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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1901
Page
4
An explosion rocked the LaPorte High School laboratory during a demonstration by Superintendent Holliday. A nitrogen glass shattered, injuring several students including Prof. Holliday, Clyde Guy, and Miss Florence Stover, though none were in critical condition.
George Steele, 17, left guard and kickoff specialist, is the youngest star and potential next captain. Walter Krull, 18, left tackle and premier punter, is praised as the best kicker outside Notre Dame influence. Both players key the team’s prospects as they graduate this year.
Col J W Ray told the Board of works patrons tire of Hugh McGowan in charge as the E Michigan street car line awaits sewer completion. The company refuses to restore regular service until the sewer work passes four blocks west of the former double track. City officials demand a conference with the street car company. a temporary crossover could return service, but the firm cites use of crossovers on N Illinois street.
Rumors from Janesville Wisconsin dated November 27 report sportsmen who visited northern Wisconsin for deer claim Indians have deliberately shot white hunters to scare city sportsmen away. The anecdotes tie to alleged motives involving the Reds aiming to keep hunters out of the woods.
The jurors in the James Johnson killing of Joel Combs retired at 5 p.m. Tuesday and had not reached a verdict by 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Turkey supply in Cleveland vanished after 8 a m on Wednesday as commission men notified retailers that no more birds could be obtained, creating an unprecedented shortage ahead of Thanksgiving meals. In Kentucky, 80 year old Uncle George Evans, once wealthy, left Louis County Poor House after six months to live with a son in Covington.
A navy department cablegram from Commander Perry of the Iowa reports stubborn fighting near San Pablo delaying trains and likely further clashes near Gatun. Forty wounded Colombians were brought in Tuesday night and cared for by Dr. Mibleberger.
Wires between Colon and Panama are interrupted causing telegraphic communication disruption. The outage is reported from New York with no details on cause or restoration timeline.
Warrants issued for 32 men in Vincennes Indiana for riot at Prospect Hill coal mine. They face charges of riot larceny and assault with intent to murder. Many may spend Thanksgiving in jail.
Lawyers assess a blanket remonstrance in the Fourth ward filed by the Civic alliance against saloons. About 150 names are listed and 200 more must be removed to keep the remonstrators in the majority. The attorneys will reduce witnesses and testimony resumes Friday morning.
Directum the world champion trotting stallion from 1893 to 1900 with a record of 2 05 percent was sold Wednesday for 1100 to the Inn stock farm of Minneapolis.
The government issues a decree formalizing the severance of diplomatic relations with Venezuela. Colombian representatives were withdrawn last August after Venezuelan troops invaded Colombian territory. The U S maintains control of archives and legation building as 16 000 troops are reported on the border.
Thanksgiving brings a surge in marriage licenses at the county clerk’s office. Last year 62 licenses set a record on the day before Thanksgiving. by noon 22 licenses had been issued with expectations of a high afternoon rush. A couple seeking a license was turned away due to lack of an affidavit.
Supt Taffe notes raffles are illegal yet harmless in practice as saloonkeepers use the giveaways to advertise their business. He says turkeys help the poor and cites past allowances for holidays, while distinguishing casual risk takers from gamblers.
The column lists new arrivals and deaths including boy and girl births at multiple addresses such as 620 Warren Street and 2249 Jack-50n. It also records deaths like Honora Sullivan and Ursuline Gertrude Stanton with causes including senile debility and diphtheria. Marriages feature many couples such as Charles A. Boyle and Margaret I. Timms and Robert W. Neighbor and Abigail M. Pickerill.
General John B Clark of Washington D C writes that Peruna is a good tonic for catarrhal trouble and recommends it. Other testimonials from Geo Parrett Miss Jennie May Borders John Delaney and J N Herbert praise Peruna for coughs colds catarrh and overall health improvements. Readers are invited to write Dr Hartman for free advice if results are not prompt.
The county council will not fund juries in rooms two and three of the superior court until next year unless additional appropriations are made. Each room receives 3250 dollars annually, with room three already exhausted and room two near depletion. Judge Carter proposes a lump sum for the entire superior court next year. No major jury cases are expected to be delayed due to the shortfall.
The notice lists multiple properties with owners and details. Locations include Harding street, E Ohio street, Lincoln street, Hast street, Oxford street, Pleasant street, English avenue and Hoyt avenue. Values range from 2 800 to Ten thousand plus for repairs, additions, and structures.
The Sun lists rooms for rent with contact details. Telephones listed as $80 and address 123-125 E Ohio St. Readers can inquire via local listings in the paper.
Fragmentary note hints at a housing offer with easy payments. No clear names, dates, or locations readable to identify entities or specifics.
The market reports firm wheat with No 2 red at 75c on milling freight and No 3 red at 71 73c. New corn shows multiple grades from No 1 white 65c to No 4 white 60 62c and mixed varieties. Oats and hay follow with bids for No 2 white oats at 1514 41c and No 1 timothy hay at $11.75 12.23. Inspections list multiple cars by grade, including No 3 red, white, and mixed lots, totaling 22 cars with unspecified grades.
Chicago market prices for wheat corn oats and provisions show December and May futures with varied gains and losses. Poultry eggs butter cheese and live stock live birds and regions reported with mixed figures for hens springs turkeys ducks geese and roosters.
Union Stockyards Indianapolis November 27 Cattle receipts 800 shipments small. Quotations range from good to prime export steers 1 350 to 1 500 pounds average at several price bands. Hogs receipts 9 000 shipments with price spread from 4 00 to 6 25 per hundred pounds. Sheep receipts 600 shipments with lambs and sheep price points from 1 50 to 4 25 per hundred weight and stockers and feeding sheep listed.
Hog receipts totaled about 1 000 with shipments of roughly 300. Quotations ranged from 4 00 to 6 00 for various weight classes and quality. The page also includes unrelated stray text and an advertisement for Dean's Ointment and Xmas photo services.
Old turkey hens shell prices 6c per lb and higher for toms and hens, ducks 6c, geese and spring chickens listed. Eggs fresh 2c, storage eggs 6, cheese varieties with per pound quotes, butter 12c, hides and tallow values, coffee grades with city price tags, sugars with multiple brands and bag sizes, salts flour rye beans molasses syrups rice with regional quotes. Market notes show numerous brand names and unit prices across items.
The listing shows per unit and per container prices for cabbage onions coconuts oranges lemons beans pineapples cranberries celery and potatoes. Notable figures include onions 1.25 per bushel yellow and 1.60 per crate Spanish onions, coconuts 4.00 per 100, oranges 0.96 per box Valencia, lemons 3.59 to 4.00 per crate, cranberries 2.50 per bushel or 7.00 per barrel, celery 2.00 per case, and pineapples 1.73 per unit.
A grocery sale bulletin lists various produce and goods with mixed prices. Items include corn at 7 dollars and 1.25, peaches from the Eastern standard 3-pound at 2 and 2.25, California standard 2.10 with seconds 1.90, blackberries 2-pound at 85 to 9c, raspberries 3-pound 1.25 to 1.80, pineapples standard 2-pound at 1.85 to 1.90, lobsters 1.35 to 2, red cherries 90 to 1, strawberries 50c, salmon 1-pound 1.15 to 2.25, tomatoes 3-pound 1.25 to 1.35.
Provisions list detailing prices for hams sugar cured country bacon lard pickled pork sausage fresh pork beef and related items. Includes weights ranges and per unit prices such as hams at 12 to 14 cents. bacon 10 to 18 cents. sausage 8 to 9 cents. fresh pork and beef items with various cuts priced per pound or per barrel.
A dense catalog of merchandise with per unit prices across oysters, fish, clams, lobsters, frog legs, brimps, and a long drugs and chemicals section. Entries note counts, gal or per Ib rates, with many items and prices including opium, morphine, quinine, and assorted chemicals.
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