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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1904

Page

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Jury Deadlocked In Gillespie Trial After Eight Ballots

Rising Sun Indiana May 30 jurors in the Gillespie case failed to reach a verdict. The jury stood seven to five for acquittal with seven voting to acquit and five to convict. Eight ballots were taken with no agreement. the case was continued to September term. Gillespie remanded to jail. others bailed. Prosecution vows to retry.

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Small Houses In Great Demand In Indianapolis

A dealer notes families seek affordable small homes near city amenities. A couple on modest income struggles to find options within walking distance to work, finally settling four miles out with five blocks to transit. They urge more small houses in decent neighborhoods for people of their class.

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Memorial Day Observances in Washington D C

On Memorial Day in Washington crowds gather to lay wreaths at cemeteries across the capital as rain threatens. Arlington becomes a focal point with most observances. 150000 unknown graves are marked among seven million fallen, with national colors draped over statues and flags at public warnings.

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Memorial Day Observed By Veterans Across Cemeteries

Thousands of soldiers and military units joined a solemn memorial march with honors for dead sailors. Services at Green Lawn Mount Jackson Crown Hill and Holy Cross featured decorations for Confederate and Union dead, with orations by Capt. Wm. A. Ketcham and others, final flower drops into a creek by women of George amid ceremonies.

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Unclear battle scene with scattered bodies and flowers on bridge

Fragmentary OCR reports Ay Chapman Teer and others dying in a watery battle near Meridian Street bridge. Bodies lie in streams across the area while flowers drift from the bridge, with readers unable to determine the full location or event.

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Interurban Traction Plans Amid Limited Extensions

Limited new electric line work announced for Indiana systems as Rushville division of Indianapolis and Cincinnati traction plans stagnate. Officials expect eventual Cincinnati connection but routes through Shelbyville or Rushville undecided. No new Urbana or northern divisions extended this season. Bloomington extension rumored but likely not completed. urban enterprise activity appears weaker than earlier period.

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Sunday Sermon Thoughts On Faith And Modern Life

In Sunday sermons across churches, pastors advocate faith over intellect, urge simple piety, and condemn the constant chase of novelty. Revs Huriston Ort and others emphasize the household of God, the temple of Christ, and the danger of modern distractions, urging a return to traditional Sabbath reverence.

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Oldest life insurance holder dies at 104 in New Jersey

Charles H. Booth, claimed to be the world’s oldest life insurance holder, died in Englewood New Jersey at age 104. Born in Stratford Connecticut he moved to New York as a boy and worked in dry goods before rising in the insurance business. He credited his long life to avoiding liquor and tobacco and shaved each morning well past 90.

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Local notes and court chatter fill Potent Potluck era pages

A jumble of editorials and society items references people like James Citing, Charles F. Rissett, and John Kurkelehine. Police court interests surface with talk of the Emerald Hall game, town figures in dental and pharmaceutical politics, and a push by Indiana pharmacists toward regulating poisonous drugs.

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Roosevelt honors fallen at Gettysburg battlefield

In London and Washington reports describe Russia shaping plans to trap Japanese near Port Arthur with a front attack. Roosevelt visited Gettysburg May 30 delivering the Tayler Prayer and spoke from the cemetery to honor soldiers who died there. Mention is made of Sickles, Warren, and the Devil's Den as key battlefield points with 609 monuments marking troop positions.

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Gettysburg battlefield marked by monuments and memory

The article recounts monument markers at Gettysburg, noting a tablet shaped like a dagger and the Bloody Angle where ferocious fighting occurred. It describes how Plekett’s men attacked the union lines, a gallant stand behind a stone fence, and the field now lies among wheat beds with graves and relics scattered. President Roosevelt recalls the war’s lessons for peace and national unity.

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Dr Quisenberry to Move on June 1

A fragmentary notice states Dr HL Quisenberry, pastor of College Avenue Baptist Church, will move June 1. The item discusses his future home at 23 Collegeave and contemplates the impact on his church and congregation.

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Weather forecast and local labor dispute headline

Threatening, with occasional showers, Monday afternoon through Tuesday. Temperature at 7 am 64. Geyer Painters quit the Kirchner residence after a dispute over yellow trim and green shutters. Kirchner persisted, workers refused, then left with their tools and paint.

Flags Not At Half Mast In Indian Polis

Flags were not at half mast in Indianpolis on Monday though reports from Washington New York and larger cities said many buildings were decorated as a formality. Public and private structures showed minimal honoring with flags often hung at full height on courthouses post offices and monuments. Memorials appeared sparse and somber reflecting a weak observance.

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