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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1901
Page
6
A five foot shift of a 200 ton brick faced concrete wall was accomplished during New York rapid transit alterations. Using timber rollers steel tracks and jackscrews, twenty workers moved the 157 foot long wall safely five and a half feet into a new concrete base, a feat described as clever engineering.
Rochester New York November 7 Robert Ray aged 75 has been honorably pensioned after 55 years with the New York Central under the Vanderbilt family He helped start the Rochester Albany line rode mules and spiked rails as a section man and served as an express messenger on the Rochester Albany line His decades long service earned friendships with Vanderbilt chiefs Chauncey Depew JP Morgan and George Pall and his home bears tokens from these magnates
E Zinn of the Armstrong surgical_cnt company states that the ring described as Indiana gold to be used at the Pink nuptials is not the made in THE SUN.
Independent glass manufacturers held a closed meeting at the Grand hotel on Thursday to discuss joining a cooperative association. The group warned that competition is driving prices down and could ruin business unless a price regulation plan is adopted.
Reports state Hinton Iowa bank robbed of 1509 dollars on Wednesday night. Mo2h Boyce fatally stabs Charles Messick in Rominez West Virginia. Buffalo Jones of Salina Kansas, aged 71, dies reputedly a bird and animals charmer. Astor to invest 2.5 million in a New York City apartment building. France to not hold Mitylene island. Brakenlaagte battle costs 44 dead and 100 wounded for Evers forces. British losses exceed 200. Hamilton Missouri police pursuing Bessie Franklin for Mary Johnson murder in Columbus Missouri. Frisco railroad collision at Springfield Missouri kills engineer Nichols fireman Ross and switchman Turner. Jacksonville Florida ordinance enforces racial segregation on streetcars. authorities empowered. Ed and John Carr of Hominy Falls West Virginia under arrest for attempted assassination of Deputy Sheriff McClung. Key shoots mule and wounds McClung. Hood's Sarsaparilla promoted as blood purifier.
Tony Wirsch an 11 year old suing the Indianapolis street railway company through his next friend Adam Wirsch for injuries while selling papers on a street car. He says a conductor’s threatening posture caused him to slip from the running board, his foot was crushed and partially amputated after the car started and stopped. He seeks 10010 dollars.
Mrs Henry Skoch wife of a prominent Newark wholesale grocer was squeezed so hard in a crowded trolley car that she fainted. She fell to the street sustaining a severe scalp wound and ankle injury likely ending the use of her foot for good.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania a village innkeeper known as Encle Billy claimed to age whisky by a hog powered ripening system. A swinging hog pen moved by pig weight tilted the platform housing casks, shaking them as hogs entered and exited. The setup supposedly made the whiskey ripen faster and the hogs fatter.
Pittston, Pa., Nov 8. The attempted robbery of 1859 at E. M. Kennedy stores in New Milford, Susquehanna County, led to three convictions and prison terms now overturned. Two elderly sisters Bloxsam, once poor, were found to have hidden over 100 unopened dry goods boxes at their Burnwood homestead containing Kennedy’s branded shawls, boots, and ribbons. the sisters have been arrested.
Advertisement claims free sample available at any drug store for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets described as the best physic. It purports to cleanse the stomach invigorate digestion improve appetite and regulate bowels. Regular size 25c per box available from all druggists.
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