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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1904
Page
3
Miss Nellie Edwards, popular Birmingham young woman, is shot by Mrs. John A. Kiser after a note is carried to her home. Kiser then shoots herself on a city car, dying beside a fellow passenger. Both women described as remarkably beautiful. Edwards linked to a prominent Birmingham businessman.
Tohn McVay, arraigned for vagrancy, promised Judge Wharton to leave town if released. A suspended 11 day sentence was set but patrolmen later found him wandering and he was jailed for 13 days.
Five men named Joan Redman George Augran Admir Yaugham Archies Stafford and Ovcar Williamson laborers at Attias engine works were fined five dollars and costs in municipal court Saturday for attempting to steal coal at Lake Erie and Western railroad yard. The judge warned that repeat offenses could lead to several years in prison.
In Coldwater Michigan on November 2 a residence burned trapping a mother and two children who were nearly suffocated. All three were very sick afterward though recovery seemed possible. A warning advertises the Laclive Bromo Quinine cold cure and notes a money-back guarantee by E W Grove for the remedy.
Detectives Hart and Bray arrest Grover Drummond and Grover Prommo at a second hand store while attempting to sell their own stolen clothes. One boy identified in Terre Haute as wanted, pending transit to Terre Haute for petit larceny. detectives link them to thefts from a Big Four freight car in Indianapolis.
Secretary of State Hay reported that Spain signaled willingness to join a second peace conference, with dates and program to be decided later. The move completes the group of great powers except Russia, whose consent is anticipated after the war ends.
Supt. Kruger warns city keepers against allowing women to frequent bars. Downtown saloons were visited and proprietors warned. White women seen with colored men may be arrested for loitering as raids on gambling houses continue.
Cleveland reports trace a web of claims surrounding Cassie L. Chadwick and banker Herbert Newton. The article notes Chadwick’s alleged access to vast funds via personal notes and misrepresentation and recounts investigations linking Woodstock Canada and Brookline Massachusetts threads.
Births list names and ages across locations including Spain Ashland New York and Meridian with multiple family entries. Deaths note illnesses ages and locations such as Washington Temple and Meridian. mentions towns and medical causes. Marriages and building permits listed with several couples and project values.
James Jacobs, a porter at Brar tore, was bound over on a grand jury indictment after being charged with larceny. Detectives Gerter and Trimpe reported he fled from the scene Friday night near his work, and stole several pairs of socks and other goods from the Flore store. He waived examination in police court Saturday morning and was sent to the grand jury with bond set at $1,000.
President Roosevelt visits the world’s fair grounds aboard a special train, inspected the transportation hall, and met officials and crowds amid heavy security. Police shadow anarchists lingering in St Louis as fear of an assassination attempt grows.
Multiple local briefs from Dunkirk New York report a fire department hose cart collision injuring the driver and another man. Other items note Miss Bella Smith visiting from Chicago and wedding tour plans, a fear of a sister’s possible death, a dead man found on a farm near Chicago, and various regional notes about bids, editor moves, crime cases, and temperance violations.
In Chicago the wheat market showed subdued activity with December and May options drifting lower while December corn and oats moved modestly down or unchanged. Indianapolis livestock reports note mixed cattle and hog prices with strong steer and veal values, while New York stocks opened soft before some gains. Pittsburg and Toledo telegrams detail steady to higher hogs and wheat values amid varied demand, and a Wisconsin strike arbitration proposal seeks mediation between garment workers and management.
A chaotic array of produce and live stock prices from Chicago New York Cincinnati and Indianapolis markets. Listings include butter creamery Firsts daisy cheddar jumbles and mixed cheese blocks alongside stocker and feeder cattle hogs and sheep receipts with varied prices. Also reports on Buffalo and New York produce markets and a fatal football accident in Michigan.
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