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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1899

Page

7

Kid McCoy collapses from training after Sharkey beating

White Plains reports Kid McCoy, heading into a December 11 bout with Peter Mayer, is gravely ill and has abandoned training. Dr Charles Young cites a nervous system debilitation from years of harsh conditioning and a year after the Sharkey fight McCoy remains far from his former vigor.

White Plains Kid McCoy Peter Mayer Charles ©. Young Norman Selby Sid) McCoy Wm. Muldoon McCoy Kid Tom Sharkey Wit MccCoy

Watkins Holds Four-N Plan to Take Indianapolis Club

The report says William H. Watkins has an option on the Indianapolis baseball franchise with an estimated $15,000 bid for the club stock and property. He reportedly chose three potential sites for new grounds, with the Steffen property on E Washington Street favored. The option expires Saturday night and may close then, potentially replacing manager-captain Robert G. Allen and leaving President Golt without comment on the transfer.

W. H. Watkins Indianapolis Baseball Club Robert ‘G’ Allen Allen Golt

Nightly Scores Tie Up Frsday Contests

Friday night scores show Turners 760 and 807 against eers 734 and 696, Marions 871 and 843, Volunte ers 730, Capitals city 46, Carnsity 770, Wash 760, Lyras 765, Prospects 477, Meteors 1 223, Pros 1 408, I B C s 713, Be C s 81, and night notes on the Lash incident with Mrs Annie O Rourke.

Turners Eers Volunteers Marions Capital City Carnsity Wash Iuyras Crecente Lyras I. B Awas

Boxing Notes and Local Touches From Hoosier and Harlem

Reports mix boxing news with college football, wrestling, and horseracing notes. Hbtle- boxer in Indianapolis to meet Kid Sprague in Hartford on Thanksgiving week. Gardner and Callahan fought a draw at Paterson with Callahan improving late. Harlem club bouts. Mapleton fears Thanksgiving game. Yale and Princeton to clash on soggy field. Jockey Danny Maher rides for Lorillard next season. Muldoon seeks mixed match with Jenkins. Paris expo features bicycle racing and world championship prizes totaling 55000.

icGovern Hbtle Indianapolis Kid Sprague Hartford Mapleton Fountain Square St. Charles Comiskey St. Paul Brush Yale Princeton Danny Maher Pierre Lorillardg Martin Muldoon William Muldoon Tom Jenkins

Bank Robbers Get $2,000 In a Wisconsin Town and Get Away

Bank of Milton in Milton Wisconsin was robbed Thursday night losing over $2,000 in cash stamps and bonds A time lock saved $10 000 in the inner vault A bold Dixie style hold up in Guthrie Oklahoma involved a man and a 18 year old boy masked with handkerchiefs forcing ten men at S B Dunn Co store to surrender cash from a drawer and escape

Janesville Wis Bank of Milton Dixie Guthrie O. T Eoy S. B. Dunn & Co

Nappa nee Town Guards as Tramps Threaten Fire

A small town southeast of South Bend Indiana is guarded by citizens with loaded shotguns after tramps threaten to burn the place following the expulsion of two men. The tense scene arises as reports say the town faces unrest and potential violence.

South Bend Ind Nappanee

Brunswick man falls into distillery vat and is rescued

George Moran leaned into an 18 inch deep whisky vat at the Fleischman distillery in Brunswick. He slipped and fell in Thursday afternoon. A workman pulled him out. Moran was black in the face and suffered intense distress but survived.

Brunswick N. J George Moran Fleischman Moran

Polite Burglar Robs Ex Alderman’s Home in Wisconsin

A burglar entered ex Alderman McKey’s residence in Janesville on Thursday. At gunpoint he forced Mrs. McKey and two servants to search house. He rifled every drawer, then escorted the women to the front door, tipped his hat, and left with about $200 in cash and jewelry.

Janesville Wis McKey

Trapper Fatally Injured by Self Set Gun

Louis Reindel, 80, was fatally wounded in Bucyrus Ohio when a double barrell shotgun he had set for burglars discharged as the door opened. He had forgotten about the trap.

Bucyrus Louis Reindel Reindel

Swirl of Society social notes and upcoming weddings

Social items detail Friday events hosted by Mrs Louise M Huber Mrs A S Benson and others with clubs and brides of the season. Invitations announced for the Indianapolis Harold O Smith and Lynchburg Elizabeth Carroll wedding December 7. State weddings listed with couples in Richmond Salem Connersville and New York. Marie Burroughs listed as bride-to-be and leading lady in Stuart Robson company. Editor description follows.

Louise M. Huber R Ecards A. S. Benson Clio Club R. W. Furnas Hugh H. Hanna Frank L. Herrington J. C. Dean Mary Edith Dean Harold O. Smith Indianapolis Elizabeth Carroll Lynchburg J. A. Lemcke Harry S. Hicks Owen Evansville New York Norways Marie Burroughs Stuart_ Robson

New Wireless Telegraphy Company Formed in New York

Isaac L. Rice named president of the Marconi wireless telegraph company with capital of 10,900,690 dollars at Trenton. August Belmont elected treasurer. Operations to begin once machinery is built. Also noted is a charity purse from Mrs. Julius C. Morgan’s friends for her, as her husband faced a 100 dollar fine for desertion while she battles consumption at home.

New Wireless Telegraphy Company New York Isaac L. Rice Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Trenton Belmont

Writer stabbed by umbrella in Chicago tragedy

Chicago on November 24 reports writer John Tates stabbed in the chest by a stranger with an umbrella steel. The weapon pierced about three inches. assailant at large and Tates is expected to die.

Chicago Cleveland Buffalo John Tates

Lemons Bloom in Richmond County Apple Grove

Amos Shideler of this county reports a lemon tree yielding a peck of fine fruit. The village or local Navy note mentions the surprising crop as a curiosity and sign of unusual horticulture in the area.

Richmond Ind Amos Shideler

Station and Corner Ticket Offices Listed

OCR fragment lists ticket office locations at station and corner Washington Streets with numeric figures and codes. Details are unclear but indicate prices or totals and departmental references.

Washington Sts Denart

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