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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1899
Page
3
In Dillsboro Indiana District a widow Mary Fowler who married three times endured died husbands. At 70 she wed Isaac Richards and after three days with a soldier she parted to Aurora and Vevay where the groom vanished. The story notes a matrimonial paper aided the match and fled.
Samuel I. Winestock a traveling peddler with Cincinnati ties died of heart failure in Stilesville Indiana. He traveled with a one horse wagon and had years of activity in the Plainfield area. Dr Jennings former White Licks physician recently returned from the Kioncike and plans to return when the season opens.
Mrs C M Horner wife of a Manon banker travels to Dowie's Zion in Chicago and declares she will not return to her husband and six children until he embraces the faith and gives one tenth of his income to the Zion treasury. She was a Presbyterian church social leader.
W M E Griffith of Indianapolis, formerly a Ringling Brothers advance agent, wed Sadie Hoskins of Bude Montana on Monday afternoon at Cloverdale home of her sister Mrs Snclair. The couple will reside in Indianapolis.
Peru Indiana reports Sheriff Dunn has turned in 1300 dollars in fees to the county treasurer as ordered by the commissioners.
A collage of brief items reports seed thefts in Delaware county, price hikes at Rockville and Richmond papers, a new Greenwood Baptist church dedication, a rich coal find near English farm, a law student in Richmond, fatal accidents in Glenwood and Muncie, oil strikes at Montpelier, and labor unrest in Chicago sending workers to Porter county. Also noted are field trials at Bicknell, threshing machine talks in Richmond, numerous oil well contractors to Alexandria, a child scalding death near Goshen, wrecks on B and O near Milford, ammunition orders for Portland court house, a fatal neck wound in Union City, a murder-quest inquiry in Fort Wayne, a seven-foot eagle shot in Daviess county, a powder works explosion weight, a knee severed in Johnson county, a Hebron train accident, and crop losses in Lagrange county.
A list of incidents and notices from Indiana events includes a gas explosion fatality and a man hurled 30 feet, a fatal gun accident in Madison, and deaths of several residents in Marion Noblesville Richmond Seymour Bloomington Decatur and South Bend. Also reported are a trust organization in Anderson, a political impeachment case, a suspect from Bean Blossom, and a bizarre chicken blood- drinking episode in Washington. The Crawfordsville Star recounts a diamond ring found after ten years in a farmer’s flour bin with taxation questions arising.
S H Overstreet of Oklahoma died on a Chicago and Alton sleeper en route to a Franklin family reunion to be held Friday. Born in Franklin in 1855 he studied law with his father Judge Overstreet city attorney of Franklin 1880 81 practiced in Medicine Lodge Kansas Guthrie and with S T Flynn later a district attorney of Oklahoma and active Republican.
The Fort Wayne request seeks permission to remove 125 dead bodies from the abandoned old Jewish cemetery. Each body requires a separate permit, per state law. Dr. Hurty warns indiscriminate disinterment has caused much sickness and urges caution.
Crouch Bros and Beatty headline a Saturday show billed as one of America’s eight greatest entertainers. The event features a garden setting and runs through Saturday night with end-of-year plans noted.
In Chicago jeweler George Kummer admits burying his two infant children in his yard and plans cremation to a cemetery. In Omaha county records are to be amended to remove stigma for Stephen Boyle buried at public expense after sister’s $100 donation. In Cincinnati a Kansas City man and St Louis dressmaker marry, reuniting after 26 years and a complex family saga involving a bridged separation and a child’s upbringing.
The grievance committee reported its investigation into the Columbia club building trouble but issued no recommendation. A special committee led by John F. White and others was appointed to study the ongoing dispute between painters and master painters. The discussion included critical remarks about union loyalty and use of non union labor.
Admiral Dewey with his wife and son attended the first performance of Papa's Wife starring Anna Held in New York. They sat in a box unrecognized until a spectator identified the admiral, prompting cheers. After the show the trio were backstage to meet the cast and receive three cheers.
An incident at the Paris exposition shows hostile behavior by Commissioner General Picard toward America. Mr Peck requests a station for boats from the American pavilion to Vincennes. after the American commissioner appeals to the government, a formal order grants Americans a boat landing.
A canvas Dewey flagship Olympia and an Indiana battleship dominate the east and west hall walls for the Flower Mission fair opening. Sailor lassies will run five booths with food, wares, and decorations while children enjoy a cabin named Buttercup and Josephine. Women volunteers begin decorating at noon and promise completion by six.
Stockholders of the First National Bank filed suit against County Treasurer Turner to stop collection of tax on bank stock except the portion above individual indebtedness. The county board of review refused a deduction, acting on Attorney General Taylor’s advice from a Supreme Court decision. It is likely to become a test case.
A solemn scene at fire headquarters as rain fell heavily. Chief Barrett quips that gas meters will be resisted by the people who should "collect the meteors themselves" Tuesday night, while Capt. Tallentire listened and the barber continued shaving.
William Midgely of New York is described as broke with liabilities of 1 716 629. The Havana American cigar syndicate plans 7 000 900 in capital. William C Whitney sells the Wifthave stage line to Milectric. W J Latta becomes president of a new telephone combine with 30 000 000 capital stock. Wisconsin pine prices rise 40 cents to 1 per thousand. A cooperative piano factory may start in Chicago as a response to a lockout. Athens Georgia bank placed in receivership. Washington shingle makers plan a 60 day shutdown to push prices higher.
In Millvale Pennsylvania women stage a prize fast rally for Pittsburgh sports, over 300 pledge to attend the next match as police threaten arrest. Elsewhere a sewer collapse buries Edward Dindal in Findlay Ohio. A Euclid bank safe is cracked and damaged with no money recovered. An L S M S train collision injures nine in Cleveland. Harriet A Fox, mother of Della Fox the singer, dies in St Louis.
Deaths include Oliver C. Irwin age 43 and Elizabeth Brauntz 59 with illnesses noted from diphtheria to Brights disease. Births announce a boy to Walter E. and Emma Hackett and multiple couples welcome children, including girls and boys, with addresses across the city. Marriage licenses granted to Oliver M. McCoy and Grace Hare plus several other couples.
An advertisement touts Morrow’s Kid-ne-oids and Liverlax as cures for kidney backache nervousness sleeplessness and constipation. It cites a testimonial from R Vaught of 20 S Illinois St Springfield Ohio and notes prices of fifty cents and 2 cents per box with orders via Sloan Drug Co and John Morrow & Co.
Harry Charles of Quincy proposes a postal service reform to introduce collect-on-delivery. He tests sending a package to the patron’s address and then forwards a notice to the postmaster to deliver upon payment, returning the collected amount by postal order or stamps minus the service fee. The scheme aims to boost post office receipts and speed up sender payments.
Captain Salsbury of Company C 147th Indiana in Goshen has been appointed private secretary to Judge Francis Baker of the supreme court and began duties Tuesday. He has long practiced law in Goshen.
Douglas Barnes gives public notice to Fourth Ward voters in Center Township Marion County Indiana of applying at the December term 1895 for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons for on premises consumption. Location is 1128 North West Street southwest corner Third and West in a two story brick building Drake and Mayhews first addition Indianapolis. Also seeks a pool table in the same room.
The notice describes a property location for a drinking establishment fronting north on Beacon Street at the southwest corner of Beacon and Pierce streets. It is on the first floor of a two story frame building on lot 17 in Drake's subdivision west of White River in Indianapolis Center Township Marion County Indiana. Property is listed as No 1515 W Ohio St Ward 5 Hugh Barnes.
J K Gates applies for license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors for on premise consumption in a first floor room facing east on West street. Location is lot No 5 and part of lot 4 Mitchells addition Marion county Indiana Ward 4. A pool table privilege is also requested for the same room.
December term 1899 decide to allow sale of intoxicating liquors in a first floor fronting shop at 1108 Twenty Second Street lot 30 Hanson’s subdivision Bruce Baker’s addition Indianapolis Center Township Marion County Indiana. George Ohre?
Voters of the Tenth ward Center township report that Charles A. Kuhn will apply to the Marion county Board of Commissioners for a December term 1899 license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking in the room fronting east on New Jersey Street at No 302 S New Jersey St Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana Also seeking pool table privileges in the same room.
The subscriber gives notice to the voters of the Eleventh ward in Center town to apply to the Board of Commissioners at the December term, 1899, for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a first floor room fronting north on Kentucky Ave, City of Indianapolis. The building is a two story brick, Lot 4, Square 67, 100 feet off south end, No 21 Kentucky Ave, Ward 31. Signed by Fred W. Kolb.
Voters of the Thirteenth ward Center township recall that THOMAS WARD will petition the Marion county Board of Commissioners at the December 1899 term for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking. The business is a room facing east on Shelby Street first floor of a one story frame building on part of lot 458 outlet 98 Fletcher's subdivision Indianapolis Center town No. 1018 Shelby St ward 13. He also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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