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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1900
Page
6
Testimony links rebel captain Novicio to the killing of Seaman McDonald and Benville, who was dragged by Ilogrotes under the guise of fishing and murdered with two Spanish companions. Novicio also killed Rodriguez. Gen. Wheaton approves the death sentence.
Miss May O Johnstone of Hubbard has arranged her own funeral including tombstone with blank inscription. The 73 year old, childless woman travels for designs and keeps the Hubbard cemetery lot ready, saying she expects to live years more and will not burden others. She resembles Harriet Beecher Stowe and volunteers at Chautauqua with children.
Cambridge newcomer Lawrence M. Crosbie, son of a Salem Iowa minister, rode freight and cattle cars to reach Harvard as a freshman. He starved for funds, tried writing tramp stories, hitching from California to Massachusetts in 30 days with one dollar, working odd jobs to afford tuition. Another California arrival, Howard E. Huntington, came by private car, some of it on a special train.
Gideon Watrous died at his home two miles northwest of Perry Center after a long deathly age exceeding 96. Born in Connecticut he moved to Perry 75 years ago as the town lay in wilderness. He lived as a hermit, last of 11 siblings, a stonemason who built his pine coffin and sole residence. Funeral held at nephew C. E. Watrous residence.
Boston on November 9 reports four year old Grace Lambert swallowed several strychnine pills from a box in an apartment at 123 Darmouth Street while playing with a neighbor's child. Doctors treated her convulsions and saved her life.
Incomplete OCR notes describe a child taken to a city hospital after ingesting ice or cold contents. It notes the child recovered quickly, with unclear sequence and quoted thoughts.
Ex-Congressman Brookshire, now a lawyer in New York and Washington, visited the Grand and argued that Bryan may not seek immediate renomination. He blamed the broad front in 1904 for losing, and dismissed Dickinson's proposed conference as interference. He contrasted Dickinson with Lodge and Hay. Burke and Brookshire exchanged quips about the political fight.
State Republican chairman Hernly quips that Don Dickinson and allies will try to reorganize the Democrats. He jokes they face a bad fit and warns the party may not heal quickly, noting Democrats ready to strike at factions to gain power.
National chairman Stewart predicts McKinley will win a second term and that the saloon would dominate government policy. He argues the Republican Party and government are controlled by liquor interests and urges voters to oust the government from partnership with the saloon.
A discussion of diet diversity and digestion argues that mixed diets suit most people. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe aid after meals to improve digestion, boost gastric juice production, and support overall health, claiming they outdo laxatives and drugs.
Mrs Ruth Bradford Maxham of Pratt street Rocky Hill Connecticut will wed Charles E Green in Lebanon Oregon. The couple began as childhood playmates, she married Volney Maxham, he served in the Civil War, later remarried elsewhere and moved to Oregon. Green is 61, Maxham is 58.
The Philippines commission informs the War Department that McKinley’s re election is the key step toward peace and prosperity in the islands. The message reflects relief and optimism in Washington as the election results arrive.
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