not be opened until a chisel pry freed them. Doctors fear blood poisoning.
Frank Harrell of 5 Camp Street, once an aeronaut and parachute artist, wheeled to the police in an invalid chair after alleging expulsion from Fourth Christian Church leadership. Officials say a lunacy commission found him unsound, and hospital plans are considered amid his asserting Christian priestly aims and persecution claims. He previously survived a 19th century parachute fall that fractured his spine and limbs, with his father noting a long decline in mental fitness.
The full village of Oaklandon gathered in the criminal court on Friday for the case of Harry K West who faced assault and battery charges against bus conductor Watson. Witnesses describe heated exchange as temperance supporters accused West of abusing authority and a Watson woman refused to leave when ordered out.
A vandal tore down an old bridge at Wilkingst over Pogues Run Friday morning then retreated along back alleys when police arrived. Authorities say the bridge was dilapidated and the act may have saved the city from greater expense, framing it as a peculiar, unintended cost saving by the culprits.
Matilde Heckman sues for divorce from Joan F. Heckman after forty years of marriage claiming they wed December 23, 164 and lived together through May 21, 1908. She alleges he shrank and choked her and threatened to kidnap her and kill her before feigning insanity, in a troubling complaint.
Deputy city clerk William P. Cosgrove recounts a near tragedy after pulling a boy from a street when a bill poster caused a startled escape. The boy hurled insults at Cosgrove while a speeding car narrowly missed, leaving Cosgrove shaken by the confrontation and the danger faced.
The Interurban pareno in Tushana forms a new electric line, Portland to Huntington with Montpelier as principal business location. Capital stock is 4400 dollars. Directors include Willem West, Lecl Hultman, and Scott Milla with Fowler cafe company of Indianapolis incorporated for restaurant and bakery services.
Fred Kaedle of the Indianapolis News is reported in very serious condition after being run down by a motorist from A. D. Cates. Initial fears of external injuries gave way to doubts about internal injuries, with physicians doubtful of a full recovery. Recitals by George Eckert are planned for June 7 and 8 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church with Frank N. Taylor and George Eckert assisting.
May 27 report describes Blanene Lane, daughter of Rev Samuel Lane, saying she was horribly burned on Thursday night after a garbled incident involving alleged throwing by a man who has haunted her for two months.
Fort Scott Kansas May 1 F H Taylor a former Cincinnati businessman has not eaten since imprisonment on adrions charge. He says he would welcome death. Efforts to force nourishment have failed. Notices posted at Lowell mills announce a shut down next week due to lack of orders. Twenty three hundred workers affected.
A patched OCR tale sketches everyday scenes in town with names like Frank Wand, Captain Dawson, and Billy, plus court matters. It notes furniture and flower stands, people on porches, a city building with lingering white layers, and various local disputes, boards, and a name change petition.
International Mercantile Agency dispatch reports improved merchant activity across western centers and growing restocking, with crop prospects seen as favorable. Buyers stay conservative, tempos in dry goods and iron trade pick up slowly, lake traffic tight, rail and shipyard output limited, weather favorable for crops, and Norway Pine Syrup promoted as a remedy.
In Butte Montana during May locals and tourists alike seek out Khantsh also known as Blue Eagle the reclusive Ute Indian nearing ninety who lives in a tepee with a pet moose. He refuses photographs, plans to shoot anyone who photographs him, and asks neighbors to kill the moose after his death while interviewers offer high prices for his unusual companion.
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